PROJECT BACKGROUND

Project Title

Enhancing the Resilience of Vulnerable Coastal Communities in Sinoe County Project

Project Description

The Government of Liberia (GoL), through the EPA and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), and with funding from the Global Environmental Facility (GEF), received funding for the project “Enhancing Resilience of Vulnerable Coastal Communities in Sinoe County of Liberia (ERVCCS).” EPA is the project's Executing Entity.

The project aims to build on existing projects to strengthen the resilience of vulnerable coastal communities and their livelihoods to the impacts of climate change, focusing on women and youths. Specifically, project interventions include the following components, outcomes, and outputs:

Component 1: Institutional capacity strengthening for climate change adaptation planning in Liberia’s coastal counties.

Outcome 1: Strengthened capacity of all Liberian coastal counties' planning institutions to assess climate change risks and integrate into county development frameworks.

• Output 1.1. County-level ICZM plans prepared for all coastal counties to address climate hazard risks on infrastructure, livelihoods, and health, as well as to enable adaptation planning, monitoring, protection, and the maintenance of sea and river defence.

• Output 1.2. Identified climate change risks and adaptation priorities incorporated into coastal County Resilience Plans as well as county and national planning and budgeting processes.

• Output 1.3. Institutional development planning capacity supported through the establishment and training of cross-sectoral climate change information and risk management focal points and working groups in all coastal counties.

Component 2: Innovation, technologies, and climate information introduced for coastal adaptation planning.

Outcome 2. Innovative technologies — including response planning and communication mechanisms — were introduced to support coastal adaptation.

• Output 2.1. Coastal flood and erosion early warning and risk management systems are supported to provide climate information, products, and services that meet the needs of end users.

• Output 2.2. The existing EPA Environmental Knowledge Management System has been enhanced to support the collection and dissemination of lessons learned on sea and river defence based on Sinoe County adaptation solutions.