Climate Resilient Basins: Chinchina (Colombia)

CLIMATE RESILIENT BASINS: CHINCHINA (COLOMBIA)

AND MANTARO (PERU) REPORT

July-September, 2018

September 30, 2018

This publication was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development. 1 It was prepared by CIIFEN.

CLIMATE RESILIENT BASINS: CHINCHINA (COLOMBIA) AND MANTARO (PERU) REPORT July-September, 2018

Submitted to: USAID/Washington

Prepared by: International Center for Research on El Niño Phenomenon (CIIFEN)

DISCLAIMER: This document is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents of this document are the sole responsibility of CIIFEN and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the U.S. Government.

TABLE OF CONTENT

1. Evaluation of Activity Implementation ...... 5 1.1. Activities and Results ...... 5 Outcome 1 ...... 5 Outcome 2 ...... 8 Outcome 3 ...... 9 Outcome 4 ...... 17 Outcome 5 ...... 19 2. Operational/Administrative Matters ...... 22 2.1. Audit: ...... 22 2.2. Semi-Annual Evaluation ...... 22 2.3. Consultancies Executed and Completed ...... 23 3. Conclusions of The Execution Of Period ...... 23 3.1. Events And Most Important Actions Of The Period ...... 23 3.2. Main Problems Or Constraints Faced In The Period ...... 24 3.3. Recommendations ...... 24 4. Coordination with other Institutions or Projects in the basin ...... 24 5. Principal Activities Planned for the Next Quarter ...... 25

1. EVALUATION OF ACTIVITY IMPLEMENTATION

1.1. Activities and Results

OUTCOME 1

1.1 Description of climatology, climate trends and projections for the region of the basins.

After publishing the two documents “Understanding the climate of the Chinchina river basin" and "Understanding the climate of the Mantaro river basin” based on the climate analysis for both basins, the project began their dissemination and delivery to the different institutions and local stakeholders of the basins. The goal was to make known the results obtained and ensure that they will be considered for decision making in local and regional planning, especially regarding risk management.

In Chinchina, the document was delivered to institutions such as Corpocaldas, Governorship of Caldas, municipalities of Villamaria, Manizales, Neira, Palestina and Chinchina, the Directorates of Climate Change and Water Resources of the Ministry of Environment and IDEAM, among others. Some copies were also delivered to Vivo Cuenca and have been widely disseminated among its visitors as well as in interviews with media attended by the Director of Vivo Cuenca.

Regarding transfering climate information to communities, the Local Actiona Coordinator for Chinchina agreed with the Secretariat of Planning of the municipality of Villamaria and with CHEC socio-environmental management area to hold meetings with community groups with whom they work to carry out the socialization, both in climate and vulnerability issues.

1.4 Participatory process for the integration of formal knowledge and local knowledge.

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In this quarter, the terms of reference (ToR) for the hiring of a consultant for the rescue of ancestral knowledge on water harvesting, as well as traditional knowledge and practices for the prediction of extreme hydroclimate events in the Ichu River sub-basin and the Palca River micro-basin (two very important tributaries of the Mantaro river) were elaborated. The ToRs of the contract were drawn up; the terms of the contract and the products to be obtained from the consultancy were included. Due to the specific nature of the topic, a direct contract was made with the prior approval of the CIIFEN International Directorate. The Local Activities Coordinator of Mantaro basin suggested to contract Prof. Silvano Guerrero, who has a vast experience in similar works in the region. He has successful experiences in recovery of high Andean grasslands and wetlands ecosystems, and water harvesting. The contract was signed and the consultant sent the preliminary work plan that was reviewed by the Regional Coordinator; later, the consultant acquitted her observations, solved them and prepared a new work plan. The work plan adjusted to the requirements of the project was approved. This work will be articulated with the exchange of experiences between delegations of the Mantaro basin in Peru and Chinchina basin in Colombia.

A final product of this consultancy will be a document that details the main knowledge and traditional practices of predictability of the occurrence of extreme hydrometeorological events and technologies of water harvesting, as well as two fora for transferring this knowledge to young people from the regions of Ayacucho and Junin.

1.5. Analysis of climate variability, hydrometeorological and extreme hydroclimate events and their impacts on basin territories.

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1.5.1. Master’s degree theses on the impacts of climate variability and climate change in basin territories.

