Webinar: How to strengthen countries capabilities in the long term for increased resilience?

This online webinar will focus on how to better support long-term capabilities strengthening in countries for efficient adaptation and resilience.
The discussants will explore the linkages between collaboration with academia at the national platform level, communities of practice and trainings in communities including Trainer of trainer approaches and network strengthening. They will exchange on the benefits of multi-expert technical teams, how robust and functioning MEL systems can foster learning and how the integration early on of good GESI principles into design and implementation using a whole of society approach, can effectively support strengthening capabilities at district and community levels.

Featured speakers include:

• Bayu Nebsu, LIFE-AR country support, Ethiopia
• Harriet Kyomuhendo, LIFE-AR Deputy Focal Point, Ministry of Water and Environment, Uganda
• Jenipher Mkandawire, chair of WONECAM, Malawi

The discussants will address questions around:

• How do whole-of-society national platforms support capacity building and leaning at the national to local levels?
• What are efficient capacity building mechanisms to ensure communities participate in selecting resilience investments?
• How can integrating GESI principles early on in the design can support strengthening capabilities at district and community levels?