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International Women’s Day 2023: Bridging the digital gender divide is essential for unleashing women’s potential in rural areas, say UN food and agriculture agencies FAO-IFAD-WFP push to enhance rural women and girls’ digital capabilities and tackle the barriers they face to access technology to be equal contributors to our agri-food systems. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571408006.pdf | https://ab.gov.ag/pdf/Intl_Women_Day_2023.pdf |
08/03/2023 Rome - Inclusive access to digital technologies and education is crucial to reducing gender inequalities and empowering rural women and girls – that was the message from three United Nations’ food and agriculture agencies as they marked International Women’s Day 2023. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571408006.pdf | https://ab.gov.ag/pdf/Intl_Women_Day_2023.pdf |
Participants at the event, co-organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP), recognized that while digitalization on its own cannot solve all the gender-related disadvantages women face, if provided with equal access to digital technology and education, women can have a more active and effective role in our agri-food systems. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571408006.pdf | https://ab.gov.ag/pdf/Intl_Women_Day_2023.pdf |
“Admittedly, it is discouraging to celebrate International Women’s Day in a time when we are going backwards on gender equality and are seeing widening gender gaps in science, technology and innovation,” said FAO Deputy Director-General Beth Bechdol. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571408006.pdf | https://ab.gov.ag/pdf/Intl_Women_Day_2023.pdf |
“When we invest in rural women, we invest in resilience, in the future of our communities and in creating a more inclusive and equitable world – one where no one is left behind.” “Without increased access to digital technology and innovation, rural women and girls will continue to face barriers and socio-economic disadvantages, making it harder for them to fully participate in rural economies,” said IFAD Associate Vice-President Jyotsna Puri, Strategy and Knowledge Department. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571408006.pdf | https://ab.gov.ag/pdf/Intl_Women_Day_2023.pdf |
“Gender inequality and the urban-rural divide will only worsen unless we create a more inclusive and prosperous society for everyone.” “Food security for households and communities is in the hands of the women.
It is only through women’s empowerment that we can build a world where no one goes to sleep hungry,” said WFP’s Deputy Executive Director, Valerie Guarnieri. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571408006.pdf | https://ab.gov.ag/pdf/Intl_Women_Day_2023.pdf |
“Putting resources in the hands of women is a no-brainer and with this comes the transfer of knowledge and skills including digital literacy to help these women realize their full potential.
Now that's the kind of game changer that we can all get behind.” While there is a rapid proliferation of digital tools and services, women continue to face systemic and structural barriers in accessing and adopting new technologies. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571408006.pdf | https://ab.gov.ag/pdf/Intl_Women_Day_2023.pdf |
Evidence on the gender gap indicates that globally 69 percent of men are using the internet compared with 63 percent of women.
Women in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) are 16 percent less likely to use mobile internet than men, and progress in reducing the mobile internet gender gap has stalled.
Recent statistics show that this contrast is even starker in rural areas. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571408006.pdf | https://ab.gov.ag/pdf/Intl_Women_Day_2023.pdf |
Rural women are particularly disadvantaged in terms of access to Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and less likely to engage with ICT solutions, due to constraints such as affordability, illiteracy, user capabilities, and discriminatory social norms. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571408006.pdf | https://ab.gov.ag/pdf/Intl_Women_Day_2023.pdf |
Under the theme: “Digit ALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality: Leveraging the transformative power of inclusive digitalization and innovation for rural women and girls today's event in Rome brought together thought leaders, policy and change makers who are working on innovative solutions to bring about gender equality in rural areas and beyond.
