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Para-Agua) Project PARTNERING FOR ADAPTATION AND RESILIENCE – AGUA (PARA-AGUA) PROJECT QUARTERLY REPORT FY 2016 Q1 – OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 2015 January 21, 2016 This publication was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development. It was prepared by AECOM. 1 PARTNERING FOR ADAPTATION AND RESILIENCE – AGUA (PARA-AGUA) PROJECT QUARTERLY REPORT FY 2016 Q1 – OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 2015 Submitted to: USAID/WASHINGTON Prepared by: AECOM Cover Photo: Ayabaca Province - Piura, Peru. (Cloud forest in the upper part of the Chira-Piura Basin in northern Peru) Disclaimer: The authors’ views expressed in this document do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government. Partnering for Adaptation and Resilience – Agua (PARA-Agua) Project i Quarterly Report (Year 3, Quarter 1) Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .............................................................................................................. 4 TASK 1: STRENGTHENING THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY ............................................ 10 TASK 2: INTEGRATING CLIMATE DATA IN DECISION MAKING.................................. 15 TASK 3: STRENGTHENING PLANNING SYSTEMS ............................................................ 17 CROSS-CUTTING: GENDER ................................................................................................... 23 IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGES ........................................................................................ 26 ANNEXES .................................................................................................................................... 28 Partnering for Adaptation and Resilience – Agua (PARA-Agua) Project ii Quarterly Report (Year 3, Quarter 1) ACRONYMS AECID Agencia Española de Cooperación International para el Desarrollo ACP Áreas de Conservación Privada ALA Administraciones Locales de Agua ANA Autoridad Nacional del Agua APC Agencia Presidencial de Cooperación Internacional de Colombia ASOJAC Asociaciones de Juntas de Acción Comunal AUTODEMA Autoridad Autónoma de Majes CECOBOSQUE Central de Comunidades Campesinas del Bosque Seco de Piura CHEC Central Hidroeléctrica de Caldas CIIFEN International Center for Research of the el Niño Phenomenon CoP Science and Adaptation Community of Practice CONDESAN Consorcio para el Desarrollo Sostenible de la Ecorregión Andina CORPOCALDAS Corporación Autónoma Regional de Caldas CORPOCESAR Corporación Autónoma Regional del Cesar CRHC Consejo de Recursos Hídricos de Cuenca EMAS S.A. Empresa Metropolitana de Aseo S.A. FCAS Fondo de Cooperación para Agua y Saneamiento FESCO Foundation for the Integral Development of Children, Youth and Family FONDAM Fondo de las Américas FONDO MIREGO Fondo Promoción del Riego en la Sierra FONIPREL Fondo de Promoción a la Inversión Pública Regional y Local FORASAN Fondo Regional de Agua y Saneamiento Ambiental FUNMUVI Fundación Mujer Vida GCF Green Climate Fund GCMs Global Climate Models IGP Instituto Geofísico del Perú IDEAM Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies IRAGER Instituto Regional de Apoyo a la Gestión de los Recursos Hídrico MAD Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible de Colombia MINAM Ministerio del Ambiente del Perú MOU Memorandum of Understanding NDA National Designated Authority NCAR National Center for Atmospheric Research (U.S.) PIP Public Investment Project PROFONANPE Fondo de Promoción de las Áreas Naturales Protegidas del Perú PMGRH Proyecto de Modernización de la Gestión de los Recursos Hídricos POMCA Plan de Manejo y Ordenamiento de una Cuenca PROCOMPITE Apoyo a la Competitividad Productiva RALCEA La Red Latinoamericana de Centros del Conocimiento en Gestión de Recursos Hídricos RDS Robust Decision Support SEI Stockholm Environment Institute SENAMHI Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología del Perú SWCA Sonoma County Water Agency TACC Territorial Approach to Climate Change USAID United States Agency for International Development USG United States Government WAVES Wealth Accounting and the Valuation of Ecosystem Services program WEAP Water Evaluation and Planning XLRM Uncertainty factors (X), Policy levels (L), Models (R), Performance metrics (M) Partnering for Adaptation and Resilience – Agua (PARA-Agua) Project iii Quarterly Report (Year 3, Quarter 1) Figure 1: Quilca-Chili Watershed Executive Summary PARA-Agua is a climate change adaptation and policy project that began in 2013 by focusing on two target watersheds: The Chira-Piura watershed in northern Peru and the Chinchina Watershed in Colombia. AECOM has signed a contract with USAID/Washington to work with the PARA-Agua project in three to five watersheds during the four-year