The NAP Agriculture Programme

Rohini Kohli UNDP and Julia Wolf FAO

Vision

To assist decision makers in programme countries to integrate climate change concerns

as they affect agricultural sector-based livelihoods into associated national and sectoral

planning and budgeting processes

At the end of 4 years, the programme should demonstrate evidence of innovative approaches developed and adopted by countries, that are recognized as effective and sustainable by knowledge institutions and independent experts

Programme countries

Target group Senior policymakers and technical staff at the national and sub-national

levels, involved in the planning, priority setting, and budgeting for sustainable development leading the process of mainstreaming climate

change concerns into the agricultural-sectors within existing planning and budgeting processes and frameworks.

Key institutions include: Agriculture (including Forestry and Fisheries)EnvironmentPlanning and Finance

Important stakeholders include : HousingLand and Community Development Water, Women’s Affairs, Urban Development inter-departmental working groups on climate change and national meteorological institutionsPrivate sectorCivil society

Innovative features• Unique collaboration between FAO and UNDP:

synergy with complementary expertise

• Addresses both technical and functional capacities for mainstreaming climate change adaptation in planning and budgeting processes

• Incentivizes fast moving countries and catalytic ideas with funds reserved at HQ

• Global and national/sub-national level feedback built into implementation logic

National

Level

Subnational

Level

• Case studies• Lessons learned• Guidance• Training

• VA & Adaptation Plans• Applied Economic Valuation

& Cost Benefit Case Studies• Monitoring & Impact• Training

• Policies and Institutions

• Advocacy• Training

Implementation Logic

Feedback

Feedback

Feedback

Global

Level

• Stocktaking• Entry points• Methods

Global budget and breakdown

Global Programme Budget US$12 million Direct support to each country US$700,000 Global support to country US$6 million

Incentive fund for fast moving countries US$600,000 Additional funds (to be programmed): €5 million

FAO

UNDP

UNDP national expertise/activities $2,240,000FAO national expertise/activities $3,360,000

Global-level programme outcomes, targets and country priorities

To integrate climate change risks and opportunities as they relate to

agriculture sector-related livelihood options within existing national planning

and budgeting processes

Programme Objective and Outcomes

Outcome 2:

Integrated

roadmaps for NAPs

developed

Outcome 4:

Advocacy and

knowledge-sharing

on NAPs promoted

Outcome 3:

Evidence-based

results for NAPs

improved

Programme Outcomes

Outcome 1:

Technical capacity

and institutions on

NAPs strengthened

Outcome 1: Technical capacity and institutions on NAPs strengthened

Indicator: % of technical staff and public service officers supporting AG-based livelihood adaptation in relevant ministries trained in national adaptation planning and budgeting, including the technical aspects of formulating roadmaps, and conducting economics of adapt assessmentsOutput 1.1 Training in adaptation sensitive planning and budgeting

UNDP • Skills and capacity assessment - NAP• NAP training, climate scenario-building • Technical groups formed • Workshops on impacts of climate change and adaptation options for

the agricultural sector

Output 1.2 Training in economic valuation, CBA for adaptation options in the AG sectors

FAO • Skills and capacity assessment of climate change adaptation in the agricultural sector

• Training on adaptation cost-benefit analysis and budgeting• Training on adaptation options and cost-benefit analysis• Handbook on lessons learnt

Output 1.3 Developed training materials based on needs identified

UNDP • Outreach meetings to connect public sector experts from relevant ministries to the technical group and available training programs.

Monitoring and evaluationOutcome 1 Outcome 2 Outcome 3 Outcome 4

Indicators

% staff trained in adapt. planning & budgeting

i) Nr plan & bgt roadmaps; ii) Nr Institutions with increased capacity on cc agri-based livelihoods; iii) % bgt allocated to CCA in Ag

Nr Min of AG with impact evaluation frameworks for CCA based on quasi experimental design principles adopted.

i) Nr best practices & lessons learned disseminated; ii) Nr comm platforms in which best practices and lessons learnt were disseminated

Targets

At least additional 30%

i) All countries have roadmaps for NAPs & at least 3 nat’l and 2 sub-nat’l plan & bgt instruments; ii) At least 5 key institutions at nat’l & sub-nat’l level; iii) 20% increase in bgt allocations to CCA priorities

8 Ministries of Agriculture i) At least 4 national exchange consultations and 8 case studies shared per country ii) 10 events in total

SOV s

Evaluation reports; surveys

i) Survey of documents, strat plans & reports by Min/institutionsii) Survey of institutions with plan & bgt instruments in place iii) Nat’l & sect’l plan & bgt documents

Planning and policy documents for M&E for adaptation practices

Knowledge products

Baseli

Limited -Establishing baseline at country level

Variable – limitedEstablishing baseline at country level

Variable – limitedEstablishing baseline at country level

Variable – limitedEstablishing baseline at country level

Country Priorities

UruguayLinking

intra-ministerial coordination with

impact assessments of ongoing agricultural

projects and capacity development of

national institutions.

NepalStrengthen CCA priorities in sub-national planning and

implementation of the Agricultural Development

Plan

ThailandSupport to the next Strategic Plan for climate change in Agriculture (2017-

2021), as well as capacity development and impact assessment

of adaptation options for the agricultural sectors.

ZambiaBuild capacities of technical

staff on cost-benefit analysis; skills assessments and stock-takes; and develop impact monitoring frameworks for

pilot agriculture-based livelihood projects.

