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 The Narrative of Technocratic Resilience .

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 The Narrative of Technocratic Resilience .

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This narrative critiques the use of GIS technology in urban resilience and planning, focusing on the City of Cape Town's implementation of the "Cityviewer" system. While this sophisticated GIS tool provided a comprehensive and detailed virtual view of the city, it was criticized for failing to address the realities of vulnerable communities, particularly informal settlements at risk of flooding and lacking essential services. The system’s reliance on technology fostered a technocratic, top-down approach that bypassed direct citizen engagement and neglected the socio-technical realities on the ground.

Although NGOs leveraged mapping and participatory GIS to highlight issues like inequitable access to services and empower communities to challenge city policies, a lack of integration between NGO-generated datasets and official city data hindered effective co-production.

Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2019.01.001

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 The Narrative of Co-produced Resilience

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 The Narrative of Co-produced Resilience

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The narrative explores the co-production of resilience in Cape Town through participatory and qualitative mapping, scenario planning, and games aimed at fostering collaboration between city officials, NGOs like CORC and DAG, and local communities. While the City of Cape Town aimed to work "for" its citizens, advocates emphasized a shift toward working "with" them, valuing inclusive processes alongside technical outputs.

Participatory mapping was highlighted as a tool for dialogue, enabling communities to identify and propose solutions while uncovering issues overlooked by officials. However, co-production faced challenges such as the lack of integration between NGO and city datasets, stemming from logistical barriers, credibility concerns, and micro-political tensions around data sharing.

Link:

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2019.01.001

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Emancipation

This narrative critiques the dominant resilience framework in Cape Town, which is seen as maintaining existing power structures and emphasizing technical solutions that fail to address societal inequalities. NGOs, placemaking activists, and researchers outside the city government advocated for alternative, bottom-up approaches to resilience, rejecting the term "resilience" as co-opted by powerful economic actors.

These advocates highlighted the limitations of technical resilience, calling for more participatory and inclusive planning practices. Art-space methods were proposed as a way to transcend technocratic and Western planning approaches, fostering a sense of place and empowering residents to envision and shape their future creatively. This perspective called for a plurality of interpretations of resilience to reflect the lived realities of marginalized communities.

Link:

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2019.01.001

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Fragmentation

This narrative highlights the critical issue of insufficient knowledge and data as a significant barrier to effective urban planning, risk management, and holistic resilience-building. A lack of systemic thinking was evident, with urban development often failing to consider cumulative effects, such as the interconnected impacts of traffic, stormwater drainage, and sewage systems. The absence of integrated assessments and unclear responsibilities among sectors compounded these challenges.

The fragmented approach to resilience was criticized for prioritizing short-term economic gains over long-term sustainability. This perspective called for a shift toward more inclusive and comprehensive planning processes that account for the interconnectedness of urban systems and balance immediate priorities with long-term resilience goals.

Link:

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2019.01.001

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 The Narrative of Making the invisible visible.

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 The Narrative of Making the invisible visible.

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Making the invisible visible

This narrative emphasizes the emancipatory use of science and technology by civil society organizations to make the urban poor visible and hold public authorities accountable in Nairobi's informal settlements. Social movements like Muungano wa Wanavijiji and NGOs such as the Kounkuey Design Initiative (KDI) addressed gaps in official data by conducting household surveys, participatory mapping, and creating alternative maps. These efforts aimed to highlight issues like flood risks and service gaps in marginalized areas such as Mukuru and Kibera.

This approach underscored the importance of integrating expert and community-generated knowledge to advocate for inclusive urban planning and development.

Link:

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2019.01.001

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Holistic Thinking

The "Holistic Thinking" narrative envisions a resilient city characterized by abundant public spaces, green parks, and a well-connected public transport system, where public authorities prioritize the long-term health and environmental benefits of green infrastructure over short-term economic gains. Advocates argue that investing in public spaces reduces pollution, improves public health by lowering rates of respiratory diseases and diabetes, and generates positive externalities for society.

Using maps and evidence-based approaches, proponents like UN Habitat demonstrate the feasibility of this alternative vision for Nairobi. However, the main challenge lies in overcoming entrenched sectoral thinking among public sector technocrats, which hinders the integration of holistic, cross-cutting solutions into urban planning and development.

Link:

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2019.01.001

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Muungao wa Wanavijiji is a social movement comprised of community-based organizations, organized groups, informal markets, squatters, slum dwellers and the urban poor. This alliance aims to build collective capacity in urban poor communities especially in times of emergencies.

Link:

https://www.muungano.net/about

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Digital Public Works for Urban Resilience 

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Emergency Initiative

This initiative was launcged in April 2022 by World Bank in collaboration with the Government of Kenya. It was designed to train youths (ages 18-35) residing in informal settlements to collect critical urban datasets that the government can use to identify high risk population in the event of emergencies, infrastructure priorities and appropriate measures to increase resilience.

Link:

https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/nasikiliza/kenyan-youth-strengthen-urban-resilience-through-innovative-public-works-pilot-afe-0224

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Emergency Initiative- Youth-led COVID-19 Emergency Response Coalition. 

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In response to COVID-19, youth in slums and informal settlements came together to form the 'Youth-led COVID-19 Emergency Response Coalition', comprised of 24 youth-led groups, to protect their local community from the pandemic.

In addition to improving the health of the community, these young change-makers in Kenya promoted employment and improved livelihoods. The Youth-led Emergency Response Coalition recognized at the outset of the pandemic the vulnerabilities of front-line workers, and thus ensured good conditions for employment opportunities created through their COVID-19 prevention projects.

The Coalition also worked with the local government to distribute emergency food rations to at-risk communities.

Link:

https://www.unhabitatyouth.org/en/youth-led-emergency-response-in-kenyas-informal-settlements/

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Post Cyclone Idai and Kenneth Emergency Recovery and Resilience Programme

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Post Cyclone Idai and Kenneth Emergency Recovery and Resilience Programme

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The Post Cyclone Idai and Kenneth Emergency Recovery and Resilience Programme (PCIREP) aims to restore livelihoods, wellbeing and build resilience of communities with the emphasis of ‘reaching the furthest behind first’.

The Program proposes solutions to tackle recovery and resilience processes in a medium to long-term perspective through a multi-sectoral and build-back-better approach to infrastructure reconstruction/rehabilitation, restoration of agricultural livelihoods and promotion of resilience to climate shocks, disasters, and extreme weather events in order to enhance the adaptive capacities and preparedness of institutions and communities.

Link:

https://www.afdb.org/en/documents/multinational-post-cyclone-idai-emergency-recovery-and-resilience-programme-mozambique-malawi-zimbabwe-project-appraisal-report

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The Morocco Integrated Disaster Risk Management and Resilience Program

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The Morocco Integrated Disaster Risk Management and Resilience Program

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The world’s city dwellers have grown from 746 million in 1950 to 3.9 billion in 2014 alone. This is the case in Morocco as well, where the urban population is anticipated to increase by 4 million people by 2025. In addition to rapid urban migration, Morocco remains vulnerable to several risks. Natural hazards such as earthquakes and associated tsunamis, floods, and droughts have disproportionate negative impacts on low-income populations, in terms of both impact and the ability to adapt,impacts from natural hazards average about $800 million every year.

This program in collaboration with World Bank has sought to improve the institutional frameworks to finance disaster risk reduction activities and strengthen financial resilience to natural disasters for targeted populations. I also aims to promote institutional reforms and capacity building, scale up disaster risk reduction investments, and support an innovative, catastrophic risk insurance regime involving both the public and private sectors.

Link:

https://www.worldbank.org/en/results/2022/08/11/supporting-morocco-s-journey-to-disaster-and-climate-resilience#:~:text=The%20Morocco%20Integrated%20Disaster%20Risk,than%20174%2C000%20beneficiaries%2C%20insuring%20close

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The Tanzania Urban Resilience Program (TURP) is a multi-year, strategic technical assistance program funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO) of the United Kingdom.

The program's objective is to moderate climatic impacts and linked urban development challenges through management of climate risk in Tanzania’s rapidly growing cities.

Among its many achievements, the programme leveraged a $260 million Government of Tanzania integrated flood protection project in the Msimbazi Basin, financed by the World Bank and provided information generated by TURP analytics and consultations.

The project will provide sustainable and comprehensive solution to alleviate flooding problems in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s largest and rapidly growing city, which is frequently affected by floods.

Link:

https://www.cdri.world/g20-drrwg-case-study/34

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The Ramani Huria Initiative is a project funded by the World Bank and implemented by Humanitarian OpenStreetMap which has managed to map three-quarters of Dar-es-Salaam.

Thousands of students from local universities and community members have been equipped with knowledge and skills critical for conducting accurate risk mapping, and a substantial collection of datasets have been acquired through their involvement through community mapping activities.

For example, during times of emergency, the inititaive responded with a rapid assessment of its own, mapping the impact of severe flooding across Dar-es-Salaam.

Link:

https://www.hotosm.org/updates/what-we-learnt-from-mapping-african-megacity-dar-es-salaam/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

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DARAJA is a Swahili word which means 'bridge'. It is a service and partnership that aims to improve weather and climate information services (WCIS), including early warnings of extreme weather, for urban users, with a particular focus on vulnerable communities based in informal settlements.

The DARAJA Service was piloted already in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam with strong impact results during 2018-2020. In Kampala it was introduced recently (2023), whereby the residents of infomal settlements were providing insight and inspiration for the UN Early Warnings for All Initiative that was heavily showcased at COP28 in Dubai.

They were doing this by helping the Uganda National Metereological Authority (UNMA)to design a new city weather forecast and early warning service from the bottom up. This would help the Ugandan capital’s four million inhabitants to prepare for floods, cold spells, heat waves and other weather-related hazards.

Link:

https://www.resurgence.io/designing-from-the-bottom-up-the-urban-poor-in-kampala-provide-inspiration-for-un-secretary-generals-flagship-early-warnings-for-all-initiative/

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A'SIMA Tunis: "Strategic Planning and Multilevel Governance for a Resilient Metropolitan City," is an initiative aimed at enhancing the urban resilience and sustainability of Tunis, Tunisia. Launched in early 2021, the project is a collaborative effort involving the Municipality of Tunis, MedCities, and the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona, with financial support from the European Union.

This project aims to develop a participatory city strategy, strengthen urban governance and ensure sustainable waste management. By developing a participatory city strategy, the project addresses potential vulnerabilities, ensuring that urban planning incorporates risk assessments and mitigation measures.

Link:

https://medcities.org/project/asima-tunis-strategic-plan-of-tunis-7/

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In 2024, UNHCR supported 48 public schools in Giza, Alexandria, and Damietta through maintenance and training initiatives. These schools are part of the Instant Network Schools (INS) programme, led by UNHCR and the Vodafone Foundation, serving 63,100 students, of whom approximately 10 per cent are refugees.

