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Stakeholder Consultation: Experiences
and Learning from Bangladesh NAPA
By
Mozaharul Alam
Research Fellow
Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS)
Adaptation Day
4 December 2005
COP11, Montreal, Canada
About Presentation
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NAPA Annotated Guideline: Stakeholder
Consultation
Number and Types of Stakeholder Consultation
Conducted for Formulation of Bangladesh NAPA
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Experiences and Learning
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Key Remarks
NAPA Annotated Guideline: Stakeholder Consultation
Multidisciplinary Team
(NAPA Team, SWG)
Synthesis and identification of important
sectors and their vulnerabilities
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Adaptation Policy Framework (APF)
Methods and Framework used in earlier
studies
UNEP Methodology
Conduct Sub-national Stakeholder
Consultations Aiming at
Identification of Potential Ideas for
Activities, and Cross-check
Current Impacts and Potential
Increase in Climate Hazards and
Associated Risks
Develop V&A Assessment Methodology
for Sectoral Assessment
Review Available Impact Assessments,
Coping Strategies, Past Consultations,
Trends and Existing Development
Framework
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Assessment of Sectoral Vulnerability
and Identification of Potential Adaptation
Measures
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Previous Studies
Report on coping strategies to extreme
events (cyclone, floods, storm surge and
droughts
National Water Management Plan
PRSP
National Development Policy & Plan
Sectoral Development Policies & Plans
Articulate Potential NAPA Activities
based on Ideas from Consultations and
V&A Sectoral Assessment Report
Undertake Criteria Development
Prioritization Process
(Ranking the Criteria)
Rank Projects/Activities and
Demonstrate Integration into National
Policy Frameworks and Programme
Preparation of NAPA Document along
with Profile of Potential Projects
Conduct National
Stakeholders Consultation
Number and Types of Stakeholder
Consultation
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Four Sub-national Stakeholder Consultation
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A number of consultation with government agencies
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Consultation with Environmental Sub-group of Local
Consultative Group
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One National Consultation
Sub-national Stakeholder Consultation
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Sub-national Stakeholder
Consultation
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Khulna
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Rajshahi
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Sylhet
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Chittagong
National
Consultation
Experiences and Learning
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Four Sub-national Stakeholder Consultation: What we
tried?
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Identification of problems related to weather and climate;
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Identification of existing coping strategies/measures to reduce
these risk and impacts;
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How these existing coping strategies/measures can be
improved?; and
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If existing problems aggravated/become more worst, what are
the new strategies/measures can be undertaken in future?
Experiences and Learning
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Four Sub-national Stakeholder Consultation: What we
Learn?
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Local level peoples are able to identify problems related to
climate variability and extreme
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They know benefits and limitations of existing coping strategies
and measures;
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Suggestions for improving existing coping strategies and
measures are also valuable, but to make concrete suggestions
are difficult;
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They have limited knowledge on what to do if problems
aggravated;
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Difficulties: problems related to climate variability, extreme
events versus other environmental and development problems
Experiences and Learning
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Consultation with Government Agencies: What we tried?
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Share sub-national problems and concerns with relevant
department and agencies;
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How those problems and concern can be addressed under their
exiting policies and programme?;
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Seek suggestions
Experiences and Learning
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Consultation with Government Agencies: What we learn?
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A few have policies to address exiting and future problems
related to climate and climate change;
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Most have no explicit polities to deal with climate change
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There are number of projects dealing existing problems related
to extreme events, problems like drought
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Present priority is not to deal with climate change
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There are also limited knowledge at institutional level on how to
deal with problems related to climate change – Knowledge gap
(National Water Policy and National Water Resource
Management Plan)
Experiences and Learning
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Consultation with Local Consultative Group: What we
learn?
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Most of them has no explicit policy to deal problems related to
climate change but awareness is increasing
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Development Bank like ADB will come forward only if
government express to deal climate change issues in their
development projects
Key Remarks
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Sub-national stakeholder engagement and consultation is
found a very good approach to bring context specific
problems
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Engagement of different types of stakeholders (man,
women, farmers, NGO and government agencies) is
necessary
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Differentiation of other environmental and development
problems versus climate related problems were key
difficulties during sub-national stakeholder consultation
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Role of a facilitator is crucial to stimulate group discussion
and keep it on track
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