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Support for Preparation of 2006 State of South African Cities Report
Sub-Saharan Africa – South Africa
Summary
City Development Strategy
The South African Cities Network seeks Cities Alliance support for the production of the second State of the Cities
Report (2006) and for the research and dissemination of issues related to the Report in the areas of city
management, financial sustainability, governance, and economic growth and competitiveness.
Objectives
Activities
• Produce the second State of South African Cities Report, to be
published in 2006; and
• Support the continuing creation and dissemination of knowledge
products related to the use of city development strategies and
key themes in urban management, so as to enhance the ability of
SACN members to efficiently use their resources to build
sustainable cities.
Submission
Submitted by:
South African Cities Network
 Publication of Second State of South African Cities Report;
 Dissemination to national, provincial, civil society stakeholders;
 Compilation of research on best practices in:
- Natural resource use in urban context;
- Developing institutional capacity for improved financial
sustainability;
- Carbon credits and methane conversion for sustainable cities;
- Accreditation of municipalities;
- Expanded Public Works Programme;
- Tools for analysing the governance and performance of cities;
- Economic growth and global competitiveness.
Budget and Time
Implementation
CA Sponsor: World
Bank, USAID, Dep’t of
Provincial & Local
Gov’t, SALGA,
DANIDA, SIDA
Implemented by:
SACN
CA Monitor:
P. Persson
Request to CA:
Co-financing:
Total Budget:
$ 500,000
$ 900,000
$ 1,400,000
Duration:
12 Months
Expected Impact and Results
(i) City specific and targeted planning by national sector departments (e.g. housing, water); (ii) Building consensus of the role of cities in the
national development agenda; (iii) Improved energy efficiency and inclusive housing delivery; and (iv) Generation of practical guides and
tools for enhanced city governance and competitiveness.
Preparatory Assistance for Ghana Municipal Finance and Management Initiative
Sub-Saharan Africa - Ghana
CDS/Municipal Finance
The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development of Ghana, in partnership with key local, national and
international stakeholders seeks to organise a stakeholders conference on Municipal Finance and Management. The
preparatory assistance will enable the Government of Ghana to sensitise and train local stakeholders, and develop a
best practice plan for the successful implementation of a municipal finance and management programme in Ghana.
Summary
Objectives
Activities
 Provide an opportunity for local and international experts to
review the opportunities and methods for financing urban and
local government infrastructure in Ghana, identify challenges, and
to formulate a programme of action;
 Identify the tasks needed to develop the new municipal finance
initiative;
 Sensitise local stakeholders;
 Pepare a Cities Alliance funding application to support
implementation of the initiative; and
 Review and synthesise existing municipal finance documents.
 Organisation of a Stakeholders Conference on Municipal Finance
and Management;
 Establishment of a Municipal Financing and Management
Secretariat;
 Preparation of a report on the conference proceedings;
 Review and synthesis of existing municipal finance reports with the
conference report; and
 Stakeholder and public sensitisation.
Submission
Submitted by: Minister,
Ministry of Local
Government and Rural
Development
CA Sponsors:
World Bank,
UN-Habitat
Budget and Time
Implementation
Implemented by:
World Bank
CA Monitor:
K. Rajivan
Request to CA:
Co-financing:
Total Budget:
$ 75,000
$ 15,000
$ 90,000
Duration:
12 months
Expected Impact and Results
 Plans for the Municipal Finance and Management Initiative well formulated, with the active participation of local governments, the financial
sector and NGOs, and with strong ownership by the national government, designed to improve local finances for the provision of
infrastructure and service delivery for low-income earners, and to generally improve their quality of life.
Slum Improvement Demonstration Project for Maputo City
CDS/Slum Upgrading
Sub-Saharan Africa – Mozambique
Summary
The Municipal Council of Maputo seeks to develop a strategy to improve the living conditions in the city’s slums
with the direct involvement of slum community residents, working out the financial and technical needs for
improved living conditions, including investments in sustainable infrastructure development, social organisation and
greater economic opportunities.
Objectives
Activities
 Demonstrate the effectiveness of methods for working out, with
community residents, the relative importance of their problems
and formulating an integrated strategy to deal with them through
synergies amongst the various actors;
 Generate employment for slum dwellers in the process of
improving the living conditions in the slums, on the basis of funds
generated within the community itself and with as little financial
dependency as possible from outside sources;
 Ensure effective collaboration between slum communities and the
central authorities of the Municipal Council;
 Identify financial and technical needs for improved conditions.
Submission
Submitted by:
Mayor of Maputo
CA Sponsor:
World Bank
 Recruitment of a senior adviser who will select the team which
will facilitate the mobilisation of and technical support to slum
community residents;
 Establishment of personal and institutional links with the
residents;
 Discussions with residents for the elaboration of a plan of
intervention following a definition of priorities to be addressed in
the Bairro. Actions to follow would depend on the priorities
identified with residents.
Budget and Time
Implementation
Implemented by:
World Bank
CA Monitor:
W. Cobbett
Request to CA:
Co-financing:
Total Budget:
Expected Impact and Results
 Improved sanitation, access to the streets in the Bairro, solid waste collection;
 Greater resident participation in the solutions for endemic problems in the Bairro;
 Improved communication between the Municipal Council of Maputo and slum residents.
