Fw : [Accra] Introducing the Joint Principles for Adaptation - a civil society tool for promoting inclusive and equitable adaptation policies

[Michel Takam]

--- En date de : Jeu 2.10.14, Tania GUILLÉN B. <mil...@humboldt.org.ni> a écrit :

> De: Tania GUILLÉN B. <mil...@humboldt.org.ni>
> Objet: [Accra] Introducing the Joint Principles for Adaptation - a civil society tool for promoting inclusive and equitable adaptation policies
> À: "accra caucus" <ac...@gn.apc.org>
> Date: Jeudi 2 octobre 2014, 21h46
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> Tania Guillén Bolaños
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> Centro Humboldt & SUSWATCH Latinoamérica
> Latinamerican facilitator of the Southern Voices on Climate
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> Dear
> CAN-adaptation,
> This
> mail is to reintroduce you
> to the first version of the
> Joint
> Principles for Adaptation
> (JPA) which
> will be tested over the next
> year by civil
> society networks in the Southern
> Voices on
> Adaptation project. The JPA is
> meant to be a
> benchmark for civil society for
> what they
> consider good adaptation
> planning.
> The
> purpose of the JPA is to
> serve as a tool for civil
> society actors
> to assess and influence
> plans and
> policies of Southern
> governments
> in the field of adaptation to
> climate
> change, such as the NAPs.
>  A key focus
> is to promote policies and
> processes that
> are inclusive, involving poor
> and vulnerable
> groups in planning and
> implementation.
> The
> Joint Principles have been
> developed based on input by
> climate networks
> across the world and were
> finalized and
> adopted in Kathmandu in the
> context of CBA8
> at a workshop jointly organised
> by Southern
> Voices and CAN- South Asia.
>
> View the video
> from the
> Kathmandu workshop
>  
> The
> next year will see civil
> society partner networks in the
> Southern
> Voices on Adaptation project 
> test the Joint
> Principles for Adaptation by
> working with
> governments in 12 different
> countries.
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> Africa
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> Asia
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> Latin
>
> America
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> Ghana
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> Cambodia
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> Bolivia
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> Kenya
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> Nepal
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> Guatemala
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> Malawi
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> Sri
> Lanka
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> Nicaragua
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> Mozambique
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> Vietnam
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> Niger
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> The
> experiences of the 12
> partner networks will be
> documented in case
> studies, and will be the basis
> for further
> development and revision of the
> JPA during
> 2015, with a view to presenting
> a final
> version at COP21 in
> Paris.
> Find
> out more about the 12 partner
> networks  
> To promote the JPA and the
> inclusion of civil society
> concerns in
> adaptation planning, we have
> introduced
> through CARE International the
> JPA in a
> submission during the SBI session on
> National Adaptation Plans at the
> UNFCCC Bonn
> Sessions in June. In August at
> the NAP Expo
> in Bonn we also presented the
> JPA and
> supporting materials
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> If
> you know of organizations
> engaged in advocacy for
> inclusive and
> equitable national adaptation
> policies the
> JPA may be able to assist them.
> You are
> welcome to forward this mail to
> them and ask
> them to get in touch with the
> SV
> Secretariat or
> one of our three regional
> facilitators.
>
> For
> more information visit the
> Southern Voices website on www.southernvoices.net.
>
> Best
> Regards,
> Peter
> With
>
> Programme Coordinator
>
> Southern Voices on Climate
> Change
> CARE
>
> Danmark 
> Jemtelandsgade 1,   DK-2300
> Copenhagen S
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> OFFICE
> PH. 
> +45
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> E-MAIL: ccar...@care.dk
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> JOINT PRINCIPLES FOR
> ADAPTATION
> 1.0
> A
> CIVIL SOCIETY INITIATIVE TO
> PROMOTE EFFECTIVE AND
>
> EQUITABLE ADAPTATION TO
> CLIMATE CHANGE
>
> Adopted in Kathmandu April
> 2014. To be
> updated during 2015,
>
> informed from testing in 12
> countries.
