Capacity building initiatives aim to enhance knowledge sharing and coordination and their results are evident globally, regionally, and nationally.

Climate education, training, and research at the local, national and regional levels is a prerequisite for better implementation of climate mitigation and adaptation strategies that are demand focused. Local communities, climate professionals, trainers, and other stakeholders have been empowered to contribute to climate ambition through capacity-building initiatives. The Capacity building of Technical Institutions in the provision of climate education, training, and research (CapCET) project will endeavor to contribute to bridging capacity gaps contributing to climate action. The project will build capacity in the COMESA region on climate change-related training gaps (including Implementation of the Paris Agreement; climate change-related transparency and reporting; ecosystems-based Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) solutions; climate change adaptation and mitigation actions; disaster risk management; and building climate change resilience and leadership among other capacity needs).

 

What?

To strengthen capacities of technical institutions to address the market gaps in climate education, research, and training at the individual, systemic and institutional level for sustainability and contribution to climate action.

 

Why?

Climate change challenges to the environment, society, and the economy are evolving by day. Africa due to the developmental challenges, poverty, and population increase is more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change compared to developed continents. Efforts have been made on the regional scale to mitigate and adapt to the challenges but Africa still lags in dealing with the effects of climate change. Awareness of the concept of climate change, impacts, and strategies to cope with the adverse effects need to increase at the local, national and regional levels. Further, through education, training, and scientific research the climate goal can be reached collectively. Institutional capacity building has been and is still one of the main limitations to meeting the climate related goals in Africa. Hence, to tackle the challenges posed by climate change proper capacity structures have to be developed to meet the climate change education, training, and research gaps. 

 

Who?

Commissioned by the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the African Center for Technology Studies (ACTS) in collaboration with The Institute for Climate Change and Adaptation (ICCA) at the University of Nairobi, and Tetralink Taylor & Associates (TTA) are to partner with technical beneficiary institutions to implement the CapCET COMESA Project. The project will work to address the institutional capacity gaps on governance, support structures, and administration on climate education, research, and training, while recognizing strategic considerations including gender inclusivity, development of strategic modules, and case studies from current relevant initiatives. The consortium is composed of strategic team across the three institutions.

Organizations	Team members
African Center for Technology Studies (ACTS)	Prof. Tom Ogada   Dr. Joanes Atela   Dr. Joel Onyango   Ms. Pheles Ngovo   Ms. Maureen Kabasa
The Institute for Climate Change and Adaptation (ICCA) at the University of Nairobi	Prof. Shem Wandiga   Prof. Dan Olago   Dr. Christopher Oludhe
Tetralink Taylor & Associates (TTA)	Prof. Paul Obado   Prof.  Augustine Affullo

 

When?

Implementation of CapCET project will until December 2021, starting with the landscape assessment to the dissemination of the developed models and modules.

 

Where

The consortium will collaborate with beneficiary technical institutions that undertake climate change education, training, and research at different levels within the COMESA region.

 

How?

To contribute to climate ambition, the consortium and the beneficiary institutions will:

1. Assess climate capacity gaps of the institutions concerning governance, support structures, and administration.
2. Identify the individual and institutional needs on climate change education, training, and scientific research.
3. Develop tailor-made curriculum for the beneficiary institutions.
4. Train trainers and climate professionals on new ways of curriculum delivery including a learner-centred delivery approach of the developed modules.
5. Develop a framework for the beneficiary institutions that will ensure sustainability and continuity of the developed curriculum e.g. commercialisation of the executive courses.

 

Way forward

The implementation of this project is expected to result in the following deliverables in terms of research, training, and policy engagements:

1. Needs assessment reports that highlight the gaps of institutions to inform capacity reforms and policies to address the gaps.
2. Contribute to policy briefs and reports
3. Capacity building reports on new methods for development and delivery of the modules and manuals.
4. Sustainability report that will ensure continuity of the modules even after the end of the project
5. Co-development and co-delivery the modules for climate change capacity building in priority area

 

Contacts

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Publications

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• Working Paper - Interlink of climate change, gender with training models
• Webinar Report - Enhancing the Capacity of Technical Institutions Involved in the Provision of Climate Change Education, Training and Scientific Research Services in the COMESA Region (CaPCET)
• Needs Assessment Report - Enhancing the Capacity of Technical Institutions Involved in the Provision of Climate Change Education, Training and Scientific Research Services in the COMESA Region (CaPCET)