Outline of the Project

Project Name

The Project for Capacity Building on Climate Resilience in the Pacific

Country

Samoa

Date R/D Signed

Dec. 20, 2018

Term of Cooperation

From July 2nd, 2019 to July 1st, 2022

Implementing Organization

Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

Background

The small island states spread around Oceania are extremely vulnerable to natural disasters, such as cyclones and El Niño. There are concerns that the frequency and intensity of natural disasters will increase in the future due to rising sea levels and droughts as climate change progresses. Therefore, providing a base in the region for strengthening countermeasures against climate change and disaster risk, and training human resources for that sector are priorities.

SPREP, which is the executing agency of the project, is an international organization headquartered in Samoa and composed of 26 countries and regions in Oceania. Activities of the agency include formulating and implementing climate change adaptation and mitigation measures, and providing information in the international arena. It was expected that SPREP would, as a human resource training base in Oceania, develop human resources capable of addressing new challenges such as strengthening the access that countries have to the Green Climate Fund* and promoting aid coordination.

Against this background, this technical cooperation project aims at enhancing training capacities of Pacific Climate Change Center (PCCC), which wad constructed by JICA Grant Aid.

The Overall Goal

Capacities on climate resilience in the Pacific region are enhanced through establishment of training function of Pacific Climate Change Center (PCCC) as stated in the Vision for PCCC.

Project Purpose

Training function of PCCC is operationalized by enhancing its capacities in the areas of climate change (adaptation, access to finance and mitigation) in the Pacific region.

Output

1. Regular training program on climate change adaptation is established by PCCC.
2. Regular training program on improvement of access to climate finance is established by PCCC.
3. Ad-hoc training program on mitigation is established by PCCC.

Project Activities

0-1	Review existing resources (tools, modules, materials and experiences of regional trainings in climate change area)
0-2	Explore opportunities for coordination with other climate change training initiatives in the Pacific
0-3	Feed outputs and experiences of the Project into the process of developing PCCC as the centre for climate change training other than tertiary education in the Pacific
1-1	Conduct needs assessment on target groups in the Pacific region
1-2	Identify appropriate training experts through the Regional Technical Support Mechanism (RTSM) and/or other resources
1-3	Develop curriculum and materials for regular-basis training
1-4	Conduct trainings for relevant ministries and institutions of countries in the Pacific
1-5	Review the curriculum based on the result of training
1-6	Conduct follow-up activity for a country/countries after training
2-1	Conduct needs assessment on target groups in the Pacific region
2-2	Identify appropriate training experts through the Regional Technical Support Mechanism (RTSM) and/or other resources
2-3	Develop curriculum and materials for regular-basis training
2-4	Conduct trainings for relevant ministries and institutions of countries in the Pacific
2-5	Review the curriculum based on the result of training
2-6	Conduct follow-up activity for a country/countries after training
3-1	Conduct needs assessment on target groups in the Pacific region
3-2	Identify appropriate training experts through the Regional Technical Support Mechanism (RTSM) and/or other resources
3-3	Develop curriculum and materials for occasional-basis training
3-4	Conduct trainings for relevant ministries and institutions of countries in the Pacific
3-5	Review the curriculum based on the result of training

Inputs

[Japanese side]
Long-term expert, Short-term expert for specific technical issues, Equipment for training if necessary, Operational cost as necessary

[Samoan side]
Relevant counterpart, Office space in PCCC, Training facility and equipment in PCCC, Operational cost as necessary