$ 75,000
$ 25,000
$ 100,000
Duration:
12 months
Urban Development & Poverty Reduction Strategy: Douala & Greater Urban Area
Sub-Saharan Africa – Cameroon
CDS
Within the context of the national Poverty Reduction Strategy, the city of Douala proposes to develop, through a
participatory process, a strategy for the city aimed at poverty reduction and sustainable growth and development,
creating the conditions for greater metropolitan Douala to become a regional economic hub, capable of attracting
investors and promoting new activities.
Summary
Objectives
Activities
 Identify, through a participatory process, specific interventions for
sustainable growth and economic development, and poverty
reduction in Douala and its metropolitan area;
 Establish and test, at the metropolitan level, institutional
mechanisms and participatory, operational approaches that
enhance the impact of economic development programmes on
poverty reduction; and
 Establish and validate, through a participatory process, the
medium- and long-term strategy for the development of Douala
and its metropolitan area, based on a programme of short-term
priority interventions.
 Develop a diagnostic of the economic development and urban
poverty of the city and its environs (including satellite towns);
 Identify economic development and poverty reduction
constraints, including institutional bottlenecks; and how the
potential for sustainable growth and development might be better
exploited;
 Prepare a medium- and long-term City Development Strategy for
Douala and its metropolitan area; and
 Disseminate the metropolitan City Development Strategy.
Submission
Submitted by:
Communauté Urbaine de
Douala
CA Sponsor:
AfD, World Bank
Budget and Time
Implementation
Implemented by:
Communauté Urbaine de
Douala
CA Monitor: Pelle Persson
Request to CA:
Co-financing:
Total Budget:
$ 500,000
$ 661,000
$ 1,161,000
Duration:
24 months
Expected Impact and Results
(i) Significant improvement of Douala’s physical environment and institutional framework for urban management ; (ii) A clarification of roles
of the different actors intervening in local development, strengthening their roles in their own development and their grasp of participatory
urban management; (iii) A better choice of urban investments: better matched to local resources and more responsive to the needs of the
urban poor; and (iv) Stronger ownership of urban investments by beneficiaries.
City Development Strategy for Greater Cotonou
Sub-Saharan Africa – Benin
Summary
City Development Strategy
Cotonou’s greater urban area which includes the cities of Abomey-Calavi and Semè-Kpodji forms Benin’s largest
economic centre. With urban growth now presenting serious challenges to the cities, they seek together, and with
the national government and broad local participation, to undertake a CDS to develop a shared vision for their
sustainable development.
Objectives
Activities
• Develop a CDS for Greater Cotonou, through a participatory
process, integrating UN-Habitat/UNEP’s “Sustainable Cities
Programme” methodology;
• Put a system in place through which concerns of the various
stakeholders can be taken into account;
• Develop the institutional and operational framework for
implementation of the CDS;
• Mobilise private investments to implement the action plan;
• Disseminate lessons learned through an urban forum.
Submission
Submitted by:
Mayors of Cotonou,
Abomey-Calavi, and SemèKpodji, MEHU,UN-Habitat
CA Sponsor:
UN-Habitat, AFD,
World Bank, UNEP,
UNDP, (PDM)
 Undertake a diagnostic of the agglomeration, identifying the main
urban challenges;
 Create sectoral working groups to contribute to the development
of the strategy and action plan; undertake studies on priority
challenges;
 Develop and validate the strategy;
 Formalise institutional arrangements for inter-communal activities;
 Develop short and medium-term action-plans, including financial
strategies for implementation;
 Train local stakeholders; and
 Document the process, disseminating knowledge gained.
Budget and Time
Implementation
Implemented by:
UN-Habitat + cities
CA Monitor:
P. Persson
Request to CA:
Co-financing:
Total Budget:
$ 330,000
$ 235,000
$ 565,000
Duration:
24 Months
Expected Impact and Results
(i) Development of local partnerships, and strengthening of capacity of local communities; (ii) Identification and better understanding of
major metropolitan challenges; improved capacity of local authorities for urban management and governance; (iii) Sustainable urban
development, which also addresses environmental concerns; and (iv) Improved cooperation amongst cities, for better management of intermunicipal issues.
City Development Strategy for Greater Dakar
Sub-Saharan Africa – Senegal
Summary
City Development Strategy
Urban growth and high population density present significant challenges to Senegal’s capital city Dakar and its
neighbouring cities, Guédiawaye, Rufisque, Pikine and Sébikotane. Poverty, unemployment, housing, infrastructure
provision, and the environment are among the growing concerns. The cities have teamed up to develop a proposal
for the design and implementation of a pro-poor and sustainable CDS for Greater Dakar.
Objectives
Activities
• Identify the major challenges and needs of Greater Dakar, and,
through participatory processes and in concert with the national
government, develop a common vision for its future;
• Design and implement a pro-poor long-term metropolitan
strategy.
