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Annual Progress Report Community-Based Adaptation (CBA) Projects

Funded by the Government of Australia, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)

January – December 2016

MAP CBA Year 7 (June 2009 – ongoing) SIDS CBA Year 5 (June 2011 – ongoing)

Submitted on: March 2017

Figure 1-4 (Clockwise from top right): Increased agricultural yields using a biological control in Cuba; In Belize’s the Ya’axche Conservation Trust Field Station, Medina Bank villagers apply indigenous knowledge in cacao plant grafting for increased agricultural reliability; community afforestation work in Papua New Guinea; and first harvest from women’s kitchen gardens in Timor Leste

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Table of Contents

LIST OF TABLES ............................................................................................................................................ 3

LIST OF FIGURES ........................................................................................................................................... 3

ACRONYMS ................................................................................................................................................ 5

SECTION I. ANNUAL GLOBAL OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................ 6 A. A. PROGRAMMING STATUS .................................................................................................................. 6 A. THEMATIC BREAKDOWN ...................................................................................................................... 7

SECTION II. FINANCIAL STATUS ........................................................................................................................ 8

SECTION III. PROGRAMME LEVEL REVIEW .......................................................................................................... 9 A. MAP CBA PROJECT ........................................................................................................................... 9 B. SIDS CBA PROJECT .......................................................................................................................... 10

B.1 Atlantic and Indian Ocean Region ...................................................................................................... 11 B.2 Caribbean Region ................................................................................................................................ 12 B.3 Pacific Region ...................................................................................................................................... 16 B.4 Next Steps in the Pacific Region .......................................................................................................... 19 Key Achievements in SIDS CBA in 2016 include: ....................................................................................... 20

SECTION IV. HIGHLIGHTS OF COUNTRY RESPONSES ............................................................................................ 21 A. RELEVANCE (WHY ARE WE DOING THIS?) ................................................................................................... 21 B. EFFICIENCY (IS IT COST-EFFICIENT?) .......................................................................................................... 22 C. EFFECTIVENESS (HOW IS IT GOING? WILL IT WORK?) .............................................................................. 23 D. MONITORING AND EVALUATION (HOW DO WE KNOW?) ......................................................................... 24 E. SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARDS ......................................................................................... 26 F. RISK, FRAUD AND CORRUPTION ............................................................................................................... 26 G. SUSTAINABILITY (WILL THE BENEFITS LAST?) .............................................................................................. 27 H. MAINSTREAMING MARGINALIZED GROUPS (HOW ARE WE ACHIEVING IT?) ...................................................... 28 I. ISSUES AND CHALLENGES IN 2016 ............................................................................................................ 31

I.1 Country Programme Level Issues and Challenges ................................................................................ 32 I.2 Project Level Issues and Challenges ..................................................................................................... 32

SECTION V. OUTCOME REPORTING ................................................................................................................ 34 OUTCOME 1: CAPACITY STRENGTHENING AMONG NGOS AND CBOS FOR DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING COMMUNITY

ADAPTATION MEASURES ............................................................................................................................. 34 OUTCOME 2: REALISATION AND MAINSTREAMING OF ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL 37 OUTCOME 3: RELEVANT NATIONAL AND SUB-NATIONAL POLICIES AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES REVISED BASED ON LESSONS

FROM CBA INITIATIVES AND DEVELOPMENT PLANS ......................................................................................... 39 OUTCOME 4: UP-SCALING PRACTICES AND SHARING KNOWLEDGE FOR INCREASED UP-TAKE OF CBA EXPERIENCES DOCUMENTED

FOR REPLICATION PURPOSES… ..................................................................................................................... 39

VI. KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT .................................................................................................................... 40 A. GLOBAL LEVEL ................................................................................................................................. 40 B. REGIONAL LEVEL .............................................................................................................................. 42 C. COUNTRY LEVEL ............................................................................................................................... 42

VII. KEY HIGHLIGHTS FOR 2016 .................................................................................................................... 43 A. THE 22NDST SESSION OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES (COP22) ...................................................... 43 B. THE 10TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMMUNITY-BASED ADAPTATION (CBA10) ........................... 44 C. INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP FOR THE ATLANTIC AND INDIAN OCEANS SIDS ............................................... 46 D. MID-TERM EVALUATION ................................................................................................................... 46

SECTION VI. CONCLUSION ......................................................................................................................... 47

ANNEX I. COUNTRY LEVEL KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT: CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF PRODUCTS DEVELOPED BY COUNTRY

(RANKED BY HIGHEST # OF PRODUCTS) BY 2016 .......................................................................................... 48

ANNEX II. GRANT REPORTS BY COUNTRY ....................................................................................................... 49

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A. MAP CBA GRANT REPORTING BY COUNTRY ............................................................................................. 49 B. SIDS CBA GRANT REPORTS BY COUNTRY.................................................................................................. 53

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: Programming status of MAP and SIDS CBA for 2015; and Cumulative programming and corresponding commitment rates.................................................................................................7 Table 2: Financial Report as of December 2016…………………………………………………………………..…...7 Table 3: Country programming status in the MAP CBA project……………………………….………………..9 Table 4. Regional commitments at the end of 2016………………………………………………………………….11 Table 5: Country programming status and commitment rates in the Atlantic/Indian Ocean region……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..11 Table 6: Country programming status and commitment rates in the Caribbean region………….13 Table 7: Country programming status and commitment rates in the Pacific Region…………….….19 Table 8: List of knowledge products shared at the international level in the reporting period….42 Table 9: Number of knowledge products developed and disseminated in 2016 at the country level………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..43 Table 10: Evaluation Rating Table from Mid-Term Evaluation…………………………………………………47

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1: Increased agricultural yields from biological control in Cuba ………………………………..……1 Figure 2: In Belize’s the Ya’axche Conservation Trust Field Station ………………………………………..…1 Figure 3: Medina Bank villagers apply indigenous knowledge in cacao plant grafting for increased agricultural reliability …………………………..…..…………………………………………………………......................1 Figure 4: Afforestation community work in Papua New Guinea; and first harvest from women’s kitchen gardens in Timor Leste………………………………………………………………………………………………....1 Figure 5: Thematic breakdown of projects that were under implementation in 2016…………....…7 Figure 6: Thematic breakdown of projects developed from 2009-2016 (Cumulative)..................8 Figure 7: Serupitiya village members measure eroding slopes………………………………………….……..10 Figure 8: establishing stone hedges for erosion control …………………..………………………………....….10 Figure 9: community-constructed fence to mitigate further erosion.…………………..………….….…..10 Figure 10: A farmer cultivates a tomato field using animal traction to avoid soil compaction as part of the project’s sustainable land management practices including reduced use of agricultural machines…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….....15 Figure 11: Eroded coast and polluted waters resulting from climate change impacts and anthropogenic pressures in Guinea Bissau.……………………………………………………………………..…......21 Figure 12: Mrs. May Darroux, a registered nurse and project partner, explains the relationship of climate change and proliferation of coxsackie viruses in Dominica.…………………….………………....28 Figure 13: Community members examine increased crop yields due to the project’s multi-focal techniques Colihaut community members listen/take notes on preventive measures on the spread of coxsackie – a virus with no available vaccine. ………………………………………….……………...28 Figure 14: Timorese women working on their kitchen gardens; harvest yields from women’s kitchen gardens; and community ceremony of the first harvest of women’s kitchen gardens....29 Figure 15: Harvest yields from women’s kitchen gardens ……………………………..……………………….29 Figure 16: Community ceremony of the first harvest of women’s kitchen gardens………………. 29 Figure 17: Timorese woman leads a VRA session and gets community feedback on challenges and successes in maize production …………………………………………………………………………………….…..29 Figure 18: Students of Colihaut Government School are taught about the linkages between climate change and the occurrences of food safety hazards at various stages of the food chain in Dominica. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………....30

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Figure 19: Youth groups and the Samuel Jackman Prescod Polytechnic University join forces to increase water security through installation of Ferro cement tanks in project sites and the university campus …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..30 Figure 20: Persons with Disabilities engage in a solar panel installation in a school in Antigua and Barbuda…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..31 Figure 21-23: In Cuba, seed storage banks have been provided by project partners for protection against extreme temperatures and saving for the next harvesting season…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..………..36 Figure 24: Seaweed Secret soaps produced by Mauritian women from Grand Sable was made possible by mangrove reforestation and erosion control initiatives that increased seaweed cultivation……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….36 Figure 25: Honey-based body creams, facial creams and soaps is a result of natural apiculture by farmers with disabilities in Saint Lucia………………………………………………………………………………..36 Figure 26: Community farmland before the project……………………………………………………….……...37 Figure 27: Planting upland rice – which grows in dry soil rather than irrigated rice paddies - in home gardens and farmlands increased food security despite variable rainfall…………………….…37 Figure 28: Promotion of drought-tolerant maize increased production by 150%........................37 Figure 29: Community members constructing a blockade to prevent saltwater intrusion in taro plantations…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…38 Figure 30: Constructed blockade…………………………………………………………………………………………….38 Figure 31: Taro production has increased by 60% ………………………………………………………………….38 Figure 32: Before the project, rice paddies were inundated with saltwater from sea-level rising……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...38 Figure 33: River banks and water drainage systems were rehabilitated………………………………….38 Figure 34: 90% of rice paddies were recovered resulting to a 50% increase in rice production and a 357% increase in average annual income…………………………………………………………………………....38 Figure 35: SGP staff discuss strategies on building resilient communities to adapt to on-going and future climate impacts……………………………………………………………………………………………………….……45 Figure 36: Poster illustrating the value of traditional knowledge and customs in community resilience to climate change, such as Timor Leste’s Tara Bandu………………………………………….…..46

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ACRONYMS

AusAid Australian Agency for International Development APR Annual Progress Report CBA Community-Based Adaptation CBO Community-Based Organization CC Climate Change CCBAP Cambodia Community-Based Adaptation Programme CCPS CBA Country Programme Strategy CO Country Office COMESA Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa COP Conference of Parties CSO Civil Society Organization CPMT Central Programme Management Team CRiSTAL Community-Based Risk Screening Tool – Adaptation and Livelihoods CVCA Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis CVI Coastal Vulnerability Index DFAT Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Government of Australia DMU Disaster Management Unit DRF Disabilities Rights Fund DRR Disaster Risk Reduction FSP Full-Size Project GLISPA Global Island Partnership IIED International Institute for Environment and Development IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IWRM Integrated Water Resource Management Project (GEF) MTR Mid-/term Review M&E Monitoring & Evaluation MAP Mekong Asia Pacific MDG Millennium Development Goal MoA Memorandum of Agreement NAPA National Adaptation Programme of Action NC National Coordinator NFP National Focal Point NGO Non-Governmental Organization NSC National Steering Committee OP Operational Programme ODPM Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management PAGIRE Plan d’actions de Gestion Intégrée des Ressources en Eau (Action Plan for Integrated Water

Resources Management) SDG Sustainable Development Goals SIDA Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency SIDS Small Islands Developing States SLM Sustainable Land Management SPA Special Priority on Adaptation ToC Theory of Change UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change UNOPS United Nations Office of Project Services UNV United Nations Volunteers VRA Vulnerability Reduction Assessment

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SECTION I. ANNUAL GLOBAL OVERVIEW

In 2009, the GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP) entered a partnership with Australian Government Overseas Aid Program, now assimilated under the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). The objective of this partnership is to improve the adaptive capacity of communities and reduce their vulnerability to the impacts of climate change and its variability. The programme, which followed a two-phase process, was designed to create small-scale ‘project/policy laboratories’ to generate knowledge about how to achieve adaptation at the local level. The first phase of the partnership started in the Mekong and Asia Pacific region (MAP CBA) and was expanded to Small Island Developing States in 2011 (SIDS CBA).

This is the 6th annual progress report provided to DFAT and particularly reviews the CBA programme’s implementation activities and results for the period of 1 January - 31 December 2016. It also presents the cumulative programming and financial status, and accounts the progress made to the original budget plans. This report is based on the principles set out in the logical framework of the partnership project document and similar to the 2015 annual donor report, it addresses the recommendations provided by DFAT. Moreover, with the adoption of Agenda 2030 and 2015 marking the transition from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), connections to the SDGs are exemplified throughout the report, specifically on Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being, Goal 4: Quality Education, Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life below Water and Goal 15: Life on Land. Supplementary to the alignment to National Adaptation Programmes of Action Adaptation (NAPA), linkages to AICHI 2020 targets are also provided due to the program’s work on biodiversity conservation, ecosystem safeguarding and protection of indigenous and traditional knowledge. The information on this report was obtained from the following sources: 1.) annual reports submitted by the participating country and sub-regional programs which included responses to an in-depth survey designed and conducted specifically for this purpose; 2.) CBA-specific monitoring and tracking reports developed and maintained by SGP CPMT; and 3.) the GEF SGP global project database.

Lastly, the report captures the Mid-Term Review which occurred from July 2016 to January 2017 and the resulting evaluation ratings based on five key criteria: relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and impact

A. PROGRAMMING STATUS In the course of the reporting period, a total of $.270m was committed to fund two (2) planning grants and eight (8) full-size projects. Cumulatively, a total of $5.6m in grants has been committed from 2009-2016, giving a commitment rate of 89.7% towards the grant budget of $6.3m. A total of 49 planning grants and 142 projects have been approved to date. These are illustrated in Table 1. In the MAP CBA project, all four (4) countries have fully committed their allocated grant resources in 2012; thereby, no planning grants were given nor were new projects developed in this reporting period. All the MAP CBA projects were completed by 2015. Cumulatively, a total of $1.19m has been programmed from 2009-2015 that supported 8 planning grants and the implementation of 27 projects in these four countries. The $.270m of grant resources (for 2 planning grants and 8 projects) indicated above were committed under the SIDS CBA project. There was a total of 96 projects in this reporting period with 86 projects under implementation and 8 projects approved in the latter end of the 4th quarter and will be active in 2017. Out of the 86 projects, 18 projects were satisfactorily completed within the reporting period and one project in Jamaica was terminated before completion1.

1 Information on the terminated project in Jamaica is further discussed in Section III. Programme Level Review, B.2 Caribbean Region.

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In 2016, DFAT approved a two-year no-cost extension for the global CBA program. As such, the program’s operational closure was modified to June 2018 and mainly seeks to address the low delivery rates in the Pacific region and some countries in the Caribbean region. In order to gain a more detailed understanding of progress over the past year, separate MAP and SIDS CBA programmatic updates by country are provided in Section III. Additionally, the yearly commitments for each country can be found in Annex 2.

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42 115 4,425,686 5,060,000 87.5%

TOTAL 2 8 $ 270,000 49 142 5,616,846 6,260,000 89.7%

Table 1: Programming status of MAP and SIDS CBA for 2016; and Cumulative programming and corresponding commitment rates

A. THEMATIC BREAKDOWN

In this reporting period, the 86 active projects aimed to increase the resilience of local communities through initiatives in the following sectors: Water Resource Management (31%), Agriculture and Food Security (28%), Integrated Coastal Zone Management (23%) and Land Degradation (18%). Please refer to Figure 2.

Figure 5: Thematic breakdown of projects that were under implementation in 2016

Cumulatively, the project initiatives implemented from 2009-2016 focused on the following sectors based on community needs, with linkages to the national priorities: Water Resource Management (32.3%), Agriculture and Food Security (24.8%), Integrated Coastal Zone Management (22.4%) and Land Degradation (20.5%). Please see Figure 3.

Agriculture28%

Coastal Zone Mgmt23%Land

Degradation18%

Water Security31%

THEMATIC FOCUS: 2016

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Figure 6: Thematic breakdown of projects developed from 2009-2016

SECTION II. FINANCIAL STATUS From the operational budget of $10.4m, a grant budget of $6.3m has been programmed for direct grant-making process. The remaining of the budget, a total of $4.1m, are channeled to the non-grant components of the program such as capacity building, training, awareness-raising and knowledge-sharing which are manifested through knowledge product development, media platforms and/or participation in national/global level advocacy. At the end of December 2016, a total of $7.1m have been spent for grants and non-grant components of the program, leaving an approximate balance of $3.2m for 2017 and 2018 (please see Table 4 for details). Much of these resources are already planned for activities covering the last two years of the program and are tied to outputs. These activities include the development of knowledge products, final workshop and a terminal review of the program in 2018 amongst others. The Government of Australia supported UNDP-GEF SGP programme through two projects (MAP CBA and SIDS CBA). The funding for the MAP CBA Project that was received in 2009 covered the Mekong, Asia and Pacific regions (20 countries). When the SIDS CBA Project was launched in 2011, the Pacific region consisting of 16 Small Island Developing States, was programmatically moved accordingly. However, for clarity in tracking resource utilization, the UNDP internal financial services has kept the Pacific region under the MAP CBA Project. It is important to look at the financial figures in the Table 2 in terms of the first and second funding phases (MAP and SIDS) rather than regional (i.e. Caribbean, Pacific, etc.) blocks of resources.

Project Total Budget (USD)

Mgmt. Fees Operational Budget

Total Expenses

Balance: 2017 to 2018

MAP CBA

$5,475,463.0 $668,139.9 $4,807,323.1 $3,212,843

$1,594,481

Grants

$2,940,000.0 $2,435,446

$504,554

Non-Grants

$1,867,323.1 $777,396

$1,089,927

SIDS CBA

$6,331,484.0 $749,149.0

$5,582,335.0 $3,958,830

$1,623,505

Agriculture25%

Coastal Zone Mgmt22%

Land Degradation

21%

Water Security32%

Thematic Focus: 2009-2016

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Grants

$3,320,000.0 $3,181,400

$138,600

Non-Grants

$2,262,335.0 $756,667

$1,505,668

Total $11,806,947.0 $1,417,288.9

$10,389,658.1 $7,150,910

$3,238,749

Table 2: Financial Report as of December 2016

SECTION III. PROGRAMME LEVEL REVIEW

A. MAP CBA PROJECT

As previously indicated in the global annual review section and previous Annual Progress Reports (APR), the MAP CBA project has fully committed grant resources in 2012. Cumulatively, a total of $1.19m has been programmed from 2009-2015 that supported 8 planning grants and the implementation of 27 projects in four countries: Cambodia, Laos, Sri Lanka and Viet Nam (see Table 3). Three CBA country programmes (Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam) have completed all its projects in 2013, while the Sri Lanka CBA programme completed the last three (out of twelve) projects in 2015.

Country

Grant Allocation

Budget ($)

Grant Commitment

($)

Commitment rate (%)

Projects Implemented

(#)

Project Completion rate

(%)

Cambodia 250,000.0 249,336.5 99.7% 5 100%

Laos 250,000.0 241,824.0 96.7% 5 100%

Sri Lanka 450,000.0 450,000.0 100% 12 100%

Viet Nam 250,000.0 250,000.0 100% 5 100%

Total 1,200,000.0 1,191,160.5 99.3% 27 100%

Table 3: Country programming status in the MAP CBA project

While projects in this region have been completed, lessons from the projects are still being leveraged through the knowledge dissemination and upscaling of best practices. For example, in this reporting period, the CBA country program in Sri Lanka released a publication titled Coping with Climate Change and Variability: Lessons from Sri Lankan Communities and Climate Change aimed at improving the country’s strategic focus on adaptation to climate change.

The publication captures best practices and challenges faced in implementing CBA projects. The projects were carried out from 2011-2014 and were considered among Sri Lanka’s first scientifically-designed responses to manage climate change-induced risks and anthropogenic pressures to ecosystems, natural resources and the livelihoods of local communities. The key topics covered in the publication include: (i.) Threats and Opportunities for Sri Lanka; (ii.) Planning and Implementation of the pilot CBA projects, (iii.) Proceedings of the National Workshop on Community-Based Adaptation, (iv.) Five case studies and (v.) Seven technical papers. It also exemplifies the lessons and best practices that were up-scaled and integrated into large climate adaptation projects. These include (i.) an USD 8-million project for rain-fed and minor irrigated areas in the Mahaweli River Basin funded through the Adaptation Fund and implemented by the Ministry of Environment and the World Food Programme; and (ii.) a project that is currently being designed to rehabilitate small village irrigation systems and will be funded through the Green Climate Fund.

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Moreover, the CBA project in Sri Lanka titled Minimizing land degradation in Serupitiya village to facilitate community based adaptation to climate change (SRL/MAP-CBA/2013/01) was highlighted for its initiatives and impacts that support SDG1: No Poverty in UNDP’s publication titled Nature Count$ - Investing in ecosystems and biodiversity for sustainable development (December 2016). Please refer to the Knowledge Management section, A. Global Level for more information. Key Achievements for MAP CBA in 2016 include:

Lessons from completed CBA projects have continued to be leveraged through the following:

The up-scaling of CBA innovations to national level projects as illustrated in Sri Lanka and now garnering financial support from the Adaptation Fund and Green Climate Fund.

Dissemination of best practices and lessons through knowledge products: a. UNDP’s documentation of its ecosystem and biodiversity work that support the

SDGs and showcasing CBA projects as concrete examples of local-scale climate change adaptation contributing to the 2030 agenda. For example, a CBA project in Sri Lanka was highlighted for its land degradation initiatives that achieved poverty reduction and contributing to SDG1: No Poverty in UNDP’s publication titled Nature Count$ - Investing in ecosystems and biodiversity for sustainable development.

b. The development of knowledge products such as the Coping with Climate Change and Variability: Lessons from Sri Lankan Communities and Climate Change – a collection of experiences and lessons learned from the CBA portfolio of projects in Sri Lanka aimed at supporting the improvement of strategic focus on adaptation to climate change at the national level.

B. SIDS CBA PROJECT As briefly indicated in Section I.A, a total of $270k of grant resources were committed under the SIDS CBA project for 2 planning grants and 8 projects. The programming in this reporting period may appear minimal, but it is important to note that most countries have fully developed portfolios as planned. In 2016, there were a total of 94 projects with 86 projects (91%) under execution and 8 projects (9%) were approved in the latter end of the 4th quarter and will be active in 2017. A total of 24 projects (28%) were satisfactorily completed within the year and one project in Jamaica was terminated before completion. Cumulatively, a total of $4.5m has been programmed from 2009-2016 in 31 out of the 37 SIDS countries. As seen in Table 6, the Atlantic/Indian Ocean has fully committed its grant resources and the Caribbean has committed 91.5% of its grant resources. While there has been improvement in the commitment rates in Pacific region, up from 70% in 2015 to 79% in 2016, much support is still needed in the islands under the Samoa and Fiji sub-region. To this end, the recruitment of a regional NGO and an international NGO to fast-track the programming in the Samoa sub-region (Cook Islands and Niue ) and the Fiji sub-region (Kiribati,

Figure 7-9: Serupitiya village members measure eroding slopes (left); establishing stone hedges for erosion control (center); and community-constructed fence to mitigate further erosion.

