Direct Access Program for Financing Climate Change Adaptation Projects to Increase the Adaptive Capacity and Climate Resilience of Indigenous and Afro-descendant Communities in the Marine Coastal Region of the Municipalities of Juan Francisco Bulnes and Brus Laguna in Honduras

The program proposal is designed for the Direct Access Improvement Mechanism (EDA) of the Adaptation Fund involving national, subnational, and local entities in the design and implementation of climate change adaptation projects in the coastal communities of the Muskitia de Honduras. In line with the objective of the EDA, the program will contribute to increasing decentralized decision-making and financing for adaptation at the local level in Honduras. The Program’s General objective seeks to contribute to increasing the adaptive capacity and climate resilience of the vulnerable Miskitu, Garífunas, Pech and Mestizo communities of the marine-coastal region of the municipalities of Juan Francisco Bulnes and Brus Laguna with emphasis on the protection of their livelihoods, assets, and ecosystem services. The Program’s Specific Objectives are the following: 1. Develop the institutional capacities of local entities for the development and execution of projects that increase the resilience to the effects of climate change in the Garífuna and Miskitu communities of Juan Francisco Bulnes and Brus Laguna. 2. Establish a grant financing scheme under the EDA program that allows the identification, review and approval of project proposals that contribute to climate change adaptation of the Garífuna and Miskito communities of the municipalities of Juan Francisco Bulnes and Brus Laguna. 3. Manage EDA program grants to finance the implementation of climate change adaptation measures in selected communities. 4. Promote the development and management of knowledge and information on climate change at the local, national, and international level. Through the EDA program, local communities will be empowered to access international climate financing to design and implement solutions for climate change adaptation at the local level.