The CRIC Project showcased project achievements and implementations at the strategic regional forum on sustainable development.
The Climate Resilient and Inclusive Cities (CRIC) Project recently convened a Thematic Panel of Experts on Urban Resilience and Early Warning Systems on the 5th of March in Makassar, Indonesia.
By: Hizbullah Arief *
CRIC Project attended The second Partnership for Sustainable Cities in Barcelona, Spain, between 12-14 March 2024.
By: Hizbullah Arief *
The 2024 SDG Progress Report, launched by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), highlighted the persisting challenges of poverty and inequality, with gender and location playing pivotal roles.
Gorontalo, one of CRIC Project's 10 pilot cities, continues to take decisive action after the completion of all its mitigation and adaptation training (August 2021-August 2023) by building on those two years of intensive training with a crucial coordination meeting held in November 2023.
Following the completion of Climate Action Plan (CAP) adaptation and mitigation training and technical assistance in July 2023, Cirebon City’s Climate Working Group (Pokja) reconvened in a coordination meeting to examine the updated progress of CAP analysis.
Following completing a series of Climate Action Plan (CAP) trainings and technical assistance in November 2023, Bandar Lampung city’s CAP consultant is driving the finalisation of the CAP analysis and writing process.
Following the completion of the Climate Action Plan (CAP) mitigation and adaptation trainings in November, Samarinda city’s Climate Working Group or Pokja held discussions on advancing the city’s CAP.
Following a successful series of climate mitigation, adaptation and technical assistances in Mataram city, Climate Resilient and Inclusive Cities (CRIC) Project culminated its work with the Mataram Climate Working Group (Pokja) through a final technical assistance in mitigation sector.
Marking a significant milestone, Banjarmasin city’s Climate Working Group or Pokja completed its hybrid M3 or mitigation training, empowering the city to develop its mitigation Climate Action Plan (CAP).
The CRIC project is a 5 year project co-funded by the European Union. It proposes a long lasting and unique cooperation through a triangular cooperation between cities and research centres in Europe, South Asia (India, Nepal, Bangladesh), and Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand). The Project will also contribute to sustainable integrated urban development, good governance, and climate adaptation/mitigation through long lasting partnerships, and tools such as sustainable local action plans, early warning tools, air quality and waste management in consultation with experts’ panels.
The target groups of the Project will be local governments, cities, urban stakeholders working on climate resilience, climate mitigation and adaptation, and good governance of inclusive cities. With final beneficiaries including but not limited to local community of the cities/provinces, including women, marginalised sector, civil society, and private sectors.
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Hizbullah Arief
hizbullah.arief@uclg-aspac.org
Pascaline Gaborit
pascaline@pilot4dev.com