About Us

The Africa Adaptation Programme was launched in 2008 by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and the World Food Programme (WFP) and with US$92.1 million support from the Government of Japan.

Handbook on Capitalisation of Experiences 2012

AAP’s Handbook on the Capitalisation of Experiences constitutes a much needed resource to help address the challenge that programmes have in acquiring the methodological skills needed to identify, characterize, analyze and exploit both traditional knowledge and all other knowledge generated during implementation.

Paths, Progress, Possibilities

At the AAP’s regional conference in Dakar, representatives from almost every national team discussed the main paths their projects have taken, the progress they have achieved and the possibilities now open to their countries.

Meet the AAPeople

With images of 258 AAP staff and associates, our AAPeople poster provides a visual representation of the multitudes of individuals who have been working to shift the direction of their countries’ development from risk to resilience.

Final edition of The Baobab Coalition Journal

The final Baobab Coalition Journal has now been published. View articles on work in Senegal, Burkina Faso, Niger and Rwanda, summaries of national teams’ public information and food security efforts, a feature on UNDP’s Gender Team and reflections by our experts on the projects they led.

Celebrating our Successes: AAP regional conference report

This report outlines the major findings of the AAP regional conference held in November 2012 in Dakar, Senegal, with an emphasis on lessons learned, deliverables and sustainability.