DESIGNING PROJECTS IN A RAPIDLY CHANGING WORLD

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3.5.4 What this component will produce By the end of this RAPTA component it is expected that you will have: • a system assessment that identifies potential risks or points of no return, and the key controlling influences over likely future shocks or changes • identified opportunities for adaptation or transformation, and their benefits and risks. 3.5.5 Resource links Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2013). Self-evaluation and Holistic Assessment of climate Resilience of farmers and Pastoralists. (http://www.fao.org/agriculture/crops/ thematic-sitemap/theme/spi/sharp/en/) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2015) Links to key documents, tools, projects and reports related to resilience assessment (http:// www.fao.org/agriculture/crops/thematic-sitemap/ theme/spi/sharp/links-and-further-publications/en/) Grigg, N., Abel, N., O’Connell, D. & Walker, B. (2015) Resilience assessment case studies in Thailand and Niger: Case studies to accompany a discussion paper for UNCCD STAP workshop 19–21 November 2014, Sydney, Australia. Both available at: http://www. stapgef.org/the-resilience-adaptation-and-transformation-assessment-framework/ International Fund for Agricultural Development (2009). Multidimensional Poverty Assessment Tool. (http://www.ifad.org/mpat/) Krievens, K., Baird, J., Plummer, R., Brandes, O., Curry, A., Imhof, J., Mitchell, S., Moore, M., and Gerger Swartling, A. (2015). Resilience in a watershed governance context: a primer. St. Catharines, ON: Environmental Sustainability Research Centre. Available online: http://hdl.handle.net/10464/7342 O’Connell, D., Walker, B., Abel, N., Grigg, N. (2015) The Resilience, Adaptation and Transformation Assessment Framework: From Theory to Application. CSIRO, Australia. Resilience Alliance (2010). Assessing resilience in social–ecological systems: workbook for practitioners. Version 2.0 (http://www.resalliance.org/ resilience-assessment) Walker, B. H. & Salt, D. (2012). Resilience Practice: Building capacity to absorb disturbance and maintain function, Island Press, Washington, D.C.,USA. Walker, B., Abel, N., Andreoni, F., Cape, J., Murdoch, H. and Norman, C. (2014). General Resilience: A discussion paper based on insights from a catchment management area workshop in south eastern Australia. Resilience Alliance discussion paper available at http://www. resalliance.org/bibliography/index.php/ discussion-papers Walker, B. H. & Salt, D. 2012. Resilience Practice: Building capacity to absorb disturbance and maintain function. Island Press, Washington D.C.,USA. 68 RAPTA guidelines for project design
3.6 OPTIONS AND PATHWAYS (SHORT FOR <strong>IN</strong>TERVENTION OPTIONS AND ADAPTIVE IMPLEMENTATION PATHWAYS) RAPTA PROCESS 1. Scoping 4. System Description 2. Engagement & Governance 3. Theory of Change 6. Options & Pathways 5. System Assessment OPTIONS AND PATHWAYS Step 1 Draw on Theory of Change, Engagement and Governance and System Assessment to develop intervention options Step 2 Build pathways for implementation of intervention options Step 3 Devise a logical sequence for intervention options and pathways Step 4 Set or review implementation triggers transforming the system Step 5 Document and visualise the pathways Step 6 Build the understanding gained from all components into an implementation plan Step 7 Action the implementation plan, actively using the learning, and adapting the pathways over time 7. Learning Figure 14 Steps of the Options and Pathways component 3.6.1 Purpose of Options and Pathways In this component you identify intervention options, arrange them into a provisional order for implementation, estimate their qualitative and quantitative benefits and costs, and assemble them into an implementation plan. The plan is co-designed with key stakeholders who are involved in making decisions and taking actions. It provides the basis for a funding application and subsequent implementation. Co-designing adaptive implementation pathways is a recent field of research and this summary represents current understanding, which will improve with experience. An expanded version of this component with more examples and explanations is in Appendix C. 3.6.2 Use in phases of the project cycle In this component you draw on Scoping and Engagement and Governance processes for goals and objectives, and from the System Assessment for constraints and opportunities that influence their achievement. Here you will work with stakeholders to develop intervention options and sequenced pathways for implementing them. Goals, objectives, interventions and pathways are fed back to update the Theory of Change, and its cause-effect assumptions on which the project impacts depend. In the identification phase of the project cycle, you will probably not have the time and resources to focus heavily on this component though it may guide your thinking. In the project design phase, you can use the Options and Pathways component to full effect, to provide the basis for the implementation phase. During the project implementation phase (and beyond), adaptive implementation pathways should be adjusted in response to information from Learning. RAPTA guidelines for project design 69
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ABSTRACT RAPTA is a unique tool to
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