GWP Strategy Towards 2020: A Water Secure World Addressing
thematic issues, 23rd June 2014 GWP Regional Days Meeting 23-26
June 2014 - Hyatt Regency Hotel Port-of-Spain, Trinidad Armand
HOUANYE WACDEP Capacity Development Programme Manager WACDEP
Capacity Development Programme
WACDEP Africa and the Capacity Development Programme Overall
objective and its targeted audience Implementation process
Implementation levels and key activities Sustainability of GWP with
the WACDEP CDP Outlines
WATER CLIMATE AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME IN AFRICA
BACGROUND
2007: GWP in Africa signed a MoU with AMCOW 2008: The Sharm el
Sheik Declaration adopted by AU Heads of States and Governments
2009: GWP and AMCOW meeting in Abidjan- Development of WACDEP 2010:
GWP requested by AMCOW EXCO to operationalise WACDEP
WACDEP-Africa
AU- AMCOW Water Climate and Development Programme (WACDEP)
WACDEP implements commitments related to Climate Change in the 2008
Sharm el Sheik Declaration by the AU Heads of States WACDEP is
central to the delivery of climate related objectives in the AMCOW
Triennial WorkPlan WACDEP-Africa
Goal of WACDEP To promote water as a key part of sustainable
regional and national development and contribute to climate change
adaptation for economic growth and human security. Overall
objective of WACDEP To support integration of water security and
climate resilience in development planning and decision making
processes
WATER CLIMATE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME -AFRICA Water security and
climate resilience integrated in Africa's growth and development
Investments in regional and National Development Transboundary
Cooperaton National Developmentand SectorPlans No/lowRegrets
Investments ProjectPreparation andFinancing Innovative Green
Solutions Demonstration Projects Knowledge and Capacity Development
Capacity Developement Knowledgeand Awareness Partnerships and
Sustainability Governanceand Fundrising OUTCOMEOUTPUTSACTIVITIES
Enabling activitiesIntegration, investments in Climate resilient
growth and development
8 Pilot Countries 5 Transboundary Water Resources (23
countries)
AU/ AMCOW Framework for Climate Resilient growth and
development Framework is key to the identification and
prioritisation of no/low regret investments and integrate these
into development planning processes
GWP - WACDEP/UNDP-GEF joint Capacity Development Programme on
the Economics of Adaptation, Water Security and Climate Resilient
Development in Africa January 2013 June 2015
11 WACDEP-Africa CDP Partners
To develop the capacity of Institutions and stakeholders to:
identify, develop and appraise no/low regrets investments options;
integrate these into national planning processes, development plans
by understanding and knowing how to apply the framework To
contributes to NAPs process- objectives UNDP-GEF To reduce
vulnerability to the impacts of climate change by building adaptive
capacity and resilience; To facilitate the integration of CCA in a
coherent manner into relevant development planning processes and
strategies.. 12 Overall objective
13 Targeted audience Primary audience (government planners)
across line ministries such as Finance, Economic Planning Water
Resources, Agriculture, Environment, Energy, Health and
Infrastructures Secondary audience Regional Economic Communities
River Basin Organisations Researchers and Practitioners key
Planning agencies and institutions GWP regional and national teams
UNDP LDCF project coordinators NGO and others Targeted
audience
Establishment of the Programme Management Daft Training Manual
Learning Material Facilitator Guide/ M&E Elaboration of the
inception report Training Plan Implementation, Monitoring and
Evaluation Final evaluation WACDEP Reference - Group Support to the
process Implementation Jan 13 June 15 Recruitment of 1 National
Training Coordinator per Country Country Assessment Capacity
Development Plan National Trainers selection National Trainees
selection Capacity Development Team & Experts Mobilisation LM
Testing Workshop Daft Training Manual Learning Material Facilitator
Guide/ M&E Panafrican Training of Trainers Final translated
Training Manual Learning Material Facilitator Guide/ M&E
15 Learning Material testing: Kigali - September 2013 NIRAS,
CEEPA, CDKN, CapNet, GWPO, WACDEP Africa CU, WACDEP Reference Group
Rwanda NTC, Trainers and Experts Burundi and Rwanda Managers
16 Panafrican Training of Trainers: Addis-November 2013 80
participants from: GWP WACDEP Teams including Regional/ Country
Managers, NTCs and Trainers UNDP-GEF LDCF, SCCF and AF financed
projects AU/ AMCOW, CDKN, GWP, CapNet, SIWI and Acclimatise, and
NIRAS
National Implementation
18 Workshops Some objectives Workshop1: Setting the scene and
understanding the problem Start exploring some of the methods
available to understand vulnerability and climate impacts Workshop
