CCAA research-to-policy links Mapping our partners’ engagements

The CCAA program supports participatory action research that informspolicy processes with science-based evidence on vulnerability and adaptation. To this end, projects work with policy institutions at the local, national and/or regional levels. These partnerships increase local ownership of the research and make it more likely that the options identified through research will be implemented and sustained. They also increase the chances that successful project outcomes will be scaled up.

The map here shows the connections of CCAA projects where there has been sustained interaction with policymaking bodies at the local, national or regional level. In some cases, organizations with a policy mandate have been involved in research teams from the beginning, as collaborating or participating institutions, or even as lead institutions. In other cases, they have developed an ongoing relationship with the research project, either through stakeholder committees, or by contributing to, or benefitting from, research knowledge on an ongoing basis.

In several projects, research teams interact with national ministries primarily through district level offices and authorities. This is the case, for example, where research has involved agricultural extension officers in testing new or traditional adaptation approaches. We have listed those districts where practical changes have been noted at the local level due to such involvement. In others, the listing of national agriculture and extension ministries can be understood as also involving their district level counterparts.

In some instances, as with research on leishmaniasis in Tunisia, and malaria in Kenya, projects are led by national research institutions with a mandate to work closely with a number of national ministries. Given the number and fluid nature of these relationships, we have not mapped every possible ministry connection for these projects.

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WesternSahara

Algeria Libya

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On these maps, the term “policy institution” refers to:

• Institutions with a continent-wide policy mandate (such as the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa)

• Organizations which provide technical support for planning and scientific information to regional and sub regional policy bodies (such as AGHRYMET, which serves as an agro-meteorological advisory body to the Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel, or the Drought Monitoring Centre in Harare which serves the Southern African Development Community)

• Local or national institutions representing public authority in specific areas (such as ministries and departments of agriculture or the environment, national meteorological services, or basin authorities)

• National platforms that link various policy actors (such as national climate change committees)

• Decentralized institutions representing local populations and responsible for developing and implementing local policies (such as local governments)

“Local” refers to municipal, district, provincial, or other sub-national bodies.

“Regional” refers to bodies that are continent-wide in their mandate, or which group two or more countries in a region of Africa.

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Local policy connection

National policy connection

Regional policy connection

Country in which CCAA hasfunded research

The name of each policy contact numbered here can be found in the table on the reverse side of this map, alongside the title of the project it relates to.Regional organizations are shown numbered only inthe country where they are headquartered.

Balancing water needs in Morocco’s Saiss basinA research team led by Al Akhawayn Universityis working with provincial agriculturedirectorates and the Sebou Basin Authority todevise strategies that will help communitiescope with growing water scarcity.

Photos courtesy of Al Akhawayn University

Preparing farmers in BeninResearch in Benin led by IDID-ONG improved early warningsystems that help farmers prepare for seasonal uncertainty.In 35 communes, local authorities such as Mayor AndréTodje of Sô-Ava (Atlantique department) and otherstakeholders helped develop, interpret and disseminate pre-alert bulletins that give farmers timely advice on thegrowing season.

Photos courtesy of IDID-ONG

Reducing vulnerability in MadagascarIn Madagascar, research led by the University ofAntananarivo on the vulnerability of agrarian systems hasbeen shared with the National Climate Change Committeeand contributed to preparing the country’s second nationalcommunication under the UN climate change convention.

PhotosStakeholder meeting courtesy of U. of AntananarivoResearchers in rice field: IDRC/N. Beaulieu

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CCAA research-to-policy linksMapping our partners’ engagements

Project title and number Countries Policy connections

Strengthening Local AgriculturalInnovation Systems in Less Favoured and High Potential Areas of Tanzania and Malawi

10414

Tanzania Iramba District Agriculture and Livestock Office

Tanzania Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security

Malawi Mulanje District Agricultural Development Office

Chikwawa District Agricultural Development Office

Malawi Ministry of Agricultural Development

Malawi Ministry for Environmental Affairs

Managing Climate Risks for Agricultureand Water Resources Development inSouth Africa

