Implementation period: December 2019 – February 2020
Funder: UNDP Moldova
Purpose: Create a conducive environment for resilient local livelihoods through climate-sensitive planning and the application of smart agricultural approaches at the community level, to enhance water availability for agriculture and protect against floods and other climate risks.
Objectives:
- Establish community working groups in each of the target localities.
- Provide basic training on integrating climate change adaptation and disaster risk management priorities to community working groups and local decision-makers.
- Include community working groups in the participatory identification and formulation of local climate change adaptation measures and disaster risk reduction strategies.
- Consult and validate the community-level climate and disaster risk assessments to identify local mitigation and adaptation priorities.
- Develop a community development document based on the results.
- Consult and validate the community development plan and/or the Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management Plan with community members.
- Develop a cost strategy and fundraising plan for the community development plan, especially the Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management Plan.
- Support local public authorities (LPAs) in approving the community development plan document, particularly the Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management Plan section.
- Provide training to LPAs on the effective implementation of the program.
- Train community working groups in effective civic oversight.
- Support the community in establishing volunteer firefighting/rescue brigades.
- Develop a medium-term financial and cost plan for the community firefighting/rescue brigades in close collaboration with project specialists and stakeholders.
Results:
- Demonstrated climate adaptation interventions in the water sector for agricultural purposes and flood management and developed local climate policy frameworks in several districts.
- Enhanced community-level capacities in climate and disaster risk management for risk reduction, prevention, and rapid response.