2: Identifying and appraising solutions Provide approaches, methods
and tools to prioritize no/low regret options and to make a case
clear economic for investment Workshop 3: Delivering solutions
Highlight the financing strategies for the portfolio of initial
no/low regret investment identified at workshop 2 and in
intervening period Explain how these can be integrated into
existing development planning processes Workshop 4: Monitoring and
moving forwards and introduction to the framework Highlight the
importance of an effective M& E framework in assessing added
values for applying the framework Workshop 5: Wrap up, lessons
learned Wrap up the training programme; review activities,
outcomes, actual learning taking place etc. A series of 5 National
Training Workshops
19 Mentoring process Comments In between WS1-WS2 Each mentor is
assigned a Mentor (One of the three Trainer) Mentor-Mentee
agreement signed at most 10 days after the 1st National Training
Workshop Mentor support the Mentor to perform tasks related to WS/
CRD and relevant for his home institution based on Action Plan and
Project Paper Mentor support Mentee to share knowledge acquired
with his/ her colleagues The status on the implementation of the
Participant Action Plan/ Project Paper is shared with other
Participants during each Workshop Follow up meetings with the
Mentee-Management In between WS3-WS3 In between WS3-WS4 In between
WS4-WS4 The mentoring process In between Workshops
20 The on-line forum discussion
https://gwpsweden.sharepoint.com/sites/prog/Project
s/WACDEP/SitePages/Home.aspx Final translated Training Manual,
Learning Material and Facilitator Guide/ M&E are available
National on-line forum discussion Regional on-line forum discussion
Panafrican on-line discussion
Some focuses of Participants Planners Action Plans RWANDA REMA,
RNRA, Agric. Trainees and Mentors GGCCS implementation and FONERWA
WACDEP- WP2/ WP4 Mozambique ARASUL Trainees and Mentors Bankable
project proposal preparation WACDEP- WP4 Burkina - Faso CNEDD
Trainees Mentors WS mainstreaming into the Country NAP Document
WACDEP- WP2
Tunisia Some focuses of Participants Planners Action Plans WRM
Dpt. Trainee and Mentor Dvpt. of the National Water Inf. System
WACDEP- WP2 Cameroon DPDD. Trainees and Mentors WS and CR
mainstreaming into NBSAP with Investment Options WACDEP- WP2/ WP3
Zimbabwe WRM& Dvpt. Trainees and Mentors Analysis of CC
implications on WR planning and mgt. in Runde Catchment WACDEP-
WP2/ WP3
23 Regional and Transboundary level A series 4 Regional
Training Workshops on the Applications of Economic Valuation
Methods for Assessing the Costs & Benefits of CCA Regional
Training Workshops on the NAP process Guidelines in collaboration
with NAP-GSPs partners Regional Training Workshops on the Financing
of the Transboundary Water Ressources Management and Project
Preparation with ICA, SITWA, CapNet, SIWI
24 INDICATORS Number of government institutions/ other
stakeholders with demonstrably enhanced capacity to integrate water
security and climate change in the design and implementation of
policies, plans & projects Millestones: 24 sectoral
Institutions (8 X 3) 96 Participants Planners 40 Participants
Strategic Decision Makers Altogether 136 Participants
Implementation 41 secteurs 105 Participants Planners 45
Participants Strategic Decision Makers Altogether 150 Participants
Results which demonstrate that capacity has been developed among
staff of government institutions/other stakeholders, i.e. results
which show with a reasonable degree of certainty that organisations
have gained from (rather than simply been exposed to) capacity
building activities Number of designed and implemented:
Participants Planners Action Plans aligned with their home
institution mandates and relevant national processes (Mentoring
process)
Sustainability of GWP with WACDEP-CDP 40 National Training
Coordinators and Trainers are recruited and contractualised within
targeted countries Continuous smooth implementation of the
programme Better alignment with trainees duties and their home
institution related to CCA and key national relevant processes like
NAP Processes, GGCCS in Rwanda, NBSAP in Cameroon, NCCRS in
Zimbabwe.. Implementation of the M&E system put in place and
documentation of lessons learnt Institution development focusing on
GWP Team Managers who can take forward the process at least as
NTC
Sustainability of GWP with WACDEP-CDP Enhancing collaboration
with key partners like UNDP-GEF to expand the targeted countries
Marketing of the initiative at global regional and county level for
using/ adapting of the material and the approach through on- going
and upcoming initiatives Adapting/ using material and approach for
other thematic programmes of GWP: Drought, Urbanisation, Delta,
Flood. Enhancing collaboration with Universities and existing/
upcoming academic programmes/ Training centers