Lead organisation: Mercy Corps
Partners
- Atma Connect (Atma)
- EcoMetrix Solutions Group (ESG)
- The Semarang City Development Planning Agency (Bappeda)
- YMCI
Mercy Corps has provided an information-based model for trans-boundary collaboration and investment to create flood resilience across watersheds in Indonesia. The project took an integrated approach to flood risk reduction, introducing innovative and user-friendly information tools for communities, government, and private sector organisations. Working with these stakeholders in vulnerable downstream urban neighbourhoods and upstream rural villages, the project provided actionable, real-time information on flood risks and projected returns on investment from flood risk-reduction measures, strengthening structures for collaboration and coordinated action for flood risk reduction.
Key Achievements:
- Over 260 thousand beneficiaries supported, 51% women, 49% men.
- Legalisation of the Transboundary Forum – members advise the government, influence stakeholders & unlock potential funding.
- 10,756 people use AtmaGo, a mobile-based app to read public safety reports and other neighbourhood news, ESII Tool was used for CBA.
- Stormwater management pilots resulted in 9950 trees planted, 660 swales, 27 dry wells, 200 biopores built, which is estimated to enable retaining 3.2 million liters in a 25-year storm event
- Pilot projects for storm water management were replicated and triggered investment by local authorities and the private sector
- Zurich FRMT enabled flood-prone communities to develop action plans and measure resilience; targeted indicators improved 70% on average