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From Shared Coastal Vision to Sustainable Reality
Author: West Africa Coastal Areas Management Program (WACA)
West Africa’s coastal areas host an abundance of natural resources, on land and at sea, that provides vital ecosystem services and help buffer against severe weather events.
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Multisectoral Investment Plan Benin
Author: Antea Group
The overall objective of the West African Coastal Management Program is to reduce coastal risks to the coasts of Mauritania, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Togo and Benin, taking into account the potential effects of climate change.
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Multi-Sectoral Investment Plan São Tomé and Príncipe
Author: The Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)/ World Bank
Multi-Sectoral Investment Plan to integrate climate change resilience and disaster risk into São Tomé and Príncipe's coastal zone management.
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Integrated Management Plan for Coastal Areas In Senegal
Author: Prepared by Etienne Baijot with contributions from Mamadou Dione and Nick Marchesi
The main objective of the project "Establishment of an integrated coastal zone management plan in Senegal" (EuropeAid/130397/D/SER/SN) is to support the Government of Senegal in preparing an integrated coastal zone management plan that takes into account the fight against coastal erosion and adaptation to climate change.
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Multi-Sectoral Investment Plan for Côte d'Ivoire
Author: Mr. Cédric A. LOMBARDO, Project Coordinator, Director of BeDevelopment
The target area of the WACA Grand Lahou project is the Bandama estuary in Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa. It is located on the center of the south coast of the country, on the Gulf of Guinea, at the mouth of the Bandama River.
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Erosion côtière : L’hydre qui ne cesse d’engloutir les côtes sénégalaises
Author: Quoi de vert magazine
Quoi de Vert is a magazine specialized in Senegal on sustainable development. This edition focuses on coastal resilience with a series of stories and WACA featured as a key program in building coastal resilience.
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Call for Innovation
The World Bank Group is launching a Call for Innovation under the West Africa Coastal Areas Management Program (WACA) to bridge the gap between innovators and port developers/owners to build sustainable and
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The Economics of the Informal Sector in Solid Waste Management
Author: Based on information from: Scheinberg, A., M. Simpson, Y. Gupt et al. (2010): Economic Aspects of the Informal Sector in Solid Waste Management. GTZ and CWG, Eschborn, Germany
A brief review of an investigation into waste picking and commercial activities in solid waste management that are carried out in parallel with the official waste management system.
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Effects of Climate Change on Coastal Erosion and Flooding May 2020 Technical Report in Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Mauritania, Senegal, and Togo
Author: Angel Luis de Luque Söllheim, Remote Sensing/Climate Change Specialist and Jacopo Scafura, Climate Change Specialist of Acciona Ingenieria
The World Bank would like to thank the Nordic Development Fund and the Korea-World Bank Partnership Facility for sponsoring the analyses in this report and the related feasibility studies leading to actionable investments.
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Communiqué de presse WACA en Côte d’Ivoire : Cinq comités de gestion des plaintes installés et opérationnels dans la zone de Grand Lahou
Author: WACA Cote d'Ivoire
Une étape importante dans le cadre de la mise en œuvre du Projet d’Investissement pour la Résilience des Zones côtières en Afrique en Côte d’Ivoire (WACA ResiP) vient d’être franchie avec l’installation du 22 au 28 mars 2020, de 5 Comités Locaux du Mécanisme de Gestion des Plaintes (MGP) dans le département de Grand-Lahou, zone pilote du projet WACA. Il s’agit des Comités Locaux de gestion des plaintes des villages de Lahou-Kpanda, de Groguida, de Likpiliassié, de Braffedon et du Comité Communal de gestion des plaintes de Grand- Lahou.
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Projet WACA ResIP : le Comité Régional de Pilotage tient sa 4ème réunion
Author: Safietou SALL BA Spécialiste en Communication WACA-BAR / Projet WACA ResIP
Le 26 juin 2020, s’est tenue par visioconférence, la 4ème session ordinaire du Comité Régional de Pilotage (CRP) du Projet d’Investissement pour la Résilience des Zones Côtières en Afrique de l’Ouest (WACA ResIP). L’objectif était de passer en revue l’état de mise en œuvre des activités du projet aux niveaux national et sous-régional ainsi que les dispositions prises pour la continuité des activités dans le contexte de la Covid19.
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Observatoire du littoral ouest Africain (ORLOA) (Extrait de la note d’orientation)
Author: Centre de suivi ecologique
L'érosion du littoral, ainsi que les risques de submersion des côtes, constituent un sujet de plus en plus préoccupant pour les communes et les populations littorales ouest africaines, compte-tenu de l’augmentation des enjeux environnementaux, socio-économiques dans des zones soumises à des aléas naturels récurrents dans un contexte de changement climatique.
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Mauritania, World Oceans Day Celebrated through the Press
World Oceans Day was celebrated in Nouakchott in the context of Covid 19. Emphasis was placed on the presentation of WACA through the press. The objective was to increase the visibility of the project in order to obtain the adhesion and full participation of the target populations.
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New Publication: Cabo Verde Blue Bond Note
Author: WACA Program/ World Bank
The Government of Cabo Verde recognizes the growth potential of its coastal and marine natural capital and the need to preserve it. It is increasingly paying attention to the potential of a blue economy strategy that could serve as a key enabler of growth and poverty reduction while preserving the environment and increasing its resilience to climate change.
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Ministerial Communique on the Occasion of the WACA Program Launch of November 2018
Author: WACA Program
Considering that the coastal zones of West Africa and beyond contain most of the region’s capital cities, that they account for more than one third of the region’s gross domestic product, and are home to more than one third of its population and likely more than half by 2050.