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Nauru, Tonga and Tuvalu), respectively is in progress and expected to commence in early 2017. More details on these issues are elaborated in section B.4 “Next Steps in the Pacific Region”.

Table 4. Regional commitments at the end of 2016

B.1 Atlantic and Indian Ocean Region

The budget of $0.770m has been fully committed in the Atlantic and Indian region since 2015. This region covers six2 countries and have cumulatively programmed a total of 4 planning grants and 23 projects. In this reporting period, there were 15 active projects (3 in Guinea Bissau; 5 in Maldives; 4 in Mauritius; and 3 in Seychelles) and 3 projects (1 in Guinea Bissau; 1 in Mauritius; and 1 in Seychelles) were satisfactorily completed within the year.

Country Programme

Status

CBA Grant Allocation Budget ($)

Grant Commitment

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Commitment Rate (%)

Cape Verde Completed 120,000 120,000 100%

Comoros Completed 120,000 120,000 100%

Guinea Bissau On-going 70,000 70,000 100%

Maldives On-going 170,000 169,875 100%

Mauritius On-going 170,000 170,000 100%

Seychelles On-going 120,000 120,000 100%

Total Atlantic/Indian Ocean Region

770,000 769,875 100%

Table 5: Country programming status and commitment rates in the Atlantic/Indian Ocean region

In Guinea Bissau, the 3 active projects focused coastal zone management and agriculture. With 70% of its population being rural-based and natural resources-dependent, and the agriculture sector generating 56% of its GDP from rice, cashew and livestock, the projects focused on sustainable rice farming practices and the rehabilitation of infrastructures to protect the farms from sea-level rise and saltwater intrusion. One project,

2 Sao Tome Principe is the 7th SIDS in this region. However, there is no SGP presence in this country.

Region

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Grant Resource

Budget

Grant

Commitments

Commitment

Rate

Atlantic/Indian 6 $770,000 $769,875 100%

Caribbean 15 $2,657,000 $2,411,525 90.8%

Pacific 16 $1,633,000 $1,244,286 76.2%

Total 37 $ 5,060,000 $ 4,425,686 87.5%

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Project for the rehabilitation of degraded rice cultivation fields in Bôr (GNB/SIDS-CBA/15/02), started implementation in early 2016 and was satisfactorily completed in November 2016. Information on the project results and impacts is detailed in Section V. The two other projects are expected to be completed in 2017.

In Maldives, a total of 5 active projects focused on freshwater security and coastal zone management with emphasis on beaches. Maldives is formed by white sandy beaches and extensive coral reefs, and being the flattest country on earth3, it is highly vulnerable to sea level rise. The island nation has been experiencing high frequency, low impact hydro-meteorological disasters that cause storm surges and persistent coastal flooding. Beach erosion is evident in more than 97% of inhabited islands, with 64% having reported severe beach erosion. Longer dry periods have resulted in shortages of traditional water supplies from rainwater harvesting. To this end, the CBA program has piloted a plethora of initiatives to increase the capacities of communities, island councils, civil society organizations and the private sector through: (i.) a community-led coral reef monitoring project with systematic and quantitative data aimed at feeding into the National Coral Reef Framework and informing policies on sustainable coral reef protection practices; (ii.) beach management plans including increasing vegetation to control beach erosion and training on beach monitoring; (iii.) coastal zone management initiatives in the island of Maafushi which is one of Maldives’ islands with a thriving local economy based on fishing and tourism (iv.) rehabilitation of drainage systems to reduce flood damage in farmlands, wildlife and human settlements; and (v.) adoption of a Seawater Greenhouse Technology that is integrated in organic farming and renewable energy. All the projects are expected to be completed in 2017.

In Mauritius, there was a total of four active projects in this reporting period. Three of these projects started implementation in 2013, received top-up allocations in late 2014 and were expected to close in 2016. However, challenges with the health of an NGO president, obtaining land leases and disease infestations have caused delays in 2016 and thus, these projects have been extended to 2017. More details on the issues faced by these 3 projects and the associated resolutions are detailed in Section I. (Issues and Challenges in 2016). The fourth project, Knowledge Fair for GEF SGP 20 Years Celebrations in Mauritius (MAR/SIDS-CBA/YR3/15/04), was satisfactorily completed in 2016 after the finalization of a video and photo album capturing the knowledge fair event held in 2015.

In Seychelles, the three active projects focused on agriculture and coastal zone management. Due to island nation’s steep topography, most of the dwellings and development are located on the coastal plains and lower hill slopes, usually within a kilometer inland. 95% of socio-economic activities occur in the islands’ different terrestrial and marine ecosystems that form the coastal zone, and thus, play a critical role in sustaining the livelihoods of its population and maintaining the biodiversity of the archipelago. Climate change-driven effects such as saltwater intrusion, increased intensity of natural disasters, floods, droughts, changes in sea level and temperature lead to the degradation of coastal ecosystem services. As such, the 3 CBA projects were developed to increase the communities’ capacities in managing soil salinity to boost local food production, in countering coastal erosion through trainings in coastal- and marine-area mapping, establishment of appropriate coastal infrastructures and land restoration initiatives as well as in rehabilitating water catchments to improve water supply. One project, Increasing the resilience of farming communities on the Praslin Plateau by addressing soil salinity to boost local food production (SEY/SIDS-CBA/13/01) was satisfactorily completed within the year and its results are stated in Section V. The other two projects are expected to be completed in 2017.

The five projects in Cape Verde and three projects in Comoros have been completed by 2013 and 2015, respectively.

B.2 Caribbean Region

The Caribbean region, covering 15 countries, programmed a total of $150k of grants in this reporting period to fund 1 new planning grant (Belize) and 4 projects (1 in Barbados, 2 in Grenada and 1 in Trinidad and Tobago). While this number seems scant, it is important to note that 7 countries (i.e.47%) were fully committed on or

3 Maldives has no ground surface higher than 9.9 feet (3 meters), and 80 percent of the land area lying below 3.3 feet (1 meter) above average sea level.

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before 2015. The new projects in Barbados and Grenada have resulted to these 2 countries to be fully committed in 2016. Thus, 9 out of the 15 (i.e. 60%) countries in this region are fully committed. This region hosts 52% of the global program’s active projects with 45 on-going projects in this reporting period. A total of 10 projects were completed within the year and one project in Jamaica was terminated before its completion. Additionally, a total of 7 projects will start implementation in 2017. Cumulatively, a total of $2.4m of grant resources have funded 17 planning grants and 60 full-size projects, generating a commitment rate of 91.5% towards an allocation budget of $2.6m.

Country Programme Status

CBA Grant Allocation Budget

($)

Grant Commitment ($)

Commitment Rate (%)

Antigua & Barbuda

On-going 170,000 170,000 100%

Barbados On-going 197,814 197,814 100%4

Belize On-going 170,000 125,877 74%

Cuba On-going 170,000 170,000 100%

Dominica On-going 220,000 192,500 88%

Dominican Republic

On-going 170,000 170,000 100%

Grenada On-going 170,000 149,417 88%

Guyana On-going 120,000 115,981 97%

Haiti On-going 170,000 163,012 96%

Jamaica On-going 270,000 220,000 81%

St. Kitts and Nevis

On-going 130,000 130,000 100%

St. Lucia On-going 220,000 216,933 99%

St. Vincent & the Grenadines

On-going 130,000 50,000 29%

Suriname On-going 170,000 170,000 100%

Trinidad & Tobago

On-going 170,000 169,991 100%

Total Caribbean Region

2,657,000 $2,411,525 90.8%

Table 6: Country programming status and commitment rates in the Caribbean region

For the three countries that programmed planning grants and full-size projects in this reporting period, a summary of their programming status is as follows: In Barbados, one project was programmed in this reporting period and a top-up allocation for $27,814 was released to support an additional project to be implemented in 2017. The new budget of $197,814 has been fully committed to fund a total of 5 projects. There were 4 projects were active in this reporting period. Two of the projects are located in the coastal areas of western Barbados and focuses on coastal zone management, the application of adaptive fishing techniques and the development sustainable business practices. The 3rd project is located in the island’s interior and focuses on climate-smart agriculture. The 4th project, SIDS Adapt, is an educational television show aired during primetime in the Caribbean region. The shows share the solutions and best practices employed by the communities participating in the SIDS CBA projects to tackle the

4 A top-up allocation of $27,814 will be released in early 2017 to cover expenses from SIDS Adapt.

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challenges posed by climate change. A SIDS Adapt video was shown at the CBA10 conference (April 2016) in Bangladesh where it ranked 3rd in the ‘Best Film’ competition. Four projects are expected to be completed in 2017 and the 5th project will close in 2018. Similarly, Grenada has fully committed its budget of $170k during this reporting period with the programming of 2 new projects. The Grenada SIDS CBA portfolio now has a total of 5 projects, with 3 active projects in this reporting period. The 2 newly programmed projects will start implementation in 2017. The projects are very well-aligned with its national adaptation strategies that call for a multi-focal approach in building the adaptive capacities of its communities and ecosystems to the impacts of climate change. In particular, the projects target the fishing and agriculture-dependent communities in St. John Parish, Petite Martinique and the island’s capital of St. George through educational and capacity building training sessions in coastal zone management, water resource management and land management including the introduction of using aquaponics in agriculture. Additionally, one of the newly programmed projects in 2016, set to be implemented in 2017, focuses on the use of renewable energy. Three projects are expected to be completed in 2017, while the 2 new projects recently programmed will be completed in 2018.

In St. Kitts & Nevis, the programming of another project in December 2016 brings the CBA country program to have a total of 3 projects and fully committing its budget of $130k. All projects were active in 2016, with 2 projects focusing on land and water resource management to mitigate flooding and erosion, prevent waste contamination in water sources and increase agricultural productivity. The 3rd project focused on the adaptation to climate change and disaster preparedness of persons with disabilities (PWDs). These projects are expected to be completed in 2018.

In Trinidad and Tobago, a top-up allocation was provided to implement the second phase of the Preparing you! A Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Evacuation programme for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities project (TRI/SIDS-CBA/16/04). The CBA country program has committed a total of $169,991 towards its budget of $170k to fund 1 planning grant and 4 full-size projects. In addition to the first phase of the Preparing you! A Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Evacuation programme for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities (TRI/SIDS-CBA/15/04), 2 other projects were active in this reporting period which focused on agriculture, coastal zone management, land degradation and disaster risk management. The projects increase the communities of Brasso Seco (north), Sans Souci Beach(east) and the island’s capital of Port of Spain adapt to rising temperatures that decrease agricultural yields and introduce new pests and diseases such as Chikungunya, and to storm surges and sea-level rise that erode beaches. Some examples of initiatives include reforestation along the coasts and inland, crop diversification, beach monitoring and patrol to protect turtle nestling and training on disaster response. The 1st phase of the “Preparing you!” project (TRI/SIDS-CBA/15/04) was satisfactorily completed in 2016 while its 2nd phase is expected to be completed in 2018. The other 2 projects are expected to be completed in 2017.

In Belize, a total of 3 projects were active in this reporting period. A planning grant issued to the Southern Environmental Association (SEA) in September 2016 has brought the program’s grant resource commitments to $125,877, generating a 74% commitment rate towards its grant budget of $170k. The remaining $44,000 is expected to be programmed by SEA in 2017 for the implementation of a coastal zone management project in Southern Belize. The 3 active projects are focused on agriculture, sustainable land management and water security and target vulnerable indigenous communities located in several parts of the country such as the Medina Bank village in Toledo district (southernmost district of Belize), the Sarteneja, Chunox and Copper Bank communities in the Corozal district (northern part of Belize) and the Scotland Halfmoon Village in mainland Belize. These projects are expected to be completed in 2017. The following countries have fully committed their grant resources on or before 2015, and had active projects in this reporting period. A summary of their programming status is as follows:

In Antigua & Barbuda, a total of $170k of grant resources have been programmed to fund 4 projects that are focused on coastal zone management, land and water resource management and agriculture/aquaculture. The 4 projects are on-going, with majority of them located in St. John’s Parish --- home to 40% of the country’s poor. The CBA initiatives include: (i.) introduction of sustainable livestock and agricultural practices, including

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aquaponics, to increase the food security of an HIV/AIDS group; (ii.) youth-led water security project to increase water security amidst recurring droughts ; (iii.) integration of climate smart agriculture for sustainable rural development and food security; and (iv.) a climate change adaptation trainings offered to vulnerable communities across the island such as the Golden Grove and Potters (both located in the St. John’s Parish in the center of the island), Freetown (southeastern part and most rural community in Antigua) and Pigotts (in the northern part of the island). These projects are expected to be completed in 2017. In Cuba, a total of $170k was fully committed in 2014 to fund 4 projects that focus on agriculture and water resource management to protect ecosystem services and increase water and food security. The 4 projects remained active this reporting period and continued to support 23 communities in the Artemis Province, located in the north western part of Cuba along the Straits of Florida. The province is known for its high fertile red soil that allows up to two crops annually, lending agriculture as the main source of livelihoods and subsistence of its inhabitants. With no freshwater sources around, rain-fed water is the main water source in the country. However, climate change impacts such as rising temperatures, increasingly variable rainfall, droughts and sea-level rise have led to increased water salinity and decreased freshwater availability. Furthermore, anthropogenic pressures such as use of pesticides and chemicals in fertilizers, dumping of pig manure in water sources and overexploitation of the aquifers have resulted to water contamination and poor soil quality, and thus, decreasing agricultural production. These problems threaten people’s health and food security and degrade ecosystems. As such, the projects support the communities adapt through awareness-raising and capacity-building workshops in early warning systems to ensure the protection of ecosystems and its services; the introduction of new systems for swine waste treatment such as biogas digesters; the establishment of new and more efficient irrigation systems; sustainable land management (including correct application of crop rotation, identification of salinity-resilient species, increased use of biological resources and less use of agricultural machines). These projects are expected to be completed in 2017. In Guyana, A total of $115,981 has been committed towards its grant budget of $120k (i.e. 97%) in 2015 to fund the 3 full-size projects. These projects focus on agriculture and coastal zone management. In particular, two active projects target farming communities in Mahaicony River (north) and West Berbice County (east). Initiatives include sustainable coastal zone and land management that allow them to adapt to decreased rainfall and sea-level rise. Another project, set to start implementation in 2017, will target fishing communities in Corentyne Coast (east), whose fisheries have been rated by the Fisheries Department to be in critical state due to the modified fish distribution and decreased productivity caused by climate change. The communities are trained in collecting, mapping and monitoring fish species, movement, nurseries and fish catch data as well as in post-harvesting techniques. Successful data collection will be used as a model for other fishing cooperatives and aimed at contributing to a Coastal Fisheries Management Plan. These projects are expected to be completed in 2017. In St. Lucia, a total of $170k has been fully committed in 2014 to fund 3 planning grants and 5 full-size projects. There were 4 active projects in 2016, with 3 projects primarily focusing on water security and agriculture measures to support communities adapt to the decreasing rainfall, sea-level rise and saltwater intrusion in the island. Initiatives such as rainwater harvesting, water desalination, rehabilitation of water storage tanks and climate smart agricultural practices enable communities located in Laborie (south) and Bouton (west) to have access to good quality potable water and desalinated irrigation water to increase agricultural production. The 4th project is led by a disabilities group and focuses on transforming the apiculture industry practices into a

Figure 10: A farmer cultivates a tomato field using animal traction to avoid soil compaction as part of the project’s sustainable land management practices including reduced use of agricultural machines. Photo Credit: SGP Cuba

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natural or organic apiculture through research, training, product diversification and retailing of products. These projects are expected to be completed in 2017. In Suriname, a total of $170k has been fully committed in 2014 to fund 1 planning grant and 4 full-size projects. There were 3 active projects in 2016 that focused on agriculture, coastal zone management, land degradation and water resource management. In particular, initiatives such as mangrove reforestation, greenhouse farming, rainwater harvesting, use of drip irrigation and establishment of home gardens enable communities of Wanica (northeast) and the island’s capital of Pamaribo to have access to water amidst recurring droughts and agricultural yields despite variable rainfall. One project was satisfactorily completed in 2016 while the other 2 are expected to be completed in 2017. The following 3 countries have not fully committed their grant resources but have pipelined projects that are expected to start implementation in 2017. Two of the countries, namely, Dominica and Jamaica, had active projects in this reporting period. A summary of their programming status is as follows:

In Dominica, a total of $192,500 of grant resources have funded 5 planning grants and 4 full-size projects. Its current commitment rate is 88% towards the budget of $220k. Another project is under development and expected to be implemented in 2017. The four active projects are located in coastal hot spots and are focused on coastal zone management including the establishment of storm drains to combat floods on villages below sea level, watershed management and sustainable land management to combat soil erosion and saltwater intrusion. The 4 projects are expected to be completed in 2017 and the pipelined project will be completed in 2018.

In Jamaica, there were 3 active projects in this reporting period that focused on agriculture, sustainable land management and water security. In particular, 2 projects seek to increase the adaptive capacities of Jacob’s Ladder communities in Kingston and semi-rural Ewarton communities in Northwestern St. Catherine through the introduction of greenhouse farming, rainwater harvesting, drip irrigation and submersible water pumps powered by renewable energy. These 2 projects are expected to close in 2017. The 3rd project supported the Bigwoods community, located just beneath the Santa Cruz Mountains, in reforestation activities to prevent landslides and further erosion from floods and torrential downpours. The project was unfortunately terminated by the NSC in August 2016. This project was planned to close in 2015 and despite many attempts by the NC to rectify undelivered activities stipulated in the project document and correlating legal agreements, there was no response from the implementing NGO. Unutilized funds were recovered within 30 days of the termination. The Jamaica CBA program has implemented a total of 6 projects and has committed $220k towards it grant budget of $270k, thus generating an 81% commitment rate. The last project for $50k will be programmed in 2017 expected to be completed in 2018 In St. Vincent & Grenadines, only $50k has been programmed towards it grant budget of $170k. This project experienced delays in grant disbursements and will start implementation in 2017. Details on issues faced by this project is elaborated in Section I.2. Lastly, there were 4 active projects each in the Dominican Republic and Haiti that were satisfactorily completed. Results from these projects are detailed in Section V. Outcome Reporting.

B.3 Pacific Region

The Pacific region, covering 16 countries, programmed a total of $170k of grants in this reporting period to fund 1 new planning grant (Palau) and 4 projects (1 each in Fiji and Palau and 2 in Papua New Guinea). A total of 24 projects were active, with 4 projects being satisfactorily completed within the year. Additionally, a pipelined project in Marshall Islands was approved by the NSC in December 2016 and all the legal documents are expected to be signed in January 2017.5 Cumulatively, a total of $1.3 of grant resources have been

5 This project is expected to start implementation in January 2017 after all legal documents are signed and thus, this will project be

reported in next year’s donor report.

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committed towards it grant allocation budget of $1.6m (i.e. 79% commitment rate) to fund 19 planning grants and 32 full-size projects.

A summary of the progress in each country is as follows: In Palau, a total of $55k was committed to fund 1 planning grant and 1 project in this reporting period. To date, a total of $100k programmed towards its grant budget of $120k (i.e. 83% commitment rate). The planning grant given to the Pulo Anna Dewa Tip Organization (PADT) in the 4th quarter of 2016 will be the basis for the development of a full-size project in 2017, and hence, committing the remaining balance of $20k. The 2 active projects in 2016 are in the early stages of implementation. One project is focused on agriculture and food security of the Hatohobei community and the other in coastal zone management and biodiversity in the Koror state. In Papua New Guinea, a total of $70k was programmed to fund 2 projects in this reporting period. To date, a total of $178k has been programmed towards a budget of $205k (i.e. 87% commitment rate) for 9 planning grants6 and 4 full-size projects. All projects were active in 2016 and are focused on coastal zone management and agriculture specifically in mangrove rehabilitation, coastal reforestation and afforestation, and sustainable rice farming to combat effects of sea-level rise and variable rainfall.

In the Fiji sub-region, another project was programmed in Fiji for $45k in this reporting period. To date, a total of $243k has been programmed to fund 3 planning grants and 5 projects in Fiji. The 5 projects were active in 2016 and predominantly focused on coastal zone management and water security with some activities on agriculture and sustainable land management. Only Fiji and Kiribati have committed grants in this sub-region which total to $275k and generating a 92% rate towards its budget allocation of $298k. To improve the programming in this region, changes in management arrangements were made in 2016. In particular, the National Coordinator post was filled in Kiribati. In addition to the staff recruitments pending in Nauru, Tonga and Tuvalu, an international NGO is also being recruited to fast-track the deliverables and programming is expected to start in 2017. To remain flexible in re-allocating grants to performing countries in the sub-region, country grant budgets are given in tranches. As such, additional allocations will be given to the sub-region in 2017 when all systems are in place. For more information, please refer to B.4 NEXT STEPS IN

THE PACIFIC REGION. For the following countries, there was no new programming for any planning grant/s and/or new project/s in this reporting period. A summary of their programming statuses are as follows:

In the Samoa sub-region, a total of $234k has been committed towards the allocation budget grant of $300k (i.e. 79% commitment rate) to fund 1 planning grant (Samoa) and 6 projects (5 in Samoa and 1 in Tokelau). In this reporting period, there were 3 active projects (2 in Samoa and 1 in Tokelau) in the sub-region. In Samoa, one project focuses on a ridge-to-reef initiatives to tackle water contamination from maladaptive deforestation and agricultural activities as well as sea-level rise and decreased rainfall. The other project strengthens the capacity of a newly-formed youth-led NGO in implementing coastal zone and land rehabilitation initiatives to protect people, agriculture and ecosystems from sea-level consequences. Similarly, the youth-led project in Tokelau introduced the concept of key-hole gardening to the villages of Fakaofo, Nukunonu and Atafu to help them adapt to water scarcity and poor soil quality. The programming in Tokelau, Cook Islands and Niue will be approached in the same manner as the Fiji sub-region, with top-up allocations and implementation support of an international NGO. Furthermore, successful initiatives in Samoa has been recognized at the global and sub-regional level. The youth-led project impressed the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and invited its youth leader to be a keynote speaker and panelist in their “Young Change Makers in Asia and Pacific” conference (May 2016). Please refer to Section H. Mainstreaming marginalized groups for more information. The project Climate Change Adaptation in

6 As indicated in the previous APRs, 2 planning grants and its associated full-size projects were terminated before completion in 2011 and 2012, due to lack in NGOs’ technical capacity and unwillingness to work with international NGOs who had the capacity; 2 planning grant were deemed to be more suitable to be a biodiversity project and an agro-ecology project, respectively, by the NSC and CPMT

and implemented under the SGP core funds.

