Philippines: Integrated Flood Resilience and Adaptation Project I

proposed

The Project will support the Government of the Philippines in enhancing the flood and climate change resiliency in Abra, Agus (Ranao), and Tagum-Ligubanon River Basins. The Project will contribute to the improvement of the national flood risk management (FRM) by strengthening the institutional and technical capacity of key governmental agencies, both at the central and regional level, and local communities, and by investing in the rehabilitation and construction of flood protection infrastructures. The Project will have the following components: Component 1 (Strategic Flood Risk Management Planning) aims to (i) strengthen hydro-meteorological monitoring and flood flow monitoring in three target rivers basins, (ii) develop and operationalize a national asset management information system for FRM, and (iii) undertake institutional strengthening on relevant entities to implement FRM plans. Component 2 (Flood Protection Infrastructure) aims to reduce the flood and climate vulnerability of the population, built-up areas, and agricultural lands by rehabilitating, upgrading, and constructing flood protection and mitigation infrastructure. Structural interventions that combine conventional engineering solutions and nature-based approaches will be undertaken throughout the target basins. Component 3 (Community-based Flood Risk Management) aims to improve the flood and climate resiliencies of communities and local governments in the target basins by (i) mainstreaming FRM into the planning documents of local governments and communities (ii) building capacities of communities in FRM and enhancing public awareness and participation, and (iii) undertaking studies on local FRM issues and providing training on climate risks and FRM.