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ANNEX I - KEY DELIVERABLES AND BENCHMARKS Component/ Outcomes/ Activities Outputs 1/. Central institutional strengthening for effective MEA implementation 1.1 Setup a national MEA 1.1.1. Developing TORs which describe mandates and responsibilities, Task Force and provide work plans and membership for the MEA Task Force. early on-going support for its operation 1.1.2. Capacity development, training and learning by doing regular activities for the MEA Task Force. 1.2. Support to the development of a costed MEA implementation road map with TORs 1.3 Backstop integration of MEA objectives into key ministerial programmes and plans 1.2.1. Provision of expertise on MEA implementation, strategic planning and budgeting, at national and decentralized levels. 1.2.2. Create MEA road map identifying policy and legal gaps in the rangelands law, protected areas procedures, water law and the national forest law. 1.2.3. Produce a research paper on the role of women as natural resource managers in the achievement of the Rio convention objectives. It should provide recommendations for gender considerations promotion in implementing the Rio Conventions. 1.3.1 Identify entry points, and develop targeted sectoral briefing materials for planners and decision makers. 1.3.2. Integrated and streamline MEA project across the relevant government National Priority Programmes, by preparing financial and operational plans for those NPPs which are considered directly relevant to the Rio priorities, namely the water and natural resource management NPPs (2 and 16) water resources management and environmental conservation. Deliverables Benchmarks Effective inter-ministerial collaboration between NEPA, MAIL, MRRD, MWE and ANDMA through the national MEA Task Force Existence of ToRs A clear direction and action plan that the various stakeholders can take forward in their own work. MEA roadmap created and being used Key stakeholders have a specific understanding of how their own programmes and plans can support MEA objectives and see a range of practical entry points to adjust their own programmes. Adoption of MEA objectives into future iterations of the agricultural policy and national development strategy and implemented through the NPP process. MEA Task Force meeting on monthly basis Sectoral briefing materials produced 1.4 Improvement of reporting - Key stakeholders have a specific understanding of how their own programmes and plans can support MEA objectives and see a range of practical entry points to adjust their own programmes. 1.5: Strengthening existing financial and execution mechanisms for Rio Convention priorities. 1.4.1. Technical assistance in data management, drafting and presentation skills on reporting systems and data sharing mechanisms for relevant technical stakeholders. Technical assistance successfully delivered. 1.4.2. Technical assistance on the operational and maintenance of reporting systems and data sharing mechanisms for relevant technical stakeholders. 1.5.1. Technical assistance on mainstreaming of green accounting principles and environmental valuation techniques 1.5.2 Technical assistance on alternative mechanisms for financial support of Rio Convention priorities (such as national level ‘Green Funds’ etc) 2/. Building the scientific and technical capacity of sub-national stakeholders 2.1 The completion of 2.1.1 Baseline environmental assessments will be carried out in field sites baseline environmental (Guldara, Istalif and Shakrdara in Kabul province) to provide a reference assessments in key point for progress in improving integrated environmental management. demonstration valleys. These environmental assessments will be carried out by recipients of the training described below. 2.2. Hands-on training on ecosystem management practices in key ecologically distinct locations in Kabul province (Guldara, Istalif and Shakrdara). Ministries are better able to monitor, document, record and share data on natural resource management and Afghanistan’s environmental challenges. 2.2.1 Hands-on training on ecosystem management practices in ecologically distinct locations. This will include training on integrated land and water management, ecosystem monitoring and reporting, biodiversity monitoring and conservation, forest management and carbon accounting, as well as ecosystem-based adaptation practices 2.2.2. Technical assistance and training on ecological mapping, environmental assessment, data gathering and management, database sharing and protocols for data management, role of women in natural resources, so as to create a basis for on-going reporting on the environment and to support MEA reporting at decentralized level. Effective integration of Rio convention objectives through the creation of a framework for environmental valuation supports integration into national planning. New innovative mechanisms for funding environmental priorities are developed that are appropriate for the Afghan context. Creation of an Action Plan paper’ for financing and implementation of the Rio Conventions. The project will have a reference point for judging the extent to which it is able to influence and improve ecosystem management in selected pilot sites Baseline assessments completed. A variety of ecosystem management practices will be used by national and subnational stakeholders to achieve Rio convention objectives. Training courses on ecosystem management practices and ecological mapping and assessment delivered. 2.3: Demonstration of ecosystem management technologies and approaches for the synergistic implementation of MEA commitments (e.g. integrated water resources management (IWRM), environmental benefits analysis (EBA)). 2.4: Capacity support for NGOs and CBOs to understand and implement MEA requirements for poverty reduction 2.2.3. Demonstration of tools related to land degradation, such as integrated land use planning, restoration ecology and specific activities on renewable energy, off-the-grid solutions and innovative approaches to fuel and power use. These will be undertaken in the light of their contribution to the MEA implementation roadmap identified in Component 1 above 2.3.1 Field demonstrations which will include watershed planning and community mapping approaches, survey and analysis of renewable energy options and development of implementation plans for renewable energy technologies and solutions. Combined with the hands-on training above, this will include the implementation of measures specifically designed to achieve multiple MEA objectives (synergies), with methods for accounting of environmental benefits (in line with the environmental accounting frameworks set in Component 1) This activity will have concrete impacts on the ground, particularly in Kabul province, but will be mainly implemented as a pilot demo site, for learning and strategy development for further upscaling and demonstration to project managers on baseline programmes in land, energy and renewable natural resources management. Existence of field projects 24.1. Technical and financial support for selected national NGOs to learn about MEA implementation and objectives, and to design projects that can achieve these objectives NGOs and CBOs will be able to understand, articulate and implement MEA objectives into their own programmes and plans Training and capacity development activities 2.4.2 Training will be provided on consultative and participatory processes (participatory rural appraisal (PRA) or Vulnerability Assessments), project design and formulation, and support for small project implementation), including specifically monitoring and reporting on environmental benefits. The role of women in MEA implementation will also form a strong aspect of the analysis and capacity development support here.