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Matafa’a Village, Samoa (WSM/MAP-CBA/2010/003) continues to be recognized as an illustration of local adaptation that support to SDG11: Sustainable Cities and Communities for its initiatives in achieving access to upgraded, adequate, safe and affordable basic services for poor rural households, amongst others. For more information, please refer to the Knowledge Management section (Global Level ). In Timor Leste, the country program has fully committed its grant allocation budget of $120k in 2014. In this reporting period, there were 4 active projects of which 3 were satisfactorily completed within the reporting period while the 4th project is expected to be completed in 2017. Results of the completed projects are detailed in Section V. Outcome Reporting. Lastly, there are 2 pipelined projects expected to be implemented in 2017.

In Solomon Islands, only 2 planning grants have been programmed thus far for a total of $10k towards its grant allocation budget of $120k. There are 4 projects in the pipeline and whilst some delays encountered due to the hurricane that hit the island in December 2016, these projects will be implemented in 2017. In the Federated States of Micronesia, a total of $94k has been committed towards its grant budget allocation of $120k (i.e. 78% commitment rate) to fund 2 projects. While one project is pipelined to start implementation in 2017, another project was satisfactorily completed in this reporting period which served as a momentous success in reaching communities in the farthest outer island of Pohnpei State for the first time. In Vanuatu, a total of $233.4 has been fully committed to fund 5 projects, which were all active in this reporting period. Four projects focused on water resource management and diversification of water supply to address the irregular rainfall, poorly maintained community water infrastructures and limited household access to clean water in the villages of Buninga, Lelepa and Onesua as well as a school attended by 300 students in the village of Ekipe. The 5th project focuses on coastal rehabilitation in the village of Vunausi to address the severe coastal erosion resulting from sea level rise. The area was once covered by a lush lowland rainforest but much of the big coastal trees are gone and roots are seemingly dying. The primary and secondary schools along the coast are amongst the immediate infrastructures threatened. The five projects are expected to be completed in 2017.

Country Programme

Status

CBA Grant Allocation

Budget (USD)

Grant Commitment

(USD)

Commitment Rate (%)

Federated States of Micronesia

On-going 120,000 93,750 78%

Fiji On-going 297,600 (Fiji sub-regional budget)

242,600 92%

Kiribati On-going/New NC recruited in 2016

Under the Fiji sub-regional budget

32,5007

Nauru On-going Under the Fiji sub-regional budget

- ***8

Tonga On-going Under the Fiji sub-regional budget

- ***

Tuvalu On-going Under the Fiji sub-regional budget

- ***

7 In the 2015 APR, it was reported that $100k has been committed in Kiribati. However, the projects were terminated and $67,500

were recovered. 8 *** These countries have not programmed any grants as of December 2015; Details for each country are provided in “Next Steps

for the Pacific Region”.

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Marshall Islands

On-going 120,000 Pipelined projects9

0%

Palau On-going 120,000 100,000 83%

Papua New Guinea

On-going 205,397 178,405 87%

Samoa New SRC recruited

in 2016

296,631 (Samoa Sub-regional

budget) 186,259 79%

Cook Islands

New NC recruited in 2016

Under the Samoa Sub-regional

budget - ***

Niue Oversight by UN

Coordination Team beginning 2016


budget - ***

Tokelau New IUNV recruited

in 2016


budget 47,400

Solomon Islands

On-going 120,000 10,000 8%

Timor Leste On-going 120,000 120,000 100%

Vanuatu On-going 233,372 233,372 100%

Total Pacific Region

1,633,000 1,244,286 76.2%

Table 7: Country programming status and commitment rates in the Pacific region

B.4 Next Steps in the Pacific Region

As reported in last year’s APR, SGP was addressing its human resource and infrastructural issues in the Pacific region, including the high-turnover of staff coupled by low capacities. As such the following changes occurred in 2016 aimed at improving the effectiveness of the region’s delivery. In the Fiji sub-region, the previous National Focal Point in Kiribati is now a full-time SGP NC after going through a competitive process; and the SGP office is hosted with the UN Joint Presence Office (UNICEF) as of August 2016. Additionally, discussions amongst CPMT, NC, NSC and the Ministry of Environment, Lands and Agriculture Development (MELAD) during the GEF Expanded Constituency Workshop (ECW) in Nadi, Fiji on October 2016 further explored the operational and programming challenges in the island and asked for the GEF Operational Focal Point, who also serves as the Chair of the NSC, to prioritize the activities of SGP Kiribati. The recruitment of NCs in Nauru and Tonga and of a project manager in Tuvalu are pending. The relocation of the SGP offices to UN Joint Presence offices in these 3 islands will follow accordingly. In the Samoa sub-region, a new NC in Samoa, who serves as the Sub-Regional Focal Point, was hired in October 2016 and garnered a smooth transition with the support of the previous NC who has now retired. The NC in Cook Islands who is hosted by the Red Cross, the UN Volunteer who acts as the NFP in Tokelau and the UN Country Development Officer in Niue, based on the delegation of the Resident Representative to oversee the SGP projects, all directly report to the NC in Samoa on SGP aspects. In addition to the aforementioned SGP posts, an international NGO has been recruited to specifically support the modest programming deliveries in the Fiji sub-region, specifically in Nauru, Tonga and Tuvalu. Similarly, a regional NGO has been recruited for the Samoa sub-region under-programming countries, namely, Cook

9 An NSC-approved project in December 2016 for $45k is pending MoA signing.

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Islands, Niue and Tokelau. A top-up allocation of $600k will be provided to the sub-regions specifically for the six islands. The recruitment is in its final stages and implementation of projects in the six islands are expected to start in March/April 2017. Lastly, changes in the SGP CPMT and UNOPS regional focal points for this region also occurred in 2016. The Land Degradation/Forestry Advisor, who also serves as the CBA Project Manager, will be taking full responsibility of this region. On the UNOPS side, the region will be overseen by another Portfolio Manager.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS IN SIDS CBA IN 2016 INCLUDE:

An additional of $270k of grant resources were committed under the SIDS CBA project for 2 planning

grants and 8 projects. Cumulatively, a total of $4.5m of grant resources have been committed towards the budget of $5.2m;

thus, generating an 89% commitment rate. Atlantic/Indian Ocean region has fully committed all its grant resources. The Caribbean region has committed 91.5% of its grant resources. The Pacific region has committed 79% of its grant resources; changes in management arrangements

and provision of global grant-making mechanism is aimed at fast-tracking the programming in the region and achieve its planned outcomes by 2018.

Successful initiatives in Samoa has been recognized at the global and sub-regional level.

SIDA is impressed with youth-led initiatives and invited YCAN Samoa youth leader as a keynote speaker and panelist in their “Young Change Makers in Asia and Pacific” conference (May 2016) – a conference serving as a platform for young leaders to inspire UN agencies and other partners to move from rhetoric to action.

The project Climate Change Adaptation in Matafa’a Village, Samoa (WSM/MAP-CBA/2010/003) continues to be recognized as a concrete example of local level adaptation work with ‘triple wins’ for sustainable development. In particular, it was showcased in a UNDP publication Nature Count$ for its contribution to SDG11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, specifically in achieving access to upgraded, adequate, safe and affordable basic services for poor rural households, amongst others.

Communities in FSM’s farthest island has been supported for the first time through CBA project; these communities have not gotten support from government for over a decade.

SIDS ADAPT (30-minute environmental show) was shown in the CBA10 conference (April 2016, Bangladesh) and ranked 3rd for the ‘Best Film’ competition.

Completed projects from Dominican Republic, Guinea Bissau, FSM, Seychelles and Timor Leste have increased ecosystem functionality and improving livelihoods and health as well as access to basic sanitation and increase water quantity and quality accordingly.

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SECTION IV. HIGHLIGHTS OF COUNTRY RESPONSES

A. RELEVANCE (WHY ARE WE DOING THIS?) Climate change continues to be one of the existential threats to humanity. As worldwide patterns of temperature, precipitation and weather events change, the delicate balance of climate and life is disrupted, with serious impacts on food and agriculture, water sources and health. Due to their dependency on ecosystem services and climate-sensitive resources for their livelihoods, local communities are on the front lines of climate change risks. In Small Island developing states (SIDS), local communities that are already subjected to climate change impacts often experience acceleration and/or intensification of its impacts due to their small land area, susceptibility to natural disasters, geographical isolation, limited natural resources and sensitive ecosystems. These communities do not have the resources to combat climate change effects on their own and further degradation of natural resources and ecosystems will increase poverty, hunger and economic inequality.

In particular, the vulnerable communities targeted by the SIDS CBA projects live in climate hotspots and majority of whom are the poorest and most isolated communities in the world. Climate change impacts such as increasing temperatures, sea level rising, variable rainfall have resulted to agricultural unreliability, food insecurity, water scarcity and new patterns of pests and diseases in these areas. Moreover, cultural norms that govern the communities often lead to social marginalization where some groups bear a disproportionate share of the costs of environmental and ecological degradation. For example, women’s traditional roles as food growers, water and fuel gatherers and caregivers intimately connect them to available natural resources and the climate, making them more vulnerable to environmental hardships. To this end, the projects invest in capacity development and awareness-raising initiatives aimed at strengthening local communities’ resilience to climate change through sustainable nature-based solutions that optimize environmental, economic and social outcomes. The projects’ integrated approach to land, water, forest, biodiversity and coastal resource management, also known as Ridge-to-Reef approach, allows simultaneous application of multi-focal measures to address the site-specific issues with a bearing on national priorities. Additionally, soil carbon sequestration from the adaptation initiatives, which are land and marine-based, offer practices contribute to emissions reduction, and thus, cross-cuts into climate change mitigation contributing to emissions reduction. The projects’ social inclusion approach ensures that all members have a voice, a role and access to opportunities and services irrespective of gender, age, ethnicity, mental/physical abilities. Its participatory approach throughout the project cycle allows capacity development in every component including project proposal writing, development of action plans with the a calendar for the appropriate application of sustainable measures and the correlating budgetary lines, income-generating and/or alternative livelihood options, financial management and establishment of savings-and-credit schemes. Additionally, indigenous and traditional knowledge is fully supported, with the projects being built on them and subsequently fused with modern science to address holistic and site-specific environmental issues.

Figure 11: Eroded coast and polluted waters resulting from climate change impacts and anthropogenic pressures in Guinea Bissau. Photo Credit: SGP Guinea Bissau

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To this end, the projects’ process and results contribute to the climate change priorities of each country as stated in their respective National Action Plans on Adaptation (NAPAs) as well as AICHI 2020 targets and SDG 2030 agenda. In particular, they contribute to AICHI Target 11 (biodiversity conservation and ecosystem safeguarding) and AICHI Target 14 (increased effectiveness of ecosystem services with benefits to all; taking into account the needs of women, indigenous peoples, the poor and vulnerable) and AICHI Target 18 (enhanced implementation through participatory planning, knowledge management and capacity building and protecting traditional knowledge). With regard to the SDGs, the projects’ cross-cutting initiatives lends contribution to several goals such as SDG 5 (Gender Equality), SDG 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation), SDG 10 (Reduced Inequalities), SDG 13 (Climate Action), SDG 14 (Life below Water) and SDG 15 (Life on Land). Lastly, its impacts also contribute to SDG 1 (No Poverty), SDG 2 (Zero Hunger), SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-being) and SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities).

To bridge the gap between local, national and regional actors, various multi-level consultation meetings and dialogue platforms throughout the project cycle are held. These engagements serve as a space for communities’ voices to be heard, their needs to be understood and their challenges to be recognized and addressed by various decision makers. The resulting increased awareness of all stakeholders reinforces the collective responsibility in tackling climate change, identifying opportunities for shared action and establishing technical and financial support for communities. These inclusive partnerships, established on principles, values and shared vision that put people and nature at the center, support immediate and future needs, and are very important in the times of natural hazards. Additionally, whilst no drastic changes to the political, social and economic contexts have been reported by the participating countries, these synergies also serve as a line of communication for expanded support if and when needed. Such partnerships between civil society, government and private sector contribute to the systemic issues of SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals.

B. EFFICIENCY (IS IT COST-EFFICIENT?)

Since the CBA projects are delivered by the GEF SGP, they are overseen by the Central Programming Management Team (CPMT) in New York and National Coordinators in each of the participating countries, whom are contracted to deliver community development projects funded under the GEF. Thus, there are no costs charged to the CBA projects for SGP staff functions, garnering an estimated conservative savings of 1.5m USD per year. While all participating countries have reported on delivering defined activities within their CBA budgets, they continue to pursue cost-effective measures by planning common activities (piggy-backing) and proportionally allocating costs with other SGP projects in monitoring site visits, grantee network training workshops, partnership meetings, and public outreach and awareness initiatives. CBA grantees are also included in GEF-funded knowledge fairs and in SGP’s network which qualify them to form further partnerships for technical trainings and/or financial support from SGP’s partners and other development organizations. Moreover, linkages to SGP’s partners have generated direct co-financing to the individual CBA projects through financial and technical support to the communities. Supplementary to the total grant resources of $5,632,126 committed to date, a total co-financing amount of $3,548,598 has been directly contributed by partners. This represents a co-financing of $.63 for every $1 of project grants. If the savings in human resources incurred by SGP staff is included, the co-financing ratio would be $.92 for every $1 of project grants. While this ratio is very close to the 1:1 co-financing target stated in the SIDS CBA project document, it still does not include the expenditure savings incurred from “piggy-backing” activities detailed above. Thus, the co-financing ratios is well above the stipulated requirement making the investment a worthwhile venture. Some of cost-efficiency measures applied include: in Belize, a coordinated approach to monitoring CBA and GEF SGP projects in the prioritized landscapes/seascapes is utilized and thus, optimizing operational effectiveness at the portfolio level. In at least three islands (Santo Antão, Boavista and Santiago Island) in Cape Verde, CBA monitoring visits were planned and organized simultaneously with regular SGP project site visits aimed at maintaining low operational costs and promoting increase of program efficiency. Effective partnership arrangements were also established with local and national level partners for shared action and collective responsibility in implementing the projects. In addition to the M&E functions provided by the Park Offices in Santo Antão and Boavista Islands, the Cova, Paúl and Torre Natural Park office in Santo Antão

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assisted in the production of a project article and a project video, while the Delegation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment assisted with the operationalization of a revolving fund scheme and construction of community dikes. In Guinea Bissau, partnerships with the Ministry of Agriculture availed agronomists to provide technical support in the construction of waste dykes to deter saltwater intrusion in rice paddies as well as in sustainable techniques in rice cultivation. Linkages to national level adaptation projects implemented in the same area (Gabu region) also provided technicians for technical M&E functions. In addition to providing support during project execution, these partnerships also leverage support for further activities as well as sustain efforts. In many of the participating countries, supplemental technical support and trainings are provided by partners on a need-be basis at no additional cost to the projects. Some examples include: In Dominica, these are provided by the National Development Foundation and Inter-American Agency for Cooperation on Agriculture; In Jamaica, by the US Peace Corps; In Palau, by the EU-Global Climate Change Alliance; In Seychelles, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and the Ministry of Environment. As previously reported, that while “time” is a factor usually considered when evaluating “efficiency”, it should be noted that the adaptation process take longer because it addresses future climate change impacts, in addition to current climate change impacts. Additionally, CBA projects are people-centered and the behavioral change of the communities and institutions is another component that takes time to achieve. For example, throughout the CBA project cycle, the communities attend various training sessions and perform resource mapping exercises so that they know what to do, what resources to use and which partners to call for further support in any given climate situation and season. During the vulnerability reduction assessment workshops, progress is determined against the baseline indicators and targets. The determining factors are whether the people’s perceptions, confidence and actions have positively changed. This allows the country teams to assess whether the completed activities have increased their capacities, awareness and knowledge and address the areas that need further support. Adaptive management and the Theory of Change (ToC) are also applied to address any unexpected factors such as extreme disasters and lack in cooperation from the communities and/or those of its project partners. As such, there is a very strong focus on the impacts of process as much as that of the results. While the adaptation process may be longer than other development processes, the sustainability of the communities is contingent upon it.

C. EFFECTIVENESS (HOW IS IT GOING? WILL IT WORK?) The continued progress of the CBA initiatives in this reporting period, plus project results have illustrated that the CBA initiatives and methodologies, SGP modality and capacity support mechanisms are functioning effectively. The countries continue to report that the effectiveness of their initiatives stem from the active participatory community engagement with opportunities for partnerships with higher-scale actors in each of the five (5) adaptation components: observation, assessment of climate impacts and vulnerability, planning, implementation and monitoring & evaluation. Since communities face different challenges (climate change-induced, political, technical, social, cultural, etc.) at varying degrees, there is no generic solution that will work everywhere --- solutions need to be adapted to local needs and context and be locally applied, tested and refined.

Because the CBA country program strategies (CCPS) of the participating countries are locally-contextualized while simultaneously being aligned to their national priority focal themes and geographical areas, CBA projects are able to support the poorest and most vulnerable communities to the impacts of climate change and its variabilities, including the unserved and/or underserved communities in remote regions. For example, in the Federated States of Micronesia, the communities in the farthest outer island of Pohnpei State were supported for the first time through the taro plantation restoration project (Project FSM/SGP/OP5/Y3/MAP-CBA/MF/2013/04). This is a significant advance in reaching one of the most vulnerable communities whose lands were degraded by saltwater intrusion, with no local source of sustenance available, confronted by rotten crops and have not had any support from the local and state governments for over a decade. These communities were heavily dependent on imported food delivered by ships twice a year. Before the SIDS CBA project, the ships were their only lifeline to sustenance and livelihoods and posed a life-and-death scenario

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when ships were unable to come. The community members and the implementing NGO, Four Founders Corporation (FFC), has been supported through comprehensive training in project design, development, implementation and monitoring that provided holistic and contextualized solutions. These were supplemented by the involvement of local and state government agencies with clearly defined support. As a result, the restoration of 10 hectares of land and improved state of another two hectares have increased taro production by 60% and directly benefitted over 100 people.

The countries have also reported that the adaptation practices tested and refined in the community-led project “laboratories” have shown the effectiveness in increasing ecosystem productivity, providing food and water security and diversifying income-generating options to name a few. As such, the CBA innovations are currently on a trajectory to effectively inform national adaptation policies, budgetary and development plans, and programs. Some examples include:

In Cape Verde, communities were able to farm during drought periods due to the increased access to water from the conservation tanks and use of micro-irrigation systems provided by the projects, and thus, increasing food security and improving community resilience to climate change impacts. The CBA projects also served as multi-level stakeholders platforms where best practices were shared, up-scaled and directly influenced the National Adaptation Programme of Action on Climate Change (NAPA), the Action Plan for Integrated Water Resources Management (PAGIRE)and the National Food Security and Nutrition Strategy which adopted approaches specifically on strengthening the capacity of communities to adapt to climate risks through the provision of alternative food-related income generating opportunities and the promotion of sustainable agricultural techniques and crop varieties suitable to different climatic conditions. In Seychelles, CBA innovations in land restoration initiatives increased tomato production by 70%, doubled the average monthly income of farmers and are now used by government policy makers in developing the objectives of its Agriculture Strategy, Climate Change strategy, Seychelles Sustainable Development Strategy and Integrated Coastal Zone Management plans. In Jamaica, the CBA projects have proven that small grant-funded NGOs/CBOs can achieve a lot resulting in national and even global impact. Based on the successful project demonstrations on rainwater harvesting, government and other donors are now directly engaging NGOs who implemented the CBA projects in the implementation of other projects as well as the training of other NGOs. To this end, the government established an informal Grantee Exchange Network for knowledge exchange. Similarly, the projects in Barbados are directly linked to the National Climate Change Planning Committee and informs the national Monitoring Reporting and Verification (MRV) system.

Please also refer to Section V. Outcome Reporting for more information and specific examples of the effectiveness of the projects.

D. MONITORING AND EVALUATION (HOW DO WE KNOW?) Given the complexity and long-term nature of climate change, the manifold country and community contexts, the varying levels of capacities and the diverse cultures and social norms, the CBA projects are designed to be continuous and flexible with regular M&E systems in place. At the global level, CPMT provides the overall monitoring of programme performance as well as leadership and technical guidance as required. In particular, the CBA Knowledge Management and Operations Associate monitors project progress by evaluating country work plans on a quarterly basis and along with the CBA Project Manager, addresses any bottlenecks with relevant partners in UNOPS, UNDP and/or SGP CPMT. The KM Associate also updates M&E tracking tools on a monthly basis, capturing information from individual projects such as programming stage status, thematic areas covered, targeted marginalized groups and financial budgets with its associated actual expenditures. Aggregated data from the tracking tools is one of the primary basis of all reporting to DFAT and UNDP.

