ALM UNDP

Summary:

Enhance climate change adaptive capacity of livestock production systems in the Kerkebet area.

1. This PPG follows the earlier submission of UNDP-GEF’s Project Indentification Form (PIF) for an LDC funded NAPA follow up project in Eritrea. The PIF was submitted on June 5th, 2007.

2. Following the completion of the National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) for Eritrea, the proposed project will be a first step towards a programmatic approach to adaptation in the country. With LDCF resources earmarked for strengthening local adaptive capacity, institutions and policies for managing climate related threats, in addition to pilot demonstration activities, the proposed project will directly address key elements for integrating climate risks into agricultural development in Eritrea. The proposed project will build upon and expand on current government and donor initiatives that enhance rangeland development in the region. It will support adaptation to changing climatic conditions of pastoral communities in the rangelands of Eritrea in the areas of livestock and water management. The project will enhance technical capacity in climate change risk management of key stakeholders at the community and national/sub-national levels, implement priority demonstration climate change risk management activities (based on activities identified through the NAPA process), and provide support for the diversification towards less climate change sensitive livelihood opportunities for rangeland communities.

3. The proposed project is aligned with UNDP’s comparative advantage in improving capacity building, providing technical and policy support as well as expertise in project design and implementation in relevant areas such as sustainable land management and water governance at global level and in East Africa in particular. UNDP is also able to draw on its experience of designing GEF funded adaptation to climate change projects, as well as from conducting the NAPA process in the sub-region. It will draw on technical assistance from the Dry lands Development Centre, which specializes in assisting countries in development projects in the drier parts of the world, as well as the Water Governance Facility (a joint UNDP-SIDA initiative which seeks to advance socially equitable, environmentally sustainable and economically efficient management of water resources). Through its network of technical staff, country office presence in additional to operational expertise in designing similar Council approved SCCF and LDCF projects in arid regions of Africa (Kenya, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Niger, and Namibia), UNDP is well positioned to assist Eritrea to design and implement this LDCF proposed project.

4. The goal of this project is to “enhance resilience of pastoral communities in Eritrea to climate change including variability-induced adverse impacts.” As a contribution to the achievement of this goal, the project objective is to “enhance adaptive capacity of livestock production systems in the Kerkebet area”. This arid region, which represents the drylands of the north-western lowland, is among the most vulnerable to climate change. The NAPA process identified this area as the geographic focus for interventions through this pilot project. In order to achieve the project objective, the following three outcomes will be achieved:

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