Vanuatu NAB Search
Mangrove Rehabilitation for Sustainably-Managed, Healthy Forests (MARSH), a new USAID/Pacific Islands project recently awarded in Sept 2012 FY13-FY17
This project seeks to restore degraded mangrove areas that have demonstrated resilience to climate change and that provide tangible co-benefits to communities. The project has two main activities: (1) provide training for community-based, sustainable mangrove forest management and mangrove reforestation; and (2) strengthen technical and scientific capacity of local universities and public institutions to conduct forest carbon monitoring, reporting and verification.
Implementing Organization: International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Cooperating Partners: University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG)
Geographic Focus: Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu
Instrument: Cooperative Agreement
Project
Component 1: Institutional Strengthening for Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management ($3.15m). This component builds on the planned establishment of the National Advisory Board for Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change (NAB). The project would complement the staffing and functional roles of the NAB-secretariat/PMU, through three sub-components that provide “start-up” support and guidance needed to operationalize the project management functions including development of guidelines/approaches for implementing climate adaptation projects/programs at national and community levels, support the restructured NDMO and strengthen early warning systems.
Component 2: Increasing Community Resilience on Active Volcanic Islands and in Coastal Areas ($2.5m). This component would seek to pilot ways to increase the ability of national, regional and community-level stakeholders to work together to enhance disaster and climate resilience in rural communities through two linked sub-components. Support would be sequenced to firstly, increase capacity at a national and provincial level; and secondly, pilot resilient community development through integrated community and ecosystem-based adaptation and disaster risk management activities.
Project
This project aims to utilize, share, store and manage data and information generated through other climate change and DRR projects implemented in Vanuatu. Similarly it plans to train the “knowledge management officer” intended to sit within the secretariat level of the NAB.The project will be implemented collaboratively by SPREP and Griffith university and also piloting in the three pilot countries (Fiji, Tonga and Vanuatu)
Project
'Yumi Redi 2', Disaster risk reduction project funded by dipecho and Australian Aid is 18 month project. which aims to support community to be bettter prepared for natural disaster.
The project had already done the baseline, through the baseline we identify the key main areas in which will work specific with community and schools.
Project
The government of Vanuatu, with support from donors and humanitarian actors, have begun to develop a significant focus on disaster preparedness and response. Within the National Disaster Management Organization two leading staff members interface regularly with Ministry of Education providing guidance and taking ownership of programs underway in cooperation with Save the Children and other stakeholders. Although climate-smart DRR education is underway, and while some initial efforts have been made in school disaster planning, it is in a very embryonic stage.
A focus for this project is the 'mentoring of champions' within the education sector. This will result in increased capacity within the Ministry of Education and schools to support replication of the approach into other provinces. The action contributes to the global campaign for safe schools by supporting a framework for school disaster management at the national, sub-national, and local levels, by identifying the key messages to support household participation in school safety, and by proving tools that can be used at the national level to convey and practice school safety action planning by all school communities throughout the country.
Project
In the scope of the "Supporting Community Planning" project, the Vanuatu Red Cross Society is targeting 11 communities (2.500 people) in Torba Province as follow:
- Torres: Hiu Island: Yagavegemena community : HF radio, improvement of evacuation point;
- Torres Toga Island: LIteu & Likwal communities: HF Radio
- Vanualava: Vatop community : HF Radio
- Gaua: Lemanman & Lemoga communities: Imrovment of evacuation point
- Gaua: Qwetevaveg community: HF Radio;
- Motalava: Rah, Nereningman, Queremagde, Totolag, Avar communities: Gravity fed System (acces to safe water)
Project
'Yumi Redi 2', Disaster risk reduction project funded by dipecho and Australian Aid is 18 month project. which aims to support community to be bettter prepared for natural disaster.
The project had already done the baseline, through the baseline we identify the key main areas in which will work specific with community and schools.
Project
The Pacific Risk Resilience programme (PRRP) will focus on strengthening governance mechanisms for Disaster Risk Management (DRM) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) at the sub-national and local levels. The goal of the programme is: to strengthen the resilience of Pacific island communities to disasters and climate change related risk.
