(VFDM) Cooperation in the implementation of the Volta Flood and Drought Management program

The project, carried out as part of the framework agreement between OMM, GWP and K&I relating to the Associated Program on Flood Management, consists in strengthening the capacities of local actors for enhancing their involvement in the management of floods and droughts in 6 sites in the countries of the Volta Basin (Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Mali and Togo). Specifically, K&I is required to provide technical assistance and to monitor the training activities carried out by 6 local partners (one in each of the 6 countries) and to prepare a Manual on the involvement of local populations in the management of flood and drought risks. The 6 sites were selected from a previous mapping work of floods and analysis of the vulnerability and existing capacities at the local level, in 60 sites in these same countries.

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The “Manual on Community-based Floods and Drought Management in the Volta Basin” drafted by K&I on the basis of the activities carried out in the frame of the VDFM (and further APFM projects) is available on-line in English and French. Download the English version Download the French version ...
On 4 November 2021, a workshop was held online for sharing operational planning aimed at a broader involvement and at strengthening the capacities of local actors in the management of floods and droughts in 6 sites of the Volta basin. The projects were prepared, with the support of K&I, by the local partners of the VFDM. 
The partners and sites selected in each of the 6 Volta countries are the following: Benin/site: Tabota/Boukombé; local partner: ONG Alpha et Oméga Environnement; Burkina Faso/site: Badara/Bama; local partner:  Partenaire National de l'Eau du Burkina Faso; Côte d'Ivoire/site: Sangabili/Bondoukou; local partner: ONG La CIBES; Ghana/site: Kunkua/Bongo; local ...