NAP-GSP - Niger Mission Debriefing

NAP-‐GSP Mission Debriefing

Stocktaking Support Mission to Support the NAP Process in Niger

CNEDD, 21May 2014

OBJECTIVES OF THE NAP PROCESS (LEG/UNFCCC)

•  To take a medium-‐ and long-‐term approach to reducing vulnerability to the adverse effects of climate change.

•  To facilitate the integraHon of climate change adaptaHon in a coherent manner into:

! relevant new and exisHng policies, programmes/ acHviHes,

! development planning processes and strategies,

! appropriate and relevant sectors at different levels

OBJECTIVES OF THE MISSION

•  Stocktaking of relevant iniHaHves on climate mainstreaming to support NaHonal AdaptaHon Plans process in Niger

•  Suggest next steps and acHons (road-‐map)

STEPS OF THE MISSION

•  PreparaEon : CNEDD Request, collecHon of documents, meeHng during the Addis Ababa workshop, Mission ToRs and Agenda, Appointments

•  Country meeEngs

!  Briefing with sector actors and donors !  25 meeHngs with sector ministries, donors, research insHtuHons

and internaHonal NGOs

!  Around 80 actors met

•  Debriefing

STEPS OF THE MISSION

•  Sector actors ! Transport (DMN),Water (DGRE), Agriculture (DEP/ DP), ! Environment (DC, SG, & DGEDD), Health (DEP et DHP) ! Planning (SG, AT/DC, Directeur de la ProspecHve) & Finance (DEP) ! Higher EducaHon (EMIG, Département de Géographie -‐Université

de Niamey)

•  Prime Minister’s Office: CNEDD (SE, Conseiller, project staff), ENAM (SG, DF et DR)

•  Presidency : Haut Commissariat IniHaHve 3 N (SG)

•  Technical and Financial Partners: UNDP, GIZ, Care InternaHonal, IRD, French Embassy, EU, GWP-‐Niger, FAO.

DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS

DEVELOPMENT GOALS OF NIGER

PDES:

•  To promote economic growth for the social and cultural wellbeing of the Nigerien populaHons

3N iniEaEve:

•  Contribute to prevent hunger and malnutriHon in a sustainable manner among Nigerien people, ensure appropriate condiHons for their full parHcipaHon in the naHonal producHon, and improve their income

•  Strengthen naHonal capaciHes for food producHon, food supply and resilience against food crises and natural disasters

MAIN COMPONENTS OF THE NAP PROCESS

Hands-‐on training for capacity and insEtuEonal support

Technical support Brokering of knowledge

Support and capacity-building, M&E

Climate services & other systemaEc data and modeling services (ongoing support to planning & implementation processes)

REPORTING and OUTPUTS: Progress reports, technical reports, databases, strategy, documents, a NAP, programmes etc.

Element D. ReporEng Monitoring and Review

1. CoordinaEon and communicaEon needs

2. Monitoring system for assessing development needs and climate vulnerabiliEes

3. Knowledge capitalizaEon on climate change adaptaEon iniEaEves within various sectors, NGO

A. Element A. Lay the Ground work and Address Gaps

1. NAP process not yet launched

2. CoordinaEon and the ownership of the NAP’s process needs

3. Lack of climate change scenarios



6. Capacity Development

Element C. ImplementaEon Strategies 1. CoordinaEon and the ownership of the NAP’s process



Element B. Preparatory Elements 1. CoordinaEon and the ownership of the NAP’s process

2. Lack of climate change scenarios


3. Lack of technical skills to prioriEze climate adaptaEon opEons

LEG GUIDELINES – NIGER CONTEXT

NAP PROCESS OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES

Opportuni*es

"  Greater awareness of climate risks at decision-‐making level

"  Development goals sensiHve to CC: PDES, NaEonal CC Policy

"  Greater on-‐going/ upcoming entry points: Vision 2035, Review of the NaEonal CC Strategy, ElaboraEon of the IWRM process, 3 N IniEaEve

"  Beaer mainstreaming of climate change in naHonal and local programmes and projects: NAPA, NGO IniHaHves, etc.

Challenges

"  CoordinaHon of insHtuHonal actors and synergies between adaptaHon acHviHes

"  Ownership of the NAP process "  Mainstreaming Climate into

naHonal/ sectorial planning/ budgeHng

"  MobilizaHon of external resources

"  Insufficient capacity to implement CC Mainstreaming

ASSESSMENT – POLICY LEVEL

•  Climate change is insufficiently addressed in the naEonal and the sector development plans. It is framed as a sector instead of a cross-‐cu1ng issue across sectors with appropriate indicators

•  Lack of climate models and scenarios for Niger’s specific needs. Cos4ng of development impacts of climate change is missing.

•  Lack of medium term budget frameworks. Only 3 sectors have MTEFs so far. Guidance and tools on prioriEzing climate change in the sector budgets are needed.

ASSESSMENT – INSTITUTIONAL LEVEL

•  Existence of coordinaEon mechanisms

!  PDES working groups, 3 N iniHaHve working groups, CNEDD Technical Commissions.

!  But coordinaHon capacity needs to be enhanced through: o  ClarificaHon of mandates

o  Strengthening of technical and management skills for advocacy, monitoring, resource mobilizaHon need

o  Increase of the number of specifically qualified staff members for some sectors

•  Availability of Climate mainstreaming tools/ guidelines

!  at sector level but applicaHon has been limited to a few sectors such as the health sector.

!  at the local level and have been used by a few municipaliHes

ASSESSMENT – INSTITUTIONAL LEVEL

•  Existence of monitoring systems limited by many constraints

!  PDES monitoring, 3N and CNEDD informaHon pladorm under development. DNPGCCA is in place.

!  Lack of harmonizaHon and alignment of sector monitoring systems to the PDES (common framework, indicators) and to the informaHon pladorm

!  Lack of human, material and financial resources to support regular and quality data collecHon in sectors

•  Limited access of all sector ministries and other local users to exisEng basic climate informaEon. More specific climate related data are required for planning processes: Water surface and groundwater, Epidemiological surveillance, Meteorological, etc.

•  Limited capacity for appraising adaptaEon opEons. No sector has undertaken such cost-‐benefit analysis

ASSESSMENT – SKILLS LEVEL

Management skills

"  Project Management

"  Monitoring and EvaluaHon

"  ParHcipatory leadership "  Internal and external CommunicaHon

"  Advocacy "  Team building

"  ParHcipatory learning and skills "  Specific tools, guidelines and

sofware

"  English

Technical skills

"  Economics of the adaptaHon including Costs and Benefits Analysis (CBA)

"  Mainstreaming CCA into naHonal, sectoral and local planning/ budgeHng, ProspecHve analysis

"  Assessment of Climate Change Vulnerability, Modelling, SIG…

"  Development of bankable project documents to access climate funds

"  IT and data integraHon

NAP PROCESS ADDED VALUE

•  Provide a coherent vision for influencing investments of external and domesHc finance on climate

•  Address climate risk in naHonal and sectoral planning and budgeHng

•  Increase systemaHc monitoring of climate informaHon

•  Strengthen InsHtuHonal capacity and professional skills

•  Mainstream Climate Change AdaptaHon at the local level

•  Increase Access to Climate Finance

ELEMENTS OF THE ROAPMAP – WS 1

Planning, establishing and steering the NAP process

!  IdenHfy a coordinaHon mechanism to ensure appropriate ownership of the NAP Process, technical commiaee establishing Hmelines, means of cooperaHon, roles of actors.

! Adopt specific NAP Strategy -‐ Specify areas and acHviHes of added value / road-‐map -‐ and confirm mandate

! CommunicaHon on ‘Nigerien NAP’ to UNFCCC/LEG Chair and at internaHonal level

! Stakeholders consultaHons at all levels on the NAP process with internal and external communicaHon


Addressing climate risk in naEonal and sectoral planning and budgeEng

!  Ensure CCA Mainstreaming in Vision 2035 process, the reviewed Climate Change Strategy and IWRM planning and other sectors

!  Undertake climate scenarios, climate risk analysis in specific sectors and cost benefit analyses fo address climate risks in next PDES and in sectors.

!  Ensure CCA indicators Mainstreaming in the next PDES !  Develop mechanism for climate mainstreaming in upcoming

Medium Term Expenditures Frameworks.

InsEtuEonal capacity building and skills development

! Forging partnership with naHonal (DGRE, ENAM, University of Niamey Department of Geography, FAST-‐ Msc en Environment Studies, EMIG…) and regional (AGRHYMET, CILSS, ACMAD) insHtuHons for designing and implemenHng training packages on climate mainstreaming, economics of adaptaHon and management skills.

! Forging partnerships with mulH-‐donor to support the insHtuHonal capacity building through appropriate programme


Compile a NAP document

!  Undertake analyses of climate scenarios, assessment of vulnerability factors, climate and disaster risks for naHonal and sector processes

!  IdenHfy and appraise climate adaptaHon opHons for naHonal and sector processes

Mainstream CCA at the local level

!  Increase implementaHon of the climate change integraHon tool developed by CNEDD in development and investment plans at communal and regional levels

!  Adapt those tools to NAP’s process !  Disseminate and expand the use of those tools !  Support the implementaHon of the local development plans in

municipaliHes (incl. the establishment of local EWS, beaer access to informaHon, and availability of communicaHons products targeted at producers)


SystemaEc monitoring of climate informaEon

!  Harmonized/standardized data processing, modeling, projecEons, vulnerability assessments, GIS.

!  Strengthening CNEDD climate informaEon plagorm and monitoring system and ensure alignment with exisEng monitoring systems such as PDES and 3N (partnership with GCCA), and the early warning system DNPGCCA

!  Support access to climate change informaEon to sectors and other users in the country

Review mechanism of NAP process established

!  Develop and establish the review mechanism !  Implement the established review mechanism !  Capitalize and disseminate knowledge on the NAP’s process

NEXT STEPS

•  Report to be produced by mission team and submiaed to government.

•  Launch the NAP process by establishing steering mechanism and technical commiaee

•  Address insHtuHonal and technical capacity development needs

•  Undertake specific themaHc studies

•  Take forward the NAP process through idenHfied on-‐going and upcoming processes: Vision 2035, Reviewing of NaHonal CC Strategy, IWRM process, CCA projects and programmes

Rohini Kohli Lead Technical Specialist UNDP-‐GEF/NAP-‐GSP [email protected] .

Esther Lake Knowledge Management Specialist UNDP-‐GEF/NAP-‐GSP [email protected]

Claudia Ortiz Regional Technical Advisor-‐ AdaptaHon UNDP-‐GEF [email protected]

Pradeep Kurukulasuriya Head-‐ Climate Change AdaptaHon & Senior Technical Advisor-‐ AdaptaHon (Global) UNDP-‐GEF [email protected]

FURTHER INFORMATION ON NAP-‐GSP

Mozaharul Alam Regional Climate Change Coordinator [email protected]

Prakash Bista AdaptaHon Specialist [email protected]

Nina Raasakka Task Manager, GEF Climate Change AdaptaHon Unit [email protected]

Ermira Fida Head, GEF Climate Change AdaptaHon Unit [email protected]

Contact NAP-‐GSP: www.undp-‐alm.org/projects/naps-‐ldcs

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NAP-GSP - Niger Mission Debriefing