Blue Diamond: Coastal area: An overview of governance systems in Southern Africa [Annex 48]

anglais. This project addresses knowledge, resource, capacity and networking gaps on the theme: 'Strengthening urbangovernments in planning adaptation.'The main objective of this project is to develop an adaptation framework for managing the increased risk toAfrican local government and their communities due to climate change impact. The ultimate beneficiaries ofthis project will be African local governments and their communities. The guiding and well-tested ICLEIprinciple of locally designed and owned projects for the global common good, specifically in a developingworld context, will be applied throughout project design, inception and delivery.Additionally, the research will test the theory that the most vulnerable living and working in differentgeographical, climatic and ecosystem zones will be impacted differently and as such, will require a differentset of actions to be taken. Potential commonalities will be sought towards regional participatory learning andwider applicability. The five urban centres chosen for this study, based on selection criteria, include: CapeTown, South Africa, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Maputo, Mozambique; Windhoek, Namibia; and Port St. Louis,Mauritius.Through a participatory process, this project will carry out a desk-top study, long-term, multi-discipline, multisectoralstakeholder platforms in five Southern African cities comprising of academics, communities and thelocal government in order to facilitate knowledge-sharing, promote proactive climate adaptation and resourceopportunities available for African cities, develop five tailor-made Adaptation Frameworks and exploreregional applicability. A network of stakeholders within each urban centre will be established, feeding into alarger regional network of local authorities and partners in Sub-Saharan Africa, and globally through existingICLEI global (e.g. the ICLEI Cities for Climate Protection programme), ICLEI Africa and UCLG-A membersand networks, ensuring global best practice, roll-out, and long-term sustainability.

anglais. Annex 48 from "Adaptation to Climate Change: Stakeholder engagement and understanding impacts - International Council for Local Environment Initiatives (ICLEI) (Section 21)" list of annexure