SYNTHESIS OF GLOBAL RESILIENCE CHALLENGE RESULTS

The report evaluates ten Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) Round 1 projects, which supported over 5 million people. Key findings highlight the effectiveness of 'layering' interventions, participatory design, and close government partnerships in increasing resilience. Successes include the deployment of early warning systems reaching 1.2 million people in Uganda, the empowerment of urban slum women in South Asia, and the implementation of road water harvesting benefiting 3 million people in Ethiopia. The synthesis emphasizes that combining traditional tools like microcredit with innovative digital technology and inclusive social strategies creates sustainable, transformational change.

• The ten Round 1 projects collectively supported over 5 million beneficiaries, significantly exceeding the initial target of 4.5 million people.
• MetaMeta's road water harvesting project in Ethiopia and Kenya was the largest contributor to beneficiary numbers, with over 3 million people benefiting in Ethiopia alone.
• The Trans African Hydro-Meteorological Observatory (TAHMO) delivered early warning system (EWS) information to approximately 1.2 million people in Uganda, with 75% of survey respondents taking risk-reducing actions based on the information.
• Mahila Housing SEWA Trust (MHT) empowered women in seven South Asian cities, resulting in 35% of involved households becoming less vulnerable to climate-related risks.
• Mercy Corps' LEAP project in Mali and Niger increased women's involvement in financial decision-making from 9% to 23% in Niger and from 19% to 32% in Mali.
• The University of Sydney's project on Disability-inclusive disaster risk reduction (DiDRR) empowered people with disabilities to move from being passive recipients of aid to active contributors in disaster risk reduction, influencing national strategies in Thailand and Cambodia.
• Close collaboration with government organizations led to the adoption of project tools and approaches in six of the projects: Grameen, Groundswell, MHT, MetaMeta, Producers Direct, and University of Sydney.
• The use of human-centered design and beneficiary feedback was essential for adapting digital tools, as seen with Producers Direct, where tools were redesigned after it became clear they assumed too high a level of IT literacy.
• Adaptive management allowed Mercy Corps in the Horn of Africa to safely test and redesign a failing financial product (MKK Mudharaba) into a more suitable version (MKK Murabaha) without harming the target population.

APA

Sladkova, B., Robens, S., Smith, G., & Verkaart, S. (2019). SYNTHESIS OF GLOBAL RESILIENCE CHALLENGE RESULTS. Global Resilience Partnership. https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/grp-r1-synthesis-2.pdf

Chicago

Sladkova, Barbora, Sarah Robens, Gregg Smith, and Simone Verkaart. SYNTHESIS OF GLOBAL RESILIENCE CHALLENGE RESULTS. Global Resilience Partnership, 2019. https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/grp-r1-synthesis-2.pdf.

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BibTeX

@techreport{sladkova2019synthesis, author = {Sladkova, Barbora and Robens, Sarah and Smith, Gregg and Verkaart, Simone}, title = {{SYNTHESIS OF GLOBAL RESILIENCE CHALLENGE RESULTS}}, institution = {Global Resilience Partnership}, year = {2019}, month = sep, url = {https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/grp-r1-synthesis-2.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }