Category Archives: Completed Projects

Review, Documentation and Dissemination of LFP Community Adaptation Plan (CAP) Process was a LFP/DFID funded project started from April 2011 to May 2011 in 15 LFP working districts.

Livelihoods and Forestry Programme (LFP) has conceptualized Community Adaptation Plan (CAP) to address increasing threats on livelihoods assets primarily linked with climate change. Initially, LFP had mandated to support rural livelihoods through forest resource but later climate change adaptation was included within its mandate. CAP approach was tested in 15 districts in consultation with District Forest Coordination Committee (DFCC) and implemented through existing mechanisms such as partner NGOs, C/FUG groups, and VFCC. Rupantaran Nepal was assigned the task of reviewing the LFP CAP processes for drawing the reflections and ensuring dissemination of the initial learning of the process.

The task intended to assess the linkages of local initiatives such as LAPA and CAP with the National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) framework and explore potential mechanisms on the ground for the implementation of NAPA and other national initiatives and to mainstream climate change adaptation into national development agenda.

The overall objectives of this work were to review and document the process, early results and learning of the LFP initiated CAP process in order to consolidate its work on CAP.

Objectives:

• To review, analyze and synthesize the information and learning related to the LFP CAP process
• To document and disseminate the CAP process, early achievements, issues and learning
• To revise the prospectus of CAP in order to synchronize with other national initiatives like NAPA and LAPA
• To assess and recommend adaptation framework for forestry sector and beyond

Reviews of Local Adaptation Plans of Action (LAPA) and Community Adaptation Plans (CAP) were carried out in 15 LFP districts. As a part of the review, RN supported the building of common understanding among the LFP staff and their partners of climate change adaptation.

The Himalayan Community Carbon Project (HCCP) operates with forest user groups of 8 Village Development Committees (VDCs) of Nepal. It is spread from the eastern to the western region in Dhankuta, Baglung, Rupandehi and Dang districts. It focuses on the forests and the livelihoods of poor and socially excluded rural Himalayan communities. These include the different forest user groups; community and public land.

Due to climate change, these communities are having a hard life. As their livelihood depends on the forest, there is a need to save these forests. Thus HCCP aims to maintain these mountain forests intact and make these communities less vulnerable.

Activities therefore include fire and grazing control, promotion of Improved Cooking Stoves (ICS) and income generating activities, which would reduce carbon emissions along with carbon addition activities such as plantation and improved forest management.

“Development of district training modules on environment management and climate change adaptation” was a 7 months (April 2011 – October 2011) testing and piloting project conducted in Rupandehi, Dang, Baglung and Dhading districts of Nepal. The project was funded by MoSTE/ADB.

The general objective of the project was to produce an integrated training module appropriate to address the training needs of the key thematic ministries (related with NAPA’s key 6 themes) in close consultations with the respective stakeholders and analysis of relevant literatures and policy documents.

Specifically, the assignment had 4 key objectives which are 1. To identify and analyze contents, framework, and approach of training programs taking consideration on existing training packages and diverse needs and interest of stakeholders. 2, To develop a comprehensive and integrative training module including detailed training manuals for each of the aforementioned thematic ministries on key issues of climate change and environmental management. 3, To train central-level training units on the modules (training of trainers) and finally 4, To facilitate in institutionalization of the final modules in the training programs and units of the line agencies.

In order to achieve this objective, the consortium team organized a series of consultation meetings and workshops, reviewed existing policies, plans and related documents to identify the gaps and needs. Similarly, a write-shop was organized to identify the curriculum for training manuals and finalize this through sharing in wider multi-stakeholder teams. In addition, separate meetings with different development agencies and Staff Colleges were held to mainstream and harmonize the training manual. Further, the prepared manuals were tested and piloted in 6 different districts. The learning from testing and piloting was key in finalizing & enriching the training manuals.

The assignment was completed following various principles and approaches. It took approaches for ownership building of thematic ministries on the product, used participatory, coordinated and experiential learning approaches, adapted existing knowledge/process/mechanism, followed adult learning principles, specifically considered the livelihoods of vulnerable, gender and social inclusion, emphasize good governance, mainstreaming and integration and flexibly followed the result oriented approach while undertaking the assignment.

“Facilitation and management of regional stakeholders consultation process on National Frameworks for Local Adaptation Planning” was a 2 months (August 2011 – September 2011) project carried out in Western and Mid-western development regions of Nepal, funded by CADP-N / HTSPE UK / IIED UK / Department for International Development.

Main responsibilities of the organization were: Overall management of logistical support, communication and invitation, facilitation and coordination for regional level LAPA Consultation Workshop, documentation of workshop findings, comments and feedback and reporting to national consultation team.