The thesis advisor Victoria Calle, M.Sc., is permanently monitoring the activities carried out by the two Master´s thesis, Gerardo Jacome and Weidi Flores. According to the 11th report sent by the consultant, the advances in the Master´s thesis work are the following:

Gerardo Jacome:

Thesis: "INDEXES OF CLIMATE EXTREMES OF RAIN AND TEMPERATURE IN THE BASIN OF MANTARO - PERU USING THE MODEL WRF (1981-2065)"

In this quarter, Mr. Jacome took and passed his graduate exam prior to obtaining his master's degree. At the moment Mr. Jacome is waiting for the date for the thesis defense which will be in October.

Weidi Flores:

Thesis: "ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRIC DISCHARGES ASSOCIATED WITH HEAVY RAINS, BETWEEN 2008 AND 2017 ON MANTARO RIVER BASIN "

On September 3rd, the graduate school of La Molina National Agrarian University, approved the thesis project for Early Warning System (SAT, for its acronym in Spanish) for Atmospheric Electric Discharge for the Mantaro River Basin presented by Weidy Flores. The certificate EPG-CE- 001/09/2018 of approval by this instance is attached. The application for the degree exam has already been submitted, the date is still pending. The thesis draft is advancing and it is expected to be presented to the members of the qualifying Jury in the next weeks.

In coordination with the project local team, the first two workshops for the peasant communities of Marcapomacocha and Huayao were held on August 17th and 18th. It is important to mention that both workshops served to explain to the local communities, the scope of the thesis project and the activities that will be carried out with the participation of the population and its authorities, as well as to know the residents' concerns regarding this topic. During the workshops in Marcapomacocha and Huayao, population´s great interest in the implementation of the SAT was confirmed and they committed themselves to support the initiative. The exercise for the simulation of the early warning system in the Marcapomacocha community is pending and was scheduled for mid-October.

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1.5.5. Climate Agendas for the Municipalities of the Chinchina River Basin

CORPOCALDAS had planned to have climate agendas for all the municipalities of the department. They hired the Catholic University in Manizales to carry out this work. Considering CIIFEN’s previous work in the 5 municipalities of the Chinchina river basin (Neira, Manizales, Villamaria, Chinchina and Palestina), CORPOCALDAS requested the project to carry out the agendas of these municipalities. This activity had not been considered in the planning of the project, but, the project had generated most of the necessary information for these documents. However, the Catholic University defined a content of the agendas that went beyond the issues addressed by the project: the agendas had to include mitigation issues, among other aspects, that were not part of the scope of the project. This led the project to reconsider the support in the development of the climate agendas of the 5 municipalities of the Chinchina basin.

In this quarter, CORPOCALDAS informed the Local Activities Coordinator in Chinchina that the Catholic University carried out the climate agendas for the 5 municipalities therefore they stated that the requested support for this activity was no longer needed. The 2018 annual operating plan will be modified canceling this activity.

OUTCOME 2

2.2. Vulnerability analysis considering socioeconomic and environmental indicators in the territories of the basin.

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During this quarter, the proposal to develop the vulnerability analysis for the complete territory of the municipality of Neira was formalized to the authorities of Neira. Taking into account that nearly 60% of the municipal territory is immersed in another basin, the Tapias river basin, proposed actions will complement the analysis already carried out. The results will be a fundamental input for the update of the municipality land planning that will take place next year (2019). At the moment, the project is awaiting the municipal administration’s response.

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The government of Peru has still not published the complete data from 2017 census. This new information is vital to update the climate change vulnerability assessment for the Mantaro river basin that the project carried out. Both MINAM (Directorate of Adaptation to Climate Change and SINIA) and GORE Junin were contacted to obtain the data from the 2017 census. However, they confirmed that data from 2017 census have not yet been officially published. At the moment, the project local actions team in Mantaro is in coordination with other institutions such as the Regional Agrarian Directorate, Regional Governments, SENAMHI and others to request the full version of the publication of the 2017 census´ results. The specialist Diana Espinoza is waiting for this information, to update the assessment.

2.3 Socialization and validation of the vulnerability study results in basin territories.

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The Local Activities Coordinator and the Local Actions Assistant delivered to local institutions and authorities the results of the climate change vulnerability assessment for the Mantaro Basin carried out by the project. The results were delivered to the Regional Governments (GORE) of Ayacucho, Junin and Huancavelica. The regional governments are aware that the results are based on the 2007 data and that the study will be updated with the 2017 census data

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In the previous quarter, meetings and workshops were held with representatives of the institutions and the five municipalities within the Chinchina basin in which the vulnerability assessment results were presented.

