Transcript NORDIC TRUST FUND FOR GOVERNANCE

AfDB Partnership
Forum April 2012
Ken JOHM
Division /Manager,
OSAN4
(speaker
department)
Clim-Dev-Africa: A panAfrican Partnership
 A joint initiative by Africa’s three largest institutions
mandated by the Heads of State
 An African response to the urgent challenge that lacking
climate information poses to Africa’s development
 Seeks to overcome the lack of necessary information,
analysis and options required by policy and decisionmakers at all levels, across multiple sectors
 A strategic complement to direct climate adaptation,
mitigation and natural resources management
programmes
ClimDev-Africa Goal: To construct a
solid climate information foundation
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Build solid science and observational infrastructure for
widely available climate information, packaging and
dissemination
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Enable working partnerships between governments,
private sector, civil society and vulnerable communities
through informed decision-making, awareness and
advocacy
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Strengthen knowledge frameworks to support and
integrate actions required with quality analysis for
decision support and management practice
ClimDev Programme Structure
Partnership Roles and Responsibilities
A holistic programme integrating political engagement,
expert-driven knowledge generation & investments
The Climate Change and Desertification Unit: Political
leadership & coordination of Africa’s common
position on climate change
The African Climate Policy Centre : Programmatic
activities to develop climate policy capacity
through knowledge generation, advocacy and
advisory services
The ClimDev Special Fund : Financing demand-led
investments on the ground for generation and use of
climate information
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Programme Partners on the
Steering Committee
The Programme includes partnerships with
leading African and non-African climate and
development specialized institutions
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Regional : AMCEN, AMCOW, RECs
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International: UNDP, UNEP, WMO/GCOS,
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Potential donors
The ClimDev Special Fund (CDSF)
Pools resources to implement projects that strengthen
institutional capacities of national & sub-regional
bodies to formulate and implement effective climatesensitive policies:
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Generation, wide dissemination and use of
reliable and quality climate information
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Generation of quality analysis for use in
development planning
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Implementation of pilot adaptation practices to
demonstrate the value of mainstreaming climate
information in development planning and
practices
CDSF Recipients and Beneficiaries
Eligible Recipients of
grant funding
Beneficiaries
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RMCs of the Bank
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Public and private
enterprises in RMCs
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African Regional
Organizations
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NGO and CSO
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Policy Makers
Climate Services
Agriculture Extension Services
Rural & urban communities
with climate sensitive
livelihoods
Infrastructure Planners
Disaster Risk Management
Services
Natural Resources
Management Services
CDSF Operationalisation
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Start-up activities have been undertaken to allow
donors to contribute to the Fund
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2012-2014 work programme
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Operational Procedures Manual
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Pipeline of potential projects to be funded
The Fund is ready to begin operations as soon as
an initial UA 20 million (EUR 22.4 million) is
committed, in accordance with the Instrument
CLIMDEV-AFRICA
ROUNDTABLE MEETING
Stockholm, 25 April 2012
For information:
[email protected]
THANK YOU