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2023-06-12 15:52:07
Context The NGO AIDE is mandated by the Post-Kenneth Recovery and Resilience Project for the social facilitation of housing reconstruction activities among communities/populations to ensure their engagement in the smooth progress of the work, as well as the functionality and sustainability of the investments made. Indeed, the Union of the Comoros was heavily hit in 2019 by Cyclone Kenneth, one of the most devastating tropical cyclones in the country's history, affecting 345,131 people across the three islands, representing over 40 percent of the population. The assessment of Cyclone Kenneth's impact estimated damages and losses at $185.4 million USD and the need for "build back better" reconstruction at $227 million USD. The impact assessment revealed that the housing sector was the most affected, with estimated damages and losses of $67.5 million USD and an estimated reconstruction need of $87.6 million USD. The in-depth assessment showed that 11,867 houses were damaged. The impacts in the housing sector highlighted its vulnerability to natural hazards, especially cyclones and floods. Vulnerability can be explained by (i) limitations or lack of spatial/urban planning and management tools, (ii) a significant number of houses built with precarious materials, and (iii) the absence of resources and mechanisms to enforce construction-related codes. The percentage of people living in precarious houses is estimated at 50 percent, corresponding to the country's poverty rate. As part of the Comoros Union's recovery from Cyclone Kenneth, the World Bank signed a grant and loan agreement in December 2020 for $45 million USD for the Post-Kenneth Recovery and Resilience Project (PRPKR) for a duration of 5 years. The implementation of the Project is entrusted to the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning, Land Affairs, and Land Transportation (MATUAFTT), through a Project Management Unit (UGP) established within the General Directorate of Equipment and Land Planning (DGEAT). The project's development objective is to support the recovery of targeted public and private infrastructure in cyclone-affected selected areas and increase their resilience to natural and climate-related disasters, across the three islands: Ngazidja (Grande Comore), Ndzouani (Anjouan), and Mwali (Mohéli). The Project is executed through 4 components, as follows: Component 1: Recovery and resilience in the housing sector; Component 2: Rehabilitation of infrastructure and resilience of coastal areas; Component 3: Integrated disaster risk management and CERC; Component 4: Project management, risk management, monitoring, and evaluation. Objectives of the Mission The general objective of the mission, under the supervision of the Coordinator of PRPKR and in collaboration with the Experts of the UGP, is to ensure a social facilitation mission for Component 1.1 activities, Housing Reconstruction Assistance, among communities/populations to ensure their engagement in the smooth progress of the work, as well as the functionality and sustainability of the investments made. The specific objectives of the mission are articulated through the actions described below: Accompanying beneficiary populations and communities for proper appropriation and their engagement in project implementation. Facilitating effective participation of communities and stakeholders, in their diversities, in all stages of project implementation; Raising awareness, informing, and communicating about project activities to populations and communities throughout the project's design and implementation phase; Facilitating the identification and implementation by populations/communities and other stakeholders of housing and community infrastructure to be built/rehabilitated; Supporting the mobilization of Resilient Housing Committees (CHR) and Village Housing Antennas (AHV) in intervention areas; Guiding and Supporting beneficiary communities and municipalities to identify and implement viable strategies/devices for sustainable infrastructure management (management committees, maintenance and training plans, sustainable financing mechanisms, etc.); Conducting the social facilitation process, accompanying, negotiating, and relaying the Complaints Management Mechanism (CMM); Supporting the implementation of the Project Resettlement Plan (PRP); Supporting and ensuring the implementation of the Gender-Based Violence (GBV) action plan in all aspects of the social facilitation mission.