CBA Initiative GEF SGP Kazakhstan

1. CBA InitiativeGEF SGP Kazakhstan Stanislav Kim, NC GEF SGP Kazakhstan

2. Portfolio of existing community projects • Current portfolio • 23 CB projects currently under implementation; • 13 LD projects; 8 BD projects; and 2 CC projects. • Project Typologies • Biodiversity – Community-based ecotourism and forestry; • Land Degradation – Agroforesty and community-based rangeland management; • Climate Change – Renewable energy for mobile cattle breading, fruits drying.

3. Community Based Ecotourism • Sustainable use of the biodiversity in Saty village through development of community based ecotourism The strategic goal of the project is decreasing local community dependence from natural resources and threats for biodiversity through socio- economic development by means of ecological tourism in Saty settlement and territories round. The goals of the project are: (i) Involving of Saty local population into ecotourism activity by escalating and strengthening of their capacity; (ii) Ecological education and raising awareness of the local community about biodiversity of the area by means of organization of ecological rounds; (iii) Demonstration of potential opportunities of ecological tourism as a form of sustainable use of biodiversity.

4. Community-Based Rangeland Management • Rehabilitation of nomadic paths of traditional cattle breeding in Kyrash village, and ceasing pasture degradation around the village The goal of the project is to restore nomadic ways of traditional cattle-breading and to stop to the pastures degradation around the settlement through water supply of the foothills and use of summer pastures in Karatau mountains. • The tasks of the project are: • Water supply of 11000 hectares pastures at the foot hiils; • Moving the livestock to the summer pastures; • Training of shepherds in rational pastures management.

5. Renewable Energy for Development of Mobile Cattle Breading • Wind energy use to supply remote pastures of Karaganda area with electricity The project is directed on demonstration of opportunities for wind power use for the purposes of power supply of the remote settlements on the sample of the two remote herder settlements in Kazaganda area. The project includes establishment of 2 wind-power turbines to supply the herders of the remote areas with power and make their living conditions more comfortable. Marketing research will be arranged to get the picture for perspectives for the wind power turbines manufacturing at the local level, propagation of the project results will be carried out.

6. Opportunities for building resilience to CC • Potential CBA project examples: • Community-based rangeland management • (in the context of climate aridization, lost of pasture productivity and reduction of surface water sources) • Community-based agroforestry for desertification and slope erosion control (in the context of increasing climate-related aridity) • Community based water resources and irrigation system management • (in context of reduction of water resources)

7. Opportunities for cash co-financing • Potential co-financing sources: • Farmers Associations and Foundations (National, Local) • Agricultural Private Sector (National Agro Corporation and etc.) • Local Communities (Farmers) • Local Authorities (Akimats) • International/regional/national development institutes (GTZ, CAMP, Eurasia and etc.) • Modalities for engaging co-financing partners: • Joint consultancy process • Joint grant competitions • Concentrating of coordinated geographical and thematical priorities and etc.

8. NSC Modification and Country Programme Development • Additions to the National Steering Committee • Representative of Kazakh Scientific Institute of Climate and Environmental Monitoring (KazSICEM) or KazHydroMet and Representative of Agriculture Sector • National capacity situation: • constraints: lack of expert knowledge, lack of theoretical and practical experience, CBO inactivity, lack of state support and etc. • opportunities: positive economical development (national, local), state programs oriented on rural development and etc. • Strategies for Successfully engaging Potential Grantees • Development of information materials about CBA adopted for CBO understanding on Kazakh and Russian languages • Effective awareness raising campaigns • Conducting of specialized trainings and workshops for CBOs on selected focal territories • Active involving of local authorities for information dissemination

9. Strategies and Support for Project Development • Support services for proposal development: • Engagement of support personnel • Creation of experts roasters/ networks in priority areas • Experts support and consultations during projects development and implementation • Strategies for maximizing community-drivenness while ensuring proposal requirements and SPA eligibility • Timing of capacity-building events, novel communication channels, etc • PRA • Capacity building strategies for grantees (understanding climate change, writing proposals, etc) • Workshops and trainings for local communities • Site visits and sites exchanges • Simplification of project proposal format for CBA initiatives