Deliverables: Project Preparation Approach Paper (Task Four)
PROJECT PREPARATION APPROACH PAPER (TASK FOUR)
1. BACKGROUND: ORIGINAL PROGRAM SCOPE
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Request for Proposals states that one of the key outputs for the climate change adaptation financing program will be: “facilitation of the successful access to climate change adaptation financing for a minimum of 10 climate change adaptation projects during the course of the project representing investments in total of over USD 500 million.” It was clarified that the Performance Management Plan (PMP) targets are outputs of the project, while the USD 500 million in project commitments is beyond the manageable interest of the contractor and is therefore listed as an outcome. Furthermore, it is expected that the projects supported will cover a broad geographic area and several of the selected countries. In addition the request for proposal stipulated that projects supported should result in “over 100 million people in the region living in districts with increased adaptive capacity as a result of the adaptation investment projects.”
In the AECOM/IGES proposal, 25 climate change adaptation projects were initially selected as PMP indicators and targets. These were chosen because they are approved (or in the pipeline) and have
facilitated access to finance. Moreover, an estimated 220,000 people will benefit from these projects. The leveraged investment of these projects was targeted at USD 362 million.
Credit: The authors’ views expressed in this document do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for
International Development (USAID) or the United States Government
