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                                              BCCRF Update (May 2012)



    The Prime Minister’s office approved the Operational Modalities of the trust fund in
     December 2010. In January 2011, a Gazette Notification has been circulated to
     nominate members of the Governing Council and Management Committee (the two
     top tiers of the BCCRF governance).

    To date, a grant of US$ 25million has been awarded to the Local Government
     Engineering Department of the Ministry of Local Government, Rural development and
     Co-operatives to build about 56 new cyclone shelters, rehabilitate about 50
     damaged shelters and build 40 kms connecting roads in coastal areas. Three projects
     are under preparation: an Agricultural Adaptation in Climate Risk Prone Areas (US$
     22.8million) with the Ministry of Agriculture Extension (DAE); a Climate Resilient
     Participatory Afforestation/Reforestation Project (US$ 35 million) with the Forest
     Department, and a Community Climate Change Program (US$ 12.5 million) with the
     Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF). PKSF will be responsible to process and
     implement the programme. PKSF will ensure due diligence regarding the legal
     capacity of the Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and their compliance with the legal
     requirements/regime before selecting the CSOs.          The establishment of a fully
     functioning Secretariat at the Ministry of Environment and Forests will lay the
     foundations of a potential take over management of BCCRF. A Grant Agreement for
     $0.2 million was signed in November 2011 to establish this Secretariat.

List of Current projects under BCCRF

         Title                                                     Implementing Agency
1        Multipurpose Cyclone Shelter Construction Project         Local Government Engineering Division (LGED)
                                                                   (US$25million)
2        Agricultural Adaptation in Climatic Risk Prone Areas of   Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE)
         Bangladesh (Drought, Flood and Saline prone areas)        (US$ 22.76 million)
3        Afforestation and Reforestation for Climate Change Risk   Forest Department (FD)
         Reduction in Coastal and Hilly Areas                      (US$ 25 million)
4.       Community Climate Change Program                          Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF)
                                                                   (US$ 12.5 million)
5.       Secretariat for BCCRF                                     Ministry of Environment and Forests (MOEF)
                                                                   (US$ 0.2 million)



           The selection of these proposals was totally demand driven. The Ministry of
            Environment and Forests launched a request for project proposals among all
            ministries and agencies working on climate change issues. Two calls for proposals
    have been made. As a result around 50 proposals have been received. They were
    all reviewed and evaluated based on the following 7 selection criteria:
    consistency with CCSAP objective, size of proposals; experience of the
    implementing     agency      with   development      operations;  readiness    for
    implementation; results targeted; complimentarily or duplication with other
    ongoing programs; social and environmental benefits and monitoring and
    evaluation arrangements. The Management Committee reviewed the proposals
    and approved those to be considered for funding. Once a proposal is approved
    by the Management Committee, the World Bank team then works very closely
    with the government agency proposing the project to fully develop the project
    proposal. The full project proposal is then submitted to the Governing Council for
    final approval before the Grant Agreement can be signed.

   Aside from investment projects, the Bank has now started to focus its effort on the
    fourth pillar of BCCSAP that is: Research and Knowledge Management. A wealth
    of information and research has already been undertaken in the field of climate
    change in Bangladesh, the team has identified any knowledge gaps. On this basis
    the following areas have been identified for further analysis:
        o Impact of climate change on vector born diseases and implications for the
            health sector
        o Urban Flooding of Greater Dhaka Area in a Changing Climate:
            Vulnerability, Adaptation and Potential Costs.
        o Assessment of the threat of climate – induced out – migration from
            vulnerable areas.



   Proposals in pipeline :

1. The feasibility of Constructing Urir Char - Noakhali Cross-Dam for Land Reclamation
   in the District of Noakhali with the Bangladesh Water Development Board is being
   reviewed
2. Bangladesh Modern Food Storage Facilities Project under the Ministry Food and
   Disaster Management
3. Natural Hazards Risk based Early Warning under the Ministry Food and Disaster
   Management