Strengthening Climate Resilience in Burkina Faso

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The development objective of Strengthening Climate Resilience Project for Burkina Faso is to improve the country’s hydro-meteorological, climate and early warning services, and improve access to such services by targeted sectors and communities. This project has five components. 1) The first component, Capacity building and institutional development, aims to help achieving the PDO by strengthening the institutional setup and building capacity of human resources to deliver hydro-meteorological, early warning and response services. It has three sub-components: (i) Strengthening human capacity and institutions for the delivery of core hydro-meteorological and climate information services; (ii) Building human capacity and institutions for the delivery of flood early warning services and emergency response; and (iii) Strengthening human capacity and institutions for the delivery of improved food security information services and emergency response. 2) The second component, Improvement of hydromet and early warning infrastructure, aims to finance the observation network, software and hardware for data collection, elaboration, storing and communication, in addition to specialized equipment, vehicles and civil works (refurbishment or extension of existing facilities). It has three subcomponents: (i) Strengthening physical infrastructure and ICT for the delivery of core hydrometeorological and climate information services; (ii) Building physical infrastructure and ICT for the delivery of flood early warning services and strengthening response capacity; and (iii) Strengthening physical infrastructure and ICT for the delivery of food security information services and response capacity. 3) The third component, Enhancement of service delivery and warnings to users and communities, aims to support the access of users and communities to more accurate, timely and user-friendly hydromet services and early warning. It has three sub-components : (i) Strengthening users and communities access to core hydro-meteorological and climate information services; (ii) Building users and communities access to flood early warning services and response; and (iii) Strengthening users and communities access to food security information services and response. 4) The fourth component, Project Management, aims to finance the following activities: (i) operating costs; (ii) technical design of sub-projects; (iii) procurement, financial management, safeguards, monitoring and evaluation, quality control and contract management; and (iv) audit, studies and assessments required under various project components. 5) The fifth component, Contingent Emergency Response, would draw resources from the unallocated expenditure category and/or allow to reallocate financing from other components to partially cover emergency response and recovery costs.