Project Brief: Awash National Park 1
PROJECT BRIEF PROJECT DURATION: One - Three years PROJECT INTERVENTION AREAS: Awash and Simien Mountains National Parks TARGET GROUPS: Partners, stakeholders, and the local communities FOCUS The STRATEGIC CLIMATE INSTITUTIONS PROGRAMME (SCIP) project mainly focuses on Building Institutional Capacity and Participatory Leadership in Awash and Simien Mountains National Parks for Resilience, Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change (BICAS-RMACC) OBJECTIVES Objective-1: To develop partnership and collaborations among stakeholders and beneficiaries. Objective-2: To build park management and leadership capacity of MoCT/ EWCA, Awash and Simien National Parks and respective adjacent weredas of Amhara, Oromiya and Afar National Regional States. Objective-3: To build the capacity of women, youth groups and local institutions to engage them in biodiversity entrepreneurship. Objective-4: To promote good practices in rehabilitation of the parks ecosystems as a model for environmental resilience and adaptation to the impacts of climate change. COMPONENTS Partnership and collaboration, Capacity building, and Livelihood empowerment LEAD APPLICANT PHE-Ethiopia Consortium is the lead organization of the SCIP project. PARTNERS Wildlife for sustainable Development (WSD) - for project activities in Awash National Park Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS) - for project activities in the Simien Mountains National Park KEY STAKEHOLDERS Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MoCT) 2 Project Brief: Awash National Park
Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority (EWCA) Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) PROJECT IMPLEMENTING STRUCTURE MoCT/EWCA MoEF PHE Ethiopia (PHE EC) Frankfurt Zoological Society(FZS) Wildlife for Sustainable Development(WSD) Simien Mountains National Park Awash National Park TASKFORCES To implement the project seven taskforces will be established at: Park level (2) Regional level (3) Inter-regional (1) Federal level (1) KEY RESULT AREAS Promotion Park management and leadership Biodiversity entrepreneurship Lesson learning and good practices RATIONAL FOR THE PROJECT Climate change impacts and ecological degradation threatening the parks ecosystem Climate change impacts and population threatening wildlife resources Project Brief: Awash National Park 3
Climate change and environmental degradation affecting livelihoods of the local communities Lack of alternative livelihoods and energy sources for the local communities affecting the park ecosystem (unsustainable use of natural resources) Poverty fueled by environmental degradation and climate change is threatening biodiversity Increasing human-wildlife conflict in protected Areas (PAs) Conservation of National Parks and other PAs are major concerns of NAPA and CRGE PAs are scientific and research areas for climate science The need to empower all stakeholder institutions for coordinated protected areas management The need to harmonize the social, economic, and environmental concerns of National Parks for the well being of the society and wildlife Limited institutional capacity, partnership and collaboration among stakeholders, and lack of community stewardship The need for environmental rehabilitation and improve the carbon sequestration capacity of PAs. IMPLEMENTING STRATEGIES Multi-sectoral PHE integration approach Partnership and networking Awareness raising interventions Capacity building trainings Livelihood empowerment Experience sharing programs Communication and documentation MAJOR PROJECT ACTIVITIES Conduct stakeholder analysis Establish and /or strengthen taskforces at different levels Conduct climate related training needs assessments Develop action oriented research proposals Conduct feasibilities for climate smart biodiversity income generating activities Develop a system for fair and equitable benefit sharing system 4 Project Brief: Awash National Park
Produce various IEC materials, manuals, and guidelines Conduct international experience sharing visits Conduct various climate related capacity building trainings Conduct and document evaluative researches in both PAs Produce fact sheets and policy briefs Produce documentary films on the national Parks COMPOSITION OF TASKFORCES i) At federal level Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MoCT) - Chair Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority (EWCA) - Secretariat HPR Standing Committee for Culture and Tourism HPR Standing Committee for Natural and Environmental Protection Ministry of Environment and Forest (MOEF) Ministry of Federal Afairs Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) Ministry of Women s, Children and Youth Affairs Ethiopian Sugar Corporation Ethiopian Institute of Biodiversity Ministry of Water and Energy Ministry of Education Ministry of Communication and Information Technology Federal Police Commission Oromia National Regional State Bureau of Culture and Tourism Oromia National Regional State Forestry and Wildlife Enterprise Amhara National Regional State Bureau of Culture and Tourism Amhara Parks Development Authority Afar National Regional State Bureau of Culture and Tourism Afar National Regional State Bureau of Pastorialist and Rular Agricultural Development Ethiopian Tourism Association Ethiopian Road Authority Project Brief: Awash National Park 5
PHE-Ethiopia Consortium (PHE EC) Wildlife for Sustainable Development (WSD) Frankfurt Zoological Society ii) At regional level (Oromia and Afar) Regional President Offices - Chair Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority (regional level representative) - V/Chair Regional Culture and Tourism Bureaus - Secretariat Regional Environmental Protection authority bureaus Regional Women, Children and youth Affairs bureaus Regional Education bureaus Regional Agricultural Development bureaus Medias Regional Health bureaus Universities including Adama University and Semera University Regional Police Commission Offices Oromia National Regional State Forestry and Wildlife Enterprise Regional Government Administration and Security Offices Regional Water and Energy Bureaus PHE Ethiopia Consortium Wildlife for Sustainable Development Charities and Societies Organizations working in the region iii) At inter-regional level (Oromia and Afar) Park adjacent Zone Administrations of Oromiya and Afar regions (chair the inter-regional task force interchangeably every six months) - Chair Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority (EWCA regional level representative) - Secretariat Parks adjacent zone administrations Zonal Cultural and Tourism Officess Zonal Environmental Protection and Land Administration Office Zonal Women,Children and Youth Officess 6 Project Brief: Awash National Park
Zonal Educational Officess Zonal Pastorialist/Agricaltural Development Offices Zonal Police Offices Zonal Government Administration and Security Offices Zonal Health and Energy Offices Zonal Water Offices Wildlife for Sustainable Development (WSD) PHE-Ethiopia Consortium iv) At park level (Fentale, Awash Fentale, Meiso & Anchar Weredas) Parks Adjacent Woreda Administrations-Chair Ethiopian wildlife Conservation Authority(park level representative)-secretariat Parks adjacent woreda administrations Local communities Private sectors Woreda Police offices Woreda Trade and Industry offices Woreda Agriculture offices Woreda Health offices Woreda Women s, Children and youth Affairs Offices Woreda Education offices Regional Universities around the the national parks Media staffs Awash Nashinal Defence Werer Agricultural Research Kesem - Tendaho Sugar Factory Metehara Sugar Factory Awash Federal Police Elders and Aba-Geda Farm Africa and other Charities and Societies Organizations Wildlife for Sustainable Development (WSD) Project Brief: Awash National Park 7
Design+Print: PHILMON PRESS Copyright 2013 PHE Ethiopia Consortium Phone: + 251-11-663 0833/ + 251-11-860 8190 Fax: + 251-11-663 8127 P.O.Box - 4408 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. E-mail: pheethiopia@gmail.org info@phe-ethiopia.org www.phe-ethiopia.org Financed by the SCIP Fund: The SCIP Fund is financed by DFID UKaid, the Royal Norwegian Embassy and the Royal Danish Embassy. 8 Project Brief: Awash National Park