activity. Working directly with scientists, decision-makers and communities to strengthen watershed resilience to climate change, this innovative regional project now finds itself involved in five watersheds as it begins its third year. PARA-Agua actively engaged stakeholders in the first quarter of FY 16 though local discussions, regional conferences, and an international presence at the COP21 in Paris, France. Information was shared via the Community of Practice (CoP) and actors remain engaged throughout the five watersheds. PARA-Agua also utilized this quarter to complete necessary paperwork with their partners to prepare for activities throughout the region for the remainder of the year. PARA-Agua achieved a milestone of success this quarter with the implementation and enacting of the Regional Water Fund in Chira-Piura in northern Peru (also known as FORASAN). This regional fund for water is a compensation mechanism for ecosystem services whereby the business sector, user organizations and international cooperation (among others) contribute with resources to fund actions upstream that improve water management. The PARA-Agua project was a key player in the design and formation of the fund, instrumental in the receipt of the fund’s official recognition from the regional government and development of the fund’s operational strategy, and the support of key players from the private and public sectors. PARA-Agua also continues to deepen its efforts to integrate gender considerations as a cross cutting topic in the project’s activities in all five watersheds. This quarter, the project conducted a watershed-specific gender analysis in its most recently added watershed basin, the watershed of Chancay-Lambayeque. Additionally, the team engaged more decision-makers, policy makers and the scientific community on the importance of women’s participation in climate change adaptation in the other four watersheds to help raise awareness and build competency across women’s social networks in Peru and Colombia. To assure sustainability, PARA-Agua has been successful in developing three Toolkits. A fourth Toolkit is expected to be developed during the spring of 2016. The three toolkits are as follows: Partnering for Adaptation and Resilience – Agua (PARA-Agua) Project 4 Quarterly Report (Year 3, Quarter 1) (1) “Communicating Hydro Climatic Information to Decision Makers”; (2) “Integrating Institutions in Information Systems and Networks” and (3) “Robust Decision-Making in Water Resource Management using Climate Change Scenarios” and are currently available online through the Community of Practice (CoP). Toolkits 1 and 2 were completed and uploaded in the Community of Practice site during the second half of FY15. Toolkit 3 was formally released during the first quarter of FY16. The objective of Toolkit 3 is to act as a guide for a robust decision-making method of analysis that incorporates climate change projections and applies it to management decisions for water resources. Ideal users are those who are interested in understanding the application of robust decision-making in planning water resource projects and evaluating the possibility of applying this method to the prioritization of investment funds. The fourth toolkit “A System to Monitor the Effectiveness of Adaptation Measures to Climate Change” is in process. Toolkit 4 will be slightly different from the previous toolkits as is created for institutions and stakeholders in Peru as a monitoring tool. Conversation regarding the timetable of Toolkit 4 development during subsequent months is in progress. This report presents the major accomplishments during the first quarter of FY16, which represents the beginning of the third year of PARA-Agua activities. This report also presents activities planned for the second quarter of FY16 (January to March). Name of USAID Activity: Partnering for Adaptation – Agua (PARA-Agua) Project Name of Prime Contractor: AECOM International Development Total funding: USD 7,995,163.82 (Cost Plus Fixed Fee including option years) Start date: September 9, 2013 End date: September 8, 2016 (First option year) Overall goals and objectives: The Partnering for Adaptation – Agua Project aims to strengthen the ability of watershed councils and local organizations in three to five watersheds in Colombia and Peru, to generate policy-oriented scientific data on hydrological systems; ensure that new climate data is integrated regularly into decision-making processes; strengthen planning systems that optimize water use over the whole length of the watersheds, and provide assistance on management of water and other resources in the face of climate change throughout the region. Expected outcomes: • New scientifically sound data on the dynamics of water resources • Water management plans, investment analyses, program designs,
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