Climate resilient development: experience from an African capacity development programme

The document evaluates a capacity development programme on water security and climate resilient development involving 140 participants and 30 mentors across eight African nations. While it notes that the capacity to integrate climate change into national planning remains limited in most of these countries, the programme successfully fostered individual and institutional learning and sparked ongoing initiatives to include climate considerations in national development. The brief suggests that future iterations of the programme would be more cost-effective due to existing investments in learning materials and training of trainers.

• The programme involved 140 participants and 30 lecturers/mentors across eight African countries, conducting over 50 workshops and developing learning materials in English, French, and Portuguese.
• Despite the programme, most of the eight participating countries still have limited capacity to integrate climate change considerations into national planning processes and promote water security.
• The programme resulted in increased knowledge for participants and institutions, leading to ongoing initiatives for climate-inclusive national development, and established a foundation for more cost-effective future expansions.

APA

Climate and Development Knowledge Network (2016). Climate resilient development: experience from an African capacity development programme. https://cdkn.org/resource/climate-resilient-development-experience-from-an-african-capacity-development-programme

Chicago

Climate and Development Knowledge Network. Climate resilient development: experience from an African capacity development programme. 2016. https://cdkn.org/resource/climate-resilient-development-experience-from-an-african-capacity-development-programme.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{climateanddevelopmentknowledgenetwork2016climate, author = {{Climate and Development Knowledge Network}}, title = {{Climate resilient development: experience from an African capacity development programme}}, institution = {Climate and Development Knowledge Network}, year = {2016}, month = aug, url = {https://cdkn.org/resource/climate-resilient-development-experience-from-an-african-capacity-development-programme}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }