A practical guide to legal and financial levers
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Border cities and climate change
The process A
cross-border climate adaptation project is implemented in a series of steps. This process is the same for all of the various stakeholders, including those who are already at a stage in which co-operation is underway and can therefore skip the steps that have already taken place.
Phase 1 PHASE 1: FROM INCEPTION TO PLANNING A CROSS-BORDER PROJECT From inception to planning a cross-border project
Coordination
State Services
Country A national climate strategy (+regional/ local)
Mediation, support
EU National Delegation, local AFD office, GiZ, etc.
Évaluation de l’intérêt du projet
Local Authority Country A
Shared challenges Idea for cross-border PROJET
Cross-border local development strategy
Technical assistance to plan the project
Structuring projects
Local Authority Country B Country B national climate strategy (+regional/ local)
BORDER CITIES AND CLIMATE CHANGE
AFD Agence Française de Développement GIZ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit EU European Union
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Phase 2 Contracting betweenENTRE partners and with PHASE 2 : LA CONTRACTUALISATION PARTENAIRES ETfinancers AVEC LES FINANCEURS Convention de partenariat transfrontalier entre les partenaires du projet
Lettre autorités locales + nationales au bailleur
Instruction du projet par le bailleur
Contrat avec les financeurs
Validation des cofinancements Conventions de partenariats pour les financements
Phase 3 The setting up of a cross-border project
PHASE 3 : LA RÉALISATION DU PROJET TRANSFRONTALIER Etape 1 du projet Activités Avance financière
Réunions des partenaires Expertise externe
Rapports techniques et financiers finaux
Etape 2 du projet Envoi des justificatifs de dépenses au chef de file
Reporting technique et financier
Activités Déblocage des fonds pour étape 2
Clôture du financement
This practical guide is published by the Sahel and West Africa Club Secretariat (SWAC/OECD). The opinions expressed and the arguments employed herein do not necessarily reflect the views of the OECD, the SWAC Secretariat or their respective Members. This document, as well as any data and any map included herein, are without prejudice to the status of or sovereignty over any territory, to the delimitation of
international frontiers and boundaries and to the name of any territory, city or area. Please cite this work as: OECD/SWAC (2020), Border Cities and Climate Change: A Practical Guide to Legal and Financial Levers, Rev. ed. Paris. Graphic design: Daniel Krüger, Martin Rümmele
Réunions des partenaires Expertise externe
Envoi des justificatifs de dépenses au chef de file
Reporting technique et financier
Déblocage des fonds pour étape 3, etc.
Réunion des partenaires pour capitaliser les expériences et réalisations & envisager la suite du partenariat transfrontalier