Integrating Flood and Drought Management and Early Warning for Climate Change Adaptation in the Volta Basin (VFDM)

The main objective of the VFDM project is to assist the National Agencies of the six countries in the implementation of coordinated and joint measures to improve their existing flood and drought management strategies and plans at regional, national and local level. This will be achieved by building on the lessons learned from the past as well as on current and ongoing projects related to disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation.

The VFDM project is aligned with the Adaptation Fund objective to ‘reduce vulnerability and increase adaptive capacity of communities to respond to the impacts of climate change at the local, national and regional levels.’

Component 1: Develp capacity and established frameworks at the local, national and regional levels to ensure risk informed decision-making

Component 2: Develop concrete adaptation and environmentally friendly actions with an integrated approach

Component 3: Strenthen policy and institutional capacity for integrated flood and drought management at the local, national and trans-boundary levels

• National consultation meetings and studies carried out to understand current capabilities and needs for the establishment of the floods and drought forecasting and early warning system.
• National consultation report developed and shared with country focal points (NMHSs, Civil protection, water resources etc.
• Progress in the design and development of the VOLTALARM Early Warning System(EWS) for Floods and Drought
• Data and information collected for development and connection of the National databases to the VOLTALARM EWS
• Indicators defined and global information related to environment and ecosystem services (wetlands) conditions in the project countries has been collected
• Other completed and on-going projects identified for developing synergies and complementarities