All eleven target village in Msa Krang commune are adversely impacts from climate change and other human activities including drought, flood, lack of knowledge on sustainable agricultural practices, poor soil, and destruction to biodiversity, particularly the organisms useful to crops. The issues are the main contributor causing farmers to have less and less to harvest from their farm but also to spend more in their production and thus exhaust the farmers of their food security. In addition the past CDPs and CIPs in Msa Krang have never given priority on activities addressing adaptation to climate change in the current five areas of the plan/programme including economic, social, natural resource and environment, public order and gender.
The overall focus of Msa Krang?s CDP is 70% on physical infrastructure projects such as roads and canals which are seen a recurrent activities every year. The project faces difficulty as the area suffers from severe drought. In addition information on local issues and needs collected to inform the planning process no direct answer to the real issues facing community have been identified. The reason why insufficient information is collected was mainly due to lack of sufficient fund to support information generation at each community. Also local community, the commune councillors at Msa Krang and the P&B committee do not have clear understanding of the impacts of climate change and there is no national or international organisations or agencies help with raising awards on actions to adapt to climate change in the area.
To respond to the issues as described above the project will implement a number of activities as follows:
Overall objective: Msa Krang Commune Council has capacity to develop CIP 2015 incorporated actions for adaptation to climate change.
Outcome 1: By the end of 2014 Msar Krang commune council has capacity to develop CIP with actions to adapt to climate change mainstreamed.


Output 1.1: Commune councillors and P&B Committee 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 27 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 11 target villages of Msa Krang 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 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 Msa Krang commune had incorporated climate change issues in sectoral situation analysis.

Activity 1.2.1: Holding 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 CIP document;
Activity 1.2.3: Holding meeting with local people and relevant stakeholders to validate the CIP;
Activity 1.2.4: Collaboration with Prek Achi commune council to participate in Stoung 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 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 Chong Ampil 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 meeting with procurement committee by type of supported activity to strengthen the role of members and fix schedule for bidding;
Activity 2.1.2: 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 2.1.4: Holding meeting with commune council to transfer the fund 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 2.2.1: 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.