Discussions also highlighted the achievements of rural women related to digital literacy, digital skills and agripreneurship. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571408006.pdf | https://ab.gov.ag/pdf/Intl_Women_Day_2023.pdf |
Event panelists included: Kusum Balsaraf, General Manager of Mahila Arthik Vikas Mahamandal (MAVIM); Su Stephanou, founder of Green Dreams and iCow; Claudia Carbajal Morelos, Director at Precision Development; Isabelle Carboni, Insights Director, Digital Inclusion, Mobile for Development, GSMA; and Cesar Maita Azpiri, Senior Innovation Manager, Global Gender unit at IDH - The Sustainable Trade Initiative. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571408006.pdf | https://ab.gov.ag/pdf/Intl_Women_Day_2023.pdf |
FAO works to promote the adoption of specific digital technologies, including in ways they specifically support women, through initiatives like the International Platform for Digital Food and Agriculture, FAO Digital Portfolio, E-Agriculture Community of Practice, the 1000 Digital Villages . | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571408006.pdf | https://ab.gov.ag/pdf/Intl_Women_Day_2023.pdf |
The FAO Office of Innovation established the Global Network on Digital Agriculture and Innovation Hubs, to support its members to foster innovation within their digital agriculture ecosystem, with a special focus on women and young agripreneurs, among other programmes. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571408006.pdf | https://ab.gov.ag/pdf/Intl_Women_Day_2023.pdf |
Next month, FAO will be launching a new report entitled the Status of Women in Agri-food Systems, which will provide evidence indicating how empowering women can lift millions of people out of food insecurity and make agri-food systems more resilient and sustainable.
IFAD is an international financial institution and a United Nations specialized agency. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571408006.pdf | https://ab.gov.ag/pdf/Intl_Women_Day_2023.pdf |
Based in Rome – the United Nations food and agriculture hub – IFAD invests in rural people, empowering them to reduce poverty, increase food security, improve nutrition and strengthen resilience.
Since 1978, IFAD has provided more than US$24 billion in grants and low-interest loans to fund projects in developing countries. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571408006.pdf | https://ab.gov.ag/pdf/Intl_Women_Day_2023.pdf |
WFP’s work on digital financial literacy helps community’s upskill, enhance their livelihoods, access financial services and tools, and in the long run supports development and strengthens food security for all.
For example, through its cash-based transfer programmes across the globe, WFP seeks to directly address the barriers to digital and financial services borne out of socio-cultural norms and gender-based stereotypes. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571408006.pdf | https://ab.gov.ag/pdf/Intl_Women_Day_2023.pdf |
By assisting women with digital and financial literacy trainings and working with community champions, WFP helps them to open their own banking, mobile money or other digital accounts, bringing economic benefits including food security to these women and, in turn, to their families and entire societies. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571408006.pdf | https://ab.gov.ag/pdf/Intl_Women_Day_2023.pdf |
Contact Sreya Banerjee FAO News and Media (Rome) sreya.banerjee@fao.org Susan Beccio Communications Officer, IFAD s.beccio@ifad.org Isheeta Sumra Communications Officer, WFP +39 3471814398 isheeta.sumra@wfp.org | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571408006.pdf | https://ab.gov.ag/pdf/Intl_Women_Day_2023.pdf |
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Almost half the world’s population lives in households linked to agrifood systems New FAO-led study finds that agrifood systems directly employ 1.23 billion people 03/04/2023 Rome - Around 1.23 billion people were employed in the world’s agrifood systems in 2019, and more than three times that figure, or almost half the world’s population, live in households linked to agrifood systems, according to new research by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571413415.pdf | https://ab.gov.ag/pdf/1.23bn_empl_in_agrifood_sys.pdf |
Of these 1.23 billion people, 857 million worked in primary agricultural production, while 375 million worked in the off-farm segments of agrifood systems.
The new figures, the first systematic and documented global estimate of its kind, derive from a range of sources and incorporate the widespread use of part-time or seasonal employment in the sector. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571413415.pdf | https://ab.gov.ag/pdf/1.23bn_empl_in_agrifood_sys.pdf |
The figures also refer to agrifood systems rather than agricultural sectors, reflecting the increasing importance of off-farm activities in feeding the world’s population, currently 8 billion and growing. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571413415.pdf | https://ab.gov.ag/pdf/1.23bn_empl_in_agrifood_sys.pdf |
“Policy and practical agendas on the national and global level must and are addressing the challenges facing agrifood systems in an integrated way, and to keep up, data must move beyond silo-based notions such as farm employment and include the whole process from food production through processing and transport to the consumer -everything that goes into what we eat,” said Ben Davis, Director of FAO’s Inclusive Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division and lead author of the report. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571413415.pdf | https://ab.gov.ag/pdf/1.23bn_empl_in_agrifood_sys.pdf |
“Making sure that agrifood systems are sustainable requires factoring in nutrition, health and climate change,” he added.