2.4. Dissemination of the results of climate change vulnerability assessment.

In the previous quarter, as already mentioned, the project developed and designed documents with the information of the climate change vulnerability assessment for the Chinchina basin. Different documents were developed according to the target group: a short book for technicians where the main concepts about vulnerability and the methodology applied to identify climate change vulnerability in the basin were presented; and a little comic for communities where the importance of understanding and identifying our vulnerabilities were explained in a simple language. The Local Activities Coordinator of Chinchina visited the entities mentioned in number 1.1, and socialization and delivered these documents. In addition to the delivery of the documents, training workshops addressed to the technicians and communities of the 5 municipalities of the basin were held.

OUTCOME 3

3.1 Strengthening the Regional Environmental Information System (SIAR)

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In this quarter, the uploading information to the SIAR Chinchina was completed. The GEO-SIAR Chinchina includes information from the POMCA, additional studies generated by CORPOCALDAS, and the results of the climate change vulnerability assessment conducted by the project.

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Training for GEO-SIAR users

In coordination with the Regional Governments (GORE) of Junin and Ayacucho, on September 5th and 7th, 2018, two workshops were held on the use and management of the GEO-SIAR, a technological platform developed by CIIFEN for strengthening the Regional Environmental Information Systems of GOREs Junin and Ayacucho.

In these workshops, aimed at officials of public institutions, private institutions, universities and other local stakeholders in the basin, the project’s Information Systems Specialist presented the platform and trained the different users on how to understand and use the information on weather conditions, vulnerability, water resources, environment, and others aspects for their territories, and know how to use them to make decisions at the regional level. Through practical exercises, participants were able to see the application of the SIAR to analyze the vulnerability of their territories in the face of climate events such as frosts, heavy rains and droughts, and determine the factors that contribute to this vulnerability, allowing them to make informed decisions.

The workshop of the Ayacucho region was attended by a delegate of the Research and Environmental Information National System of Peru (SINIA), who was directly delegated by the Director. The purpose was to verify the usefulness of the system and analyze the possibility of scaling it up at the national level.

3.2 Strengthening capabilities of local governments’ technicians

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In August, the local Activities Coordinator of Mantaro Basin was invited to participate in the workshop on Implementation of the Regional Climate Change Strategy-ERCC of the Huancavelica region, held at the National University of Huancavelica. Other participants to this event included professors and students from the National University of Huancavelica, the Provincial Municipality of Angares, among others.

The Local Activities Coordinator presented the activities that the Climate Resilient Basins project is developing in Mantaro basin: its objectives and results. He also made a brief replica of the workshop "Understanding the climate of the Mantaro river basin" aimed at technicians. The local team was able to learn about the Regional Climate Change Strategy of Huancavelica, whose speaker was Ing. Hugo Caballero Iparraguirre. At the moment, the project is analyzing possible lines of support for the implementation of GORE Huancavelica´s climate change strategy. These activities are carried out with the purpose of fulfilling one of the reasons for the extension of the project until 2019: to expand the project's actions towards the Huancavelica region.

Implementation of the Regional Climate Change Strategy-ERCC of the Huancavelica region workshop

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The workshops planned for September to train officials of the five municipalities on the management of the environmental information system GEO-SIAR were postponed for the first week of October.

3.3 Inclusion of climate change criteria in the local planning of the regions of Chinchina and Mantaro basins.

3.3.5. Inclusion of climate change criteria

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• Incorporation of climate change criteria in POMCAs

Following the route proposed for the incorporation of climate change elements in the Management and Land Management plan of Chinchina river basin, a workshop was held with officials of the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, CORPOCALDAS, the Autonomous University and the Governorate of Caldas. The objective of the workshop was to generate a space for discussion about the possible adjustment of the land management and the programmatic component of the POMCA, considering the results of the climate change vulnerability assessment in the Chinchina basin presented by the project Climate-Resilient Basins and other initiatives The workshop was attended by 11 people and the topics discussed were:

Presentation of the Guide for the incorporation of climate change in POMCAS POMCA Chinchina-emphasis on the methodology for Land Planning and Programmatic Component Inputs: Vulnerability Assessment Inputs: Modeling Biodiversity in climate change scenarios Inputs: Third Communication Inputs: Standard Precipitation Index Discussion: How to incorporate inputs generated in the land management and the programmatic component of the POMCA?

After making a presentation with all the new information generated since the approval of the POMCA, an open discussion was promoted in order to answer two questions:

• Is it appropriate or necessary to adjust the POMCA’s land management plan? And, • Which POMCA program or programs should be adjusted or complemented?

