Local Government Initiative on Climate Change (LoGIC)
Contribution ID : SE-0-SE-6-51060057This website displays open data about Swedish aid, which shows when, to whom and for what purpose Swedish aid is paid out, as well as what results it has produced. This page contains information about one of the contributions financed with Swedish aid.
The project will address climate change impact in Bangladesh. The Government of Bangladesh already recognises the severity of climate change and therefore, the related concerns are being gradually mainstreamed in the national development policy planning and financing. The Government has formulated a national action plan (BCCSAP) that provides core programme di...
Read the full descriptionMore about the contribution
The project will address climate change impact in Bangladesh. The Government of Bangladesh already recognises the severity of climate change and therefore, the related concerns are being gradually mainstreamed in the national development policy planning and financing. The Government has formulated a national action plan (BCCSAP) that provides core programme direction. However, this sector is served by a number of sectoral policies which also shape the expenditure pattern in the national budget. While the local government institutions (LGIs) are mandated to implement many actions related to climate effects, these actions need to be included in the local plans as climate proofing initiatives. The proposed programme will address gaps at local and national levels based on which the results have been designed. At the local level, despite being a repository of local knowledge and information, the LGIs fall short of harnessing the potentials from the local community. The mechanism for formulation of the Local Development Plans (LDP) has scope to engage the poor and vulnerable groups in a participatory way to reflect their climate-related needs and demands. Communities and households face difficulties in securing access to the planning and financing mechanism for sustainable development solutions. On the other hand, the Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and local institutions who have long been functioning at local level for enhanced participation and accountability also shy off the process owing to lack of appropriate capacity. An in-depth analysis of the potentials and the gaps was carried out to identify the intervention areas at the local level. The duration of the programme is 4 years, 2016-2020, with a total budget of US$ 20.0 million and a planned contribution of approximately USD 10 million (85 million SEK) by Sida and an already approved contribution of € 8 million by the EU. The project will enhance the capacity of vulnerable communities, local government institutions and civil society organisations for planning and financing climate change adaptation solutions in selected climate vulnerable areas. By achieving the objectives and results, the project will contribute to the reduction of poverty and vulnerability in Bangladesh. This is expected to to result in:-Strengthened capacity of vulnerable people and local stakeholders for accountable planning and financing on Climate Change Adaptation/Disaster Risk Reduction actions for building resilience.-Enhanced access of LGIs and vulnerable households to climate funds have for climate resilient infrastructures and adaptive livelihoods.-Established evidence based advocacy for a mechanism for financing local resilience.The programme is designed to benefit roughly 200,000 most vulnerable households in 72 unions in seven districts. The benefits are expected to come out of climate change adaptation actions at various levels, scaled up through local government institutions incorporating high quality accountability and participation of the most vulnerable people. The Local Government Division (LGD) of the Ministry of Local Government Rural Development and Cooperatives will be the implementing agency and will assume overall responsibility for management and implementation of the project in a manner consistent with GoB and UNDP polices. A Project Steering Committee (PSC) will be formed with the participation of Ministry of Planning, Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief , Ministry of Finance, Ministry Environment and Forest, and other relevant ministries. The PSC will be responsible for consensus management decisions for the project when guidance is required, including approval of project plans and revisions. UNDP and UNCDF will jointly manage a Project Management Unit comprised of national and international staff members to support the LGD to implement the project, under the guidance of National Project Director.
All activities related to the contribution are shown here. Click on an individual activity to see in-depth information.
Total aid 0 USD distributed on 0 activities
A list of all paid transactions for a specific contribution is presented here. Each payment can be traced to a specific activity. Negative amounts indicate that there has been a refund.