The study entitled “Estimating Global and Country Level Employment in Agrifood Systems” was published as a Working Paper by FAO’s Statistics Division. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571413415.pdf | https://ab.gov.ag/pdf/1.23bn_empl_in_agrifood_sys.pdf |
In addition to a team from FAO, other authors include Kate Schneider, from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Ramya Ambikapathi, from the Department of Global Development at Cornell University, and Paul Winters, from the Keough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571413415.pdf | https://ab.gov.ag/pdf/1.23bn_empl_in_agrifood_sys.pdf |
The new exercise adopts a harmonized approach using econometric modeling based on data from the International Labour Organization and validated with household surveys from FAO’s Rural Livelihoods Information System (RuLIS) database, as explained in the Working Paper.
Key Findings The largest number of people employed in agrifood systems, 793 million, is in Asia, followed by almost 290 million in Africa. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571413415.pdf | https://ab.gov.ag/pdf/1.23bn_empl_in_agrifood_sys.pdf |
The majority of the economically active population in low-income countries, particularly in Africa, had at least one job or activity in agrifood systems.
Including relevant trade and transportation activities, 62 percent of employment in Africa is in agrifood systems, compared to 40 percent in Asia and 23 percent in the Americas.
The share of agrifood system employment out of total employment that is not directly in the agricultural sectors ranges from 8 percent in Europe to 14 percent in Africa. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571413415.pdf | https://ab.gov.ag/pdf/1.23bn_empl_in_agrifood_sys.pdf |
In most of the countries for which data from RuLIS is available, youth, defined as people aged 15 to 35 years old, make up around half of all agrifood system workers, and their share is usually higher in food processing and services.
Of the 3.83 billion people reliant on agrifood systems for their livelihoods, 2.36 billion live in Asia and 940 million in Africa.
The first year of the COVID-19 pandemic led to a 6.8 percent reduction in the number of employed in agrifood systems. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571413415.pdf | https://ab.gov.ag/pdf/1.23bn_empl_in_agrifood_sys.pdf |
The impact of COVID-19 was highest in Latin America, where employment dropped 18.8 percent.
On 13 April, FAO will publish a pioneering report on The Status of Women in Agrifood Systems, in which the data on employment in agrifood systems from the Working Paper is further disaggregated by sex. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571413415.pdf | https://ab.gov.ag/pdf/1.23bn_empl_in_agrifood_sys.pdf |
Background A comprehensive measure of employment in agrifood systems offers precious information for decision makers, and FAO hopes to muster support for turning the latest research into an ongoing statistical data series.
Agrifood systems encompass primary agricultural production of food and non-food products, the production of food of non-agricultural origin, the food supply chain from producer to consumer and the final consumer of food. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571413415.pdf | https://ab.gov.ag/pdf/1.23bn_empl_in_agrifood_sys.pdf |
Globally, these systems produce some 11 billion tonnes of food each year and form the backbone of many economies.
Robust data of this sort is essential to help assure that agrifood system transformation delivers new jobs, particularly in low-income countries with large young populations, and does so in an equitable manner.
As countries develop, the share of employment in agrifood systems decreases.
