REQUEST FOR PROJECT FUNDING FROM THE ADAPTATION FUND The annexed form should be completed and transmitted to the Adaptation Fund Board Secretariat by email or fax. Please type in the responses using the template provided. The instructions attached to the form provide guidance to filling out the template. Please note that a project/programme must be fully prepared (i.e., fully appraised for feasibility) when the request is submitted. The final project/programme document resulting from the appraisal process should be attached to this request for funding. Complete documentation should be sent to: The Adaptation Fund Board Secretariat 1818 H Street NW MSN P4-400 Washington, D.C., 20433 U.S.A Fax: +1 (202) 522-3240/5 Email: [email protected] 1 PROJECT PROPOSAL TO THE ADAPTATION FUND Table of content PART I: PROJECT INFORMATION ............................................................................................ 5 1 Project Background and Context ......................................................................................6 1.1 Country overview ......................................................................................................... 6 1.2 Socio-cultural context ................................................................................................... 6 1.3 Economic Context ........................................................................................................ 7 1.4 Agriculture sector ......................................................................................................... 8 1.5 Natural Resources ....................................................................................................... 9 1.6 Political and Institutional Context ................................................................................. 9 1.7 Environmental context ................................................................................................10 1.8 Areas of intervention ...................................................................................................11 1.9 Climate and climate change ........................................................................................14 1.10 Description of the problem to be addressed ................................................................19 2 Project Objectives: .........................................................................................................23 3 Project Components and Financing: ...............................................................................24 PART II: PROJECT JUSTIFICATION ......................................................................................26 1 Project components ........................................................................................................26 2 Project benefits ...............................................................................................................34 3 Cost effectiveness ..........................................................................................................36 4 Strategic alignment .........................................................................................................37 5 Standards ....................................................................................................................... 39 6 Duplication .....................................................................................................................40 7 Learning and knowledge management component ........................................................ 43 8 Consultative process ......................................................................................................44 9 Justification for funding ...................................................................................................45 10 Project sustainability .......................................................................................................46 11 Environmental and social impacts and risk .....................................................................47 PART III: IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS ................................................................... 57 2 1 Implementation Arrangements ........................................................................................57 2 Financial Risk management ...........................................................................................60 3 Environmental and social risk management ................................................................... 63 4 Monitoring and evaluation ..............................................................................................73 5 Results Framework ........................................................................................................76 6 Alignment with the adaptation fund .................................................................................83 7 Project Budget ................................................................................................................86 8 Disbursement schedule ..................................................................................................95 PART IV: ENDORSEMENT BY GOVERNMENT AND CERTIFICATION BY THE IMPLEMENTING ENTITY .......................................................................................................104 ANNEXES ...............................................................................................................................105 Annex 1: Letter of Endorsement by the Government ............................................................... 105 Annex 2: Matrix on stakeholders’ role in project implementation (in French) ........................... 106 Annex 3: List of persons met during the design mission .......................................................... 107 ANNEX 4 (in French): Social, Environmental and Climate Assessment Procedures (SECAP) Review Note FOR IFAD Baseline investment - ECO-Jeunes PROJECT) ................................ 110 3 ACCRONYMS Acronym Definition AWPB Annual Work Plans and Budgets FFS Farmer Field School GDP Gross Domestic Product ICRAF International Center for Research in Agro- Forestry IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development INDC Intended Nationally Determined Contribution INRM Integrated Natural Resources Management IUCN International Union for the Conservation of Nature GALS Gender Action Learning System M&E Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) MINADER Ministry of agriculture and rural development (Ministère de l’Agriculture et du Développement Rural) MINEPAT Ministry of Economy, Planning and Regional Development (Ministère de l’Economie, de la Planification et de l’Aménagement du Territoire) MINEPDED Ministry of environment, nature protection and sustainable development (Ministère de l’Environnement, de la Protection de la Nature et du Développement Durable) MINEPIA Ministry of livestock, fisheries and animal industries (Ministère de l’Élevage, des Pêches et des Industries Animales) MINFOF Ministry of forestry and wildlife (Ministère des Forêts et de la Faune) MINJEC Ministry of youth and civic education (Ministère de la Jeunesse et de l’éducation) NBSAP National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan NTFP Non Timber Forest Products PADFA Support project for the development of agricultural sector (Project d’appui au développement de filières agricoles) PADMIR Support project for rural microfinance (Projet d’Appui à la Microfinance Agricole) PEA Promotion of youth agropastoral entrepreneurship programme (Programme de Jeunes Promotion de l’Entrepreunariat Agropastoral des Jeunes) PMU Project Management Unit PNACC National Climate Change Adaptation Plan (Plan National d’Adaptation au Changement Climatique) PNIA National Agricultural Investment Plan 2014-2020 (Plan National d’Investissement Agricole) PSFE Sectoral Programme Forest and Environment (Programme Sectoriel Forêt et Environnement) RDPC Rassemblement Démocratique du People Camerounais SHARP Self-evaluation and Holistic Assessment of climate Resilience of farmers and Pastoralists UNCBD United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity UNCCD United National Convention to Combat Desertification UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 4 PART I: PROJECT INFORMATION Project Category: Regular project Country: Cameroon Title of Project: Increasing local communities’ resilience to climate change through youth entrepreneurship and integrated natural resources management Type of Implementing Entity: Multilateral Implementing Entity (MIE) Implementing Entity: International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Executing Entity: Ministry of Environment, Protection of Nature and Sustainable Development (MINEPDED) Amount of Financing Requested: 9,982,000 (in U.S Dollars Equivalent) Summary Climate change induced hazards, such as erratic rainfall, droughts, flood, low vegetation coverage, decrease of agricultural productivity and reduced ecosystems services contribute to keeping rural communities in poverty and in particular women and young people. Ecosystems and land use services are predicted to decrease under the future climate change scenarios. Some of the most vulnerable communities living in and around protected areas in Cameroon are the most affected. These communities depend on ecosystems services and lack of alternatives climate resilient livelihoods, especially young people. Vulnerable poor communities living around protected areas face multiple challenges such as: low agricultural productivity, poverty and food insecurity