During the design of GCA’s contribution, Rwanda’s Local Administrative Entities Development Agency requested further support to mainstream locally led adaptation into their existing policies and guidelines for local planning. An opportunity was also identified to pilot the People’s Adaptation Planning process for a new Community Adaptation Fund window to be operationalized by the Rwanda Green Fund. GCA’s support therefore now has the potential to influence nation-wide change through integration into development planning and the Green Fund.

GCA has signed an agreement with BRAC Rwanda to contextualize the People’s Adaptation Planning methodology to the Rwandan context; support integration of this methodology into local development policies and practices; pilot the implementation of the methodology in the two districts of Nyabihu and Ngororero; and build the capacity of local government officials to implement the methodology in other districts.