The Planning for Resilience in East Africa through Policy, Adaptation, Research, and Economic Development (PREPARED) Program is funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development’s East Africa Regional Mission (USAID/East Africa—USAID/EA). The PREPARED Program is a five-year, multi-organization, comprehensive program aimed at mainstreaming climate-resilient development planning and program im
plementation into the East African Community (EAC) and its Partner States’ development agendas. The overall goal of the PREPARED Project, a component of the larger PREPARED Program, is to strengthen the resiliency and sustainability of East African economies, trans-boundary freshwater ecosystems, and communities. The PREPARED Project targets three key development challenges of the EAC region: transboundary freshwater biodiversity conservation; improved access to drinking water supply and sanitation services; and increased resiliency to climate change. Climate change adaptation technical capacity, policy leadership and action readiness of regional institutions improved;
2. Resilient and sustainable management of biologically significant trans-boundary freshwater ecosystems in the EAC region strengthened; and
3. Resilient and sustainable water supply, sanitation, and wastewater treatment services in the Lake Victoria Basin enhanced. The PREPARED Project’s key institutional partners include the East African Community (EAC), the Lake Victoria Basin Commission (LVBC); the Intergovernmental Authority on Development’s Climate Prediction and Applications Center (ICPAC); the Regional Center for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD); and EAC Partner States.