Each INS school is equipped with internet connectivity, a local content server, and a dedicated classroom featuring a projector, laptop, speaker system, and tablets for students. Through this initiative the students who are refugees are able to be self-reliant and also breaking them from isolation, hence are better integrated into host societies and create more opportunities for rebuilding their lives after the emergencies e.g. wars.

Link:

https://globalcompactrefugees.org/good-practices/instant-network-schools-improving-learning-510000-students#:~:text=Instant%20Network%20Schools%20enable%20young,marginalised%20communities%20where%20Vodafone%20operates.

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On 22 December 2024, UNHCR and the Bibliotheca Alexandrina held the closing ceremony of the "Sanctuary" project. The initiative supported 145 participants, including refugees from Sudan, other nationalities, and Egyptians, by enhancing their vocational and technical business skills.

The training was tailored to meet local labour market demands, improving participants' living conditions, increasing their opportunities to establish and manage small businesses, and promoting social integration. Each participant received a toolkit to launch their business, and the three best business projects were awarded financial support.

Basically, creating self-reliant, resilient communities after the face of emergencies.

Link:

https://reliefweb.int/report/egypt/unhcr-egypt-sudan-emergency-response-update-15-january-2025

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UNHCR Egypt: Sudan Emergency Response Update, 15 January 2025 - Egypt

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Situation Report in English on Egypt and 1 other country about Contributions, Coordination and more; published on 15 Jan 2025 by UNHCR

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Emergency Response Room is a youth-led initiative that is essential in supporting local communities amid the ongoing conflict in Sudan. Their initial efforts focused on information sharing and facilitating the evacuation of civilians, including staff from international NGOs to safer locations like hotels and schools, as well as assisting at the Halfa crossing into Egypt.

Over time, given the food shortage and growing famine in parts of Sudan, their primary mission evolved into delivering humanitarian aid where access to international organizations was restricted, beginning with food distribution through community kitchens.

Their grassroots representation is vital; ERRs are deeply rooted in local communities, providing a direct channel for understanding and addressing the needs of those most affected by conflict. This local knowledge enables ERRs to tailor their responses effectively, ensuring that aid reaches those who need it most, and also embodying resilience in the face of adversity.

Link:

https://dt-global.com/blog/emergency-response-rooms-in-sudan/#:~:text=Amidst%20immense%20suffering%20and%20displacement,in%20the%20face%20of%20adversity.

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ZOA Dorcas South Sudan- Food systems resilience in South Sudan (AFSRiSS) project 

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ZOA Dorcas South Sudan- Food systems resilience in South Sudan (AFSRiSS) project 

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In a significant stride towards addressing food insecurity due to the drought in South Sudan, ZOA Dorcas South Sudan, in partnership with the University of Juba, officially launched the accelerating food systems resilience in South Sudan (AFSRiSS) project.

The project aims to tackle several of the country’s most pressing food security issues, including enhancing resilience in agricultural systems and promoting sustainable seed production.

Link:

https://zoadorcas.com/2024/09/25/zoa-dorcas-launches-accelerating-food-systems-resilience-project-in-juba-south-sudan/

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The Somalia Crisis Recovery Project (SCRP), is a flood and disaster recovery, and reconstruction project financed by the World Bank via the Federal Ministry of Finance (MOF).

The SCRP is a multi-sector operation that will strengthen Somalia’s recovery from the numerous and often recurring disasters to which the country has been exposed in recent years, and build resilience to similar shocks occurring in the future.

Its objective is to "To support the recovery of livelihoods and infrastructure in flood and drought affected areas and strengthen capacity for disaster preparedness nationwide."

Link:

https://projects.worldbank.org/en/projects-operations/procurement-detail/OP00314613

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The USAID-funded Humanitarian Multi-Sectoral Emergency Response project, led by the Danish Refugee Council (DRC), began on May 1, 2023, and runs through December 31, 2024. This initiative focuses on addressing pressing humanitarian challenges in South Sudan, particularly in conflict- and flood-affected areas of Upper Nile and Unity States.

Link:

https://drc.ngo/resources/documents/humanitarian-multi-sectoral-emergency-response-project-newsletter-1/

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The emergency in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is one of the most complex humanitarian crises in the world. Decades of clashes between the Congolese armed forces and various non-State armed groups, widespread violations of human rights, and devastating incidents of gender-based violence have caused unprecedented levels of humanitarian needs, increased vulnerabilities and protection risks, displacing 7 million people within the country and forcing more than 1 million to seek asylum beyond the country’s borders.

Led by UNCHR, the Regional Refugee Response Plan is an inter-agency planning, coordination, and fundraising tool developed through collaboration with the Governments of Angola, Burundi, the Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda and over 100 humanitarian partners to provide protection, assistance, and durable solutions to refugees from the DRC and their host communities, as well as to support resilience.

Link:

https://reporting.unhcr.org/operational/situations/democratic-republic-congo-situation

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Democratic Republic of the Congo situation

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The emergency in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is one of the most complex humanitarian crises in the world. Decades of clashes between armed groups displaced 6.1 million people within the country and forcing 1 million to seek asylum across Africa.

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Emergency Drought Response Project in Southern Angola

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Emergency Drought Response Project in Southern Angola

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This intervention was funded by StartFund and coordinated by PeopleinNeed, and implemented locally by World Vision Angola. It aims to mitigate the anticipated impacts of drought and ensure uninterrupted access to safe drinking water for vulnerable households.

Link:

https://www.wvi.org/stories/global-hunger-crisis/emergency-response-project-southern-angola-ensures-better-conditions#:~:text=This%20intervention%2C%20funded%20by%20StartFund,drinking%20water%20for%20vulnerable%20households.

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Emergency Response Project in Southern Angola Ensures Better Conditions for Access to Water

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Access to water remains a challenge in several rural communities in the Southern region of Angola. Drastically affected by the impacts of the El Niño climatic phenomenon, many families are facing extreme difficulties as many of the water springs that previously supplied them have dried up due to drought or are being used by animals, further compromising water quality.

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ACP-EU Natural Disaster Risk Reduction Program

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ACP-EU Natural Disaster Risk Reduction Program

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Malawi is prone to natural disasters and climatic shocks, such as severe drought, cyclones, floods, and disease outbreaks with cholera being the most frequent.

The African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) together with the European Union and the World Bank initiated this program to provide technical assistance and strengthen the government’s capacity to prepare for disasters to minimize their effects and impacts in disaster-prone areas of the country.

The program aims to strengthen drought early warning systems, develop contingency plans and build capacity of civil protection committees.

Link:

https://www.gfdrr.org/en/enhancing-disaster-preparedness-malawi

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Context and Objectives
Preparedness is the first step for a shock-responsive Disaster Risk Management (DRM) structure to safe-guard the development gains in a country, achieve steady state economic growth, minimize expenditure on relief and recovery, as well as build resilience in the face of climate change. Effective preparedness systems reduce harm to the community at risk during a hazard occurrence, protects lives and livelihoods and reduces damage to property.

At the request of Malawi's Ministry of Finance, Economy, Planning, and Development, the ACP-EU NDRR Program provided technical assistance to strengthen the government's capacity to prepare for disasters to minimize their effects and impacts in disaster-prone areas of the country.
Main activities and Results

Component 1: strengthening the drought early warning system. This component supported efforts to strengthen the existing drought early warning system. This was achieved by facilitating the coordination and improving the communication across ministries, departments, agencies and institutions that are responsible for drought management in the country.

Component 2: developing contingency plans. This component supported mechanisms to facilitate early financing for disaster response actions through:

(i) early preparation of contingency plans for selected districts in the country,

(ii) early preparation of contingency plans for water supply for water boards,

(iii) lobby for inclusion of the contingency budget in the national budget, and

(iv) review of contingency plans once the seasonal forecast is released. The main objective of this component was to carry out drought risk assessment and develop a contingency plan.

Component 3: building capacity of civil protection committees. This component supported establishing and building capacity of district and community civil protection committees in selected districts which are affected by drought and floods. This component is financing activities to build the capacities of civil protection committees to implement activities that contribute to preparedness of the communities.

Overall, the government has realized that disaster preparedness is the first step in a shock-responsive DRM structure that can safeguard development gains, support steady economic growth, minimize expenditures on relief and recovery, and help build resilience in the face of climate change. The Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Development worked to strengthen its capacity to prepare for disasters, to minimize the effects and impacts of disasters in the most vulnerable areas of the country. This was mainly achieved through strengthening the drought early warning system, developing contingency plans, and building the capacity of civil protection committees.
Partnership and Coordination
The World Bank supported the project's implementation together with key government counterparts within the Department of Disaster Management Affairs. Other counterparts included the Department of Climate Change and Meteorological Services, the Department of Water Resources, the Department of Irrigation and the Department of Land Resources, and the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development.

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Enhancing Disaster Preparedness in Malawi

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Context and Objectives Preparedness is the first step for a shock-responsive Disaster Risk Management (DRM) structure to safe-guard the development gains in a country, achieve steady state economic growth, minimize expenditure on relief and recovery, as well as build resilience in the face of climate change.

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Kananga, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Kananga Emergency Urban Resilience Project

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Kananga Emergency Urban Resilience Project

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Kananga

The project aims to safeguard houses and critical infrastructure affected by gully erosion in Kananga and strengthen the capacity of the government and local organizations in erosion management and climate-resilient urban planning.

Funded by World Bank and Global Centre on Adaptation, the project aims to finance various urban resilience initiatives and prioritize and implement various nature-based soil, water, and land management investments that reduce flood, gully erosion, and flood risks to contribute to the resilience of urban environments in Kananga City.

Link:

https://gca.org/projects/kananga-emergency-urban-resilience-project/

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Kananga Emergency Urban Resilience Project - Global Center on Adaptation

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GCA is supporting the World Bank Group in implementing the Kananga Emergency Urban Resilience Project. GCA’s support will prioritize and implement various nature-based soil, water, and land management investments that reduce flood, gully erosion, and flood risks to contribute to the resilience of urban environments in Kananga City.

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Chad’s capital and largest city, N’Djamena, is highly vulnerable to a range of natural hazards that range from pluvial and riverine flooding to wind erosion and desertification.

This project aims to improve flood protection and drainage infrastructure and strengthen climate-resilient urban planning and community investments in N’Djamena.

In collaboration with World Bank and GFDRR, the project will utilize Nature-Based Solutions including green corridors and floodplains and flood mitigation measures and also will aim to expand and consolidate a virtuous cycle for the resilience of green local initiatives already present in the city; these include urban agriculture, local food markets, production organic composting, and tree nurseries.

Link:

https://www.gfdrr.org/en/feature-story/promoting-nature-based-solutions-ndjamena-chad

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Promoting Nature-Based Solutions in N’Djamena, Chad | GFDRR

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Chad’s capital and largest city, N’Djamena, is highly vulnerable to a range of natural hazards that range from pluvial and riverine flooding to wind erosion and desertification. These vulnerabilities are further compounded by biodiversity loss, including loss of forest cover; and by weak infrastructure, including infrastructure that is insufficient with regard to flood risk management and flood protection; as well as the fragile and conflict-affected situation in the country.

