Annual Report Community-Based Adaptation (CBA) Projects Funded by the Government of Australia, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) January – December 2015 MAP CBA Year 7 (June 2009 – ongoing) SIDS CBA Year 5 (June 2011 – ongoing) Figure 1: Community members examine increased crop yields due to CBA project-introduced new systems for swine waste treatment, efficient irrigation systems and sustainable land management. Credit: SGP Cuba Submitted on: March 2016 1 Table of Contents LIST OF TABLES ............................................................................................................................................ 3 LIST OF FIGURES ........................................................................................................................................... 3 LIST OF DIAGRAMS ....................................................................................................................................... 4 ACRONYMS ................................................................................................................................................ 5 SECTION I. ANNUAL GLOBAL OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................ 7 A. PROGRAMMING STATUS ...................................................................................................................... 7 B. THEMATIC BREAKDOWN ...................................................................................................................... 8 SECTION II. FINANCIAL STATUS ........................................................................................................................ 9 SECTION III. PROGRAMME LEVEL REVIEW ........................................................................................................ 10 A. MAP CBA PROJECT ......................................................................................................................... 10 Key Achievements for MAP CBA in 2015 include: ..................................................................................... 11 B. SIDS CBA PROJECT ................................................................................................................................. 11 B.1 Atlantic and Indian Ocean Region ...................................................................................................... 12 B.2 Caribbean Region ................................................................................................................................ 13 B.3 Pacific Region ...................................................................................................................................... 14 B.4 Next Steps in the Pacific Region .......................................................................................................... 16 Key Achievements in SIDS CBA in 2015 include: ....................................................................................... 16 SECTION IV. HIGHLIGHTS OF COUNTRY RESPONSES ............................................................................................ 17 A. RELEVANCE (WHY ARE WE DOING THIS?) .............................................................................................. 17 B. EFFICIENCY (IS IT COST-EFFICIENT?) .......................................................................................................... 19 C. EFFECTIVENESS (HOW IS IT GOING? WILL IT WORK?) .................................................................................. 21 D. MONITORING AND EVALUATION (HOW DO WE KNOW?) ......................................................................... 22 E. SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARDS ......................................................................................... 24 F. RISK, FRAUD AND CORRUPTION .......................................................................................................... 24 G. SUSTAINABILITY (WILL THE BENEFITS LAST?) ...................................................................................... 2524 H. MAINSTREAMING MARGINALIZED GROUPS (HOW ARE WE ACHIEVING IT?) ................................................. 25 I. ISSUES AND CHALLENGES IN 2015 ......................................................................................................... 28 I.1 Country Programme Level Issues and Challenges ................................................................................ 28 I.2 Project Level Issues and Challenges ..................................................................................................... 29 SECTION V. OUTCOME REPORTING ................................................................................................................ 30 OUTCOME 1: CAPACITY STRENGTHENING AMONG NGOS AND CBOS FOR DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING COMMUNITY ADAPTATION MEASURES ............................................................................................................................. 30 OUTCOME 2: REALISATION AND MAINSTREAMING OF ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL 32 OUTCOME 3: RELEVANT NATIONAL AND SUB-NATIONAL POLICIES AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES REVISED BASED ON LESSONS FROM CBA INITIATIVES AND DEVELOPMENT PLANS ......................................................................................... 34 OUTCOME 4: UP-SCALING PRACTICES AND SHARING KNOWLEDGE FOR INCREASED UP-TAKE OF CBA EXPERIENCES DOCUMENTED FOR REPLICATION PURPOSES........................................................................................................................ 35 VI. KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT .................................................................................................................... 36 A. GLOBAL LEVEL ...................................................................................................................................... 36 B. REGIONAL LEVEL ................................................................................................................................... 38 C. COUNTRY LEVEL .................................................................................................................................... 39 VII. KEY HIGHLIGHTS FOR 2015 .................................................................................................................... 40 A. HOW MUCH ADAPTATION FUNDS REACH THE LOCAL LEVEL: A STUDY BY SGP AND INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT (IIED) ................................................................................................... 40 B. THE 21ST SESSION OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES (COP21) .......................................................... 41 2 C. THE 9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMMUNITY-BASED ADAPTATION (CBA9) ............................... 42 D. CSO-GOVT. DIALOGUES – FOLLOW UP TO UN SIDS .............................................................................. 42 SECTION VI. CONCLUSION ......................................................................................................................... 43 ANNEX I. COUNTRY LEVEL KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT: NUMBER OF PRODUCTS DEVELOPED BY COUNTRY (RANKED BY HIGHEST # OF PRODUCTS) BY 2015 ........................................................................................................... 45 ANNEX II. FINANCIAL REPORTS BY COUNTRY .................................................................................................. 46 A. MAP CBA FINANCIAL REPORTING BY COUNTRY ......................................................................................... 46 B. SIDS CBA FINANCIAL REPORTS BY COUNTRY ............................................................................................. 49 ANNEX III. THE PRESENTATIONS MADE AT COP21 DURING SGP & IIED SIDE EVENT: ................................................ 66 ANNEX IV. THE LIST OF POSTERS AT CBA9 CONFERENCE COMPETITION ................................................................. 67 LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Programming status of MAP and SIDS CBA for 2015; and Cumulative programming and corresponding commitment rates...............................................................................................8 Table 2: Financial Report as of December 2015…………………………………………………………………….10 Table 3: Country programming status in the MAP CBA project……………………………….……………..10 Table 4. Regional commitments at the end of 2015……………………………………………………………….12 Table 5: Country programming status and commitment rats in the Atlantic/Indian Ocean region……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..12 Table 6: Country programming status and commitment rates in the Caribbean region………….13 Table 7: Country programming status and commitment rates in the Pacific Region…………….….16 Table 8: Community engagement activities in various project stages……………………………..……..21 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Community members examine increased crop yields due to CBA project-introduced new systems for swine waste treatment, efficient irrigation systems and sustainable land management……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………1 Figure 2: Thematic breakdown of projects developed (2009- 2015)……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….………9 Figure 3: Cape Verde’s Santa Antão communities construct a water reservoir linked to a faraway spring to combat water insecurity in three neighboring communities…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…..….18 Figure 4 and 5: Local voices are heard by government officials and included in international conference (i.e.