Climate Change Action Grants Info Session

7/21/2019 Climate Change Action Grants Info Session

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Community-based Climate Change

Action Grants

Information Session: Vietnam Program


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Overview

Purose: to share information on AusAI!"s climate change assistance in

Vietnam in rearation for the Community-based Climate Change Action

Grants

AusAIDs climate change team in Hanoi will not be meeting separately with INGOSduring the application period.

Questions on eligibility and processes or selection should be directed to the!limate !hange "olicy and Adaptation Section #see Section $ o ApplicationGuidelines%.

"resentation will co&er'

()he International !limate !hange Adaptation Initiati&e

(!ommunity*based !limate !hange Action Grants #guidelines%

(AusAIDs !limate !hange Assistance in +ietnam

(+ietnam programs past e,perience in !-D/

(0ey AusAID Documents


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Australia"s Climate Change Assistance

Australias aid program in climate change has e,panded rapidly in thepast i&e years. Australia is deli&ering A123$$ million in grant unded4ast*start inance between 5676 to 5678 to meet commitments under the!openhagen Accord.

Australias aid policy ramewor9An Effective Aid Program for Australiaincludes 4reducing the negati&e impacts o climate change and otheren&ironmental actors under its strategic goals

Climate Change Adatation Initiative #ICCAI$

As an initiati&e under Australias ast*start commitments: I!!AI isassisting &ulnerable countries: particularly small island de&eloping statesand least de&eloped countries: to adapt to the una&oidable impacts o

climate change

)he I!!AI totals 285;.5m o&er i&e years: 566;*6$ to 5675*78


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Community-based Climate Change Action Grants)he Australian Go&ernment is committing up to A1D286 million o&er twoyears #5677*75 to 5675*78% to !ommunity*based !limate !hange ActionGrants to support community*based adaptation and mitigation acti&ities inthe "aciic and selected countries in South =ast Asia

)he program aims to'

(increase the resilience o communities in de&eloping countries to theuna&oidable impacts o climate change> and

(reduce or a&oid greenhouse gas emissions while also contributing tode&elopment priorities in the target communities.

Australian and International NGOs are in&ited to submit a concept paper

by 76 ?ebruary 5675

Applications must be between 27 and 8 million: and are e,pected tocommence implementation by mid*5675 and be completed by 87December 567@


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Climate Change Action Grants: Alication Process

Alications must be submitted by email by %m

A&S' on () *ebruary +)(+

&ligible alications will be assessed by a Selection

Panel including Australian Governmentreresentatives and indeendent technical e,erts

Successful GOs will be e,ected to underta.e

detailed design of ro/ects between Aril and 0une

+)(+

Pro/ects should commence imlementation by 0uly+)(+ for comletion by !ecember +)(1

All funding will be disbursed in the +)((-(+ and +)(+-

(2 financial years


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Alication Guidelines: things to highlight

Organisations will need to demonstrate the ability to

mobilise and imlement activities within tight

timeframes associated with fast-start eriod

Preference given to roosals where organisationshave established relationshi with communities

Preference given to larger roosals for Vietnam3

while not ruling out smaller innovative roosals4

5&!!6 activities are not eligible for funding

Integrated adatation and mitigation roosals are

allowed for Vietnam as long as they clearly indicate

funding under each comonent

Adatation roosals can include u to +)7 mitigation

activities


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AusAI!"s Climate Change Assistance in Vietnam!limate !hange is a 9ey ocus area under the =n&ironmental Sustainability pillar o

Australias Strategic Approach to Aid in Vietnam5676*73.

Stri9ing the right balance between economic growth and en&ironmental sustainabilitywill be a particular challenge as +ietnam ad&ances towards its target o becoming anindustrialised country by 5656.

!limate change poses a serious threat or +ietnam. It threatens to destabiliseeconomic growth: e,acerbate ood shortages and erode recent gains in po&ertyreduction ( all o which would negati&ely impact progress towards achie&ing the/illennium De&elopment Goals.

Australias assistance will wor9 with +ietnam to'

> better understand the impacts o climate change

> to identiy and implement appropriate adaptation measures #ocusing on /e9ong Delta wherethe need or adaptation is particularly pressing% and

> to support +ietnams eorts in promoting low*carbon growth on a national scale.

AusAID is inalising a deli&ery strategy to guide Australias climate changeassistance in +ietnam.


