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Cotonou, DECEMBER 2017
ANNUAL MEETING
A TERRITORIAL APPROACH TO
RESILIENCE-BUILDING
NEPAD-AFRICA RESILIENCE
CO-ORDINATION HUB (ARCH)
Mariam SOW, NEPAD Agency

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CONSOLIDATED NEPAD AGENCY PRIORITIES
Industrialisation and Wealth Creation
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Shared Prosperity and
Transformed Livelihoods
Human Capital and Transformed
Institutions
Natural Resource Management and
Environmental Resilience

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NEPAD-ARCH PROGRAMME
OBJECTIVE & METHODOLOGY
 Support countries and regions in building foundations through
resilience of smallholder rural producers and
communities
lifting them out of poverty and vulnerability, towards
livelihood transformation
Territorial approach
holistic and integrated livelihoods
top-down/bottom-up

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HOLISTIC AND INTEGRATED LIVELIHOODS
Risk and vulnerability assessment / level of exposure to risk
Identification of
Risk management tools/ stabilisation, prevention, mitigation,
adaptation, transfer, sharing
Public policy instruments/ enabling environment, incentives,
increased visibility (reduced uncertainty and risk aversion)
Constraints /soft, hard infrastructure and public goods (health,
education)

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TOP DOWN – BOTTOM UP APPROACH
BUILDING EVIDENCE AND
PLANNING
LEVELS STRATEGIES AND PLANNING
FROM LESSONS LEARNED
Global
Continental - Regional
National - NDP
Sub-national -LDP
Local - Community

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REGIONAL INTEGRATION
THROUGH A CORRIDOR APPROACH
Rural – urban food systems : employment creation
Urban – rural - urban corridors : Abidjan-Lagos
Coastal–Sahelian corridors : Ouaga/Accra livestock transhumance & markets
Multimodal corridors : Praia-Dakar - Ndjamena

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Many thanks for your attention!