SGP COUNTRY PROGRAMME STRATEGY FOR OP6 GHANA OP6 RESOURCES ( 3 . 0 MILLION US$) Core funds =US$ 600 ,000 Other Funds to be mobilized: =US$ 250 ,000 In - kind =US$ 2, 1 5 0 ,000 i Figure 1 : Spatial Location of Project Focal Area Project geographic areas. ( Southern Black Volta Landscape ) ii Table of Contents 1. SGP Country Programme - Summary Background ................................ ................................ ............... 1 1.2 Significant results and accomplishments achieved by the country programme under OP5 ........... 1 1.3 Overall situation analysis for the SGP country programme in OP6 ................................ ............... 2 2. SGP Country Programme Niche ................................ ................................ ................................ ........... 3 3. OP6 Strategies ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ .... 8 3.1 Cross - cutting OP6 grant - making strategies ................................ ................................ .................. 8 3.2 Landscape/seascape - based OP6 grant - making strategies ................................ ............................ 9 3.3 Strategic Outlook for Ghana under OP6 ................................ ................................ ..................... 12 3.4 Grant - maker+ strategies ................................ ................................ ................................ ............ 12 3.5 CSO - Government Dialogue Platform ................................ ................................ ......................... 13 3.6 Promoting social inclusion ................................ ................................ ................................ ......... 14 3.7 Knowledge management plan ................................ ................................ ................................ ... 14 3.8 Communications Strategy ................................ ................................ ................................ ......... 15 4. Expected Programme Results Framework ................................ ................................ ......................... 16 4.1 The results framework expected from the OP6 is summarized in Table 3. ................................ .. 16 5. Monitoring and Evaluation Plan ................................ ................................ ................................ ........ 20 6. Resource Mobilisation Plan ................................ ................................ ................................ ............... 23 6.1 Strategization and Resources Allocation ................................ ................................ .................... 23 6.2 Resource Mobilization ................................ ................................ ................................ ............... 24 6. 3 Indicative funds to be mobilized ................................ ................................ ................................ 24 6.4 Sources of Additional Funding ................................ ................................ ................................ ... 25 6.4.1 Matching fund from Grantees ................................ ................................ ............................ 25 6.4.2 In - kind contribution from applicants and other donors ................................ ...................... 25 6.4.3 Using sustainable livelihood ................................ ................................ ............................... 26 6.4.4 Bilateral and multi - lateral donors ................................ ................................ ...................... 26 6.4.5 Private Sector participation in SGP ................................ ................................ ..................... 26 6.4.6 Marketing SGP ................................ ................................ ................................ ................... 26 .7 Management Plan ................................ ................................ ................................ ............................. 27 8. National Steering Committee Endorsement ................................ ................................ ...................... 29 Annex 1: PROGRAMME PERFORMANCE AND IMPACT ASSESSMENT (July 2015 - June 2019) .................... 30 iii Annex 2: CONSULTATIONS AND SCOPING EXERCISE FOR THE PREPARATION OF OP6 GHANA PROGRAMME ................................ ................................ ................................ ..................... 36 Project Background and Context ................................ ................................ ................................ ............... 36 Geographic, Environmental, and Socioeconomic Context : ................................ ................................ .... 3 6 Climate Change and Variability in Ghana ................................ ................................ ............................. 37 Current climate variability ................................ ................................ ................................ ................ 37 Projected climate change impacts ................................ ................................ ................................ ...... 38 Climate Impacts on Livelihoods, Water Resources and Food Security in Ghana ................................ .... 41 The Climate Change - induced Problem ................................ ................................ ................................ .. 42 SELECTION OF THE LANDSCAPE/WATERSCAPE ................................ ................................ .......................... 43 Description of the selected area ................................ ................................ ................................ ............. 43 Biodiversity of the selected area ................................ ................................ ................................ ............ 44 Climate Change impacts in the target landscape ................................ ................................ .................... 45 Climate change trends in the selected landscape ................................ ................................ .................... 45 Climate Change Accelerants and Impacts ................................ ................................ .............................. 46 Population Projections of Black Volta Basin Communities ................................ ................................ ... 47 Economic Activities ................................ ................................ ................................ .............................. 47 Rainfall and evaporation ................................ ................................ ................................ ....................... 48 Demographics of the Districts within the selected area ................................ ................................ .......... 48 Demographics of the Bole District ................................ ................................ ................................ .... 48 Demographics of the Jaman North District ................................ ................................ ........................ 48 Demographics of the Tain District ................................ ................................ ................................ ..... 49 Demographics of the Banda District ................................ ................................ ................................ .. 49 Preferred Solutions for Climate Change Challenges in the Selected Landscape ................................ ......... 49 Stakeholder Analysis ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ 51 CONCLUSION ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ............ 54 Annex 3: BASELINE ASSESSMENT OF BLACK VOLTA BASIN SOCIO - ECOLOGICAL PRODUCTION LANDSCAPE AND WATERSCAPE IN GHANA ................................ ..................... 55 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ................................ ................................ ................................ ............................. 55 Background ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ .......... 55 Objectives ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ............ 55 Methodology ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ........ 55 Description of the Black Volta Basin Landscape ................................ ................................ ................... 58 iv 1.4.1 Population of Bl ack Volta Basin communities ................................ ................................ ....... 59 Normalized Differential Vegetation Index (NDVI) ................................ ................................ ................ 67 PROJECT OUTCOMES ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ 69 Findings ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ............... 69 Individual Scoring On Various Indicators ................................ ................................ .......................... 69 Group Scores on Various