Presented by: Piya-Abalo Tahontan Bamali 3.2 Stakeholder engagement The formulation and implementation of NAPs involves three broad set of stakeholders: the actors (of the process), whose directly involved in the process and responsible for outputs of the formulation and implementation of the NAPs; providers of financial and technical support; and the beneficiaries (of the outcome of adaptation) that can be systems (e.g. economic, ecological), citizens, private sector, etc.). The identification of such actors and stakeholders will need to take into account the necessary guiding principles, to ensure inclusion of all groups and systems of the society. The session will present best practices and experiences in the engagement of stakeholders in adaptation planning and implementation.

1. Mr. BAMALI Tahontan Didier
NAP Focal Point
Technical Secretary of NAP Comity in Togo
Directorate of Environment

2. Country data
West Africa
with a long period of
monsoon in the south and a short period in the
north.
7 552 318 hab. (2015)
3%; youth : 60%
5.9% (2014)
$ 1100 US
38% of GDP, 66% of working
population ; 33.9% of the population is
threatened by hunger
58.7%

3. Recent climate trends
in Togo
Compared with the period
from 1961-1985, 1986-2012
period recorded a increase in
temperature but a decrease in
rainfalls and an intensification
of coastal erosion
(∆T)
(∆P)
+ 1.2 °C; 41.8 mm
+ 0.7 °C; -4.3 mm
+ 1.0°C; -3.3 mm
+ 0.7°C; -81 mm
Atakpamdé
Lomé
Mango
Sokodé

4. Climate scenarios for Togo
These climate risks will affect almost all parts of society and imply new
obstacles to poverty reduction, food security and economic growth in
Togo.
• Increases in temperatures;
• small increase in rainfall but
insufficient to offset the effects
of the high increase in
temperature
• More pronounced variations in
precipitation patterns;
increasing droughts, floods and
bushfires;
• Intensification of coast erosion
due to sea level rising

5. To complement these efforts and to address medium and long-
term adaptation needs, Togo engages in the UNFCCC National
Adaptation Plan (NAP) process.
1. Agriculture,
2. Management of water
resources,
3. Coastal protection,
4. Housing,
5. And health.
What has Togo done so far?

6. The NAP process in Togo
Initiating
and
launching
of the NAP
process
Stocktaking:
identifying
available
information
on climate
change
impacts,
vulnerability
and
adaptation
Stocktaking:
assessing gaps
and needs of
the enabling
environment
for the NAP
process
Addressing
capacity gaps
and
weaknesses in
undertaking
the NAP
process
Mandate
for the NAP
process
Adressing
capacity gaps
and
weaknesses of
actors
involved in
planning and
budgeting in
undertaking
CCA in the
guidebook for
planning
officers
Formulating
guidelines of
mainstrea-
ming ACC in
planning and
budgeting
Formulating
the PNA
Reference
Document
Mid-term
evaluation:
review of the
roadmap
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5
6
7
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7. Stakeholders involved in the process
Water
resources
Forestery
PLANIFICATION &
FINANCES
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

8. Stakeholders engagement in the process NAP
process in Togo
• Joint Ministerial Order, No.008/2014/MPDAT/MEF /MERF was
issued on July 21, 2014; establishing the Technical Coordination
Committee of adaptation mainstreaming in the planning and
budgeting in Togo.
• Composition:
o Chairman (DPPD/MPDAT),
o 1st vice-president (DB/MEF),
o 2nd vice-president (DP/MERF),
o Technical Secretary (DE/MERF)
o 1st reporter (DE/MERF),
o 2nd reporter (Civil Society Organization).

9. Stakeholders engagement in the process NAP
process in Togo
• Objective: To prepare the NAP document.
The team leader is the Planning Directorate
• Composition: Members are from
o Planning and Development Policies Directorate
o Budgeting Directorate
o Environment Directorate

10. Stakeholders engagement in the process NAP
process in Togo
• Objective: To prepare the NAP document.
The team leader is the Environment Directorate
• Composition: Members are from
o Environment Directorate
o General Secretary of the ministry of agriculture
o Directorate in charge of planning, monitoring and evaluation of
water policy
o Planning and Development Policies Directorate
o Budgeting Directorate
o Directorate in charge of planning, monitoring and evaluation of
environment policy
o A national expert to moderate and technically support the team.

