Coping
with Drought
& Climate Change
Second
Project Advisor Committee Meeting
Nairobi
Safari Club, Nairobi (Kenya), 8-9 February 2006
Venue: Nairobi Safari Club Hotel, Nairobi,
Kenya 8-9 February 2006
8 February, 2006
8.30-9.00 Registration
Morning Session Chair: Emily Massawa
9.00-9.15 Welcome/Introductions and Objectives of Meeting – Martin Krause
9.15-10.00 GEF
requirements for submission of MSPs – Tim Boyle
Discussion
Country presentations of draft MSPs (15 minute presentations followed by 30 minutes discussion)
10.00-10.40 Kenya
Presentation - Fredrick Karanja
Draft
MSP (unedited)
10.45-11.00 Break (Tea/Coffee)
11.00-11.40 Mozambique
Presentation - Antonio Mavie
Draft
MSP (unedited)
11.40-12.20 Zimbabwe Presentation
- Leonard Unganai
Draft
MSP (unedited)
12.20-13.00 Ethiopia
Presentation - Yonis Berkele
Draft
MSP in preparation
13.00-14.00 Lunch
Afternoon Session Chair: DDC (Eric Patrick)
This is a working session for the Project Team. Each MSP will be reviewed
in the context of GEF requirements for submission and an action plan formulated
to address outstanding gaps.
14.00-15.30 Regional
Component of Project (Lead Discussant: Martin Krause)
- Improving dissemination of climate information
- Capacity building
- Knowledge sharing
- Technical support during project implementation
15.30-15.45 Break (Tea/Coffee)
15.45-17.15 Implementation Mechanisms (Lead Discussant: Tim Boyle)
- Are the necessary mechanism in place at the national level? Regional
level?
- Co-financing requirements
17.15-18.00 Other Issues (Lead Discussant: Tim Boyle)
- Adaptation measures/pilot sites
- Monitoring and Evaluation (Indicators for GEB & Adaptive Capacity)
Project Advisory Committee Meeting- (9 Feb 2006)
Chair: UNDP CO Resident Representative (Kenya)
9.00-9.10 Welcome and Objectives of Project Advisory Committee (PAC)
(Lead: Martin Krause)
9.10-9.40 Overview
of the CwD Project MSPs (Tim Boyle)
- National Component (Pilot Sites, Adaptation Measures, Implementation
Modalities, M&E Framework)
- Regional Component (improving dissemination of climate information,
knowledge sharing, capacity building & technical support)
9.40-10.30 Discussion
10.30-10.45 Coffee Break
10.45-12.30 Presentations by partners on their contribution to, and/or
synergies with the CwD Project. {Presentations will focus also on steps
needed to be taken to formalize partnerships)
(10 minute presentations/discussion)
• Government
of Kenya
• Government of Mozambique
• Government of Ethiopia
• Government of Zimbabwe
• World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
• IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC)
•
CIFOR
• IRI
• UNDP/Drylands Development
Centre
• ACACIA Institute -
Free University Amsterdam/SASOL/UNHabitat)
•
UNFCCC
• ICRAF
12.30- 13.00 Conclusions and recommendations
(Ms.) Emily Massawa National Environment Management Authority and UNFCCC Focal Point (Kenya)
(Ms.) Margaret Sangarwe Ministry of Environment and Tourism & UNFCCC Focal Point (Zimbabwe)
Isaiah Gitonga Kenya Government: Ministry of Agriculture
Abebe Tadege Ethiopia Government: National Meteorological Service Agency
Aynalem Meshesha (Ms.) Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (Ethiopia)
(Ms.) Marília Telma Manjate Ministry for Co-Ordination of Environmental Affairs,
and UNFCCC Focal Point (Mozambique)
Nardos Bekele-Thomas (Ms.) UNDP Kenya CO
Charles Nyandiga UNDP Kenya CO
Daisy Mukarakate UNDP Zimbabwe CO
Jaime Comiche UNDP Mozambique CO
Eric Patrick UNDP/Dryland Development Centre
Alan Rodgers UNDP/Global Environment Facility
Martin Krause UNDP/Global Environment Facility
Tim Boyle UNDP/GEF Coping with Drought Project Team
Pradeep Kurukulasuriya UNDP/GEF Coping with Drought Project Team
Leonard Unganai UNDP/GEF Coping with Drought Project Team (Zimbabwe)
Fredrick Karanja UNDP/GEF Coping with Drought Project Team (Kenya)
Antonio Mavie UNDP/GEF Coping with Drought Project Team (Mozambique)
Yonis Berkele UNDP/GEF Coping with Drought Project Team (Ethiopia)
James W. Hansen Columbia University/IRI
Laban Ogallo ICPAC
Victor Simango orld Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Gilbert Ouma IGAD Prediction and Applications Centre
Ravi Prabhu CIFOR Regional Office for Eastern & Southern Africa
Christine Cornelius World Bank (Arid Lands Resource Management Project (Kenya)
& Pastoralist Community Development Project (Ethiopia)
Arjen the Vries Free University (The Netherlands)
G-C. M. Mutiso SASOL
Ali Hassan Mohammed Farm Africa
Victor Orindi African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS)
Mahendra Shah United Nations Environment Programme
Annett Moehner UNFCCC Secretariat
Jennifer Frankel-Reid Yale University
KPC Rao ICRAF –ICRISAT
Pierre-Denis Pilsnier UNESCO/IOC & UNDP/GEF Adaptation Project
Christopher Oludhe University of Nairobi
Other PAC Members (not in attendance)
Maxx Dilley Bureau
of Crisis Prevention and Recovery (UNDP/BCPR)
Bo Lim UNDP/GEF
Brian Dawson UNDP/EEG
Menghestab Haile World
Food Programme (Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping)
Kennedy Masamvu Southern
African Development Community (SADC)- Food, Agriculture and Natural resources
(FANR)
Please send comments to Pradeep Kurukulasuriya, Project Manager, UNDP/GEF, Coping with Drought and Climate Change Project.
February 15, 2006. New York.