results verification of the project: Implementing adaptation technologies in fragile Ecosystem of Djibouti’s central plains (GEF-LDCF ID: 5021/UNEP/Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development)
The GEF LDCF-2 project, implemented by UNEP, is primarily aimed at creating water independence for villages located in arid areas. In fact, all project activities are linked to the functioning of water structures, which aim to implement EbA (Ecosystem based Adaptation) actions and the food security of communities, forestation activities in arid areas (Acacia spp.) and the development of agricultural activities through irrigation, aimed at subsistence and the development of village economic activities.
The quantitative indicators that were requested to be measured as part of the verification of results concern water flows, the extent of cultivated areas, the number of hectares reforested with Acacia or Mangrove, as well as the verification of collateral activities aimed at involving project beneficiaries.
The mission's approach was to make use of both the input of the local ministry, and that perceived through village focus groups, with interviews aimed at supporting or discussing the information available at the project level, and comparing the responses. The calculation of a specific vulnerability index was also envisaged.
The verification of the results identified a higher vulnerability of the Tadjourah region, compared to the villages in the Dikhil region. This is due to the low efficiency of many WASH plants in the northern part of the study area, which negatively affects other activities and thus project indicators. The technical causes of the lower available water flows are varied, sometimes with situations that have existed for several years and plants that have never worked after construction. A technical overhaul of all malfunctioning plants is a necessary condition for the improvement of the quantitative indices in many of the villages visited.
The quantitative indicators that were requested to be measured as part of the verification of results concern water flows, the extent of cultivated areas, the number of hectares reforested with Acacia or Mangrove, as well as the verification of collateral activities aimed at involving project beneficiaries.
The mission's approach was to make use of both the input of the local ministry, and that perceived through village focus groups, with interviews aimed at supporting or discussing the information available at the project level, and comparing the responses. The calculation of a specific vulnerability index was also envisaged.
The verification of the results identified a higher vulnerability of the Tadjourah region, compared to the villages in the Dikhil region. This is due to the low efficiency of many WASH plants in the northern part of the study area, which negatively affects other activities and thus project indicators. The technical causes of the lower available water flows are varied, sometimes with situations that have existed for several years and plants that have never worked after construction. A technical overhaul of all malfunctioning plants is a necessary condition for the improvement of the quantitative indices in many of the villages visited.