VietnamImprovement of the evidence base on adaptation and the formulation of a potential

national strategic investment plan for the agricultural sector.

UgandaStrengthening capacities, operationalising the Uganda Agricultural Sector NAP roadmap and

development of Performance Monitoring Frameworks for the agriculture sector guided by the Climate Change Department’s national

frameworks.

KenyaCapacity development and

intra-ministerial coordination, as well as

support to the Kenya Climate-Smart Agriculture

Framework programme (KCSAFP) .

Overview of progressUNDP Country Offices and FAO Country Offices have a common understanding of roles and responsibilities to deliver joint work-plans

5 FAO-Government Agreements have been signed, advanced discussions are taking place in other countries

National inception workshops to validate the WP will take place in March-June 2016

National teams (Technical coordinators and specialists) under recruitment and to be placed mostly in Ministries of Agriculture

Global UNDP and FAO programme teams in place

Roster of global experts for climate science, economics of adaptation, communication and knowledge management experts in place to support country teams

Overview of progress Draft country work-plans prepared through national consultations led by

FAO/UNDP led in dialogue with Ministries of Agriculture and UNFCCC focal points

Country plans focus on supporting integration of climate adaptation in existing frameworks and processes rather than standalone activities.

Links to broader NAP processes forged in several countries – Nepal and Thailand as well as to other donor supported initiatives relevant to NAPs.

Institutional buy-in at the country level cemented

Formation of technical steering committees to oversee the work-plan in programme countries

Nomination of government focal points

Programme gains visibility at the LDC Expert Group Meetings and at Adaptation Committee through links with the UNDP/UNEP NAP GSP

Trends in country priorities• Strengthen capacities to link climate policy and public finance

• Mainstream climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction into agriculture sector plans, policies, budgets (both national and provincial)

• Improve impact monitoring frameworks

• Understand climate benefits of adaptation options and their planning/budgeting implications

• Improve evidence base for adaptation plans for the agricultural sector

• Improve evidence base for agricultural sector inputs into National Climate Change strategy/policy

Example Thailand – draft workplanOutcome 1 Outcome 2 Outcome 3 Outcome 4

• Enhanced MOAC capacity to undertake CC vulnerability assessment and adaptation-sensitive planning

• Mainstream CCA into the Strategic Plan for CC in Agriculture (2017-2021)

• Enhance monitoring and evaluation frameworks for CCA

• Interdepartmental and inter-ministerial coordination in MOAC for CCA improved

• Enhanced MOAC capacity with economic valuation and investment appraisal tools for adaptation-sensitive planning

• Mainstreaming CCA into sector budgeting

• Strengthened capacity of MOAC monitoring units for monitoring the impact and effectiveness of adaptation

• Project lessons learnt and outputs integrated into broader Thailand NAP process

Work-plan Milestones 2016 Level Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Global Finalisation of in WorkProgramming;

4-7 April Capacity development workshop, Rome; finalization of NAP Supplement

NAPs Expo; Reporting back from country progress; Launch of incentive/top up fund for fast moving country work-plans

Outreach at COP 22 Morocco with country representives

Global programmesteering committee meetings

Country

Country

Global/country

Global/country

Inception meetings/stock-taking/institutional needs assessments (national team)

Steering (Technical working groups)

Monitoring and reporting (national and global teams)

Communication at SBIs, Adaptation committee, LEG/COP (global teams), Supplement on Ag NAP guidelines, Info briefs

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Stock-taking

Skills assessment

Policy analysis

Capacity development

Impact monitoring

Additional support: global technical specialists

Agricultural economics

Climate science

Climate downscaling and

modelling

Economics of adaptation

Cost-benefit analysis

Impact monitoring

National adaptation planning

Planning and budgeting

Communications & knowledge

management

Joint FAO/UNDP Knowledge Management Strategy

Stakeholders

•Partner Countries

•Donors

•Peer Agencies

•Other UN agencies

Aim: To support knowledge sharing between partner countries at national, regional and international level on the integration of agriculture in the NAP

process, while increasing wider outreach.

Key products

• Websites to feature tools and country information

• Knowledge products – case studies, decision tools, and best practices

• Application of agriculture supplement

• Partnering with knowledge networks such as LEG, NAP-GSP, NAP Global Network, NAP Central, UNITAR

Partnerships

• Collaboration with the Least-Developed countries Expert Group (LEG) of the UNFCCC has been strengthened at global level on the supplement to the NAP guidelines on Agriculture

• At country level, programme teams are exploring opportunities to partner with the GIZ, Climate Technology Centre & Network (CTCN) and the World Bank-PPCR.

• Partnerships with International Climate Initiative (ICI), Global NAP Network, GIZ, Oxfam and other bilateral and multilateral partners.

Additional Funds Programming• Maximise depth:

– Strengthened data gathering and evidence based M&E

– Catalytic technical in-country support on an on-demand basis and promoting peer to peer knowledge exchange and learning between countries

– Shaping up visually - country stories

– Country level – Building gender and climate change component through additional support to existing countries.

• Maximise reach:– Deepen innovation and gender concerns in 3 programme countries

– Select up to 3 new countries

For further information on the programme: www.adaptation-undp.org/naps-agriculture

www.fao.org/climate-change/programmes-and-projects/detail/en/c/328984/

Rohini Kohli rohini.kohli@undp.org

Julia Wolf julia.wolf@fao.org