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Figure 4-1 – Map of the climate resilient infrastructure and focus areas

The Sector Action Plans are informed by the SWOT analysis undertaken during the Diagnostics Report process, the key highlights of which are captured in the sections below. The production of these Action Plans have been supported by the business consultation exercise in Wote (Section 2.3.3), as well as workshops with local stakeholders and analysis of relevant available data.

The sectoral plans for Wote Municipality must be integrated and reflect co-dependent interventions. As with every developing economy, these sectors are strongly interrelated, and development cannot be considered in silos. Indeed, the three key sectors selected for Wote are inherently interconnected in their nature and therefore will likely involve several shared actors and stakeholders. Consequently, the Action Plans are intended to be developed in synergy, so that several interventions will be cross-sectoral in both their implementation and expected benefits for the community.

The Sector Action Plans consist of a mixture of soft interventions such as education and training, changes to systems such as skills development, technology availability and smaller focused infrastructure recommendations; in addition to the larger, strategic urban development and infrastructure proposals identified for the Wote Municipal area. The Sector Action Plans should be regarded as a strategic sequence of events, with the soft interventions intended to maximise the potential of the sector to benefit from those strategic infrastructure proposals, particularly the anchor project of the Climate Smart Aggregation Centres (Section 4.2.1). The VC opportunities of juice bottling/canning and solid waste management are presented as pilot schemes to drive key sectoral development within the County.

Ultimately the aim of these plans is to provide clear actions for the development of the sectors in their own right, whilst also as supporting ecosystems for the selected VCs and anchor projects and to identify appropriate climate-resilient and inclusive infrastructure proposals to support growth. The Economic Sector Action Plans, including the shortlisted VCs, will also consider aspects related to sustainability, climate resilience, social inclusion and the circular economy. These are detailed in the following sections.

Figure 4-1 – Map of the climate resilient infrastructure and focus areas

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