Improvement of Cooperation, Dialogue Process, and Knowledge Exchange between Actors Involved in Strengthening Urban Climate Resilience in Cities in Bangladesh Climate Resilient Inclusive Smart Cities (CRISC)

The project aims to build the capacity of local governments, decision-makers, and policymakers for climate-resilient and socially inclusive urban planning and development. Four main activities include:

• Conducting training for local-level actors to enhance technical and communication skills to engage with partners and stakeholders to formulate and implement climate resilience plans.
• To provide inputs, as part of the larger stakeholder group, to the national methodology for integrating climate concerns in urban development plans.
• Connecting local governments with relevant national-level organizations through national-level policy dialogues to encourage vertical collaboration.
• Organise peer-to-peer exchange between cities at the national and international levels to encourage replication of good practices and horizontal collaboration.

Outputs

The CRISC project intends to achieve the following outputs:

• The consideration of climate risks is piloted in the urban development planning of 2 selected cities.

• Investments for urban development are planned in 4 selected cities in a climate-sensitive, gender-sensitive and inclusive manner, and

• Dialogue process and knowledge exchange for the promotion of climate resilience in cities are improved.