| Activities
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Interventions include:
1) WACA national R … Interventions include:
1) WACA national Resilience Investment projects: These include each regional integration and support activities (WAEMU, IUCN, Centre de Suivi Ecologique, Abidjan Convention), strengthening of national policy and institutions, and strengthening national physical and social investments.
2) WACA Regional Scale-Up Platform:
- On knowledge, WACA engages international expertise hubs, the African Center of Excellence for Coastal Resilience, the West Africa Coastal Observatory, “Call for Innovations”, and knowledge exchanges between countries and people.
- On finance, the WACA Marketplace is in place as a simplified investment mechanism that aims to match the demand for coastal resilience investments with the supply of partner financing. WACA is engaging the private sector to help develop the relationships, tools and mechanisms needed to support their engagement in strengthened coastal resilience for the region.
- On Dialogue, the 2018 WACA Country Communique provided the authorizing environment to pursue the three critical streams of work for WACA. First, regional integration by working via regional economic commissions (WAEMU and ECOWAS, the Abidjan Convention and its protocols, and the pursuit of a regional observatory for coastal resilience continuing the work by the Centre de Suivi Ecologique. Second, national scale-up through expanding on the WACA Multi-Sector Investment Plans. Third, mobilizing financial resources from partners in support of new WACA projects or in complement to existing WACA projects for strengthened coastal resilience. In addition, the WACA Local Action and Citizen Engagement (LACE) is about supporting a pro-poor, people-centered approach to promoting sustainable, inclusive and resilient development in the West African coast. Finally, the WACA Forum brings it all together and is at the center of the dialogue and engagement. It ensures inclusiveness and transparency and is convened once a year, hosted by one of the WACA countries. The Forum provides a space for a joint discussion of topics pertaining to knowledge and finance, and takes up special themes (e.g., ports or coastal observation) as they relate to coastal resilience to explore and address bottlenecks or opportunities for that specific theme. or opportunities for that specific theme. +
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| Criteria
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Are not expired +
, Not only in one country +
, Do not have a secretariat or focal point +
, Not only have national states as participators +
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| Description
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WACA supports West Africa countries’ effor … WACA supports West Africa countries’ effort to improve the management of their shared coastal resources and reduce the natural and man-made risks affecting coastal communities. WACA boosts the transfer of knowledge, foster political dialogue among countries, and mobilize public and private finance to tackle coastal erosion, flooding, pollution and climate change adaptation., pollution and climate change adaptation. +
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| Geographical coverage
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West Africa +
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| Goals
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The objective is to strengthen the resilie … The objective is to strengthen the resilience of targeted communities and areas in coastal Western Africa.
In that respect, WACA aims to enhance the absorptive, adaptive and transformative capacities of the beneficiary countries and to reduce the shared risks to which they are exposed, either natural or man-made, and that are similar for all or most countries or transboundary in nature.most countries or transboundary in nature. +
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| Have only national states as participators
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No +
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| Indicators
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Technical dialogue;Knowledge dissemination and exchange; +
, Funding;Financing; +
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| LPAA Theme
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Adaptation +
, Resilience +
, Financial institutions +
, Waste +
, Cities and subnational governments +
, International maritime transport +
, Innovation +
, Private Finance +
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| LPAA Theme Adaptation
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Yes +
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| LPAA Theme Agriculture
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No +
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| LPAA Theme Buildings
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No +
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| LPAA Theme Business
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No +
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| LPAA Theme Cities and subnational governments
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Yes +
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| LPAA Theme Energy Access and Efficiency
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No +
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| LPAA Theme Energy Supply
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No +
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| LPAA Theme Energy efficiency
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No +
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| LPAA Theme Financial institutions
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Yes +
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| LPAA Theme Fluorinated gases
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No +
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| LPAA Theme Forestry
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No +
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| LPAA Theme Industry
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No +
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| LPAA Theme Innovation
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Yes +
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| LPAA Theme International maritime transport
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Yes +
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| LPAA Theme Other
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No +
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| LPAA Theme Private Finance
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Yes +
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| LPAA Theme Renewable energy
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No +
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| LPAA Theme Resilience
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Yes +
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| LPAA Theme Short Term Pollutants
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No +
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| LPAA Theme Supply chain emission reductions
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No +
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| LPAA Theme Transport
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No +
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| LPAA Theme Waste
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Yes +
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| LPAA initiative
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Yes +
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| Location/Nationality of lead organisation
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United States of America +
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| NAZCA Initiative
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Yes +
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| Name of initiative
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West African Coastal Areas Program (WACA) +
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| Name of lead organisation
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World Bank +
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| One or two success stories achieved
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Total mobilized financing resources: World … Total mobilized financing resources: World Bank $190 million, Global Environment Facility $25 million, Nordic Development Fund $18 milion, in additional to several Bank-executes trust funds sposored by Japan, Korea, Norway and France.
