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Global Unification The Gambia, Work plan summary Matrix 2011

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Gaps / Issues Action/Activities Objectives Outcome Actors Est.

Cost

Timeline

1.0). Lack of synergy affects

organisational progress. Actors hardly

share information and good practices;

hence causing duplications of efforts

Courtesy calls,

preparing

Memorandum of

Understanding

(MoU) and forging

partnership

To build new partnershipand strengthen established

ones, targeting both local

and international

organisations

Partnership built ,Information sharing

on good practices

enhanced

GU, AATG,

VDF, VSO,

EDN AYICC,

NDMA

Nil Jan-Dec

2011

1.1). Lack of funding is a major

challenge to Global Unification in

implementing its program, settle

utilities bills and increase its cope of

intervention.

Commercial Dance To raise fund to supportour program of actions and

settle other financial

obligation.

Revenue realised andutilized for the upkeep

of the organisation.

GU, , City

Limit Radio

and west

coast radio,

vibes fm.

D74, 000 May 2011

1.2). Youth engagement in community

service is lacking. Leadership qualities

needed to manage vibrant youth

organisation is also lacking in most

young people. Added to this, during

summer holidays, many young people

do remain idle, thereby attracting risk

Youth Summer

School 2011

To enhance youthparticipate in

environmental protection,

community service and

skills learning

To create friendship and

Young people learntnew skills in various

fields.

Friendship builtamong young people

and dialogue

GU, schools,

NEA, AATG

MoBSE

Unicef UNDP

D95, 200 Aug 2011

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of their involvement in social

malpractices and vices.

opportunity for dialogue

among young people

To provide study classes invarious subjects for

students

enhanced.

Youth participation incommunity services

enhanced

1.3). The level of understanding on

climate change issues among young

people is low. Climate change

education is limited to non-formal

level as it is rarely taught in schools

Inter-school quiz

competition on

environment (School

Challenge 2011)

To improve schoolchildrens knowledge on

climate change and

environmental issues.

To create platform forexchange of ideas on

environmental issues

among young people

Improvedunderstanding of

climate change and

environmental issues

in the country by

young people

Popular participationof youth on climate

change fight enhanced

GU, schools,

NEA, AAGG,

MoBSE

Unicef

D61, 400 May. 2011

1.4) The participation of children and

youth on environmental sustainability

and climate change issues is low. As

such their initiatives and innovation is

under utilised.

National essay and

drawing competition

on the environment

To motivate young peopleto participate in

environmental protection

and climate change issues

in the country

To tap young peoplesknowledge and creativity

on environmental

protection

Young peoples skills,initiatives and

innovations

adequately utilised for

the benefit of the

society

Young people becomewell informed about

climate change and

GU, AATG,

MoBSE,

schools, NEA,

MOFEN,

UNICEF

D82,250 Sept-Nov

2011

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To promote the sharingand exchange of ideas and

good practices among

young people on

environment and climatechange issues

environmental issues.

Good essays anddrawing compiled into

booklet and used as

environmental and

climate change

education kits in

schools

1.5). There are still many schools in

the Gambia not having Eco Clubs.

Where they are present, they are

usually not functional. This is because

members do not have clear sense of

direction and teacher coordinators

are not well equipped with skills of

running eco-clubs at the school level

as well as the knowledge required to

combat climate change

Establishing Eco

clubs in schools and

also strengthening

established ones

To promote theparticipation of students in

tree planting

To enhance climate changeand environmental

education in schools

To improve the skills ofteacher coordinators in

running school Eco clubs.

Culture of love forenvironment

developed among

young people

Young peopleparticipated green

actions ( tree planting,

plastic collection)

Improvedunderstanding on

climate change issues

and environment

among students

At least 5 newfunctional eco clubs

established.

GU, school,

unicef,

MOFEM,

NEA

D34,200 Jan-Dec

2011

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School campusesbecome more

environmentally

friendly.

