Stocktaking Report for the NAP process in NIGER Acknowledgements This Stocktaking Report was made possible through the support and guidance of Kamayé Maâzou, Gousmane Moussa and the team of the Climate Change Unit of the National Council on Environment for Sustainable Development of Niger. The UNDP NAP-GSP mission team would also like to thank interviewees from the key ministries and technical and financial partners for their availability and openness to share views and documents during the mission to Niger in 2014. The UNDP Niger Country Office, especially Mansour Ndiaye, Laoualy Ada and Mahamane Lawali, provided invaluable support by sharing technical insights, relevant information and helping organise the mission. Julie Teng compiled and wrote this report. It is also available in French, with translation provided by Clotilde Goeman. This report is part of a series of Country Stocktaking Reports prepared by the joint UNDP / UN Environment NAP-GSP team. These reports are prepared under the oversight of Rohini Kohli with the editorial process managed by Esther Lake. The mission team included Rohini Kohli and Julie Teng, UNDP, Jerry Husch, consultant to the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), Armand Houanye and Tiemtoré Mahamadou of the Global Water Partnership (GWP). Disclaimer The designations employed and the presentations of this paper do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of UNDP, UN Environment, the GEF, or any other United Nations or contributory organisations, editors or publishers concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or its authority. Mention of a commercial company or a product in this paper does not imply endorsement by UNDP, UN Environment, the GEF, or any other United Nations or contributory organisations. The use of information from this paper concerning proprietary products for publicity or advertising is not permitted. 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Stocktaking Report for the NAP Process in NIGER 1 Table of contents Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................................................. 1 Disclaimer ............................................................................................................................................................ 1 Acronyms and abbreviations ............................................................................................................................... 4 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................... 6 National context .................................................................................................................................................. 9 Capacity assessment .......................................................................................................................................... 18 SWOT analysis for national capacity needs ............................................................................................................. 21 Skills assessment ......................................................................................................................................................... 26 Recommendations for skills development ................................................................................................................ 30 Private sector engagement ......................................................................................................................................... 33 Strategic ............................................................................................................................................................. 34 Strategic areas ............................................................................................................................................................. 34 Bibliography ....................................................................................................................................................... 42 Annex 1: List of ministries, departments and institutions consulted ................................................................ 43 Stocktaking Report for the NAP Process in NIGER 2 List of figures Figure 1: Institutional levels for capacity development 18 Figure 2: Entry points and components for the nap process in Niger 36 List of tables Table 1: NAP-related initiatives 13 Table 2: Recommended competencies for National Adaptation Planning 20 Table 3: SWOT analysis of the NAP 22 Table 4: Climate mainstreaming 23 Table 5: Skills assessment 27 Table 6: Entry points for national skills development for NAPs in Niger 32 Table 7: NAP workstreams and recommended actions 37 Stocktaking Report for the NAP Process in NIGER 3 Acronyms and abbreviations AfDB African Development Bank CAADP Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development Programme CBA cost-benefit analysis CCA Climate Change Adaptation CNEDD National Council on Environment for Sustainable Development Conseil National de l’Environnement pour un Développement Durable CR-CAP Community Action Project for Climate Resilience DMN National Meteorological Directorate Direction de la Météorologie Nationale DNPGCCA National Mechanism for Disaster and Food Crises Prevention and Management Dispositif National de Prevention et de Gestion des Catastrophes et Crises Alimentaires DRM disaster risk management DRR disaster risk reduction EMIG School of Mines, Industry and Geology Ecole des Mines, de l’Industrie et de la Géologie ENAM National School of Administration and Justice Ecole Nationale de l’Administration et de la Magistrature EWS early warning system FAO United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization GCCA Global Climate Change Alliance GEF Global Environment Facility GEF-LDCF Global Environment Facility – Least Developed Countries Fund GSI geographic information systems GIZ German international development agency Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GWP Global Water Partnership I3N Nigeriens Nourish the Nigeriens Initiative Initiative les Nigériens Nourissent les Nigériens IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development IFC International Finance Corporation IT Information technology JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency LDC Least Developed Country LEG Least Developed Countries Expert Group MESU/DD Ministry of Environment, Urban Hygiene and Sustainable Development Ministère de l’Environnement, de la Salubrité Urbaine et du Développement Durable MP/AT/DC Ministry of Planning, Spatial Planning and Community Development Ministère du Plan, de l’Aménagement du Territoire et du Développement Communautaire NAP National Adaptation Plan NAP-GSP National Adaptation Plan – Global Support Programme NGO non-governmental organisation Stocktaking Report for the NAP Process in NIGER 4 PARC-DAD Project to support climate resilience for sustainable agriculture development Projet d’appui à la resilience climatique pour le devéloppement de l’agriculture durable PPCR Pilot Program for Climate Resilience PDES Economic and Social Development Plan Plan de Développement Économique et Social PNC National Climate Change Policy Politique Nationale en Matière de Changements Climatiques PNEDD National Plan on Environment for Sustainable Development Plan National de l’Environnement pour le Développement Durable SDDCI Sustainable Development and Inclusive Growth Strategy Stratégie de Développement Durable et de Croissance Inclusive SE/CNEDD Executive Secretariat of the National Council on Environment for Sustainable Development Secrétariat Exécutif du Conseil National de l’Environnement pour un Développement Durable SPNA/CVC Climate Change and Variability Strategy and Action Plan Stratégie et Plan d’Action sur les Changements et la Variabilité Climatiques SWOT Strengths – Weaknesses - Opportunities – Threats UNCC : learn One UN Climate Change Learning Partnership UNDP United Nations Development Programme UN Environnent United Nations Environment Programme UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change UNITAR United Nations Research and Training Institute V&A (climate change) vulnerability and adaptation WB World Bank Stocktaking Report for the NAP Process in NIGER 5 Executive Summary Niger is a landlocked country in the eastern The government ratified the United Nations part of West Africa, of around 1.3 million Framework Convention on Climate Change square kilometres and with a population of (UNFCCC) in 1995, the Kyoto Protocol in 2007 around 17 million as of 2012. The climate is and the Paris Agreement in September 2016. mostly hot and dry, with most of the country in Established in 1996, the climate change policy the semi-arid Sahel belt, and the north falls under the institutional framework of the reaching into the Sahara Desert. The former National Environment Council for Sustainable French colony is classified as a low-income Development (Conseil National de economy and a member of the Least l’Environnement pour un Développement Developed Countries group by the United Durable, or CNEDD). Nations. The Government of Niger has composed The rural sector (agriculture, livestock, forests several strategic documents relating to climate and fishing) accounts for 44 percent of gross change. These include three National domestic product, and is the main employment Communications to the UNFCCC, a National for 90 percent