Inception Report - CDEMA

3. Methodology
3.1 Overall approach: participatory and consultative
In line with the mission 2 and philosophy of the Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI) and to ensure
the buy-in of the main target audiences for whom the MCCCDRR Programme is intended, the design and
development of all materials under this consultancy will be based on a participatory and consultative approach,
to the extent that this is feasible within the short (24-week) timeframe available for sub-project implementation.
Key stakeholders will be consulted during the planning, design and implementation phases of the sub-project,
notably through:
a) regular consultation with and feedback from CDEMA, its Project Steering Committee (PSC) and Civil
Society Sector Sub-Committee (CSSSC);
b) regular consultation with the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) to ensure coherence with
its approach to vulnerability assessment and disaster risk reduction in communities, and particularly the
communities selected for the pilot training workshops;
c) consultation with UNIFEM on mainstreaming gender into all aspects of the MCCCDRR Programme;
d) review and discussion by CDEMA, PSC and CSSSC of the draft MCCCDRR Programme framework;
e) review and evaluation by participants at the two pilot community workshops of the Module and
Participant’s handbook, including discussion of the MCCCDRR Plan (if approved by the CSSSC at that
stage)
f) review and evaluation by participants in the Training of Trainers workshop of the Module, Participant’s
and Trainer’s handbooks;
g) review and discussion by CSSSC of the draft MCCCDRR Plan at the CANARI-facilitated workshop for
this purpose;
h) opportunistic consultation with other CANARI partners and stakeholders, notably those with whom it
has partnered on other climate change public education and outreach initiatives; and
i) collaboration with the consultants selected to implement the audiovisual component of the MCCCDRR
Programme, to the extent that this is feasible within the sub-project timeframe.
3.2 Drawing on good practices
CANARI has conducted a review of community disaster management and climate change initiatives in the
English-speaking Caribbean (see Appendix 1) and existing community-based disaster management and
climate change materials (see Appendix 2). From this review, it has extracted the following good practices on
which it will draw and build for the design of the MCCCDRR Programme and the specific deliverables under
this consultancy,
3.2.1 Good practice in community-based DRR and CCA
There are few tried and tested examples of community-based climate change and disaster risk reduction in the
Caribbean. Such efforts have only recently been implemented and not on a wide scale. Additionally, the
lessons learnt from these initiatives are poorly documented. Based on the review of selected community-based
climate change and disaster management programmes listed in Appendix 1, and from other regions, as well as
CANARI’s own experience, the following good-practices have been identified and will be used to inform the
design of the MCCCDRR Programme.
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