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PILLAR 4: NEXT STEPS

Integrated Flood Risk Knowledge
The proposed scale‑up will extend the implementation timeline
and Infrastructure Planning
to allow for enhancement of interventions, particularly undewr

This new pillar, begun in FY25, aims to strengthen South Sudan’s the new flood management pillar. This expanded scope ensures

capacity to plan, prioritize, and implement resilient flood continued alignment with government priorities and those
management investments by integrating flood‑risk information of development partners, positioning the program to deliver

into decision-making processes. sustainable, inclusive, and resilient water management outcomes
for South Sudan and the broader Nile Basin.

The pillar reflects the scaling up of technical and capacity
building support to the MWRI on interventions to improve Building on the progress made in FY25, the South Sudan

flood management. The expanded scope aims to strengthen the Transboundary Waters Support Program will continue to move
integration of flood-risk knowledge into infrastructure planning, forward with several important activities. First, the team

focusing on data-driven decision making, spatial analysis, and will finalize the stakeholder mapping and climate vulnerability

investment prioritization. Activities include: assessment. This means they’ll refine the initial mapping by
conducting more field interviews and complete the baseline

assessment, giving a clearer picture of the key actors, risks, and
assets in refugee-hosting areas. This information will help shape
Analysis of past fl ood events
targeted interventions.
and hydrological dynamics and
identifi cation of fl ood hotspots:

Next, the program will use the findings from these assessments
The study leverages hydrological records, satellite to prioritize and implement interventions that strengthen
imagery, and field observations to analyze flood resilience in both refugee and host communities. These efforts

patterns and assess transboundary water will include policy reforms as well as practical steps to protect

flows, with particular attention to how upstream critical infrastructure and support livelihoods.
infrastructure—such as the Owen Falls Dam in
Uganda—controls and alters downstream flows. Institutional capacity building remains a priority. The program

Identifying flood hotspots will generate evidence will keep working with government agencies to help them integrate

to guide both national and regional flood risk climate risk management into their development planning, both

management strategies.
nationally and locally. Training and technical assistance will
be provided so agencies are better equipped to manage and
Enhancing flood mitigation strategies: coordinate support for displaced populations.

Assessing the performance of natural and built Regional information exchange will also be expanded. The

flood mitigation infrastructure, evaluating flood program aims to develop protocols for sharing information

mitigation strategies and incorporating nature- between South Sudan and NBI and will continue collaborating
based solutions such as ecosystem restoration, with regional partners to improve early-warning systems and
and developing integrated flood management joint planning for flood risk management.

plans for transboundary basins.
Knowledge generation is another key focus. The program
Strengthening policy and regulatory will deepen its work on hydrological services and ecosystem
frameworks, stakeholder engagement, management, using this knowledge to guide future investments
and capacity-building: in transboundary water management. The goal is to ensure
investments are based on solid data and aligned with biodiversity
Developing a watershed management framework

to provide flood-risk reduction, organizing and FCV priorities.
workshops, and enhancing collaboration with

regional partners. Finally, a new pillar will focus on integrating flood risk knowledge
into infrastructure planning. By using modeling and spatial
analysis tools, the program will identify flood hotspots and guide

resilient development to protect vulnerable communities. This will

include assessing both natural and built infrastructure for flood
reduction, evaluating mitigation strategies, developing a watershed
management framework, and engaging stakeholders through
capacity building activities.

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