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PRRD Scaling-up Cambio Climático

Project completed

Effects of climate change further stretch the coping capacities of poor rural households and may increase food insecurity; - Estimated annual losses through natural disasters in Bolivia reach up to 4% of the GDP; - This calls for Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) measures, whereby Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) can be understood as an CCA-option, in order to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and to reduce poverty. Relevance of intervention: - The proposal Scaling-up of climate change builds on an existing Disaster Risk Reduction programme – PRRD. The PRRD is 1 of 8 programmes of the Swiss Cooperations Strategiy in Bolivia, working explicitly on Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). It is already operational with a programme structure in place, which facilitates an immediate implementation. Characteristics of current DRR programme: The running PRRD started in April 2010 as a joint programme of the Regional Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid, with four components: 1) Risk governance and CCA in the decentralized public administration; 2) Climate risk reduction in the agricultural sector; 3) Mainstreaming of DRR and CCA into SDCs development programme in Bolivia; 4) Technical assistance at national level for preparedness, response and recovery (HA). Overall goal: Increased resilience of the sub national and the rural population against the impact of climate change, through adequate public policies, technical instruments and planning.

Country/region	Topic	Period	Budget
Bolivia	Climate change and environment Humanitarian Assistance & DRR Governance Rule of Law - Democracy - Human rights Biosphere protection Material relief assistance Public sector policy	01.01.2011 - 31.10.2013	CHF 1’670’000

The project in brief

Directorate/federal office responsible	SDC
Credit area	Development cooperation
Project partners	Contract partner Swiss Non-profit Organisation HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation
Budget	Current phase Swiss budget CHF 1’670’000 Swiss disbursement to date CHF 1’863’270
Project phases	Phase 2 01.01.2013 - 31.05.2014 (Completed) Phase 1 01.01.2011 - 31.10.2013 (Completed)

Further technical details

Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation	GENERAL ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION EMERGENCY RESPONSE GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY
Sub-Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation	Biosphere protection Material relief assistance and services Public sector policy and administrative management
Cross-cutting topics	The project takes account of democratisation, good governance and human rights as cross-cutting themes. The project also supports partner organisation improvements
Type of support	Official development assistance (ODA)
Type of collaboration	Bilateral cooperation
Finance type	Aid grant
Aid Type	Mandate with fiduciary funds
Tied/untied aid	Untied aid
Project number	7F07768