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ClimDev-Africa Program &
African Climate Policy Centre
(ACPC)
Presentation to the 6th Session of the
Committee on Food Security and
Sustainable Development (CFSSD-6)
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
28 October 2009
Presentation Outline
Program Thrust
Program Stakeholders
Program Description
Program Governance
Program Implementation
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Program Thrust
ClimDev-Africa – A regional initiative, jointly
undertaken by the AUC, ECA and AfDB aimed at:
Enabling effective adaptation activities in
climate-sensitive sectors: Agriculture and food
security; water resources; energy; health
Strengthening Africa’s climate and development
institutions at regional, sub-regional and
national levels
Filling gaps in climate information, analysis and
options needed by policy/decision-makers at all
levels
Enhancing the use of climate information in
decision-making by improving analytical
capacity, knowledge management,
dissemination activities and capacity building
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Program Stakeholders
Development practitioners who need to integrate
climate change adaptation in their areas of
intervention
Policy analysts and researchers who need climate
information as input to their work
Regional, sub-regional and national climate,
meteorological and hydrological services and
research institutions that provide the data and
information services required
RECs and RBOs that coordinate sub-regional
climate adaptation action
Relevant national sectoral ministries, professional
and civil society stakeholders
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Program Description: Results Areas
Results area 1: Widely available climate information,
packaging and dissemination
Objective: Policymakers, policy support organisations and
the population have access to comprehensive/useful
climate information
Results area 2: Quality analysis for decision support and
management practice
Objective: Enhanced scientific capacity producing effective
and quality policy-supporting analyses and best practices
on different levels (regional to local)
Results area 3: Informed decision-making, awareness
and advocacy
Objective: Improved policy dialogue and support to climate
and development policymaking processes at the
continental, sub-regional, national and local levels
Results area 4: Evidence-based value of mainstreaming
climate information into development through
implementation of pilot adaptation practices
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Program Description: Inputs (1)
Political leadership provided by the AUC, to coordinate the Continental policy response and
global negotiations – Dedicated Climate Change
and Desertification Unit in AUC/DREA
ECA-based African Climate Policy Centre
(ACPC) to serve as ClimDev-Africa knowledgemanagement and Policy/project-facilitation arm
AfDB-based ClimDev-Africa Special Fund
(CDSF) to provide a channel for demand-led
funding of field-level operations by
implementing institutions across Africa
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Program Description: Inputs (2)
Thrust of the work of ECA-based ACPC
Deliver on the Policy component of
ClimDev- Africa
Assist, through AUC and AMCEN, Africa’s
preparation for, and participation in global
climate negotiations – towards Copenhagen
Support efforts of African States in
mainstreaming climate change concerns
into development policies and frameworks
Guide and facilitate the implementation of
ClimDev-Africa field-level operations
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Program Description: Inputs (3)
Main activities of ACPC work: With focus on
development policies and strategies for priority
climate-sensitive sectors:
Policy research and analysis (CC vulnerability,
impacts, adaptation costs/benefits & policy
options)
Policy advocacy, communication and outreach –
Annual African Climate and Development Conference
starting with ADF-VII in 2010
Consensus building at the regional level
Capacity strengthening, technical advice and
assistance
Knowledge management and peer learning
Facilitation of field-level operations development
and implementation
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Program Governance
Chief Executive Board
(CEB)
(AUC-ECA-AfDB-AMCEN)
ClimDev-Africa Programme
Steering Committee (PSC)
Technical
Advisory
Committee
RECs
African Climate Policy Centre
(ACPC)
 Policy/Sector Experts
 Programme/Project Experts
Regional/SubRegional Climate
Institutions
RBOs
ClimDev-Africa
Special Fund
Research
Institutions
Others
National Level
NMHSs, Sectoral Actors (public sector, private sector, civil society)
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Program Implementation (1)
ClimDev-Africa is being implemented
progressively, starting in 2009
Putting in place the basic management and policy
capacity of the ACPC (office, staffing) –
Recruitment underway
Initiating policy-making activities (website,
databases, studies, advocacy, consensusbuilding – e.g. Africa’s consultations for a
common negotiating position)
Implementing ClimDev-Africa Special Fund
(procedures and processes, criteria for funding
approval, call for funding applications from
prioritized organisations)
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Program Implementation (2)
So far, ACPC has supported through
technical input and sponsorship, in
collaboration with AUC and AMCEN
Secretariat at UNEP, the following:
Africa’s Ministerial and Negotiators Group
regional meetings: Algiers (Nov. 2008), Nairobi
(May 2009), Ouagadougou (October 2009),
Addis Ababa (Pre-COP, October 2009)
Conference of Ministers on Financing for
Development focused on climate change
(Kigali, May 2009)
Special Session of the Africa Partnership
Forum (APF) on Climate Change (Addis Ababa,
September 2009)
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Program Implementation (3)
ClimDev-Africa financing will be provided
through a blend of programmatic funding and
pooled Special Fund modalities
Indicative budget for overall ClimDev-Africa
Program estimated at about US $140m for 4
years, including provisions for:
 ACPC (about US$ 35m)
 Additional capacity at AUC and RECs
Special Fund meant to be demand-led, implies
the indicative budget estimate will be revised
based on effective demand
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Program Implementation (4)
Mainstreaming and sustaining ECA work on climate
change and development
Centrality, crosscutting and long-term nature of the
climate change challenge for sustainable development
Anticipated demand for analytical inputs, capacitybuilding and policy advice/assistance for mainstreaming
climate change concerns into core development
priorities, frameworks, policies and strategies
Need to go beyond the “ClimDev-Africa/ACPC project
arrangement”, which depends entirely on extrabudgetary resources
Recommendation to sustain the work of ECA in this
crucial area by complemented the Food Security and
Sustainable Development sub-program with a dedicated
“Climate and development sub-program”
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Thank you
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