11. NAP institutional arrangements
Planning and Development Policies
DirectorateBudgeting Directorate
Ministry of Environment and
Forestry Resources
Ministry of Economy and
Finance
Ministry of Development
Planning
 UNFCCC Focal Point
 Technology transfert Focal
Point
 NAMA coordinator
 NAP Focal Point
Environment Directorate
Technical Coordination Committee of
the NPA process
3 NGOs (including
a women's NGO)
National
Employers Council
NAPCC Editorial Team
Adaptation Mainstreaming
Guidelines Editorial Team
Technical Secretariat (NAP FP) Climate Change Division

12. Challenges encountered
1. How to structure the NAP document: there is lack of a standard
structure for the NAPs to help.
2. Motivation of to the NAP committee members : no money to
support the Committee members (per diem, transportation).
3. Bureaucracy/administrative hassle: for an activity to be funded,
we must make a request to GIZ at least 2 weeks before
National technical advisor : the committee should negotiate first
with the National technical advisor and the International
technical advisor to get an agreement; then prepare a request
that the International technical advisor send to the NAP Program
manager and finally to the director of GIZ. Therefore, an
activity listed in the operational plan (jointly prepared) and the
NAP Committee meetings, were not funded.

13. Challenges encountered
4. Poor grasp of the technical guidelines of NAP process by the
Planning Directorate. That affects its abilities to lead the
process.
5. Difficulty in mobilizing the national contribution to support
the implementation of the NAP Committee activities.
6. Harmonizing NAP process with the priorities of the
departments involved.
7. Gaps in knowledge on climate change and adaptation to
climate change that affect the participation of many
stakeholders in the NAP process.
8. How to fill gaps in the vulnerability assessments conducted
as part of national communications to avoid or to reduce the
risk of maladaptation?

14. 1. NAPs can serve as an important tool to continually
revitalize/galvanize institutional collaboration.
2. NAPs can serve as an important tool for ensuring common
understanding and communicating progress towards reducing
vulnerability and integrating adaptation into development
planning.
3. A permanent communication on outputs and outcomes of the
NAP process makes it more effective participation of
stakeholders involved and increase their concern/interest to
mainstreaming adaptation. Therefore it is critical to consider
this issue when planning NAP process activities.
4. The national counterpart as promoted by GIZ, although
relevant, is of itself, the risk of derailing the process.
5. The national counterpart as required by GIZ, although
relevant for developing a sense of responsibility LDC and
promoting their ownership of the NAP process, is an
important threat to fail the process as well.
Lessons learned

15. Best practices
1. The high level interdepartmental meetings that help to
create an atmosphere of trust between the ministry of
development planning, the ministry of finance and the
ministry of environment.
2. The leadership role entrusted to the directorates of
development planning and budgeting in the NAP process:
makes easier the concrete mainstreaming of ACC in the
development planning and budgeting and ensure the
monitoring of the implementation of the NAPs.
3. The joint Ministerial Order, No.008/2014/MPDAT/MEF
/MERF issued to put in place the Technical Coordination
Committee of the NPA process.

16. Best practices
5. The position of Technical Secretariat that the environment
ministry occupies in the NAP process : this position is a very
strategic one to effectively play its role of driving force
behind in the involvement and enhanced accountability of all
national stakeholders all the NAP process along.
6. Establishment of a mailing list of committee member of NAP.
7. Sending invitation to the meeting by email, by letter and by
phone (call and SMS).
8. A continuous monitoring of the process through the
organizing of one meeting per month for the NAP Committee;
two per month for the Ministry of Environment and GIZ; and
almost one meeting per week for the NAP focal point, the
national adviser and the International Technical Advisor.