Piloting climate-smart development planning for local government in Ethiopia - Lessons learned from the

and the CRGE Facility secretariat within the MoPD, have tended to bypass local woreda planning units The limits of the decentralisation agenda can be in project design, planning and appraisal processes, partially explained by the nature of the funding deficit partly because local-level planning capacity is at the woreda level. [...] The objective was twofold: to help build Our in-country partner Echnoserve Consulting took the capacity of woreda experts in climate-sensitive a lead role and provided significant direction, input sectors to conduct climate-resilient planning, and to and support to all woredas, coordinating, developing provide an opportunity to test and refine the concepts and writing the plans with woreda experts. [...] • Phase 2 piloting of the field guide and community consultations in two woredas: Haroreys in Somali The original plan was for woreda-level planning teams and Enbise Sar Midir in Amhara, selected to contrast to pilot each and every phase of the WCSDP process, a lowland, agropastoralist region with a highland, with mentoring and technical support from Echnoserve agricultural region, and and special. [...] This is a pivotal event where government experts and community representatives meet to propose and co-develop long-term, cross-sectoral strategic 4.5 Budgeting and finance objectives for the woreda in the light of the findings As noted in the Section 1.2.3, funds for from the community fieldwork, situational analysis development activity of any kind are scarce at and future climate scenarios. [...] While these data are comprehensive robustness of adaptation options and pathways against and detailed down to the kebele level — for example, future climate and socioeconomic uncertainties and is the report for Jigjiga woreda (DRMFSS and FDRE, sensitive to issues of equity, justice and inclusion.