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Project Coordinator: Susan TupulagaContact: susapaul@gmail.com ISAAC project is a 3 year project commencing in 2017 and funded by USAID and jointly implemented by SPC, SPREP and PIFS covering 4 countries including Tuvalu, Fiji, Palau and Samoa. The main focal areas of ISAAC project are awreness and capacity building, policy development, climate change adaptation divided across three main key result areas; 1. Intergrated Institutional frameworks and national capacity stregthened2. Accessing Climate Finance3. Regional cooperation and corrdination and stregtheningSome of the project's achievements include; 1. supporting the NIE accrediation process in providing assistance to develop tools under Ministry of Finance2.Supporting review of Environmental Impact Assessment3. Establishment of Environmental Social Safeguard (ESS) as one of the requirement for NIE Accreditation process4. Development of Payout policy and methodology for the Tuvalu Survival Fund5. Supporting 20 students to persue Project Management IV Courses6. Supporting the development of the Climate Change Web Portal7. Contribute and participate in Awareness Activities8. Establish Data and Information for vulnerable sectors (in progress)9. Awareness activities on the tools/policy and regulation developed (for 2019)
Objectives - is to strengthen the national institutional capacity of Pacific Islands Countries (PICs) to effectively plan, coordinate and respond to the adverse impacts of climate change and disaster risk. It is intended to build on existing multi-sector, whole of iland approaches that have been implemented successfully in other Pacific Countries.
Status: Completed
Institutional strengthening of Tuvalu's NDA and Preparation of Country Programme - The Tuvalu Readiness-1 project will highly support mechanisms on strengthening the NDA’s capacity and building on that capacity to deliver concise and effective measures in addressing climate finance, enhancing engagement with GCF, building on national stakeholders and private sectors, women and vulnerable groups communication whilst engaging them in decision making and voicing their opinions to build a reflective Country Programme and strategic framework.
ObjectivesThe project will supoort
(i) strengthening the institutional capacity of the NDA to fulfil its role and obligations to the Green Climate Fund (‘the Fund’) and
(ii) formulating a country programme to further enhance Tuvalu’s strategic engagement with the Fund.
For the first component, the NDA will work closely with the delivery partner and national stakeholders to put in place new or improved mechanisms, procedures and processes for accessing, managing and monitoring climate finance. For the second component, the NDA will engage government, civil society organisations, private sector and island communities to develop a strategic framework of climate change investments that are appropriate, transformative, and scalable, and are aligned with Tuvalu’s national sustainable development and climate change priorities
(i) strengthening the institutional capacity of the NDA to fulfil its role and obligations to the Green Climate Fund (‘the Fund’) and
(ii) formulating a country programme to further enhance Tuvalu’s strategic engagement with the Fund.
For the first component, the NDA will work closely with the delivery partner and national stakeholders to put in place new or improved mechanisms, procedures and processes for accessing, managing and monitoring climate finance. For the second component, the NDA will engage government, civil society organisations, private sector and island communities to develop a strategic framework of climate change investments that are appropriate, transformative, and scalable, and are aligned with Tuvalu’s national sustainable development and climate change priorities
Status: Current