Conducting Training on CCA mainstreaming and Bankable Project Development Skills, supported by the Department of Environment (DoE) and UNDP, funded by the GCF Readiness Fund

• Project Duration: 2019-2021
• Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
• Position: Specialist (Proposal development and climate finance), Training Facilitator and Instructor

To facilitate the successful implementation of NAP, institutional strengthening through capacity building and human resources skill development is an important element. In such context, the assignment “Training on CCA mainstreaming and Bankable Project Development Skills” has been taken as per outcome (1) of the NAP readiness support project.

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) supported National Adaptation Plan (NAP) readiness support project which will accomplish the board objectives over four inter-related outcomes such as Outcome 1: Strengthened institutional coordination and climate change (CC) information and knowledge management for medium- to long-term planning; Outcome 2: Adaptation options appraised and prioritized, and NAP formulated; Outcome 3: Developed and piloted by planning and budget departments at national and sectoral levels; and Outcome 4: Nationally appropriate adaptation investments tracking mechanism set up and financial plan for mid- and long-term CCA implementation prepared.

Several ministries and divisions such as the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), Economic Relations Division (ERD) of the Finance Ministry, Planning Commission under the Ministry of Planning, Economic Relations Division (ERD) and key personnel working on Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and related programming in water resources, agriculture and food safety, coastal regions, and urban habitation (the “priority sectors”) will be the primary beneficiaries of this project. Furthermore, the crucial private sector that is intently involved with the designing of a climate change project (e.g., IDCOL) will also be benefitted from this project. Therefore, the capacity and knowledge gap or needs within the priority sectors working on CCA need to be identified. To increase the understanding of government and private sector stakeholders on CCA concepts, targeted training workshops and mentorship programs need to be conducted.

Consortium: Led by the Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS), the other consortium members were the Centre for Climate Change and Environmental Research (C3ER), BRAC University, Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS), BRAC, and IDCOL.