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exist in some cities (e.g. Pristina). However, in
general national governments provide funds
only for emergency situations, which makes it
difficult for municipalities to carry out any major
urban risk-reduction and resilience-building
activities. Local authorities can only undertake
such activities as part of other routine activities,
such as land-use planning, using the respective
departmental budgets.
• Low financial capacity to address extreme
events causing inaccessibility of services and
disrupted communication at the local level
• Low technical capacity to address extreme
events causing inaccessibility of services and
disrupted communication at the local level
Key Policy gaps:
Climate change can affect urban areas and spaces
just as much as rural areas, with increasingly
adverse impacts on energy supply and health. They
furthermore affect social cohesion and call for
intensive disaster risk management.
The goal of the ECRAN Adaptation Programme is
to enhance understanding about climate adaptation
action in the urban planning and development
sector among a core group of beneficiary countries’
representatives, supporting the creation of national
climate adaptation policies and planning as a basis
for action.
The ECRAN Adaptation Programme includes a
series of workshops that will guide the National
ECRAN Adaptation Teams through the different
stages towards developing national climate
Expert training on risk and vulnerability assessment and adaptation planning: urban planning and
development sectors (Environment and Climate Regional Accession Network [ECRAN], European
Commission – EC; European Union – EU)
Urban adaptation in Montenegro and Serbia
adaptation policies and legislation. This will be
combined with regional technical training sessions
that support beneficiary countries’ experts from
selected technical areas in carrying out risk and
vulnerability assessments and adaptation planning.
The programme envisages three regional technical
training workshops, each lasting for up to two days.
The three priority fields that have been selected by
the beneficiary countries for the training are:
• Water Management
• Urban Planning and Development, and
• Energy.
The training will incorporate options for reducing
disaster risks related to climate change.
ECRAN is financed by the EU and managed by the
European Commission. For further information,
visit
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Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina