Presented by: Mirza Shawkat Ali "Review of Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan 2009"-13 December 2013

1. The Need for Prioritization of
BCCSAP identified adaptation actions
and approaches to be followed
Mirza Shawkat Ali
Dhaka
13 December 2013

2. Outline
Why Prioritize
Approaches for Prioritization
Proposed Matrix for Prioritization

3. Why prioritize?
To optimize the utilization of limited resources
When the number of projects are high
Number of projects from a single sector are high;
BCCSAP has 44 programme areas and its difficult
to implement all of them at the same time;

4. Project prioritization under NAPA
Guidelines
NAPA used two tier approach to prioritize projects
Firstly, General Criteria used to select priority
adaptation activities from a long list of potential
activities (first order);
Level or degree of adverse effects of climate change;
Poverty reduction to enhance adaptive capacity;
Synergy with other multilateral environmental
agreements
Cost effectiveness

5. Project prioritization and ranking
Secondly, used additional criteria for ranking;
Loss of live and livelihood
Human Health
Food Security and Agriculture
Water availability, quality and accessibility
Essential Infrastructure
Cultural Heritage
Biological diversity
Land-use management and Forestry
Other environmental amenities
Coastal zones, and associated loss of land

6. Other techniques to prioritize projects
Other techniques mentioned in NAPA;
Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA)
Cost Effectiveness Analysis (CEA)
Multi-criterial Analysis (MCA)

7. How we can proceed?
First, Set Sectoral Prioritization
Which Sector is most vulnerable
 agriculture
 water
 coastal
 health
areas
 ecosystems
 infrastructure
 Forest
 Energy
security
Which region is most vulnerable
 Coastal zone
 Flood prone areas
 Drought prone areas

8. Priority Areas
Capacity building
legislation
Policies, plans and programmes
Early warning systems
natural disaster prevention

9. Tools and process for prioritization
 Following criteria can be used to prioritize the projects
 Relevance of the projects to
Sectoral Priority
 Development Goals of GOB/Sixth five year plan
 Linkage with Thematic/Programme Areas of BCCSAP
 Integration
 Address climate change issues at local level
 Address climate change at National level
 Project Benefit
 Social Benefits (poverty reduction/employment generation)
 Environmental Benefits
 Prioritized by consultation exercise.

Projects will be ranked based upon their respective scores, depending upon
the availability of funds, the top ranked prioritized projects will be funded.

10. Criteria
Relative importance/relevance
Highly Very
Relevant Slightly
relevant relevant
relevant
5
Relevance/Strategic Alignment
•Sixth Five Year Plan
•Sectoral Priority
Strategic Alignment
•with BCCSAP thematic areas
Project Benefits
•Social benefits (poverty
reduction/employment)
•Environmental benefits
4
3
2
Total
Score
Not
relevant
1

11. Criteria
Relative importance/relevance
Highly Very
Relevant Slightly Not
relevant relevant
relevant relevant
5
4
3
2
1
Sustainability of the project
•Exit strategy of the project (how to
sustain after the project completion)
•Risk Analysis (whether the project is
cost effective or not whether the
project will be completed properly)
•Cascading effect on similar
sectors/projects
•Address Climate Change issues at local
level & enhance capacity of the local
people
Institutional capacity
•Expertise to carry out the study
•Logistical support
Total
Score