Theme 9 Strategy ENG.pdf - Africa Adaptation Programme

of a national civil protection team inview of a response at a larger scale;3.5. Equip the country with the capacity tomobilise resources existing at the levelof international climate change fundingmechanisms, including compliance withthe standards and respective rulesimposed in the internationalinstruments, by 2012.4. Actions4.1. Adapt and strengthen the institutionalframework and capacity of INGC as aninstitutional point of implementation ofresponse measures in relation to thenew challenge of risk reduction andvulnerability brought by climate changeadaptation;4.2. Update the Disaster ManagementMaster Plan by 2012;4.3. Support INAM (National Institute ofMeteorology) with necessary means formore efficient weather forecasting, thusallowing better adaptation to climatechange;4.4. Create units for disaster riskmanagement and climate changeadaptation in each ministry and otherpublic sectors;4.5. Design and / or update and implementat least 4 (2 laws and 2 regulations) legalinstruments on building codes forinfrastructure and settlements in areasof risk, including the possibility of amechanism of expropriation for publicpurposes;4.6. Establish at the Academy of Sciences ofMozambique and in partnership withINGC and the Ministries of Science andTechnology, Education and Coordinationof Environmental Affairs, a Centre ofKnowledge on the management ofdisaster risk resulting from climatechange;4.7. Strengthen the financial capacity of thepublic media in order to disseminateinformation on adaptation measures;4.8. Design and implement three projectswith the Technical Secretariat for FoodSecurity and Nutrition (SETSAN),including the necessary fundraising forcarrying out the activities;4.9. Conduct joint activities between INGCand IIAM (Mozambique AgrarianResearch Institute) for research anddissemination of techniques and cropsresistant/adaptable to climate change ;4.10. Design and implement joint projectswith the three Regional WaterAdministrations, including the necessaryfundraising ;4.11. In a joint action between INGC andEduardo Mondlane University, two fieldtrials must be designed andimplemented on the impact of groundlevel ozone on crop yield;4.12. Jointly with INGC, restructure andstrengthen the activity of civilprotection;4.13. By 2012, create the Fund for DisasterRisk Reduction and VulnerabilityReduction as a separate account thatreports directly to the Council ofMinisters;4.14. Design and promote the correspondingapproval by sectors responsible forconstruction, public works and landallocation, in coordination withcommunity leaders, local and municipalgovernment, of measures to discourageand prohibit construction and buildingin areas prone to flooding, erosion andcyclones, as well as in other precariousterrain;, including through theadjustment of the legal framework onland use, planning, land allocation,building, construction licensing andrecourse to the institute of publicinterest to revoke land rights and otherOctober 2012, p 11