Urban Resilience and Solid Waste Management Project

The development objectives of the Urban Resilience and Solid Waste Management (SWM) Project for Cote d’Ivoire are to reduce vulnerability to flooding in selected urban areas and improve SWM in targeted municipalities. The project comprises of four components. The first component, flood risk mitigation infrastructure and services focus on mitigating the negative impacts of recurrent flooding through a hybrid approach that combines green and grey infrastructures, including urban drainage and associated roadworks, and nature-based solution (NBSs) for erosion control and water retention. It consists of following sub-components: (i) urban drainage and associated roadworks; (ii) nature-based solutions for erosion and landslide control; (iii) emergency preparedness and early warning system; and (iv) resilient urban planning. The second component, improvement of SWM infrastructure and services aims to help further improve the SWM system in the Abidjan Autonomous district, expand the model to other secondary cities, and optimize the systems through better governance, reducing waste quantities buried, and use of digital technology. It consists of following sub-components: (i) strengthening solid waste management capacities in the Abidjan autonomous district and two selected intercommunal groups of secondary cities; (ii) strengthening sector governance, institutional capacity, and citizen engagement; and (iii) improving solid waste management through citizen engagement, recycling, reuse, composting, and digital technology. The third component will support project management activities. The fourth component, contingent emergency response component will allow for rapid reallocation of project funds in the event of a natural or artificial crisis during the implementation of the project.