Participatory Social Return on Investment (PSROI) in Vietnam and Lao PDR

Participatory Community Based Prioritization and Costing of Adaptation Interventions

Lao PDR and Viet Nam

Cu Thi Le Thuy and Caitlin Corner-DolloffInternational Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)

Mekong Environment Symposium – Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam, March 6, 2013

Science to Cultivate Change

Presentation Outline

1. Context

2. Partnership in SE Asia

3. PSROI Framework

4. Lessons from implementation

5. Future directions


Prioritizing and costing adaptation options - integral to planning and policy

Decision makers need tools that:1.select adaptation options and guide distribution of funds effectively, efficiently, and equitably

2.prioritize interventions from scientific and social perspectives

3.scale up processes, not prescriptions

4.take into account local context

5.measure impact reflective of on the ground realities


Project Objective

What information from what levels, especially communities, is needed to accurately prioritize and cost adaptation interventions?

Main

Research

Question


Participatory Social Return on Investment (PSROI)

Community-Based Climate Change Adaptation Prioritization, Planning, and Costing

PSROI is a novel framework that combines innovative participatory methods and the SROI costing framework

Systemic approachStakeholder Centric

Environmental


Partnership, Research, and Capacity Building to Inform Policy

Goals in Greater Mekong Sub-Region

1.Test transferability to – New region (from Africa to Asia)

2011: Kenya(2), Senegal(1)

2012: Yên Bai, Viet Nam(2), Savannakhet, Lao PDR(2)

– Government partners• Training and implementation

2. Develop Framework


P(SROI) Framework

Adds specific Participation framework to

Social Return on Investment

Track 1: Adaptation Prioritization and Planning Workshop - “P” in PSROI

Track 2: Economics of Adaptation Priorities – P(SROI)


Adaptation Planning via

Visioning & Backcasting

(Helfgott, 2012); Workshop methods outlined in CCAFS working paper 16 (Sova et al., 2012)

TRACK 1- Community Workshop

Workshop is a capacity development tool in itself

Science to Cultivate Change(Chaudbury, A. 2012)

TRACK 2 – Economics of Adaptation

(P)SROI RATIO = NPV Benefits : Investmentse.g. Net benefits of $1.5 for each $1 invested (50% return)

National Baseline vs. Community Insights


Uses of PSROI• In this study assess climate change

adaptation actions• can be general planning tool for

development • Forecasting studies done here• Could use for long term monitoring and

evaluation tool• Can evaluate ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ interventions• Community level assessments


Case StudiesYen Bai, Viet Nam

Ban Long, Van ChanIntervention: Community owned semi-intensive pig raising

Dai Thang, Van YenIntervention: Develop 50ha of private intercropped cinnamon and cassava

Type of intervention can be a determining factor in level of local information needed for appropriate design and accurate costing.

Key Lesson


Intervention: Community watergate and canal for dry season irrigation

Case StudiesSavannakhet, Lao PDR

Lam Thane, Champhone Koud Khae, OuthomphoneIntervention: Private fish ponds for livelihood development

1.Similar challenges can lead to different priorities based on local values and realities2. Cross level assessment needed for costing

Key Lesson


Cross-level partnerships in both countries:

village, commune, district, province, and national

Outreach to Inform Research and Policy

• Involved local government in community workshops and costing

• Ran multi-level results and feedback meetings so practitioners, researchers, and policy makers could learn lessons for policy and evaluate PSROI

Findings: Need to work across sectors to conduct PSROI, need a simplified tool and further testing


Future Development

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1. Introduce ‘menus’ of climate smart adaptation options to assist with community prioritization

2. Experiment with when and at what levels to incorporate technical information on climate change and interventions - do more with community

3. Community exchanges to understanding outcomes4. Incorporate scenarios into costing5. Cost interactions between interventions 6. Generally PSROI ‘LITE’ & training for gov’t staff

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Conclusions• PSROI has immediate value for

• getting at the heart of what communities desire for their future and what is needed for them to get there

• planning adaptation interventions to utilize allocated funding

• evaluating impact over time of interventions

• its transferability to different regions, partners, and governance structures

• local level assessments

• empowering communities through the process


Conclusions• Bottom-up vs. Top-down costing

• Include local communities as much as possible in costing, but don’t always need to conduct entire costing at the local level

• Research needed to finalize a protocol describing when local information is essential for costing

• Community level planning and costing must be integrated with cross level and cross sector planning


Technology

Participatory Social Return on Investment (PSROI) in Vietnam and Lao PDR