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The standard SGP Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) systems such as annual SGP and CBA reports provide regular formal monitoring. Additionally, CPMT complies with UNDP’s M&E and quality assurance procedures through submission of financial and outcome reporting. As stated in previous APRs, the standard SGP M&E processes are used at the project level as they are built in to CBA project design and is a major component of individual project log frames. Any potential risks are extensively discussed in the project formulation stages. During the implementation stages, the CBA teams conduct regular communication and on-site visits to monitor and evaluate the projects’ efficiency and effectiveness as well as address any other challenges that may arise such as community feuds, motivation lapses, grant delays, insufficient realization of resource mobilization efforts and technical incapacities. On-site visits are also held upon the review of progress reports to validate the activities reported before releasing the next tranche of grant disbursements. Additionally, indigenous governance systems in countries such as Samoa and Tokelau continue to be used because the approval and involvement appropriate authorities is critical. During site visits, the CBA teams meet with village councils to review the project and garner their support. When family customary lands are involved, the head of the extended family needs to give a letter of approval to have the activity take place on their lands and/or any lands adjacent to it. Regular, thorough and well-documented discussions with village authorities are critical to avoid any project delays. Any issue that cannot be resolved internally are mediated and facilitated by the Ministry of Women, Community, and Social Development (Samoa) and the Tokelau General Managers (for each atoll), while environmental risks are managed through the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment through its appropriate divisions. All issues are also reported to the NSC who provide further support and advice. The CBA methodologies used such as the VRA, CARE CVCA and CRiSTAL are tools in place that help the project teams determine the appropriateness of the adaptation actions and its validity on changing climate scenarios including disasters and unplanned uncertainties. For example, sudden changes in weather conditions almost completely overturned the result of VRA findings in Seychelles. Initially, drought and its associated high salinity levels in soil were the challenges being addressed. But heavy rainfall replaced salinity issues as the farms were destroyed. As such, the VRA discussions were immediately amended to include freshwater collection for farmland irrigation purposes. Moreover, a notable example of the effectiveness of the CBA process and its flexibility was through the enhancement of methodologies to cater to the local context in Mauritius. The Coastal Vulnerability Index (CVI)10 method was successfully carried out in the Community Based Adaptation for Fisheries Dependent Communities of Rodrigues project (MAR/SIDS-CBA/Yr1/13/06,MAR/SIDS-CBA/YR3/15/03), implemented by The Shoals Rodrigues Association. To create the CVI, relevant existing base data layers (topographic maps) and habitat data layers, as well as new data features were mapped and compiled during the course of the project. These data layers were used to prepare a series of individual data layers to characterize the vulnerability of the coast to wave impact and sea level rise. As such, the CVI map has shown the variations in the vulnerability of the coast within Baie du Nord, with respect to climate change. In particular, low lying coastal areas in proximity to mangroves have a lower vulnerability score, while low lying exposed areas, such as beaches, have a higher vulnerability score. Overlaying the results of the CVI with the resource use map has enabled the practitioners to highlight the vulnerability of various areas along the Rodrigues coast such as residential areas that will be potentially at-risk from recurrent sea level rise or waves and agricultural areas to the east of Baie du Nord which appeared to bear lower risks from coastal flooding because it is situated landward of the mangroves. The results of the CVI GIS-based technique allowed the communities to plan their activities effectively. The CVI method could be adopted by other practitioners by refining the data inputs and adding new datasets (e.g. modelling data for storm waves) and address different types of hazards (e.g. salt water intrusion). The small size of SIDS such as Rodrigues is advantageous when it comes to demonstrating these types of techniques and in implementing strategies to build internal sustainability and resilience to external impacts.

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The final output from the project is intended to be the provision of policy recommendations for consideration by the Rodrigues Regional Assembly. These are currently being drafted, but some of the key points for consideration as a result of this methodology are as follows: (i.) Adopt a coastal height restriction for residential, tourism or infrastructure developments; (ii.) Protect and maintain health natural coastal and marine ecosystems and only rehabilitate where necessary; (iii.) Support methods that combine local and scientific knowledge to build resilience to extreme events and risks of climate change; and (iv.) Commission detailed topographical elevation maps to facilitate detailed planning. Lastly, representatives from Australia’s High Commission also visit project sites to be acquainted with the projects’ practitioners and track progress. In this reporting period, Australian High Commissioner Ross Tysoe met with project grantees in Barbuda and was impressed with the food security results of the projects. In Cape Verde, Ms. Emily Pugin from DFAT participated in the International SIDS CBA Workshop for the Atlantic and Indian Ocean countries, held in Cidade Velha on September 2016. The workshop also included a project site visit to the communities of Longueira and Covoada located in Santiago Islands’ Serra do Pico de Antónia Natural Park area.

E. SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARDS

The country teams continue to use the UNDP Social and Environmental Standards (SES) as a guide in enhancing positive social and environmental opportunities, as well as ensuring that adverse social and environmental risks and impacts are avoided, minimized and/or managed. Since the main objective of the CBA projects is to increase the resilience of natural resource-dependent communities to climate change risks, the projects are well aligned with the three over-arching principles of the SES which include (i.) Human Rights, (ii.) Gender Equality and Women Empowerment, and (iii.) Environmental Sustainability. In particular, the project process in upholding the principle of accountability and use of gender mainstreaming and women empowerment, social inclusion and participatory engagement approaches support the first two principles. The project initiatives on ecosystem restoration and conservation, promotion of sustainable adaptation practices and innovations, use of methodologies to assess vulnerability reduction, application of the Theory of Change (ToC) or adaptive management, and partnerships with relevant government ministries in agriculture, energy, disaster risk and meteorology and climate organizations support the third principle. Furthermore, they correspond to the SES’s social and environmental assessment process which states that it should be ensure(d) that the proposed activities are screened and assessed for climate change-related risks as well as the impacts of and to projects as well as …ensure that the status and adequacy of relevant climatic information is identified. If significant potential risks are identified, further scoping and assessment of vulnerability, potential impacts, and avoidance and mitigation measures, including consideration of alternatives to reduce potential risks.

F. RISK, FRAUD AND CORRUPTION SGP has systems in place to counter risk, fraud and corruption early during grant making process. These include the requirement of all potential grantees to register with the SGP country programs which allows NCs to crosscheck information and obtain feedback and/or recommendations from other organization/s that the grantee/s has/have been involved with. Once the grantee is registered as part of a SGP country program, they are required to attend orientation meetings to gain understanding on their accountability, policies and procedures such as project implementation guidelines including financial management and reporting procedures, validation of activities with key partners and any other information that they need clarification on. Upon the conclusion of the orientation meetings, the grantees are required to sign off on the project implementation guidelines to verify their understanding of the procedures. Most projects have a Project Steering Committee (PSC), comprised of SGP staff and project partners from UNDP and/or the GEF, government and academia, who review the status of project implementation and project finances. In addition

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to the mandatory M&E site visits (a minimum of two) required from SGP staff, PSC members also visit the sites especially after the submission of progress of reports to verify the information presented in the progress reports. In the event that any irregularity is detected, UNDP is informed. SGP informs the UNDP country office and carries out a detailed inspection of financial documents including invoices, receipts, check vouchers, check books and bank statements. Once there is evidence or suspicion of fraud and/or corruption, the project is terminated by the UNDP Resident Representative.

G. SUSTAINABILITY (WILL THE BENEFITS LAST?) In this reporting period, the countries have strongly emphasized the importance of having relevant, innovative and results-oriented community-led projects with durable multi-level partnerships to be the primary factors in ensuring the sustainability of project initiatives and benefits. Since the projects are built on traditional knowledge and fused with modern science, the local practitioners’ (NGOs, CBOs, communities) awareness on practices and measures that are implemented for effective adaptation are carefully evaluated so that the actions taken do not lead to maladaptation. The resulting food and water security, health and financial benefits from their strengthened capacities in increasing the effectiveness of ecosystem services, can empower them to sustain these positive conditions as well as train other communities in replicating their best practices. Moreover, partnerships with government officials, private sector, other CSOs, other UN agencies and international organizations established at the on-set of the projects and further expanded throughout the project duration are well-founded to provide on-going support upon the expiration of CBA small grants and thus, sustain the efforts and benefits. Community and partner/s collaborations throughout the project cycle have enabled all actors to assess the needs and capabilities of communities and identify the gaps in existing policies and programs. Such collaborations provided policy makers and higher-scale actors to gain a deeper understanding of the communities’ challenges and effectively address the sustainability challenges. As such, the focus of policy reforms and incentives were broadened, governance responsibilities were expanded, best practices were up-scaled and/or replicated and access to services provided by these partners were opened up and continue to be available even after project conclusion. As such, these robust partnerships can continue the short-term stability benefits of the projects to long-term resilience of the communities and ecosystem services. Some examples of continued support include regular monitoring and evaluation, technical advice, ad-hoc services such as maintenance and repairs of water infrastructures, roads, dams and bridges and much needed assistance in the event of disasters. Specific in-country partnership examples include: In Belize, a project steering committee is established for each project to guide project implementation and support partnership development and resource mobilization. These include the Ministries of Agriculture and Energy who provide technical support along with bigger NGOs such as Blue Ventures and Wildtracks. ECOSUR, an NGO based in Mexico provide technical support on transboundary water quality monitoring and analysis efforts. Additionally, Technical Advisory Groups (TAG) are used to sustain the project outcomes with additional support from regulatory agencies including: (i.)the National Meteorological Service which ensures that weather and climatological data and technology are accurate and relevant; (ii.) the Caribbean Community Climate Change Center, the University of Belize, the World Wildlife Fund Belize who provide technical expertise and linkages to other in-country initiatives for synergy and co-financing; and (iii.) the Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Energy provide technical support and coordination with national policy. In Cape Verde, partnerships with the municipality of Ribeira Grande in Santo Antão and the Luxembourg Development Agency ensure that the water accessibility continue after the CBA projects funds ran out. Upscaling CBA projects with GEF-full sized projects at the national level was another way of demonstrating that true collaborations increase ownership and sustainability at local and national levels.

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In Comoros, synergies with national level partners such as the Alliance for Climate Change Project provide on-going financial support related to agricultural irrigation while the European Union’s regional centers for economic development provide M&E services to ensure the sustainability of the actions on the ground. In Dominica, partnerships with the University of West Indies Open Campus further expands the communities’ access to environmental education through course offerings on climate change and its effect on agriculture, health, food security and safety and pollution as well as the necessary action steps to take for the communities to adapt. Similarly, the Office of Disaster Management provides regular community Emergency Response training workshops as well as distributing emergency supplies and communication equipment. In Jamaica, CBA project sites now serve as national demonstration sites due to the proven effectiveness of CBA innovations. These sites are frequently visited by many tourists, organizations and other communities. While on-going M&E are provided by government and other national level partners, the communities’ huge commitment of not going back to their maladaptive practices and sharing of best practices with visitors have motivated them to sustain the adaptation initiatives. In FSM, strong alliances with partners such as the Micronesia Conservation Trust (MCT) which hosts the Micronesia Challenge (MC) Endowment Fund and the Ridge to Reef project up-scale the community-led initiatives and are able to continuously support community projects both on main islands and outlying islands. In Marshall Islands, while project implementation is planned to start in 2017, support from partners have been garnered already and are included in the work plans and Vulnerability Reduction Assessment (VRA) exercises These include the Environment Protection Authority, Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority, Office of Environment Planning and Policy coordination, National Disaster Management office who will provide technical support and M&E.

H. MAINSTREAMING MARGINALIZED GROUPS (HOW ARE WE ACHIEVING IT?)

All of the on-going and completed projects in 2016 included gender mainstreaming activities (i.e. 100%), while 42% were led by women (e.g. had a female project coordinator/manager, or led by a women cooperative or a women’s group). The participation statistics by gender in this reporting period has also shifted from those reported last year, with 55% of the participants being male (down from 61%) and 45% of the participants being female (up from 39%). The reason for this shift is mainly due to the women-led activities in the newly programmed projects such as the rice farming projects in Guinea Bissau, home garden and farmland agriculture in Belize and Timor Leste, as well as in on-going projects such as the use of greenhouse technology in Antigua and Barbuda, Jamaica and Maldives and small-scale businesses on seaweed-based products led by the Grand Sable women in Mauritius. The women empowerment initiatives in the implemented projects achieved more than gender parity, but also contributed to economic growth. For example, the increased water access enabled Cape Verde’s Longueira and Covoada communities to farm even during drought periods; and while the male farmers’ monthly incomes

Figure 12: Mrs. May Darroux, a registered nurse and project partner, explains the relationship of climate change and proliferation of coxsackie viruses in Dominica Figure 13: Colihaut community members listen/take notes on preventive measures on the spread of coxsackie – a virus with no available vaccine. Photo Credit: SGP Dominica

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increased from US$ 89 to US$ 319 (+258%), the average income of the women farmers soared from US$ 26 to $US 315 (+1115%), including two women with no previous stable income and now earning approximately US$ 135 per month. While such income increases are impressive, a notable success is the close alignment of women’s average monthly income (US$ 315) to those of their male counterparts (US$ 319).

The effectiveness of gender mainstreaming efforts in the CBA projects stems from thoroughly understanding the terms and issues that link women and men to climate change, including the socially constructed roles, responsibilities and opportunities associated with men and women as well as the hidden power structures that govern the relationships between them. With full and effective participation from both genders, these realities are captured from the on-set of project development through a series of community consultation meetings and the VRA methodology exercises which capture data on the community members’ perception of how climate change affects them individually and as a whole. Gender mainstreaming indicators are included in the project proposal and gender considerations for both men and women are continuously captured throughout the project cycle via VRA sessions and the respective M&E systems in place in each of the countries.

With regard to youth (ages 24 and below), 58% of the projects included and/or targeted them this reporting period. Educational programs in climate change and disaster-risk are provided in schools and/or community centers for youth, inclusive of youth with disabilities and their caregivers. The techniques and tools used cater to the varying age brackets and levels of understanding and include interactive puppet shows, emergency drills, songs, poster-making and hands-on training in the field amongst others.

Some examples include: In Trinidad and Tobago, over 200 children from 5 special needs schools and their caretakers have increased awareness on the necessary steps/action to take in the event of a disaster. In Seychelles’ Praslin Island, the adult community members of Baie St. Anne have a forward-looking vision for their youths and purposely engage them to see the severe erosion (in the mountain) and land degradation that almost tore their island. Interactive programs such as ‘Being a Scientist for a Day’ are held in field sites for youth and their family, providing ‘learning-by-doing’ activities that incorporate adaptive practices in land restoration. Various training sessions have also led to young farmers joining the Baie St. Anne’s Farmers

In Timor Leste, women invest most of their earnings on their families and income increases have yielded benefits in education, health and food security. Figure 14 – 16 (Left to Right): Timorese women working on their kitchen gardens; harvest yields from women’s kitchen gardens; and community ceremony of the first harvest of women’s kitchen gardens Photo Credit: SGP Timor Leste

Figure 17: Timorese woman leads a VRA session and gets community feedback on challenges and successes in maize production. Photo Credit: SGP Timor Leste

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Association. In Dominica’s Colihaut village, children are one of the targeted audiences of a series of seminars in climate change adaptation. In particular, students of the Colihaut Government School are taught on the linkages between climate change and agriculture, food safety and prevention of Coxsackie virus infection. The Coxsackie virus is more common amongst children and is most contagious the first week of their illness. It can easily be passed around usually from unwashed hands, sneezing, coughing and touching surfaces such public toilets or diapers. Therefore, it spreads very easily from infants to five-year-olds in schools, camps and day-care facilities. In Samoa and Tokelau, youth-led projects invest a lot of time in knowledge-sharing and in strengthening the

south-to-south network in the sub-region. In Samoa, youth from 12 villages (Iva, Gataivai, Puapua, Auala, and Matavai-Safune of Savaii and Vailoa-Faleata, Fausaga-Safata, Tanugamanono, Saoluafata, Faleseela Tai, Faleula, Motootua of Upolu) form the Youth Climate Action Network (YCAN) and are members of the South-to-South sub-regional youth initiative. Their work focuses on the promotion of agro-ecology and clean energy, biodiversity conservation, waste management and are aimed to influence village-based actions, stimulate interests from other youth and inform policy. SGP has further supported YCAN by advocating their best practices in the international partners. As such, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) was impressed with the work of YCAN and invited its youth leader to be a keynote speaker and panelist in their “Young Change Makers in Asia and Pacific” conference (May 2016). The conference’s goal was to provide young leaders space to share their call to action and inspire the UN and our partners to move from rhetoric to action.

A handful of projects also work with schools and churches to engage youth. For example, the Adopt the St. John’s River (GRN/SIDS–CBA/15/03) project in Grenada incorporates the study of rivers into the school’s curriculum, particularly on the water testing kits used on river water and reinforcement of river banks through reforestation. The youth are also engaged in developing flyers and billboards aimed at raising public awareness in various schools and community centers. In Barbados, a partnership with the Samuel Jackman Prescod Polytechnic University provided technical and hands-on training to the youth in the installation of Ferro cement tanks for water storage in the project sites and in the university campus. In Antigua and Barbuda, the Youths lead community adaptation initiatives project (ATG/SIDS-CBA 03) is implemented by the Potters Seventh Day Adventist Church (PSDAC) and focuses on water harvesting practices to combat severe droughts. With a special focus on the community’s unemployed youth, capacity-building training in constructing the community cistern have brought the youth together. In this reporting period, a total of nine (9) SIDS CBA participating countries have indigenous populations. Namely, these countries are Belize, Fiji, Dominica, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Timor Leste, Tokelau and Vanuatu. In Guinea Bissau, the projects include ethnic minorities. While all the projects in these countries engage indigenous peoples, 63% of the projects are specifically targeted to their indigenous communities. Some examples include: In Tokelau, indigenous peoples inhabit three (3) isolated atoll nations that are territories of New Zealand. The CBA projects in Tokelau are highly participated by indigenous peoples

Figure 19: Youth groups and the Samuel Jackman Prescod Polytechnic University join forces to increase water security through installation of Ferro cement tanks in project sites and the university campus. Photo Credit: SGP Barbados

Figure 18: Students of Colihaut Government School are taught about the linkages between climate change and the occurrences of food safety hazards at various stages of the food chain in Dominica. Photo Credit: SGP Dominica

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due to its inclusive processes and the revival of traditional practices in water and soil management and food growing technologies. This knowledge has now been passed down from the elders to youth groups and are applied to sustain their livelihoods while simultaneously withstanding climate change-induced droughts and cyclones. In Belize, the Promoting Climate Change Adaptation through Resilient and Sustainable Agricultural Practices in the Medina Bank Community project (BZE/SIDS-CBA/14/03), implemented by Ya’axche Conservation Trust (YCT) has paid special attention to indigenous peoples, protection and transmission of local knowledge by facilitating peer-to- peer knowledge exchanges and workshops in Q'eqchi' Mayan language. Any issues faced in translating technical jargons are supplemented by using diagrams. The knowledge exchange efforts has resulted to a stronger network of indigenous peoples applying agro-forestry techniques and increasing ecosystem services through biodiversity conservation.

Only 15% of the active and/or completed projects in this reporting period targeted persons with disabilities (PWDs) and this component remains to be an area of opportunity for the CBA Project and the SGP as a whole. These projects are in Antigua and Barbuda, FSM, Jamaica, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Seychelles, Timor Leste and Trinidad and Tobago. In Trinidad and Tobago, the Preparing you! A Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Evacuation programme for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities project (TRI/SIDS-CBA/15/04), pioneers the inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities as well as their guardians and caregivers into government programs and services for persons with disabilities (PWDs). This project partners with the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM) and provides a series of training

workshops for disaster preparedness and emergency evacuation. Best practices have been integrated into the National Emergency Special Needs Handbook. In Antigua and Barbuda, all the projects have consultation meetings with PWDs to ensure that individual situations are reviewed and their voices are heard. Meetings are facilitated in buildings with handicap access and special transportation are provided to ensure the participation of PWDs. The projects have also provided opportunities for advocacy which resulted to the production of a video that has been shown on national TV, inspiring the Prime Minister to develop a national housing program that engages with the disabilities association.

I. ISSUES AND CHALLENGES IN 2016 The CBA country programs faced a range of challenges in 2016. According to the survey conducted specifically for this annual report, the most common ones encountered by the NCs are as follows: At the Country Program Level:

Climate related incidents such as storms, cyclones and droughts

Lack of national market (Cuba)

At the Project Level:

Grantee and community capacity issues

Understanding of adaptation to climate change issues

Community motivation and participation

Financial disbursement delays

NSC issues

Figure 20: Persons with Disabilities engage in a solar panel installation in a school in Antigua and Barbuda Photo Credit: SGP Antigua and Barbuda

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I.1 COUNTRY PROGRAMME LEVEL ISSUES AND CHALLENGES

In the Pacific region, the protracted El Niño climate system that started in early 2015 continued to fuel with several archipelago nations at varying degrees. In February 2016, Marshall Islands declared a state of national emergency after just receiving 25% of its usual rainfall from November 2015 to February 2016 and citing that it’s severe drought conditions as one of the worst disasters to ever befall the island nation. Given that there are few freshwater reservoirs and groundwater sources, the low-lying Marshall Islands is extremely reliant on consistent rainfall for its water supply. In Papua New Guinea, hunger and deaths have resulted from persistent droughts and floods. Despite the availability of international aid, complications with reaching many isolated communities have resulted from the government insistence of distributing food themselves as well as getting village leaders to agree on the number of households and people need to be registered. Similarly, while drought incidences that affected the Caribbean region since late 2014 to early 2015 subsided, landslides and flash floods replaced them as rains returned in the start of the 2016 hurricane season. The long-term dryness have resulted to compacted soils which could not readily absorb the heavy rains. The Dominican Republic issued a national emergency in November 2016 after receiving torrential downpours of 14 to 25 inches in a 10-day period. Normally, the country receives approximately 5 inches of rain in September, its wettest month. The same scenario pervaded in Dominica where projects were delayed due to the farmers’ crops and fields being destroyed. The SGP country programs in these countries, along with the UNDP country offices, have partnered with international organizations and government ministries to provide aid to these communities. In particular, SGP worked with CARE International in Papua New Guinea to reach remote communities and mediate any complexities at the village level such as effectively registering community members who were previously unaccounted for due to insufficient village records. Additionally, Cuba’s strict rules on private entrepreneurship and rule of law that allows only state enterprises to enter into economic agreements with foreigners delayed the execution of the projects for almost 2 years. While projects that were approved by the NSC in 2013, a high volume of permits and authorizations established in the national regulations were just granted in the latter part of 2015.As such, these projects just commenced in 2016 and are expected to be finalized in 2018.

I.2 PROJECT LEVEL ISSUES AND CHALLENGES

Since the project’s overall objective is to build the capacities of local CSOs and communities to climate change-induced risks, the primary efforts of the participating countries will always be centered on dealing with grantee and community capacity issues in designing and implementing projects, addressing their lack of understanding of climate change and responding to community motivation lapse at various stages of the projects.

