Promoting Innovative Finance, Community Based Adaptation in Communes Surrounding Community in Senegal

Senegal
Promoting Innovative Finance, Community Based Adaptation in Communes Surrounding Community in Senegal

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The project 'Promoting Innovative Finance and Community Based Adaptation in Communes Surrounding Community Natural Reserves (Ferlo, Niokolo Koba, Bas Delta Senegal, Delta du Saloum) in Senegal' (2018-2022) focused on creating financial incentives to cover the incremental costs of climate change adaptation and support capacity building for vulnerable households and community groups to build holistic responses to climate change.

With US$5.4 million in funding from the Global Environment Facility Least Developed Countries Fund, the initiative assisted Senegal to pursue a "transformational" pathway towards resilience. In the long term it will empower local institutions to provide adaptation services to vulnerable communities.

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Expected outcomes

Outcome 1 - Create financial incentives linked with local government and communities financing systems to cover the incremental costs of climate change adaptation

Outcome 2 - Investments and capacities provided to vulnerable households and community groups for holistic responses to climate vulnerability and future changes

Project details

Levels of intervention

  • Community

Source of funds

  • Global Environment Facility - Least Developed Countries Fund

Key implementers

  • Local Governments
  • National Governments
  • Non-Governmental Organizations
  • Private Sector Partners
  • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Funding amounts

US$5.4 million GEF-LDCF grant

Project partners

  • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
  • Global Environment Facility (GEF)

Introduction

The project 'Promoting Innovative Finance and Community Based Adaptation in Communes Surrounding Community Natural Reserves (Ferlo, Niokolo Koba, Bas Delta Senegal, Delta du Saloum) in Senegal' (2018-2022) focused on creating financial incentives to cover the incremental costs of climate change adaptation and support capacity building for vulnerable households and community groups to build holistic responses to climate change.

With US$5.4 million in funding from the Global Environment Facility Least Developed Countries Fund, the initiative assisted Senegal to pursue a "transformational" pathway towards resilience. In the long term it will empower local institutions to provide adaptation services to vulnerable communities.

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Project details

Jointly funded by the Global Environment Facility's Least Developed Countries Fund (GEF-LDCF), UNDP and the Government of Senegal, the 4-year project PFNAC aimed to promote innovative financing mechanisms and the adaptation of vulnerable communities around Senegal's Community Nature Reserves, through two results : 

Outcome 1: Innovative mechanisms finance the incremental costs of climate change adaptation measures at the local level; and

Outcome 2: Diversified climate-resilient investments and livelihood practices adopted by vulnerable households and producers (especially women's groupings) as key risk management strategies. 

Thematic Area
Area
Rural Development, Agriculture/Food Security
Climate-related hazards addressed:
Land Degradation and Deforestation
Level of intervention
  • Community
Key collaborators
  • Local Governments
  • National Governments
  • Non-Governmental Organizations
  • Private Sector Partners
  • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Primary beneficiaries:

The overall project will generate socio-economic benefits at the local level by involving communities in the 203 villages (at least 50,000 households)

Implementing agencies and partnering organizations
  • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
  • Global Environment Facility (GEF)
Project status
Completed
Funding Source
Global Environment Facility - Least Developed Countries Fund
Financing amount
US$5.4 million GEF-LDCF grant

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Key results & output

Outcome 1 - Create financial incentives linked with local government and communities financing systems to cover the incremental costs of climate change adaptation

Output 1.1. Identify and integrate climate resilience related performance measures into local development plans, including community plans

Output 1.2. Set up sustainable financial mechanisms at sub-national level (e.g. Local Resilience budget lines/funds, Eco taxes, etc.) to attract climate finance

Output 1.3. Sustainability & performance of the nine community based credit and saving mutuals improved to attract, manage and finance priority adaptation measures identified by vulnerable communities

Output 1.4. Capacity of communes and villages leaders developed to (i) access incremental funding from non-governmental sour ces, (ii) manage and (iii) monitor adaptation investments

Outcome 2 - Investments and capacities provided to vulnerable households and community groups for holistic responses to climate vulnerability and future changes

Output 2.1. Investments for structural adaptation measures channelled trough local budget (e.g. restoration of natural reserves/pastoral areas/water points, research development, Early Warning Systems, management of supply chains, etc.

Output 2.2. Create revolving investment funds, through credit & saving mutuals, for profitable community based climate resilient agro-pastoral investments and other diversification activities

Output 2.3. Community based organisation groups (women, youth and other producers) provided with capacity to (i) understand climate impacts; (ii) identify resilient growth production areas, (ii) manage adaptation initiatives (iii) access to rural finance, and (iv) improve entrepreneurship and organizational skills

Output 2.4. Mechanisms for capturing and dissemination of key experiences and good practices established for replication.

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