ACCRA

Who we are, what we do and where we work.

Links to climate change adaptation, DRR, social protection and livelihoods work.

Why should you be interested?

Ethiopia

Uganda

Mozambique

Our goal

ACCRA aims to increase governments’ and development

actors’ use of evidence in designing and implementing both

humanitarian and development interventions that increase

poor and vulnerable communities’ capacity to adapt to

climate hazards, variability and change.

Adaptive capacity

The property of a system to adjust its characteristics or

behavior, in order to expand its coping range under

existing climate variability or future climate conditions.

(UNDP, 2005)

What ACCRA will doCapacity building/advocacyResearch and learning

Support poor communities’ ability to adapt to adapt to climate hazards, variability and change.

Evidence-based action by humanitarian and development actors: Donors, NGOs,

Governments

Key questions to frame our research

1. How are different livelihood groups currently affected by climate variability / change?

2. What is currently happening in existing projects that is helping to increase the adaptive capacity of systems to climate change?

4. What is missing – within reasonable limits – in current projects that would enhance adaptive capacity?

Working with governments

ACCRA will work closely with local governments in each country, seeking to involve them in the development of the research framework, the research process and validation of the findings.

ACCRA will carry out capacity gap analyses with local governments in each country and undertake capacity building activities. This will inform future work on building governments’ capacity on CCA.

ACCRA has carried out reviews on the policy context and key actors in each country to inform our work.

Working with ACCRA members and others

Consortium is operational in each country.

Involved in the development of research approach and research itself.

Disseminating learning and best practice from ACCRA members’ work.

Encouraging others to change practice or policiesbased on findings.

Timeline2-year funding (DFID)

Year 1 (Nov 2009 – Oct 2010): • Data collection • Development of capacity building plans. • Linking with other initiatives.

Year 2 (Nov 2010 – Oct 2011): • Data collection (to April 2011).• Publication of research findings and

accompanying resources. • Delivery of capacity building activities.

How we work with Strengthening Climate Resilience

Common aim: Collecting an evidence-base linking CCA, DRM and other development approaches.

Different geographical scopes, methodologies, foci.

• Research arms share information on the development of research frameworks and research approaches.

• Identifying shared findings as the research progressesand communicating them on linked web platforms.

Why should you be interested?• Lack of evidence about what are the most effective

interventions to promote adaptive capacity.

• Despite a growing consensus that joint work across different fields is required to respond to these challenges, this consensus has not yet been reflected in the policy, practice or research priorities of governments and other development actors.

• Despite policy commitments in many African countriesand experience from development actors, governments lack the capacity to implementadaptation and DRR activities in ways that involve and benefit the most vulnerable.

How can you be involved?

Share information on your own work – we’re keen to link up with others.

Learn from research and think about your own practice.

Support efforts to build capacity for adaptation.

Contacts

Jo Lofthouse, International Programme Coordinator: jlofthouse@oxfam.org.uk

Jose Macaringue, Mozambique ACCRA coordinator:jmacaringue@savechildren.org

Margaret Barihaihi, Uganda ACCRA coordinator:Margaret_Barihaihi@wvi.org

Kirsty Wilson, Ethiopia ACCRA coordinatorkwilson@oxfam.org.uk