104150

South Africa Western Cape Department of Water Affairs

Western Cape Department of Agriculture

Berg River Catchment Management Authority

National Department of Agriculture

Department of Water Affairs

Water Research Commission

Resilience and the African SmallholderFarming: Enhancing the Capacity ofCommunities to Adapt to Climate Change

104140

Ghana Directorate of Agricultural Extension Services, Ministry of Food and Agriculture

Malawi Department of Agricultural Extension Services, Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security

Mali National Directorate of Agriculture

Mozambique National Directorate for Rural Extension, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

Tanzania Research and Extension Services, Department of Agriculture and Food Security

Uganda National Agricultural Advisory Services, Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry & Fisheries

Zambia National Extension Services, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MACO)

Zimbabwe Agricultural, Technical and Extension Services (AGRITEX),Ministry of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement

Managing Risk, Reducing Vulnerability andEnhancing Productivity under a ChangingClimate

104146

Sudan Sudan Meteorological Authority

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

Agricultural Research Corporation

Ethiopia National Meteorological Agency

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

Kenya Kenya Meteorological Department

Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources

Ministry of Agriculture

Tanzania Same District Agriculture and Livestock Development Office

Tanzania Meteorological Agency

Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security

Moroccan Coastal Management: BuildingCapacity to Adapt to Climate Change

104329

Morocco Nador, Berkane and Boudinar provincial governorates

Department of Energy, Mines, Water and the Environment

National Directorate of Meteorology

Building Capacity to Adapt to ClimateChange in Zambia and Zimbabwe

104144

Zimbabwe Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources

Agricultural, Technical and Extension Services (AGRITEX),Ministry of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement

Department of Meteorological Services

Zambia National Extension Services, Ministry of Agriculture andCooperatives (MACO)

Zambia Meteorological Department

Strengthening the Capacity to Adapt toClimate Change in Benin

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Benin 35 municipalities (communes)

Ministry of the Environment and Conservation

National Committee on Climate Change

Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries

Vulnerability and Adaptation of AgriculturalSystems in Madagascar

104143

Madagascar National Committee on Climate Change

UNITAR Pilot Project 5: Adaptation Options for the Impoverished Amaoti Settlementthrough improved Water Supply, Drainage and Sanitation

104695

South Africa eThekwini municipality (Durban)

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Transferring the Malaria EpidemicPrediction Model to End Users in East Africa

104707

Kenya Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, Malaria Control Unit

Kenya Meteorological Department

IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC)

Tanzania Ministry of Health and Social Welfare

Tanzania Meteorological Agency

Uganda Ministry of Health

Department of Meteorology

New Land, New Life West of Lake Nasser– Aswan

104270

Egypt Aswan High Dam Lake Development Authority

Regional Branch Office, Environmental Affairs Agency

Aswan Public Health Department

Ministry of Agriculture, Aswan

Aswan Veterinary Department

Integrated Eco-systemic Approach forOptimization of Small Dams in Morocco

104270

Morocco Provincial Health delegations of Chtouka Ait Baha, and Taroudant

Rural districts of Aouganz, Askaoun et Smimou

Souss Massa Draa Hydraulic Basin Agency

Analysis of the Health Impacts of ClimateChange Adaptation Strategies:Transmission of Zoonotic CutaneousLeishmaniasis in Tunisia

104270

Tunisia Sub-Regional Health Office of Sidi Bouzid

Hygiene and Environmental Protection Branch, Ministry of Public Health

InfoClim: Platform for Helping VulnerableCommunities Adapt to Climate Change

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Senegal Thies Regional Planning Directorate

Rural Communities of Thiès, Notto, Fandène and Taïba Ndiaye

National Committee on Climate Change

Adaptation to Climate Change amongPastoralists in Northern Kenya

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Kenya Provincial administrative officers for Khalilio and RhamuLocations in Mandera and for Namoruputh, Katilu and KapuaLocations in Turkana

National Environmental Management Authority

Altering the Climate of Poverty underClimate Change: the Forests of CongoBasin

104835

Cameroon, CentralAfrican Republic,and DemocraticRepublic of Congo

Central African Forests Commission (COMIFAC)

Rural-Urban Cooperation on WaterManagement in the Context of ClimateChange in Burkina Faso

