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Community Based Adaptation
GUATEMALA
CBA preparatory workshop
CBA Preparatory Workshop
Portfolio of existing community projects
Current portfolio
After “Stan Storm” our “SGP current portfolio” includes a
mitigation approach component in each project (2006-present)
•17 projects currently under implementation
•Projects in Climate Change (4), Biodiversity (13)
Project Typologies
•Biodiversity – Native forest species reforestation, wildlife conservation
•Land Degradation – Organic agriculture, soil and water conservation
community-based management
•Climate Change - Renewable Energy (solar panels) and reforestation with
native species in high watersheds.
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Portfolio of existing community projects
Examples of particularly successful related to Climate Change:
Pumped storage microhydroelectricity in Nueva Alianza
Community, El Palmar Quetzaltenango to energy generation
aims in agroindustrial and ilumination uses.
(Rehabilitación de micro hidroeléctrica con capacidad de 10 Kw de la Comunidad Nueva Alianza, El Palmar
Quetzaltenango para la generación de energía con fines agroindustriales y de iluminación)
This project consists in replace traditional power generating engine (diesel) to produce electricity
energy into de community using a microhydroelectric with renewal resources. It can reduce the
CO2 pollution, however the most important issue is the water and forest management by the
women’s community, they were declared a Private Natural Reserve into the Community to protect
the local forest.
During Stan Hurricane, this community didn’t affected because they started a climate contingent
plan which put in save the microhydroelectric and the macadamia crops, this plan was learned in
SGP capacity activities.
Beneficiaries are 109 men and 132 women distributed in 45 families.
SGP Project Cost: $23,500.00
Community Counterpart contribution: $17,053.50
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Portfolio of existing community projects
Examples of particularly successful related to Climate Change:
Putting up potable water and nature resources conservation project in Colonia
Belén, Tojcheche Tacaná San Marcos.
(Conservación de recursos naturales y Construcción de Proyecto de Agua Potable)
This project contains miscellaneous activities. Colonia Belen is a small community in the western
highlands of Guatemala and belongs to the Mam ethnic group. Their Committee for the
communitarian integral development obtained the support of the SGP for its project in soil
conservation in 2003, also entailed the construction of 23 stables for animal husbandry, with
cement walls and floors, to diminish the negative impact of the animals on topsoil degradation and
to collect manure for the crops. During Stan Hurricane, 2 cement stables were lost because its
nearly from the slope hill (private property conditions), in spite of this situation soils of Colonia
Belen didn’t suffer many damage.
At this moment, Colonia Belen end the potable water project and the contribution comes from de
gains of the organic crops and the constant selling of the animal used in the cement stable.
Beneficiaries are 30 families.
SGP Project Cost: $20,097.00
Community Counterpart contribution: $17,000.00
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Opportunities for building resilience to CC in GEB
SGP Guatemala recently manage a consultancy in CC, focused in training at risk and
vulnerability concepts to the Community based Organizations using mitigation aspects
and formed a intercommunity learning alliance to be adapt at natural disasters.
The Main Results of this consultancy gave us current information of the state of the CB
in aspects of mitigation: All of soil conservation practices are using by the people.
Mangle Forestry in pacific coastal shelled it the wildlife and livelihoods of people who
live in this village during “Stan Storm”, right now, they are planting mangle and
conserve the forest to be prepared of next hurricane.
Potential project examples:
•Community-based storm risk reduction through protection of threatened
coastal ecosystems
– (in the context of increased storm risks)
•Community-based landslide risk reduction through improved erosion control
– (in the context of increased flood risks)
•InterCommunity-based Learning Alliance to risk reduction through improved
better control practices by knowledge itself in SGP area.
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Opportunities for cash co-financing
Potential co-financing sources:
•Key bilaterals
ACDI (Canadian Cooperation environmental education)
ASDI (Sweden Cooperation, job in watersheds aspects)
GTZ (Forest Management)
CECI (Local Empowerment)
•Foundations, NGOs, other non-governmental sources
Ford Foundation (Forest Community Program)
Guatemala Conservation Trust (Financing environmental projects)
Wildlife Defenders Foundation (Using renewal techonologies)
Marfund (Financing coastal projects)
•Private sector partnerships
Asociación Nacional del Café (financing environmental education)
Private Reserves Asociation (Ecotourism events and promoting the protection of the
Volcanic watersheds)
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NSC Modification and Country Programme Development
Guatemala NSC had include like a member to OFPCC (Carlos Mancilla), he is an
active member since 2002. He can provide information and open relationships with the
CC National Instance like a National Steering to Disaster Reduction (CONRED) and
Meteorolgical Institute (INSIVUMEH) who takes a Disaster Reduction Web that
includes funds to mitigation and reduction of storm effects.
Additions to the National Steering Committee
In this case we’ll include people of the focal point at UNFCC (Dr. Eduardo Alvarez) and
we have in the NSC a Carlos Mancilla MARN who knows of the adaptation terms
because he’s the OFPCC designed by Guatemala Environmental Ministry
Strategies for Successfully engaging Potential Grantees
•The NSC has the willingness to modify National Strategy to engage the potential
grantees offered by multilateral and gubernamental funds
•SGP Guatemala has a long and great experience in Almanario like a improve skill in
Community-based to GEF Projects
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Strategies and Support for Project Development
We propose use the CBA Learning Alliance we will invite to NGOs and CBOs to
access by the Almanario to present projects in CBA’s areas. The NSC will evaluate the
projects to finance. All the projects approved contains workshops and site visits by the
members of CBA learning alliance
Support services for proposal development:
•Engagement of support personnel: Recently UNV France confirm us an Economist
who can help in environmental externalities. Guatemala SGP team have experience in
risk and vulnerability themes. Part time consultants its necessary to retro feeding the
CC Adaptation Learning Alliance.
•Strategies for maximizing community-drivenness while ensuring proposal
requirements and SPA eligibility
– Almanario provide a capacity-building events to maximize the cost effectiveness
CBO projects.
•Capacity building strategies for grantees (understanding climate change, writing
proposals, etc)
– Workshops
– Site visits
– Improving best practices
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Many thanks for your attention
Adaptation could be start the prevention
costs in Comunities-based
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