Activity under preparation EU-Ghana Partnership for smart and sustainable cities Phase 2 The Action aims to improve urban sustainability and prosperity for all.The Specific Objectives of this action are to: SO1: Increase sustainable, equitable and inclusive access to sanitation services through enhanced local capacity, private sector development and employment, with a specific focus on women in all their diversity and most marginalised groups in Wa, Bolgatanga, Tamale, Nalerigu, Damongo and Yendi&nbsp;&nbsp;SO2: Strengthen urban resilience to the effects adapt to risks of climate change in Tamale particularly &nbsp;&nbsp;Outputs contributing to SO1:&nbsp;&nbsp;1.1 Contributing to Outcome 1 (or Specific Objective 1): Five faecal sludge treatments facilities are built, operated and financially and environmentally sustainable in Wa, Bolgatanga, Yendi, Damongo and Nalerigu&nbsp;1.2 Contributing to Outcome 1 (or Specific Objective 1): The capacity of the private sector to meet the demand and quality requirements for sanitation and liquid waste management¿services is strengthened&nbsp;1.3 Contributing to Outcome 1 (or Specific Objective 1): Local bodies capacity to facilitate and regulate inclusive, quality, and sustainable liquid waste service delivery is improved&nbsp;&nbsp;1.4 Contributing to Outcome 1 (or Specific Objective 1): Access to finance for households (prioritising female- headed and households with disabled family members) SMEs and LMEs for sanitation/liquid waste management and water services are improved&nbsp;&nbsp;Outputs contributing to SO2:&nbsp;&nbsp;2.1 Contributing to Outcome 2 (or Specific Objective 2): Resilient urban infrastructures are developed as to increase climate change adaptation in the most needed areas&nbsp;2.2 Contributing to Outcome 2 (or Specific Objective 2): Governance in Tamale is improved as to better anticipate and respond to the adverse effects of climate change, including by engaging with civil society&nbsp;2.3 Contributing to Outcome 2 (or Specific Objective 2): Sustainable nature-based solutions and, public spaces are developed, and secured with the public and the private sectors, as to increase climate change adaptation and inclusivityIt will increase the coverage of sustainable, equitable and inclusive access to sanitation services in six cities, develop more circular economies and employment in the six cities and strengthen urban resilience to the effects of climate change in Tamale. As a result, also some internal displacement from rural areas and cities of the North of the country to the South and coastal areas will be addressed.The main activities will be:· The building of five faecal sludge management plants in the cities of Wa, Bolgatanga, Yendi, nalerigu and Damongo;·The financial and technical support to municipalities, local financial institutions, companies working in the sanitation sector and citizens to extend and secure better and equitable access to sanitation in the six cities already supported by the AAP 2022;·The construction/rehabilitation of urban drainage infrastructures, limiting the impact of heavy rainfall and storms;·The implementation of a risk management system for disasters due to extreme heat and drought in Tamale;·The promotion of green and climate-smart practices, like nature based solutions.