Bridging Climate Information Gaps to Strengthen Capacities for Climate Informed Decision-making

Project Duration: 2017-2019

Grantor: ClimDev Special Fund (African Development Bank)

Contacts: Dr. Nicholas Ozor, Executive Director, ATPS

Email: executivedirector@atpsnet.org

Project Director: Dr. Nicholas Ozor

Project Manager: Ernest Acheampong

Project Value: Euros 450,000

Project Description/ Background

The project responds to the call to strengthen the capacities in Africa countries to collect, synthesize and use climate information and services to inform decision-making on adaptation and development planning. It is being implemented by the African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS) in partnership with the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) Africa Centre, IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC), Observatoire du Sahara et du Sahel (OSS), AGRHYMET Regional Centre (ARC), and the Regional Centre for Mapping Resource for Development (RCMRD). The project focuses on five selected countries (Cameroon, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, and Tunisia), which are a representative of the five major geographical regions in Africa.

Key Objectives and Activities

The project aims to strengthen the capacities of African countries to collect, understand and deploy appropriate climate information and best practices to support decision-making and support development planning, reduce the vulnerability of the selected countries and foster a food-sure Africa. Specifically, the project will:

Identify and analyse climate information needs, provide support for climate information production, synthesis, and use;
Build the capacities and knowledge of stakeholders (government agencies, research institutions, extension agents and contact farmers) to collect and utilize high quality, demand-driven climate information for adaptation planning and decision-making; and
Facilitate the mainstreaming of climate change issues in regional policy dialogue aimed at raising awareness on climate change issues to strengthen understanding, use and mastery of climate information.

The project has three main activities:

Climate information synthesis in selected countries;
Capacity Enhancement and Climate Information Dissemination;
Project management and administration.

Expected Outputs and Outcomes

Technical report on the state of climate information needs and services for climate change mitigation and adaptation in Cameroon, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, and Tunisia
Web-based Interactive Collaborative Environment (ICE) for climate information knowledge sharing and dissemination
Training modules for policymakers and scientists
Policy briefs and proceedings report of a 3-day regional climate change dialogue and training workshop for policymakers and scientists
Training Manual for extension agents and contact farmers on the use of LandInfo mobile app
ICE for climate information knowledge exchange and sharing
A robust climate adaptation toolkit
Reports from the Project launch and steering committee meetings
Establishment of the Project implementation team with clear responsibilities
Framework for Project implementation, procurement and disbursement

The expected outcomes from the project include:

Improved national and regional level data collection systems and synthesis for better deployment in decision making and practice;
Improved capacity of policymakers, scientists, extension agents and farmers to use climate information and technology tools for adaptation planning and decision making;

Project Outputs

VIDEOS

LandPKS Mobile App Training in Nakuru_Kenya
Farmers to Benefit from New Mobile App in Soil Testing
LandPKS Mobile App Training in Enugu State, Nigeria
LandPKS Mobile App Training in Malawi
LandPKS Mobile App Training in Cameroon
LandPKS Mobile App Training in Tunisia

REPORTS

ATPS’ LandInfo Promotional Flier
ATPS_Proceedings-Report_Project_Launch_Sept-2017
ATPS Event Summary in Enuggu State, Nigeria
Profiling of the LandInfo by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
Proceedings of the Regional Climate Change Dialogue and Training Workshop
State of Climate Information and Needs_Assessment Report-converted
SEI_ATPS_Migori-County_Kenya-Case-Study-Workshop-Report
SEI_ATPS_Enugu-State_Nigeria-Case-Study-Workshop-Report
LandPKS-Training-Report_Lilongwe_Malawi-Sept-2018
LandPKS-Training-Report_Enugu_Nigeria-April-2018
LandPKS-Training-Report_Nakuru_Kenya-Nov-2017
LandPKS Training Report Cameroon
LandPKS Training Report Tunisia
LandPKS Training Manual_English
Robust Climate Change Adaptation Toolkit for Africa