Foundations for change: Lessons from Year 4 of the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance project - Building Ecosystems for Advocacy

This report — presenting lessons from Year 4 of Phase II of the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance — consists of a tip sheet and supporting case studies for conducting successful advocacy. It examines lessons from Year 3 of Phase II of the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance community engagement, learning, research, and advocacy work. The report focuses on how the Alliance structure and culture have allowed us to adaptively manage to ensure continued focus on flood resilience and progress toward our goals, while also addressing COVID-19 needs and concerns..

The paper finds that strategic advocacy, combined with evidence of local risk, needs, and ways forward, can support the uptake of new practices, approaches and policies that support local resilience.