Strengthening Impact-Based Early Warning for Effective Decision-Making in Burkina Faso

About this project

Burkina Faso is one of the most vulnerable regions in the world to the effects of hydro-meteorological extreme events, which are becoming more frequent and intense due to climate change. The impacts on people, the economy and infrastructure associated with such events increasingly undermine the country's resilience, not only causing significant socio-economic losses, but also threatening the humanitarian stability of the area. Early warning systems (EWS) can play a key role in this context, enabling preparedness actions that are effective in reducing the impact. The proposed 36-month project has the ambition to strengthen the early warning system in Burkina Faso through technology transfer, training and promotion of inter-institutional and multi-level coordination built with the National Council for Emergency Relief and Recovery (CONASUR). The positive impact that the initiative proposes in the long term is to contribute to an improvement in the reduction of the impacts related to extreme hydro-meteorological events (SDG 11.5), fostering continuity in the socio-economic development of the country. The initiative stems from a dialogue with CONASUR and other local actors involved in disaster risk management, which highlighted the need to increase the effectiveness of the existing warning system, which is currently reduced due to the lack of common, coherent and shared data, tools and methods that enable coordination between the different sectors. The project, led by CIMA Found…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 1No Poverty
• 11Sustainable Cities and Communities
• 13Climate Action
• 15Life on Land

Published by

AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development · Government

Countries

Burkina Faso

Sectors

Meteorological servicesDisaster Risk ReductionMulti-hazard response preparedness

Focus

Disaster risk reduction · Main focusEnvironment · Also contributesGood governance · Also contributesClimate adaptation · Main focus

Funded by

AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development

Implemented by

FONDAZIONE CIMA - CENTRO INTERNAZIONALE DI MONITORAGGIO AMBIENTA

Accountable

AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development

Published by AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 5 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XM-DAC-6-4-013126-01-0.

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