81263741-Incorporating Climate Risk Considerations in Urban Planning

GIZ is currently implementing the EUR 5 million technical cooperation project ‘Climate Resilient Inclusive Smart Cities (CRISC)’ in Bangladesh (November 2019-October 2022). The module objective of the project is that ‘urban development including corresponding investment projects of selected cities takes into account local adaptation requirements to the consequences of climate change.’ CRISC is a part of a wider programme that has the objective of ‘increasing the resilience of particularly vulnerable population groups in urban areas to the effects of climate change by 2020’. This support will continue beyond 2020, and thus contributes towards the German Development Cooperation's (GDC) goal in Bangladesh of ‘Adaptation to climate change in urban areas in Bangladesh’. At its heart, CRISC tackles the core issue of national and local-decision makers in urban development who are not in a position to systematically shape their development and investment planning both in a climate-sensitive manner and in accordance with the local needs of the vulnerable population. The project uses the methodological approach of promoting planning capacities and investment decisions for climate resilient and inclusive urban development through training and advisory services. These capacity-building and advisory services are aimed at national level at the professional and managerial staff of the National Building Authority for Local Governments (LGED) (the lead implementing agency) and the Urban Planning Office — Urban Development Directorate (UDD), whilst at local level aimed at members of municipal administrations and civic participation bodies in five pilot cities (Barisal, Khulna, Rajshahi, Satkhira and Sirajganj). Within this context, CRISC seeks the expertise of a contractor to support in the implementation of the project.