Country : Egypt, Antigua and Barbuda, Uganda

The project aims to embed climate resilience and sustainability into infrastructure planning in Egypt, Uganda, Antigua and Barbuda. Integrating climate-smart strategies seeks to equip these governments with tools to assess and implement resilient, low-carbon options in their capital investments. The project focuses on early-stage support, offering technical insights to refine project designs with climate considerations, thus enhancing durability and reducing future risks. Additionally, it aims to build capacity among government officials, enabling them to apply climate-smart methodologies independently, prioritize sustainable projects, and leverage suitable financing options for long-term impact.

The project is structured around three components:

Component 1: Elaboration of climate-smart (adaptation and mitigation) technical specifications to improve the design of projects under preparation. 

Component 2: Estimation of life-cycle “climate-smart costs” for each project under consideration. Such estimates will allow Government officials to compare the original design of projects with the alternatives developed by this assignment. 

Component 3: Knowledge and capacity building on climate-smart capital investment planning. Delivery of a comprehensive training program with on-the-job/learning-by-doing capacity building to help participating officials develop/apply the methodology to prioritize projects, assess suitability under different financing schemes, determine their status of advancement, identify bottlenecks and aspects requiring further analysis/studies 


Duration: November 2024 -March 2026