This is driven primarily by a reduction in employment in agriculture. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571413415.pdf | https://ab.gov.ag/pdf/1.23bn_empl_in_agrifood_sys.pdf |
As countries move from lower to higher income, the share of the agrifood systems workforce directly engaged in agriculture typically declines, while that engaged in off farm employment in food processing, services, trade and transport grows. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571413415.pdf | https://ab.gov.ag/pdf/1.23bn_empl_in_agrifood_sys.pdf |
FAO also found that counting people engaged in secondary labour activities or household farming activities - such as a full-time school teacher who grows produce for sale on their land - in agrifood systems adds around 24 percent on average to the number of those whose livelihoods depend on those systems. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571413415.pdf | https://ab.gov.ag/pdf/1.23bn_empl_in_agrifood_sys.pdf |
Contact Christopher Emsden FAO News and Media (Rome) (+39) 06 570 53291 christopher.emsden@fao.org FAO News and Media (+39) 06 570 53625 FAO-Newsroom@fao.org Marquita Sugrim National Communication Consultant to the Sub-Regional Office for the Caribbean Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO SLC) United Nations House, Bridgetown, Barbados (+1 246) 467 6241 fao.org | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571413415.pdf | https://ab.gov.ag/pdf/1.23bn_empl_in_agrifood_sys.pdf |
Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) and Gender and Social Inclusion Action Plan (GAP) for the Enhancing Direct Access pilot project in the Eastern Caribbean Project Title: Integrated physical adaptation and community resilience through an enhanced direct access pilot in the public, private, and civil society sectors of three Eastern Caribbean small island developing states With support from the Green Climate Fund Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) and Gender and Social Inclusion Action Plan (GAP) Prepared by the Project Management Unit (PMU) of the Department of Environment Ministry of Health and the Environment July 2017 ESMP for the Eastern Caribbean EDA pilot 1 Table of Contents I. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571418054.pdf | https://www.environment.gov.ag/assets/uploads/attachments/33072-eda_environmental-social-gender-management-plan_12dec2017.pdf |
SUMMARY ..................................................................................................................... 4 Project Scope .................................................................................................................................4 Further development of the ESMP ....................................................................................................... 8 Complementing baseline projects and programmes............................................................................ 8 Assumptions .......................................................................................................................................... 9 II. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571418054.pdf | https://www.environment.gov.ag/assets/uploads/attachments/33072-eda_environmental-social-gender-management-plan_12dec2017.pdf |
ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL ANALYSIS ..................................................................... 11 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 11 Antigua and Barbuda .......................................................................................................................... 11 Dominica ............................................................................................................................................. 12 Grenada ............................................................................................................................................... 13 Policy, legal and administrative framework .................................................................................. 15 Environmental and Social Analysis ................................................................................................ 15 Risk Categorization ...................................................................................................................... 21 III. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571418054.pdf | https://www.environment.gov.ag/assets/uploads/attachments/33072-eda_environmental-social-gender-management-plan_12dec2017.pdf |
GENDER ANALYSIS........................................................................................................ 23 Gender and the GCF ..................................................................................................................... 23 Gender considerations in the EDA Request for Proposals ................................................................. 23 Gender Analysis ........................................................................................................................... 24 Comparative Summary of Key Gender Equality Indicators ................................................................ 25 Gender issues relevant to the proposed project ................................................................................ 26 Recommendations for gender responsive Enhanced Direct Access ................................................ 31 IV. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571418054.pdf | https://www.environment.gov.ag/assets/uploads/attachments/33072-eda_environmental-social-gender-management-plan_12dec2017.pdf |
ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT PLAN ................................................... 32 Implementation Arrangements .................................................................................................... 32 Physical planning process for the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) .................................... 35 Project Risk Management ............................................................................................................ 36 Environmental, Social and Gender Activity Risk Screening ............................................................. 44 Ineligible activities............................................................................................................................... 45 Public Consultation Strategy......................................................................................................... 45 Information disclosure requirements ................................................................................................. 46 Grievance Mechanism .................................................................................................................. 46 IV. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571418054.pdf | https://www.environment.gov.ag/assets/uploads/attachments/33072-eda_environmental-social-gender-management-plan_12dec2017.pdf |
GENDER AND SOCIAL INCLUSION ACTION PLAN ............................................................ 49 VI.
MONITORING, REPORTING AND EVALUATION ARRANGEMENTS ................................... 55 Roles and responsibilities ............................................................................................................. 55 1.
