DaCCA – Devolution and Climate Change Adaptation

Engineer Sam Ongus sharing knowledge on fruit farming with community members from Homabay and Kochia who visited his farm at Kobala

DaCCA programme through partnership with other relevant stakeholders planted more than 8000 trees in Homa Bay and Migori counties to restore nature during the celebration of World Environment Day on 5th June 2021.

DaCCA Programme

Celebrates World Environment Day on 5th June 2021 In Migori and Homabay County

Welcome

DaCCA Programme

The Devolution and Climate Change Adaptation programme (DaCCA) currently operates in Western Kenya and has been running since November 2015

Strengthening men and women from communities to be able to identify, plan, present and negotiate climate change adaptation interventions

We work in cross sectoral Working Groups consisting of consortium members that form the backbone of the component outputs; Community sector output, Advocacy & Communication, Consortium and the private sector

Our aim is to support vulnerable populations in Kisumu, Homa Bay and Migori counties at risk of natural hazards caused by climate change by increasingly supporting policies and components funded by devolution and climate change funds.

The Devolution and Climate Change Adaptation programme (DaCCA) currently operates in Western Kenya and has been running since November 2015. It is supported by SustainableEnergy (SE), Denmark through DANIDA funds. The first phase of the programme took an approach of partner driven community projects, as well as facilitation and strengthening of communities to undertake their rights in the county budget hearing process.

The second phase of the programme began in January 2020 and is set to end in December 2023. This phase will act as a continuation of the first phase with a focus on advocating for the use of devolved funds from county authorities for upscaling and replication of identified community best practices on climate change.

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Our Thematic Areas

Communities Output

Strengthening men and women from communities to be able to identify, plan, present and negotiate climate change adaptation interventions with Local authorities at word and sub-county level and as a result Community Adaptation Action Plans (CAAPs) including best practice models developed and negotiated with local authorities at Ward and sub-county level

Advocacy & Communication

Through advocacy campaigns and demonstration of best practices, LAs recognize CSOs and Community Dialogue Forums (CDFs) as legitimate partners and CAAPs as valuable inputs for budget prioritization and as a result CDFs are invited by LAs for discussion of best practice projects for climate adaptation

Consortium Output

Management of the consortium and joint planning of cooperation with strategic partners and LAs including CSO networks, strategic partners dealing with Climate Change and devolution and with County authorities at all levels in mutual collaboration with communities resulting into increased impact of the program with refined capacity building

Private Sector Output

Dialoque, regular collaboration and meetings between communities, PS and PCC. Resulting in MoUs and increased engagement solutions benefitting the communities

News and Events

DaCCA programme conducted exchange visits for CDFs and WCCRs in Kochia and Kobala areas of Homa Bay County as part promoting peer learning activities.

Communities were engaged in improving their knowledge, ability to implement good practices as they shared new ideas at the farms.