Transcript Presentation made at: The Stakeholder Workshop Hotel Minerva Grand, Hyderabad, October 25, 2008 Key Features of the MEDIUM SIZED PROJECT proposed for the funding of The.

Presentation made at:
The Stakeholder Workshop
Hotel Minerva Grand, Hyderabad, October 25, 2008
Key Features of the
MEDIUM SIZED PROJECT
proposed for the funding of
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) and
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Project Formulation Mission
Commissioned by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Scheme of Presentation
Project Title
Purpose of the Workshop
Baseline Scenario
The GEF Alternative
Conformity with GEF Criteria
Institutional Arrangements
Provisional Work Plan
Project Costs
Project Title
Reversing Environmental Degradation and
Rural Poverty through Adaptation to
Climate Change in Drought Stricken Areas in
Southern India: A Hydrological Unit Pilot
Project Approach
Baseline Scenario
Scientific confirmation of climate change impact
on agriculture and allied sectors
Communities in drought prone areas the most
vulnerable
Proven capacities of the community to selfregulate
Demonstrated in case of groundwater management
through APFAMGS Project
Experiences from other NEX projects of FAO
(AMEF and APWAM) relevant to climate change
adaptation
The GEF Alternative
Broadening the agenda of CBOs to climate
change adaptation
Project Goal: Communities in pilot
Hydrological Units (HUs) prepared to face
consequences of climate change for
sustained livelihoods
Overall Objective: Contribute to establishing
a knowledge base for large-scale intervention
on climate change
The GEF Alternative
Expected Outcomes:
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Communities in pilot HUs understand
implications of climate change on livelihood
systems
Communities in pilot HUs have knowledge and
skills of addressing broader issues of climate
change
Mechanisms established to sustain livelihoods in
view of climate change
The GEF Alternative
Outputs of Outcome 1:
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Understanding of climate change at HU level
documented and bench-marked
HU level understanding of climate change
contextualized with global level knowledge
Awareness generated on climate change impact
on livelihoods
The GEF Alternative
Outputs of Outcome 2:
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Critical issues related to climate change and
livelihoods, at HU level, identified
Project Staff oriented on issues of climate change
Community Resource Persons (CRP) oriented
on issues of climate change
Climate Change Schools (CCS) conducted
The GEF Alternative
Outputs of Outcome 3:
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CBOs oriented on climate change and livelihood
issues
Necessary arrangements made to sustain CBOs
Community Action initiated on climate change
adaptation on HU level
Learning from the project disseminated at local,
national and global level
The GEF Alternative
Sustainability and Replicability
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CBOs registered
Proven self-governance capacity
Willingness to make informed decisions
Proven fund-raising Capacity
Proven replicability of the knowledge based
intervention
Replicable anywhere in the world
Learning dissemination, at local, national and
global level, is in built in the project design
Conformity with GEF Criteria
Focal Area: Climate Change
Strategic long term objective 8 – to support
pilot demonstration projects for adaptation
to climate change.
Conformity with GEF Criteria
Incremental Benefits:
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Government investments for climate change
adaptation is more in terms of infrastructure and
equipment
Preparing communities with knowledge and
skills to adapt to climate change is the
incremental benefits
Global Environmental Benefits:
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An alternative approach to climate change
adaptation replicable at global level
Increased Carbon sequestration
Conformity with GEF Criteria
GEF Operational Focal Point in India: Ministry of
Environment and Forests (MoEF) endorsed the PIF
Country Partnership Program: India Sustainable
Land and Eco-system Management (SLEM)
GEF Implementation Agency: Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Government of Andhra Pradesh (GoAP) endorsed
the PIF
Executing Agency: Bharathi Integrated Rural
Development Society (BIRDS)
Institutional Arrangements
FAO-NRLW Division
FAO-GEF Unit
Project Steering Committee (PSC)
Project Management Team (PMT)
Local NGOs
Institutional Arrangements
Other Institutions for mutual learning
Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University
(ANGRAU)
M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation
International Crop Research Institute for Semi Arid
Tropics (ICRISAT)
Central Research Institute for Dry land Agriculture
(CRIDA)
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS)
Institutional Arrangements
Other Institutions for mutual learning
Andhra Pradesh Drought Adaptation
Initiative (AP-DAI)
National Geophysical Research Institute
(NGRI)
University of Hyderabad
Osmania University
Action for Food Production (AFPRO)
Madras School of Economics (MSE)
Provisional Work Plan
Planned Work
YEAR - 1
Q1
Project initiation workshop
X
Bench-Mark Survey
X
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q1
X
X
Q2
YEAR - 3
Q3
Q4
X
X
Q1
Q2
Q4
X
X
Cultural shows
X
X
CRP Training/Exposure
X
X
Climate Change Schools
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Formation of CC adaptation Committee
X
X
X
X
X
X
Fund Raising Workshop
X
Carbon sequestration activities
X
X
Institutional Linkage establishment
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Mid-term Review
X
External Evaluation
Steering Committee Meeting
Q3
X
International Workshop
CBO Training and Exposure
YEAR - 2
X
X
X
X
X
X
Project Costs
Outcome
Co-Finance
GEF
Total
Communities in pilot
Hydrological Units understand
implications of climate change
on livelihood systems
301,415
100,472
401,887
Communities in Pilot HUs have
knowledge and skills of
addressing broader issues of
climate change
189,083
63,028
252,111
Mechanisms established to
sustain livelihoods in view of
climate change
876,618
292,206
1,168,824
1,235,153
544,294
1,779,447
2,602,270
1,000,000
3,602,270
Project Management
Total (All figures US$)
The Formulation Mission Team
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Dr. S. V. Govardhan Das
Prof. R. Ratnakar
Sri. M. S. Ravi Prakash
Sri. Ch. Rambabu
Dr. Arundhati Kunte Pant
Thank You