Activity under preparation Special Measures in favour of Libya 2024 - Recovery and Development in Libya Facility This action seeks to provide technical assistance and capacity-building support to some Libyan municipalities affected by the Libyan civil wars[1] and by Storm Daniel in September 2023. The purpose of this support is to enhance their recovery and set the conditions for further human and economic development. The scale of devastation that some Libyan municipalities have suffered owing to Storm Daniel is staggering. The Government of National Unity (GNU) established four reconstruction funds in May 2021 to rebuild Benghazi and Derna, Murzuq, Sirte and South Tripoli-Sahel Jfara. It allocated 3 billion LYD to these funds, adding another 2 billion LYD after Storm Daniel.[2] These funds¿ core objective is to structure investment for rebuilding infrastructure, enhance service delivery and rehabilitate damaged areas in target municipalities to enhance economic recovery, reconciliation and the return of internally displaced persons (IDP). The catastrophic floods triggered by Storm Daniel in September 2023 further aggravated Libya¿s recovery challenge. The Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA) that the World Bank, the EU and the UN carried out in the wake of this disaster concluded that eastern Libyan municipalities had suffered EUR 1.51 billion in material damages and losses, with EUR 1.65 billion needed for reconstruction and recovery. As an upper middle-income country that has already rebuilt some of the infrastructure destroyed by war and last year¿s catastrophic floods, Libya is fully capable and expected to finance the costs of its large infrastructural development needs. It has already engaged in substantial reconstruction works in Derna and Benghazi, which the EU Delegation witnessed first-hand. This action assumes that Libyan actors will continue engaging private-sector companies to rebuild the physical infrastructure destroyed over the past decade.Yet, the commercial logic of reconstruction may leave important policy areas by the wayside, depriving Libyan citizens of access to core services. As the EU¿s expression of solidarity with Libya, this action seeks to help Libyan municipalities recover from the legacy of conflict and natural disaster.By offering to the most-affected municipalities technical assistance and capacity-building support and building on ongoing or past EU-funded activities, this action seeks to strengthen the following:-Local water and road transport networks;-Local primary health care and sanitation facilities;-Local schools; -Local economic development and Libya¿s cultural heritage.It will seek to make a primary contribution to SDG 11 on sustainable cities and communities, with additional contributions to SDG 16 on peace, justice and strong institutions; SDG 5 on gender equality; SDG 10 on reduced inequalities; SDG 3 on good health and well-being; SDG 4 on quality education; and SDG 6 on clear water and sanitation.[1] In 2011 and between 2014 and 2020.[2] This amounts to nearly EUR 1 billion at the current official exchange rate, although only some of it has been transferred. The exact amount that has been transferred could not be reliably verified.