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Capacity Building for the Development of Adaptation Measures in Pacific Island Countries (CBDAMPIC)
Project Summary
The Capacity Building for the Development of Adaptation Measures in Pacific island countries (CBDAMPIC) project focuses on improving the livelihood of Pacific Island people by increasing their adaptive capacity to climate-related risks. This is Canada’s response to the call by Pacific island countries for assistance to develop and implement a capacity building programme that will reduce climate related risks at the national and community level. The CDN 2.2 million-dollar initiative of the Canadian Development Agency (CIDA) is executed by SPREP for three-years (January 2002 to March 2005) and involves four countries: Cook Islands, Fiji, Samoa and Vanuatu.
| Project goals/objectives: | The purpose of the project is to develop and implement a capacity building programme that will increase the capability of four Pacific Island countries' to reduce climate-related risks at the national and community level. The two main project outcomes: First, the activities of the project will bring adaptation to climate change into the normal processes of national and sectoral planning and budgeting. This is also known as 'mainstreaming'. Secondly, the project will increase the capacity of communities to adapt to climate-related risks and reduce their vulnerabilities. |
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| Staff member responsible | Project Manager, Taito Nakalevu |
| Programme element: | Output 1: Policy and decision makers will be more aware of the threat of climate change to their people's livelihoods and economic sectors. They will also understand the options that could be put in place at national and community level to increase adaptive capacity. Output 2: Senior government policy makers will be commited to integrate and mainstream climate change adaptation into national and sectoral policies. To assist in this process, climate change risk management will be incorporated into national planning. Output 3: Communities will be increasingly aware of their vulnerability to climate change and the traditional and contemporary ways that are available for them to adapt to it. Output 4: The pilot projects implemented in the selected communties will reduce their vulnerability to climate change-related effects. |
| Donor(s): | Canadian International Development Assistance |
| Period: | January 2002 - March 2005 |
| Budget: | CDN$2.2 million |
| Collaborators: | 4 PIC governments and NGOs |
| Countries involved: | Cook Islands, Fiji, Samoa, and Vanuatu. |
| Latest progress summary: | IWP Annual Progress Report, July 2002 - June 2003 (www.sprep.org.ws/iwp) |
| Impact statement: | The project will have significant and lasting impact because it will increase the capabilities of Pacific Island government insititutions and communities to deal with vulnerabilities to climate change and climatic extremes. |