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Gakumba John B. W,

Full name : Republic of Rwanda Population : 10.9 million (UN, 2011) Capital : Kigali Area : 26,338 sq km (10,169 sq miles) Major languages : Kinyarwanda (official), French (official), English (official), Swahili Major religions : Christianity, indigenous beliefs

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Gakumba John B. W,

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  1. Full name: Republic of Rwanda Population: 10.9 million (UN, 2011) Capital: Kigali Area: 26,338 sq km (10,169 sq miles) Major languages: Kinyarwanda (official), French (official), English (official), Swahili Major religions: Christianity, indigenous beliefs Life expectancy: 54 years (men), 57 years (women) (UN) Monetary unit: 1 Rwandan franc = 100 centimes Main exports: Coffee, tea, hides, tin ore GNI per capita: US $570 (World Bank, 2011) Internet domain: .rw International dialling code: +250 Growth exceeded 5% in the five years since 2001, driven by coffee and tea exports and expanding tourism; poverty is widespread and Rwanda is highly dependent on aid…what does this mean? Gakumba John B. W, National Coordinator, Nile Basin Discourse-Rwandaand UNEP-UNDP CC DARE Project for Rwanda. Member of Regional Steering Committee, GWP-Eastern Africa, Member of SGP/UNDP-Rwanda, Fmr Africa CSO Seat Observer to CIF/CTF/World Bank P O Box 7216, Kigali Rwanda, Opp. Amahoro National Stadium-Gasabo, Kigali City, Rwanda. coordinator@nbdfrwanda.org www.nbdfrwanda.org www.nilebasindiscourse.org 20-22nd March 2013. Mauritius Community Based Participation Capacity for Natural Resources Efficient Use to Ensure Resilience in Africa; Case of rwanda

  2. Both Poverty and Climate Change have become the main barriers for social-economic development in Africa being promoted by capacity and knowledge gaps, hence, rendering the greatest vulnerability levels to climate change for communities. Climate change impacts on African human settlements arise from a number of climate change-related causes, notably sea level changes, impacts on water resources, extreme weather events, food security, increased health risks from vector home diseases, and temperature-related morbidity in urban environments. Rwanda; landlocked, post genocide, Agri-based economy, After UNEP-UNDP CC DARE project which was funded by Danish Foreign Ministry for Nile Basin Discourse Forum in Rwanda between 2009-2010, a lot of emphasis has been awakened to build concrete capacity strategies to promote resilience for vulnerable communities. Since the NBDF Rwanda covers 80% of the Rwandan territory in the Nile Basin catchment, it also boasts of a population of 40 local and International NGOs. Introduction

  3. Without the skills and knowledge on sustainable use of natural resources, and climate change resilience programs, the twin goals of poverty reduction and sustainable development cannot be achieved in a changing climate. Local Communities play a vital role in achieving these twins. However, the main challenge is that community groups lack access to information, skills and the ability to participate in decision-making about how their natural resources are managed. Ambition; There is need to develop community based tools that demonstrate and support measures targeting poverty reduction in the context of sustainable development through Community Based Organizations, Academia and local authorities. The answer stand; Participative development of a capacity building strategy. The government through Vision 2020 and EDPRS 1 and 11 have emphasized on a sustainable economic build up with concrete engagement of stakeholders [PPP]- the will is present and we have to emphasize dialogue and engagement of the grassroot as a civil society through education, awareness raising, piloting, dialogue, etc Main challenges; but how!!!

  4. Partnerships; Communitybasedorganizationsleaders, Academia, Districtsauthorities in fourpilotdistrictstomonitor theimpact of climatechange and integration of tools. Internprograms and academiciansmainstreamingbestpractices in coursecontents. • Dialogue; Communitygroupswithhelp of accurateinformationhavelink withpolicymakers in ordertoinfluencedecisionsto mitígate climatechangerisks, reduce poverty and meettheirownneedssustainably. Jointactionplanning, Jointfundraising and extra budgetsupportinitiatives. • MergingKnowledge Gap; Non-stateactorswithaccessto a range of indicatortoolsthatsupportworktowards a sustainablefuture. • StakeholderEngagement; Increasedparticipation, awareness and dialogue onpromotingsustainableeducation, climatechange at decentralizedlevelwithpolicymakers, donorcommunity, internationalorganizations, etc; REMA, RNRA,UNDP, UNEP,World Bank, FAO, NBI,Experts, etc. • Development, Translating, Sharing of a tool kit through a CommunityBasedClimateChangeAdaptation (CBCCA) Programthatwill guide otherstakeholderstoupscalebestpracticestoclimatechangeadaptation. • Development of a communicationstrategy; media, public, governmentinstitutions, CSOs, Donors, GovernmentInstitutions, International NGOs, etc. Thisacts as a sourceforupdates and database. Procedure and Benefits

  5. Limitedorlack of Information • Tools– there are no toolsormethodsappropriatetobuildcapacities of communities, academicengagementand non stateactorsto cope withclimatechangeand achievesustainabledevelopment. • Research – researchintopoverty-environment links tendsto be tooacademicand inaccessible at thecommunitylevel. • Capacity– thereislimitedopportunitytoreceive training thataddressespoverty-environment and climatechangelinkages. • Bestpracticesidentified; there are no mechanisms and resourcestoscale up thosebestpracticeson a widerlevel. The Toolkit Program • Results/Outputs: • 1. written; Needs Analysis, Poverty-EnvironmentIndicatorsToolkit, CommunityBasedIndicatorsGuide, RecordingSystem, CommunityIndicators Training Pack, Sustainable Plan, Communicationtools, etc • 2. Capacity outputs; Staffing, stakeholders and policymakers, Toolkitindicatorfairs, National and local conferences, training of trainers, experiencesharingworkshops, policyanalysis and dialogue, etc. Others are Web based outputs, Report outputs and . Public outputs • Multipliereffectswhichincludeprogram, online and public; CBCCA can easily be builtintootherprogrammes. The CBCCA indicatortoolsprovide data with a widerange of uses. They can be used as aninitialassessmentortooltoraiseawareness. Alternativelythey can be usedtoprovidelongtermmonitoring of change in educationsustainabledevelopmenttoefficiently use natural resources in enhancingresiliencetoclimatechangeadaptationforcommunities.

  6. THANKS YOU MERCI MURAKOZE!

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