PROPOSAL FOR MALI - Adaptation Fund

capacity of local institutions will be enhanced in establishing micro-credit schemes, cerealbanks etc. and managing different community groups such as women‟s groups, water users,village associations etc. to allow for the economic capitalization of the opportunities resultingfrom the programme activities.The training of community groups in the management and maintenance of waterways andirrigation systems will be an important activity for the realization of this component.Furthermore, the knowledge and capacity of community actors to handle climate changehazards will also be increased through training of farmers in integrating climate change insustainable land management and grass-root community organizations in valuing forestproducts. Youth training in the construction, use and maintenance of improved cookingovens will be undertaken. Putting in place systems enabling producers and technical supportservices to access and utilize climate information needed for the planning and follow-up ofagricultural and pastoral activities will greatly enhance the capacity of the community toadapt.Supporting local media in information sharing on experiences and lessons learnt from theprogramme in order to meet local concerns specifically as they relate to adaptation to climatechange will boost dissemination and capacity building of the communities.For the sharing and management of knowledge, the programme will build on local and digitalmedia services. Moreover, the programme will utilize the existing official frameworks forknowledge sharing and build on experiments and results achieved by the programme.- Regularly exchanging information and experience of pilot sites: to ensure that lessonslearnt are shared amongst the pilot villages, to accelerate demonstration activitiesand catalytic innovations. In practice, this will mean regular meetings (once or twiceper year) between key stakeholders of the participating villages, to share ideas, plansand information. In each village, women and youth groups will visit the newtechnology sites as part of a training programme.- Collection and storing all the lessons emanating from the programme which willestablish a mechanism for gathering and capturing lessons learnt.The programme will support preparation of a series of media supports, for example:reports, participatory video, regular community radio spots, documentaries, briefingpapers, workshop reports and pamphlets.- Systematically sharing of lessons learnt under the programme with local partners,national and international agencies.The programme will actively disseminate lessons and experience. Dissemination willbe both general and targeted, and will be based on the communications strategy. Theprogramme website will play a key role in lesson dissemination. It will include adatabase of all reports, video, photo stories, newssheets, fast facts, etc. Theprogramme will also regularly prepare and submit technical reports and documentson lessons learned.Currently, the target regions of Mopti and Timbuktu have a total population of over 2,719,021people two thirds of whom live along the Niger delta because of the economic opportunities itoffers. This puts a lot of pressure on the area. Changes resulting from the programmeimplementation and the emerging opportunities will have the following measurable socioeconomicand environmental benefits: reduction in the number of vulnerable households andcommunities; improvement in the surrounding ecosystem; strengthened local institutions;and effective and efficient decentralization.Activities related to output 3.1: The knowledge and capacity of 20 communities improved tointegrate climate risk management in economic, social and cultural development plans44