Coordinating Climate-Resilient Development

The document describes the application of the Integrated Vulnerability Assessment (IVA) Framework in three Pacific island states to enhance their National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes. The IVA Framework uses a standardized approach to analyze 35 intersecting components—five livelihood assets and seven human security objectives—to create vulnerability baselines. In Kiribati, Tuvalu, and the Solomon Islands, the NAP Global Network supported the use of participatory field tools and tablet-based data collection to capture gender- and age-disaggregated perspectives from local communities. The briefing concludes that while tablet technology improves data accuracy and availability, there is a continuing need for robust information and knowledge management (IKM) systems and national capacity building to fully institutionalize these assessments within national budgeting and planning.

• The IVA Framework analyzes community vulnerability by cross-referencing five livelihood assets (natural resources, infrastructure and services, finance, human resources, and institutions and governance) with seven human security objectives (security of place, community health, ecosystem health, water security, food security, income security, and energy security).
• In Kiribati, the IVA data (KIVA) is intended to be linked to the monitoring and evaluation framework of the Kiribati Joint Implementation Plan for Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management (KJIP) to guide resilience investment.
• The Solomon Islands is utilizing IVA data to inform resilient development planning specifically on Malaita Island, with plans to expand the tablet-based process to other island provinces.
• Tuvalu is integrating the IVA database into its proposed adaptation planning and monitoring systems as part of a Green Climate Fund proposal to support its NAP process.
• The use of tablets for data collection improved the speed and accuracy of gathering vulnerability information and supports a shift from short-term village projects to longer-term programmatic approaches at the island level.
• Despite the benefits of tablets, field teams still preferred paper-based tools for focus group discussions and consensus building, and expressed concerns regarding the security of digital data against loss.
• Successful NAP processes in the region require the establishment of Information and Knowledge Management (IKM) systems to coordinate data flows between national stakeholders and international partners.

APA

Dumaru, P. (2019). Coordinating Climate-Resilient Development. NAP Global Network. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/napgn-en-2019-how-ivas-support-nap-processes-in-the-pacific-region.pdf

Chicago

Dumaru, Patrina. Coordinating Climate-Resilient Development. NAP Global Network, 2019. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/napgn-en-2019-how-ivas-support-nap-processes-in-the-pacific-region.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{dumaru2019coordinating, author = {Dumaru, Patrina}, title = {{Coordinating Climate-Resilient Development}}, institution = {NAP Global Network}, year = {2019}, month = jan, url = {https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/napgn-en-2019-how-ivas-support-nap-processes-in-the-pacific-region.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }