The target community is affected by negative impacts from climate change and other human activities including drought, increased use of chemicals such as pesticide, herbicide, chemical fertiliser, and lack knowledge by farmers on appropriate application of chemicals. This caused problems with reduced soil fertility and damage to biodiversity particularly organisms useful to crop production. The issues are main contributors that minimise farmed products and increased capital required in such production and as a result people face with food insecurity.

In addition past Commune Development Plans and Commune Investment Programmes (CDPs/CIPs) have never given high priority on actions related to adaptation to climate change. Overall Sanlong CDP has given emphasis (about 90%) on physical infrastructure such as roads in any year. The project faces with challenge as the area suffers from severe drought. The process to generate data and information on issues and needs by local community did not sufficiently covered issues facing the community.
Lack of fund to support appropriate actions to collection information from community and the lack of technical support to commune in all the five steps of CIP consist an important reason why there has been insufficient focus on issues facing community. Moreover local people in the community and Sanlong commune counsellors and the P&B committee have no clear understanding on the impacts from climate change. In addition, no national or international organisations or agency provides awareness on adaptation to climate change in the area.

To respond to the emerging issues as said above the project will implement a number of activities as follows:
Project objective: Sanlong Commune Council has capacity to develop CIP 2015 incorporated actions for adaptation to climate change.
Outcome 1: By the end of 2014 Sanlong commune council has capacity to develop CIP with actions to adapt to climate change mainstreamed.

Output 1.1: Commune councillors and P&B Committee members have capacity to apply VRA tools to consult with local people in identifying issues, needs and interventions for incorporation in the CIP development
Activity 1.1.1: Provision of a three days training on how to conduct VRA for 30 commune councillors and P&B committee members (1 day to cover concept, 1 day for practical exercise, and 1 day for information analysis);
Activity 1.1.2: Cooperation with commune councils, P&B committee and relevant NGOs to conduct VRA in 12 target villages of Sanlong commune:

Activity 1.1.3: Coordination with commune council and relevant stakeholders to conduct an analysis of data collected through VRA; and
Activity 1.1.4: Holding of a meeting with commune council, P&B committee to reflect on lessons and good practices in VRA application in public consolation process.
Outputs 1.2: Draft CIP 2015 for Sanlong commune had incorporated climate change issues in sectoral situation analysis.

Activity 1.2.1: Holding of a meeting with commune council, P&B committee and relevant stakeholders to conduct an analysis of sectoral issues and needs (relevant NGOs should attend):
Activity 1.2.2: Drafting of a CIP document;
Activity 1.2.3: Holding of a meeting with local people and relevant stakeholders to validate the CIP;
Activity 1.2.4: Collaboration with Sanlong commune council to participate in district integration workshop;

Activity 1.2.5: Submission of draft final of the CIP to the district council for review and adoption; and

Activity 1.2.6: Holding of a meeting with commune council and relevant stakeholders to reflect on lessons and good practices in CIP process.
Outcome 2: Contribute to enhance adaptation practices of Sanlong commune through adaptation actions stated in CIP 2015.
Output 2.1: Some climate change adaptation actions prescribed in the CIP 2015 are supported and implemented to contribute to adaptation by the community to climate change.
Activity 2.1.1 Holding of a meeting with procurement committee by type of supported activity to strengthen the role of members and fix schedule for bidding;
Organisation of bidding process for the supported projects and coordinate with a bank for opening a commune private account;
Activity 2.1.3: Organisation for signing an agreement with service provider; and

Activity 2.1.3: Holding meeting with commune council to transfer the fund (USD20,960.63) to the commune.
Output 2.2: Lessons and good practices on mainstreaming climate change issues in CIP development process documented and shared with relevant stakeholders.
Activity 2.1.1: Holding meeting with beneficiaries such as commune council (P&B committee) and relevant stakeholders to identify lessons and good practices for sharing;

Activity 2.2.2: Documentation of case studies of project successes;
Activity 2.2.3: Production of video or digital stories on mainstreaming climate change issues in commune development planning process; and
Activity 2.2.4: Participation in workshops to share lessons and good practices on mainstreaming climate change in commune planning process.