CoM SSA Sustainable Energy Access and Climate Action Plan (SEACAP) course Lesson 5.1: Next steps for prioritised actions

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Lesson 5.1: Next steps for prioritised actions

16 September 2024

Lesson objectives

Congratulations on completing your SEACAP!

So far, you have:

Completed three baseline assessments (one per pillar)
Set targets for key sectors
Set actions to meet targets
Prioritised key actions
Consolidated the SEACAP
Developed an M&E plan for monitoring actions

Completing and validating a Sustainable Energy Access and Climate Action plan (SEACAP) is a significant achievement. But what happens next?

Your SEACAP actions need to be detailed to mobilise funding for implementation.

During the action planning phase of SEACAP development, details should have been provided for prioritised actions under each of the three pillars.

To move to implementing these actions, providing further information in a few areas can be helpful:

Detail sub-activities for each action
Define timeframes for each action
Cost actions and sub-activities
Define roles and responsibilities for actions and sub-activities
Develop stakeholder maps to attract funding

Here’s an example from adaptation actions:

The sections that follow elaborate on each of these details.

1. Provide more detailed sub-activities for each action

Break down each prioritised action into smaller sub-activities (including at least one sub-activity that speaks to women and marginalised people in the community).

This will allow you to fully understand the scope of each action in order to implement it.

Example action:

Restore/establish 1,000 ha of forest cover by 2030.

Sub-activities to achieve action:

Consult a wide variety of stakeholders in project design and throughout implementation
Undertake project risk analysis with attention to potential impacts for women and other marginalised groups
Identify specific area/s for tree planting
Ensure there are no land tenure issues
Procure trees
Procure equipment
Secure labour
Plant trees (~1,000 trees per ha at spacing of 3 x 3 m = 1,000,000 trees)
Establish plan for maintenance (including irrigation) and monitoring

2. Define timeframes for each action and sub-activity

Think through a timeline for each action and sub-activity to facilitate efficient implementation.

Example action:

Restore/establish 1,000 ha of forest cover by 2030

Sub-activities to achieve action:

Consult a wide variety of stakeholders in project design and throughout implementation: Throughout
Undertake project risk analysis with attention to potential impacts for women and other marginalised groups: 1-2 months up front
Identify specific area/s for tree planting: 1-2 months up front
Ensure there are no land tenure issues and get approval for work to be done: 1-2 months up front
Procure trees: 1 million trees over 8 years = ~10,500 trees per month + time for project start up and close out
Procure equipment: 1-2 months up front
Secure labour: Needed over whole period
Plant trees: Over ~8 years to account for start-up, close out and any potential delays
Maintenance and monitoring: This will depend on how long trees take to establish as they will need frequent irrigation until then. Monitoring should be done every few months once trees are established until project close out.

3. Define costings for each action and sub-activity

Think through detailed costing for each action and sub-activity to ensure the total budget needed to implement the action is realistic.
For your risk analysis, if there are indicative costs associated with particular risks, include these in your plans.
It is sometimes possible to find generic costing on the internet for commonly implemented actions, e.g. tree planting.
If you are not sure how to properly cost an action, consider involving the relevant department or ministry (e.g. Economic Planning; Resource Mobilisation; Finance; Budgeting; or sector-specific, e.g. Forestry) to help you do so.

Example action:

In our example action, we estimate it would cost around USD 1 million to plant 1,000 ha of trees.

Engaging diverse stakeholders

Including a diverse range of stakeholders will assist with implementation
Include a range of stakeholders across sex, gender, age, ethnicity and ability
Embrace the principles of co-design

You can refer to the CoM SSA guide on ‘Gender Inclusive Participatory Approach’ for further guidance

4. Define roles and responsibilities for each action and sub-activity

During SEACAP development you have indicated whose mandate each action falls under (local government, national government, other stakeholders like private sector or NGO).
A simple stakeholder map will help take this one step further by indicating all the stakeholders involved in the action, from funding the action to implementation on the ground.

5. Develop a stakeholder map

Stakeholder mapping is the visual process of laying out all the stakeholders of a product, project, or idea on one map. The main benefit of a stakeholder map is to get a visual representation of all the people who can influence your project and how they are connected.

Example of a stakeholder map for an action related to tree planting in Kenya:

Example of a stakeholder map for an action related to waste management in South Africa:

Elaborating prioritised SEACAP actions

Once all these details have been captured for each action, they will inform what local governments do next to move towards implementation.

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Lesson 5.1: Next steps for prioritised actions

16 September 2024

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