PI3D Implement a programme of adaptation actions

Your organisation should now be ready to implement a range of prioritised adaptation actions – with appropriate resources allocated. The actions should contribute to achieving your adaptation outcomes, with suitable monitoring and evaluation to learn from experience.

Sub tasks:

Procurement and contractual arrangements – implementing more advanced adaptation actions is likely to require procurement of goods and services. This might involve commissioning in-depth risk assessment work or ensuring that adaptation is factored in to procurement and contracts for specific projects and/ or services.
- Review the adaptation actions that are scheduled for implementation and identify the procurement and contractual requirements for each.
- Discuss procurement and contractual arrangements with those responsible for delivering actions and identify whether there are likely to be any challenges involved with factoring adaptation in to the procurement processes that are being used. Identifying any challenges early on in the procurement process will enable you to find solutions and reduce delays with implementation.
Financing – in some cases adaptation actions will be financed as part of larger project/ financing arrangements. Ensure that you are familiar with how the adaptation actions are factored in to the business case for these projects. Make sure that you are aware of key approval/ decision processes where decisions will be made that could affect financing and implementation of adaptation components. You will need to continue to advocate and provide evidence to support the ongoing inclusion of adaptation as projects are implemented over multiyear time frames and budget availability changes.
Training – identify whether your organisations/ partners have the skills needed to implement the adaptation actions that have been agreed. Where needed, identify training and skills development needs and seek to address these. This may be supported by working adaptation champions (Task OC3B).
Communication – develop a communication strategy to raise awareness of adaptation on an ongoing basis. Share good news stories about the successful implementation of adaptation actions to build support for future actions.
Monitoring and evaluation - Monitor and evaluate effectiveness of actions considering both process and outcome indicators.Consider the following:
- How well was the action implemented?
- Was it delivered on time and on budget?
- Have the anticipated benefits of the action been realised?
- What additional benefits has the action delivered?

Resources:

The Tweed Forum

Green Infrastructure Projects

Case study of Restoring peatlands with RSPB

The Avenues Project in Glasgow City

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