Project Description:

The CHT Climate Resilient Project (CCRP) ran from ran from March 2018 to June 2021. The project had collaborated with local and traditional government organizations to develop skills to support the implementation of community-level resilience initiatives, ensuring long-term sustainability and replication of resilience measures.  

The overall objective of the evaluation was to document achievements, analyse the outcomes and impact of the CCRP project since 2018. Based on this, the evaluation prepared recommendations for future programs.  

The evaluation covered 10 Upazilas (3 Upazilas in Bandarban, 3 Upazilas in Khagrachari and 4 Upazilas in Rangamati District) in Chittagong hill tracts region. The evaluation followed a mixed-method approach to combine both qualitative and quantitative methods. The evaluation covered all the ten Upazilas where the project had intervened under the three districts. 

The data collection of this endline study was conducted from 16 March to 29 March 2022. For quantitative information, a total of 1648 household surveys were carried out with community people. To collect qualitative data, the evaluation team carried out focus group discussions with Climate Resilient Committees (CRC) in the communities and interviewed government and project officials.  

The study findings had showed that the project was able to address major climate vulnerabilities in the communities. This project had largely met the demand for water in areas where water scarcity was the primary issue. Project activities such as solar panels have improved community livelihoods through regenerating agricultural activities in communities. The study also captured sustainability aspect of the project interventions. Community participation through labor and financial assistance had aided the project’s success. The community climate vulnerability assessment (CCVA) and a local resilience plan (LRP) was a key achievement and the study found it to be a stepping stone for building a resilient community in the CHT region.