Regional Project Coordinator (RPC)

The RPC is responsible for the management of the project in the region. He/she will:

• Coordinate and monitor five country studies
• Assist in the organization of the orientation and training and other project related meetings
• Ensure the delivery of drafts and final documents on schedule
• Review and analyze policy conditions under which selected adaptive strategies evolved
• Participate in national policy meetings
• Prepare a report on the process and methodology of the exercise
• Assist in the dissemination of outputs to communities and monitor utilization

Local Project Coordinator (LPC)

The five LPCs are responsible for the management and implementation of the project in their respective countries.

Each LPC will:

• Participate in the orientation and training workshop
• Convene an interdisciplinary team
• Orient the team to the project concept and in the use of participatory action research methodologies
• Convene and facilitate national meetings
• Prepare background material on the participating communities, including location, history, sources of livelihoods and adaptive strategies employed
• Identify policy priorities relevant to adaptive strategies and prepare a brief policy issues paper
• Conduct fieldwork
• Ensure the delivery of drafts and final documents on schedule
• Translate the results of fieldwork into English
• Participate in the regional meeting to consolidate the results from participating countries
• Disseminate outputs to communities and monitor utilization