Taking into account that the decision in this regard is only the responsibility of the environmental authority of the territory, in this case, CORPOCALDAS, some reflections were generated and the following agreements reached:

- Although the additional information generated could have led to the modification of some conservation or sustainable use areas in the basin, taking into account the legal and administrative complexity that this process would demand, it is agreed not to adjust the zoning. - The Climate Resilient Basins project, however, is committed to overlap the information from the POMCA (such as the zoning) with the result of the vulnerability assessment, which is considered the most significant input. The results will show the overlaps that are considered most important and that could demand clarifications in the land management plans or alerts for the municipalities. - Regarding the programmatic component, the commitment was to review POMCA programs and projects in order to verify if the possible clarifications or warnings given in the point above would be fulfilled with the projects already formulated.

Presentation of the results of the biodiversity modeling in climate change scenarios

• Incorporation of climate change criteria in POTs

A workshop was held with the participation of the authorities from the planning departments and other officials from 14 municipalities of the Department of Caldas. The objective of the meeting was to identify the level of implementation of the POTs and provide inputs to the municipal delegates in order to update their territorial planning instruments including criteria regarding climate change. The Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development as well as the Governorate of Caldas and CORPOCALDAS will support the workshop. The topics discussed in this meeting were:

Climate Change (CC) Concepts POMCAS and POT (Land Management Plans) Presentation: Guidelines to incorporate CC into POT List of advances in the incorporation of CC into instruments of Environmental and / or Land Planning Existing inputs in the region for the incorporation of CC into POT Workshop - POT and CC Status Diagnosis Workshop - Demand for information and possible elements for the guidelines to incorporate CC. Closing - Conclusions and Agreements

The results obtained were the following:

- The municipalities that have already made progress in updating their POTs have not consciously included elements of climate change, that is, they have some information associated with climate change but it does not follow a specific route or objective with respect to this matter.

- Only one municipality in Chinchina basin has its POT approved; two are finalizing their formulation, and two more have not yet started.

- The project delivered the information generated regarding climate, climate change and vulnerability to the municipalities that are finalizing the formulation of their POTs. Information was set in appropriate formats for being used in the POTs. The project will hold specific meetings with these two municipalities, in order to clarify possible doubts about how to incorporate the information delivered into the POTs.

- For the two municipalities that have not yet started the process of updating their POTs, the project has offered specific technical advice.

- A working group was organized with all the municipalities that participated in the workshop. The objective will be the formulation of guidelines to incorporate climate change criteria in POTs.

- For the next meeting, a delegate of the Autonomous Regional Corporation of Cundinamarca will be present in order to share Cundinamarca’s experience in incorporating CC in the department.

Presentation of guidelines for the incorporation of CC into POT by the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, Climate Change Directorate.

Presentation of the Climate Resilient Basins project. CIIFEN.

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 Incorporation of climate change criteria in POI (Institutional Operative Plan) and PEI (Institutional Strategic Plan)

In August, the consultancy for the incorporation of climate variability and climate change into the strategic planning at the local level was concluded. The results obtained were a proposal for the Institutional Strategic Plan (PEI) and Institutional Operational Plan (POI) for the province of Concepción, which incorporate climate variability and climate change in this provincial municipality of the Junin region. In addition, a document was produced with the methodological guidelines for the incorporation of climate change and climate variability in the process of institutional and operational planning in the territories.

3.4. Formulation of an International Cooperation Articulation Strategy to include environmental and climate change issues. CHINCHINA

3.4.2. Incorporation of the project in the route defined in the Pactos por la cuenca platform to design a management multi-mechanism for the basin.

In August, an agreement with the Water Fund Cuenca Río Chinchina- Vivo Cuenca was signed. Vivo Cuenca has already a legal status and its constitution was one of the results of the multi-mechanism

management process designed for the basin. The Climate Resilient Basins project supported this process with two legal and financial consultancies. This agreement will allow the continuity of the basin management platform and represents an opportunity to guarantee the sustainability of the actions developed by the project. Among the activities that the project and Vivo Cuenca will develop together are the design and implementation of climate change adaptation measures with some stakeholders: coffee growers, cattle ranchers and young environmentalists groups. The other issue that the two institutions will work together is the design of the monitoring plan for climate change vulnerability in the Chinchina river basin.

