The
Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) Large-scale Ecosystem-based Adaptation Project
in The Gambia (EbA) has kick start a ten-day training on data management
monitoring and evaluation information for end-users in The Gambia.
EbA
is a 6-year project entitled “Large-scale Ecosystem-based Adaptation Project in
The Gambia: Developing a climate-resilient, natural resource-based economy.
The
aim of the training is to familiarize the end-users with the contents of the
EbA Information Platform and to enable them to operate and use the platform.
The training delves into why the platform is needed and how to use it for
efficiency and effectiveness of project progress monitoring.
The
training will include a 2-day field data collection on key performance
indicators and sub-indicators in LRR and one day general consultation on the
platform from a practical user perspective.
The
project was secured by the Government of the Gambia through the Ministry of
Environment, Climate Change and Natural Resources (MECCNAR), in partnership
with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and funding from the Green
Climate Fund (GCF).
The
project seeks to build the climate resilience of rural Gambian communities and
facilitate the development of a sustainable natural resource-based economy by
implementing large-scale Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) within and adjacent
to agricultural areas, community-managed forest reserves, and wildlife
conservation areas.
Project
manager, Malanding S. Jaiteh said the purpose of the training is to understand
the project and participants should strive hard to be the brain of the tool by
collecting data and analyzing information contents.
He
said, few days training will not make one expert but through practicing they
can help themselves.
Salmira
E. Jobe, director of CPCU, ministry of environment, said good and anticipated
project needs a best of data management. He urged the participants to take the
training seriously.