COASTAL COMMUNITY ADAPTATION PROJECT (C-CAP) QUARTERLY REPORT 6 01 January through 31 March 2014 April 2014C- CAP Quarterly Report 6 1 This document was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). It was prepared by the Coastal Community Adaptation Project (C-CAP) implemented by DAI for USAID/Pacific Islands. Coastal Community Adaptation Project (C-CAP) Quarterly Report 6 01 January through 31 March, 2014 PROGRAM TITLE: Coastal Community Adaptation Project (C-CAP) SPONSORING USAID OFFICE: USAID/Philippines CONTRACT NUMBER: AID-492-C-12-00010 CONTRACTOR: Development Alternatives Inc. (DAI) DATE OF PUBLICATION: April 2014 Cover Photo: Village leaders use mapping to explain the sources and effects of flooding during a C-CAP technical site visit to the Village of Daku, Rewa Province, Fiji on 23 January, 2014 Credit C-CAP. This publication has been made possible by the support of the American People through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents of this document are the sole responsibility of DAI and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government. C-CAP Quarterly Report 6 i TABLE OF CONTENTS ACRONYM LIST .................................................................................................................. III INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................. 1 C-CAP Technical components .............................................................................................. 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...................................................................................................... 3 CONTRACT MONITORING PLAN UPDATE ........................................................................ 8 COMPONENT 1: COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT/WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IMPROVED ........................................................................................................................... 9 TASK 1.2 Develop a network of Social Mobilizers from partcvipating districts/communities ........................................................................................................... 14 TASK 1.3 Develop and apply criteria to identify and prioritize community-specific social and economic infrastructure activities ........................................................................................ 14 TASK 1.4 Develop specifications, advertise, negotiate, award and monitor subcontracts for infrastructure rehabilitation, repair or upgrading and new construction activities ................. 17 TASK 1.5 Conduct activity management ............................................................................. 18 COMPONENT 2: DISASTER MANAGEMENT STRENGTHENED ..................................... 20 TASK 2.1 Risk identification – develop or update locally tailored assessments to improve understanding of current and future risks ............................................................................ 20 TASK 2.2 Options identification- identify gaps and opportunities to reduce vulnerability and risk over both short and long time scales ............................................................................ 20 TASK 2.3 Risk reduction: support for implementation of risk reducing adaptation activities at community level .................................................................................................................. 21 COMPONENT 3: RESILIENCE IN COMMUNITIES STRENGTHENED—CLIMATE RESILIENT LAND-USE PLANNING AND BUILDING STANDARDS ................................. 22 TASK 3.1 Develop plan of action to integrate climate adaptation into land-use planning and building standards ............................................................................................................... 22 TASK 3.2 From year 2, facilitate integration of climate adaptation policies and practices into communIty land-use and/or development planning ............................................................. 22 PROGRAM MANAGEMENT .............................................................................................. 23 Key personnel ..................................................................................................................... 23 Project office personnel ....................................................................................................... 23 FINANCIAL SUMMARY ..................................................................................................... 26 ANNEX 1: TECHNICAL MEETINGS HELD IN THE REPORTING PERIOD ....................... 27 ANNEX 2: INFRASTRUCTURE PRIORITIZATION SUMMARIES ...................................... 51 C-CAP Quarterly Report 6 ii ACRONYM LIST C-CAP Coastal Community Adaptation Project (USAID) CEO Chief Executive Officer CIE Department of Commerce, Industry and Environment (Nauru) CLO Community Liaison Officer (USAID/C-CAP) CLS Community Liaison Specialist (USAID/C-CAP) CM Country Mobilizer (USAID/C-CAP) CMP Contract Monitoring Plan CO Contract Officer (USAID) COP Chief of Party (USAID/C-CAP) COR Contract Officer’s Representative (USAID) CQAP Construction Quality Assurance Plans DAI Development Alternatives Inc. DCOP Deputy Chief of Party (USAID/C-CAP) DQA Data Quality Audit DRM Disaster Risk Management DRR Disaster Risk Reduction EDF Environmental Documentation Form EMMP Environmental Management and Monitoring Plan EU-GCCA European Union Global Climate Change Alliance GST Goods and Service Tax ICC In-Country Coordinator (EU-GCCA) IPI Infrastructure Prioritization Index IRC Internal Revenue Commission IT Infromation Technology MARSH MA Mangrove Rehabiliaton for Sustainablly-Managed Health Forests (USAID) MELAD Ministry of Environment, Lands and Agriculture Development (Kiribati) MEO Mission Environmental Officer (USAID) MFATTEL Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Labour, Tourism, Trade and Environment and Labour (Tuvalu) MOU Memorandum of Understanding NAB National Advisory Board (Vanuatu) NPAC National Project Advisory Committee OB Office of the Pesident (Kiribati) OCCD Office of Climae Change and Development (PNG) PACE-SD Pacifc Center of Environment – Sustanable Development (USP) PNG Papua New Guinea SM Social Mobilizer (USAID/C-CAP) SMS Short Messaging System C-CAP Quarterly Report 6 iii STA Senior Technical Advisor (USAID/C-CAP) STA Samoa Tourist Authority STTA Short Term Technical Assistance TCS Total Construction Solutions TEC Technical Evaluation Committee USAID United States Agency for International Development USP University of the South Pacific V&A Vulnerability and Adaptation WO Work Order TAMIS Technical and Administrative Management Information System (DAI) C-CAP Quarterly Report 6 iv INTRODUCTION The five-year (2012-17) Coastal Community Adaptation Project (C-CAP) is funded by USAID/Philippines and implemented by DAI in partnership with the University of the South Pacific’s (USP) Pacific Center for Environment and Sustainable Development (PACE-SD). The project works directly with coastal communities across the Pacific region to: rehabilitate or construct new, small-scale community infrastructure that is resilient to the impacts of climate change; build capacity for disaster prevention and preparedness; and integrate climate resilient policies and practices into long-term land-use plans and building standards. The Pacific Island countries comprise the most vulnerable region in the world to climate change. The nature-based livelihoods and diverse cultures that have risen from these island nations, some of which stand only meters above sea level, are being challenged and in some cases overwhelmed by sea level rise, changing ocean temperatures and acidity, increasing air temperatures, shifting rainfall and storm patterns, and other impacts of climate change that are projected to increase over the next 100 years. Particularly vulnerable to these challenges are the low-lying areas of Fiji's Rewa Delta, coastal communities in Papua New Guinea and unplanned development areas in Tonga’s Popua. National adaptation strategies and policies are being put in place in many C-CAP countries, but implementation lags at the community level across the region as there is often a disconnection between national planning and community-level needs and support for implementation. The impetus for this program stems from the critical importance of building vulnerable coastal communities’ capacity to apply climate-smart decision-making to improve coastal zone and water resource management and strengthen disaster management. Through C-CAP, USAID will strengthen community resilience to climate change in 12 Pacific Island countries—the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea (PNG), Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI), Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. In 90 communities across nine countries, USAID: builds local knowledge through community-based training and participatory risk mapping and analysis; cultivates adaptive capacity by helping local leaders factor climate change projections into traditional decision-making processes; and strengthens resilience to disasters and climate change impacts through implementation of built and natural infrastructure, disaster prevention and preparedness training, and land-use planning. The three ‘Compact of Free Association’ countries—FSM, Palau and RMI—will also receive disaster risk management and land-use planning support, bringing the total number of beneficiary communities