Name of collaboration Purpose of collaboration Urban resilience pilot projectCollaborative effort between different ministries for mapping and identifying climate risk areas in Blantyre, especially those prone to flooding disasters, such as landslides. Pilot project, with Blantyre as a pilot city, to be implemented across all city councils if seen to be effective in terms of building resilience in urban areas.8. Co-management of the environment between Blantyre City Council and city residentsTo engage the civic, educate residents and citizens on the importance of managing the urban tree system and forests, to avoid deforestation for charcoal, wood fuel or brick burning, as well as to manage human settlement encroachment on reserve areas (related to subsistence farming). 9. Multi-sectoral coordinating committees Multi-sectoral coordinating committees (working groups) that include stakeholders in the health, sanitation and environment sector, who come together to understand what scenarios would develop under different climate conditions, for example flooding or drought, and how this might affect residents and city service delivery mandates. 10. Environmental Affairs Department focal point deployment to town planning committee Through deployment collaboration, the Environmental Affairs Department (at national level) acts as a member of the Blantyre Town Planning committee in order to ensure that the issues of environment and climate change related issues are integrated in the planning at the city level. The role is to advise the planners with regards to these issues.
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