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  • Leading Organization:
    United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
    Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
    UNDP, Ministry of Public Works, Transport, Housing and Urban Development (MOP)
    Summary:

    El Salvador has been exposed to a growing number of hurricanes and tropical storms from the Pacific and the Caribbean/ Atlantic Ocean, with concomitant heavy rainfall events that have boosted annual  rainfall, especially in the last ten years.

    Through this project the Government of El Salvador seeks to enhance the country’s preparedness for climatic events within the framework of sustainable development. The overall goal of the project is to increase climate resilience in El Salvador through implementation of concrete adaptation measures in the most vulnerable urban areas, supported with appropriate policy and regulatory development, and to disseminate best practices demonstrated therein for eventual replication throughout El Salvador, and perhaps other parts of Central America.

    Project Components:

    The main objective of the project is to reduce the vulnerability of selected urban areas in the Metropolitan Area of San Salvador to flooding, erosion, and landslides created by extreme precipitation associated with current climate variability and expected climate change in the near future.. This will be achieved through three project components:

    1. The design and construction of resilient infrastructure (at two locations in the MASS) that can resist and mitigate the impacts of extreme events (improved stormwater management, capture, and aquifer recharge). Current interventions to address water flow are focused on downstream measures designed to prevent major erosion or flooding. As noted previously, such measures are becoming very expensive and mostly ineffective, as they can hardly cope with one or two major events. The project will therefore incorporate a broader approach to water management that also addresses upstream measures necessary to reduce peak flows and the stress on current drainage infrastructure. The proposed approach will also reduce the necessity to relocate large numbers of people. It is expected that the project will catalyze new paths of growth in the MASS and other urban communities in the country, reducing their vulnerability and enhancing their resilience to the negative impacts of climate change.
    2. Institutional strengthening, including improved policy guidelines, more appropriate building standards and codes, and more effective coordination of private and public stakeholders, to increase the climate resilience of vulnerable communities in El Salvador.
    3. Related knowledge management and dissemination, to increase the public awareness of climate resilient options for future public and private construction in urban areas.
    Expected Outputs:
    • 1.1 An integrated analysis of flooding and erosion vulnerability in the MASS area.
    • 1.2 Cost-benefit and technical feasibility study to define specific cost-effective upstream measures to reduce runoff in the selected neighborhoods (exact technical options and specific locations).
    • 1.3 An integrated database for flooding, including climate, hydraulic and economic variables.
    • 1.4 Development of a 5-year stormwater master plan for the MASS that accounts for the likely range of climate change risks.
    • 1.5 Resilient infrastructure measures implemented in the selected municipalities of the MASS (Apopa and Santa Tecla), to reduce flooding and water stress vulnerability.
    • 2.1 Development with the OPAMSS of policy guidelines to improve the planning for climate resilient human settlements in the MASS.
    • 2.2 Revised and improved building codes and planning standards for climate-resilient public infrastructure.
    • 2.3 Coordination mechanisms established between the MOP, the MARN, OPAMSS and other stakeholders to address climate change risks on infrastructure in the MASS
    • 3.1 Lesson learned from the successes, obstacles, and opportunities encountered through the implementation of the project, disseminated to local governments and stakeholders.
    • 3.2 Communication Campaign’ implemented, to increase the knowledge and ownership by the  communities of public climate resilient infrastructure.
    • 3.3 Dissemination of technical specifications, revised building codes, and relevant planning guidelines
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    Project Status:
    SOF Approval/Endorsement (as of 2 Feb 2012)
    Primary Beneficiaries:
    Salvador Metropolitan Area
    Project Details
    Funding Source:
    Adaptation Fund
    Cofinancing Total:
    n/a
    Total Amounts:
    US$ 5,425,000 (requested amount as of 2 Feb 2012)
    Resources:
    Adaptation Fund
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    File(s):
    El Salvador - Adaptation Fund Proposal_11Jan2012.pdf
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