Countries with new projects reported heavily focusing on building the capacities of NGO/CBO grantees and targeted communities in the development of project proposals, financial reports and progress reports as well as increasing their awareness on climate change and western science. For example, the targeted communities in Guinea Bissau, the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of Marshall Islands were never involved in any projects nor understood the concept of climate change. The communities in Guinea Bissau’s low-lying coastal region of Biombo have not had any local administration since the civil war of 1998-99 and all the social services are done by organs of civil society with limited support from the government in health and education issues. As such, these communities have always relied on traditional knowledge in every aspect of their lives including performing nature-based livelihood activities. In the Federated States of Micronesia and Marshall Islands, the targeted communities are located in outlying atolls, are far from any communication in the main island centers and cut out from services in the event of unexpected droughts and floods that disrupt the transportation schedules (ship/planes) to the outer islands. In particular, the communities in the most remote outlying island of Nukuoro were reached for the first time by the projects in the Federated States of Micronesia. These communities never received any support from the government before. Solicitous attention and support were provided in training new grantees such as the Four Founders Corporation (FFC) as well as mobilizing community participation and cooperation, especially of the community elders. In the

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beginning of the project, the elderly were not convinced that the project activities of constructing a saltwater blockade would be effective in deterring saltwater intrusion from the taro fields and argued that it was a silly idea of the youth. But as activities were realized, they saw its effectiveness and have since then been open-minded to new ideas as well as been actively engaged in the project. With regard to the countries with on-going projects, their efforts were predominantly invested on keeping the motivation levels of communities and submission of accurate financial and progress reports. As such, daily communications and more project site visits were performed by the CBA teams and their partners. Iterative, context-specific capacity building sessions are provided to the grantees and communities to help them in realizing their objectives and implementation activities as well as boost their confidence. For more information and examples in capacity building, please refer to Section V, Outcome 1: Capacity Strengthening among NGOs and CBOs for designing and implementing community adaptation measures. In Mauritius, , challenges with the health of an NGO president, obtaining land leases and disease infestations have caused delays in 2016 and thus, these projects have been extended to 2017. A snapshot of the project statuses are as follows: In the project “Enhancing the Livelihood of Women at Grand Sable in Response to Climate Change Impacts” (MAR/SIDS-CBA/Yr2/13/04), the mangrove reforestation, vetiver cultivation and seaweed farming initiatives in 2015 have advanced to small-scale business development stages in 2016. However, the personal health issues of the NGO’s president have curbed the project progress from realizing income-generating impacts. These activities will be pursued in 2017. In project Community-Based Adaptation for Fisheries Dependent Communities of Rodrigues (MAR/SIDS-CBA/Yr1/13/06 and MAR/SIDS-CBA/YR3/15/03), the first stage of the project that entailed coastal mapping and activities was completed. However, a foot-and-mouth disease pervaded the Rodrigues Island and livelihood diversification activities such as livestock-rearing and agricultural activities had to be halted. Additionally, the work plans had to be modified to move the planned crop farming activities into home gardens due to complications with obtaining land leases for community gardens. The NC and the NGO has been pro-actively tackling bottlenecks with private land owner/s and Island Commission Executives for almost 2 years and despite getting verbal confirmations and approval for the land leases, nothing has come into fruition. In project Enhancing Resilience in the Communities of Grand Sable and Quatre Soeurs to Address Climate Change Impacts (MAR/SIDS-CBA/Yr2/13/03), the first stage of this coastal zone management project was finalized in 2015 which included mangrove reforestation and the establishment of a mangrove nursery. In 2016, project activities centered on the establishment of flood water and storm draining systems. The cut-off storm drains crosses several private properties and means that wayleaves need to be obtained from the owners. However, most of the owners have passed away or are living abroad and getting approvals from delegated family members was impossible. As such, the community members along with the Mauritius Red Cross Society (MRCS) and the Grand Port District Council (Local Authority) have decided to move forward and will only upgrade the storm drains that run perpendicular to the coastal main road, leaving the storm drains on private lands as is. This work will be performed in early 2017. To support the sustainability of this project, the NC had reached out to the National Development Unit (NDU) which is the entity under the Prime Minister’s office that is responsible for building and maintaining storm drains in the whole island. A meeting in November 2016 with the NDU’s high level members including a Parliamentary Private Secretary and chaired by the Permanent Secretary resulted to garnering NDU’s support in facilitating and providing technical advice the project, in providing financial contributions when the project funds run out and continuing the monitoring and maintenance of the storm drains. Across all regions, delays in grant disbursements slowed down the delivery of the projects and curtailed the practitioners’ motivation to proceed with the project activities. In 2016, UNOPS transitioned from using Atlas, the most commonly-used operational system by UN agencies, into their own OneUNOPS system. Unfortunately, the implementation suffered from insufficient training of UNOPS focal points as well as the added administrative duties from the field staff. 32% of the participating countries reported fund delays in their top 3 challenges in 2016 while only 29% reported this in 2015. The field has also reported that the severity of the delays was worse. For example, in St. Vincent and Grenadines, funds due to a grantee in October 2016 was still being followed up by field staff and CPMT until its release on December 22, 2016. In this particular case, while there were some activities delayed in preparation for the upcoming farming season (1st quarter of 2017), the implementing NGO with support from SGP was able to adaptively manage and revise

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the work plans accordingly to still achieve the planned results. Similarly, the NC in Antigua and Barbuda approaches financial delays by replacing cost-dependent activities with team building and community cohesion meetings. The community members share successful stories including skills, knowledge and experience gained, how these could be applied to the future activities and brainstorm ideas for the sustainability of the projects. Thus far, this technique is working. Unfortunately, many other countries have reported investing a great deal of time in mediating grantees’ frustrations, and stated that fund delays have counteracted their efforts in project implementation as well as the approaches used for accountability, social mobilization, empowerment and motivation. In Maldives, grant tranche disbursement delays have caused withdrawal of technical assistance and resignation of project members in the middle of the project. As such, the NC spent more time with the grantees for technical issues and worked with them on revising the work plans to carry out components that did not incur much cost.

SECTION V. OUTCOME REPORTING

OUTCOME 1: CAPACITY STRENGTHENING AMONG NGOS AND CBOS FOR DESIGNING AND

IMPLEMENTING COMMUNITY ADAPTATION MEASURES The CBA projects are geared towards strengthening the capacity of NGOs and CBOs in designing and implementing community-led adaptation initiatives. Additionally, linkages to necessary partnerships for technical, advisory and/or financial support are provided. To date, the CBA projects have strengthened the capacities of more than 142 NGOs and CBOs. Since the country programming are at different stages of implementation, this section will be divided into two groups: for countries whose projects are in the first stages of implementation; and for countries who are in the middle or final stages of implementation. For countries who started projects in 2016 and the latter part of 2015 and thus, are in the first stages of implementation, the main activities were concentrated on: (i.) increasing the awareness and understanding on climate change and its direct/indirect impacts to the community, with a special focus on marginalized groups and (ii.) setting up linkages to government ministries, other CSOs, academia for technical advice and support throughout the project implementation and geared to serve as a support for sustainability of the project once the actual SIDS CBA project funds run out. To cater to the contextual needs of the communities, each country had various approaches. In Guinea Bissau, balancing traditional knowledge and western science was key. Prior to the project, the communities only relied on traditional knowledge about climate behavior. To this end, the project involved the whole social stratum of the communities, starting from traditional power, young people, adolescents and old people of both genders to assess their perceptions and needs and informed them accordingly about the risks of climate change and how to sustainably adapt to these changes. Today, with increased capacities and knowledge, the communities have restored more than 1.5 kilometers of levees to prevent saltwater intrusion in the bolanhas or rice paddies. As such, 90% of the rice paddies have been recovered and rice production has increased by 50%. In the Samoa sub-region, cross-island knowledge exchange and capacity building sessions as well as partnerships with other international/regional/national organizations were used in setting up projects as well as implementing them. In the Cook Islands, the SGP National Coordinator actively participated in the capacity building training seminars for Cook Islands CSOs funded by the Asia Development Bank (ADB) by building a list of CSOs, facilitating the participation of their representatives, explaining the CBA concept, background and objectives and guiding them on project proposal development. Additionally, Cook Islands Red Cross Society, one of SGP’s main partners, support project activities related to disaster preparedness, understanding community risks, and fostering resilience. In Samoa and Tokelau, institutional capacity strengthening of the newly established NGOs in a youth network was provided for the design and implementation of effective and practical climate actions aimed at reducing the communities’ vulnerabilities during times of drought as well as heavy rainfalls when coastal communities are vulnerable to rising sea waves and/or inland tsunami of river streams gushing into settlements due to deforestation issues. Cross-island

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meetings are held for the youth networks in Samoa and Tokelau for exchange of knowledge and lessons learned. For countries at the middle or final stages of implementation, SGP continued to provide guidance and technical support through daily communications and on monitoring and evaluation site visits with the CBA TAG Members and NSC Members. Systems and tools in place varied and dependent on the needs of the communities. For example, in Belize, a mentorship approach is utilized to support capacity strengthening of NGOs and emerging CBOs. In particular, the Promoting Climate Change Adaptation through Resilient and Sustainable Agricultural Practices in the Medina Bank Community (BZE/SIDS-CBA/14/03) project, implemented by the Ya`axche Conservation Trust NGO (SIDS CBA grantee), has involved a community-based group, Protectors of the Last Corridor, in the project design and development to strengthen its institutional and technical capacities as they both work with the communities in Medina Bank. A mentorship program has been established and sustained by the intermediary partnership between the two organizations in using sustainable farming techniques to reduce land degradation and implement innovative strategies to increase community resilience against rainfall variability and increasing temperatures in the Maya Golden Landscape. Inga species such as cacao and coffee are used in the agroforestry activities while Inga corn is used for alley-cropping for soil conservation as well as creating micro-climatic conditions that buffer weather changes. These techniques also stabilize land use and prevent further deforestation in the surrounding areas, helping keep standing forests intact so that they can continue to provide communities with essential ecosystem services such as clean water, food (such as game meat), erosion control, sediment retention, non-timber forest products, local climate regulation and cloud formation --- all of which are necessary to cope with predicted climate change effects for this area. Organic backyard gardens are also established to bring food production closer to the village, which is relatively far away from fertile lands, and make the village less dependent on outside inputs of vegetables. Finally, fire management trainings increase the awareness of communities on the consequences of maladaptive traditional agricultural practices such as slash-and-burn which increase risks of forest loss due to fires with the longer and dryer seasons. Similarly, in Saint Lucia, all grant proposals were modified to compulsory include a capacity development component. In addition to the project’s capacity building sessions, the team also recommends other training programs provided by the government or other partners to the CSOs. Finally, the team is in the process of establishing a national structure aimed at addressing these capacity issues which will comprise of a research/training arm and an advocacy/capacity development arm. Another key activity for continual capacity strengthening was done through the linkages of the CBA projects to government ministries, academia, national organizations and national projects. In Antigua and Barbuda, the multi-stakeholder capacity building sessions held in the primary stages of the project provided networking opportunities and relationship building skills to the community members. To this end, they were able to confidently pursue government ministries on their own which has paved the way for other local groups. Some results of the community-sought partnerships include the Ministry of Works and the Public Works department providing heavy equipment excavators to dig out the community cistern as well as a technical staff to oversee this process and advise the implementing NGO and community members. In addition, government took off duties and vat from the costs of materials since the work was being undertaken by a non-profit entity for community benefit.

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In Cuba, alliances have been made with two climate change adaptation projects, funded by the Adaptation Fund and the European Union, that have demonstration sites in the same regions as the CBA projects for continual support and enhancement of community capacity building. The SIDS CBA projects in Cuba focuses on sustainable natural resource management such as agricultural practices using technology transfer as well as water and waste management. Early warning systems in the project sites have been established in coordination with the University of Havana and the Meteorological Institute of Cuba both of whom provide continued training sessions and advice. Additionally, the National Organization of Small Farmers provide on-going advice on agro-ecological practices related to pest and disease control, soil improvement, use of organic matter and composting. As capacity building training sessions are on its completion stages, income generating activities were the focus in 2016. Specific statistics on the economic impacts will be available next year once the projects are completed. In Mauritius, the Enhancing the Livelihood of Women at Grand Sable in Response to Climate Change Impacts project (MAR/SIDS-CBA/Yr2/13/04 and MAR/SIDS-CBA/Yr2/13/04) completed capacity building activities in small business operations. The women have expanded the types of soaps, produced their own soap boxes and finalized the product branding of seaweed soap known as “Seaweed Secret”. Additionally, the seaweed jams and preserves they produced were successfully tested and passed by the Mauritius Standards Bureau. The women have also been invited to participate in fairs to showcase their products which are carried in cloth bags they also produced and are sold separately for USD 1. These bags are made of compost materials and has been ordered by a supermarket to transfer this environmentally-friendly initiative to consumers. Lastly, orders for the seaweed soaps have been received from a hotel. In Saint Lucia, while continued monitoring and evaluation support was provided on honey production to the Farmers with Disabilities Beekeeping Association (FDBA) who is implementing The Development of Natural Apiculture as the Basis for Sustainable Livelihoods for Farmers with Disabilities in Saint Lucia project (STL/SIDS – CBA/14/01), capacity building activities in 2016 focused on the production of by-products such as body creams, facial creams and soaps for income generation.

Examples of how environmental restoration leads to income-generation and livelihood

enhancement options. Figure 24: Seaweed Secret soaps produced by Mauritian women from Grand Sable was made possible by mangrove reforestation and erosion control initiatives that increased seaweed cultivation. Photo Credit: SGP Mauritius

Figure 25: Honey-based body creams, facial creams and soaps is a result of natural apiculture by farmers with disabilities in Saint Lucia. Photo Credit: SGP Saint Lucia

Figure 21-23: Seed storage banks (right and left photos) have been provided by project partners (middle photo) for protection against extreme temperatures and saving for the next harvesting season. Photo Credit: SGP Cuba

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OUTCOME 2: REALISATION AND MAINSTREAMING OF ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE AT THE

COMMUNITY LEVEL

A total of 142 projects have been supported by the CBA program from 2009 – 2016. These projects apply multi-focal initiatives including agriculture, coastal zone management, sustainable land management (SLM) and water resource management to help strengthen the resilience of local communities and increase the effectiveness of ecosystem services to existential threats posed by climate change. In this reporting period, 21 more projects were satisfactorily completed, bringing the cumulative total of completed projects to 67. As a response to the site-specific climate change-induced threats, the core activities of the completed projects in 2016 promoted sustainable land restoration and agricultural measures as well as water resource management. As a result, the effectiveness of ecosystem services have increased, and thus, achieving food security, improved nutrition and well-being and income-generation. Some examples of the adaptation outputs and the associated environmental, economic and social benefits are as follows: In Timor-Leste, the three (3) projects completed in 2016 improved the capacities and knowledge of approximately 300 people (87 households) on the use of drought-resistant crops and environmentally-friendly farming practices applied in home gardening and vegetable cultivation. As such, maize cultivation can now be performed year-round as opposed to just 1 wet season and thereby, increasing production yields from 2 tons/hectare to 4-5 tons/hectare. The average weekly income has increased by 43% (i.e. USD 35/week to USD 50/week) and parents have been able to meet their family’s basic dietary and hygiene needs as well as afford school uniforms and shoes for their children, which have boosted children’s confidence and decreasing absence rates.

In FSM, the communities in the farthest outer island of Pohnpei State were supported for the first time through the taro plantation restoration project (FSM/SGP/OP5/Y3/MAP-CBA/MF/2013/04) that was satisfactorily completed in this reporting period. As already indicated in this report’s ‘Effectiveness’ section, this project is a significant advance in assisting one of the most vulnerable communities whose lands were degraded by saltwater intrusion, with no local source of sustenance available but rotten crops and have not had any support from the local and state governments for over a decade. These communities were heavily dependent on imported food delivered by ships twice a year. Before the SIDS CBA project, the ships were their only lifeline to sustenance and livelihoods and posed a life-and-death scenario when ships were unable to come. The community members and the implementing NGO, Four Founders Corporation (FFC), has been supported through comprehensive training in project design, development, implementation and monitoring that provided holistic and contextualized solutions. These were supplemented by the involvement of local and state government agencies with clearly defined support. As a result, the restoration of 10 hectares of land and improved state of another two hectares have increased taro production by 60% and directly benefitted over 100 people.

Figure 26 (left) Community farmland before the project; Figure 27 (center): Planting upland rice – which grows in dry soil rather than irrigated rice paddies - in home gardens and farmlands increased food security despite variable rainfall; Figure 28 (right): Promotion of drought-tolerant maize increased production by 150% Photo Credit: SGP Timor Leste

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In the Dominican Republic, five (5) projects supported 9 community groups consisting of 450 people in restoring over 26 hectares of land through reforestation activities in the upper basin and installation of an irrigation system As such, production has increased by 40% and income increased by 67% (from 150 USD to 250 USD).

In Guinea Bissau, 70% of the population are rural-based and are natural resources-dependent, with agriculture generating 56% of the GDP from rice, cashew and livestock. Land degradation from sea-level rise and saltwater intrusion have degraded many lands and the infrastructures that protect them. As such, a SIDS CBA project supported over 100 families of the Bor community to rehabilitate water drainage systems and river banks to prevent saltwater inundation in bolanhas or rice paddies. This 8-month project that started implementation in March 2016 resulted in restoring over 130 hectares of land and recovering 90% of the rice paddies, leading to a 50% increase in rice production and a 357% increase in the average annual income from 2,233.53 USD to 10, 210.43 USD.

In Seychelles, land restoration initiatives that have restored over 4.6 hectares in 8 farms have increased tomato production by 70% and doubled the average monthly income of farmers (from 3,200 USD to 6,400 USD). The outputs, outcomes and impacts of these CBA projects support SDG #13: Climate Action and SDG #11: Sustainable Cities and Communities. Furthermore, the associated environmental benefits support SDG #15: Life on Land, its economic benefits support SDG1: No Poverty; SDG #8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Figure 32: Before the project, rice paddies were inundated with saltwater from sea-level rising. Figure 33: River banks and water drainage systems were rehabilitated; Figure 34: 90% of rice paddies were recovered resulting to a 50% increase in rice production and a 357% increase in average annual income Photo Credit: SGP Guinea Bissau

Figure 29 (left) Community members constructing a blockade to prevent saltwater intrusion in taro plantations. Figure 30 (center): Constructed blockade Figure 31 (right): Taro production has increased by 60% Photo Credit: SGP Federated States of Micronesia

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and its social benefits support SDG#3: Good Health and Well-Being, SDG#4: Quality Education and SDG#6: Clean Water and Sanitation).

OUTCOME 3: RELEVANT NATIONAL AND SUB-NATIONAL POLICIES AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES

REVISED BASED ON LESSONS FROM CBA INITIATIVES AND DEVELOPMENT PLANS

The CBA Country Programme Strategy (CCPS) of each country is aligned to its national/sub-national planning and adaptation priorities. Hence, the country programs have the foundation to influence the policies and development programs at the higher scales. Normally, influence and integration to policy, budgetary processes and national development programs are seen after the completion of a portfolio of projects. In this reporting period, however, many on-going projects were able to report some results. It was also indicated that these were made possible because of the multi-stakeholder engagements introduced at the project concept stages and which continued throughout the project cycle. For example, in Antigua and Barbuda, local community groups contributed to the national roadwork policy with recommendations for national roads projects to provide employment opportunities for marginalized groups such as women and youth. The communities established a local coordinating mechanism that provided inputs to the Social, Environmental and Gender Assessment plans for national roads projects. As a result, there are currently three (3) Memorandum of Agreements with the community groups and the Ministry of Public Works that include women and youth in the workforce of these national projects. In the Republic of Marshall Islands and Samoa, ongoing consultations with partners that commenced during the design and initiation stages of project enabled the communities to contribute to the Environmental Protection Authority's Coastal Management Plan and the Samoa National Youth Policy, respectively. The same scenario occurred in the Cook Islands, where SGP and its grantees contributed to the Cook Islands National Sustainable Development Plan, Cook Islands National Disaster Plan, and Joint National Action Plan for Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management. In Barbados, on-going projects inform the national and sub-national projects/programs such as the Climate Change Programme of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture. Lastly, in Trinidad and Tobago, due the recently completed project on Persons with Intellectual Disabilities (TRI/SIDS-CBA/15/04), the National Emergency Special Needs Handbook was revised to include people with intellectual disabilities and their guardians and/or caregivers. This project partnered with the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM) in filling the gaps of existing programs and services for persons with disabilities (PWDs). Before the project, “special needs” programs only targeted senior citizens, people with hearing and mobility impairments and children who are home alone. The targeted groups have now expanded to include people with intellectual disabilities, their guardians and caregivers and a series of training workshops for disaster preparedness and emergency evacuation have been provided to over 200 people.

OUTCOME 4: UP-SCALING PRACTICES AND SHARING KNOWLEDGE FOR INCREASED UP-TAKE OF CBA

EXPERIENCES DOCUMENTED FOR REPLICATION PURPOSES

The active engagement of SGP CPMT and country programs in the international fora provide opportunities for upscaling and replication of CBA practices. In April 2016, CPMT and the National Coordinators from Barbados and Timor Leste participated in CBA10. In November 2016, CPMT participated in the twenty-second session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 22) and shared knowledge in side event discussions and ‘working groups’, as well as disseminating knowledge products. CBA grantees from Jamaica also attended COP22 as part of their national delegation for knowledge sharing in sustainable adaptation and effective gender mainstreaming practices. With the broader adoption of CBA innovations at the national level, the Jamaican government has included CBA-project implementing NGOs in their national delegation for the first time in COP 21 and requested for their involvement at COP22 again. More information on the participation and engagements in these conferences and events are detailed in Section VII. Key Highlights for 2016.

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Additionally, many country programs are contributing to the development initiatives and/or plans of their respective governments. Some examples are provided below: In Seychelles, the partnership between the implementing NGO, Baie Ste Anne Farmers Association (BSAFA), and the Seychelles Agricultural Agency (SAA) on the Increasing the resilience of farming communities on the Praslin Plateau by addressing soil salinity to boost local food production project (SEY/SIDS-CBA/13/01) have resulted in the replication of best practices at the national scale. After realizing the effectiveness of salinity measurement instruments and salinity data loggers through the CBA demonstration sites, the SAA have indicated its use to be a national priority and have distributed such tools to other farms in the island. The data from the CBA project sites have been transferred from the loggers to the national database and will used in the development of national modelling systems for irrigation management under saline conditions. These replications are in addition to the ones reported in the 2015 APR such as the SAA’s adoption of natural methods and materials used in the CBA project that manage the soil salinity levels and promote organic production of crops and the national dissemination of the Traffic Light Guide produced for farmers. In Mauritius, the community disaster preparedness training, a component of the Enhancing the Livelihood of Women at Grand Sable in Response to Climate Change Impacts project (MAR/SIDS-CBA/Yr2/13/04 and MAR/SIDS-CBA/Yr2/13/04), was adopted by a national project that is jointly implemented by the Mauritius Red Cross in collaboration with the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Centre. The VRA methodology was also adopted and used to identify risks. The up-scaling of the CBA project was also presented in several events including an exhibition organized by the Ministry of Gender and Equality for Women Empowerment Programme (September 2016), Cape Verde SIDS CBA Workshop(September 2016); by grantee at Southern African Development Community Workshop (November 2016); and by the Director of the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management (NDRRMC) at the 6th Session of Africa Regional Platform and the 5th High-Level Meeting on Disaster Risk Reduction (November 2016).

