Final Evaluation of Swedish Support to Pan Africa Climate Justice Alliance

1.Background

The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) provided financial core support to the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) within the framework of the Swedish Regional Strategy for Africa since 2012. PACJA is a continental coalition of civil society organizations in the African continent, brought together by a common goal of promoting and advocating for climate-friendly and equity-based development. Pursuant to continued Partnership between PACJA and Government of Sweden through Sida, and Swedish Government’s regional strategy as well as PACJA’s strategic plan 2021 – 2025, the Alliance submitted another Project proposal entitled, “Galvanizing and Unifying Africa’s Action for Resilient Development in the era of the Pandemic (Guard-Africa) which is a three-year project commencing January 2022 to December 2024. This project builds on the effort to entrench civil society as a central pillar in NDCs implementation in countries, intergovernmental processes and regionally.

Guard-Africa aims to be a transformative catalyst in Africa’s conversations on NDCs and overall climate action drawing from its convening power and grassroots mobilization, through bottom-up, Community-driven policy choices. The project aims to enhance the capacity of Designated National Platforms (DNPs) as central pillars of climate action at the national level to influence global, and regional institutions towards the fulfilment of Climate change commitments including the Paris Agreement, the NDCs and ongoing initiatives in Africa, particularly under the ClimDev Initiative. It is also supporting DNPs and dedicated Initiatives to contribute to other related processes such as the African Ministerial Conference on Environment (AMCEN), the RECs’ climate Strategy and policy processes; and frameworks and strategies to address national climate change challenges by various countries.

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