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3.4.4. Participation of the project in international cooperation committees or working groups in Mantaro to include issues related to climate change adaptation in their discussions

On August 2nd, the project attended a Macroregional Workshop organized to consult local institutions and social actors about MINAM’s proposal for the regulation of the Peruvian Climate Change Law. The event followed a methodology that promotes the active participation of the population, civil society, non-governmental organizations, the private sector, academia, public institutions, among others, to collect their contributions and opinions. In this way, the participatory process guarantees that contributions and suggestions from those involved in the responses to climate change can be taken into account. Face climate change, climate variability and risk management is part of the responsible management of the territory. Among other issues, attendees point out the need for the Regulation of the Law N ° 30640 that modifies the Art. 75 of the N ° 29338 Law of Water Resources to enter into force; in this regulation, the methodological aspect to determine the head of a river basin and other issues of relevance for the management of water resources are considered.

National Consultation Workshop on the Regulation of the Climate Change Law N ° 30754

The project has a permanent and continuous presence in spaces such as committees, working groups promoted by the civil society to influence the future authorities on issues such as considering climate change, climate variability, vulnerability and risk management in the planning of their territory. One very important space at the regional level are the “Mesas de Concertación”. The Local Actions Coordinator attends both, the meeting in Junin and Huancavelica roundtables.

Participation in the Junin Roundtable Governability Agreements for the Good Living in the Junin Region 2019 - 2022. Participation in Huancavelica Roundtable "Agreements for Governance" 2019 - 2022.

3.5 Consolidation of strategic alliances or networks between regional governments, local governments and the community on issues related to climate change adaptation.

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3.5.1. Support the Water Resources Council

The Regional Coordinator, the Climate Specialist, the Evaluation and Monitoring Assistant, the Local Activities Coordinator and Assistant in Mantaro held a meeting in Huancayo with representatives of the Water Administrative Authority-AAA, Mr. Javier Segovia, Responsible for the Mantaro basin, Mr. Julio García, Environmental and Risk Management Specialist of the project Modernization of the Water Resources Integral Management-PMGIRH of the National Water Authority-ANA, the Natural Resources Manager of the GORE Junin, the President of the Mantaro Water Resources Council (CRH), the Natural Resources Manager of the GORE Huancavelica and the Communicator of the AAA, Rocío Abarca.

The Environmental and Risk Management Specialist of the PMGIRH highlighted the support that the Climate Resilient Basins project have provided to the Mantaro hydric resources council and how this basin is at a higher level than the rest of the basins that are part of the PMGIRH. Considering that the PMGIRH will also work in Mantaro basin, both projects agreed on the following actions to be carried out by our project in order to avoid duplication of efforts with the PMGIRH:

 Articulation of the Climate Resilient Basins project with the members of the Water Resources Council of the Mantaro Basin, headed by its President Jessica Solís Ricse;  Support the implementation of the activities of the 2018 Plan (Work Plan of the Water Resources Council of the Mantaro Basin period 2018 – 2020);  Support the dissemination and awareness of the importance of the Water Resources Council in the entire basin;  Work with the members of the council to internalize their functions, obligations and commitments;  Support the work at the community level throughout the basin so they get to know better about the council and participate in the decisions and selection of community representatives for the Council.

 It was agreed to visit the Archbishop of Junin to look for a joint work with the Archdiocese to disseminate information about the importance of the water integral management and the consolidation of the Council as well as working with the candidates to regional governments. Unfortunately, the meeting with Archbishop could not be maintained because he was out of town, but we were received by the Environmental Committee that runs the Archdiocese. Our proposal was not accepted because they indicated that they already had a defined plan with the candidates and could not include new activities.  It was then concluded that the project would continue to work directly with the Council in these activities. The Water Resources Council must present a proposal of the communicational products that will be developed and that will be financed by the project. The project will review the proposal of the Mantaro CRH to see its relevance and, if applicable, will issue suggestions before proceeding with the implementation.

Swearing-in of the members to the Mantaro CRHC period 2018 - 2020.

On Friday, September 7th, the Regional Coordinator and the Local Activities Coordinator in Mantaro met the General Manager of the ANA, Ing. Jorge Ganoza Roncal to discuss about the project proposal to develop guidelines to include climate change criteria in the water resources planning. We also talk about the project support to strengthen the Management Plan of the Mantaro CRHC in coordination with the Water Management Authority-AAA Mantaro and the project-PMGIRH. The strong request from the Manager was that the project should coordinate with the ANA directly and not with the PMGIRH because the latter is part of the ANA and obeys its guidelines.

OUTCOME 4

4.1. Strengthening most vulnerable communities´ capacities to face climate change.

CHINCHINA a) The sites where the installation of the rain gauges were proposed by the project and CORPOCALDAS. The site selection responded to the following criteria:

 Existence of a community or educational group with availability and willingness to perform the daily readings.

