Dakar First African City to Publish Resilience Strategy
Dakar has unveiled Africa's first ‘Resilience Strategy' in partnership with 100 resilient cities. The strategy includes five priority initiatives to strengthen urban resilience through a collaborative approach - 23 activities are identified for implementation of the strategy.
The use of technology as a lever for resilience, the implementation of an inclusive and effective governance strategy, citizen participation from all of Dakar, the involvement of the private sector and the creation of a healthy living environment, are at the heart of the strategy of resilience that the City of Dakar published this week at City Hall in partnership with 100 Resilient Cities – Pioneered by The Rockefeller Foundation. Selected in 2013 as a member of the ‘100 Resilient Cities Network’, the City of Dakar is the first African city in the prestigious network to publish its resilience strategy. The 100 Resilient Cities Network is dedicated to helping cities adopt and integrate resilience into their planning and development projects so that they are better prepared for disasters and extreme risks, as well as for social and environmental stresses.
Jeff Attaway