VI. KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT Successful adaptation not only depends on the realization of adaptation initiatives but also on the effective management of knowledge. As such, the CBA program have systems in place in the development of knowledge products that cater to diverse audiences at the global, national and local levels. Case studies, publications and videos are produced in a systematic way to capture and share the cumulative experiences, innovations and impacts of the CBA projects --- which are designed to be small-scale ‘project/policy laboratories’ to generate knowledge on how to achieve adaptation at the local level. Additionally, with the clear linkages of the portfolio of projects to national policies and multi-sectoral impacts, the knowledge products are leveraged to promote (i) national and sub-national level mainstreaming efforts of successful practices, and integration of lessons learned into policies that promote increased national adaptive capacity; and (ii) regional and global replication of successful community practices.

All knowledge-sharing efforts of the program are aimed to increase Australian engagement in CBA globally, significantly increase Australian visibility as a key enabler of CBA, and build the aid program’s experience in delivering on-ground adaptation activities. A guide on KM development, established by CPMT since 2009, has been regularly updated to capture changes requested by the donor. All knowledge products internally developed by CPMT and NCs clearly state DFAT as the donor and include the updated Australian Aid logo. All externally-developed knowledge products are reviewed by CPMT to ensure that SIDS CBA-specific guidelines are followed.

A. GLOBAL LEVEL At the global level, CPMT continues to capture best practices in publications and presentations that are shared at key national and international events and conferences.

The projects continually assist in responding to UNDP’s internal needs for concrete experience to up-scale CBA projects and knowledge-sharing coupled with local-scale climate change adaptation. For example, two (2) CBA

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projects were featured in UNDP’s publication titled Nature Count$ - Investing in ecosystems and biodiversity for sustainable development that was published in December 2016. The publication puts emphasis that “not counting what counts” is much more serious than a mere oversight. Not counting value of nature and what it provides to us and not including it in the cost-benefit calculus of businesses and development work, has been the driver behind many calamities - massive biodiversity loss, and ecosystem compensation payouts in forms of increased intensity of natural disasters, water scarcity, food insecurity, fisheries collapse among others. A project in Sri Lanka titled Minimizing land degradation in Serupitiya village to facilitate community based adaptation to climate change (SRL/MAP-CBA/2013/01) was used to illustrate support to SDG1: No Poverty for its sustainable land management initiatives and milk farming alternative livelihood options that resulted to the restoration of 170 hectares of land, a 50%-400% income increase and a women’s savings scheme and thus, generating poverty reduction and alleviation measures. This project supports global efforts to tackle extreme poverty (SDG Target 1.1) and poverty according to national definitions (SDG Target 1.2) by increasing access to more adaptive financial services (SDG Target 1.4), building resilience of the poor and reducing their vulnerability to climate-related events through the introduction of sustainable livelihoods (SDG Target 1.5). In addition, the Climate Change Adaptation in Matafa’a Village, Samoa (WSM/MAP-CBA/2010/003) was used to exemplify support to SDG11: Sustainable Cities and Communities for its initiatives in achieving access to upgraded, adequate, safe and affordable basic services for poor rural households (SDG 11.1), planned and managed in an inclusive and participatory manner (SDG 11.3) in a way that safeguarded natural and cultural heritage (SDG 11.4) resulting in better protection of vulnerable people, diminished disaster impacts and economic losses (SDG 11.5) reduced adverse environmental impacts (SDG Target 11.6), strengthened climate change adaptation capacities and improved disaster risk resilience (SDG Target 11.b). In addition to uploading all knowledge products in the SGP website, case studies are uploaded in WeAdapt, a collaborative platform that is managed by the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) that allows practitioners, researchers and policy-makers to access credible, high-quality information on climate adaptation issues and connect with one another. In addition to CPMT contributions and responses to KM-related development requests these platforms has served as effective tools for disseminating information as many UNDP-developed knowledge products are sourced from WeAdapt and the SGP website, such as the two (2) case studies in the aforementioned Nature Count$ key sheets. Thus far, the SIDS CBA case studies in WeAdapt have had more than 500 downloads in this reporting period. The Jamaica case study has had 373 downloads, the Samoa case study has had 71 downloads, the Sri Lanka case study has had 33 downloads and the Mauritius case study has had 17 downloads.

Lastly, knowledge products developed at the global level in the past 2-3 years have deemed very relevant to objectives of international conferences and have been re-printed for further dissemination. These publications were highly sourced in the SGP website. The Practitioners’ Guidebook to Establishing a Community-Based Adaptation Programme had 575 downloads and How to Strategically Plan and Mainstream Community-Based Adaptation at the Local and Sub / National Levels had 648 downloads. A stock take of the all knowledge products shared at CBA 10, COP22 and the International CBA Workshop in the Atlantic and Indian Ocean countries is available in Table 1.

# Title Type Description Target Audience; Dissemination

1 Practitioners’ Guidebook to Establishing a Community-Based Adaptation Programme

Publication/Guidebook

Provides general principles for conducting CBA processes and presents lessons/practical examples on how CBA can be accomplished in real project situations by drawing on the field experiences of CBA projects delivered through the SGP mechanism.

National- and local-level CBA practitioners; Global Events: CBA 10, COP 22 and International SIDS CBA workshop in Cape Verde

http://www.asia-pacific.undp.org/content/rbap/en/home/library/sustainable-development/nature-counts/booklet.html

http://www.asia-pacific.undp.org/content/rbap/en/home/library/sustainable-development/nature-counts/booklet.html

https://sgp.undp.org/index.php?option=com_areaofwork&view=summary&Itemid=244

https://www.weadapt.org/placemarks/maps/view/10226






https://sgp.undp.org/index.php?option=com_docman&view=list&slug=global-publications&Itemid=289#.WKuHvG8rKYl

https://sgp.undp.org/index.php?option=com_docman&view=list&slug=global-publications&Itemid=289#.WKuHvG8rKYl

https://sgp.undp.org/index.php?option=com_docman&view=document&layout=default&alias=499-guidance-note-on-how-to-plan-and-mainstream-community-based-adaptation-at-the-local-sub-national-and-national-levels&category_slug=global-publications&Itemid=289#.WKuF0W8rKYk

https://sgp.undp.org/index.php?option=com_docman&view=document&layout=default&alias=499-guidance-note-on-how-to-plan-and-mainstream-community-based-adaptation-at-the-local-sub-national-and-national-levels&category_slug=global-publications&Itemid=289#.WKuF0W8rKYk

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2 How to Strategically Plan and Mainstream Community-Based Adaptation at the Local and Sub / National Levels

Publication; Advisory Note

Provides guidance on how to plan ‘mainstreaming’ initiatives at the programme level to ensure CBA lessons feed into local and sub/national development planning processes. Four case studies illustrate CBA country program processes that have influenced policy and other up-scaling initiatives.

Global, national and local stakeholders; Global Events: CBA 10, COP 22 and International SIDS CBA workshop in Cape Verde

3 Successful CBA innovations - Various presentations illustrated by projects in Cambodia, Jamaica, Mauritius and Sri Lanka.

PowerPoint presentations at side events

Provides the importance of building the resilience of mountain communities and ecosystems that provide

Global, national and local stakeholders; Global Events: CBA 10, COP 22

4 Mountain CBA - Presentations on best practices in Mountain landscape

PowerPoint presentations at side events

Provides the importance of building the resilience of mountain communities and ecosystems that provide freshwater to 50% of global population and 80% of world food.

Global, national and local stakeholders; Global Events: CBA 10, COP 22

5 Improved Water Management and Capacity Building for Climate Change in Longueira and Covoada

Case Study Illustrates the lessons learned and environmental, economic and social benefits from sustainable irrigation measures and land management.

Global, national and local stakeholders; Global Events: COP 22 and International SIDS CBA workshop in Cape Verde

Table 8: List of knowledge products shared at the international level in the reporting period

B. REGIONAL LEVEL

In 2016, the SIDS ADAPT educational TV show was launched in the Caribbean region subsequent to the establishment of its technical editorial and advisory group. The TV show showcased the SIDS CBA projects in five countries, namely, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, St. Lucia and Trinidad. NGOs/CBOs and local communities shared their experiences on adaptation initiatives that promoted climate-smart, environmental and sustainable business/entrepreneurship. The shows aim to provide an attractive framework to facilitate climate change adaptation education and awareness among the general public, with a special focus on marginalized groups such as people with disabilities (PWDs), youth and women. In 2017, the video documentation of CBA projects in seven (7) more countries, namely, Antigua, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica and Suriname will be facilitated. Additionally, a repository of SIDS CBA videos and photos for television and media out-reach has been developed as a platform for knowledge storage and retrieval and updated on an on-going basis.

C. COUNTRY LEVEL

At the country level, a total of 46 knowledge products were developed during the reporting period aimed at sharing and disseminating strategies, best practices and lessons learned from the portfolio of CBA projects. These knowledge products developed were disseminated according to the audience of the various meetings attended: brochures/publications (19), videos (18) fact sheets (8) and photo stories (6) as listed in Table 10.

Cumulatively, a total of 160 knowledge products have been developed at the country level. These are listed by country in Annex 1 and ranked by highest total number of knowledge products developed.

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Country Brochures/ Publications

Videos Case Studies Photo Stories

Total

Trinidad and Tobago

4

8 4 12

Seychelles

4 1 1 5

Samoa

2 2 4

Timor-Leste

2 1 1 4

Barbados

2 2 4

Guinea Bissau

3 3

Comoros

1 1 1 3

Cuba

1 1 2

St. Kitts & Nevis 1 1 2

Antigua and Barbuda

2 2

Federated States of Micronesia

1 1

Marshall Islands

1 1

Cabo Verde

1 1

Saint Lucia

1 1

Total 19 18 8 6 46

Table 9: Number of knowledge products developed and disseminated in 2015 at the country level

VII. KEY HIGHLIGHTS FOR 2016

SGP continued to collaborate with new and existing partners and strengthened its global outreach efforts by providing evidence-based practices and policy lessons in the international fora.

A. THE 22NDST SESSION OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES (COP22) The twenty-second session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 22), the twelfth session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 12), and the first session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA 1) were held in Bab Ighli, Marrakech, Morocco from 7-18 November 2016. The Conference successfully demonstrated to the world that the implementation of the Paris Agreement is underway and the constructive spirit of multilateral cooperation on climate change continues. SGP showed its support by participating in four (4) key adaptation side events and was represented by Mr. Charles Nyandiga, SGP Programme Advisor on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA) and Land Degradation & Forestry, who served as a panelist and/or keynote speaker. On November 7, 2016, the Scaling up Best Practices event was aimed at sharing best practices from Climate Smart Agriculture, agroecology and watershed projects around the world that are strengthening livelihoods of those most vulnerable to climate change and increasing community resiliency. Mr. Nyandiga presented sustainable land management and water security best practices used in a CBA project in Cape Verde to combat recurring droughts that led to eroded lands, water insecurity and agricultural unreliability. Water harvesting, establishment of solar-

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powered tanks, use of drip technology, identification of additional drought-tolerant crop species resulted to the rehabilitation of over 435 acres of land, reduction of annual erosion by .75/hectare and increase the average income amongst men by 258% and amongst women by 1115%. Lessons learned from the participatory approaches were shared with multi-level stakeholders who collectively highlighted the need for policy change. Other participants included representatives from the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, the Livelihoods and Resilience component of World Vision International, the Ethiopia Dry Lands Development, World Vision Ethiopia, Cornell University, Watershed Organisation Trust and the German Foreign Office. On November 8, 2016, SGP and Cornell University organized a side event on Agroecology, Food Security and Climate Smart Farming. The session focused on demystifying and de-politicizing the concept of climate smart agriculture (CSA) as a new discipline, by instead focusing on concrete case studies of climate smart farming projects that engage farmers and community stakeholders in identifying local needs and supporting agro-ecological and sustainable research, outreach and adoption of best management practices to help address the challenges of food security and climate change. The session also took advantage of lessons learned from university research and outreach projects, and community-based and international organization-led projects that are implementing agriculture and climate change projects on the ground. To enrich the presentations, Mr. Nyandiga shared practical experiences of needs, challenges, successes and lessons learned from CBA projects in Cambodia, Cuba Jamaica, Mauritius, Sri Lanka and Viet Nam, while the SGP National Coordinator from Morocco shared the processes and impacts of CBA projects from her country. Similarly, government representatives shared case studies from Ethiopia and the Northeastern US while National NGOs shared experiences from Farmer to Farmer Agroecology projects in Malawi and Tanzania.

On November 11, 2016, Mr. Nyandiga joined other panelists representing the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, Government of Guinea, Mountain Partnership Secretariat and the NGO Asociación Civil Oikos from Peru at the Mapping and understanding mountains to achieve the 2030 Agenda side event. The event assessed the well-being of mountain communities and ecosystems globally. With mountains being mentioned in three (3) SDG targets, the discussions focused on ways to measure progress such as satellite data collection and surveys. Mr. Nyandiga shared best practices in from SIDS CBA projects in Jamaica and Samoa, as well as those from Bolivia, Guatemala and Morocco under the pilot Strategic Priority on Adaptation (SPA)11 CBA program.

Finally, on November 12, 2016, Mr. Nyandiga went on to share on-the-ground experiences from projects in Burkina Faso and Cameroon with a focus on women, food security and climate change at the side event titled Women and cultivating natural resources for sustainable development in the Sahel.

B. THE 10TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMMUNITY-BASED ADAPTATION (CBA10) Mr. Charles Nyandiga joined the panel of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and Resilience – a plenary session at the 10th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change (CBA10) held in Dhaka, Bangladesh from 21-28 April 2016. The focus of the conference was “enhancing urban community resilience”.

The panel, which was moderated by Janice Ian Manlutac from the Regional Change Lead-Building Resilience at Oxfam GB Asia, explored on why building a resilient private sector is essential in building resilient communities. As the majority of the developing world’s population rely on micro and small businesses for their livelihoods, it is imperative that this segment of the economy becomes more resilient to future climate impacts. It was also noted that these businesses are well positioned to develop and sell products and services that strengthen the resilience of vulnerable communities. Moreover, the session highlighted how micro and small businesses can be engaged and contribute to climate resilience for both ecosystems and people.

11 The SPA CBA project was the pilot initiative delivered through SGP mechanism from 2009-2013; it was funded by the Global

Environment Facility under its Strategic Priority on Adaptation window.

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Mr. Nyandiga shared SGP’s CBA experiences in Namibia which exemplified that community resilience can be fortified when local level actors work together and form partnerships that bring NGOs/CBOs, local and national government, local communities and SMEs together. Namibia is faced with increasing climate change risks, manifested through recurring destructive floods, deforestation and extended periods of drought. Ecosystem degradation, food insecurity, water scarcity and poor health are prevalent. Communities are increasingly torn apart and further weakened by the poor networks amongst themselves. Moreover, with only about 20% of Namibians linked to the electric grid, the high dependency on wood fuel by Namibia’s poor majority remains to be a major contributor to deforestation. As a response, SGP supported local community self-help groups (SHGs) in Ondangwa focusing on six interlinked strategies that promoted adaptation and mitigation initiatives. These SHGs were formed by the communities themselves for the sole purpose of learning from each other, supporting livelihoods with sustainable income-generating practices and partnering up with enterprises that reinforce the SHGs’ objectives. One of the initiatives introduced by SGP was the development of a fuel-efficient stove (EzyStove) with the Ondangwa-based NGO Creative Entrepreneurs Solutions (CES) and the Swedish company, Ergonomidesign. The EzyStove is produced locally and provides a solution that replaces cooking over an open fire. Its benefits include drastically reducing harmful smoke and carbon dioxide emissions, decreasing deforestation, while at the same time benefiting the urban poor by creating local jobs. This SHG-NGO-private sector partnership has empowered all actors involved as well as reinforced social structures and communication channels of SHGs. As such, the SHGs were able to expand their working relationships with the stove manufacturers in the nation’s capital of Windhoek and its outskirts (approximately 679 km. south of Ondangwa).

In the same conference, SGP was also engaged in the CBA Short Films segment and the Poster Marketplace through the participation of David Bynoe, National Coordinator of the SGP Barbados Country programme and Joao do Rosario Pereira, National Coordinator of the SGP Timor Leste Country programme, respectively. Mr. Bynoe eloquently took the participants through SIDS ADAPT, a short film highlighting ‘community efforts are vital to their survival and sustainability’ in the Caribbean SIDS where losses associated to climate change is estimated at US$22 billion by 2050. CBA activities in Barbados, Dominica and St. Lucia were showcased at the conference. The film can be viewed via the following links: YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2N6utJkSa0 and Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/163433697. The SIDS ADAPT film won 3rd place in the Best Short Film competition of the event. Lastly, Mr. Pereira fielded a poster on the Value of Traditional Customs in Community Resilience to Climate Change. Tara Bandu, the traditional Timorese custom that enforces peace and reconciliation through the power of public agreement, was applied in the Timor Leste’s CBA projects. Some examples of Tara Bandu rules include prohibiting wasteful spending that affect other’s livelihoods or lead to family conflicts and restrictions on chemicals use in crops and water to protect biodiversity. As a result, there has been increased accountability and decreased conflicts amongst community members and project partners in ecosystem conservation/protection as they utilize their natural resources as well as diversified income-

Figure 35: SGP staff discuss strategies on building resilient communities to adapt to on-going and future climate impacts. Photo Credit: SGP

Figure 36: Poster illustrating the value of traditional knowledge and customs in community resilience to climate change, such as Timor Leste’s Tara Bandu. Photo Credit: SGP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2N6utJkSa0

https://vimeo.com/163433697

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generating options through identification of drought-resistant crops and vegetable home-gardening.

C. INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP FOR THE ATLANTIC AND INDIAN OCEANS SIDS The International Workshop for the Atlantic and Indian Oceans SIDS was held in Cidade Velha, Cape Verde on 26 - 30 September 2016. The purpose of this workshop was to provide an opportunity for participants to review and elaborate on their experiences on climate change impacts and trends, other contributing factors to the local communities’ vulnerability and outcomes of the SIDS CBA portfolio of projects in Cape Verde, Comoros, Guinea Bissau, Haiti, Maldives, Mauritius and Seychelles. Furthermore, participants had the opportunity to reflect on findings and feed into the recommendations of an ongoing mid-term evaluation of the Project itself. The workshop was attended by multilevel participants such as the Emily Pugins, representative of the Australian Government’s DFAT; Ulrika Richardson, UNDP Resident Representative; Tehmina Akhtar, Deputy Global Manager; Charles Nyandiga, CBA project Manager; Marize Gomingo, NSC Chair, SGP Cape Verde; Gilberto Silva, representative of the Government of Cape Verde; Francisco Correia, National Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics (INMG); Clotilde Goeman and Henry Rene Diouf, Regional Technical Advisors for UNDP GEF National-level Adaptation programs; Ricardo Monteiro, SGP NC in Cape Verde; Eveline Tavares, SGP Programme Associate in Cape Verde; Adam Hamadi, SGP NC in Comoros; Aliu Gomes, SGP NC in Guinea Bissau; Jean Parnell Dimanche, SGP NC Haiti; Fathimath Saeedha, SGP NC Maldives; Pamela Bapoo-Dundoo, SGP NC in Mauritius; Lyndy Bastienne, SGP NC Seychelles; and the communities of Longueira and Covoada The workshop opened with a field visit to the local communities of Longueira and Covoada who live inside Serra do Pico de Antónia Natural Park area located in Cape Verde’s capital city of Praia. The participants were welcomed by Adilson Reis, the president of Associação Amigos Desenvolvimento Comunitário Covoada Orgãos NGO who implemented the Improved Water Management and Capacity Building for Climate Change in Longueira and Covoada project. Subsequent to the sharing of best practices and results by the grantees, an on-site VRA demonstration exercise was performed for participants to review and analyze, state the strengths and weaknesses and recommend improvements.

Following the field trip, various topics and presentations were covered for next four (4) days, including the following: (i.) regional and national climate change impacts, trends, lessons learned and next steps in adaptation programs by UNDP and Cape Verde’s National Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics (INMG); (ii.)review of the outputs, outcomes, successes and challenges of the CBA projects by each of the participating SIDS in the Atlantic and Indian Ocean; (iii.) reporting on applied methodologies and testing new ones; and (iv.) linking the discussions with how to effectively document successes and failures to achieve policy influence and replication of results.

D. MID-TERM EVALUATION In July 2016, an external evaluator was hired to perform the SIDS CBA and MAP CBA Mid-Term Review (MTR). The objectives of MTR are to assess the achievement of project results, to draw lessons that can both improve the sustainability of benefits from these project and aid in the overall enhancement of GEF SGP programming. The MTR covered the period 2009 to 2016 and adopts a mixed methods approach encompassing both quantitative and qualitative data gathering and analysis.

The MTR activities included the following: (i.) compare planned outcomes of the project to actual outcomes and assess the actual results to determine their contribution to the attainment of the project objectives; (ii.) conduct country studies through interviews, field visits, and documentation review in eight countries12

representing the regions where the CBA program is active; (iii.) participate in the regional meeting of the Atlantic and Indian Ocean SIDS CBA held on September 2016 in Cape Verde for data collection; (iv.) conduct

12 Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Fiji and Vanuatu.