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The Niger Integrated Urban Development and Multi-Sectoral Resilience Project

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The Niger Integrated Urban Development and Multi-Sectoral Resilience Project

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In 2020, Niger faced one of the largest floods in its history, with more than 32,900 homes destroyed and 3,082 hectares of irrigated crops submerged in water.

Following this event, the World Bank financed this project, which aims to increase flood resilience and improve urban management and access to basic services in twenty-five municipalities in Niger.

Specifically it will help to support recovery and reconstruction efforts after the 2020 floods and increase flood resilience in fourteen cities in Niger, improve access to urban infrastructure and basic services, providing cities with a menu of investment options to address their respective priorities, making them more resilient to floods and extreme heat events and develop a technical assistance program to build the capacity of municipalities to improve day-to-day urban management.

Link:

https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2022/04/15/afw-niger-improving-municipal-resilience-to-flooding-and-access-to-basic-services

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WASHINGTON, April 15, 2022 - The World Bank today approved financing that will help Niger build resilience to climate shocks in municipalities and develop better urban management. The Niger Integrated Urban Development and Multi-Sectoral Resilience project will address the effects of high flood risk and rapid urban growth through an integrated approach that supports urban development and disaster risk management.

Niger is in an early stage of urbanization with a rapidly growing urban population. Municipalities are highly vulnerable to the increasing risks associated with climate change, such as floods, droughts, and extreme heat events. In 2020, Niger faced one of the largest floods in its history, with more than 32,900 homes destroyed and 3,082 hectares of irrigated crops submerged in water. The human toll was 350,915 victims, including 70 deaths. Women and children are the most vulnerable to extreme weather events.

" The recent floods in Niger in 2020 had a significant impact, and with climate change potentially exacerbating the frequency and intensity of natural disasters, it is essential to invest in preparedness and crisis prevention," says Pierre Xavier Bonneau, Acting World Bank Country Manager for Niger. " This project will further strengthen the resilience of the most vulnerable and contribute to a sustained recovery in the most affected areas."

The Niger Integrated Urban Development and Multi-Sectoral Resilience Project, $250 million financed by the International Development Association (IDA), aims to increase flood resilience and improve urban management and access to basic services in twenty-five municipalities in Niger. About 3.4 million people, including refugees, and IDPs will benefit from the project by 2028. More specifically, it will help to: (i) support recovery and reconstruction efforts after the 2020 floods and increase flood resilience in fourteen cities in Niger; (ii) improve access to urban infrastructure and basic services, providing cities with a menu of investment options to address their respective priorities, making them more resilient to floods and extreme heat events and (iii) develop a technical assistance program to build the capacity of municipalities to improve day-to-day urban management.

The project is in line with the World Bank Group Niger Country Partnership Framework (CPF) 2018-2022 as well as the Niger Economic and Social Development Plan (PDES) 2017-2021.

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Niger: Improving Municipal Resilience to Flooding and Access to Basic Services

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The World Bank today approved financing that will help Niger build resilience to climate shocks in municipalities and develop better urban management. The Niger Integrated Urban Development and Multi-Sectoral Resilience project will address the effects of high flood risk and rapid urban growth through an integrated approach that supports urban development and disaster risk management.

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ACP-EU Natural Disaster Risk Reduction Program

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ACP-EU Natural Disaster Risk Reduction Program

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Emergency Flood Assessment and Rehabilitation Planning (2012-2013)

The aim of this program was to collaborate with the Government of Cameroon to Develop a plan and to identify measures to prevent dike collapse and rehabilitate water-related infrastructure to reduce future risks and to strengthen the capacity of local and national government agencies to prepare for, and respond to, future flood events through strengthened emergency preparedness and contingency planning.

Link:

https://www.gfdrr.org/en/cameroon-emergency-flood-assessment-and-rehabilitation-planning

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Context and Objectives
The overall objective was to assist Government of Cameroon (GoC) to:

Develop a plan and to identify measures to prevent dike collapse and rehabilitate water-related infrastructure to reduce future risks;

To strengthen the capacity of local and national government agencies to prepare for, and respond to, future flood events through strengthened emergency preparedness and contingency planning.

Main Activities and results
The key activities of the project included:

A specialist assessment of the status of the dikes, to determine the extent of the damage and the likelihood of collapse, and the potential impacts of any collapse. This assessment then provided provide guidance on how to prevent collapse in the near term and the long term, as well as on how the Bank could engage to comprehensively rehabilitate the dikes starting in the November dry season. The assessment also provided detailed guidance on what would be required for reconstruction of the dikes in the case of a dike collaps, to ensure the scenario is avoided in the future

A disaster risk management specialist was supported to assess and assist the government on preparedness and emergency management/contingency planning in the case of a collapse; to provide assistance in the development of early warning system downstream of Maga Dam; and to incorporate disaster risk reduction measures in all recovery activities.

A hydrologist/water resources specialist was supported to provide complete hydrologic modeling and watershed analysis in the event of a dam failure; to assist the Dam expert in dam hydrologic modeling; and to assist in the study for flood management and urban drainage in Benoue Basin.

A senior rural development specialist was supported, to develop operational plans for addressing the short and longer-term needs; to provide advice on how the ongoing PACA project can contribute to the more immediate response; and to provide inputs to the formulation of a new stand-alone emergency project that will provide a long term solution to the flooding and water management problems.

