Media release: African Union partnership with ICLEI Africa and GIZ
The African Union has launched a new continental initiative in partnership with ICLEI Africa and GIZ to strengthen the resilience of African cities and urban centres.
The initiative titled, Planning in Action: Strengthening Resilience of African Cities and Urban Centres, will reinforce the role of cities and municipalities in advancing Africa’s urban resilience agenda, in alignment with the African Union’s Africa Urban Resilience Programme (AURP).
The technical teams of the African Union Commission, ICLEI Africa, and GIZ’s Resilience Initiative Africa (RIA) have worked closely to align the project’s objectives, methodology, and implementation approach, and its inception, held late January 2026, marked an important step in operationalising the AURP continental framework through coordinated, city-led action.