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telephone and/or in-person interviews with national coordinators SGP National Steering Committee members, UNDP country offices national project teams based in the SIDS countries and key stakeholders to gather responses from 41 countries; and (v.) conduct in person and/or telephone interviews with Central Programme Management Team and UNOPS focal points in New York. Other tools used included a general literature review, an analysis of evaluations related to the SGP, an in-depth review of the Australian Aid annual reports, SGP CBA country program strategy documents, a project and global portfolio review of detailed financial data and country and project specific documents13 The report responded to key evaluation based on the following criteria: relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and impact. The final Evaluation Rating on key aspects that was assessed are presented in the Table below, which shows a very satisfactory performance of the programme to date:

1. Monitoring and Evaluation Rating 2. Partner Execution Rating

M&E design at entry 6: Highly satisfactory

Quality of UNDP/SGP Implementation

5: Satisfactory

M&E Plan Implementation 5: Satisfactory Quality of Execution – Executing Agency

5: Satisfactory

Overall quality of M&E 5: Satisfactory Overall quality of Implementation/Execution

5: Satisfactory

3. Assessment of Outcomes Rating 4. Sustainability Rating

Relevance 2: Relevant Financial Resources 3: Moderately likely

Effectiveness 5: Satisfactory Socio-political 4: Likely

Efficiency 5: Satisfactory Institutional framework and governance

4: Likely

Overall Project Outcome Rating 5: Satisfactory Environmental 4: Likely

Overall likelihood of sustainability 4: Likely Table 10: Evaluation Rating Table from Mid-Term Review

SECTION VI. CONCLUSION Climate change response requests a long-term commitment supported by effective managerial instruments. As 194 nations have signed the Paris Agreement from COP 21 and focused the “why” of climate change mitigation and adaptation, the Marrakesh conference (COP 22) mandated nations for the “how”. The MDGs have transitioned to UN SDGs which calls for “no one is left behind” in achieving the sustainable development goals. These global responses have fortified the complexities associated with climate change threats and the realities that it cannot be tackled at one level alone ---but can only be addressed with the concerted efforts of actors at the global, national and local level. As such, the continued support in promoting, understanding and addressing the vulnerabilities and resilience of local communities and ecosystems is crucial for adaptation efforts to be successful. In the case of small islands, they are marginal in several respects: they lie on the geographical periphery, their populations are socially and economically excluded, and they are often overlooked in policy terms. With funding from the Government of Australia and delivered through the SGP mechanism, the SIDS CBA program is able to examine, at close quarters, the interplay of human and environmental interactions, and resilience. The demonstration sites and multi-level stakeholder consultation meetings serve as a platform from where theories can be translated into action and provide an enabling environment for communities, CSOs, government authorities and international agencies to reinforce synergies and reduce overlaps, while ensuring that together, their different actions generate the positive impacts needed.

The SIDS CBA program have proven successful in exhibiting the power of community action, when given access to financial and technical resources, in ecosystem restoration and turning social and economic challenges to opportunities. Because the program’s process is adapted to local and site-specific contexts, the projects are able to support the poorest and most vulnerable communities, including isolated communities with minimal

13 Project document, project reports – including Annual progress reports, project budget revisions, country level progress reports, national strategic adaptation plans and documents.

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or no previous support from their own government. Iterative capacity-building sessions, modification of methodologies to the local context (e.g. case of CVI in Mauritius), integration of traditional knowledge and western science, social inclusion and special focus on marginalized groups have allowed the projects to effectively support community members adapt to climate change impacts and overcoming barriers that exist at the community level such as lack of capacity and tools, and governing social structures that inhibit the inclusion of women, girls, elderly, youth and PWDs. Moreover, the success of this initiative in demonstrating environmental, economic and social benefits have resulted into policy influence and replication of innovations. Another notable strength of the CBA program is the dedication and expertise of the national coordinators in supporting their communities and their determination in overcoming the manifold challenges that come their way. Their actions and responsibility in addressing the various levels of capacity, in handling motivational lapses, in pacifying community frustrations and feuds and in linking local actors with multi-level partners have gained the program a recognition of championing community cohesion resulting to adaptation benefits. As such, governments continue to invite NCs and grantees in policy development meetings aimed at effective environmental governance and management as well as social inclusion. At the global and regional levels, the successes of the program continue to be recognized by UNDP and other international agencies. The CBA projects in Sri Lanka and Samoa have been illustrated as successful examples of SDG1 and SDG11, respectively, in Nature Count$ - Investing in ecosystems and biodiversity for sustainable development; a youth leader grantee in Samoa was invited by SIDA to be a keynote speaker in its “Young Change Makers in Asia and Pacific” conference, whose goal was to provide young leaders space to share their call to action and inspire the UN and our partners to move from rhetoric to action; and CBA grantees were invited by the Government of Jamaica to represent their national delegation at COP22 and share their water harvesting best practices. In COP 21, CBA grantees also represented their national delegation – the first ever for the government to invite local actors. The case study for this particular project was also downloaded over 300 times from the WeAdapt platform in 2016.

The aforementioned trends of recognition and progressive impacts of the projects are clear indications that the CBA program’s initiatives are relevant, effective and sustainable in adapting to the impacts of climate change. Given that the adaptation responses to climate change needs a short-term and long-term approach, on-going capacity-building and knowledge-sharing among multilevel stakeholders is necessary to sustain and progress the adaptation and development work already done. In 2017, CPMT will be focusing on the following: (i.) continuous leveraging of lessons learned through development of case studies on projects that were completed at the end of 2016 and those that will be completed until the 3rd quarter of 2017; (ii.) close monitoring on the Pacific region and the late programming countries in the Caribbean region, including verification of new management arrangements and systems in place; and (iii.) close collaboration with new focal points in UNOPS to ensure streamlined and timely release of funds. In 2018, the focus will shift to knowledge generation, codification and compilation. Thereafter, by mid-2018, the project will be in the position to undertake a final evaluation.

ANNEX I. COUNTRY LEVEL KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT: CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF PRODUCTS DEVELOPED BY

COUNTRY (RANKED BY HIGHEST # OF PRODUCTS) BY 2016

Country Case Studies

Publications/Brochures Videos Photo Stories

Total by Country

Sri Lanka 8 6 6 0 20

Samoa 3 6 3 2 14

Trinidad and Tobago

1 8 5 0 14

Seychelles 4 6 2 1 13

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Dominica 2 8 2 0 12

Comoros 3 4 2 1 10

Cuba 1 3 2 3 9

Mauritius 2 1 3 1 7

Suriname 2 1 1 3 7

Fiji 4 2 0 0 6

Cambodia 4 1 1 0 6

Timor-Leste

1 4 0 1 6

Barbados 2 0 3 0 5

Belize 4 0 0 0 4

Viet Nam 4 0 0 0 4

Jamaica 2 0 1 0 3

Cabo Verde

2 0 0 1 3

Saint Lucia 0 1 2 0 3

Saint Kitts and Nevis

0 0 2 1 3

Guinea Bissau

0 0 3 0 3

Vanuatu 1 0 1 0 2

Antigua & Barbuda

0 0 2 0 2

Papua New Guinea

0 1 0 0 1

Federated States of

Micronesia

0 1 0 0 1

Marshall Islands

0 1 0 0 1

Laos

1 0 0 0 1

Total by type of KM

51 54 41 14 160

ANNEX II. GRANT REPORTS BY COUNTRY At the request of the donor, the project numbers, along with the correlating amount of grants given, are indicated in the tables below. The MAP CBA project can be found in section A and is followed by SIDS CBA project on section B.

A. MAP CBA GRANT REPORTING BY COUNTRY

COUNTRY PROJECT NUMBER

PROJECT TITLE COMPANY TITLE PROJECT STATUS

START YEAR

GRANT TYPE

GRANT AMOUNT

50

CAMBODIA KHM/MAP-CBA/2010-003

Better Agriculture Adaptation to Climate

Change (BAACC)

Khmer Development Program

Satisfactorily Completed

2010 Planning Grant

2600


Building adaptive capacity and

ecosystem resilience to floods and droughts

in Indigenous and minority communities

Non-Timber Forest Products


2010 Full-Size Project Grant

45994


Community Green Project (CGP)

Wathnakpheap Satisfactorily Completed

2010 Planning Grant

2500


Improve Water Resource Access and

Management for Better Farming in

Drought Prone Communities

(IWRAM) Project

Wathnakpheap Satisfactorily Completed


50000


Mangrove Protection, Conservation and Eco- Tourism Development

for Improving Community

Livelihood- MRCE-TDICL

Community Protected Area of Beung

Kachang



46381


Strengthening Community Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change (SCACTC)

Sataphana Chivit Organization



49995


Understanding Climate Change- Its

Impacts and Community Strategies

for Adaptation- through Community

Based Action Research.

Non-Timber Forest Products


2010 Planning Grant

2366.5


Improve Agricultural Productivity through

Enhancing Capacity of the Community to Drought Resilience

project

Agriculture Technology Services

Association



49500

TOTAL - CAMBODIA

249,336.5

LAOS LAO/MAP-CBA/2010-CBA/9

“Solar-powered water pumping, purification

and distribution system”

Lao Institute for Renewable Energy



47524

LAOS LAO/MAP-CBA/2010-CBA/PG-1

Environment Protection and

Development in Action

Comunity Development and

Training Center


2010 Planning Grant

5000

LAOS LAO/MAP-CBA/2010-CBA1

Environment Protection and

Development in Action

Comunity Development and

Training Center



45000

LAOS LAO/MAP-CBA/2010-

CBA/16

Kioutaloun 1 Development Project

LDP

Kewtaloun Community



45000


Kioutaloun 1 Development Project

LDP

Kewtaloun Community


2010 Planning Grant

5000

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Return Trees to Forest Lao Font for National Construction

(Phalanxay LFNC-Phalan Environment Protection Project)



39300


Return Trees to Forest Lao Font for National Construction

(Phalanxay LFNC-Phalan Environment Protection Project)


2010 Planning Grant

5000


Solar Energy and Sustainable

Development

Lao Organic Products Promotion Association


2010 Planning Grant

5000


Solar Energy and Sustainable

Development for Rural Areas in Laos

Lao Organic Products Promotion Association



45000

TOTAL - LAOS

241824

SRI LANKA SRL/MAP-CBA/2010/03

Climate change adaptation to

minimize sea level rise in Toduwawa and

Nattandiya lagoon by Sevanatha

Sevanatha Satisfactorily Completed


44419


Community based adaptation to floods in

the Elapatha DS division of Ratnapura

District by Sabaragamu Janatha

Padanama

Sabaragamu Janatha Padanama



42529


Developing community-led strategies and

infrastructure to ensure adaptation to drought conditions by Green Movement of

Sri Lanka

Green Movement of Sri Lanka



40504


Knowledge managment unit for

SGP MAP CBA Project in Sri Lanka by

surakshi women for Conservation

Surakshi Women for Conservation



37873


Minimizing land degradation in

Serupitiya GN division to facilitate

community based adaptation to climate change by Ekabadda

Praja Sanwardana Kantha Maha Sangamaya

Ekabadda Praja Sanwardana Kantha

Maha Sangamaya



40504


Rehabilitation of Imbulgodayagama Tank by Sri Lanka

Environment Exploration Society

Sri Lanka Environment Exploration Society



44171


Development of the Puliyankulam tank

cascade as a mechanism to adapt to climate change by

People's Livelihood Development Foundation



50000

52

People's Livelihood Development Foundation


Extension to Project SRL/MAP-

CBA/2010/01 Developing

community led strategies and

infrastructure to ensure adaptation to drought conditions by Green Movement of

Sri Lanka

Green Movement of Sri Lanka


2013 Full-Size Project Grant - TOP UP

17346


Knowledge management for MAP

CBA Project in Sri Lanka by surakshi

women for Conservation

Surakshi Women for Conservation



31781


Minimizing land degradation in Naula

GN division to facilitate adaptation to

climate change for communities by

Grameeya Sanwardana Maha

Sangamaya

Grameeya Sanvardhana Maha

Sangamaya



37350


Minimizing land degradation in

seupitiya GN division to facilitate

community based adaptation to climate change by Ekabadda

Praja sanwardana Kantha Maha Sangamaya

Ekabadda Praja Sanvardhana Kantha

Maha Sangamaya



31363

TOTAL - SRI LANKA

450000

VIET NAM VN/MAP-CBA/2010/05

Developing a community model of

climate change adaptation in a

floating village in Ha Long

Quang Ninh Fisheries Associations



50000


Contribute to sustainable peanut

production by addressing droughts in

Quat Xa village, Cam Thanh commune, Cam Lo district, Quang Tri

province

Union of Science and Technology

Associations of Cam Lo district, Quang Tri

province



50000


Develop a community-based agricultural

production model to effectively adapt to flooding in the low-lying areas of Ky Lo

River, Xuan Quang 2 Commune, Dong Xuan

District, Phu Yen Province

The Farmers’ Associations of Dong

Xuan district



50000

53


Experimenting a model in peanut

production to adapt to droughts and flooding

in Binh Thuan commune, Tay Son district, Binh Dinh

province

Plant Protection Associations of Binh

Dinh Province



50000


Strengthening local adaptive capacity of fisheries village: the case of Do Son, Hai

Phong

The Hai phong Associations for

Environment Protection



50000

TOTAL - VIET NAM

250000

TOTAL MAP 1191160.5

B. SIDS CBA GRANT REPORTS BY COUNTRY

COUNTRY PROJECT NUMBER PROJECT TITLE COMPANY TITLE PROJECT STATUS

START YEAR

GRANT TYPE

GRANT AMOUNT

CAPE VERDE CPV/SIDS-CBA/13/01

Consensus in Integrated and

Participatory Natural Resources Northern District of Boavista

Associação Curral Velho nós Riqueza



40000


Projecto de Gestão Melhorada de Água

de Rega e Capacitação para as Mudanças climáticas

em Longueira e Covoada

Associação Amigos Desenvolvimento

Comunitário Covada Orgãos



10000


Projecto de Reforço das Medidas

Adaptativas às Mudanças Climáticas

e Estudo da Percepção sobre a Vulnerabilidade na ilha de Santo Antão

Associação Recreativa Mãos Unidas Companhia



35000


Reforço de Técnica de Agricultura

Moderna em Santa Cruz: Hidroponia na

Era da Aeroponia

Associação dos Amigos do Ambiente da Aldeia

de Cova de Barro



15000


Adaptation measures to climate change in

the community Cachaço

Associação para o Desenvolvimento

Comunitário de Cachaço



20000

TOTAL - CAPE VERDE

120000

COMOROS COM/SGP/OP5/SIDS-CBA/13/01

Adaptation à base communautaire de la gestion de l’eau aux

changements climatiques dans le

plateau de Dimadjou Hamahamet

DECIDE Satisfactorily Completed


50000

54


Adaptation à base communautaire de

l’agriculture aux changements

climatiques dans la zone de Dimadjou

Hamahamet

MA VIEUX TERRAIN Satisfactorily Completed


48000


Renforcement des capacités des

paysans à l’adaptation à base

communautaire pour la gestion de l’eau et l’agriculture dans la région de Dimadjou

Institut National de Recherche pour

l’Agriculture, la Pêche et l’Environnement



22000

TOTAL - COMOROS

120000

GUINEA-BISSAU

GNB/SIDS-CBA/15/01

Project for the rehabilitation of

degraded rice cultivation fields in

Bôr

NDELUGAN Satisfactorily Completed


22000

GUINEA-BISSAU

GNB/SIDS-CBA/15/03

Rehabilitation of rice cultivation fields

Organização Guineense Aliança



23000

GUINEA-BISSAU

GNB/SIDS-CBA/15/02

Support to the rehabilitation of rice cultivation fields of

SAB

Associação Nacional para o combate a Pobreza e Fome na Guiné-Bissau



25000

TOTAL - GUINEA-BISSAU

70000

MAURITIUS MAR/SIDS-CBA/Yr1/12/01

“Community Based Adaptation for

Fisheries Dependent Communities of

Rodrigues”

The Shoals Rodrigues Association


2012 Planning Grant

2000



Fisheries Dependent Communities of

Rodrigues”


Currently under

execution


28000


“Reducing Climate Related Hazards by

Upgrading the Physical Environment of a Primary School”

PTA Notre Dame de Lourdes



29000


Enhancing Resilience in the Communities of Grand Sable and Quatre Soeurs to Address Climate Change Impacts

Grand Sable Fishermen Association

Currently under

execution


30000


Enhancing the Livelihood of Women

at Grand-Sable in Response to Climate

Change Impacts

Grand Sable Women Planters’, Farmers’ and

Entrepreneurs’ Association

Currently under

execution


30000


Reducing Climate Related Hazards by

Upgrading the



2012 Planning Grant

1000

55

Physical Environment of a Primary School

MAURITIUS MAR/SIDS-CBA/YR3/15/03


Fisheries Dependent Communities

of Rodrigues” -

Additional Request


Currently under

execution


10670


“Enhancing the Livelihood of Women

at Grand-Sable in Response to Climate

Change Impacts” - Additional Request

Grand Sable Women Planters’, Farmers’ and

Entrepreneurs’ Association

Currently under

execution


15000


“Reducing Climate Related Hazards by

Upgrading the Physical Environment

of a Primary School” - Additional Request




19330


"Knowledge Fair for GEF SGP 20 Years

Celebrations in Mauritius”

Eco-Sud Satisfactorily Completed


5000

TOTAL - MAURITIUS

170000

SEYCHELLES SEY/SIDS-CBA/OP5/Y3/2014

/04

Securing the coastal land in Anse Kerlan

Avangard with counter-erosion structures thru'

community-based adaptation processes

while buidling capacity and

resilience of the community against

climate change induced coastal

erosion at selected community sites

Anse Kerlan Avangard Currently under

execution


47000


/03

Development of the Rehabilitation and Management plan

for the Midland watershed, Baie

Sainte-Anne Praslin

TERRESTRIAL RESTORATION ACTION

SOCIETY OF SEYCHELLES

Currently under

execution


15000


/02

Development of the Full proposal for the

Establishment of counter – erosion

measures and structures at selected

areas of the Anse Kerlan beach Praslin,

Seychelles -Anne Praslin – Planning

Grant

Anse Kerlan Avangard Satisfactorily Completed

2014 Planning Grant

3000

56

SEYCHELLES SEY/SIDS-CBA/14/01

Development of the Rehabilitation and

management plan for the Midland

watershed, Baie Sainte-Anne Praslin

TERRESTRIAL RESTORATION ACTION

SOCIETY OF SEYCHELLES


2014 Planning Grant

5000

SEYCHELLES SEY/SIDS-CBA/13/01

Increasing the resilience of farming communities on the

Praslin Plateau by addressing soil

salinity to boost local food production

Baie Ste Anne Farmers Association



50000

TOTAL - SEYCHELLES

120000

MALDIVES MDV/SIDS/CBA/16/05

Climate Smart Farm Organic Farmers Association

Currently under

execution


34000

MALDIVES MDV/SIDS-CBA/14/02

Community climate watch and coral reef monitoring project

Gemana Currently under

execution


30000


Conservation Planning, legal

reforms and Empowerment of

Island Community for Adaptation to

Climate Change

Maldivian Democracy Network

Currently under

execution


29900


Introduction of better beach

management for coastal adaptation in

Ungoofaaru Island

Ungoofaaru Fostering Awareness Association

Currently under

execution


25975

MALDIVES MDV/SIDS/CBA/14/01

Reducing flood damage to cultivated

farmlands, wildlife and human

settlements.

Fuvahmulah Association of Developing Infrastructure

Currently under

execution


50000

TOTAL - MALDIVES

169875

ANTIGUA AND

BARBUDA

ATG./SIDS-CBA15/01

Communities Adapting to Climate

Change Training Program.

Golden Grove Christian Union

Currently under

execution


50000

ANTIGUA AND

BARBUDA

SGP Grant Project – ATG/SIDS-CBA 03

HIV/AIDS community demonstrating

Sustainable Rural Development and

Food Security

Antigua and Barbuda Hiv/Aids Network, Inc.

Currently under

execution


45000

ANTIGUA AND

BARBUDA

SGP Grant Project – ATG/SIDs-CBA 04

Youths lead community

adaptation initiatives

Potters Seventh Day Adventist Church

Currently under

execution


50000

ANTIGUA AND

BARBUDA

ATG./SIDS-CBA/15/02

Reducing Barbudan farmers’ vulnerability

to increasingly severe flooding

events due to climate change and

strengthening the island’s food security

by integrating climate smart

agricultural techniques

Barbuda Community Development

Agricultural Group

Currently under

execution


25000

57

TOTAL - ANTIGUA

AND BARBUDA

170000

BARBADOS BAR/SGP/OP5/Y4/AUSAID/SIDSCBA/

15/05

Building Resilience of Barbadian Fisherfolk to Natural Disasters and Climate Change

Barbados National Union of Fisherfolk Organisation


2016 Planning Grant

5000

BARBADOS BAR/SGP/OP5/AUSAID/SIDSCBA/16/0

1

Building Resilience of Barbadian Fisherfolk to Natural Disasters and Climate Change

Barbados National Union of Fisherfolk Organisation

Currently under

execution


45000


15/03

The Path to the Eradication of

Climate Change throughout the Caribbean (SIDS

ADAPT)

Caribbean Creative Cluster


2015 Planning Grant

4300


15/04

SIDS ADAPT Caribbean Creative Cluster

Currently under

execution


43514

BARBADOS BAR/SGP/OP5/Y4/AUSAID/CCCBA/14

/01

Using climate-smart agriculture practices to increase local food security and climate change adaptation in

the St. George farming community

St. George Farmers Marketing Cooperative

Society Ltd


2014 Planning Grant

2000


15/01

Using climate-smart agriculture practices to increase local food security and climate change adaption in

the St. George Farming Community

St. George Farmers Marketing Cooperative

Society Ltd

Currently under

execution


48000

BARBADOS BAR/SGP/OP5/Y3/AUSAID/CCCBA/14

/01

Building Climate Change Resilience in Community Fisheries in Weston, St. James

Weston Fisherfolk Association

Currently under

execution


50000

TOTAL - BARBADOS

197,814

BELIZE BZE/SIDS-CBA/16/01

Enhancing Resilience to Adapt to the

Effects of Climate Change and Disaster

Risk Reduction in Coastal Communities

in Southern Belize

Southern Environmental Association

Currently under

execution

2016 Planning Grant

5000


"Promoting Climate Change Adaptation

through Resilient and Sustainable

Agricultural Practices in the Medina Bank

Community".

Ya'axche Conservation Trust

Currently under

execution


37202.4


Alternative Production of Grains

and Home Garden Crops in the Belize

River Valley

Belize Rural Farmers Company Limited

Currently under

execution


32000

58


Increasing Adaptation and

Resilience of Natural Resources Users and

Community Stakeholders of

Corozal Bay Wildlife Sanctuary to

Predicted Climate Change Impacts.

Sarteneja Alliance for Conservation and

Development

Currently under

execution


39829.5


“Alternative Production of Grains

and Home Garden Crops in the Belize

River Valley”

Belize River Valley Grain Producers


2013 Planning Grant

5000


“Increasing Adaptation and

Resilience of Natural Resource Users and Other Community

Stakeholders of Corozal Bay Wildlife

Sanctuary to Predicted Climate Change Impacts”

Sarteneja Alliance for Conservation and

Development


2013 Planning Grant

5000


Planning Grant to develop a Proposal

Entitled: "Promoting Climate Change

adaptation through Resilient and Sustainable

Agricultural Practices in the Medina Bank

Community"

Ya'axche Conservation Trust


2013 Planning Grant

1845

TOTAL - BELIZE

125876.9

CUBA CUB/SIDS-CBA/13/01

Acciones comunitarias para la adaptación al cambio

climático en comunidades rurales

de la cooperativa “Sierra Maestra” en la Llanura Sur de La Habana-Matanzas.

