Training Workshop
Building Capacity for Climate Action Monitoring
Unveiling of the the KSAPCC Monitoring Training Module for government officials by EMPRI Director General, Shri B.P. Ravi
In 2023, Centre for Environment Education (CEE), Environmental Management & Policy Research Institute (EMPRI) and Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF) India conducted a monitoring gap analysis of the Karnataka State Action Plan on climate Change (KSAPCC) implementation. The analysis report was published as a working paper, entitled “Evolving a Monitoring Framework for the KSAPCC Implementation in Water and Agriculture Sectors”. To achieve a holistic and effective monitoring coverage, the paper recommended to deploy a two-pronged approach: capacity building of the government officials and the development of a web-based government-to-government (G2G) dashboard for an integrated data collation, analysis and reporting.
Acting on the above-mentioned recommendations, CEE, EMPRI and HSF India worked together to develop a module, as a first step, to provide trainings to the government officials in KSAPCC monitoring. The module was developed by referring to the survey results of key stakeholder from the state government, knowledge institutions and international development agencies. The module developed was bilingual, both in English and Kannada.
As a next step, the government officials from ten districts were trained in a workshop jointly organised by CEE, EMPRI and HSF India on 24 October 2024 in Bengaluru. Experts from EMPRI, Karnataka Monitoring Evaluation Authority (KMEA), Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bengaluru, Institute of Social and Economic Change (ISEC) Bengaluru, CEE, GIZ India and HSF India discussed the concepts, techniques and best practices in climate action monitoring with the government officials.
The following were the key takeaways from the workshop:
Monitoring is the key function public systems should perform as it provides a metric to measure performance.
It is high time to move from output to outcome measurement.
The implementation of KSAPCC monitoring through key performance indicators (KPIs) at the district level has been made mandatory by the state government.
As a result, some of the departments have already prepared the KPIs for monitoring.
Remaining departments are in the process of drafting their KPIs.
Monitoring is not for fault finding but is a means for reflection, correlation, introspection and correction. It leads to changes at three stages: In the short term, immediate attention for course correction; in the long term, policy changes; and then change in scheme.
For a monitoring system to perform well, its administration should have, among other things, a proper organization structure, dedicated team, capacity building and responsibility of taking corrective action.
Some of the other Indian states such as Uttar Pradesh are also on the cusp of developing monitoring strategy for their climate actions. Exchange with them should be conducted regularly for cross-learning.
The climate financing in Karnataka is highly scattered based on the central and state level schemes and programmes. There is no fixed percentage of assured finances allocated or earmarked in the state budget for the mitigation and adaptation programmes. Reprioritisation of the available financial resources is needed to meet the funding requirement of the state’s climate action.
A KSAPCC dashboard with outlays, output and outcome metrices can also help in the resource prioritisation and mobilisation.