> Preamble
> The
> Joint Principles for
> Adaptation are a statement by
> civil society
> organisations from across the
> world of what
> they consider to be a benchmark
> for good
> adaptation planning. They were
> developed in
> 2014 as a joint initiative by
> civil society
> networks working on climate
> change from
> Africa, Asia and Latin America,
> and will be
> further revised as they are
> tested in more
> countries. They take the form of
> a set of
> seven principles, each with a
> subset of
> qualifying
> criteria.
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>  
> NATIONAL FRAMEWORKS FOR
> ADAPTATION PLANNING LEAD TO A
> MORE
> EQUITABLE AND MORE EFFECTIVE
> RESPONSE TO
> CLIMATE CHANGE
> WHEN
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>
> PRINCIPLES
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>
> Criteria
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> A.
> The planning
> process is
> participatory and
>
> inclusive
>
>
> 1.
> The knowledge
> and experience of local
> communities
> and indigenous peoples
> is
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> incorporated
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> 2.
> Communities
> affected by climate
> change
> participate in defining
> options and
> priorities
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> 3.
> Plans are
> publicised in ways that
> local people
> can understand and
> engage with
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> B.
> Public funds
> for adaptation are
> utilised
> efficiently and
> managed
> transparently  and
> with integrity
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>  
>
>
> 1.
> The
> implementation and
> financing of
> plans is periodically
> monitored by a
> body on which civil
> society is
> represented
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>
> 2.
> Adaptation
> funding is made
> available through a
> transparent process of
> allocation
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>
> 3.
> There is full
> and free access to
> information on
> how adaptation funds are
> being 
> spent (finances and
> processes)
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> 4.
> There is a
> mechanism in place to
> safeguard
> against initiatives that
> might have
> negative impacts 
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> 5. A
> secure
> mechanism for expressing
> grievances
> and seeking redress is
> available
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>
> C.
> All
> government sectors and
> levels of
> administration have
> defined
> responsibilities and
> appropriate
> resources to fulfil
> them
>
>
> 1.
> National
> adaptation plans carry
> the authority
> to enable different
> government
> sectors to  work in a
> coordinated
> way
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>
>
> 2.
> Existing
> initiatives are enhanced
> to take
> climate change into
> account
>
>
>
>
> 3.Funding for
> adaptation is explicitly
> provided
> for within the national
> budget  and
> respective sectorial
> allocations
>
>
>
>
> D.
> Local
> adaptation plans
> developed through
> community-based
> approaches are a
> core
> element
>
>
> 1.
> Local
> adaptation plans are
> formalised and
> integrated into the
> development
> priorities of local
> administrations
>
>
>
>
>
> 2.
> Significant
> resources are allocated
> towards
> implementation of local
> adaptation
> plans
>
>
>
>
> 3.
> Financing
> arrangements make
> commitments for
> multi-year programmes of
> support to
> vulnerable
> communities
>
>
>
>
> E.
> The
> resilience of women
> and men who
> are  most vulnerable
> to climate
> change is
> built
>
>
> 1.
> Plans
> identify and target
> people who are 
> socially and
> economically most
> vulnerable
>
>
>
>
> 2.Programmes 
> take into account the
> differentiated
> needs and capacities of
> women and
> men  in different
> social groups
>
>
>
>
> 3.
> Initiatives
> that enhance community
> adaptation
> through greater social
> integration
> and cohesion are
> promoted
>
>
>
>
> F.
> There is a
> balance between the
> investment in
> physical
> infrastructure and the
> building of skills and
> capacities
>
>
>
>  1.Adequate
> resources are made
> available to
> improve the
> effectiveness of
> institutions responsible
> for
> managing climate change
> adaptation 
>
>
>
>
>
> 2.
> Adequate
> resources are made
> available for
> raising public awareness
> and
> education about climate
> change
>
>
>
>
> 3.
> Investment
> plans contains targets
> for both
> “soft” and
> “hard” interventions
>
>
>
>
> G.
> Plans respond
> to evidence of the
> current and
> future impacts of
> climate change
>
>
> 1.
> Adaptation
> plans consider how
> climate is
> affecting existing
> vulnerabilities
>
>
>
>
> 2.
