Stakeholder Consultation: Experiences Stakeholder Consultation: Experiences and Learning from Bangladesh NAPAand Learning from Bangladesh NAPA

ByByMozaharul AlamMozaharul AlamResearch FellowResearch Fellow

Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS)Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS)

Adaptation DayAdaptation Day4 December 20054 December 2005

COP11, Montreal, CanadaCOP11, Montreal, Canada

About PresentationAbout Presentation

NAPA Annotated Guideline: Stakeholder NAPA Annotated Guideline: Stakeholder ConsultationConsultation

Number and Types of Stakeholder Consultation Number and Types of Stakeholder Consultation Conducted for Formulation of Bangladesh NAPAConducted for Formulation of Bangladesh NAPA

Experiences and LearningExperiences and Learning

Key RemarksKey Remarks

NAPA Annotated Guideline: NAPA Annotated Guideline: Stakeholder ConsultationStakeholder ConsultationMultidisciplinary TeamMultidisciplinary Team

(NAPA Team, SWG)(NAPA Team, SWG)

Conduct Sub-national Stakeholder Conduct Sub-national Stakeholder Consultations Aiming at Consultations Aiming at

Identification of Potential Ideas for Identification of Potential Ideas for Activities, and Cross-check Activities, and Cross-check

Current Impacts and Potential Current Impacts and Potential Increase in Climate Hazards and Increase in Climate Hazards and

Associated Risks Associated Risks

Undertake Criteria DevelopmentUndertake Criteria DevelopmentPrioritization ProcessPrioritization Process(Ranking the Criteria)(Ranking the Criteria)

Rank Projects/Activities and Rank Projects/Activities and Demonstrate Integration into National Demonstrate Integration into National Policy Frameworks and ProgrammePolicy Frameworks and Programme

Preparation of NAPA Document along Preparation of NAPA Document along with Profile of Potential Projectswith Profile of Potential Projects

Develop V&A Assessment Methodology Develop V&A Assessment Methodology for Sectoral Assessmentfor Sectoral Assessment

Articulate Potential NAPA Activities Articulate Potential NAPA Activities based on Ideas from Consultations and based on Ideas from Consultations and

V&A Sectoral Assessment ReportV&A Sectoral Assessment Report

Conduct National Conduct National Stakeholders ConsultationStakeholders Consultation

Synthesis and identification of important Synthesis and identification of important sectors and their vulnerabilitiessectors and their vulnerabilities

Previous StudiesPrevious Studies Report on coping strategies to extreme Report on coping strategies to extreme

events (cyclone, floods, storm surge and events (cyclone, floods, storm surge and droughtsdroughts

National Water Management PlanNational Water Management Plan PRSPPRSP National Development Policy & PlanNational Development Policy & Plan Sectoral Development Policies & PlansSectoral Development Policies & Plans

Assessment of Sectoral Vulnerability Assessment of Sectoral Vulnerability and Identification of Potential Adaptation and Identification of Potential Adaptation

MeasuresMeasures

Adaptation Policy Framework (APF)Adaptation Policy Framework (APF) Methods and Framework used in earlier Methods and Framework used in earlier

studiesstudies UNEP MethodologyUNEP Methodology

Review Available Impact Assessments, Review Available Impact Assessments, Coping Strategies, Past Consultations, Coping Strategies, Past Consultations,

Trends and Existing Development Trends and Existing Development Framework Framework

Number and Types of Stakeholder ConsultationNumber and Types of Stakeholder Consultation

Four Sub-national Stakeholder ConsultationFour Sub-national Stakeholder Consultation

A number of consultation with government agenciesA number of consultation with government agencies

Consultation with Environmental Sub-group of Local Consultation with Environmental Sub-group of Local Consultative GroupConsultative Group

One National ConsultationOne National Consultation

Sub-national Stakeholder ConsultationSub-national Stakeholder Consultation

Sub-national Stakeholder Sub-national Stakeholder ConsultationConsultation

KhulnaKhulna

RajshahiRajshahi

SylhetSylhet

ChittagongChittagong

NationalConsultation

Experiences and LearningExperiences and Learning

Four Sub-national Stakeholder Consultation: Four Sub-national Stakeholder Consultation: What we What we tried?tried?