Pacific Risk Resilience Programme is design to supporting and partnership with existing stakeholder’s engagements / activities with a focus on strengthening governance mechanism for Disaster Risk Management and Climate change adaptation at all levels of decision making.
Project
Introduction to the EU-GIZ ACSE Programme
Climate change is already disproportionally affecting the islands of the Pacific. Although Pacific islanders have done little to contribute to the cause producing less than 0.03 per cent of current global greenhouse gas emissions, they are among the first to be exposed and the least able to respond. At the same time, despite efforts to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels and improve energy security, many Pacific Island Countries are dependent on almost 100 per cent of imported petroleum products for energy generation and transportation. Sustainable energy and climate change adaptation are therefore top priorities for Governments as expressed in regionally endorsed frameworks and national policies.
In response, the European Union (EU) is assisting fifteen Pacific ACP Island countries through a new regional Programme: Adapting to Climate Change and Sustainable Energy (ACSE) Programme funded under the 10th European Development Fund (EDF 10) Pacific regional envelope.
The objectives of the ACSE Programme are to enhance sustainable livelihoods in Pacific Island Countries, strengthen countries’ capacities to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change and enhance their energy security at the national, provincial and local/community levels.
The ACSE Programme has three components:
Component 1: the EU-GIZ Adapting to Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Component (18.64 million Euros) which is administered by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ);
Component 2: the Energy Catalytic Component (10 million Euros) which is jointly managed by the EU with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and New Zealand in selected PACPs; and
Project
This project aims to have a significant practical impact on conserving Vanuatu’s rich biodiversity by containing the spread of invasive species, particularly those, which are currently affecting the livelihoods of villagers. It will develop and test community organisation, mobilisation and policy partnerships to enhance management of invasive species particularly in the context of biodiversity conservation and food security. The project will be implemented with communities in partnership with Government departments.
An integrated program of activities will be implemented to increase the quality of information in Vanuatu about invasive species and increase awareness and capacity of Government and rural communities to manage the impact and spread of invasive species. Relevant educational & training resources aligned to the specific needs of Government departments, Chiefs Councils and rural communities’ will be developed, and a program of eradication and management in priority areas where communities depend on food resources that are negatively impacted on by invasive species will be undertaken.
Expected Results
Expected results from the project include:
Project
The USP-EU GCCA project finalized and signed in December 2010 is a 4 year project allocating 8 million Euros to meet the challenges of climate change in the 15 pacific ACP countries (Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, East Timor (Timor Leste), Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu) through Capacity Building, Community Engagement and Applied Research.
The objective of this project is to develop and strengthen the Pacific ACP countries' capacity to adapt to the impacts of climate change. This objective will be achieved through the training of local, national and regional experts on climate change and adaptation and the development and implementation of sustainable strategies for community adaptation to climate change, based on improved understanding of impacts of climate change and variability in the Pacific region. It is also expected that the project will contribute to the establishment of a network of local, national and regional specialists on climate change who will support communities, governments within PACP countries, NGOs, and regional organizations in their efforts to address the effects of climate change through a long-term, sustainable approach.
This project has three components and they are Capacity Building, Community Engagement and Applied Research components.
The Capacity Building component covers both non-formal and formal training.The non-formal training will organise capacity building workshops and training of trainers to improve the knowledge and skills of the climate change practitioners in the region.
Project
New Certificate 1 Level 1Training Programon Climate Change (CC) and Disaster Risk Management (DRM)
Background
Vanuatu is currently experiences severe impacts of climate change, and the national government has prioritized non-formal education as a critical focus. Accordingly the Vanuatu Rural Development Training Centre Association (VRDTCA) has plans to develop a stand-alone CC & DRM training module, which will form a mandatory part of training programs.
Many climate change and disaster risk management teaching and learning materials are now available in the region; SPC/GIZ/AusAid Key Message and Learning Outcomes on the CC & DRM (First draft 2012), SPC SOPAC Hazard in the Pacific Factsheets, USP PACE-SD Factsheets on CC, Country Profiles (PCCSP Climate Change Projections), IPCC Reports and the SPC/GIZ/PACCSAP Learning about Climate Change the Pacific Way picture based education resource and many others.
While multiple development partners are teaching and training on these issues, there is often little consistency and/or coordination among training institutions. Often these CC & DRM programs are not fully accredited by national training authorities.
In response, the SPC Community Education Training Center (CETC) with the SPC/GIZ’s Coping with Climate Change in the Pacific Island Region (CCCPIR) Program and the University of the South Pacific, Pacific Centre for Sustainable Development Global Climate Change Alliance Program (USP PACE SD GCCA) have developed a TRAINING MODULE ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND DISATER RISK MANAGEMENT IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
Project
The Government of Vanuatu proposes to make available, through local private utilities (UNELCO and VUI), a one-off subsidy to assist low-income households to connect to the existing electricity grid concession areas in Port Vila, Tanna, Malekula and Luganville. This project targets approximately 4,200 households within these areas that lack formal access to electricity (6,000 households that lack access to electricity entirely and a further 2,000 that have informal connections (e.g., shared with a neighbour)). In addition, funding will be available to provide basic household wiring, where household wiring does not meet standards or is not in place for these consumers. Basic household wiring is defined as the installation of wiring from the utility meter box to a Ready Board within the premises. The Ready Board will include necessary protection, and up to two light sockets with switches, two power outlets and two energy saving light bulbs. Premises will be connected directly to existing distribution lines (typically located on 2 the roadside) either above ground or below ground. Poles may be necessary to carry wires to some properties. This subsidy will be available for both post-paid and pre-paid (where available) service connections.
Project
Strengthened DRM coordination at the national level, through support for NDMO by the Vanuatu Humanitarian Team (VHT) will complement improved disaster preparedness planning processes at both provincial and community levels. DRM training and mentoring will be delivered to CDCCCs and PDCs using consistent messaging. A DRM model will be implemented that includes the development and delivery of a DRR/ CCA package that will guide CDCCCs and PDCs to know how to assess and plan for community based disaster management, identify feasible risk reduction measures, develop response skills, and conduct and learn from drills. Two provinces (Tafea and Torba) will be the focus of the action with CDCCC members, PDC members, Provincial Disaster Officers and the Area Council Secretaries receiving training and mentoring so that they can then effectively support the CDCCCs to implement their DRM activities and planning.
Project
The project seeks to strengthen existing systems both within Live & Learn, Government Agencies and the Ranputor community to increase resilience to the shocks of climate change in Vanuatu. Live & Learn will use existing resources developed in water management, river care, food security, forest-management and good governance to support a holistic approach to ecosystems-based adaptation. The Departments of Fisheries, Agriculture and Forestry will be engaged in specific activities during the project increasing their capacity to respond to community vulnerabilities on a systems-level. For Ranputor itself, existing governance systems, institutions and customary practices will be empowered through the funded activities to enhance communities’ resilience to climate change.
The project will focus on three key areas:
(i) Governance and strengthening of social systems for long term project sustainability and social resilience (ii) Ridge to Reef conservation work as example of ecosystems-based resilience (ii) Food Security work to bring in other Pentecost communities and to make connection between ecosystems and food.
Project
IUCN Marine & Coastal Biodiversity in Pacific Islands Countries & Atolls Project (MACBIO) is supporting the Vanuatu Government achieve sustainable management of ecosystems and marine resources in country. Natural resources in marine and coastal areas are of high importance for Vanuatu and sustain the livelihoods of coastal communities. However, the need to use marine resources sustainably is not well reflected in national planning processes, due in part to insufficient information regarding their economic value and lack of concerted marine spatial planning.
MACBIO project 2013-2018 aims to help Vanuatu to meet their commitments under the CBD Strategic Plan 2011-2020 and the relevant Aichi targets, including the Programme of Work on Protected Areas (POWPA) and the Programme of Work on Island Biodiversity (POWIB) Specifically, the project aims to enhance ecosystem-based management and support more effectively managed marine resources which should lead to more resilient coastal and marine economies, more sustainable use of marine biodiversity, and will contribute to climate change adaptation and mitigation, as well as securing and strengthening local livelihoods. Tried and tested concepts and instruments will be adopted in Vanuatu.
