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 Background and Context: ............................................................................................... 1 Geography ............................................................................................................................... 1 Climate ..................................................................................................................................... 2 Socio-Economic Context ......................................................................................................... 4 Agriculture ................................................................................................................................ 5 Water ....................................................................................................................................... 6 Climate Change ....................................................................................................................... 7 Project Upscaling and Lessons Learned. .............................................................................. 13 Relationship with IFAD IESS Project ..................................................................................... 13 Targeting and Targeting Strategies ....................................................................................... 14 B. Project Objectives: .................................................................................................................... 19 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 ................................................................................................................................. 53 G. Learning knowledge management and lessons learned. ......................................................... 56 H. Consultative Process ................................................................................................................ 56 I. Justification for Funding ............................................................................................................ 61 J. Project Sustainability ................................................................................................................. 63 K. Socio-Environmental Impacts and Risks .................................................................................. 64 PART III: IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS .............................................................................. 70 A. Arrangements for project implementation. ................................................................................ 70 B. Financial and Project Risk Management .................................................................................. 71 C. Environmental and Social Risk Management ........................................................................... 74 D. Monitoring and Evaluation Arrangements ................................................................................. 75 E. Results Framework ................................................................................................................... 78 F. Alignment with the Adaptation Fund Results Framework ......................................................... 82 G. Project budget ........................................................................................................................... 85 H. Disbursement Schedule ............................................................................................................ 88 PART IV: ENDORSEMENT .................................................................................................................. 89 Annex 1 Endorsement Letter ............................................................................................................ 90 Annex 2 Project Organigram ............................................................................................................. 91 Annex 3 Gender Action Learning for Sustainability .......................................................................... 92 Annex 4 Environmental and Social Management Plan. .................................................................... 94 Annex 5 Gender Sensitive Design Checklist. ................................................................................. 126 Annex 6 List of people met.............................................................................................................. 128 Annex 7 Grievance Redress Mechanism Forms ............................................................................ 143 Annex 8 Gender Assessment ......................................................................................................... 146 Annex 9 Table Summarising IADB Upscaling................................................................................. 159 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. .................................................. 10 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. ................................................................................................. 105 Figure 19 Gender-sensitive design and implementation checklist...................................................... 126 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 ................................................................................................................. 22 Table 5 Planned