Identification of problems related to weather and climate;Identification of problems related to weather and climate;

Identification of existing coping strategies/measures to reduce Identification of existing coping strategies/measures to reduce these risk and impacts;these risk and impacts;

How these existing coping strategies/measures can be How these existing coping strategies/measures can be improved?; andimproved?; and

If existing problems aggravated/become more worst, what are If existing problems aggravated/become more worst, what are the new strategies/measures can be undertaken in future?the new strategies/measures can be undertaken in future?

Experiences and LearningExperiences and Learning

Four Sub-national Stakeholder Consultation: Four Sub-national Stakeholder Consultation: What we What we Learn?Learn?

Local level peoples are able to identify problems related to Local level peoples are able to identify problems related to climate variability and extremeclimate variability and extreme

They know benefits and limitations of existing coping strategies They know benefits and limitations of existing coping strategies and measures;and measures;

Suggestions for improving existing coping strategies and Suggestions for improving existing coping strategies and measures are also valuable, but to make concrete suggestions measures are also valuable, but to make concrete suggestions are difficult;are difficult;

They have limited knowledge on what to do if problems They have limited knowledge on what to do if problems aggravated;aggravated;

Difficulties:Difficulties: problems related to climate variability, extreme problems related to climate variability, extreme events versus other environmental and development problemsevents versus other environmental and development problems

Experiences and LearningExperiences and Learning

Consultation with Government Agencies: Consultation with Government Agencies: What we tried?What we tried?

Share sub-national problems and concerns with relevant Share sub-national problems and concerns with relevant department and agencies;department and agencies;

How those problems and concern can be addressed under their How those problems and concern can be addressed under their exiting policies and programme?;exiting policies and programme?;

Seek suggestionsSeek suggestions

Experiences and LearningExperiences and Learning

Consultation with Government Agencies: Consultation with Government Agencies: What we learn?What we learn?

A few have policies to address exiting and future problems A few have policies to address exiting and future problems related to climate and climate change;related to climate and climate change;

Most have no explicit polities to deal with climate changeMost have no explicit polities to deal with climate change

There are number of projects dealing existing problems related There are number of projects dealing existing problems related to extreme events, problems like droughtto extreme events, problems like drought

Present priority is not to deal with climate changePresent priority is not to deal with climate change

There are also limited knowledge at institutional level on how to There are also limited knowledge at institutional level on how to deal with problems related to climate change – Knowledge gap deal with problems related to climate change – Knowledge gap (National Water Policy and National Water Resource (National Water Policy and National Water Resource Management Plan)Management Plan)

Experiences and LearningExperiences and Learning

Consultation with Local Consultative Group: Consultation with Local Consultative Group: What we What we learn?learn?

Most of them has no explicit policy to deal problems related to Most of them has no explicit policy to deal problems related to climate change but awareness is increasingclimate change but awareness is increasing

Development Bank like ADB will come forward only if Development Bank like ADB will come forward only if government express to deal climate change issues in their government express to deal climate change issues in their development projectsdevelopment projects

Key RemarksKey Remarks

Sub-national stakeholder engagement and consultation is Sub-national stakeholder engagement and consultation is found a very good approach to bring context specific found a very good approach to bring context specific problemsproblems

Engagement of different types of stakeholders (man, Engagement of different types of stakeholders (man, women, farmers, NGO and government agencies) is women, farmers, NGO and government agencies) is necessarynecessary

Differentiation of other environmental and development Differentiation of other environmental and development problems versus climate related problems were key problems versus climate related problems were key difficulties during sub-national stakeholder consultationdifficulties during sub-national stakeholder consultation

Role of a facilitator is crucial to stimulate group discussion Role of a facilitator is crucial to stimulate group discussion and keep it on trackand keep it on track

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