Adaptation Research Alliance (ARA)

Tracking, learning, and sharing for the ARA grassroots action research microgrants: Baseline report

This baseline report, developed under the Tracking, Learning and Sharing (TLS) framework, analyses 21 ARA Micro-Grants projects across 17 countries in the Global South, examining portfolio composition, projected outcomes, and alignment with the Adaptation Research for Impact Principles.
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  • March 31, 2026
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Summary

The ARA’s Grassroots Action Research Micro-grants programme (ARA micro-grants) seeks to elevate and identify knowledge gaps, ideas, and opportunities from the affected communities themselves, and facilitates a research process where communities and researchers explore appropriate responses together. It is an effort to unearth ideas and opportunities for adapting to climate change in local contexts in the Global South, through a micro-granting process linking action and research partners to adapt to and build resilience against a changing climate. 

As part of the implementation of the ARA micro-grants, a specific Tracking, Learning, and Sharing (TLS) strategy and plan were developed as the guiding framework for tracking and documenting the intentions, activities, and progress of micro-grantees participating in the second round of the ARA’s micro-grants, as well as enabling learning. Within this strategy a baseline, midline and endline report will be developed, as well as two learning workshops for sharing and learning among micro-grantees.

The baseline report includes key insights derived from the micro-grant application forms. By harnessing the data inherent within the application forms, this report encapsulates project specifics that are of critical importance.This approach furnishes invaluable insights for monitoring, learning, and adaptive management of projects, all while acknowledging the temporal and resource constraints inherent in the micro-grants programme.