NAP Expo 2024: How inclusive and cross-scale stakeholder engagement can drive transformational adaptation

Organizers: FAO, UNDP, UNCDF, NAP Global Network

Date: April 25, 2024

Time: 9:00am - 10:30am

Place: Green View Room- Bangabandhu International Conference Center - Dhaka, Bangladesh

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Context

Climate adaptation efforts involve a wide range of stakeholders, from community members (such as youth, women, and farmers) to policymakers, researchers, and businesses involved at very different levels. In National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), these stakeholders come together to address the impacts of climate change.  Strengthening inclusive multi-stakeholder engagement ensures that adaptation strategies benefit from a diverse range of perspectives and expertise.

Collaborating with stakeholders helps address their specific needs and vulnerabilities, leading to sustainable changes and climate-resilient development. Involving stakeholders in planning, implementation, and decision-making boosts ownership, legitimacy, and effectiveness, especially regarding gender dynamics and women's inclusion. This emphasizes the importance of inclusivity in driving positive outcomes.

Therefore, the FAO-UNDP SCALA programme, along with the UNCDF and NAP Global Network, co-organized a technical session at NAP Expo 2024 to underscore the significance of bolstering inclusive multi-stakeholder engagement for climate change adaptation especially for the NAP formulation, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation. 

Objectives 

The session aimed to:

1. Highlight the importance of inclusive multi-actor engagement for transformative adaptation across multiple governance levels.
2. Showcase successful examples, best practices, and approaches of inclusive multi-actor collaboration in climate adaptation across scales.

Agenda

Welcome and Introduction	10min	Introduction of objectives and agenda
Element 1 Icebreaker	10min	Interactive intro session: Looking at one’s own privilege
Element 2 Framing presentation	10min	Introduction on why inclusive and cross-scale engagement is important to the NAP process
5 min	Q&A
Element 3 Examples from the countries	15min	Joint Secretary, Sanjeev Kumar Karn, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development (Nepal) Director, Gerty Pierre of Climate Change, Ministry of Environment (Haiti) Mr. Ismail Kone, National Climate Change Programme (Cote d'Ivoire)
Element 4 Practical session	30 min	Role play from the perspective of different stakeholders (private sector, women’s groups, youth, government)
Closing remarks	10min	Wrapping up and closing

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