1. Module V.2 NAP as a living document Trainer: [Name]

2. Overview of this module
Adaptation is a long-time process covering many decades
Various changes will take place over such long time periods which will have to be reflected in the NAP process
NAP documents have to be flexible and open for adjustments (NAP as living process)
Provide an overview of the content of the presentation, starting with “Objectives of the module” (see next slide).
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3. What can you expect to learn from this session?
Understand the iterative character of NAP planning and implementation
Get sensitized for the need for regular revision
Reflect reasons and frequency of revision
List two to four learning objectives of the module.
What would you like each participant to know and be able to do when he/she has completed the module? Make the participants clearly understand the intended learning outcome and the relevance of the topic.

4. Need for regular adjustments
NAP process has long-term character.
Framework conditions such as CC impacts and vulnerabilities will evolve over time.
Experiences from NAP implementation will gradually evolve.
Knowledge and state of science will improve over time.
Relevant development and sector plans will change to which the NAP process is aligned:
Strong link to national planning cycles
Mainstreaming is a continuous process.
The trainer might highlight in this context the key questions for updated as mentioned in the technical guidelines:
What are the frequency and/or triggers for an update of the NAPs and related outputs?
• Which of the previous steps of the NAP process would be repeated in order to produce an
update of the NAPs?
• How can the updating of the NAPs be aligned with other development planning processes
to ensure harmonization and the identification of co-benefits?

5. Time-scale of adaptation
Annual crops
Election cycles/
profit & loss
Whole farm planning
Tourism developments
Tree crops
New irrigation project
Transport infrastructure
Major urban infrastructure
Protected areas
Large dams
Landscape architecture
Forest succession
Bridge design life
Suburb
locations
Adaptation processes and measures have to reflect the time-scale of how certain systems might respond to climate changes:
Crop cycles might be changed annually if needed. Therefore, comparably quick reactions to climate changes are possible.
Quite in contrast: New infrastructure developments (transport, urban infrastructure such as sanitation) will last for decades. Adapation measures at a later point might require much time and resources.
Planning horizons
Source: Adapted from Staffort Smith 2009

6. Particular areas of change influencing NAP
New directions in the national development planning
New policy directions
Socio-economic changes
Increasing knowledge on CC change and vulnerability
Experiences within the NAP implementation process (what works, what doesn’t work)
Feed-back from M&E system
New impetus from international climate negotiations

7. How can a NAP be adjusted ?
Adjusted goals
New sectors to be covered
Adjusted measures
New stakeholders to be involved
New plans / policies to be aligned with
Adjusted timeframes
Changed resource conditions (funds, personnel …)
Real case: New political situations might require comprehensive adjustments in the NAP process.
The National Climate Change Strategy of Tunisia was not implemented after the Arab spring any more. A new process had to be started to win a mandate for adaptation.

8. Initiatives and triggers for revision
Revisions might be launched by adaptation steering bodies if new knowledge emerges or relevant framework conditions change.
New development or sector plans might need reflection in the adaptation process (Example: A new River Basin Management Plan might be very relevant for climate sensitive irrigation projects).
Some counties initiated their NAP process through an act of parliament, an executive order by the President or the like. This might include provisions for up-dating (Example: US Executive Order on Climate Change Adaptation).
The time-frames for revision might be also stipulated in the Adaptation Plan itself.
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9. Exercise: Revision process for NAP
Please reflect possible changes and options for adjustment in Matrix V.2.1 for the concrete situation of your country.
Note down your finding on cards
Present your findings in plenary

10. Imprint
Published by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Climate Policy Support Project
Dag-Hammarskjöld-Weg Eschborn, Germany T F
Contact E I
Responsible Nele Bünner, GIZ
Author Alfred Eberhardt
Contributions by
Nele Bünner
This presentation is part of a NAP country-level training that has been developed by GIZ on behalf of BMZ and in cooperation with the NAP Global Support Programme (NAP-GSP), in particular UNDP and UNITAR.
The training is designed to support countries in setting up a National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process. It builds on the NAP Technical Guidelines developed by the Least- Developed Countries Expert Group (LEG).
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