ADSWAC Full Proposal [V.1] January 18, 2021 REGIONAL PROJECT PROPOSAL ADSWAC PROJECT RESILIENCE BUILDING AS CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION IN DROUGHT-STRUCK SOUTH-WESTERN AFRICAN COMMUNITIES ANGOLA AND NAMIBIA Title of Project: RESILIENCE BUILDING AS CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION IN DROUGHT-STRUCK SOUTH-WESTERN AFRICAN COMMUNITIES Countries: ANGOLA AND NAMIBIA Thematic Focal Area1: FOOD SECURITY Type of Implementing Entity: REGIONAL IMPLEMENTING ENTITY (RIE) Implementing Entity: SAHARA AND SAHEL OBSERVATORY (OSS) Executing Entities: REGIONAL: ADPP (AJUDA DE DESENVOLVIMENTO DE POVO PARA POVO) NATIONAL : ANGOLA: ADPP (AJUDA DE DESENVOLVIMENTO DE POVO PARA POVO) NAMIBIA: DAPP (DEVELOPMENT AID FROM PEOPLE TO PEOPLE) Amount of Financing Requested: 11,941,038 US DOLLARS 1 Thematic areas are: Food security; Disaster risk reduction and early warning systems; Transboundary water management; Innovation in adaptation finance. 1 ADSWAC Full Proposal [V.1] January 18, 2021 CONTENT PART PROJECT INFORMATION ................................................................................................................................... 5 1. Project Background and Context ................................................................................................................................. 5 1.1 Project Area Context .................................................................................................................................................... 5 1.2 Description of the Project sites .................................................................................................................................... 7 1.2.1 Geographical Location and Area ................................................................................................................................. 7 1.2.2 Climate ......................................................................................................................................................................... 8 1.2.3 Agriculture ................................................................................................................................................................... 9 1.2.4 Hydrology and Water Resources ................................................................................................................................. 9 1.2.5 Biodiversity ................................................................................................................................................................ 10 1.2.6 Forest resources ......................................................................................................................................................... 10 1.2.7 Fires ........................................................................................................................................................................... 11 1.2.8 Population and indigenous peoples ............................................................................................................................ 11 1.2.9 Livelihoods and cross border trade ............................................................................................................................ 12 1.2.10Climate Change, droughts, vulnerability and threats .................................................................................................. 13 2. Project Objectives ...................................................................................................................................................... 14 3. Project Components and Financing ........................................................................................................................... 14 4. Project Calendar ......................................................................................................................................................... 14 PART II PROJECT JUSTIFICATION ........................................................................................................................... 15 A. Project components .................................................................................................................................................... 15 B. Promotion of new and innovative solutions to climate change adaptation ................................................................ 25 C. Economic, Social and Environmental Benefits .......................................................................................................... 26 D. Cost-effectiveness ...................................................................................................................................................... 28 E. Consistency with development strategies .................................................................................................................. 30 F. Alignment with national technical standards ............................................................................................................. 32 G. Synergies and complementarities .............................................................................................................................. 34 H. Learning and knowledge management component .................................................................................................... 36 I. Consultative process .................................................................................................................................................. 40 J. Full cost of adaptation reasoning ............................................................................................................................... 44 K. Project Sustainability ................................................................................................................................................. 46 L. Environmental and Social Impacts and Risks ............................................................................................................ 48 PART III IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS ................................................................................................... 54 A. Project management arrangements ............................................................................................................................ 54 B. Financial and project risk management .......................................................................................................... ...……58 C. Environmental and social risk management, in line with the ESP of the AF …………… ...... ……...……………..59 D. Monitoring and Evaluation arrangements and budgeted M&E Plan… ..................................................... …………65 E. Results Framework, including milestones, targets and indicators… ................................................ ……………….69 F. Project alignment with the Results Framework of the AF…… ............................................................ …………….83 G. Detailed Budget …… ........................................................................................................................................ ……85 H. Disbursement Schedule with time-bound milestones… ....................................................................................... ….95 PART IV ENDORSEMENT BY GOVERNMENTS AND CERTIFICATION BY THE IE ................................... 100 2 ADSWAC Full Proposal [V.1] January 18, 2021 LIST OF FIGURES: Figure 1 (left): Location of the transboundary project area between Angola and Namibia; Figure 2: (right) Municipalities (Angola) and Constituencies (Namibia) forming the project area .......................................................................................... 7 Figure 3: Location of Cuando Cubango province and other provinces in Angola ................................................................. 8 Figure 4: Location of Kavango regions in Namibia and neighbouring countries ................................................................... 8 Figure 5: ADSWAC Institutional Arrangements .................................................................................................................. 54 Figure 6: ADSWAC Implementation Arrangements ............................................................................................................ 55 Figure 7: ADSWAC Project Execution Staff ....................................................................................................................... 57 LIST OF TABLES: Table 1: Overview population groups in the target Regions and Province .......................................................................... 12 Table 2: ADSWAC Budget summary .................................................................................................................................. 14 Table 3: ADSWAC Economic, Social and Environmental Benefits .................................................................................... 26 Table 4: Consistency with Regional development strategies and policies ........................................................................... 31 Table 5: Consistency with Angola National development strategies and policies ............................................................... 31 Table 6: Consistency with Namibia National development strategies and policies ............................................................. 31 Table 7: Relevant Sub-national strategic points of the policy and corresponding ADSWAC outputs ................................. 32 Table 8: Alignment with Country Policies ..........................................................................................................................