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AusAI! !elivery Strategy Overview #!raft$

GOA8: to support the government of Vietnam in developing a climate change response that builds resilience

in vulnerable sectors and communities and promotes low-carbon growth

9uilding community resilience: wor9ing at community le&el #with NGOs and local go&ernment% tostrengthen communities ability to respond and adapt to climate change: including climate*related disasters.

> promoting alternati&e li&elihoods or &ulnerable communities under !!!=">

> promoting community participation in preparing or and responding to climate*related disasters>

>

the !limate !hange !ommunity -ased Action Grants&nabling adatation lanning: by assisting go&ernment at the national and pro&incial le&els to understandthe impacts o climate change and identiy practical approaches to adapt to climate change to inorm planningand in&estment.

>demonstration models or mangro&e rehabilitation under !!!=": a uture partnership between !SIO and I/H=/ #Go+sinstitute responsible or +ietnams oicial climate change scenarios under /ON=% to reine climate change proections to 769mor down*scale planning and in&estment>

>co*unding the AD- to underta9e an Adaptation Study in the /e9ong Delta

Suorting low carbon growth: by wor9ing with go&ernment to identiy low*carbon approaches tode&elopment and in the implementation o 4no regrets action in the areas o energy eiciency and cleantechnology promotion.

>partnership with the Borld -an9s inoD=+ to e,plore the easibility o establishing a business incubation centre in +ietnam topromote climate C clean technologies>

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uture partnerships to promote energy eiciency to be e,plored.


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Past &,erience with C9!5

AusAI! ast e,erience in !55

AusAI!"s engagement in !55 is one of the strategic ob/ectives

under revious Australian Vietnam Country Strategies Gaining various successes through wor.ing directly with

rovincial government3 artnershi with multilateral donors and

GOs

Contribution to the current Climate Change

Adatation outcome Contribute to outcome ( ; building community resilience to

climate related disasters

9uilds on AusAI!"s over () years of engagement on disaster ris.management


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8in. with Government of Vietnam !55 Strategy

Consistency with Government of Vietnam riorities in

!55

C9!5 as one of riorities under Government !55

agenda=

!55 ; imortant art of Climate Change Adatationunder Climate Change 'P

Providing lesson learnt3 good model and ractice


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Current Partnershi in !55

! Partnershior.ing through multilateral ; otential suort tothe C9!5 comonent under an A!9 ro/ect on

flood and drought control

GO Action Grant


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GO engagement aroach ; 8essonlearnt from !55 activities

Integrated within artner government lanning

and budgeting systems3 at the rovincial level and

below=

Individual ro/ect activities had the otential tocontribute to sector olicy3 ractice-based

discussions and lessons across all levels=

Successfully introduced and imlementedcommunity based articiatory and multi-

sta.eholder aroaches=

Provided an imortant model for successfulartnershis


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Areas for imrovement of the GOengagement

Activities are imlemented as stand alone

ro/ect3 not as a coherent @rogram - limitedoortunities for AusAI!3 artner GOs3 and

artner governments to fully caitaliBe on

individual activity achievements=

o coordinated sharing of e,eriences or

lessons learned3 across or between activities3 oravenue for national olicy dialogue4


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Proosed Partnershi Aroach

&nhanced articiation in sector wor.ing grous

and olicy dialogue= ore sustainability by scaling u from successful

model and good ractice=

ore effective Partner Government engagement=

Program based aroach - oortunities forcross-rogram sharing of .nowledge and lessonslearned and olicy dialogue4


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Community based AdatationConferenceanoi3 Aril +)(+

Government of Vietnam"s recognition C9!5contribution to the climate change adatation in

Vietnam4

5ole of GOs in roviding some showcase4


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Dey AusAI! 5eference !ocumentsE

(An Effective Aid Program for Australia: Making a real difference-Delivering real results, Australian Government response to

Independent Review Recommendations, !""

(Australia#s $trategic Approac% to Aid in &ietnam!"!-"'((umanitarian Action Polic), Decem*er !""

(Integration in practice: Integrating disaster risk reduction, climatec%ange and environmental considerations in AusAID programs,

+cto*er !"!

(Investing in a $afer uture: A Disaster Risk Reduction polic) fort%e Australian aid program, une !!.

/All listed documents are availa*le on AusAID#s we*site