A senior Water Specialist was supported, to liaise with GoC to ensure access to necessary data, and to coordinate a World Bank mission to ensure objectives are reached along the lines of the GoC request for assistance.

All activities were completed as planned, with full details set out in the assessment report.

Partnerships and Coordination
During project implementation, the mission team regularly consulted with other development partners and coordinated with the EU Delegation in Cameroon.

Useful Links
The report in French can be found here.

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Cameroon: Emergency Flood Assessment and Rehabilitation Planning

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Context and Objectives The overall objective was to assist Government of Cameroon (GoC) to: Develop a plan and to identify measures to prevent dike collapse and rehabilitate water-related infrastructure to reduce future risks; To strengthen the capacity of local and national government agencies to prepare for, and respond to, future flood events through strengthened emergency preparedness and contingency planning.

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Just Transitions in Vulnerable Places Project 

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Just Transitions in Vulnerable Places Project 

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Towards Climate Resilient Neigbourhoods and Communities in Namibia.

Launched by UNITAC Hamburg, this project aims to develop digital urban data platforms and engage with and support national, sub-national and local government institutions to improve enhanced evidence-based decision making for climate resilient city-wide informal settlements upgrading.

The project builds on and supports the work of various existing urban initiatives in Namibia, aiming to improve the information base for effectively enhancing climate resilience of informal settlements through mapping, data collection, data management, data governance and provision of climate smart basic infrastructure in informal settlements.

Link:

https://unitac.un.org/ukraine-namibia-project-launch

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“Just transitions in vulnerable places” project launch | United Nations Innovation Technology Accelerator for Cities (UNITAC) Hamburg

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UNITAC Hamburg has officially launched “Just transitions in vulnerable places – digital solutions for more climate resilient informal areas and climate smart urban recovery of communities affected by crisis”.

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Decades of economic decline in Zimbabwe have led to the deterioration of livelihoods for the urban poor, stripping families and communities of their dignity, and negatively impacting on nutrition and the health of children, pregnant women, lactating mothers and those with special needs.

This program, which is funded by World Bank in collaboration with EU, USAID and Danida aims to provide relief for vulnerable families in eight urban areas(Gokwe, Redcliff, Kwekwe, Ruwa, Chinhoyi, Buhera, Chipinge, and Chegutu) across Zimbabwe struggling to meet their daily food needs due to the effects of COVID-19.

The program also has preliminary activities have centered on mobilizing and organising grassroots savings collectives which will spearhead vital community-led urban resilience interventions that are needed alongside cash transfers to improve food security.

Link:

https://sdinet.org/2020/10/zimbabwes-urban-resilience-programme/

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Zimbabwe’s Urban Resilience Programme - Slum Dwellers International

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Project Background Dialogue on Shelter, the Zimbabwe Homeless People’s Federation (ZHPF) and the Zimbabwe Young People’s Federation ZYPF) are part of a consortium of non-governmental organisations implementing the Urban Social Assistance Programme in 3 Zimbabwean cities: Harare South, Epworth and Bulawayo. The Urban Social Assistance Programme has two complementary focus areas, namely the cash transfer

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eKhaya is a residential inner-city neighbourhood in Hillbrow, a district of Johannesburg.  Hillbrow is historically known for high levels of unemployment, poverty, crime and population density.

By initiating the Neighborhood Improvement Program in 2004, The City of Johannesburg administration sought to dispel the notion that Hillbrow, and in particular eKaya, as a violent, no-go area by creating a liveable neighbourhood characterised by safety, cleanliness and friendliness, the three principles underpinning the initiative.

The project demonstrates a bottom-up, community-led response to urban degeneration that puts emphasis on social capital as an essential element of urban regeneration.

Link:

https://use.metropolis.org/case-studies/ekhaya--an-urban-regeneration-project

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eKhaya : an urban regeneration project in Johannesburg, South Africa

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Through community mobilization, the eKhaya neighbourhood regeneration program has influenced the re-development of other declining areas in the City of Johannesburg.

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ACP-EU Natural Disaster Risk Redcution Program

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ACP-EU Natural Disaster Risk Redcution Program

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Mauritania: Strengthening urban resilience and disaster risk management in Nouakchott and secondary cities (2024-2026)

Mauritania, with its rapidly urbanizing landscape and high exposure to floods, faces significant challenges in urban resilience and disaster risk management.

This program aims to conduct flood risk assessments for Nouakchott and Nouadhibou, identifying investment needs for urban resilience, and providing training and technical assistance to key institutions involved in flood risk management and support the Nouakchott Urban Development Platform in developing a rapid diagnostic and prioritized investment plan, which will guide long-term urban resilience strategies.

Link:

https://www.gfdrr.org/sites/default/files/2024-09/Project%20Fiche%20-%20Mauritania%20-%20Strengthening%20urban%20resilience%20and%20disaster%20risk%20management%20in%20Nouakchott%20and%20secondary%20cities.pdf

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MOUDOUN Project (The Decentralization and Development of Intermediate Productive Cities)

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MOUDOUN Project (The Decentralization and Development of Intermediate Productive Cities)

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The Moudoun project seeks to address the vulnerability of Mauritanian cities by supporting the government’s efforts to make the towns and cities located in the country’s interior more productive, resilient, green, and inclusive.

The project targets eight cities in the south of the country, as well as refugee and host communities in and around Mberra on the border with Mali. It is based on three fundamental pillars: participatory planning, local capacity building, and urban infrastructure development.

