Program Framework
The FLLoCA Program is implemented as a hybrid Program for Results (PforR)/Investment Project Financing (IPF). The PforR instrument:
- Leverages improvements in County Governments’ spending on climate resilience,
- Strengthens the institutional capacity of the government’s program, and
- Establishes a results-based mechanism for crowding in climate financing at the county level.
The IPF component is financing national-level activities which enable locally-led climate finance in support of the G-FLLoCA components 1,2,3, and 6, as well as project management costs. Activities will be grouped into:
This sub-component is financing operational and technical capacity building of relevant national entities, namely the TNT&P, CCD, Ministry of Devolution and ASAL (MoDA), Climate Finance and Green Economy Unit, NEMA, Directorate of Occupational Safety and Health Services (DOSHS), CoG, NDMA, Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD), Ministry of Water and Sanitation, and the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS). Capacity-building activities are aiming to improve entities’ ability to support counties in developing and operationalizing their climate change-related policies and regulations while establishing clear coordination mechanisms between the entities. The sub-component is financing the hiring of consultants who are providing training on subjects relevant to the entities’ role in fostering climate resilience in counties, in accordance with the capacity needs assessments’ areas of priority, and is also addressing entities’ operational weaknesses to ensure they are effectively and efficiently supporting the counties. Additionally, the sub-component is financing the necessary capacities, equipment, and software of the Maarifa Center and the KCCKP, enabling them to serve as state-of-the-art national centers that are documenting and sharing experiences, innovations, and solutions for counties’ climate resilience (relevant to the Maarifa Center) and acting as a one-stop repository of national and county climate change information (relevant to the KCCKP).
This sub-component will assist the MLSP to institutionalize social risk management (SRM) at the national and county levels and to help counties to pilot the screening of climate actions for social impacts. At the national level, the sub-component will finance costs related to the creation of a national multi-stakeholder committee on SRM to ensure broad institutional support to the process, and the establishment of a unit under the MLSP’s State Department for Social Protection to conduct SRM of development projects and government programs. These activities will include capacity building of committee and unit staff, extensive consultations with stakeholders, public fora, knowledge dissemination activities with national and county stakeholders and communities, and the purchase of equipment and software. At the county level, the sub-component will finance technical assistance, equipment, and software to all 47 counties to institutionalize, operationalize, and pilot the application of SRM principles in climate actions in the CGs. The sub-component will also finance technical assistance to academic institutions in Kenya to develop SRM curricula for social professionals, manage their continuous professional development, and regulate their professional conduct. The support to be provided under this sub-component will build upon county safeguards management capacities established under the Kenya Devolution Support Program (KDSP) and the Kenya Urban Support Program (KUSP).
This sub-component is financing the incremental operating costs of the PIU and the hiring of technical and operational specialists who are managing, monitoring, and evaluating the Program. PIU members are receiving training to ensure their ability to support the Program and adhere to World Bank guidelines and procedures concerning the IPF Component. Workshops and meetings between stakeholders are also being supported, along with the establishment of a Program Resource Center at the PIU and in four decentralized locations to coordinate public awareness programs, contact with media outlets, and resource mobilization for the counties. Finally, the sub-component is financing the operating costs of the Program Steering Committee, CF-TAC, and National Climate Change Council to facilitate their oversight of and technical support to the Program.
The PforR component supports all three Action Pillars of the FLLoCA Program. It finances results in two result areas across all the 47 counties as follows:
Result Area 1
County institutional capacity building for locally-led climate action. A conditional County Climate and Institutional Support (CCIS) Grant will strengthen climate risk management capacity, including establishment of CCUs and CCCFs, and adoption of supporting legislation in the counties; development and implementation of community education and awareness raising programs; establishment of business and information centers in counties with information flows to the Maarifa Center and the KCCKP; enhancement of the capacity of CCUs and County Assemblies for supporting local participatory climate action prioritization and implementation response (supported under Result Area 2), developing bankable projects, and monitoring and reporting on county-level climate finance and actions; development of climate information services and early warning systems to communities and other local stakeholders; and establishment of M&E systems for climate resilience actions and climate finance in counties. This Result Area supports the G-FLLoCA components 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 and county-level outcomes related to policy, legal and regulatory frameworks; institutional and human capacities; modalities for community- led local initiatives; and transparency and accountability on financial support and finance actions.
Result Area 2
Locally-led climate resilience action. Low-emission climate resilience actions will be financed through a conditional County Climate Resilience Investment (CCRI) Grant following a facilitated participatory process. The process will begin with participatory climate risk assessments of counties that identify, estimate, map, and rates climate change risks and other hazards. This will be a necessary step for the adoption of risk reduction measures and proportionate response measures while enhancing the awareness of communities and CGs about potential risks and needed actions. Based on the assessments and communities’ own knowledge and risk management strategies, communities will prioritize local climate actions with facilitation and technical support of CCU and CG sectoral departments, which will be trained for this purpose under Result Area 1. The prioritized actions, which are likely to fall within the agriculture, environment, and water sectors, will be endorsed and budgeted by the WCCPC and approved by the County Assembly. Some of the actions are expected to address risks which interact with, or are affected by, climate risks, such as COVID-19, disease outbreaks, and locust infestations. This Result Area supports the G-FLLoCA components 4 and 5 and county-level outcomes related to county financing of local initiatives and county access to green/ environmentally friendly technologies.