Handbook of Capitalisation 2012.pdf - Africa Adaptation Programme
Handbook of Capitalisation 2012.pdf - Africa Adaptation Programme
Handbook of Capitalisation 2012.pdf - Africa Adaptation Programme
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PREface<br />
The <strong>Africa</strong> <strong>Adaptation</strong> <strong>Programme</strong> (AAP) was established within the framework <strong>of</strong> a partnership<br />
between the Government <strong>of</strong> Japan and the United Nations Development <strong>Programme</strong> to address<br />
the risks inherent to climate change in <strong>Africa</strong>. The AAP is not a traditional climate change<br />
adaptation programme - it has a more strategic focus, aimed at creating an environment in which<br />
more informed and appropriate adaptation decisions and practices can be undertaken within the<br />
context <strong>of</strong> sustainable development.<br />
The AAP supports the Governments <strong>of</strong> 20 <strong>Africa</strong>n countries to achieve transformational change,<br />
designed to elevate climate change adaptation planning and interventions from a mono-project<br />
and sectorial based approach to a comprehensive and strategic approach, characterized by<br />
multi-sectorial integrated planning.<br />
AAP focuses on strengthening capacity in five areas that are crucial to designing and<br />
implementing a resilient development agenda, namely Data and Information Management;<br />
Instituional Leadership and Capacity Development; Implementing climate-resilient policies in<br />
priority sectors; Innovative Finance and Knowledge Management.<br />
The Knowledge Management (KM) section aims to strengthen the capacity <strong>of</strong> countries in<br />
developing the means to ensure that relevant information and knowledge generated are<br />
documented, capitalized and disseminated in ways that correspond to the needs <strong>of</strong> specific<br />
stakeholders such as policy-makers, sector experts, the private sector and local communities.<br />
It is in such a context that this manual was elaborated; its main purpose is to develop the skills<br />
and mechanisms required to generate, analyse and share information and knowledge according<br />
to the needs and specificities <strong>of</strong> these actors.<br />
The ownership <strong>of</strong> the process and tools proposed in this manual will help create - at a regional<br />
level - a critical mass in the field <strong>of</strong> capitalisation <strong>of</strong> experiences on climate change adaptation<br />
strategies, and especially those based on the valorisation <strong>of</strong> traditional knowledge in the<br />
implementation <strong>of</strong> adaptation projects.<br />
Ian Rector<br />
<strong>Programme</strong> Manager
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