 Possibility of articulation to a local organizational scheme that needs the information to make decisions about the territory, for example: early warning systems, groups of producers, etc.  Extense areas with no climate stations.  Availability of equipment for the transmission of collected data, such as smartphone cellular with data plan, access to computer with internet, etc.

The proposed sites will be sent to IDEAM for their revision; they should validate the proposed sites, according to information from national stations and networks. Once the project received this validation, we will proceed to the implementation of the rain gauges in territory. b) Activities with Cattle Ranchers

In a new meeting with members of the Livestock Committee of Caldas, the project was once again presented, emphasizing the interest of defining a joint agenda with them to reach agreements on climate change adaptation measures.

It was agreed with the Management of the Committee to carry out a series of events, among which was a demonstration tour with cattle farms owner in the middle and upper watershed. This tour took place in September and had 35 participats from different groups: livestock producers, representatives of the Livestock Committee, and officials from the municipalities of Manizales and Neira. During the visit, the participants could witness experiences of livestock reconversion such as silvopastoral systems, which are presented as an important climate change adaptation measure.

Tour of the Silvopastoral systems (Cerca viva con tilo) existing in a visited estate

Participants in the Demonstration Tour

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4.2 Dissemination of material about the project and climate change addressed to communities and local governments.

In August, the project participated in the IV Regional Fair Junin Verde-Expo, which took place in Huamanmarca Square in the Huancayo province. This fair was a good opportunity to disseminate the activities that the project has been implementing. Institutions such as SENAMHI Junin, Agro rural, National Institute of Agrarian Innovation-INIA, Geophysical Institute of Peru-IGP, National Institute of Civil Defense-INDECI, Social Security Health-EsSalud, educational institutions, professional institutes, producers and ranchers community of the Junin region participated in the fair.

Visit at the CIIFEN stand in the framework of the IV ECOFERIA JUNIN VERDE 2018

OUTCOME 5

5.1 Local positioning of IDEAM-Colombia and SENAMHI-Peru services in Chinchina and Mantaro, respectively.

5.1.1. Formulation of the definitive Positioning Plan of IDEAM and SENAMHI Peru services in Chinchina and Mantaro basins.

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The prioritized lines of the Positioning Plan will be discussed with the new Director of the IDEAM, in order to agree on the route to follow. The resignation of the focal point in the IDEAM has delayed the activities related to this issue. The project is waiting for the initial period of the new authorities to pass before requesting a meeting with them.

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In September, the Regional Coordinator of the project, the Local Activities Coordinator, the Climate Specialist and the Evaluation and Monitoring Assistant met the Director of Zonal Directorate of

SENAMHI Junin, Mrs. Adam Yanina Ramos Cadillo. On behalf of SENAMHI, Mr. Renato Urdanivia, meteorology technician of SENAMHI Junin, also participated. The Director of SENAMHI presented their proposal for SENAMHI Positioning Plan in Junin, which is fundamentally oriented to the implementation of the Frost Forecast Tool developed by the project. This tool would be utilize for the development of a frost Warning System (SAT for the acronym in Spanish) applied to the production of corn, product that represents the highest agricultural coverage in the Mantaro Valley. This exercise would be carried out in the localities of Huayao and/or Viques. The SENAMHI Junin Director points out the need to have a technological improvement that supports the information obtained through the Frost forecast tool; an expert who can design structured surveys; and two field practitioners who run the surveys in the field.

Agreements: The Director of SENAMHI Junin has committed to reformulate the proposal of the SENAMHI Positioning Plan in Junin in a way that fits the parameters of the project and the available budget. The project has initially agreed to provide an external memory to strengthen computer where the frost forecasting tool will be implemented. Once the adjusted plan is available, the project will analyze the possible support for its implementation.

5.1.3 Implementation of the Positioning Plan for the local Meteorological Services.

In Colombia, in order to better reach local communities in the territory, three workshops were held. These workshops were carried out for producers and users of rural or municipal aqueducts in order to introduce IDEAM climate services and identify the information needs of the participants. The main results are described below:

 In general, there is a lot of confusion regarding climate information about its official status, sites and forms of consultation.  Existing information has a very wide scale, which does not facilitate the decision making for productive activities.  The information generated by the IDEAM is not clear enough; some participants even attributed the information generated by IDEAM to other entities.  All participants are aware of the impacts generated by climatic phenomena and demand information for the generation of actions.  Little knowledge was identified with regards the planning instruments associated with climate, such as adaptation or mitigation plans. Some people even do not know very well the regulation instruments such as POMCAS and POTs.  Almost all the participants agreed on the little articulation that exists among the institutions, a situation that creates great confusion.  A clear need for training for different users on terms, concepts and weather and weather information, the scales of information, etc. was identified.  In general, participants have negative perception of the information generated by the IDEAM: they considered confusing the way of accessing to it and difficult to understand it.

