Description

The development objective of Coastal Areas Resilience Investment Project is to strengthen the resilience of targeted communities and areas in coastal Western Africa. This project has four components. 1) The first component, Strengthening Regional Integration, Strengthening Regional Integration, aims to play a strategic role in the implementation of the regional component. 2) The second component, Strengthening the Policy and Institutional Framework, aims to will help countries develop the adequate policy framework and the necessary tools for the development and or operationalization of their coastal management strategies and plans, both at the national and regional levels. 3) The third component, Strengthening National Physical and Social Investments, aims to finance coastal investments, or subprojects, to protect vulnerable areas from coastal erosion and flooding, to support pollution control and waste management operations, and to promote climate-resilient coastal development. 4) The fourth component, National Coordination, aims to ensure that the project is implemented in accordance with the Project appraisal document (PAD) and the country-specific project description and that the West Africa coastal areas (WACA) Multi-sectoral investment plan (MSIPs) or an agreed alternative national strategy or plan continues to form the basis for coordinated support from technical and financial partners to address the most pressing needs for management of the coastal zone.