0 transactions
No transactions available for this contribution
0 contribution documents
Link to download |
---|
No contribution documents available for this contribution
Result
Results of Local Government Initiative on Climate Change (LoGIC) This Annual Results covers the period 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021. This was the first year of Local Government Initiative on Climate Change (LoGIC) projects two-year extension period. Twenty-one was a year focused on strengthening the projects climate change narrative and core processes toward a sustainable graduation model, ensuring lasting climate resilience of the project communities. To this end, LoGIC pursued the following activities: Conducted a climate risk assessment through a blend of bottom-up and top-down approaches. Reached the most climate vulnerable households with standard grant packages and comparatively less climate vulnerable people with capacity building support. Scaled-up the most viable climate resilient livelihood options and gave access to the formal credit market. Engaged the private sector and co-designed business models for scalable and commercially viable climate resilient livelihoods. Engaged climate vulnerable youth in project activities, including social auditing and adaptation enterprises. Promoted nature-based solutions. LoGICs commitment to strengthening its climate change narrative was reflected in the inclusion in the Community Resilience Fund (CRF) scheme of an additional 18,000 households, 100% headed by women, from the 72 most climate-vulnerable wards. Since the project inception, a total of US$ 9.72 million has been disbursed to 35,000 households as financial support. An additional 10,000 non-grant recipient households are undergoing the selection process. Furthermore, the CRF grant recipients received skills and knowledge training on climate adaptive livelihood options (CALOs), including diversification of existing agricultural knowledge, as well as scientific methods to rear livestock and adapted pisciculture. All beneficiaries are now implementing at least one CALO, and 74% of beneficiaries have gained positive economic benefits. Additionally, the project supported the CRF grant recipients to form cooperatives with legal, organizational structures which are enabling beneficiaries to deposit periodic savings a practice that 82% of grant recipients are already implementing. The financial security gained through these initiatives will ensure that vulnerable households are cushioned against shocks and disasters. In the FY 2020-2021, a total of 200 PBCRG funded climate change adaptation (CCA) schemes were undertaken in the Union Parishads (UPs). These schemes include, amongst others, initiatives relating to agriculture, health, water and sanitation, and adaptive infrastructure. To date, LoGIC has disbursed a total of US$ 7.91 million to UPs as Performance-Based Climate Resilience Grants (PBCRGs) to implement 653 community level schemes to build climate resilience. A significant outcome of the project in 2021 was the integration and streamlining of CCA schemes in the UPs. The 72 UPs planned a total of 863 CCA schemes, out of which only a total of 200 schemes were funded by LoGICs PBCRG. This indicates that local governments are more aware of and educated on issues relating to climate change and further underscores LoGICs success in achieving long-term local ownership of climate adaptation and resilience measures. LoGIC has identified Bangladesh's youth as key drivers for climate resilience and climate action, and as a result, the project developed a youth strategy to enhance youth engagement in CCA schemes in the working areas. LoGIC has completed the mapping and identified 8,872 youths from climate-vulnerable communities and project beneficiaries families to engage them in project activities and ensure intergenerational change for climate resilience and adaptation for the sustainability of overall efforts beyond the project period. In this year alone, 219 youth groups have been launched across seven districts. Through capacity building and education training, the identified youth will be empowered to become active changemakers at the grassroots level. In 2021, the project also engaged an expert to prepare a Climate Vulnerability Index (CVI) for nationwide data mapping up to the LGI level (Union, Municipality, City Corporation). The CVI can in turn assist the Government in allocating its development grants to the most climate vulnerable areas of Bangladesh as part of its ongoing adaptation efforts. This will strengthen the capacity of vulnerable people and local stakeholders for accountable planning and financing of climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction measures and enhance the access of local governments and households to climate financing. LoGIC through a policy dialogue has also initiated an interministarial committee to advance the development and implementation of the Index. During the reporting period, LoGIC has established two new partnerships: (1) with BRAC, which aims to ensure capacity building on CALOs for CRF beneficiaries and create linkages with the private sector for identifying