ALM UNDP

Component 1: Climate early warning and information systems
The project will support the development of enhanced climate and weather information products and services (monthly outlook, seasonal forecasting, longer term projections), tailored particularly for flood and drought preparedness and agriculture sector users (local government officials, farmers, communities, extension services). To ensure the timely dissemination of climate early warning and information products, effective alert and communication system will be established for communities, village councils and local disaster management committees. Capacity building and training activities will involve technical workshops on the establishment, maintenance and use of climate early warning system, including the interpretation and application of tailored climate information services, targeting meteorologist and climatologist staff at Meteorology Service, community members of the voluntary emergency services, as well as farmers. To facilitate the application of climate information amongst agriculture sector users, the programme will support the development of climate-sensitive crop suitability and cultivation guidelines and manuals, with user-friendly information packages, customized to the climate and landscapes, and different crop varieties and forest types of the Ba watershed area.

Component 2: Community-based adaptation to flood and drought related risks and hazards
Activities under this output will be closely linked to the establishment of a Rural Land Use Policy. The main components of the plan will cover flood plain zoning, land use plan, water use and safety plan (pollution control, water distribution and rationing), preparedness and post flood and drought recovery processes, supported with adjusted regulations that recognize emerging climate change risks. Importantly, the plan will include a community-based monitoring system on land-use, water use, flood control measures, and conservation of related ecosystems (e.g. mangroves, forests), coupled with review and feedback mechanism to integrate experiences on an ongoing/periodic basis.

Resilience of crop production will be pursued through identifying and introducing climate change resilient crop varieties and suitable crop cultivation techniques. To ensure the continuous supply of climate-resilient plant species to farmers, a research station and associated community nurseries will be established in the Ba area, with appropriate distribution systems. The introduction of post-harvest processing and food storage techniques will be based on a review and enhancement of traditional practices.

Component 3: Institutional strengthening to support climate- and disaster-resilient policy frameworks
Activities under this output will serve to review and adjust relevant sectoral policies, legal and planning frameworks, corporate and management plans at the different levels, through analysis of existing frameworks and related institutional capacities, consultative processes and systematic training of policy makers and planners. The proposed project will promote the application of modified or newly created policy frameworks and instruments in target provinces and districts, while integrating on-the-ground experience to inform the higher level policy processes.

Component 4: Awareness raising and knowledge management
Outputs and proposed activities under this outcome aim at capturing, analyzing and disseminating programme experience at the national and regional levels in a systematic way, from early stages of the programme from the assessment, adaptation planning, implementation, monitoring phases, as well the throughout the policy mainstreaming processes. A range of knowledge products will be developed, tailored to different user groups and disseminated through specific channels and means, including education institutions, and supported by a project communication action plan for broader awareness raising purposes. It is expected that integrated knowledge management activities will significantly contribute to the replicability and sustainability of the project results, reaching out to broad layers of society and different generations.