Abstract:
This Toolkit is designed to guide users through the process of developing and implementing Community-Based Adaptation (CBA) projects. It is organised around the following, simplified stages in the project cycle: analysis, design and implementation. It also provides guidance on information & knowledge management, including monitoring & evaluation. This is the fourth component of the project cycle, which occurs throughout the other three stages (see CBA Project Cycle for further details).
For each of these stages, step-by-step guidance is provided, along with recommended tools and resources to support the process. This Toolkit includes CBA Project Standards, which can be used to enhance the quality of project processes and outcomes. Project teams should strive to meet or exceed these Standards in all three stages of the project cycle.
Following the step-bystep guidance will enable you to achieve the Standards in the analysis, design, implementation and information & knowledge management of your CBA project. The Project Document Checklists provide further support.
This Toolkit is designed to:
• Help you to identify areas, communities and groups that are vulnerable to climate change.
• Guide you in analysing vulnerability and adaptive capacity of your project target groups, based on both scientific information and local knowledge.
• Enable you to identify priority adaptation issues in the target area for your project, and to develop strategies to address these issues at household/individual, local and national levels.
• Provide guidance on managing information & knowledge within your project, including the design of your monitoring & evaluation system.
• Recommend tools and resources to aid in the above processes.