Cooperativa Agricola Sierra Maestra

Currently under

execution

2014 Planning Grant

45000


Fortalecimiento de las capacidades de

adaptación comunitaria al

cambio climático en áreas de la

cooperativa “Viet Nam Heróico” del

municipio Güira de Melena, provincia

Artemisa

Cooperativa Agrícola Viet Nam Heroíco

Currently under

execution

2014 Planning Grant

46000


Manejo sostenible de recursos naturales como propuesta de

adaptación al cambio climático en áreas de la CCSF “Niceto Pérez García” del municipio

Güira de Melena, provincia Artemisa.

Cooperativa Agrícola Niceto Perez

Currently under

execution

2014 Planning Grant

39000

59


Sistema de producción

agropecuaria como propuesta de adaptación

comunitaria al cambio climático en

áreas de la cooperativa “Rubén

Martínez Villena” del municipio de

Alquízar, provincia de Artemisa.

Cooperativa Agrícola Rubén Martínez Villena

Currently under

execution

2014 Planning Grant

40000

TOTAL - CUBA

170000

DOMINICA DMA/SIDS-CBA/13/04

Development of Geoffrey Gutter

Community Water System for an

Alternative Water Supply in times of

Drought and Natural Disasters

Marigot CBA Improvement

Committee


2013 Planning Grant

2500


Engaging in Multiple Strategies to

Strenghten the Ecosystem Resilience

and Increasing the Adaptive Capacity of Campbell Community to Preserve Hillsides and Soil and Reduce

Vulnerability to Landslides and

Flooding

Campbell Community Resource Team


2012 Planning Grant

2500


Incorporating Environment

Protection Measures and Alternative

Livelihood Activities for Climate Change

Adaptation in Bagatelle

Bafond Pointe Development Committee


2013 Planning Grant

2500


Increasing Awareness of the Effects of

Climate Change and Increasing Capacity to Adapt to Climate

Change Impacts with Agricultural Base Practices in the

Colihaut Community

Colihaut Improvement Committee

Currently under

execution


45000


Adapting to Climate change in the Community of Calibishie by

Increasing Community Resilience to

Flooding and Sea Level Rise

Calibisihie Progressive Group


2013 Planning Grant

2500


Adapting to Climate Change in the Community of Calibishie by

increasing

Calibisihie Progressive Group

Currently under

execution


47500

60

community Resilience to

Flooding and Sea Level Rise


Incorporating Environment

Protection Measures and Alternative

Livelihood Activities for Climate Change

Adaptation in Bagatelle

Bafond Pointe Development Committee

Currently under

execution


47500


Increasing Awareness of the Effects of

Climate Variability and /change at the

Local Level and Increase Capacity to

Adapt to Climate change Impacts with

Agricultural Based Practices in the

Colihaut Community

Colihaut Improvement Committee


2013 Planning Grant

2500


Building resilience in vulnerable

community of Campbell

Campbell Community Resource Team

Currently under

execution


40000

TOTAL - DOMINICA

192500

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

DOM/SIDS-CBA/13/03

Almacenamiento de agua para preservar

los recursos naturales

Asociacion de pequeños ganaderos San Antoni



23800

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

DOM/SIDS-CBA/13/05

Construcción de una caseta de vigilancia y

actividades de educación en la zona de amortiguamiento

de la Reserva Científica Ébano

Verde

Fundación Progressio Satisfactorily Completed


19000

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

DOM/SIDS-CBA/13/07

Creación de viveros de corales en la

República Dominicana

Reef Check Dominicana (RCDR)



20200

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

DOM/SIDS-CBA/13/06

Desarrollo de Iniciativas de Adaptación a

Cambios Climáticos en Cabeza de Toro, El Granado y Guanarate

Centro de Promocion Campesina Lemba, Inc.



20200

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

DOM/SIDS-CBA/13/01

Establecimiento de un Sistema

Comunitario de riego por Micro Aspersión

y Goteo, para la Producción de

Hortalizas, Vegetales y Frutos Menores

Asociación para el Desarrollo de San José

de Ocoa, Inc.



23800

61

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

DOM/SIDS-CBA/13/08

Fortalecimiento de redes comunitarias y

sistema local de salud pública para la

gestión de riesgos socio ambientales,

prevención de enfermedades vectoriales y capacidad de

respuesta intersectorial en

salud frente a eventos climáticos

extremos en la Provincia de

Independencia, región Enriquillo

Médicos del Mundo Satisfactorily Completed


20200

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

DOM/SIDS-CBA/13/04

Fortalecimiento de las capacidades de

Adaptación al Cambio Climático a los productores de

café del Distrito Municipal de Río

Limpio

Cooperativa de Productores Orgánicos “Valle de Río Limpio”



22600

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

DOM/SIDS-CBA/13/02

Producción de plantas de sombra y

de cafeto resistente a la Roya y elaboración

de abono orgánico mediante la

instalación de viveros y construcción de

infraestructuras para producir lombriz-

compost.

Asociación de Caficultores Juncalito,

Inc.



20200

TOTAL - DOMINICAN

REPUBLIC

170000

GRENADA GRN / SIDS –CBA/16/05

Grenada Harvest 2030

St. Paul's Sports, Cultural and Development

Organisation

Not active yet 2016 Full-Size Project Grant

20582.63

GRENADA GRN / SIDS –CBA/15/04

Solarizing the St. Paul’s Community

Center

St. Paul's Sports, Cultural and Development

Organisation

Currently under

execution


50000

GRENADA GRN/SIDS–CBA/15/03

Adopt the St. John’s River

Westmorland School PTA Currently under

execution


22697

GRENADA GRN/SIDS - CBA/15/01

Enhancing the Resilience of Petite

Martinique Fishers to the impacts of

Climate Change, to protect livelihoods and improve food

security

Petite Martinique Fishermen Co-Operative

Currently under

execution


50000

GRENADA GRN/SIDS - CBA/15/02

Introduction of aquaponics farming

as an alternative method in the

community of Clozier located in the parish

of st John

Clozier Youth Farmers Co-Operative Society Ltd

Currently under

execution


26720.37

62

TOTAL -GRENADA

170,000

GUYANA GUY/SIDS-CBA/OP5/Y4/2015

/02

Improving farming in Mahaicony River by adapting to climate

change and the environment

Mora Point/Goverlyte Community

Development Council

Currently under

execution


48332.52


/03

Sustainable Protected

Agriculture:

Bath Referandum City Farmers Group

Currently under

execution


22958


/02

Improving Livelihood through Community Based Sustainable

Fisheries Management

Upper Corentyne Fisherman's Cooperative

Society


44691.11

TOTAL - GUYANA

115,981.63

HAITI HTI/SIDS-CBA/2015/04

Appui à la structuration de la

filière poisson à Zanglais

Association pour le Developpement de la

Culture Haitienne et la Formation

Project Terminated

Before Completion


41530


Appui à la structuration de la

filière poisson dans la communauté de Baie

Dumesle

Fanm Pa Chita Satisfactorily Completed


41239.6


Encadrement des pécheurs pour limiter

la coupe des mangroves dans la baie de Flamand

Organisation La Main Forte de Flamand



39987.45


Traitement de la ravine Caudace avec

des structures vivantes et physiques

MOUVEMENT DES ORGANISATIONS

PYASANS PLANTEURS ET ELEVEURS DU SUD



40255

TOTAL - HAITI

163,012.05

JAMAICA JAM/SIDS-CBA/13/05

Application of Flooding Mitigation

Measures and Forestry

Conservation in the Bigwoods

Community

Pedro Plains/Hounslow Dev Com

Project Terminated

Before Completion


30000


COLOUDEN, BRAE HEAD, PIPELINE

PROJECT

Colouden New Testament Church of

God



45000


Water Harvesting and Enhancing

Sustainable Livelihood

Ewarton Watershed & Farmers Cooperative

Friendly Society Limited

Currently under

execution


25000


Securing a Reliable Water Supply in the

Community of Jacob's Ladder, while

Improving the Members' Adaptive Capacity to Climate

Change Impacts

MUSTARD SEED COMMUNITIES

Currently under

execution


50000

63


Construction of Water Harvesting Infrastructure and

improving the Community’s

Adaptive Capacity to Natural Hazards

Clarendon Parish Development Committee

Benevolent Society



50000


Strengthening the Adaptive Capacity of Farmers through the

Construction of a Water Harvesting

System

Security & Upliftment Association of Dawkins &

Surrounding Districts.



20000

TOTAL - JAMAICA

220000

SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS

STK/SIDS-CBA/16/01

P.R.I.D.E - Promoting Resilience through

Involvement, Development and

Enterprise

St. Kitts Nevis Association of Persons

with Disabilities

Currently under

execution


30000


STK/SIDS-CBA/14/02

Pond Preservation and Flood Mitigation

at Pond Hill Nevis.

Pond Hill Clay Ghaut Chicken Stone & Beach Road Community Club

Currently under

execution


50000


STK/SIDS-CBA/14/01

THE RESTORATION OF THE NEW RIVER

SPRING ON NEVIS TO SERVE FARMING

COMMUNITIES IN THE NEW RIVER

AREA.

THE NEW RIVER FARMERS COOPERATIVE

SOCIETY

Currently under

execution


50000

TOTAL -SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS

130,000

SAINT LUCIA STL/SIDS/CBA/14/05

Creating Sustainable Communities - Building Local Capacity for

Adaptation to Climate Change and

for Managing Related Issues.

Laborie Development Foundation

Currently under

execution


48541

SAINT LUCIA STL/SIDS - CBA/15/01

Provision of a Mobile Desalination Facility to provide potable water in times of

crisis and to provide a ready and reliable source of water for Fisherfolk and the

Laborie Community in Saint Lucia.

Laborie Fishers and Consumers Cooperative

Ltd.

Currently under

execution


27468


Rainwater Harvesting to reduce the

impacts of drought exacerbated by

Climate Change in the community of

Bouton, Saint Lucia.

Bouton Community Development Committee

Currently under

execution


43288


Creating Sustainable Communities - Building Local Capacity for

Adaptation to Climate Change

Laborie Development Foundation


2013 Planning Grant

1370

64

related to issues such as water shortages, flooding, landslides and coastal erosion.


Promoting Climate Smart Practices through Water

Storage, Conservation and Management by

Farmers at La Pointe, Mon Repos, Saint

Lucia

Superior Broom Producers



39496


Provision of a Solar Water Desalination Facility to provide potable water in

times of crisis and to provide a ready, safe, and reliable source of water for Fisherfolk

in Laborie, Saint Lucia.

Laborie Fishers and Consumers Cooperative

Ltd.


2013 Planning Grant

2611


Rainwater Harvesting to Address the

Impact of Drought in Bouton, Saint Lucia.

Bouton Community Development Committee


2014 Planning Grant

4684


The Development of Natural Apiculture as

the Basis for Sustainable

Livelihoods for Farmers with

Disabilities in Saint Lucia.

Farmers with Disabilities Beekeeping Association

Currently under

execution


49475

TOTAL -SAINT LUCIA

216,933

SAINT VINCENT AND THE

GRENADINES

STV/SIDS-CBA/15/01

Adapting to the Effects of Drought through increasing

water storage capacity to address climate change on

Union Island (Phase2)

Union Island Environmental Attackers


50000

TOTAL - SAINT

VINCENT AND THE

GRENADINES

50,000

SURINAME SUR/SIDS-CBA/13/01

Climate Change Awareness Education

For The Youth

Junior Chamber International Unify



50000


Climate change adaptation Johanna

Margaretha

Stichting Ontwikkeling Marienburg


2012 Planning Grant

2000


Capacity building of community based

adaptation on climate change and

mangrove protection

Stichting Warappa Conservation

Currently under

execution


28000

SURINAME SUR/CIDS-CBA/13/03

Promoting of greenhouses and safe agriculture

Suriname Business Center

Currently under

execution


40000

65


Sustainable home garden

improvements using alternative irrigation

methods and rainwater harvesting

PaliWanita Currently under

execution


50000

TOTAL - SURINAME

170,000

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

TRI/SIDS-CBA/16/04

Preparing you! A Disaster

Preparedness and Emergency Evacuation

programme for Persons with Intellectual

Disabilities; Phase 2

Digicel Foundation Currently under

execution


20024

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

TRI/SIDS-CBA/15/04

Preparing you! A Disaster

Preparedness and Emergency Evacuation

programme for Persons with Intellectual

Disabilities, Phase 1

Digicel Foundation Satisfactorily Completed


50000

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

TRI/SIDS-CBA/15/05

Building climate-resilient rural enterprises in

Trinidad and Tobago

Caribbean Natural Resources Institute

Currently under

execution


50000

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

TRI/SIDS-CBA/12/01

Sans Souci Climate Change Adaptation

Project

Sans Souci Tourism & Wildlife Development

Organisation


2012 Planning Grant

2500

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

TRI/SIDS-CBA/15/01

Sans Souci Climate Change Adaptation

Pilot Project, Improving the

Resilience of the Community

Sans Souci Tourism & Wildlife Development

Organisation



47466.4

TOTAL - TRINIDAD

AND TOBAGO

169,990.4

Fed. States of MICRONESIA

FSM/SGP/OP5/Y3/MAP-

CBA/CC/2013/04

FSM: Nukuoro Taro Patch Reclamation

and Community Livelihood

Adaptation Project

Four Founders Corporation



43750

TOTAL - FSM 43750

FIJI FJI/MAP-CBA/11/01

Navutulevu Coral Reef Resilience

Project

Navutulevu Development Fund


2011 Planning Grant

5000

FIJI FJI/MAPCBA/12/01

ENHANCING RESILIENCE OF THE

SAQANI COMMUNITY TO THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF

CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH THE

MAINSTREAMING OF FOOD SECURITY AND

Saqani Women Committee


2012 Planning Grant

5000

66

COASTAL INFRASTRUCTURE


Rehabilitation of climate change

damaged coastline at Laucala Beach Estate

/ Kinoya through mangrove replanting

and foreshore securement’ Project

Nasinu Town Council Project Terminated

Before Completion


50000


Safeguarding water resource on Rotuma

to sustain food security for climate

change resilient island community.

Laje Rotuma Initiative Currently under

execution


50000


Community Water Resource Supply Conservation and Rain Harvesting-Intervention for

Nakorovou Village and Vuna Road

Settlement in Vuna, South Taveuni

Nakorovou Womens Club - Vuna Water

Project


2015 Planning Grant

5000


Enhancing Resilience of the Saqani

Community to the adverse effects of climate change,

through the strengthening of

Food Security and Coastal

Infrastructure

Saqani Women Committee

Currently under

execution


45000

FIJI FJI/MAP-CBA/11/02

Coping with Changes on Yadua Island: A Community Based

Climate Change Adaptation Initiative.

National Trust of Fiji Currently under

execution


37600

TOTAL - FIJI 197600

KIRIBATI KIR/MAP-CBA/11/02

KPC ERIM COASTAL SETTLEMENT

RESILIENCE PROJECT

KAREKEMANGOKO KPC ERIM



5000


KPC Erim Coastal Settlement

Resilience Project

KPC Erim Community Committee

Project Terminated Before Completion ($45k never released due to early termination)


0

KIRIBATI KIR/MAP-CBA/12-02

Reducing climate-change-driven

coastal erosion and coastal flooding risks

through SLM practices

RURETE CATHOLIC GROUP

Project Terminated Before Completion ($22.5 of $45k grant never released due to termination)


22500

67


RURETE COASTAL PROTECTION WATER

SANITATION AND SOLID WASTE

MANAGEMENT

RURETE CATHOLIC GROUP


2012 Planning Grant

5000

TOTAL -KIRIBATI

32,500

PALAU PLW/AusAid/2016/01

Monitoring Jellyfish Lake to Understand

its Response to Climate Change and

Human Impact to Promote Effective

Management

Coral Reef Research Foundation

Currently under

execution


50000

PALAU PLW/AusAid/2016/02

Traditional resources management

practices for coconut crabs on Pulo Anna Island improved to reduce the island vulnerability to climate change

impacts on local produce and improve biodiversity through

increased community awareness and involvement in

habitat management

Pulo Anna Dewa Tip Organization

Currently under

execution

2016 Planning Grant

5000

PALAU PLW/MAP-CBA/15/01

Strengthening food security as a priority

to climate change adaptation measure

and providing the people of Hatohobei access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious

food that meets their dietary needs and

food preference for an active and healthy

life.

Hatohobei Women's Association

Currently under

execution


45000

TOTAL - PALAU

100,000

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

PNG/SIDS-CBA/16/01

Admiralty Island Small Holder Rice

Project

Admiralty Islands Smallholder Rice Project

Currently under

execution


42197.16

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

PNG/SIDS-CBA/16/02

Lou Island Coastline Rehabilitation Group


Currently under

execution


27810.83

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

PNG/SIDS-CBA/14/03

Mangrove Rehabilitation

Program

West Coast Development

Foundation Inc.

Currently under

execution


27397

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

PNG/SIDS-CBA/14/01

Pari Community Mangrove and Reef Rehabilitation and

Sustainable Livelihood

Alternatives for women

Pari Women’s Development

Association Inc.

Currently under

execution


47500

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

PNG/SIDS-CBA/14/02

Admiralty Islands Smallholder Rice

Project

Admiralty Island Cooperative Society


2015 Planning Grant

5000

68

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

PNG/SIDS-CBA/15/01

Balel Environmental Conservation Project

BALEL ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION GROUP


2015 Planning Grant

5000

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

PNG/SIDS-CBA/13/02

Coffee Replanting Project

Salvation Army Goroka, Community

Advancement and Reform Enhancement

(CARE) Program


2013 Planning Grant

2500

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

PNG/SIDS-CBA/13/04

Mangrove Rehabilitation

Program

West Coast Development

Foundation Inc.


2014 Planning Grant

2000

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

PNG/SIDS-CBA/13/06

Marine Environment Education Program

MAHONIA NA DARI RESEARCH AND

CONSERVATION CENTER


2014 Planning Grant

3000

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

PNG/SIDS-CBA/13/05

Technical support to the Lou Island Coastline Rehabilitation Group Inc. to Implement Climate Change Awareness and Reforestation Activities



2014 Planning Grant

5000

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

PNG/SIDS-CBA/13/01

Pari Community Mangrove and Reef

Rehabilitation

Pari Women’s Development

Association Inc.


2013 Planning Grant

2500

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

PNG/MAP-CBA/12/02

Raising and Planting Tree to Protect Village from Sea

Level Rise

PNGFRI Botany Imprest Satisfactorily Completed

2013 Planning Grant

4000

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

PNG/MAP-CBA/12/01

Seawall Construction for Mbuke Island

Mbuke Island People's Association


2013 Planning Grant

4500

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

PNG/SIDS-CBA/15/02

Saltwater Desalination Project -

Petats and Pororan Islands

Tarakapu Nu Ramun Project Terminated

Before Completion

2013 Planning Grant

5000

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

PNG/MAP-CBA/11/13

Nuaka Iabam/Pahilele

Association (NIPA) Mangrove

Rehabilitation Project

Nuakata Iabam Pahilele Association

Project Terminated

Before Completion


0

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

PNG/SGP/UN DaO-CBA/ 2011/01

Laugum WMA Mangrove

Rehabilitation Project

WWF-Laugum WMA Project Terminated

Before Completion


30000

TOTAL - PAPUA NEW

GUINEA

213,404.99

SAMOA WSM/MAP-CBA/2010/003

Adapting to climate change in water

resources and water services in Matafaa

Alii ma Faipule Matafaa Satisfactorily Completed


50000


Aofaga Project for Protection Against Negative Climate

Impact

Aofaga Activity Group Satisfactorily Completed


18956

69


Climate Change Impacts the Village of

Utulaelae

Puipuiga o le Siosiomaga o Utulaelae



22303

SAMOA WSM/MAP-CBA/OP5/Y4/2015

/02

Saoluafata Village Ridge to Reef Project.

Saoluafata Village Council

Currently under

execution


45000


/01

Youth Climate Action Network



2015 Planning Grant

2500


/03



Currently under

execution


47500

TOTAL - SAMOA

186259

TOKELAU TOK/MAP-CBA/OP5/Y4/2015

/01

Tokelau Youth Group Tokelau Youth Group Not active yet 2015 Full-Size Project Grant

47400

TOTAL - TOKELAU

47400

SOLOMON ISLANDS

SLB/SIDCBA/14/02 Malae Sea Wall Currently under

execution

2014 Planning Grant

5000

SOLOMON ISLANDS

SLB/SIDCBA/14/01 Taniasu School Taniasu Primary School Not active yet 2014 Planning Grant

5000

TOTAL - SOLOMON

ISLANDS

10000

Timor-Leste TLS/AusAID/2015/03

Green Environment in the Future

(AMIGO)

Caritas Diocesana Baucau

Currently under

execution


25000


Increase the knowledge of the

local community on the environment

and natural disaster risk

Fundação Cailalo Currently under

execution


25000


Hasae koñesimentu Tekniku ba

adaptasaun impaktu klimatika (Improve

the technical knowledge on the

climate impact adaptation)

Feto Hadomi Familia Currently under

execution


25000


Managing the natural resources for the climate change

impact adaptation

Kolegas da Paz Currently under

execution


25000

TOTAL - TIMOR LESTE

100000

VANUATU VUT/MAP-CBA/11/01

Building community and ecosystem

resilience to climate change through the

diversification of water supply options

and improved management of

water resources and infrastructure on

Lelepa Island, Vanuatu

Live & Learn Environment

Currently under

execution


49993

70


Building local community resilience

to climate change risks on water

security for Onesua school, North Efate

Shefa Community Development Programme

Currently under

execution


49989

VANUATU VUT/MAP/CBA/12/02

Towards achieving water security on

Buninga island in the face of climate

related concerns, through community based adaptation.

Live & Learn Environment

Currently under

execution


50000


Empowering Community in Coastal Land

management and Rehabilitation

Vunausi Community Development Programme

Currently under

execution


41040


Building coastal communities

resilience to climate change impacts on

water security.

Ekipe Health & Water Committee

Currently under

execution


42350

TOTAL - VANUATU

233372

TOTAL SIDS CBA

$ 4,425,686

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