Submission
Submitted by:
Mayors of Dakar, Guédiawaye,
Rufisque, Pikine, and
Sébikotane, MUAT, UN-Habitat
CA Sponsor:
UN-Habitat, UNEP,
AFD, World Bank
Develop, through a participatory process, a CDS for metropolitan
Dakar, to include:
Diagnosis of emerging urban issues; and production of a “GeoDakar” report, drawing on UNEP’s Geo-Cities methodology and the
Local Agenda 21 programme;
Definition of a 10-year action plan, with specified priority projects
and programmes to meet the MDGs;
Formalisation of institutional arrangements for inter-communal
activities; and development of short and medium-term action-plans,
including financial strategies for implementation;
Training of local stakeholders.
Budget and Time
Implementation
Implemented by:
UN-Habitat, UNEP
CA Monitor:
P. Persson
Request to CA:
Co-financing:
Total Budget:
$ 380,000
$ 265,000
$ 645,000
Expected Impact and Results
 A City Development Strategy for Greater Dakar, with a defined action plan and sustainable financing strategy;
 Production of a Geo-city report for Dakar;
 Institutional framework developed for the implementation and management of inter-municipal programmes and projects.
Duration:
24 Months
Senegal “Villes Sans Bidonvilles” Programme
Slum Upgrading
Sub-Saharan Africa – Senegal
Summary
Building on its slum upgrading efforts to date, the Senegalese government, together with the Association of
Mayors, seeks Cities Alliance support to develop a national “Villes sans Bidonvilles’’ Programme, with a 10-year
action plan to upgrade existing slums, and prevent the development of new ones.
Objectives
Activities
 Establish a national “Villes sans Bidonvilles” programme, with
provisions for monitoring and evaluation;
 Identify opportunities to mobilise public and private investments;
 Strengthen the capacity of the Ministère de l’urbanisme et de
l’aménagement du territoire (MUAT), the “Droit à la Ville”
Foundation, and communities for slum upgrading;
 Set up an Urban Development Observatory in Senegal to evaluate
the programme, with regard to meeting the MDGs;
 Document and disseminate through the Senegalese Urban Forum,
the experiences and lessons learned by the cities and national
government.
 Analyse the slum phenomenon in Senegal since 1980 (mapping,
practice and policy analysis, lessons learned on secure tenure,
evaluation of results to date);
 Develop the strategies for the ‘’Villes sans Bidonvilles’’ programme;
and an action plan for its implementation (methodology,
regulatory measures, actors, institutionalisation);
 Mobilise local, national and international financial resources for
implementation.
Submission
Submitted by:
MUAT, Association of Mayors
of Senegal, UN-Habitat
Budget and Time
Implementation
CA Sponsor: UNHabitat, KFW,
UNDP, World Bank
Implemented by: UNHabitat and “Droit à la
Ville” Foundation
CA Monitor: B. Cobbett
Request to CA:
Co-financing:
Total Budget:
$ 430,000
$ 400,000
$ 830,000
Duration:
24 months
Expected Impact and Results
With a view to meeting the MDG target on slum upgrading by 2020, improving the living conditions of its slum dwellers and preventing the
growth of new slums, a national “Villes sans Bidonvilles” strategy is to be developed, drawing on deepened knowledge of the country’s slum
history. Resources are to be mobilised to turn strategy into action.
City Development Strategy for Greater Ouagadougou
Sub-Saharan Africa – Burkina Faso
Summary
City Development Strategy
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso’s capital city of 1.2 million people, is growing at an annual rate of 9.8%. This rapid
demographic evolution presents numerous challenges for the provision of housing, infrastructure and service
delivery, particularly in the peri-urban areas. The city seeks to undertake a CDS to develop the local economy and
improve basic urban services and infrastructure for its underserved areas.
Objectives
Activities
• Build partnerships for the formulation of a CDS for Ouagadougou;
• Ensure coherence of effort with the national urban investment
strategy and donors’ programmes and projects;
• Design an inclusive CDS for urban economic development,
integrating a programme for upgrading basic infrastructure in
deprived areas.
Submission
Submitted by: Mayor of
Ouagadougou, national
government (MITH, MATD),
UN-Habitat
CA Sponsor:
UN-Habitat, UNDP,
AFD, World Bank
(PDM)
 Undertake a diagnostic of the city economy, building upon the
ECOLOC processes experienced in Burkina-Faso, and Urban
Economic Profile methodology;
 Set up thematic working groups, and undertake specific studies
(LED, upgrading and inclusion of peri-urban areas, municipal
finance, infrastructure, urban environment, etc);
• Develop the strategy, including financing, institutional, and
operational arrangements, as well as short- and medium-term
action plans; identifying opportunities to mobilise private sector
investments for implementation.
Budget and Time
Implementation
Implemented by:
UN-Habitat
CA Monitor:
P. Persson
Request to CA:
Co-financing:
Total Budget:
$ 330,000
$ 250,000
$ 580,000
Duration:
24 Months
Expected Impact and Results
(i) Design of Ouagadougou CDS through participation and involvement of all local stakeholders;
(ii) Identification of the city strengths, weaknesses, challenges and economic opportunities;
(iii) Improved capacity of local authorities to support job creation and development of economic opportunities for the poor.
