National Alliance for Climate Action (NACA) Network
Terms of Reference (ToR)
Overview
National Alliance for Climate Action (NACA) is a network of national, provincial and district
level community based/grassroots level organizations, who have expressed an interest and
demonstrated experience in mainstreaming Climate Change adaptation into their work. The
network members demonstrate a strong link with the communities they represent, and an
ownership of the development issues they tackle, however with limited access to knowledge
and capacity building resources, especially in terms of climate change adaptation.
Objectives:
1. Strengthen the capacity of local Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to prioritize and
promote Climate Change (CC) adaptation and mitigation measures within vulnerable
communities.
2. Mobilize CSOs to drive demand for CC policies, strategies and actions on the basis of
grass roots situation.
3. Connect local and national-level community focused climate change practitioners for
collective learning and collaborative action1.
Eligibility criteria for partner Organizations:
As explained, NACA members are organizations working in the non-profit development
sector who have demonstrated a commitment to supporting the efforts of Climate Change
Adaptation/mitigation in their areas. The membership is voluntary. In order to be eligible to
apply for membership under NACA, the organization must fulfill the following eligibility
criteria:
1. Registered non-governmental organizations;
2. The organization must have been registered at least 2 years before applying to NACA.
3. Organizations should not have a history of engagement with undesirable parties.
4. Organizations must show evidence of gender and disabled inclusion.
5. The organization has already established dialogue on environmental/climate issues with
LEAD Pakistan or other forums.
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By way of example, LEAD Pakistan has partnerships with institutions such as the climate change forecasting
agency Global Change Impacts Study Centre (GCISC) and the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD). Feeling
the need to communicate such scientifically backed information to end users in communities for enabling
adaptation planning, LEAD will use NACA as a vehicle for transmitting data acquired from national and global
scientists to decision makers, practitioners and adaptation seekers at the grass roots level.
6. Applicants will be assessed using customized selection criteria, which will assess the
organizations on the basis of performance and relevance. Selected organizations will be
further refined into sectoral categories via an assessment of their institutional maturity,
using LEADs ‘Institutional Maturity Index’.
Responsibilities of Partner Organizations/NACA members:
1. Deliberate on Climate Change issues and develop recommendations for local, subnational and national actions through collaboration with policymakers.
2. Undertake demonstration and pilot projects in partnership with the private sector, local
governments, non-governmental organizations, and others.
3. Identify science, research and data needs.
4. Develop
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capacity
for
implementation
of
adaptation/mitigation
measures
and
documentation of best practices.
Provide information on their climate change related development initiatives(optional).
Share experiences with and lessons on adaptation/mitigation implementation.
Lead and/or participate in activities supported by NACA.
Conduct outreach to broaden awareness and participation in NACA activities.