Link:

https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2024/05/15/promoting-urban-renewal-in-mauritania-to-build-resilience

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Promoting Urban Renewal in Mauritania to Build Resilience

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The Decentralization and Development of Intermediate Productive Cities Project supported by the International Development Association aims to support the government’s efforts to make cities in the interior of the country more productive, resilient, green, and inclusive.

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This program is supported by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs and the Austrian Federal Ministry of Finance.

It builds resilient cities by increasing access to tools and technical support to enable resilience planning, expanding access to financing to ensure more investments in resilience, and leveraging global partnerships to support resilience objectives.

CRP’s planning and financing pillars combined in Abidjan to provide a City Scan and financial advisory services to implement a resilience-enhancing waste management system. This assessment aimed to to reduce flooding and improve solid waste management in targeted municipalities in Abidjan.

Link:

https://www.gfdrr.org/en/feature-story/informing-urban-resilience-planning-cote-divoire#:~:text=Following%20an%20initial%20conversation%20on,targeted%20municipalities%20in%20Abidjan%20and

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Informing urban resilience planning in Côte d’Ivoire | GFDRR

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According to the latest report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the battle against climate change will be fought largely in urban areas. By 2050, an additional 2.5 billion people are projected to live in cities, with up to 90 percent of this increase concentrated in Africa and Asia. Because of sea-level rise and increases in tropical cyclone storm surge and rainfall intensity, over a billion people in low-lying cities and settlements will be at risk from coastal-specific climate hazards by 2050.

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Each year, more than 100 health emergencies occur in the African Region, including infectious disease outbreaks including cholera, yellow fever, meningitis, measles, Ebola, and more recently the COVID-19 pandemic.

Therefore, the World Health Organisation regional office initiated the Strengthening and Utilizing Response Groups for Emergencies (SURGE) flagship initiative in each of the 47 countries in the WHO region. The aim of the initiative is to ensure governments are better equipped to mobilize and respond to future public health emergencies within the first 24 to 48 hours of confirmation.

Botswana was one of the first countries where SURGE was implemented (2022).

Link:

https://www.afro.who.int/countries/botswana/news/enhancing-botswanas-emergency-preparedness-and-response-capacity-beyond-covid-19-surge-initiative

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Enhancing Botswana`s emergency preparedness and response capacity beyond COVID-19: The SURGE Initiative

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Each year, more than 100 health emergencies occur in the African Region, including infectious disease outbreaks including cholera, yellow fever, meningitis, measles, Ebola, and more recently the COVID-19 pandemic. Most of these emergencies are preventable and controllable with proven public health interventions.

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ACP-EU Natural Disaster Risk Reduction Program

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ACP-EU Natural Disaster Risk Reduction Program

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Madagascar: Building Resilience in the Greater Antananarivo

This ACP-EU NDRR project strengthened climate resilience in Antananarivo and enhanced the urban living conditions in the poorest and most vulnerable neighborhoods of Greater Antananarivo. It also provided analytics on urban planning and disaster risk management, and promoted the integration of disaster risk considerations into urban practices.

It focused on disaster-informed urban planning and design which included plans on evacuation routes, shelters and first response centers, green solutions for resilient urban development which included assessments of the costs, benefits, and implementation considerations for the implementation of nature-based solutions in Antananarivo, such as wetlands and urban parks, community-based solid waste management and policy dialogue and donor coordination.

Link:

https://www.gfdrr.org/en/madagascar-building-urban-resilience-greater-antananarivo

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Context and Objectives
This ACP-EU NDRR project strengthened climate resilience in Antananarivo and enhanced the urban living conditions in the poorest and most vulnerable neighborhoods of Greater Antananarivo. The project provided analytics on urban planning and disaster risk management, and promoted the integration of disaster risk considerations into urban practices.

The resulting analytics informed the $75 million World Bank-financed "Integrated Urban Development and Resilience Project" (PRODUIR), which planned investments to improve infrastructure for drainage and flood protection, improve urban living conditions and livelihoods; and enhance resilient urban governance and disaster preparedness.

Project activities were carried out under the following components:

Component 1: Disaster informed urban planning and design.

Activities under this component developed innovative urban development plans that incorporate disaster risk management. This included plans on evacuation routes, shelters and first response centers.

Component 2: Green solutions for resilient urban development.

Activities under this component included an assessment of the costs, benefits, and implementation considerations for the implementation of nature-based solutions in Antananarivo, such as wetlands and urban parks. An investment plan for upscaling these solutions in Antananarivo and possible other cities was also developed, and capacity building activities were provided for central and municipal officials.

Component 3: Community-based solid waste management.

Activities under this component developed an assessment of challenges regarding effective solid waste management. Innovative community-based approaches were also proposed and piloted.

Component 4: Policy dialogue and donor coordination

Under this component, the project improved donor coordination in the urban space and to maintain a policy dialogue across government counterparts.

The project produced a technical study on green infrastructure and risk-informed urban design options, and a study and pilot project for community-led solid waste management.
Partnerships and Coordination
The project was implemented with the Ministry of Land Use Planning, with National Disaster Risk Management Agencies, and with Municipal Authorities. Close coordination was also ensured with Agence Française de Développement, and with the EU Delegation.

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Madagascar: Building Urban Resilience in Greater Antananarivo

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Context and Objectives This ACP-EU NDRR project strengthened climate resilience in Antananarivo and enhanced the urban living conditions in the poorest and most vulnerable neighborhoods of Greater Antananarivo. The project provided analytics on urban planning and disaster risk management, and promoted the integration of disaster risk considerations into urban practices.

