Community Based Adaptation GUATEMALA

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Community Based Adaptation GUATEMALA

• CBA preparatory workshop

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Notes
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Portfolio of existing community projects

• Current portfolio
• After Stan Storm our SGP current portfolio
  includes a mitigation approach component in each
  project (2006-present)
• 17 projects currently under implementation
• Projects in Climate Change (4), Biodiversity (13)
  
• Project Typologies
• Biodiversity Native forest species
  reforestation, wildlife conservation
• Land Degradation Organic agriculture, soil and
  water conservation community-based management
• Climate Change - Renewable Energy (solar panels)
  and reforestation with native species in high
  watersheds.

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Portfolio of existing community projects

• Examples of particularly successful related to
  Climate Change
• Pumped storage microhydroelectricity in Nueva
  Alianza Community, El Palmar Quetzaltenango to
  energy generation aims in agroindustrial and
  ilumination uses.
• (Rehabilitación de micro hidroeléctrica con
  capacidad de 10 Kw de la Comunidad Nueva Alianza,
  El Palmar Quetzaltenango para la generación de
  energía con fines agroindustriales y de
  iluminación)
• This project consists in replace traditional
  power generating engine (diesel) to produce
  electricity energy into de community using a
  microhydroelectric with renewal resources. It can
  reduce the CO2 pollution, however the most
  important issue is the water and forest
  management by the womens community, they were
  declared a Private Natural Reserve into the
  Community to protect the local forest.
• During Stan Hurricane, this community didnt
  affected because they started a climate
  contingent plan which put in save the
  microhydroelectric and the macadamia crops, this
  plan was learned in SGP capacity activities.
• Beneficiaries are 109 men and 132 women
  distributed in 45 families.
• SGP Project Cost 23,500.00
• Community Counterpart contribution 17,053.50

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Portfolio of existing community projects

• Examples of particularly successful related to
  Climate Change
• Putting up potable water and nature resources
  conservation project in Colonia Belén, Tojcheche
  Tacaná San Marcos.
• (Conservación de recursos naturales y
  Construcción de Proyecto de Agua Potable)
• This project contains miscellaneous activities.
  Colonia Belen is a small community in the western
  highlands of Guatemala and belongs to the Mam
  ethnic group. Their Committee for the
  communitarian integral development obtained the
  support of the SGP for its project in soil
  conservation in 2003, also entailed the
  construction of 23 stables for animal husbandry,
  with cement walls and floors, to diminish the
  negative impact of the animals on topsoil
  degradation and to collect manure for the crops.
  During Stan Hurricane, 2 cement stables were lost
  because its nearly from the slope hill (private
  property conditions), in spite of this situation
  soils of Colonia Belen didnt suffer many damage.
• At this moment, Colonia Belen end the potable
  water project and the contribution comes from de
  gains of the organic crops and the constant
  selling of the animal used in the cement stable.
• Beneficiaries are 30 families.
• SGP Project Cost 20,097.00
• Community Counterpart contribution 17,000.00

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Opportunities for building resilience to CC in GEB

• SGP Guatemala recently manage a consultancy in
  CC, focused in training at risk and vulnerability
  concepts to the Community based Organizations
  using mitigation aspects and formed a
  intercommunity learning alliance to be adapt at
  natural disasters.
• The Main Results of this consultancy gave us
  current information of the state of the CB in
  aspects of mitigation All of soil conservation
  practices are using by the people. Mangle
  Forestry in pacific coastal shelled it the
  wildlife and livelihoods of people who live in
  this village during Stan Storm, right now, they
  are planting mangle and conserve the forest to be
  prepared of next hurricane.
• Potential project examples
• Community-based storm risk reduction through
  protection of threatened coastal ecosystems
• (in the context of increased storm risks)
• Community-based landslide risk reduction through
  improved erosion control
• (in the context of increased flood risks)
• InterCommunity-based Learning Alliance to risk
  reduction through improved better control
  practices by knowledge itself in SGP area.

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Opportunities for cash co-financing

• Potential co-financing sources
• Key bilaterals
• ACDI (Canadian Cooperation environmental
  education)
• ASDI (Sweden Cooperation, job in watersheds
  aspects)
• GTZ (Forest Management)
• CECI (Local Empowerment)
• Foundations, NGOs, other non-governmental sources
• Ford Foundation (Forest Community Program)
• Guatemala Conservation Trust (Financing
  environmental projects)
• Wildlife Defenders Foundation (Using renewal
  techonologies)
• Marfund (Financing coastal projects)
• Private sector partnerships
• Asociación Nacional del Café (financing
  environmental education)
• Private Reserves Asociation (Ecotourism events
  and promoting the protection of the Volcanic
  watersheds)

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NSC Modification and Country Programme Development

• Guatemala NSC had include like a member to OFPCC
  (Carlos Mancilla), he is an active member since
  2002. He can provide information and open
  relationships with the CC National Instance like
  a National Steering to Disaster Reduction
  (CONRED) and Meteorolgical Institute (INSIVUMEH)
  who takes a Disaster Reduction Web that includes
  funds to mitigation and reduction of storm
  effects.
• Additions to the National Steering Committee
• In this case well include people of the focal
  point at UNFCC (Dr. Eduardo Alvarez) and we have
  in the NSC a Carlos Mancilla MARN who knows of
  the adaptation terms because hes the OFPCC
  designed by Guatemala Environmental Ministry
• Strategies for Successfully engaging Potential
  Grantees
• The NSC has the willingness to modify National
  Strategy to engage the potential grantees offered
  by multilateral and gubernamental funds
• SGP Guatemala has a long and great experience in
  Almanario like a improve skill in Community-based
  to GEF Projects

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Strategies and Support for Project Development

• We propose use the CBA Learning Alliance we will
  invite to NGOs and CBOs to access by the
  Almanario to present projects in CBAs areas.
  The NSC will evaluate the projects to finance.
  All the projects approved contains workshops and
  site visits by the members of CBA learning
  alliance
• Support services for proposal development
• Engagement of support personnel Recently UNV
  France confirm us an Economist who can help in
  environmental externalities. Guatemala SGP team
  have experience in risk and vulnerability themes.
  Part time consultants its necessary to retro
  feeding the CC Adaptation Learning Alliance.
• Strategies for maximizing community-drivenness
  while ensuring proposal requirements and SPA
  eligibility
• Almanario provide a capacity-building events to
  maximize the cost effectiveness CBO projects.
• Capacity building strategies for grantees
  (understanding climate change, writing proposals,
  etc)
• Workshops
• Site visits
• Improving best practices

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Many thanks for your attention

• Adaptation could be start the prevention costs in
  Comunities-based