Completion and update of Risk Registry ......................................................................................... 57 2. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571418054.pdf | https://www.environment.gov.ag/assets/uploads/attachments/33072-eda_environmental-social-gender-management-plan_12dec2017.pdf |
Risk screening & categorization of sub-activities ........................................................................... 58 3.
Risk appraisal by the TAC, the Audit Committee and the Internal Auditor .................................... 58 4.
Recommend risk mitigation & management interventions ........................................................... 58 5. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571418054.pdf | https://www.environment.gov.ag/assets/uploads/attachments/33072-eda_environmental-social-gender-management-plan_12dec2017.pdf |
Integrate mitigation measures into project design and activities .................................................. 60 Annual external independent audit .................................................................................................... 60 Annex 1.
Bibliography .......................................................................................................... 61 Annex 2.
Checklist for Compliance with Performance Standards ........................................... 65 Annex 3. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571418054.pdf | https://www.environment.gov.ag/assets/uploads/attachments/33072-eda_environmental-social-gender-management-plan_12dec2017.pdf |
Tool to facilitate consultations and gender responsive EDA sub-project design ....... 66 ESMP for the Eastern Caribbean EDA pilot 2 ESMP for the Eastern Caribbean EDA pilot 3 I. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571418054.pdf | https://www.environment.gov.ag/assets/uploads/attachments/33072-eda_environmental-social-gender-management-plan_12dec2017.pdf |
SUMMARY The project titled, Demonstrating Enhanced Direct Access in the public, private, and civil society sectors of Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, and Grenada in the Eastern Caribbean, was prepared in response to a request for proposals (RfP) issued by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and is designed to meet the objectives of the RFP – to promote country ownership through the enhance direct access modality. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571418054.pdf | https://www.environment.gov.ag/assets/uploads/attachments/33072-eda_environmental-social-gender-management-plan_12dec2017.pdf |
Enhanced direct access (EDA) is modality being piloted by the GCF for devolving decision making at the country and stakeholder level, thereby allowing greater involvement and input from impacted stakeholders. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571418054.pdf | https://www.environment.gov.ag/assets/uploads/attachments/33072-eda_environmental-social-gender-management-plan_12dec2017.pdf |
The EDA project is designed to provide an opportunity for the Direct Access entity in Antigua and Barbuda to work with executing entities in Dominica and Grenada and the Commission of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) to move beyond the financing of individual projects towards a more comprehensive and transformational stakeholder driven approach, which is based on transparent criteria that are aligned with the GCF’s investment criteria and results management framework. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571418054.pdf | https://www.environment.gov.ag/assets/uploads/attachments/33072-eda_environmental-social-gender-management-plan_12dec2017.pdf |
Project Scope The overall project goal is to assist pilot countries in the Eastern Caribbean to enhance financing channels that will implement climate change policies and programs to support transformational change.
The EDA project is designed to do this while respecting the GCF policies on ESMS, Gender and Indigenous Peoples. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571418054.pdf | https://www.environment.gov.ag/assets/uploads/attachments/33072-eda_environmental-social-gender-management-plan_12dec2017.pdf |
The project outcome will be enhanced country ownership of climate adaptation through devolving decision-making in the Government, private and NGO sectors to allow for greater involvement of those affected by climate change and greater impact and scale of adaptation actions in the pilot countries.
The objectives of this project are: 1. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571418054.pdf | https://www.environment.gov.ag/assets/uploads/attachments/33072-eda_environmental-social-gender-management-plan_12dec2017.pdf |
The objectives of this project are: 1.
To promote country ownership of climate adaptation actions through devolved decision- making in the Government, private and NGO sectors To operationalize enhanced direct access modalities in the Eastern Caribbean pilot countries To increase resilience to climate variability and enhance livelihoods of vulnerable people and communities 2.
3. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571418054.pdf | https://www.environment.gov.ag/assets/uploads/attachments/33072-eda_environmental-social-gender-management-plan_12dec2017.pdf |
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The project will meet these objectives through four components, with a total project budget of USD 20 million over five (5) years of project implementation.
The Department of Environment in Antigua and Barbuda will serve as accredited entity to the GCF for this project.
