Assessing the institutional capacity to adapt to climate change: a case study in the Cambodian health and water sectors

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Table 1 Stakeholders stratified by sector and organization type

Type of organizations	Health	Water	Agriculture	Disaster	Cross-cutting	Subtotal
Government organizations	6	5	1	2	8	22
Non-government organizations	1	1	3	2	12	19
Subtotal	7	6	4	4	20	41

Figure 1 Assessment of quality and details of V&A information by government and non-government stakeholders

Figure 2 Level of understanding of V&A in the health and water sectors by government and non-government organisations

Figure 3 Ranking of priority capacity issues by stakeholders

Table 2 Key challenges associated with CCA capacity in Cambodia and potential responses

Key challenges	Potential responses
Financial resources
Insufficient funding for CCA priority activities	Cambodian CCA stakeholders should be aware of the availability of adaptation funds and resources both locally and internationally, and be responsive to funding criteria
Limited capacity of government agencies to meet complex funding application procedures and associated financial accountability standards	Relevant officials should be given capacity strengthening on fundraising and proposal writing, as well as overall financial accountability
	Expansion of the development of the adaptation Trust Fund is helpful in harmonizing CCA resources as well as facilitating participation from government ministries/departments
Cooperation among CCA stakeholders
CCA resources are concentrated with the MOECCA activities remain not cross-sectoralPoorly defined roles among CCD, NCCC, and development partners as well as a lack of responsibility for NCCCDistrust, especially between government and non-government organizationsLack of political support for the health sectorLimited engagement of communities in adaptation works as well as a lack of CCA project implementation on the ground	An appropriate coordination framework should be developed, especially the proper functionality of the NCCC, to facilitate CCA works; intermediaries should be developed to facilitate the building of relationships among stakeholders; all CCA projects should include stakeholder engagement and capacity-building components in order to support relationship buildingImproved communication on climate change health impacts at higher decision-making levels in health and at the Prime Ministerial level to build political supportPriority should be given to actual CCA projects implementation, wherein communities are engaged as part of the knowledge production and implementation of adaptation actions
Information and stakeholders' understanding of VA
VA information for both the health and water sectors is insufficient and of a general nature	More VA studies should be undertaken to respond to sector-specific needs, with study reports written in the national language and made more widely available
VA reports were mainly produced in English and not easy to understand	Training on VA methods should be provided to improve stakeholders' understanding, especially those who are involved in generating the information
Sharing of information, especially within the health sector, was very narrow and only within specific networks	Funding agencies should consider providing financial support to selected public universities to set up some climate-change-related research programmes that could be undertaken in partnership with key stakeholders and vulnerable communities
Stakeholders’ understanding of VA is limited, and training provided has so far been quite limited and not climate-change-specific	Capacity building should go beyond providing general information relating to climate change and climate change vulnerability; the task of capacity building should be allocated to local higher education institutions and be undertaken in partnership with appropriate stakeholders and communities
Limited participation of local universities in CCA capacity-building efforts	Overall, CCA works should be based on good information and knowledge from across different disciplines and include the perspectives of vulnerable people themselves