 The attendees mentioned the need for training in the use of instruments and in the interpretation of the information generated.  Participants indicated the need to have information networks made up of local volunteers, and with simple instruments such as loudspeakers to support alerts to extreme hydroclimatic phenomena or events.  The municipal administrations, as documented in the workshop, are a fundamental focal point where information can be deposited, and where users can easily access it.  Most of the participants do not know the competences and functions of the different institutions, therefore there is no clarity about who generates the necessary information for Reunión para elaborar el reglamento interno del comité de making decisions related to the climate. Gestión Agrario de Jauja-CGA

Producers and users of rural or municipal aqueducts

Associations of producers

5.2 Strengthening CRC-OSA operational and technical capacities in support of the institutions linked to risk management and adaptation in the basins.

5.2.2. Support the development of services and tools on climate information and risk management for local decision-making.

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In August, the training workshop "Implementation, operation and maintenance of the Frost Forecast Platform for the Mantaro Valley" was carried out, which was developed in the offices of SENAMHI

Zonal Directorate in Junin. The workshop targeted both SENAMHI-Lima and SENAMHI Junin zonal Directorate specialists. The frost forecast tool for the Mantaro Valley will mitigate the social and economic impacts of the frosts through its monitoring and forecasting with 12 and up to 72 hours in advance. This training was in charge of Meteorologist Jeronimo Garcia Villanueva who designed the tool and adjusted it to the conditions of the Mantaro Valley.

This tool will allow predicting the minimum temperatures one day in advance in the months of September to December, period called "Start of Agricultural Campaign" and in the months of February to May, period called "End of Agricultural Campaign." It will also determine forecast models with up to 72 hours in advance in the "Start and End of Agricultural Campaign" period.

In a complementary way, and to socialize the tool with those who are affected, directly or indirectly by the frosts, on August 14, 2018 in the afternoon, in the auditorium of the College of Engineers of Peru, Departmental Council of Junin, a working meeting "Implementation and use of the frost forecast model for the Mantaro Valley" was conducted. Several public and private institutions participated, who showed great interest and expectation for the operation of a tool for frost forecasting and its potential impact on the reduction of losses of the agricultural sector in the Mantaro Valley.

"Workshop on the implementation and use of the frost forecast tool for the Mantaro Valley" (Left, in SENAMHI Junin and right in the Auditorium of the College of Engineers)

2. OPERATIONAL/ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS

2.1. Audit:

In July, the financial administrative audit of the project corresponding to the period January to December 2017 was carried out. At the moment, the auditing firm OHM & Co. is preparing the respective report for the subsequent review by CIIFEN and, if it is the case, the emission of observations.

2.2. Semi-annual evaluation

At the beginning of August, the semi-annual evaluation meeting of the project was held. In the meeting, the percentage of progress in the fulfillment of the 2018 POA corresponding to the January-June period, and the review of compliance with the logic framework indicators was determined. The delays or problems that have arisen during this first period of the year were discussed to establish possible solutions and re-structured the activities to comply with the programmed actions in the second half of the year.

The evaluation meeting also identified actions that must be met to achieve the indicators established by the project. The project has a good percentage of fulfilled outcomes.

2.3. Consultancies executed and completed In this period, two consultancies developed in the Mantaro basin were completed: Tool for the forecast of Frosts for the Mantaro Valley, and Mainstreaming of climate change in the local management instruments for the province of Concepción in the Junin Region. In both cases they were successfully closed, covering all the corresponding values and receiving the required products.

3. CONCLUSIONS OF THE EXECUTION OF PERIOD

3.1. Events and most important actions of the period

CHINCHINA

• The execution of the workshops to incorporate climate change in POMCAS and POTs, which generated a clear path on how to proceed in this aspect, as well as the participation of environmental authorities, are important steps towards achieving the objective of strengthening local governments.

• The development of actions related to climate services reinforces the need to continue with the IDEAM positioning plan; the results of the workshops will be a fundamental input to achieve the commitment of the new Director of this institution.

