Tirer les leçons des projets-pilotes pour une meilleure adaptation aux changements climatiques en Afrique de l’Ouest

4 - 5 October 2022. Online regional workshop organized by the ECOWAS Regional Agency for Agriculture and Food (ARAA), as part of the Global Climate Change Alliance – West Africa (GCCA+) project AO). - Draw lessons from pilot projects for better adaptation to climate change in West Africa.

This workshop is based on a vast capitalization project involving the promoters of 15 pilot projects from 11 West African countries within the framework of the GCCA+ AO project, with the support of Expertise France and a consortium of 3 design offices (Ramboll, Oréade Brèche and Com4Dev). This cross-capitalization exercise was designed to understand the conditions for successful adaptation in the context of CSA and agroecology projects.

The presentations and debates were articulated more particularly around 3 capitalization themes:

1. Integrated water resource management;
2. Climate services;
3. Capacity building in the face of climate change.

The results of the capitalization - of which the workshop is a step - will contribute to ECOWAS's mission of supporting its Member States towards a trajectory of climate resilience, in particular in the development or updating of National Action Plans. Agricultural Investment and Food and Nutritional Security (PNIASAN) in which countries will eventually be able to better integrate the climate dimension based on the relevant practices identified and which will be strengthened through the implementation of the ECOWAS regional climate strategy adopted by the 15 Member States this year.

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