Secondary Cities Urban Mobility and Development Project

The development objective of the Secondary Cities Urban Mobility and Development Project for Burkina Faso is to improve urban mobility, access to basic services and economic opportunities, and strengthen institutional capacity for urban management in selected secondary cities in Burkina Faso. The project comprises of five components. The first component, urban mobility services and infrastructure will support the improvement of urban mobility in the three cities by financing the rehabilitation and upgrading of urban roads and road safety improvements. It consists of following subcomponents: (i) urban mobility services; (ii) urban mobility infrastructure; and (iii) road safety. The second component, urban infrastructure and basic services will focus on improving the living condition of the population through the provision of safe, resilient, green, inclusive urban infrastructure, and socioeconomic services in the three cities using a spatial and people-centered approach that also considers vulnerability to climate shocks (e.g., floods and extreme temperatures). It consists of following sub-components: (i) urban infrastructure for better living conditions; (ii) urban infrastructure and capacity building for economic opportunities; and (iii) prevention, monitoring, and mitigation of sexual exploitation and abuse, (SEA) and gender-based violence (GBV). The third component, institutional strengthening will update and improve existing urban mobility and urban development planning frameworks to ensure the sustainable and climate-resilient use of urban land along selected corridors, as well as institutional strengthening, and capacity building for urban development at central (including the General Directorate of Cooperation - DGCOOP) and local levels. The fourth component, project management consists of following sub-components: (i) project management; and (ii) monitoring and evaluation (M and E). the fifth component, contingent emergency response component (CERC) will draw from the uncommitted resources under the Project from other Project components to cover emergency response. The project will invest in public green spaces to mitigate flood and heat risks.