A Field Guide to Community-Based Adaptation is a field guide where each chapter is a field assignment for field staff to carry out with a community in order to develop a real on-the-ground project. Each chapter is therefore one step in the process of assessing community need, designing and funding a project, launching the project alongside the community, and handing the project over to the community at grant’s end.
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Field Assignment 1, Chapter 1
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Field Guide 1 Ten Seed Needs Assessment
Participatory Needs Assessment Workshop Lesson Plan
Example Template of Field Assignment 1: Facilitating a Participatory Needs Assessment.
Recommended Resources
Chatty, D., Baas, S. and Fleig, A. Participatory Processes towards Co-Management of Natural Resources in Pastoral Areas of the Middle East. Module II – Introducing Participatory Approaches Methods and Tools, FAO.
Dayal, R., van Wijk, C. and Mukherjee, N. Methodology For Participatory Assessments With Communities Institutions And Policy Makers, World Bank.
Jayakaran, R. Ten Seed Technique, World Vision International.
Theis, J. and Grady, H. Participatory Rapid Appraisal for Community Development, IIED.
UNDP Bureau of Development Policy. Designing Climate Change Adaptation Initiatives: A UNDP Toolkit for Practitioners, UNDP.
United Nations Development Programme. Gender, Climate Change and Community-Based Adaptation: A Guidebook for Designing and Implementing Gender-Sensitive Community-Based Adaptation Programmes and Projects, UNDP.
Field Assignment 2, Chapter 2: Facilitating a Participatory Capacity and Vulnerability assessment.
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Field Guide 2 Participatory Capacity and Vulnerability Assessment
Participatory Capacity and Vulnerability Assessment Workshop Lesson Plan
Example Template of Field Assignment 2: Revised Project Outline
Recommended Resources
Chatty, D., Baas, S. and Fleig, A. Participatory Processes towards Co-Management of Natural Resources in Pastoral Areas of the Middle East. Module II – Introducing Participatory Approaches Methods and Tools, FAO.
Dayal, R., van Wijk, C. and Mukherjee, N. Methodology For Participatory Assessments With Communities Institutions And Policy Makers, World Bank.
Theis, J. and Grady, H. Participatory Rapid Appraisal for Community Development, IIED.
CARE. Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis Handbook. CARE.
Krantz, L. The Sustainable Livelihood Approach to Poverty Reduction, SIDA.
Regmi, B., Morcrette, A., Paudyal, A., Bastakoti, R. and Pradhan, S. Participatory Tools and Techniques for Assessing Climate Change Impacts and Exploring Adaptation Options, Livelihoods and Forestry Programme.
Field Assignment 3, Chapter 3: Investigating and compiling Scientific Climate Change Data.
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Example of Field Assignment 3: Researching Scientific Climate Change Information
Recommended Resources
CARE. Community-Based Adaptation Toolkit, CARE.
IISD: CRiSTAL, a decision-support tool to help users design climate adaptation activities at the community level.
http://www.iisd.org/cristaltool/download.aspx
Field Assignment 4, Chapter 4
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Example of Field Assignment 4: Incorporating Scientific Climate Change Information into the Project.
Recommended Resources
CARE. Community-Based Adaptation Toolkit, CARE.
UNDP. Designing Climate Change Adaptation Initiatives: A UNDP Toolkit for Practitioners,UNDP.
Field Assignment 5, Chapter 5
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Example of Field Assignment 5: The Program and Activity solution List
Recommended Resources
50 Programs for Community Basd Adaptation, DRR and Development
Center for Sustainable Development website
Field Assignment 6, Chapter 6
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Example of Field Assignment 6 Logframe 1
Example of Field Assignment 6 Logframe 2
Example of Field Assignment 6 Logframe 3
Example of Field Assignment 6 Budget
Example of Field Assignment 6 Schedule
Example of Field Assignment 6 Fact Sheet
Field Assignment 7, Chapter 7
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Example of Field Assignment 7: Forming a Community project Management Committee
Recommended Resources
Bonita, M. and Payuan, E. Village Forestry Handbook, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Lao People’s Democratic Republic.
V&A Programme. Vulnerability and Adaptation Experiences from Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh: Community Based Institutions, V&A Program.>
Field Assignment 8, Chapter 8
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Example of Field Assignment 8: Sustainability: Capacity Building for Community Takeover
Recommended Resources
Cash, D., Clark, W., Alcock, F., Dixon, N., Eckley, N., Guston, D. Jager, J. and Mitchell, B. Knowledge systems for sustainable development, Proceedings of the National Academy Of Sciences of the United States Of America.
IFAD. Good Practices in Participatory Mapping, IFAD. http://www.ifad.org/pub/map/PM_web.pdf
CARE. Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis Handbook. CARE.
Regmi, B., Morcrette, A., Paudyal, A., Bastakoti, R. and Pradhan, S. Participatory Tools and Techniques for Assessing Climate Change Impacts and Exploring Adaptation Options, Livelihoods and Forestry Programme.
Field Assignment 9, Chapter 9
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Example of Field Assignment 9: Impact: Milestones into the Future
Recommended Resources
Jain, S. and Polman, W. Training module on participatory community monitoring and evaluation, FAO.
CARE. Framework of Milestones and Indicators for Community Based Adaptation. CARE.
NGO Programme Karnataka-Tamil Nadu. Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation: Field Experiences, Intercooperation.
Mathie, A. and Foster, M. Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation: A Manual for Village Organizers, Coady International Institute, St. Francis Xavier University.
Field Assignment 10, Chapter 10
Recommended Resources