Regional : Investing in Climate Change Adaptation through Agroecological Landscape Restoration: A Nature-Based Solution for Climate Resilience
The knowledge and support technical assistance (TA) will support selected developing member countries (DMCs) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in (i) elaborating, evaluating, and promoting innovative ways to scale up climate change adaptation interventions through agroecological landscape restoration; and (ii) strengthening the capacity of communities to restore and manage their climate-resilient landscapes for food and nutrition security.
Project Details
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Project Officer
Gonzales, Sugar M.
Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department
Request for information -
Country/Economy
Regional -
Sector
- Agriculture, natural resources and rural development
| Project Name | Investing in Climate Change Adaptation through Agroecological Landscape Restoration: A Nature-Based Solution for Climate Resilience | ||||||||
| Project Number | 53348-001 | ||||||||
| Country / Economy | Regional |
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| Project Status | Active | ||||||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Technical Assistance |
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| Operational Priorities | OP2: Accelerating progress in gender equality OP3: Tackling climate change, building climate and disaster resilience, and enhancing environmental sustainability OP5: Promoting rural development and food security |
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| Sector / Subsector | Agriculture, natural resources and rural development / Land-based natural resources management |
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| Gender | Some gender elements | ||||||||
| Description | The knowledge and support technical assistance (TA) will support selected developing member countries (DMCs) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in (i) elaborating, evaluating, and promoting innovative ways to scale up climate change adaptation interventions through agroecological landscape restoration; and (ii) strengthening the capacity of communities to restore and manage their climate-resilient landscapes for food and nutrition security. | ||||||||
| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | The TA is aligned with the priorities of ADB's Strategy 2030 and will support the implementation of ADB's Climate Change Operational Framework, 2017-2030, which identifies increased climate resilience of agriculture and natural resources sectors as one of the priorities. The TA is also included in the 2020 Management-approved results-based work plan of Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department (SDCC). | ||||||||
| Impact | Climate and disaster resilience built (Strategy 2030 Operational Plan for Priority 3) |
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| Project Outcome | |
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| Description of Outcome | DMCs' capacity to scale up climate change adaptation strengthened |
| Progress Toward Outcome | |
| Implementation Progress | |
| Description of Project Outputs | Agroecological landscape restoration interventions promoted Climate-resilient agricultural livelihoods in climate-vulnerable communities promoted Knowledge on climate-resilient agroecological landscape restoration projects increased |
| Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities, and Issues) | |
| Geographical Location | Regional |
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| Involuntary Resettlement | |
| Indigenous Peoples | |
| Stakeholder Communication, Participation, and Consultation | |
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| Consulting Services | ADB will engage the consultants following the ADB Procurement Policy and its associated project administration instructions and/or staff instructions. ADB will recruit international and national consulting firms using fixed-budget selection to provide 34 person-months of international inputs and 111 person-months of national inputs. The TA-financed consultants will procure any works and goods for demonstration activities under the guidance of SDCC, in accordance with the ADB Procurement Policy. The TA will also require 13 person-months of national consulting services using individual consultant selection. During TA implementation, additional expertise may be required on, among others, climate change policy, climate finance, agroforestry and livestock for estimated inputs of 4 person-months of international and 4 person-months of national consultants to be financed from the TA contingency budget. |
| Procurement | To be procured by consultants: Request for quotation-Bangladesh demonstration Request for quotation-Cambodia demonstration Request for quotation-Philippines demonstration |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Gonzales, Sugar M. |
| Responsible ADB Department | Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | SDCD |
| Executing Agencies |
Asian Development Bank |
| Timetable | |
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| Concept Clearance | 26 Feb 2020 |
| Fact Finding | - |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 14 Jul 2020 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 16 Jul 2020 |
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| Milestones | |||||
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 14 Jul 2020 | - | 14 Jul 2020 | 30 Jun 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | - |
| Financing Plan/TA Utilization | Cumulative Disbursements | |||||||
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 180,000.00 | 2,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2,180,000.00 | 25 May 2023 | 567,046.55 |
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| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Investing in Climate Change Adaptation through Agroecological Landscape Restoration - A Nature-Based Solution for Climate Resilience: Technical Assistance Report | Technical Assistance Reports | Jul 2020 |
| Investing in Climate Change Adaptation Through Agroecological Landscape Restoration: Technical Assistance Concept Paper | Concept Papers | Feb 2020 |
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Tenders
| Tender Title | Type | Status | Posting Date | Deadline |
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| Climate Change Adaptation Specialist (Landscape Restoration) | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| Climate Change Risk and Adaptation/Restoration Option Assessment in Bangladesh | Firm - Consulting | Closed | ||
| Investing in Climate Change Adaptation through Agroecological Landscape Restoration: A Nature-Based Solution for Climate Resilience | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| Climate Change Risk and Adaptation/Restoration Option Assessment in Cambodia, Myanmar, and Philippines | Firm - Consulting | Closed |
Contracts Awarded
| Contract Title | Approval Number | Contract Date | Contractor | Address | Executing Agency | Total Contract Amount (US$) | Contract Amount Financed by ADB (US$) |
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| Capacity Development Technical Assistance | Technical Assistance 6539 | 17 Aug 2022 | Center For Environmental And Geographic Information Services (BANGLADESH) in association with Centre for Climate Change and Environmental Research, BRAC University (BANGLADESH) | 6, ROAD: 23/C, GULSHAN-1, DHAKA-1212, BANGLADESH | Asian Development Bank | 466,226.00 | — |
| Capacity Development | Technical Assistance 6539 | 04 Jan 2021 | ICEM ASIA CONSULTING PTE. LTD (SINGAPORE) in association with WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE/INTL. CTR. FOR RES. IN AGRO (INDONESIA) | 60 PAYA LEBAR ROAD # 11-01 PAYA LEBAR SQ 101 Cecil Street # 11-04 Tong Eng Buildin Singapore | Asian Development Bank | 1,294,515.00 | — |
Procurement Plan
None currently available.