SC 119216 PHI: Accelerating Climate-Resilient Agriculture in the Philippines – International Climate Resilient Agriculture/ Institutional Specialist
Country: Philippines
PRIMEX fielded an International Climate Resilient Agriculture/Institutional Specialist who led the institutional team in determining the governance, institutional, and financial requirements leading to the institutionalization of the present CRAO of DA. Specific tasks included, but are not limited to the following: (i) review and promotion of the international good practices of similar CRAO/agencies globally and in Southeast Asia in terms of the technical, human, and financial resources needed for efficient and effective management of climate change on agriculture, fisheries, and livestock in ensuring food security; (ii) assessment and recommendation of an organizational and management structure, as well as determining the human resources capabilities requirements in the areas of policy planning, formulation, and enforcement, as well as in investment generation, financing, and budgeting for projects and planned measures for a climate resilient agriculture; (iii) determining the roles and responsibilities of all parties involved in collective actions for climate resilient agriculture and food security in the DA and the proposed CRAO; (iv) evaluation and enhancement, in terms of efficiency, effectiveness, and efficacy, of the relations and interphases of CRAO with other agencies and bureaus of DA, other departments, local government units (LGUs), and the private sector in promoting, delivering, and mainstreaming the climate agriculture technologies, practices, and infrastructure; (v) proposing a CRAO organization that will enhance the policy and investment collaboration as well as the knowledge sharing and research and development with relevant international organizations, especially with the ASEAN, so as to build effective cross-border networks for climate resilient agriculture and sustainable food security in the region and globally; and (vi) together with the national climate resilient agriculture, the local governance expert, and the legal expert: (a) drafting of the formalization of CRAO as an integral office of DA, including the interphase of the regional field offices (RFOs) with the LGUs in mainstreaming climate resilient agriculture, sustainable food security, and disaster risk management (DRM); (b) formulation of a ten-year work plan or roadmap of the CRAO that integrates climate change, DRM, and food security; and (c) determining the relevant capacity building requirements of the CRAO, DA-RFOs, and their external partners in the country, such as the national policymakers, private sector operators, and financial institutions for better no-regret adaptation management with emphasis on international best practices that are locally appropriate.