The Tshwane Sustainable Human Settlement Strategy and Financing Plan
Sub-Saharan Africa – South Africa
CDS/Slum Upgrading
South Africa recently adopted a new sustainable human settlements policy, marking a redirection of the previous
approach of the National Department of Housing. Tshwane is the first metro in South Africa to pioneer an
integrated approach to housing which, as articulated in the Tshwane CDS, “strives to meet the goals of economic
growth, job creation and poverty alleviation for the poor” through housing delivery.
Summary
Objectives
Activities
(i) Achieve political and public consensus on a comprehensive plan
that integrates a housing and upgrading strategy within the
framework of existing transport, economic and social initiatives as
stated in the Tshwane CDS; (ii) Carry out a focused review of the
seven key zonal sub-strategies; (iii) Determine the nature and cost
of capital investments necessary for the implementation of the
Tshwane Comprehensive Sustainable Human Settlement Strategy
(CSHSS); (iv) Identify institutional capacity required to implement
the CSHSS; (v) Formulate a 15-year financing plan for its
implementation; and (vi) Identify entry points for meaningful
public-private partnerships in the delivery of upgrading services.
Submission
Submitted by:
City of Tshwane
Metropolitan Municipality
 Review of existing housing strategies, policies and programmes
and of Tshwane resident housing needs;
 Review and consolidation of existing individual sector and zonal
plans focusing on strategic input in the areas of planning,
economic development, infrastructure and transport in order to
clarify the roles of local, provincial and national government;
 Development of a financing plan for the implementation of the
CSHSS with specific reference to the proposed conclusion of a
long-term funding agreement between Tshwane and the National
Housing Department.
Budget and Time
Implementation
CA Sponsor:
World Bank, USAID
Implemented by:
City of Tshwane
Metropolitan Municipality
CA Monitor: W. Cobbett
Request to CA: $ 535,000*
Co-financing: $ 741,780
Total Budget: $1,276,780
Duration:
24 months
* Core and Non-Core funds
Expected Impact and Results
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Greater integration between housing activities and social and economic development activities;
Sustainable financing mechanisms developed for Tshwane’s CSHSS, including the issue of municipal bonds;
Accreditation of Tshwane by the National Department of Housing, enabling the municipality to administer national housing subsidies;
Enhancement of the private sector’s role in the provision of housing and services.
Urban Upgrading Strategy Yangzhou
CDS/Slum Upgrading
East Asia and Pacific – China
The urban upgrading strategy for Yangzhou aims to identify most suitable ways of upgrading existing settlement
structures in the urban centre of Yangzhou Municipality, in line with the Municipality’s cultural heritage and the
needs of the mostly low-income residents.
Summary
Objectives
Activities
 Contribute to a more sustained approach to city planning that
includes management and maintenance issues, and the
improvement of standards and techniques for augmenting the living
conditions in vast areas of the existing city that are predominantly
inhabited by low-income families;
 Strengthen residents’ ability to improve their living and housing
situation;
 Identify appropriate financial sources and develop adequate
financial mechanisms that allow sustainable urban upgrading,
including the government, residents and private sector.
Based on a strategic and participatory planning approach, the major
activities will include: (i) setting up a steering group, management
office and advisory committee for the urban upgrading strategy; (ii)
developing a coherent 10-20 year vision for the future of Yangzhou;
(iii) analysing the socio-economic and environmental situation in the
city centre; (iv) identifying specific objectives and targets to achieve
the vision; (v) developing strategies and action plans for urban
upgrading; (vi) identifying financing requirements and financing
schemes/sources; and (vii) evaluating and disseminating results.
Submission
Submitted by:
Municipal Government of
Yangzhou
CA Sponsor:
GTZ, ADB, UNEP
Budget and Time
Implementation
Implemented by:
GTZ
CA Monitor:
William Cobbett
Request to CA:
Co-financing:
Total Budget:
$ 298,450
$ 128,050
$ 426,500
Duration:
15 months
Expected Impact and Results
 Lead to a process-oriented modernisation of older city areas, especially the traditional settlement structures; and strengthen residents’
abilities to improve their living and housing conditions with their own resources.
 The strategy targets several lines of municipal government investment, including in infrastructure, modernisation of public social service
facilities, and subsidies for private modernisation of the housing stock.
CDS in the Philippines
CDS
East Asia and the Pacific – Philippines
Summary
Over the last three years, 41 out of the 117 Philippine cities have elaborated a City Development Strategy (CDS).
Focusing on broadening financing options of local governments, this proposal supports the efforts of the League of
Cities of the Philippines (LCP) to actively support the institutionalisation of the CDS process across all cities in the
country. There is a close link to a World Bank-financed City Development Investment Project.
Objectives
Activities
 Enhance the strategic planning, governance and resource
mobilisation capabilities of Philippine cities as a contribution to
economic growth and urban poverty reduction;
 Institutionalise the participatory CDS approach in the national
development planning agenda;
 Have CDS adopted and recognised by the national government as
a main tool for local development planning, becoming a key
catalyst for good governance, modern municipal management,
resource mobilisation.