Component 1.
Building openness, transparency and stakeholder participation for enhanced direct access. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571418054.pdf | https://www.environment.gov.ag/assets/uploads/attachments/33072-eda_environmental-social-gender-management-plan_12dec2017.pdf |
Pre-feasibility studies in the pilot countries identified existing Committees and ESMP for the Eastern Caribbean EDA pilot 4 executing entities that would benefit from targeted capacity-building and some structural changes, namely appointment of non-governmental observers, for the EDA project.
This component will build capacity in each country and at the sub-regional level for transparent decision-making bodies for the EDA. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571418054.pdf | https://www.environment.gov.ag/assets/uploads/attachments/33072-eda_environmental-social-gender-management-plan_12dec2017.pdf |
The outcome of the EDA will enable the Executing Entities to become accredited to the GCF.
This component will also design a Sustainable Procurement system for EDA implementation, to reduce the impact of adaptation inputs (construction material, sand, wood, etc.)
and to support bulk procurement to lower the cost of individual island procurements.
The OECS Commission will operationalize the project’s M&E framework, to support ongoing M&E throughout implementation. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571418054.pdf | https://www.environment.gov.ag/assets/uploads/attachments/33072-eda_environmental-social-gender-management-plan_12dec2017.pdf |
The GCF Independent Evaluation Unit will provide technical assistance to the EDA as a pilot for improving knowledge management and learning opportunities, given the critical role of M&E in the Request for Proposals issued by the GCF.
Component 2.
Enhancing direct access for the public sector – concrete community-based adaptation flood prevention in waterways. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571418054.pdf | https://www.environment.gov.ag/assets/uploads/attachments/33072-eda_environmental-social-gender-management-plan_12dec2017.pdf |
This component will solicit priority adaptation interventions in the public sector in each of the pilot countries, and national committees will evaluate the proposals using pre-determined criteria.
The pilot countries were all involved in the sub-regional OECS Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA), which hired consultants to identify adaptation projects in each of the countries.
There were insufficient funds under the GCCA to implement the actions identified. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571418054.pdf | https://www.environment.gov.ag/assets/uploads/attachments/33072-eda_environmental-social-gender-management-plan_12dec2017.pdf |
Complementing the GCCA, the EDA will identify GCCA concepts and pilots that could be scaled up with funding from the GCCA.
The GCCF physical adaptation pilot concepts are provided below as indicative activities to be scaled-up under the EDA.
These activities are used as an indication of the environmental and social risks in the assessment.
Table 1. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571418054.pdf | https://www.environment.gov.ag/assets/uploads/attachments/33072-eda_environmental-social-gender-management-plan_12dec2017.pdf |
Table 1.
Antigua and Barbuda’s GCCA Physical Adaptation Pilot Concepts Antigua Barbuda Thematic Area Project Initiative CONCEPT 1 CONCEPT 2 CONCEPT 3 CONCEPT 4 Watershed/Forest Rehabilitation Restore hydrological functioning and drainage of Christian Valley watershed to mitigate flooding in Bolans/West Palm Beach • Slope stabilization Flood mitigation Improved drainage • • Environmental Health Restoration of functionality and remediation of water-related health issues in Cashew Hill community. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571418054.pdf | https://www.environment.gov.ag/assets/uploads/attachments/33072-eda_environmental-social-gender-management-plan_12dec2017.pdf |
• Waterway and drainage reconstruction Flood mitigation • • Wetland restoration Flood Mitigation/Management “Climate-proofing” infrastructure by increasing the flood protection capacity of waterways in the Friars Hill Road flood prone area in the suburbs of St. Johns to accommodate rainfall of up to ten (10) inches within 24hrs. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571418054.pdf | https://www.environment.gov.ag/assets/uploads/attachments/33072-eda_environmental-social-gender-management-plan_12dec2017.pdf |