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The Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems Initiative (CREWS)

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The Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems Initiative (CREWS)

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Djibouti, located in the Horn of Africa, faces significant vulnerability to climate change, with increasing temperatures, prolonged droughts, and a heightened risk of flooding impacting its population and economy. Approximately 33% of the population lives in high-risk zones, and 35% of the economy is chronically vulnerable to these climate hazards.

The CREWS Djibouti project aims to address these challenges by improving the capacity of key institutions. The project’s key outcomes include enhancing service delivery, developing risk information for early warning systems, strengthening ICT, bolstering response plans and awareness programs, and providing capacity-building programs and gender-sensitive training.

Link:

https://www.undrr.org/news/crews-initiative-launched-djibouti-strengthen-early-warning-systems-and-disaster-preparedness

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CREWS Initiative launched in Djibouti to strengthen early warning systems and disaster preparedness

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The Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems Initiative (CREWS) project is launched in Djibouti to enhance the nation’s resilience against climate-related hazards.

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ACP-EU Natural Disaster Risk Reduction Program 

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ACP-EU Natural Disaster Risk Reduction Program 

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Burkina Faso: Mainstreaming Resilience in Urban Management, Mobility Infrastructure, and Services (2023-2025)

Burkina Faso is a low-income country with a rapidly growing population while climate projections point to increased instances of drought, extreme heat and flooding. Urban areas including secondary cities are particularly vulnerable due to the expansion of informal settlements in flood basins and limited hydraulic infrastructure—a process exacerbated by political instability in the country and a rise in internally displaced people.

This project aims to assess climate and disaster risk to inform three secondary cities’ (Bobo Dioulasso, Kaya and Ouahigouya) urban mobility and urban development investments, improve urban and peri-urban resilience mechanisms towards resilient urban mobility and urban development, enhance technical capacity of three secondary cities to empower them to pursue comprehensive investment programs that achieve climate resilient urban mobility and urban development and lastly, scale climate resilient urban mobility and urban planning to other secondary cities in Burkina Faso.

Link:

https://www.gfdrr.org/sites/default/files/2024-04/Project%20Fiche%20-%20Burkina%20Faso%20-%20Mainstreaming%20Resilience%20in%20Urban%20Management%5EJ%20Mobility%20Infrastructure%5EJ%20and%20Services.pdf

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Strengthening Urban and Coastal Resilience in Saint Louis Project

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Strengthening Urban and Coastal Resilience in Saint Louis Project

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ACP-EU Natural Disaster Risk Reduction Program

The historical city of Saint-Louis, which is registered as a World Heritage Site, is located on the northwest coast of Senegal and experiences flooding and erosion challenges.

This project provided technical assistance to the government on community-based planning, and focused on engaging in a participatory planning process and delivering spatial planning content to relocate and resettle the target groups affected by coastal erosion. It also engaged coastal engineers, urban specialists and experts in nature-based solutions to provide technical inputs on Saint Louis resilience.

Link:

https://www.gfdrr.org/en/senegal-strengthening-urban-and-coastal-resilience-saint-louis

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Senegal: Strengthening Urban and Coastal Resilience in Saint-Louis | GFDRR

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Funded by World Bank, the objective of this project is to improve integrated urban management, service delivery, and disaster emergency management in Western Area and secondary cities of Sierra Leone.

The project comprises of four components. The first component is institutional and capacity development in integrated urban management, the second component is resilient municipal infrastructure investment and urban greening, the third component is emergency management institutional and capacity development which aims to build the capacity of the national and local governments in emergency preparedness and response, to better prepare them to respond to and recover from disasters and the fourth component is project management.

Link:

https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/323121624932169139/sierra-leone-resilient-urban-sierra-leone-project

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Sierra Leone - Resilient Urban Sierra Leone Project (English)

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Sierra Leone - Resilient Urban Sierra Leone Project (English)

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The main objective of this project is to improve the capacity of participating Eastern Caribbean countries to increase flood resilience and access to urban infrastructure in selected neighborhoods and to improve urban management in Liberia.

The project comprises of four components including climate resilience infrastructure and urban upgrading which aims to support flood risk management and community upgrading infrastructure in prioritized areas of Greater Monrovia, strengthening integrated resilient urban development capacity which aims to support resilient integrated spatial planning, capacity needs assessment and investment plans in Greater Monrovia, including Paynesville, as well as the next three largest cities in Liberia, Buchanan, Ganta, and Gbarnga, project management and contingent emergency response.

Link:

https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/303511653399623283/liberia-urban-resilience-project

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This project is funded by World Bank and its aim is to improve infrastructure and mitigate the negative environmental impact of floods in Cotonou Agglomeration (composed of the cities of Cotonou, Abomey-Calavi and Seme Podji) and to increase Benin’s level of preparedness for future flooding. This project also aimed to provide institutional and technical assistance activities to help strengthen Government’s capacity in flood disaster preparedness, mitigation and response at the national, municipal and local levels.

Link:

https://documents.worldbank.org/pt/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/345021468184778288/benin-emergency-urban-environment-project-additional-financing

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This project is funded by World Bank and aims to respond to the flood emergency, increase flood resilience, and improve climate-resilient urban management in Bujumbura.

This project has four components including Emergency Flood Response and Climate-Resilient Infrastructure, Capacity Building and Institutional Strengthening for Urban Resilience, Project management and Contingency Emergency Response.

Link:

https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/099062024123038572/bosib1bd6e8d4907e19b5e1aa1e313e74cc