Strengthening Climate Resilience in Burkina Faso

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...