Strengthening Climate Resilience in Mali Project

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The development objective of the Strengthening Climate Resilience Project for Mali is to improve the provision of and the access to the country’s hydro-meteorological, early warning and emergency response services.It has five components. First component, Capacity Building and Institutional Development will support strengthening of institutional capacities and building human resources capacity of the participating departments and services. This component in the Green Climate Fund (GCF) proposal includes (a) Training and capacity building programs; (b) Enhancing operating frameworks; and, (c) Detailed design and system integration of project activities. Activities and components are now clustered according to hydro-meteorological services (sub-component 1.1), civil protection and flood management (sub-component 1.2) and food security monitoring (sub-component 1.3); Second component, Improvement of Hydro-meteorological and Early Warning Infrastructure will finance the modernization of the observation network, relevant data collection software and hardware, as well as effective communication tools. In addition, the project will finance under this component specialized equipment, vehicles and civil works (refurbishment or extension of existing facilities). This component in the GCF proposal includes (a) Expanding and upgrading hydro-meteorological observation networks; (b) Enhancing data collection and transmission, forecasting and decision support systems; and, (c) Strengthening preparedness and emergency response facilities and operations. Activities and components are now clustered according to hydro-meteorological services (subcomponent 2.1), civil protection and flood management (sub-component 2.2) and food security monitoring (subcomponent 2.3); Third component, Enhancement of Service Delivery and Warning to Communities will assist in the delivery of more accurate, timely and user friendly products and services to decision-makers, end-users and communities.Improved last mile services require the institutionalization of a blend of organizational and decision-making processes, effective communication equipment, and recognition of early warning information. This is the key project component in terms of gender mainstreaming. This component in the GCF proposal includes (a) Enhanced service delivery; and, (b) Improved early warning and community preparedness. Activities and components are now clustered according to hydro-meteorological services (sub-component 3.1), civil protection and flood management (sub-component 3.2) and food security monitoring (sub-component 3.3); Fourth component, Project Management will finance the following activities: (i) operating costs; (ii) technical design of subprojects; (iii) procurement, financial management, safeguards, monitoring and evaluation, quality control and contract management; and (iv) audit, studies and assessments required under various project components; Fifth component, Contingent Emergency Response Component will draw resources to unallocated expenditure category to reallocate financing from other components to partially cover emergency response and recovery costs. This component can also be used to channel additional funds should they become available because of an eligible emergency, as agreed between the government and the World Bank.