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The European Union (EU) - North Pacific - Readiness for El Niño (RENI) project is about communities working to secure food and water resources ahead of drought. The three-year (2017 - 2020) project is funded with € 4.5 million from the EU and implemented by the Pacific Community (SPC) in collaboration with the governments and peoples of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Marshall Islands and Palau. The implementation period is from 6 July 2017 to 30 October 2020.

The specific objective of the RENI project is to strengthen the implementation of a sustainable, multi sectoral, multi stakeholder approach to readiness for future El Niño events. Key outputs are:

•Uptake of key individual and community behaviours that support El Niño resilience
•Local area measures implemented to support El Niño resilience building in water and food security and paying special attention to the rights of women and vulnerable groups in outer islands
•National measures - Institutional, planning and technical - implemented to support readiness for future El Niño events

Yap State, FSM, has selected water security in Yap Proper as the main focus for the RENI project activities. Yap State Government has decided to focus on refurbishing abandoned community water systems in Yap Proper. These water systems would then provide "point water sources" for the public during drought. After initial assessments and consultations in Yap Proper, the groundwater sources in Dugor, Weloy Municipality, and Rumuu, Fanif Municipality have been identified as the most feasible sites; and community water catchment systems in Rull, Gagil, Tamil and Weloy municipalities have also been identified for refurbishment and expansion. Agreements will be entered into with the communities for the long term maintenance of the water systems.