• Flood mitigation • Disaster risk reduction Watershed/Forest Rehabilitation Improve watershed function in the Body Ponds Watershed area (St. John’s Antigua) • Soil conservation • Re-forestation • Slope stabilization ESMP for the Eastern Caribbean EDA pilot 5 Table 2. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571418054.pdf | https://www.environment.gov.ag/assets/uploads/attachments/33072-eda_environmental-social-gender-management-plan_12dec2017.pdf |
Dominica’s GCCA Physical Adaptation Pilot Concepts Dominica Thematic Area Project Initiative Ecosystem Restoration/Rehabilitation CONCEPT 1 • Reforestation of degraded dry scrub forest affected using agro forestry methods to help build resilience to climate change • GIS Mapping/Data Collection & Storage: zones are mapped & reforested as permanent plots but with scope for ecosystem rehabilitation and development of socio-economic benefits Large scale nursery production of forest plants for reforestation, and to also encourage local germnoplasm plantations • • Re-establish natural habitats and forest of national endemic flower: the Bwa Kwaib (Sabinea • carinalis) Sensitize farmers and private landowners (village councils, community/environment groups, NGOs using livelihood consultations, educational institutions and national media. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571418054.pdf | https://www.environment.gov.ag/assets/uploads/attachments/33072-eda_environmental-social-gender-management-plan_12dec2017.pdf |
Estimated budget EC $283,500 Table 3.
Grenada’s GCCA Physical Adaptation Pilot Concepts Grenada Thematic Area Project Initiative Integrated Watershed and Coastal Management Water Security CONCEPT 1 CONCEPT 2 • Grenada Integrated Watershed Rehabilitation and Coastal Area Management for Climate Change Adaptation and Environmental Conservation.
• Rainwater Harvesting to Build Community Resilience to Water Shortages during droughts and Post- Hurricane Periods in Grenada Component 3. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571418054.pdf | https://www.environment.gov.ag/assets/uploads/attachments/33072-eda_environmental-social-gender-management-plan_12dec2017.pdf |
Enhancing direct access for NGOs – small grants for adaptation in community buildings for resilience to droughts, flooding and hurricanes.
This component will benefit from the GEF Small Grants Programme, which has been operational in the Eastern Caribbean for over ten years, and has built capacity at the community level to develop and implement projects.
The EDA project will issue a call for proposals for community adaptation projects (<$75,000), which will be evaluated using pre-determined criteria. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571418054.pdf | https://www.environment.gov.ag/assets/uploads/attachments/33072-eda_environmental-social-gender-management-plan_12dec2017.pdf |
Successful applicants will receive a small (<$5,000) preparation grant to develop the proposal, and communities will implement adaptation projects with tangible benefits. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571418054.pdf | https://www.environment.gov.ag/assets/uploads/attachments/33072-eda_environmental-social-gender-management-plan_12dec2017.pdf |
Indicative NGO EDA adaptation activities Climate Vulnerability Assessment ✓ Conducting a Climate Vulnerability Environmental Management System (EMS) Plan for community buildings Heat and drought ✓ Air conditioning units; indoor air quality ESMP for the Eastern Caribbean EDA pilot 6 ✓ Rainwater harvesting, storage tanks and cisterns ✓ Wastewater treatment and recycling ✓ Water efficient appliances Hurricane preparedness/extreme rainfall ✓ Disaster preparedness; improving shelters ✓ Improving ghut and waterway drainage systems ✓ Installing pervious surfaces ✓ Green infrastructure (using natural vegetation) Climate Smart Agriculture ✓ Aquaponics ✓ Greenhouse community farming Component 4. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571418054.pdf | https://www.environment.gov.ag/assets/uploads/attachments/33072-eda_environmental-social-gender-management-plan_12dec2017.pdf |
Enhancing direct access in the private sector – revolving loans for resilience in buildings (homes and businesses).
The private sector Revolving Fund loan programme for adaptation in buildings is currently being launch in Antigua and Barbuda.
Figure 1. | Climate Change | Food security | Antigua and Barbuda | https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1694571418054.pdf | https://www.environment.gov.ag/assets/uploads/attachments/33072-eda_environmental-social-gender-management-plan_12dec2017.pdf |
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