> Planning
> scenarios are based on
> the best
> available science and
> evidence from
> the ground
>
>
>
>
> 3.
> Interventions
> are modified as new
> information
> becomes
> available
>
>
>
>
> 4.
> Climate
> information is made
> accessible to
> enable adaptive decision
> making by
> all
> stakeholders
>
>
>
>
>
>  
>
>  
> How
> the Joint Principles for
> Adaptation can be
> used
> The
> Joint Principles are framed
> in a way that can be generally
> applicable
> across a wide range of country
> contexts.
> While they are useable in that
> form, in most
> cases they will need to be
> customised for a
> particular context.  The first
> step in using
> the Joint Principles is to
> ensure that they
> are expressed in a way that is
> appropriate
> to the intended
> audience.
>
>  
> The
> Joint Principles can be
> used in one or more of three
> ways, outlined
> below. In all modes, a useful
> starting point
> is to use the Joint Principles
> to assess the
> status of national adaptation
> policy and
> planning in their countries.
> This might be
> in the form of a scorecard, with
> an
> assessment made against each
> principle
> and/or each
> criterion.
>
>  
> “Advocacy Mode”: To set
> advocacy
> objectives
> An
> assessment against the Joint
> Principles can be used to
> identify the gaps
> between the existing status of
> adaptation
> planning in a country and the
> desired level.
> These can then be used to define
> the areas
> on which civil society might
> undertake
> advocacy, either where the gap
> is largest,
> or where the potential for
> closing it is
> highest. Used in this way, the
> Joint
> Principles serve as an internal
> tool or
> reference point for civil
> society
> organisations.
> Example: As a result of the
> analysis, civil society may
> choose to
> mount a campaign to ensure
> that
> “Adaptation funding is made
> available
> through a transparent process
> of
> allocation” (Principle 
> B.2)
>
>  
> “Dialogue Mode”: To promote
> dialogue with
> government
> The
> assessment of performance
> against the JOINT PRINCIPLES  
> can be
> carried out as a collaborative
> exercise with
> government counterparts, and
> subsequently
> used to develop an agreed
> national benchmark
> for the adaptation framework of
> plans,
> policies and programmes in the
> country.  If
> governments are using the LEG
> guidelines[1],
> the JOINT PRINCIPLES  
> indicates those areas
> of particular interest to civil
> society and
> where they might have a role.
> Thus the Joint
> Principles serve as an input for
> developing
> a nationally determined
> adaptation standard,
> towards which all the
> stakeholders in the
> country agree to
> work.
>
>  
> Example: By jointly
> considering the Joint
> Principles,
> government and civil society
> might
> formally agree the roles that
> civil
> society will play in the
> process of
> developing a National
> Adaptation Plan.
>
>  
> “Capacity-building Mode”: To
> determine capacity building
> needs
> A
> JOINT PRINCIPLES   assessment
> can help identify the areas
> where capacity
> among civil society, government
> or other
> actors needs to be built in
> order for the
> desired level to be attained.
>
>
>  
> Example: The Joint Principles
> may highlight that local
> government staff
> need training and support in
> how to
> develop local adaptation plans
> using
> community-based
> approaches.
>
>  
> These modes can be used singly
> or in combination – for
> instance, the
> assessment may indicate that
> certain
> principles need to be upheld
> through
> advocacy, while for others
> capacity building
> may be a more effective
> response.
>
>  
> Developing the Principles
> The
> current version of the
> Joint Principles was based on
> initial
> contributions from a number of
> civil society
> networks from across the world.
> The next
> step is to test them in
> practice, and
> proposals are being received
> from civil
> society networks interested in
> doing this,
> and customising them to suit
> particular
> country circumstances. Following
> a year of
> testing, the Joint Principles
> will be
> reviewed in 2015 and a revised
> version
> issued for wider dissemination.
>
> Please see further information
> at www.southernvoices.net
>
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>  
> Peter
> With
>
> Programme Coordinator
>
> Southern Voices on Climate
> Change
>
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> CARE Danmark 
> Jemtelandsgade 1,   DK-2300
> Copenhagen S
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> OFFICE PH. 
> +45 35 200
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> +45 35 245 069
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