1.6). The participation of young

people on climate change issues is low

or in most cases lacking. This is

because they hardly have access to

relevant information on climate

change issues. Despite being one of

the most of vulnerable group to

climate disaster, young people have

little or no knowledge on the impact

of climate change in their life or how

National Youth

Climate Conference

( NYCCC 2011)

To engage young people inthe search for climate

change solution.

To improve awarenessamong young people on

climate change issues.

To raise the voices ofyoung people in

international climate

Young peopleadequately engaged in

climate change action

Improved awarenessabout climate change

among young people

Young peoples ideasand concerns

incorporated into our

GU, NYC,

MoY, AATG,

MOFEN,

UNDP, FAO,

WWF

D740, 800 Dec. 2011

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participate effectively climate change

solution.

debate

To make sure thatconcerns of young people

are incorporated into

national climate resilience

development planning.

national climate

resilience efforts

2.0). The scientific and technical

knowledge of climate change among

local media personnel is generally low.

This has negative effect on their ability

to give balanced reporting on climate

change issues.

Training workshop

for media

practitioners on

climate change

reporting,

information sharing

and awarenesscreation

To equip journalists withclimate change facts,

thereby legitimising the

information disseminated

To build the capacity ofmedia practitioners in the

proper covering of climate

change stories

At least 40 journaliststrained on climate

change reporting


climate change facts

by media practitioners

GU, AATG,

UNDP, media

houses,

UNFCCC

D112, 000 Jun. 2011

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2.1). Climate change stakeholders

hardly involved local communities in

addressing climate change issues. Also

in preparing for climate adaptive

measures, the ideas and knowledge of

local people is not put into account.

Climate change actors rarely visit

villages. This make them tend to

ignore or oversight some of the

barriers to adaptation effecting local

people on daily basis

National

stakeholders

Workshop on

Community Based

adaptation to

climate change

To bring together variousclimate stakeholders to

discuss and map out

strategies for effective

community driven climate

action program in the

Gambia

To incorporate indigenousand local people

knowledge into national

climate resilience efforts

To identify some of thebarriers to climate

adaptation at local level

and put in place

sustainable measures to

address them.

At least 45participants trained on

community based

adaptation to climate

change.

Local peopleadequately involved in

climate change

adaptation

Barriers to adaptationidentified and

sustainable solutions

proposed.

GU, AATG,

NAWFA,

NARI, USPC,

MOFEN,

NEA,FAO

D57,200

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2.2). Local peoples knowledge on

climate change adaptation is not

considered in our national adaptation

program of action. Despite their low

level of knowledge in the science of

climate change, local communities

have had coping mechanisms.

However, access to information and

direct community engagement on

climate solutions is lacking.

National Community

- Outreach programs

on climate change

adaptation

To incorporate indigenouspeoples knowledge of

climate adaptation into

national climate change

program

To share good practicesand raise awareness on


among local communities

To learn about indigenouscommunities coping

mechanisms and their

struggle to live with the

challenges to survival

posed by climate change

At least 20 villagescovering all regions of

the country visited

and sensitised

Improvedunderstanding among

local people on


Local peoplesadaptive measures

identified and

strengthened

Indigenous knowledgeon adaptation

considered in national

climate change

planning

GU, AATG,

MOFEN,

NDMA,

UNDP, FAO,

WWF,

NAWFA

D320, 750 April-May

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2.3). In the Gambia the public do not

access to relevant information on

climate change issues. They lack

knowledge required in climate change

solution. And hence, they do not

participate in climate change

discussion.

Climate Talk radio

show ( Rethinking

the future)

To provide climate changeeducation to public

To promote publicparticipation and access to

information on climate

change issues in the

country

To enhance popularparticipation of climate

discussion in the country

To raise awareness onclimate change, its impact

and strategies for

adaptation in the country

To promote article 6 of theUNFCCC convention in the

Gambia

Public participation inclimate change

discussion enhanced

Improved awarenessabout climate change

at the grassroots level

Relevant informationand climate change

facts accessible to

local people

GU, AATG,

UNDP

D92,700 August

2010-

August

2011

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2.4). Many rural communities in The

Gambia depend on the forest for their

livelihood. They derive firewood,

wood for roofing and fencing and even

income by selling forest products. This

unsustainable use of the forest has

overarching impact on the forest as

trees are continuously fallen down.

This puts the country to the risk of

desertification and deforestation in

particular.

Enhancing

sustainable

livelihood through

Gardening for forest-

dependent local

communities in The

Gambia.

To reduce the overarchingimpacts on the forest

caused by over-

dependence and

unsustainable use of the

forest and forest products

by local communities

In support of REDD+initiative in The Gambia

To provide alternativesource of income for local

communities, making them

depend less on the forest.

To engage local people intree planting alongside

gardening

At least two villagesprovided a fully

fenced garden with

wells

Local communitiesparticipated in

reforestation by

planting trees in the

garden along side the

vegetable.

Increased incomelevel of local

communities, moving

them out of extreme

poverty and

depending less on the

forest

GU, Concern

Universal,

AATG,

NAWFA,

UNDP,

Unicef, FAO,

VDF,

womens

groups

D720, 800 Sep-Oct

2011

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3.0). In the country there is no day set

aside to engage communities in tree

planting. Most tree planting activities

are done by NGOs, youth groups and

schools. These actions do not involve

local people of the entire country.

National Tree

Planting Day (NTPD)

To engage localcommunities in tree

planting.

To engaged policy makers,mayors among others in

tree planting activities in

the country.

To provide dialoguebetween policy makers and

local communities on

climate change adaptation

in the country.

At least one milliontrees planted and

cared for by local

communities

Communities learnmore about climate

change and local

strategies to

adaptation.

Elected officials andlocal communities

work together for

effective climate

resilience in the

country .

GU, AATG,

MOFEN,

UNDP, VDF,

YA, areas

councils,

D275, 000 Jul. 2011

3.1). Climate education issues are

rarely taught in higher institutions in

the country. As a result students lack

right information about climate

change, its consequences and the

need to adapt.

Africa climate teach-

in Day

To teach climate educationat university and other

higher institutions in the

country

To engage lecturers andstudents in higher

institutions in the country

on climate change issues.

Stimulate the University toconduct more research on

At least 1000 studentsand lectures in high

institutions in the

country involved in

climate change

discussion


climate change, its

impact and strategies

for adaptation among

GU, AATG,

VDF, UTG,

GTTI

D78, 100 Jun. 2011

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climate change

vulnerability of the country

and proposed sustainable

measures.

students and

lecturers.

3.2). Young people in the Gambia

rarely participate in community

service. So many young people do not

sense the importance of volunteering

and giving back to the community.

International Youth

Day

To engage young people inclimate change actions in

the country

Promote the culture ofvolunteerism and

community services among

young people.

To reduce the impact ofclimate change among

locales

At least 600 youngpeople engaged in

community services

such as tree planting,

cleansing exercises etc

Enhanced popularparticipation of local

people in climate

action.

Students motivated totake up tree planting

within campus (Green

campus initiative).

GU, AATG,

MOFEN, US

Peace Corps,

etc

D44, 000 Aug. 2011

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3.3). Climate change discussion is still

seen by many as scientific term and

only experts in the field that can bring

about solutions. These have made

development organisations oversight

or ignore the potentials of youth in

climate change action..

Earth Day To engage young people inclimate change actions in

the country.

To attract the attention ofpolicy makers to the

impact of climate change in

the country and the need

to take urgent and decisive

action to stop the climate

crises.

In support of billion out ofgreen initiative of Earth

Day Network.

At least 400 youngpeople participated

climate action in the

country such as tree

planting

Plastic litters fromstreets collected and

properly disposed.

The programpublished in media

GU, EDN, YA,

CFCO, USPC,

MOFEM,

UNDP,

D72, 000 April 2011

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