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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