Integrating Environmental Monitoring in Project Strategy

1. Project Design, Monitoring and EvaluationSession 2: Environmental Monitoring & Project Strategy

2. We will discuss… • How to integrate environmental monitoring into project strategy • Each step of the development and implementation of environmental monitoring Mod 2 Ses 2

3. Greening the Logframe Mod 2 Ses 2

4. Generic Project Management Cycle Start Project 1. Initial Assessment 6. Evaluation / Lessons Learned 2. Problem/Stakeholder Analysis 5. Monitoring 3. Project Design 4. Implementation Mod 2 Ses 2

5. Project Management CycleWith M & E Post-Disaster Disaster 1. Initial Assessment 6. Evaluation / Lessons Learned 2. Problem/Stakeholder Analysis 5. Monitoring 3. Project Design 4. Implementation Mod 2 Ses 2

6. How is each stage of the project cycle linked to environmental monitoring? • Initial Assessment • Problem/Stakeholder analysis • Project Design • Implementation • Monitoring • Evaluation/Lessons Learned Take 3-4 minutes and write answer on flip chart. Mod 2 Ses 2

7. Case Study: Tropico • Small arid country • Drought for three years • Mainly rural population • Needs assessment indicate high rate of malnutrition among children under 5 http://www.radio86.co.uk/system/files/images/drought1.jpg Mod 2 Ses 2

8. Analysis: Defining the Problem Lack ofagriculturalinputs Salt intrusion from disaster Poor cropproduction Inappropriateagriculturalpractices Erosion Poor soil Foodshortage Lack ofirrigation Watershortage Drought/Desertification Destruction of irrigation infrastructure Malnutrition Mod 2 Ses 2

9. Plan the Response Lack ofagriculturalinputs Salt intrusion from disaster The problem Poor cropproduction Malnutrition Inappropriateagriculturalpractices Erosion Poor soil Food shortage Lack ofirrigation Watershortage Drought/Desertification Destruction of irrigation infrastructure How and where to attack the problem? Mod 2 Ses 2

10. Plan the response Lack ofagriculturalinputs Salt intrusion from disaster A solution Reduce incidence ofmalnutrition Increaseavailabilityof food Poor cropproduction Erosion Poor soil Inappropriateagriculturalpractices Lack ofirrigation Watershortage Drought/Desertification Destruction of irrigation infrastructure But this solutiondoesn’t address root causes Mod 2 Ses 2

11. Plan the response Lack ofagriculturalinputs A solution Reduce incidence ofmalnutrition Increaseavailabilityof food Inappropriateagriculturalpractices Erosion Poor soil Watershortage Salt intrusion from disaster Poor cropproduction Lack ofirrigation Another intervention point Drought/Desertification Destruction of irrigation infrastructure Mod 2 Ses 2

12. Plan the Response Lack ofagriculturalinputs Increasecropproductivity Increaseavailabilityof food Poor soil Erosion Inappropriateagriculturalpractices Lack ofirrigation Watershortage Drought/Desertification Salt intrusion from disaster Reduce incidence ofmalnutrition Destruction of irrigation infrastructure Mod 2 Ses 2

13. Increaseavailabilityof food Plan the Response Additional intervention points Increasedavailabilityof inputs Desalination pumps Reduce incidence ofmalnutrition Reduce erosion Improvedsoil fertility Increasecropproductivity Improvedagriculturalpractices Increaseavailabilityof water Irrigationprovided Improvedadaptationto climatechange Repair irrigation infrastructure Mod 2 Ses 2

14. Identify Environmental Impactsof the Intervention Points Example: Increase availability of agricultural inputs Potential environmental impacts Inputs: Activity: Outputs: Seeds & tools Invasive/non-native species Increased farming activity Increased forest conversion for agriculture Increased cropyields None This analysis is the essence of our workshop. Mod 2 Ses 2

15. How to Integrate Environmental Issues into Project Monitoring and Evaluation Step 1: Adapt your goal statement to include environmental conditions. Step 2: Adapt the outputs. Step 3: Integrate the environment into your project activities. Step 4: Consider the role of the environment in your assessment risks. Step 5: Integrate environmental indicators into project monitoring. Step 6: Integrate the environment into project evaluation. See Handout 2.2.1 Mod 2 Ses 2

16. Exercise: Taking the Steps Set up your flip chart paper like this Step 1. Project objective Step 2. Project output Step 3. Project activity Step 4. ID assumptions & risk Step 5. Integrate env.indicators into project monitoring Mod 2 Ses 2

17. Step 1: Adapt your goal statement to include environmental conditions Example of an objective: Improve food security of vulnerable populations in post-conflict areas. No “intervention point” for environment here. BUT, if we change it to: Improve food security of vulnerable populations in post-conflict areas while maintaining integrity of local natural resources. THEN we can address, for example: • depletion of freshwater resources • introduction of invasive species • increasing forest conversion to agriculture Mod 2 Ses 2

18. Exercise: Step 1 Adapt your assigned objective to include environmental considerations: Group 1: Reduce incidence of disease caused by poor sanitation. Group 2: Provide shelter for all disaster affected families. Group 3: Provide employment opportunities for 1,000 disaster impacted unemployed workers. Mod 2 Ses 2

19. Increasedavailabilityof inputs Increasedavailabilityof inputs Reduce incidence ofmalnutrition Reduce incidence ofmalnutrition Reduce erosion Reduce erosion Improvedsoil fertility Improvedsoil fertility Increasecropproductivity Increasecropproductivity Increaseavailabilityof food Increaseavailabilityof food Improvedagriculturalpractices Improvedagriculturalpractices Increasedavailabilityof water Increasedavailabilityof water Irrigationprovided Irrigationprovided Step 2: Adapt the Outputs Mod 2 Ses 2

20. The initial outputs: Increased availability of agricultural inputs (seeds and tools) Improved soil fertility Increased availability of water can become…. Revised outputs: Increased availability of local seeds (non-invasive) Improved soil fertility without use of harmful chemicals Increased availability of sustainably sourced water for crop production Step 2: Adapt the Outputs Mod 2 Ses 2

21. Exercise: Step 2 Integrate the environment into your project outputs Group 1: Adequate latrines for all disaster affected families. Group 2: Adequate shelters available for all affected families. Group 3: Livelihood options available to the affected population. Mod 2 Ses 2

22. Increased availability of local seeds (non-invasive) Improved soil fertility without use of harmful chemicals Increased availability of sustainable sourced water for crop production Seed multiplication of locally available (non-invasive) seeds Train local farmers on composting techniques Establish irrigation systems where sufficient water sources exist Step 3: Integrate environment into project activities Outputs Activities Mod 2 Ses 2

23. Exercise: Step 3 Adapt your activities to include environmental conditions Groups 1, 2 and 3:Identify at least one activity that will achieve the output you designed in the Step 2 exercise. Mod 2 Ses 2

24. Step 4: Consider the Role of the Environment in your Assumptions and Risks For all projects there are assumptions about how your activities will yield the outputs Risks: the degree of the probability of problems resulting from the activity Mod 2 Ses 2

25. Exercise: Step 4 Identify assumptions and risks. Groups 1, 2 and 3:Identify at least one assumption you made and at least one risk regarding the activity you proposed in the Step 2 exercise. Mod 2 Ses 2

26. Step 5: Integrate Environmental Indicators into Project Monitoring What is the difference between an environmental indicator and a regular monitoring indicator? Mod 2 Ses 2

27. More About Indicators After Lunch Mod 2 Ses 2