 Strengthen CDS as an effective platform for promoting good
governance and improving pro-poor service delivery;
 Facilitate stronger urban poor involvement in the CDS process;
 Strengthen outreach, networking and advocacy impact of CDSEA;
 Enhance existing CDS Knowledge Sharing Network;
 Enhance local resource mobilisation of CDS cities;
 Integrate CDS into national development planning;
 Provide operations support to LCP to implement capacity building
activities for cities.
Submission
Submitted by: President,
League of Cities of the
Philippines
Budget and Time
Implementation
CA Sponsor:
World Bank, ADB,
JICA, UN-HABITAT
Implemented by:
League of Cities of the
Philippines
CA Monitor: Peter Palesch
Request to CA:
Co-financing:
Total Budget:
$ 541,100
$ 865,000
$1,406,100
Duration:
Time
18 months
Expected Impact and Results
 The expected impacts will be: (i) CDS methodology is enhanced, with cities applying a set of benchmarks, allowing a ranking of at least 30
CDS cities; (ii) a clear financial framework for cities is developed and Capital Investment Plans of at least 10 cities are enhanced, and; (iii) a
business operating unit is established within LCP and the operational capacity of the League of Cities is strengthened.
Citywide Pro-poor “Ger Upgrading Strategy and Investment Plan”
Slum Upgrading
East Asia and Pacific – Mongolia
Summary
The Municipality of Ulaanbaatar (MUB) seeks Cities Alliance support to develop a better-coordinated and more
clearly defined Ger-area upgrading strategy and investment plan. This proposal will also contribute directly to the
implementation of Ulaanbaatar’s “Vision 2020”, developed with support from the Cities Alliance.
Objectives
Activities
 Develop a city-wide pro-poor “Ger-area Upgrading Strategy”,
sharing urban development information, reviewing opportunities
and constraints and reaching a consensus on the future growth
direction of UB;
 Support MUB in achieving the MDGs, in particular those relating to
shelter upgrading, water supply and health;
 Shift from a central planning paradigm to an approach that
reflects economic realities and the market demand for
development investment;
 Provide MUB a better understanding of its role as an enabler
rather than controller of the urban economy.
 Prepare Urban Development Guidelines, summarising institutional
linkages between planning and land management functions,
proposing reforms, land use regulations and servicing standards;
 Prepare Ger-area Improvement Action Plans for prioritised areas;
 Design a long-term sustainable financing strategy and Ger-area
investment programme to implement Improvement Action Plans;
 Develop an institutional strengthening strategy to enable MUB to
adopt new urban planning and management approaches to design
and implement citywide Ger-area upgrading;
 Introduce knowledge sharing & policy learning mechanisms for
national replication.
Submission
Submitted by: Municipality of
Ulaanbaatar, Ministry of
Construction and Urban
Development, and Mongolian
Association of Urban Centres
Budget and Time
Implementation
CA Sponsor: UNHabitat, World Bank,
ADB, Netherlands,
Japan, France
Implemented by:
UN-Habitat
CA Monitor:
W. Cobbett
Request to CA:
Co-financing:
Total Budget:
$ 500,000
$3,313,100
$3,813,100
Duration:
24 months
Expected Impact and Results
(i) A comprehensive overview of the challenge of Ger-area upgrading in MUB prepared; (ii) Priorities defined and shared with urban poor;
(iii) A consensus reached on future development and growth of the city; (iv) Investment priorities and development processes defined; (iv)
Financial resources and mechanisms for upgrading identified and put in place; (v) MUB able to implement upgrading and regularisation
programmes; (vi) Communities able to organise for collective action; (vii) Mongolian Assoc. of Urban Centres’ information base increased.
Economic Revitalization by Cities in Heilongjiang Province
East Asia and Pacific – China
The northeastern region of China, including Heilongjiang, Jilin, and Liaoning provinces, served as the major
industrial base up to the mid 1970s. The region's economic growth has stagnated since then, compared with the
eastern and southern regions of the country. This proposal seeks to assist the public authorities, through the CDS
process, to formulate turn-around strategies for the region and for the cities.
Summary
Objectives
Activities
Assist cities in Heilongjiang Province – Harbin, Mudanjiang,
Jixi, Daqing and Qiqihar– to enhance their effectiveness,
equity, and financial sustainability through a CDS process,
focusing on:
• Local economic development and industrial restructuring;
• Unemployment / urban poverty alleviation; and
• Urban environmental improvements, applying an ecosystems and circular economy approach.
Submission
Submitted by:
Financial and Economic
Leading Group Office of
Heilongjiang Province
CA Sponsor:
World Bank, Italy,
UNEP, ADB
1. Review of current development strategies and planning
institutions.
2. Elaboration of CDSs with emphasis on industrial
restructuring and poverty reduction. Focal areas would be
the following:
• economic transition and rejuvenation;
• related poverty alleviation strategies;
• related regional linkage strategies; and
• related investment needs and modern financing instruments.
3. Training and capacity building.
Budget and Time
Implementation
Implemented by:
World Bank
CA Monitor: P. Persson
Request to CA:
Co-financing:
Total Budget:
Expected Impact and Results
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CDS
Industrial restructuring policy document (“white paper”) elaborated;
CDSs with action plans by city fully prepared;
A regional economic corridor of Harbin, Daqing and Qiqihar established;
Investment programmes and financial instruments elaborated and implemented.
$ 500,000
$ 520,000
$ 1,020,000
Duration:
16 months
City Development Strategy for Hubli-Dharwad
CDS/Slum Upgrading
South Asia– India
The Hubli-Dharwad Metropolitan Corporation seeks Cities Alliance support as it undertakes a CDS aimed at providing
a sense of direction for the growth of the city, evaluating the current situation and developing a strategy to address
issues of municipal management and governance, infrastructure development, service delivery, slum improvement
and local economic development.
Summary
Objectives
Activities
 Support Hubli-Dharwad to improve municipal management and
governance, provide increased employment opportunities to
citizens, work out inclusive strategies for all segments of society,
and develop a vision for the equitable growth of the city region,
supported by all stakeholders as a common vision;
 Prepare a CDS for Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation through a
sustainable, multi-stakeholder, consultation process;
 Prepare an agreed vision for growth and economic development of
the city region and Action Plan for implementation of the CDS;
 Initiate implementation of priority activities through new ways of
working, consultation and partnerships.
 Establish a technical team in the Municipal Corporation to work on
the CDS with the assistance of the Karanataka’s City Managers’
Association;
 Develop strategies for: improved governance, infrastructure, and
service delivery; slum upgrading and poverty alleviation; local
economic development and employment generation;
 Establish a multi-stakeholder committee to draft a plan for the way
forward, confirmed by political leaders, departments, etc.;
 Establish a Specialist Peer Group, comprised of sector specialists
and state government officials, to ensure the direction and
evolution of the CDS.
Submission
Submitted by:
Hubli-Dharwad Municipal
Corporation
Budget and Time
Implementation
CA Sponsor:
ADB, World Bank,
USAID, with
support from ICMA
Implemented by:
KUIDFC, City Managers’
Association
CA Monitor: P. Persson
Request to CA:
Co-financing:
Total Budget:
$ 184,268
$ 51,556
$ 235,824
Duration:
24 Months
Expected Impact and Results
 It is expected that during the CDS process, the creative dialogue established between Government Departments, between Government
Departments and Citizens, between citizens and other citizen groups will identify immediate and long term activities that will be undertaken
to improve service provision and management. It is also anticipated that these dialogues will develop into sustainable partnerships for
strategic development of the city into the future.
A Metro Manila ‘Cities Without Slums’ Strategy
Slum Upgrading
East Asia and the Pacific - Philippines
Summary
The overall objective of this activity is to provide catalyst support for pro-poor urban renewal in Metro Manila by
developing a strategy and an institutional framework linking the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating
Council (HUDCC), Local Government Units (LGUs), financing institutions and NGOs through a ‘Cities Without Slums’
(CWS) initiative, operationalising the 15-year strategy for a Slum Free Manila.
Objectives
Activities
 Provide support for the formulation of the Metro Manila-wide 15year strategy and subproject formulation activities; providing LGUs
with pro-poor shelter plans, including CWS strategies, focusing on a
broad range of needs in poor communities, including physical
infrastructure, housing and livelihood development;
 Build assets through the implementation of investments identified
in a community action planning process;
 Assist LGUs which have already committed to include CWS activities
in their regular budgets to build on existing initiatives which provide
tenure security, improved water supply and housing;
 Specifically targets MDGs.
 Development of pro-poor shelter strategies with CWS component;
 Design of mechanisms of land consolidation and titling which are
applicable for both public and private land;
 Development of models for site development appropriate to
circumstances where urban poor occupy high value land, including
land sharing and consideration of livelihood issues; and
 Mechanisms for infrastructure provision and augmentation.
Submission
Submitted by:
Housing and Urban
Development Coordinating
Council
CA Sponsor:
ADB, UN-Habitat
Budget and Time
Implementation
Implemented by:
ADB
CA Monitor:
W. Cobbett
Request to CA:
Co-financing:
Total Budget:
$ 500,000
$ 2,425,000
$ 2,925,000
Duration:
24 months
Expected Impact and Results
(i) Build people’s asset base by developing mechanisms which can assist people in house and land purchase and improvements; (ii) Impact
positively on income security of the poor; (iii) Foster social development through provision of community and educational facilities; (iv)
Define, with the community and service providers, how local level services can be improved and reach the poorest; and (v) Improve the
capacity of LGUs to develop and implement pro-poor shelter development strategies.
Cauvery Agamana: Extension of Water Supply & Sanitation Services to the Urban Poor in Bangalore
South Asia – India
Summary
Slum Upgrading
This initiative sets out to demonstrate a mechanism for sustainable service provision to the urban poor at scale
through a mutually beneficial partnership between the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB)
utility and slum communities.
Objectives
Activities
 Provide improved water supply and sanitation services to the
urban poor, integrating them with legal customers of BWSSB;
 Eliminate the reliance on public taps to enhance the revenue of
the BWSSB within a rational tariff structure;
 Enhance the health and living conditions of vulnerable slum
residents through improved water and sanitation services;
 Reduce burden of the work on women and girls in slums and
enhance their self-image, social status and potential for
educational attainment; and
 Replicate BWSSB’s mutually beneficial experiences within other
utilities in India.
Submission
Submitted by:
Bangalore Water Supply and
Sewerage Board
CA Sponsors:
JBIC, USAID, with
AusAid
 Planning stage: document experience and prepare appropriate
dissemination materials; staffing of BWSSB’s Social Development
Unit; dialogue with Bangalore municipal corporation and Karnataka
Slum Clearance Board for coordinated support for slum upgrading
interventions;
 Execution stage: NGO-facilitated motivation of slum dwellers;
BWSSB engineer’s assessment of technical options; facilitation of
applications; and implementation; and
 Follow up stage: documentation and dissemination.
Budget and Time
Implementation
Implemented by:
WaterAid (London), BWSSB
CA Monitor:
W. Cobbett
Request to CA:$
478,300
Co-financing: $ 11,759,900*
Total Budget: $ 12,238,200*
* Includes infrastructure
Duration:
5 years
Expected Impact and Results
(i) With easier access to water and safe sanitation services, improved living conditions and health of a large number of vulnerable communities
in the city; (ii) Time and energy saved on water collection would positively impact on women and girls, allowing for increased school attendance
and income generation by women; (iii) Additional revenue streams for BWSSB from reduction in volume of non-revenue water; for households,
reduced financial burden of paying private suppliers for water.
Stavropol Regional Development Strategy
CDS
Eastern Europe and Central Asia - Russian Federation
Summary
Stavropol Krai, as many other cities and regions in Russia, faces challenges in meeting the needs of its urban poor, as the
country’s nascent decentralisation process changes responsibilities for infrastructure service provision. It seeks to develop
a regional/city development strategy leading to an investment and financing plan, definition of responsibilities for
infrastructure service provision, and access to market-based finance. (This proposal is virtually identical to the Chuvashia proposal.)
Objectives
Activities
 Improve infrastructure service provision;
 Work out a comprehensive mid-term City/Regional economic
development and investment plan that will result in financing
specific infrastructure projects in Stavropol Krai;
 Attract financing from official and private funding sources on
the basis of the region’s own financial strength, and develop
bond mechanisms for city borrowing.
Activities are organised in four modules:
 Design a Regional Financial Simulation Model to analyse and
forecast the regional budget and debt-bearing capacity;
 Elaborate a Region/City Development Strategy and
Investment Plan;
 Prioritise and sequence capital expenditures for regional
priority projects and a detailed feasibility study and
environmental plan for these projects; and
 Link investment needs with funding sources.
Submission
Submitted by: Ministry of
Economic Development
and Trade, Stavropol Krai
Government
CA Sponsor:
USAID, World
Bank
Budget and Time
Implementation
Implemented by:
Ministry of Ec. Dev. &
Trade, World Bank
Request to CA:
Co-financing:
Total Budget:
$ 250,000
$ 120,000
$ 370,000
Duration:
12 months
CA Monitor: Pelle Persson
Expected Impact and Results
• Increased service coverage to the region’s low-income population through financial investment in the prioritised Regional/City
infrastructure projects such as water and district heating;
• Improved infrastructure service provision and efficiency of resource use will contribute to the region’s economic development.
Chuvash Republic Regional Development Strategy
CDS
Eastern Europe and Central Asia - Russian Federation
Summary
Chuvashia, as many other cities and regions in Russia, faces challenges in meeting the needs of its urban poor, as the
country’s nascent decentralisation process changes responsibilities for infrastructure service provision. It seeks to develop
a regional/city development strategy leading to an investment and financing plan, definition of responsibilities for
infrastructure service provision, and access to market-based finance. (This proposal is virtually identical to the Stavropol proposal.)
Objectives
Activities
 Improve infrastructure service provision;
 Work out a comprehensive mid-term City/Regional economic
development and investment plan that will result in financing
specific infrastructure projects in Chuvash Republic;
 Attract financing from official and private funding sources on
the basis of the region’s own financial strength, and develop
bond mechanisms for city borrowing.
Activities are organised in four modules:
 Design a Regional Financial Simulation Model to analyse and
forecast the regional budget and debt-bearing capacity;
 Elaborate a Region/City Development Strategy and
Investment Plan;
 Prioritise and sequence capital expenditures for regional
priority projects and a detailed feasibility study and
environmental plan for these projects; and
 Link investment needs with funding sources.
Submission
Submitted by: Ministry of
Economic Development
and Trade, Chuvash
Republic Government
CA Sponsor:
USAID, World
Bank
Budget and Time
Implementation
Implemented by:
Ministry of Ec. Dev. &
Trade, World Bank
CA Monitor: Pelle Persson
Request to CA:
Co-financing:
Total Budget:
$ 250,000
$ 120,000
$ 370,000
Duration:
12 months
Expected Impact and Results


Increased service coverage to the region’s low-income population through financial investment in the prioritised
Regional/City infrastructure projects such as water and wastewater treatment;
Improved infrastructure service provision and efficiency of resource use will contribute to the region’s economic
development.