The MACBIO project is being implemented by GIZ with technical support from IUCN-Oceania in close collaboration with SPREP.
. The IUCN components of the project aim to achieve the following outcome and outputs:
Outputs (specific project goals):
An ocean-wide policy and spatial planning framework
Project
The Kaikai blong Laef project is a pilot program to increase food security in three locations in Vanuatu – Black Sands, Efate; Araki – Santo Island and Dixon Reef – Malekula Island. It is a two year project that started June 2012 and finishes June 2014. It aims to increase the production of food in local household gardens in these communities with the objectives of increasing disaster and climate change resilience; health outcomes and economic outcomes. The project is conducted in partnership with Department of Agriculture and other stakeholders and currently employs a Project Manager and two Field Offices. The project is funded by ADRA Australia through private donations.
Project
The Joj blong yumi i help long tem blong disasta project is a joint activity under the Vanuatu Church Partnership Program. The project aims to develop a Disaster Management training program for Vanuatu Christian Churches so that Church organizations and volunteers can help their communities come prepared and assist during a rapid onset disaster. Vanuatu’s Christian Churches exist in every community of Vanuatu and represent a strong and powerful network that can assist in times of disaster.
The training program will be initially run and trailed with SDA Church leaders and volunteers. Training will then be given to representatives from other Church members of the Vanuatu Church Partnership Program.
Project
Vanuatu has reformed its UNFCCC engagement approach since 2012, greatly expanding the caliber and capacity of its delegation to annual Conferences of the Parties, as well as opening the negotiation process to a wide group of stakeholders from Government and non-Government organizations.
COP22, to be held in Marrakesh, Moroco will be a crucial conference, as it must operationalize the Paris Agreement on the climate, applicable to all countries, with the aim of limiting global warming.
Vanuatu has a special role in this COP22 negotiation as it seeks to raise ambition on greenhouse gas mitigation, specifically to limit warming to 1.5C. Vanuatu also aims to ensure strong provisions and requirements around Loss and Damage are met, particularly as it proceeds down a long road of recovery and reconstruction after the devastation caused by severe tropical cyclone Pam in early 2015.
For more information, contact VanuatuUNFCCC@gmail.com
Project
The Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) is based on the philosophy that efficient management of the climatic risks today is the foundation for managing the changed climatic risks of tomorrow. Sound scientific knowledge underpins this foundation. Where they exist, climate services are extremely effective. Prominent user sectors are agriculture, water management, health, disaster risk reduction, planning and energy. But there is a wide gap between the needs for climate services and their current provision in climate-vulnerable developing countries and especially in their communities.
Communities in Vanuatu have always related to the climate and weather in their own context. Being highly exposed to risks of extreme events such as tropical cyclones, flooding and droughts, communities have naturally adapted in their own ways. They are able to use their surroundings to indicate in advance the different weather extremes they are likely to face. These careful observations of their surrounding have allowed them to come up with their own traditional forecasting methods which have been tested and proven to be very reliable.
In parts of the country where communication is still a challenge, communities continue to rely on their knowledge of the environment to guide their preparedness for extreme events. While there is promise in the use of this traditional based science, there are also challenges.
Project
PEBACC is a five year project funded by the German Government, implemented by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) to explore and promote ecosystem-based options for adapting to climate change. The overall intended outcome of the project is: EbA is integrated into development, climate change adaptation responses, and natural resource management policy and planning processes in three Pacific island countries (Vanuatu, Fiji and Solomon Islands) providing replicable models for other countries in the region.
Overall Goal:
· Natural adaptation solutions are fully integrated into development, climate change adaptation and NRM policy and planning processes in four ecologically and geographically diverse Pacific island countries, also providing replicable models for other countries in the region, and is successfully demonstrated through implementation at national, provincial and local levels.The project will employ staff in Vanuatu; In addition to a SPREP Officer who will be the Vanuatu component project leader for this project and may be based in Vanuatu; One or two locally hired positions will directly support the project implementation and develop linkages to other projects and programmes, it is proposed that a locally hired position will be located within the SPC-GIZ CCCPIR.
