Africa Integrated Climate Tender

STATUS ApprovedImplementation period 6 yearsThe Sahel region of Western Africa is exceptionally vulnerable to climate change with worsening impacts of rising temperature rainfall variability and extreme weather events. Reliance on rain-fed farming and pastoralism for income and subsistence means that livelihoods and food security are inextricably linked to climate variability across the region.The programme will build strengthen and scale up the resilience and adaptive capacities of smallholder farmers and rural communities of seven least developed countries LDCs in this region. It will provide capacity building and institutional development on integrated climate risks management. This includes reducing obstacles to access agricultural insurance for governments and smallholder farmers to enhance resilience building and strengthening climate weather information services.SEVEN COUNTRIESBurkina Faso Chad Mali Mauritania Niger Senegal Gambia GCF financingINSTRUMENTAMOUNT GrantUSD 82849900TOTAL GCF FINANCINGUSD 82849900CofinancingCOFINANCERINSTRUMENTAMOUNT Co-FinancingGrantUSD 30315000 Co-FinancingGrantUSD 22923000 Co-FinancingIn-kindUSD 7239000TOTAL CO-FINANCINGUSD 60477000NATIONAL DESIGNATED AUTHORITYBURKINA FASO Prime MinistryMr. Issaka OuedraogoAdviser to the Prime MinisterEnvironment Inspector01 PO BOX 4223 OuagadougouPHONE 226 70 00 87 69PHONE 226 76 64 95 66ISK.ISK22@YAHOO.FRCHAD Ministry of Environment Water and FisheriesMr. Ibrahim Charfadine AbdelkerimEnvironmentalistExpert in Development ManagementRue Idriss Miskine B.P. 447 NDjamena ChadPHONE 235 63 11 05 07PHONE 235 99 12 89 50GCFUND.CHAD@GMAIL.COMMALI The Environment and Sustainable Development AgencyMr Boureima CamaraDirector General of the Environment and Sustainable Development AgencyCite Administrative Batiment No. 7 BP 1634 Bamako MaliPHONE 223 66 80 57 56BOURICAMARA@GMAIL.COMMAURITANIA Ministry of Environment and Sustainable DevelopmentMr Sidi Mohamed El WaviPolicy Officer and Coordinator of the National Program on Climate ChangePHONE 222 4600 8383ELWAVI.SM@GMAIL.COMNIGER National Council of the Environment for Sustainable Development CNEDDDr. Kamaye MazouExecutive SecretaryCabinet du Premier Ministre PL 17 Rue du Gouverneur Jules Brvi BP 10193 Niamey Niger Niamey Niger thePHONE 227 207 22 559PHONE 27 9698 7470PHONE 227 9022 1700KMAAZOU@GMAIL.COMKAMAYEMAAZOU@YAHOO.FRSENEGAL Ministry of Environment and Sustainable DevelopmentMs. Madeleine Diouf SarrHead of Climate Change DivisionParc Forestier de Hann B.P. 4055 Dakar Senegal Dakar SenegalROSEMADIOUF@GMAIL.COMGAMBIA Ministry of Finance and Economic AffairsMr Bai Madi CeesayDirector of Budget Ministry of Finance and Economic AffairsThe Quadrangle Banjul GambiaPHONE 220 422 9760FANAFANA19@GMAIL.COMF