scalable business opportunities; and with the Bangladesh University of Engineering Technology (BUET) and Center for Natural Resources Studies (CNRS) in order to design and implement PBCRG schemes to promote nature-based solutions for climate change induced hazards. Overall, the delivery results in 2021 demonstrate high performance towards LoGICs intended results, despite the challenges posed to the project by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which lasted for much of the reporting period. LoGIC beneficiaries found themselves not only affected by climatic disasters such as Cyclone Yaas, but also by the unprecedented global health crisis that caused severe socio-economic impacts and forced many into even deeper levels of poverty. The pandemic, more acutely than ever before, highlighted the need for increasing communities resilience to shocks and disasters and underscored the vital importance of LoGICs work in light of increasingly frequent climatic disasters. Despite the challenges, including an initial delay in the start of the projects activities, LoGIC has successfully established itself as an effective climate finance mechanism for the communities and LGIs, with lower transaction costs and higher adaptation benefits. The projects exemplary contributions to climate change adaptation in Bangladesh were recognized in the Governments Mujib Climate Prosperity Plan 2030 that was presented at COP26. This acknowledgement at the largest international climate conference of the year marked a significant milestone for LoGIC. In relation to the agendas discussed at COP26, LoGIC has established itself as a sustainable model for strengthening CCA actions, thereby translating the international goals and pledges into actions at local levels. As LoGIC is entering the final year of its extension phase, the project is committed to fully optimising its core processes and making further processes towards its end goal of transforming the project into a mainstreamed mechanism implemented nationwide at the local level, building resilience of the most climate-vulnerable communities of Bangladesh. Key Key Achievements: 1. USD 9.72 million was disbursed to 35,000 CRF beneficiaries (since inception) to increase their climate resilience. 2. USD 7.91 million was disbursed to 72 UPs as PBCRG to implement 653 community level CCA schemes (since inception). 3. 35,000 CRF beneficiaries are (99% women) ensuring equitable solutions for CCA. 4. 18,000 new hard-to-reach beneficiaries (100% women) were selected, 74 new vulnerable wards were chosen from 55 UPs based on field demand, climate science data and secondary sources. 5. CALO training was provided to 6,000 new CRF beneficiaries, increasing their resilience against climate-induced income shocks. 6. 100% of new CRF beneficiaries have opened individual bank accounts, increasing their financial inclusion. 7. 200 CCA schemes implemented through PBCRG support, benefitting 331,595 people (55% women) CCA has been streamlined in all 72 UPs, which planned 863 CCA schemes (only 200 PBCRG supported), an increase in awareness among LGIs. 8. 80% of CRF beneficiaries have completed two types of CALO and 100% have finished at least one type. 9. 74% of beneficiaries have gained positive income benefits 9. 74% of beneficiaries have gained positive income benefits 10. 54% of the beneficiaries have started savings in groups and depositing their money to their group accounts. 11. 24 UPs updated their Risk Reduction Action Plans (RRAP) which were also integrated into their 5-Year Plans. 12. Risk Atlas was developed to identify, quantify and analyse natural hazards, exposures and vulnerabilities at Climate Vulnerability Index (CVI) was developed to strengthen CCA planning and financing at the LGI level. 13. 225 new youth groups formed across 7 districts to engage youth in CCA actions, ensuring intergenerational change. 14. 143 youths trained to become sheep insurance agents and 144 to become sheep service providers. 15. Recognized in Bangladesh Mujib Climate Prosperity Plan 2030 presented at COP26 for its exemplary contributions to CCA. The contribution is adaptive to community needs and field situations, which is proved to be a strength of LoGIC. Financial report
Local Government Initiative on Climate Change (LoGIC) Project Goal: Improved and inclusive local level planning and a strengthened financing mechanism for community-based climate change adaptation solutions through local governments. Output 1: Strengthened capacity of local governments, households and other local stakeholders to develop local plans that integrate climate change adaptation measures and disaster risk management. Output 2: Established financing mechanism to fund local governments and communities for implementing climate change adaptation measures. Output 3: Experience and evidence inform and contribute to further improvements in policies and practices for UPs and national systems in relation to climate change adaptation.
Swedish aid in numbers and reports
Do you want to read more about the results of Swedish aid?
Reports from the Expert Group for Aid Studies and Sida's strategy and corruption reports Sida's annual report (Swedish only)