Thematic Working Group 4: Policy Development and Implementation
Goal:
To influence policy reform for implementation of Climate Change Action in the agriculture sector
| Objectives | Activities |
| 1. Support an enabling environment for climate actions in policies, strategies, plans, guidelines and regulations at national and sub-national levels and recommend areas of policy interventions. | a. Support policy analysis covering existing and new policy instruments to generate the evidence-base for identifying policy, legislative and regulatory reform opportunities |
| b. Review of KCSAS to identify areas of improvement and emerging issues for consideration in next phase | |
| c. Document and disseminate policy-related good practices emerging from implementation of climate actions in agriculture covering policy status on inputs, technologies, practices, products, services, markets, incentives, etc. | |
| d. Support the cascading of climate action in agriculture policies, plans, strategies, guidelines and regulations into county and community level policy dialogues | |
| 2. Increase actor engagement for evidence-based policy conversation on climate actions in agriculture through multi-stakeholder dialogues across the country. | a. Facilitate the sensitization and training of stakeholders on climate policy and scaling to build capacity for advocacy to influence necessary policy interventions |
| b. Facilitate the development, packaging and dissemination of policy briefs and policy updates to different audiences, based on gaps and barriers identified, and help feed the agenda into subnational and national policy dialogues | |
| c. Convene dialogue forums with policy makers, implementers, local partners and beneficiaries of policy actions through meetings, conferences, workshops, etc. to discuss policy gaps and barriers and suggest policy interventions | |
| d. Provide inputs during public participation in policy development processes with relevant Ministries, Departments, Agencies and Counties (MDACs) |
Product /achievement
- Developed a policy brief to influence uptake/scale up of CSA interventions at the County level.
- Organized on MSP meeting aimed at disseminating emerging evidence on CSA across the country.