INONDATION AU BéNIN - Rapport d'évaluation des ... - GFDRR

INONDATION AU Bénin - Rapport d’évaluation des Besoins Post Catastrophe
Reconstruction and rehabilitation needs
The strategic framework for rehabilitation and reconstruction
is based on the sectoral areas for which damage and losses have
been assessed.
• Agriculture, food security and nutrition: reconstruct capital
of households and their means of production; restoring
food security in households and communities to avoid the
deterioration of nutritional status of households in affected
areas;
• Trade/handicraft/tourism/industry: to reconstruct the means
of production in the informal sector and affected SMEs;
• Transport/water and sanitation: restore service base in
affected communities;
• Urban and community infrastructure: restore access to
infrastructure and urban transport to improve socio-economic
functioning of the affected local communities;
• Education: restore schooling and access to quality education
in areas affected by the floods;
• Housing: guide local initiatives to “rebuild, only
better” and strengthen the capacity of local authorities.
Management of flooding risks in the
medium and long term
Strategic options to reduce the flooding risk in Benin must
strike a balance between infrastructural and non-infrastructural
interventions with some cross-cutting measures and plans
for their implementation and updating over time based on
available resources.
• Infrastructural measures will bear fruit in the medium
and long term and require significant investments. Their
planning must be consistent with an urban restructuring plan
which should cover all the peri-urban areas.
• Non-infrastructural measures allow evolving from a
defensive approach against disasters to a risk management
approach. It is recommended to focus on these measures while
planning protection and drainage works. They mainly consist
of (i) focusing on the prevention of floods by adequate planning
and city management; (ii) strengthening the framework for
preparing and promoting resilience and changes in behavior;
and (iii) putting in place a system of forecasting and early
warning.
• Cross-cutting aspects are mainly related to (i) the
clarification of the institutional framework, (ii) financial
sustainability, (iii) the strengthening of the capacities of
the various actors concerned with the implementation of
the strategy, (iv) the awareness raising and communication
on floods, and (v) the integration of flood and disaster
risk management in most of the country’s development
programmes.
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