104683

Burkina Faso City of Koudougou

City of Dori

City of Bobo-Dioulasso

National Office of Water and Sewage

National Meteorological Department

Adapting Fishing Policy to Climate Changewith the Aid of Scientific and EndogenousKnowledge

104682

Cape Verde Ministry of Environment, Fisheries and Agriculture

Guinea National Ministry of Maritime Fisheries and the Environment

Senegal Ministry of Maritime Economy, Fisheries and Aquaculture

Sub-Regional Fishery Commission

Integrating Indigenous Knowledge inClimate Risk Management to SupportCommunity Based Adaptation

104903

Kenya Provincial administration officers for Eshibira Location ofEmuhaya District

Kenya Meteorological Department

Kenya Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources

Kenya Industrial Property Institute

National Museums of Kenya

IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC)

Using Demand Side Management to Adaptto Water Scarcity and Climate Change inthe Saiss Basin

105439

Morocco Sebou Basin Agency

Provincial Agricultural Directorates (DPAs)

National Directorate of Meteorology

Adaptation to the Impacts of Sea LevelRise in the Nile Delta Coastal Zone

105515

Egypt Governorates of Damietta and Diakalia

National Water Research Center, Ministry of Water Resourcesand Irrigation

Support Fund for Local AdaptationStrategies

105518

Senegal Municipality of Ngoye

Dya’s Local Extension Service, National Rural and AgriculturalAdvisory Agency (ANCAR)

Local Meteorological Agency, Prefecture of Koungheul

Project title and number Countries Policy connections

Climate Change and Human Health inAccra, Ghana

105814

Ghana Ga Mashie Development Agency (GAMADA)

Accra Metropolitan Assembly

Ministry of Health

Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing

Ghana Health Service

Exploring Urban-Rural Interdependenceand the Impacts of Climate Change inTanzania and Malawi

105836

Tanzania Tanzania Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security

Tanzania Ministry of Regional Administration and LocalGovernment

Malawi Malawi Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security

Malawi Ministry Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs

Malawi Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development

Implications of Climate Change on Rural-Urban Interactions: the Case Study of Abaand its Region, Southeastern Nigeria

105839

Nigeria Municipality of Aba

Managing Water in the Rural-urbanInterface in Ghana and Ethiopia: the Key to Climate Change Resilient Cities

105869

Ghana Accra Metropolitan Assembly

Water Directorate of the Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing

Ministry of Food and Agriculture

National Disaster Management Organisation

Water Resources CommissionCommunity Water and Sanitation Agency

Environmental Protection Agency

Ghana Water Company

Hydrological Services DepartmentGhana Health Service

Ghana Irrigation Development Authority

Ethiopia Addis Ababa City Administration

Addis Ababa Sewage Authority

Addis Ababa City Environmental Protection Authority

National Meteorological Services Agency

Water supply and Sanitation Council, Ministry of Water Resources

Agriculture Extension Services, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development

Protecting Cotonou’s Urban Community inthe Face of Climate Change

105815

Burkina Faso Municipality of Cotonou

Municipality of Sémé-Kpodji

Municipality of Calavi

National Office of Prevention and Civil Protection, Ministry of Health

Ministry of Decentralization, Local Authorities, and Land Use Planning

Sub-Saharan African Cities: A Five-CityNetwork to Pioneer Climate Adaptationthrough Participatory Research and LocalAction

105868

South Africa Municipality of Cape Town

Tanzania Municipality of Dar es Salaam

Mozambique Municipality of Maputo

Namibia Municipality of Walvis Bay

Mauritius Municipality of Port Louis

KSIDS: Building Capacity for SustainableResponses to Climate Change in Cities ofPortuguese-speaking Small IslandDeveloping States

105838

Cape Verde Municipality of Sao Vicente

Sao Tome and Principe

City of Sao Tome

Strengthening the Role of Civil Society inWater Sector Governance Towards ClimateChange Adaptation in African Cities

106002

Kenya Municipality of Nairobi

Mozambique Municipality of Maputo

South Africa Municipality of Durban

Monitoring and Evaluation Toolkit forClimate Change Adaptation Initiatives

104779

Continent-wide United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)

Sahara and Sahel Observatory (OSS)

AGHRYMET

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