Protected people and natural assets: 3,600 households with increased resilience to erosion and flooding (Benin), 3 km of dunes strengthened for natural storm protection (Mauritania), and Formal political & technical transboundary cooperation mechanism - (between Benin & Togo)
Leveraged commitments, funds, and partnerships: 13 countries adopted WACA Communique, committing to regional integration and cooperation, $6m Education P-for-R: Africa Center of Excellence for Coastal Resilience, Co-financing and parallel investments from development partners (Spain, NDF, FFEM, GEF, GCF, AFD)
Mobilized expertise, civil society and knowledge: Cost of Coastal Zone Degradation (report), Coastal radio in Senegal, Knowledge exchange with Netherlands.egal, Knowledge exchange with Netherlands. +
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| Organisational structure
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The WACA Program is hosted by the World Bank. The WACA Program consists of country projects, regional integration and support activities, and a WACA Platform as mechanism to scale-up knowledge, dialogue and finance. +
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| Page url
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http://climateinitiativesplatform.org/index.php/Adaptation_of_West_African_Coastal_Areas +
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| Participants business organisations number
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0 +
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| Participants companies number
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0 +
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| Participants faith members number
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0 +
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| Participants financial institutions names
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World Bank Group - PROBLUE (USA) +
, Global Environment Facility (USA) +
, Nordic Development Fund (Finland) +
, French Development Agency (France) +
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| Participants financial institutions number
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4 +
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| Participants governmental actors names
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Ministry of Ecological and Solidarity Transition (France) +
, Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (Spain) +
, French Global Environment Facility (France) +
, French Development Agency (France) +
, GIZ (Germany) +
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| Participants governmental actors number
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4 +
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| Participants intergovernmental organisations names
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International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) +
, Center for Ecological Monitoring (CSE) +
, Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recover (USA) +
, Global Infrastructure Facility (USA) +
, Wealth Accounting and the Valuation of Ecosystem Services-Waves (USA) +
, Quality Infrastructure Investment Partnership (Japan) . +
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| Participants intergovernmental organisations number
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6 +
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| Participants municipal actors number
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0 +
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| Participants national actors names
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Benin +
, Cote d'Ivoire +
, Ghana +
, Mauritania +
, and Togo +
, Guinea +
, Guinea Bissau +
, Nigeria +
, Sao Tome & Principe +
, Senegal +
, Gambia +
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| Participants national actors number
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11 +
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| Participants non-governmental organisations number
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0 +
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| Participants other members number
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0 +
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| Participants regional actors names
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West Africa Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) +
, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) +
, Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) +
, Abidjan Convention +
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| Participants regional actors number
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3 +
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| Participants research and educational organisations names
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University of Cape Coast (Ghana) +
, European Space Agency (France) +
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| Participants research and educational organisations number
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2 +
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| Participants supporting partners names
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Netherlands Water Partnership +
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| Participants supporting partners number
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1 +
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| Participants total names
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Benin +
, Cote d'Ivoire +
, Ghana +
, Mauritania +
, and Togo +
, Guinea +
, Guinea Bissau +
, Nigeria +
, Sao Tome & Principe +
, Senegal +
, West Africa Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) +
, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) +
, Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) +
, Abidjan Convention +
, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) +
, University of Cape Coast (Ghana) +
, European Space Agency (France) +
, Ministry of Ecological and Solidarity Transition (France) +
, Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (Spain) +
, World Bank Group - PROBLUE (USA) +
, Global Environment Facility (USA) +
, Nordic Development Fund (Finland) +
, French Development Agency (France) +
, French Global Environment Facility (France) +
, GIZ (Germany) +
, Center for Ecological Monitoring (CSE) +
, Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recover (USA) +
, Global Infrastructure Facility (USA) +
, Gambia +
, Wealth Accounting and the Valuation of Ecosystem Services-Waves (USA) +
, Quality Infrastructure Investment Partnership (Japan) . +
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| Primary function
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Financing +
, Knowledge dissemination and exchange +
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| Secretariat
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The World Bank has assigned the following … The World Bank has assigned the following to liaise with partners interested in supporting the WACA Program: Peter Kristensen, Lead Environment Specialist (pkristensen@worldbank.org), Nicolas Desramaut, Senior Environmental Engineer (ndesramaut@worldbank.org), and Sajid Anwar, Environmental Specialist (sanwar@worldbank.org).nmental Specialist (sanwar@worldbank.org). +
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| Starting year
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2015 +
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| Starting year n
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2,015 +
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| Total members
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30 +
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| Type of initiative
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Funding +
, Technical dialogue +
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| Type of lead organisation
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Financial institution +
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| Website address
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http://www.wacaprogram.org +
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Adaptation of West African Coastal Areas +
, Adaptation of West African Coastal Areas +
, Adaptation of West African Coastal Areas +
, Adaptation of West African Coastal Areas +
, Adaptation of West African Coastal Areas +
, Adaptation of West African Coastal Areas +
, Adaptation of West African Coastal Areas +
, Adaptation of West African Coastal Areas +
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Climate initiative +
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| Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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