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Monrovia Go Green for Inclusive City Resilience and Adaptation
TENTATIVE DEADLINE OF IMPLEMENTATION:
The Monrovia City Government will provide income generating opportunities migrant and internally displaced youth of Monrovia’s West point and New Kru Town neighbourhoods. The Monrovia Go Green for Inclusive City Resilience and Adaptation project will train migrant and IDP youth as tree stewards responsible for establishing green corridors by planting 20,000 mangrove and coconut trees in each neighbourhood. These corridors will reduce flooding and coastal erosion within West Point and New Kru Town, while adding much needed green spaces along Monrovia’s coast and river lines and incentivising the closure of illegal waste dumping sites.
At the same time, the Monrovia City Government will offer 150 interested youth job training and resources needed to connect to formal employment opportunities within the city. This project is the result of direct engagement with migrant and IDP communities and is in line with Monrovia’s proposed project for the MMC's Global Cities Fund for Migrants and Refugees.
Pledge ID
2262
Pledging entity
Cities, Municipalities, and Local Authority
Type of pledge
Individual (by one state/actor)
Country
Nature of the Pledge
Process oriented (e.g. convening fully consultative processes in preparing national reports for the IMRF)
State/Actor
The Mayors Mechanism submitting in the name of the City of Monrovia, Liberia
GCM Guiding Principles
GCM Objectives
2. Minimize the adverse drivers and structural factors that compel people to leave their country of origin
7. Address and reduce vulnerabilities in migration
15. Provide access to basic services for migrants
16. Empower migrants and societies to realize full inclusion and social cohesion
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*References to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).
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