GCF CONCEPT NOTE

GCF Safeguards, IRM & Access ModalitiesWorkshop

Bangkok, Thailand, 4-5 February 2017Kimaren ole Riamit

Director, ILEPA, KENYA

The Project

Title: Enhancing Pastoral livelihoods resiliency and capacities toengage in Climate change related processes at County and Nationallevels, KenyaTarget: Pastoral Counties, in Southern KenyaResult Areas: Increased resilience of most vulnerable people andcommunitiesSubmitted to: NEMA, the accredited national implementing entityProject Scale: Small category

Kenya Counties

Implementer's Profile and Highlights

■ Experience of MPIDO/ILEPA in climate change research andinterventions,

■ policy engagement and livelihoods support across levels,

■ network and technical competencies - Project cyclemanagement and fiduciary management capacities

Project Objectives

■ Enhance resiliency of Pastoral livelihoods in sevenpredominantly pastoralists counties in Kenya

■ Reduce vulnerability to climate change by creating anenabling environment for sustainable practice ofpastoralism

■ Demonstrate and enhance the contribution of IndigenousKnowledge systems to climate change mitigation andadaptation

Vulnerability of pastoral livelihoods■ Located on Arid and Semi-Arid lands, with a strong association with

wildlife conservation

■ Represent 70% of the total land area of Kenya, supports 30% of thepopulation

■ Increased frequency of drought and famine, associated to Climatechange

■ Collapsing herd size overtime, weakening re-stocking efforts, therebyentrenching poverty

■ Disregard, devalued indigenous knowledge systems and practices,which have sustainably managed the rangelands for years

■ Low level of literacy, constraining diversification options

■ Limited access to livestock markets, constraining potential incomeearnings

Pastoralism ….. In the Rangelands

Key Activities■ Reducing disaster risks - early

warning systems for droughts andmitigating floods

■ Enhancing pastoral herd mobility …land titling and collective tenureship,stock routes, manage landfragmentation & sales

■ Enhance access to appropriatetechnology to bring together andmanage information and knowledgevital for policy development andimplementation

■ Enhance access to water – surfacerun-off and rain water harvesting,borehole

■ Enhance management and access topasture e.g., hay/pasture banks

■ Demonstrate the value andcontribution of indigenous knowledgeand systems/customary governanceto mitigation and adaptation toclimate change linking indigenousknowledge holders with scientists

■ Enhance pastoral access to markets

Project Design and Implementationarrangements

National Project Support Group

ILEPA’s Board

ILEPA Project team

Beneficiary Recipient Organizations Teamleaders/Grassroots Focal Points

Impacts of Climate Change

Project Sustainability and Impact:Pastoralism

■ maintaining livestock productivity, ensuring land tenure security,enhancing respect for rights and access to water and grazingresources, and ensuring political and economic security

■ Highlights key social, economic, environmental and social co-benefitsof the projects, including how gender sensitivity is incorporatedcontributing to sustainability

Consistency with National Needs andPriorities■ Kenyan Constitution 2010 and Vision

2030

■ Climate Change Act 2016

■ The 2010 National Climate ChangeResponse Strategy (NCCRS)

■ The National Climate Change ActionPlan 2013-2017

■ Nationally Determined Contributions(NDCs) on 23 July 2015

■ Community Land Act 2016

■ National Policy for the SustainableDevelopment of Northern Kenya andother Arid Lands

■ AU Policy Framework for Pastoralismin Africa of 2010

Key Lessons■ The Proposal preparation process is very technical and tedious - access modalities,

■ The scale of funding is relatively “large” in the context of local level/communityinterventions … hence calls of creativity and collaboration across communities andperhaps levels of engagement

■ Understanding certain key concepts is critical – beneficiary’s needs, sustainability,impacts, gender dynamics, national policy and programmatic focus in CC

■ Early Strategic engagement with accredited national implementing entities,especially during GCF Readiness

■ History of relevant performance – track record …. Clear and demonstrateddocumentation