Relevant projects and strategy to avoid duplication:
Project
Progress to date and current activities:
C-CAP mobilized to the region in November 2012, working primarily to establish its headquarters office in Port Moresby, and satellite office in Suva; hire staff; and finalize work plans in consultation with project subcontractor University of the South Pacific, Pacific Centre for Environment and Sustainable Development (PACE-SD) and partners in regional governments.
After designing a Community Engagement Methodology that encompasses a project introduction, climate change risk mapping and vulnerable infrastructure identification, C-CAP piloted the training in four Papua New Guinea communities and two Fijian villages. C-CAP is in the process of planning implementation of the methodology in Vanuatu and Samoa, slated for January 2013.
Over the course of the year, C-CAP plans to work in Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa and Vanuatu and rehabilitate/build new social, economic, and/or water infrastructure in one province/district and five communities in each country. At the end of 2013, C-CAP will continue disaster risk reduction and land use planning activities in these communities, and will identify 10-15 additional communities in each country to support.
Background:
Project
The Vanuatu Carbon Sydicate is the interim body seeking NAB endorsement. It comprises Samson Busai, Ephraim Songi and other, with funding being arranged by Jim Batty of Summit Estate Limited.
Project
Results are expected in the following areas:
R1 - Effective preparedness, response and recovery: responds to the need for national and regional response plans, end-to-end Early Warning Systems (EWS), emergency and evacuation centres, access to safe drinking water to mitigate against drought.
R2 - Strengthened institutional arrangements for DRM and CCA: responds to the need for Joint National Action Plans (JNAPs) as well as to the integration of DRM and CCA into national and sector strategies, planning and budgetary processes.
R3 - Improved knowledge, information, public awareness, training and education: the emphasis is on building awareness of risks, risk exposure through the provision of hazard and risk information through regional and local databases, strengthening human and technical capacity in a range of priority areas, production of knowledge products and related awareness.
R4 - Improved understanding of natural hazards and the reduction of underlying risks: addresses gaps in baseline scientific, technical, social and economic understanding of hazard impact and addresses underlying risks created by changing social, economic, environmental conditions and resources.
R5 - Enhanced partnerships in DRM and Climate Change: responds to the need for an integrated regional strategy for DRM and Climate Change, strengthening of the Pacific Islands Emergency Management Alliance, enhanced hazard risk management, enhances information management, facilitation of financing and integration of DRR into the work programmes of CROP agencies (Council of Regional Organizations of the Pacific).
Project
The project consists mainly of workshops and meetings to strengthen the existing Technical Committee for REDD+. Some outreach will also take place for stakeholders in Port Vila not yet involved in REDD+ but who have a role to play. This will include NGO/CSO players and the private sector. LLEE will support the design and implementation of consultations on the REDD+ Social Environmental Strategic Assessment to ensure they are effective.
Project
Project ID:
GEF ID 5037
Type of Project:
FSP
This regional program will address climate proofing concerns in the Pacific countries of Timor Lest, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. The overall goal of the program is to reduce the vulnerability of vital infrastructure in the Pacific LDCs through the implementation of NAPA priorities. The ultimate impact of the program will be to reduce absolute investments losses from the negative impacts of climate change.
The program is composed of the follwoing sub- projects
(i) Protecting coastal urban areas against the impacts of climate change in Vanuatu
(ii) Securing urban water supplies under climate stress Timor-Leste
(iii) Up-scaling climate-proofing in the transport sector in Timor-Leste: Sector wide approaches
(iv) Infrastructure Prioritization, Planning and Budgeting for Adaptation in Tuvalu and (v) Cross-cutting learning, improved information, training and innovation
Project
PACC Vanuatu
THEMATIC AREA: COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT"Demonstrating the integration of climate change risk reduction in road design in Epi, Shefa Province"Climate Change has brought increased precipitation and stronger storm surges to Vanuatu. As a result, flooding and coastal erosion have damaged national roads around Epi. This is despite regular maintenance and rehabilitation by government. The PACC Project will assist the Government of Vanuatu and key stakeholders in the island of Epi to relocate and re-design the national roads, to increase resilience to these climate change related risks.
Project