Morondava, Madagascar, 21 December 2020 – UN-Habitat and partner OXFAM met with the municipal and local authorities of Morondava to establish the City Project Team (CPT) for the Building Urban Climate Resilience in South-Eastern Africa project. 

Financed by the Adaptation Fund, the four-year project assists four countries, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique and Union of Comoros to build their urban resilience by implementing a mix of city-level infrastructure sub-projects, national level capacity-building and regional knowledge and experience sharing. 

Morondava is a coastal city located between the Mozambique channel and the Morondava river delta. Surrounded by water bodies, Morondava is highly prone to flooding and suffers from poor drainage and weak solid waste management systems. 

To address these challenges, the project will construct flood-proof elevated roads, bridges and safe havens, improve solid waste management and drainage capacity, rehabilitate mangroves and implement urban greening in high risk areas. These interventions were identified through the participatory CityRAP process implemented by UN-Habitat in Morondava in 2016. 

The meeting marked the establishment of the CPT to faciliate the implementation of these activities, ensure quality project outputs and attain positive impacts for the people of Morondava.