Building Resilient Communities

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Program Description/ ActivitiesThe proposed Building Resilient Communities Program will focus on the following strategic priority areas to build the resilience of poor and vulnerable households and address the social, economic, and environmental impacts of a wide range of disastrous events. • Enhance the ability of communities, and vulnerable populations exposed to shocks to recover in a timely and efficient manner;• Build preparedness and support the resilience of poor and vulnerable households through shock responsive systems and institutions; • Mitigate the shocks caused by the inflow of refugees and create social and economic opportunities for refugees and host communities; and• Support sustainable solutions to refugee situations, including through sustainable socio-economic inclusion of refugees in host communities.Key activities envisaged at this stage include the following:• Supporting key World Bank staff and technical assistance to deliver the above objectives and strengthen World Bank internal coordination, coordination and alignment with GoU and other humanitarian and development partners; and enhance program coherence and effectiveness;• Advisory services and analytics to support, scope and inform World Bank projects aligned with the above objectives;• Activities under the PROSPECTS partnership supporting employment generation, education and protection for refugees and host communities focusing on support the World Bank’s Uganda Secondary Education Expansion Project (USEEP); and• Other targeted activities supplementing existing World Bank forced displacement or reliance operations.