Guinea Support to Local Governance Project 2

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The development objective of the Second Support to Local Governance Project for Guinea is to improve national and local capacity for: (i) efficient and accountable service delivery to communities, (ii) climate resilient local development, and (iii) inclusive citizen engagement. The project comprises of five components. The first component, supporting national and local capacity for an efficient and accountable management of local development resources supports the capacity of the National Agency for Local Government Financing (ANAFIC) and local government (LGs) to mobilize and manage local development resources to improve infrastructure and services to the people of Guinea. It consists of following sub-components: (i) supporting the ANAFIC’s expanded mandate; (ii) strengthening LGs capacity for resource mobilization and accountable management of public resources; (iii) incentives for an efficient and accountable management of local development funds by the ANAFIC and LGs; and (iv) regional development and urban planning. The second component, improving national and local capacity for climate-resilient local development will finance technical assistance (TA) and capacity-building support to the ANAFIC, LGs, and communities to integrate and prioritize climate resilience in local development planning and monitor and report on the contribution of these investments to Guinea’s Partnership plan for the implementation of the nationally determined contribution (NDC). It consists of following sub-components: (i) improving capacity to prioritize and integrate climate change mitigation and adaptation in local development planning, monitoring, and reporting; and (ii) incentives for integrating climate change adaptation in local governance. The third component, strengthening mechanisms for inclusive citizen engagement in local governance aims to improve social cohesion and trust in institutions in Guinea by strengthening citizen engagement in local governance and increasing participation of women, youth, and vulnerable groups in local development decisions. It consists of following sub-components: (i) empowering women, youth, and vulnerable groups to assume leadership roles in local development; (ii) prevention and mediation of local conflicts via an early warning and response system; (iii) citizen engagement and accountability; and (iv) incentives for citizen engagement and inclusive governance. The fourth component, project coordination and management will also support a communication strategy and action plan for dual purposes: to ensure access to information on the ANAFIC activities and capitalize and disseminate knowledge and lessons learned from Support to Local Governance Project (PAGL)-financed activities, in particular with regard to participatory approaches, social inclusion, climate resilience, and conflict prevention and resolution. The fifth component, contingent emergency response component (CERC) establishes an emergency contingency fund that can be triggered in the event of a natural disaster or pandemics through formal declaration of a national emergency or upon a formal request from the Government of Guinea (GoG).