4.4. Next Steps

Capacity (NAC) Framework21 at its county level22 .

The NAC framework provides a practical approach for understanding the institutional aspects of adaptive capacity. It enables its users to systematically assess institutional strengths and weaknesses that may help or hinder adaptation. Adaptation plans can then be better designed to make the greatest use of strengths and remedy weaknesses. The NAC framework evaluates the performance of institutions against five key functions critical to adaptation: assessment, prioritization, coordination, information management, and climate risk management. The NAC treats performance of these functions as an indication of a country’s overall adaptive capacity.

Following the completion of the UEP, during the next phase of the SUED Programme the identified value chain and climate resilient infrastructure projects will be developed further forward by:

Capacity building specialists to help:

› enhance municipal and local capacity to implement the identified projects, and › enable revenue generation to ensure financial sustainability beyond the programme

Investment climate advisers:

› will help remove or amend policy and regulatory constraints to private sector led urban development and growth

Investment experts to help:

› develop feasibility studies and business cases for specific projects to establish their bankability, and › develop investment promotion strategies to draw in investment (including seed financing through the programme)