MANTARO

• The development of the GEO-SIAR and training of local stakeholders in the use of the GEO- SIAR technological platform developed by CIIFEN to strengthen the Regional Environmental Information Systems of Junin and Ayacucho was one of the most relevant aspects of the quarter. The GEO-SIAR will become one of the most important platforms of the central region in Peru, since it makes available to users, information from the public platform IDESEP of SENAMHI, the economic and ecological zoning (ZEE) elaborated by the GOREs Junin and Ayacucho, information from the "Climate-Smart Territories" project executed by CATIE with USAID funds, hydrological studies and other relevant documents for the understanding of the territory. The GEO-SIAR is a tool for decision making.

• The development of the tool for the frost forecast, the training workshops for its management and use have very important potential to reduce the negative impacts that may occur in agriculture due to frost.

3.2. Main problems or constraints faced in the period

 The numerous activities developed in Mantaro during a short period in September (SIAR Ayacucho-Junin Workshops, SENAMHI Positioning Plan, SENAMHI Lima coordination, coordination with MINAM and others) and their organization were very demanding for the project´s team and for the participating institutions.

 The change of authorities and the main contact technicians in IDEAM have slowed down the actions that are carried out with this institution.

3.3. Recommendations

CHINCHINA

 Avoid postponing the activities planned in the project Annual Operative Plan since this becomes an obstacle to carry out the following activities because of their connection. It is important to emphasize that these delays, in many cases, happened by request of other institutions but not by the project team.

MANTARO

 In the execution of the project, it has become evident that the decentralization model of institutions in Peru is still in process. Deconcentration of competencies without budgets and qualified personnel in the institutions is common. This could be evidenced in the case of the Frost Forecast Model: the capacity of the computers in the offices of SENAMHI Junin was insufficient therefore the installation of the tool software was not completely functional. To solve this, the option of acquiring an external disk of high capacity was approved to load the software and allow its proper functioning.

4. COORDINATION WITH OTHER INSTITUTIONS OR PROJECTS IN THE BASIN

• During this quarter, an agreement with the General Coordinator of the Agrarian Management Committee for the strengthening of this committee was achieved. Several workshops and meetings to raise people awareness on the effects of climate change and climate variability, vulnerability and risk management, land management and proper use of Water Resources will be developed.

• During this quarter, coordination with the Regional Government (GORE) of Junin and Ayacucho took place to carry out the workshops on the use and management of GEO-SIAR, the technological platform developed by CIIFEN.

• Coordination with the SENAMHI Junin Zonal Directorate for the organization of the training workshop "Implementation, operation and maintenance of the frost forecast platform for the Mantaro Valley."

• Coordination with the GORE Huancavelica and participation in the workshop on the Implementation of the Regional Climate Change Strategy-ERCC of the Huancavelica region. One of the main results is the issuance of the REGIONAL ORDINANCE N ° 406.GOB.REG.HVCA / CR where CIIFEN is declared part of the Executive Technical Committee of the Regional Council of Climate Change of the Huancavelica Region.

• Discussions were held with the Coordinator of the Climate-Smart Territories Project, which was executed by the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center-CATIE to include the cartography produced in the project in the GEO SIAR.

CHINCHINA

 The project maintains permanent coordination with IDEAM, Governorate of Caldas (Environment and Climate Change Area), CORPOCALDAS, Aguas de Manizales, Climate Change Regional Node of the Coffee Region, Agroclimate Table of Caldas, CHEC and Vivo CUENCA.

 At present, there is also a relationship with the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, specifically with the Directorate of Climate Change and Water Resources Management.

5. PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR THE NEXT QUARTER

CHINCHINA

• Preparation of the climate change vulnerability assessment for the municipality of Neira.

• Coordination of the cattle ranchers and coffee growers’ agendas

• Start the formulation of the climate change monitoring scheme for the Department of Caldas

• Reactivation of actions with local communities

• Technical exchange between the basin councils of Mantaro and Chinchina (water harvesting, water funds, mechanisms of retribution).

MANTARO

• Start the implementation of the positioning plan of SENMAHI in Junin, by putting the frost forecast model into operation.

• Proposal of an agreements with the National Water Authority-ANA.

• Strengthening the Regional Council of the Agrarian Sector (Junin): Participation in the meetings of the Agrarian Management Committee (CGA) of Jauja.

• Development of the consultancy to identify local knowledge and traditional technologies to climate adaptation practiced in the rural communities of the Ichu river basin and micro-basin of the Palca-Huancavelica River.

• Meeting with representatives of the National Superintendence of Services and Sanitation to discuss about Mechanisms for Compensation for Ecosystemic Services; this activity will be part of the technical exchange.

• Technical exchange between the basin councils of Mantaro and Chinchina (water harvesting, water funds, mechanisms of retribution).