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National Relocation Plan

National Relocation Plan

Human Mobility
Policy
2010
Year of publication
2010
Specific thematic area
Relocation
Sector of governance
Human Mobility
Type of human mobility
Relocation
Characteristics of human mobility
Internal
Type of environmental driver
Flooding
Local governance marker
Not Available
Sudden-onset/slow-onset
Sudden-onset
Sub-region
South America
Region
South America
Macro-region
Americas
Relevant GCM objective
    GCM Objective 2 - Minimize adverse drivers
Child marker
Not Available
Gender marker
Not Available
Human rights marker
Not Available

The National Relocation Plan, adopted in 2010, aims to resettle socially disadvantaged families who live in flood-prone and/or contaminated areas. A total of 1715 families were relocated between 2010 and 2016, and around 2500 families are expected to have been relocated by 2010;”and includes “III.iii Main priorities, implementation and support needs, plans and adaptation measures to address the adverse effects of climate change - Social policies: 2. To have relocated, by 2025, between 3500 and 6000 of the households in flood or contaminated zones identified through the National Relocation Plan and other national and departmental instruments, enabling access to basic services to relocated population and assigning new uses to give a different significance to flood zones.”

*References to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).