INTEGRACIÓN VERTICAL EN EL PROCESO DEL PLAN NACIONAL DE ADAPTACIÓN (PNAD)

The document outlines a flexible approach to vertical integration in National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), emphasizing the need to link national strategies with local realities. It identifies three core enabling factors—institutional arrangements, information exchange, and capacity development—that support the iterative cycle of planning, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation (M&E). The guide provides specific questions and strategies to ensure sub-national diversity, gender sensitivity, and the inclusion of vulnerable groups are reflected in national policies, while ensuring national plans are actionable at the local level. It includes case studies from Colombia, Nepal, and Morocco to illustrate practical applications of these principles.

• Vertical integration in the NAP process is defined as the establishment of "strategic and intentional links between national and sub-national planning, implementation and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of adaptation."
• Effective vertical integration relies on three central enabling factors: institutional arrangements to facilitate dialogue, the exchange of climate and process information, and the development of necessary capacities for agents at all levels.
• Implementation of adaptation measures primarily occurs at the sub-national level, necessitating that national strategies ensure local agents have access to "information, resources (including finance) and capacities".
• To facilitate sub-national implementation, the document suggests leveraging existing local development financing mechanisms rather than creating parallel structures, which could reduce effectiveness.
• A comprehensive national M&E system must incorporate sub-national data and establish clear methodologies for how this information is "collected, aggregated and synthesized".
• Colombia utilized "regional nodes" as platforms for diverse stakeholders to link national and sub-national adaptation planning, eventually formalizing them into the national climate governance system via decree in February 2016.
• Nepal implemented a community-driven approach through Local Adaptation Plans for Action (LAPA), which are developed by Village Development Committees (VDC) or municipalities and then integrated into national development plans.
• Morocco developed regional M&E systems (SIREDD) in three regions—Souss Massa Drâa, Marrakech Tensift Al Haouz, and Tadla-Azilal—using a module that combines standardized national indicators with context-specific regional indicators.
• The LoCAL mechanism in Cambodia addresses the gap between sub-national responsibility for resilience and limited access to finance by using performance-based grants (PBCRG) channeled through existing fiscal transfer systems.

APA

Dazé, A., Price-Kelly, H., & Rass, N. (2016). INTEGRACIÓN VERTICAL EN EL PROCESO DEL PLAN NACIONAL DE ADAPTACIÓN (PNAD). NAP Global Network. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/napgn-es-2016-vertical-integration-in-national-adaptation-plan-processes-a-guidance-note-for-linking-national-and-sub-national-national-adaptation.pdf

Chicago

Dazé, Angie, Hayley Price-Kelly, and Nikola Rass. INTEGRACIÓN VERTICAL EN EL PROCESO DEL PLAN NACIONAL DE ADAPTACIÓN (PNAD). NAP Global Network, 2016. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/napgn-es-2016-vertical-integration-in-national-adaptation-plan-processes-a-guidance-note-for-linking-national-and-sub-national-national-adaptation.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{daz2016integracin, author = {Dazé, Angie and Price-Kelly, Hayley and Rass, Nikola}, title = {{INTEGRACIÓN VERTICAL EN EL PROCESO DEL PLAN NACIONAL DE ADAPTACIÓN (PNAD)}}, institution = {NAP Global Network}, year = {2016}, url = {https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/napgn-es-2016-vertical-integration-in-national-adaptation-plan-processes-a-guidance-note-for-linking-national-and-sub-national-national-adaptation.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }