PROJECT PROPOSAL TO THE ADAPTATION FUND Project Category: Regular Country: Tunisia Title of Project: Insertion économique, sociale et solidaire pour la résilience dans le Gouvernorat de Kairouan ("Economic, social and solidarity insertion for resilience in the Governorate of Kairouan") - IESS-Adapt Type of Implementing Entity: Multilateral Implementing Entity Implementing Entity: International Fund for Agricultural Development Executing Entity: Ministry for Agriculture Water Resources and Fisheries (MAWRF). Amount of Financing Requested: USD 9,997,190 i Table of Contents. Project Area .................................................................................................................................. vi PART I: PROJECT/PROGRAMME INFORMATION .................................................................................... 1 A. Project / Programme Background and Context: ............................................................................... 1 Geography ..................................................................................................................................... 1 Climate ........................................................................................................................................... 2 Socio-Economic Context ............................................................................................................... 4 Agriculture ...................................................................................................................................... 5 Water ............................................................................................................................................. 6 Climate Change ............................................................................................................................. 7 Project Upscaling and Lessons Learned. .................................................................................... 12 Relationship with IFAD IESS Project ........................................................................................... 13 Targeting and Targeting Strategies ............................................................................................. 14 B. Project Objectives: .......................................................................................................................... 18 C. Project Components and Financing: ............................................................................................... 19 PART II: PROJECT JUSTIFICATION ........................................................................................................ 26 A. Project Components ........................................................................................................................ 26 B. Environmental, Social and Economic Benefits. .............................................................................. 44 C. Cost-effectiveness ........................................................................................................................... 45 D. Strategic Alignment. ........................................................................................................................ 50 E. National Technical Standards and Environment and Social Policy ................................................ 51 F. Duplication ....................................................................................................................................... 54 G. Learning knowledge management and lessons learned. ............................................................... 56 H. Consultative Process ...................................................................................................................... 56 I. Justification for Funding .................................................................................................................. 60 J. Project Sustainability ....................................................................................................................... 62 K. Socio-Environmental Impacts and Risks ........................................................................................ 63 PART III: IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS .................................................................................... 69 A. Arrangements for project implementation. ...................................................................................... 69 B. Financial and Project Risk Management ........................................................................................ 70 C. Environmental and Social Risk Management ................................................................................. 73 D. Monitoring and Evaluation Arrangements ....................................................................................... 74 E. Results Framework ......................................................................................................................... 77 F. Alignment with the Adaptation Fund Results Framework ............................................................... 81 G. Project budget ................................................................................................................................. 84 H. Disbursement Schedule .................................................................................................................. 87 PART IV: ENDORSEMENT ........................................................................................................................ 88 Annex 1 Endorsement Letter .................................................................................................................. 89 Annex 2 Project Organigram ................................................................................................................... 90 Annex 3 Gender Action Learning for Sustainability ................................................................................ 91 Annex 4 Environmental and Social Management Plan. .......................................................................... 93 Annex 5 Gender Sensitive Design Checklist. ....................................................................................... 125 Annex 6 List of people met.................................................................................................................... 127 Annex 7 Grievance Redress Mechanism Forms .................................................................................. 142 ii List of Figures Figure 1 Project Area ................................................................................................................................... vi Figure 2 Elevation in meters above sea level in Tunisia and Kairouan. ....................................................... 1 Figure 3 Agro-ecological zones of Tunisia. IFAD, 2018. .............................................................................. 2 Figure 4 Average precipitation in Kairouan, 1981-2018. .............................................................................. 3 Figure 5 Average temperature in Kairouan, 1976-2010, IFAD. .................................................................... 3 Figure 6 Significant Precipitation Trend analysis of the Project area 1981-2018. ........................................ 7 Figure 7 Heavy Precipitation Events ............................................................................................................ 8 Figure 8 Change in Precipitation and Drought .............................................................................................. 9 Figure 9 Monthly and Maximum Temperatures ............................................................................................ 9 Figure 10 Vegetation Index (NDVI) in Tunisia, February 2018 IFAD. .......................................................... 9 Figure 11 Piezometric evolution of the South Kairouan water table 1989-2014......................................... 10 Figure 12 Slopes in degrees ....................................................................................................................... 12 Figure 13 Erosion sensitivity in the governorate of Kairouan ..................................................................... 12 Figure 14 Climate vulnerability analysis of project area. ............................................................................ 16 Figure 15 number of micro-zones and the number of sectors by delegation. ............................................ 17 Figure 16 Combined IESS and IESS-Adapt road selection criteria framework .......................................... 28 Figure 17 Summary of laws to comply with. ............................................................................................... 53 Figure 18 List of laws to comply with. ....................................................................................................... 104 Figure 19 Gender-sensitive design and implementation checklist............................................................ 125 List of Tables Table 1 Characteristics of Kairouan's water tables ....................................................................................... 6 Table 2 Project components and financing ................................................................................................. 19 Table 3 Project Implementation Milestones ................................................................................................ 21 Table 4 Project Gannt Chart ......................................................................................................................