Project profile — Building Inclusive Green Municipalities Covid related activities

• South Africa (100.00%)

• Health: COVID-19 control (12264) (100.00%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (not targeted)
• Participatory development and good governance (significant objective)
• Trade development (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• Urban issues (significant objective)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Children's issues (not targeted)
• Youth Issues (significant objective)
• Disaster Risk Reduction(DRR) (not targeted)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• Nutrition (not targeted)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)

The project helps strengthen the effectiveness of South African municipalities in the Eastern Cape. It focuses on those with high poverty rates and a solid commitment to governance reform to stimulate local growth and job creation, implement climate change action measures, and deliver better and more inclusive public services. The amendment will leverage and augment the capacity of this project to enable a rapid, direct and efficient response. The $400,000 funding increase responds to the South African government's emergency appeal, as articulated in May with the United Nations, and will not change the project's scope. It allowed for immediate support to COVID-19 response activities of the six partner municipalities. An increase in the project ensures a timely gender-sensitive response, given FCM's established networks, relationships and systems already in place. Specifically, this increase will support women entrepreneurs in recovering from the economic impact of COVID-19. Also, it will enhance community awareness on how to stay safe; provide IT support and technology to allow municipalities to conduct business virtually and communicate with their constituents; provide sanitizers, disinfectants and soap; and water tanks in water-constrained communities to help protect vulnerable populations.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) improved support to women entrepreneurs in recovering from the economic impact of COVID-19; (2) enhanced community awareness on how to stay safe; (3) strengthened technical support and technology to allow municipalities to conduct business virtually and communicate with their constituents and (4) increased access to water tanks in water-constrained communities to help protect vulnerable populations.

Results achieved as of the end of the project (September 2021) include: (1) provided fresh water to over 15,500 residents: drilled six borehole wells in four communities. Installed 201 water tanks in three municipalities; (2) installed information technology upgrades in six partner municipalities to allow for virtual communication; (3) set up local hotlines to provide assistance to small business owners on COVID-related challenges; and (4) developed new tourism packages for the new COVID world.

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