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Amended in November 2013 REQUEST FOR PROJECT/PROGRAMME FUNDING FROM THE ADAPTATION FUND The Appendix form should be completed and transmitted to the Adaptation Fund Board Secretariat by email or fax. Please type in the responses using the template provided. The instructions attached to the form provide guidance to filling out the template. Please note that a project/programme must be fully prepared (i.e., fully appraised for feasibility) when the request is submitted. The final project/programme document resulting from the appraisal process should be attached to this request for funding. Complete documentation should be sent to: The Adaptation Fund Board Secretariat 1818 H Street NW MSN P4-400 Washington, D.C., 20433 U.S.A Fax: +1 (202) 522-3240/5 Email: [email protected] 1 Amended in November 2013 Contents PART I: PROJECT/PROGRAMME INFORMATION....................................................... 4 1. National and Local Level Context .................................................................................................... 4 1.1. Geography and Climate ................................................................................................................ 4 1.2. Political and Legislative ................................................................................................................ 6 1.3. Institutional Arrangements for Climate Change ......................................................................... 8 1.4. Demography ................................................................................................................................. 9 1.5. Economy ..................................................................................................................................... 10 1.6. Education .................................................................................................................................... 11 1.7. The Water Security Problems in Outer Islands ......................................................................... 11 1.8 Proposed Focus Area ........................................................................................................................ 13 1.9 Yap State ........................................................................................................................................... 13 1.10 Chuuk State .................................................................................................................................... 13 1.11 Pohnpei State ................................................................................................................................. 14 1.12 Kosrae State .................................................................................................................................... 14 2. Climate change impacts and risks .............................................................................................. 20 2.1 Sea Level and Extreme High Tides ............................................................................................. 21 2.2 Rainfall ........................................................................................................................................ 23 3. Vulnerability Assessment ............................................................................................................... 23 3.1 National level response to vulnerability ................................................................................... 26 4. Water and Sanitation ..................................................................................................................... 27 4.1 The Significance of Local Decision-Making to Water Security Adaptation in FSM .................. 28 5. Discussions with Communities ...................................................................................................... 28 6. Existing resilient practices in water security ................................................................................. 29 7. Existing resilient practices in coastal management ...................................................................... 31 8. Project / Programme Objectives: ............................................................................................... 32 Project / Programme Components and Financing: ........................................................................... 34 Projected Calendar: ............................................................................................................................ 36 PART II: PROJECT /PROGRAMME JUSTIFICATION ................................................. 37 A Project Activities of the Project ....................................................................................................... 37 2 Amended in November 2013 Component 1. Strengthening policy and institutional capacity for integrated coastal and water management at national and state levels ......................................................................................... 37 Component 2. Demonstration of water security measures in outer islands of Yap, Chuuk and Pohnpei ............................................................................................................................................... 43 Component 3. Demonstration of Kosrae Inland Road Relocation Initiative ................................ 56 Component 4 Knowledge management for improved water and coastal protection ................... 69 B Benefits ............................................................................................................................................ 73 C Cost-effectiveness ........................................................................................................................... 84 D Consistency with Development Strategies .................................................................................... 99 E Consistency with Technical Standards .......................................................................................... 101 F Duplication of project .................................................................................................................... 105 G Learning & KM............................................................................................................................... 112 H. Consultation Process ................................................................................................................... 114 I Justification for funding .................................................................................................................. 123 J: Sustainability ................................................................................................................................. 128 K Environment and Social Impacts and Risks .................................................................................... 134 PART III: IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS .................................................... 139 A Institutional arrangements ........................................................................................................... 139 B Risk Management ......................................................................................................................... 146 C Environmental and Social Risk ...................................................................................................... 150 D Monitoring & Evaluation .............................................................................................................. 152 E. Results Framework ....................................................................................................................... 157 F. Alignment with AF RF ................................................................................................................... 170 G. Detailed Budget ........................................................................................................................... 174 PART IV: ENDORSEMENT BY GOVERNMENT AND CERTIFICATION BY THE IMPLEMENTING ENTITY ........................................................................................... 187 ACRONYMS ............................................................................................................... 188 ANNEXES .................................................................................................................. 191 Additional documents attached, for the information of the Adaptation Fund ...... 192 Bibliography of documents referred to in the project document .......................... 193 Relevant websites: .................................................................................................... 196 3 PROJECT/PROGRAMME PROPOSAL TO THE ADAPTATION FUND PART I: PROJECT/PROGRAMME INFORMATION Project/Programme Category: Regular Project Country/ies: Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) Title of Project/Programme: ENHANCING THE CLIMATE CHANGE RESILIENCE OF VULNERABLE ISLAND COMMUNITIES IN FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA Type of Implementing Entity: RIE Implementing Entity: SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM (SPREP) Executing Entity/ies: Office of Environment and Emergency Management (OEEM) on behalf of Kosrae State Government, Pohnpei State Government, Yap State Government, Chuuk State Government Amount of Financing Requested: $9,000,000 (in U.S Dollars Equivalent) Project / Programme Background and Context: Provide brief information on the problem the proposed project/programme is aiming to solve. 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