Guatemala Program for Slum Upgrading through Financing from the Private Banking Sector – Phase 1
Latin America and the Caribbean – Guatemala
Summary
Slum Upgrading
With the long-term objective of launching a national slum upgrading programme based on private sector
investments, the Guatemalan Government seeks in this first phase to identify appropriate financial guarantee
mechanisms to stimulate private sector investments, and to define a TA programme to build the capacity of NGOs
and MFIs to assist unserved communities in the design and implementation of bankable upgrading projects.
Objectives
Activities
 Identify the appropriate financial guarantee mechanisms to
stimulate private sector investments;
 Define a technical assistance programme that will build the
capacity of NGOs and MFIs to organize the communities to be able
to prepare and implement “bankable” upgrading projects;
 Establish a national program of slum upgrading based on private
sector investments, sustained in turn through a partial guarantee
mechanism which would permit commercial banks to classify
lending to qualifying institutions as investment grade and to
refinance loans in the secondary mortgage market.
A team of experts, supported by a Special Advisory Group (SAG),
will work with the Vice Ministries of Housing and Community
Development and in consultation with the municipalities, NGOs,
MFIs, and community organisations to: (1) carry out two studies on:
(i) effective demand in selected municipalities (community needs,
capacity to pay), and; (ii) NGOs, MFIs, and community associations’
capacity to design, organise and implement upgrading projects;(2)
design an action plan and methodology for a slum upgrading
programme, identifying bankable upgrading and community
organisation and development projects; and (3) mobilise donor
support and finalise a second phase Cities Alliance proposal.
Submission
Submitted by:
Vice Minister of Housing,
Ministry of Communications,
Infrastructure and Housing
Budget and Time
Implementation
CA Sponsor: World
Bank, USAID, FDLG
(SIDA affiliate in
Guatemala)
Implemented by: World
Bank, Ministry of
Communications,
Infrastructure & Housing
CA Monitor: W. Cobbett
Request to CA:
Co-financing:
Total Budget:
$ 75,000
$ 805,000
$ 880,000
Duration:
10 months
Expected Impact and Results
 An increase in the capacity to design and implement community upgrading projects and, thus, in the rate of provision of basic services with
a goal of meeting or surpassing the urban growth rate and, ultimately, eliminating the deficit in basic services;
 A technical assistance plan for a national slum upgrading programme is to be prepared for subsequent adoption by the Guatemalan
Government and municipalities involved.
Strategies for Sustainable Planning, Financing and Implementation of Low-Income Housing Policy
Latin America and the Caribbean - Brazil
Summary
Slum Upgrading
This activity aims to develop sustainable financing strategies to ensure the effective and sustainable
implementation of the municipal government’s poverty-focused housing policies, both from the angle of financing
the city’s actions and financing the housing initiatives of the poor themselves.
Objectives
Activities
 Articulate private financing mechanisms to complement the
infrastructure upgrades promoted by the Slum and Subdivision
Regularization Action;
 Consolidate the data unit set up under the Bairro Legal TA in order
to provide support for central planning of follow-up and
monitoring for implementation of the action plans;
 Offer appropriate support for the incorporation of district action
plans by the recently-created decentralised districts (subprefeituras) as part of the ongoing process of administrative
decentralisation.
 Develop sustainable financing instruments to support housing
policy;
 Strengthen the City of São Paulo Department of Housing and
Urban Development’s (SEHAB) management capability, increasing
integration among the sectors involved;
 Implement a system for programme and project supervision,
monitoring and evaluation.
Submission
Submitted by:
Secretary of Housing,
Municipality of São Paulo
CA Sponsor:
World Bank, Italy
Budget and Time
Implementation
Implemented by:
World Bank
CA Monitor:
W. Cobbett
Request to CA:
Co-financing:
Total Budget:
$ 450,000
$ 961,933
$ 1,411,933
Duration:
24 months
Expected Impact and Results
 Increase in the number of low-income families assisted by the housing policies of the São Paulo municipal government, specifically in slum
areas and informal subdivisions.
 Introduction of sustainable financing instruments in the Municipality of São Paulo.
Bahia Integrated Urban Development Program-Viver Melhor /BIRD Technical & Methodological Assistance
CDS/Slum Upgrading
Latin America and the Caribbean – Brazil
Summary
Building on the success of the Novos Alagados and the Ribeira Azul Programs in reducing urban poverty, the State
Government of Bahia seeks technical and methodological support for the implementation of the Viver Melhor/BIRD
Program which aims to reduce poverty in a sustainable manner and ensure the replication of the area-based,
integrated and participatory methodology developed in the Ribeira Azul Program.
Objectives
Activities
To support the Government of the State of Bahia in:
 strategic aspects for the implementation of the Viver Melhor/BIRD
Program, in the project areas of Ribeira Azul/Cobre and Pituaçu in
Salvador, and Malhado, in the Municipality of Ilhéus; and
 the definition and adoption of public policy with respect to urban
and housing development and poverty reduction, based on
principles of inter-sectoral integration and community
participation.
 Replication of the integrated, participatory and area- based
methodology applied in the Ribeira Azul Program;
 Establishment of field offices in project areas that will become a
key link between the communities and the government. At least
one forum in each project area will be held, in which the actions
related to the planning and implementation of the project will be
discussed on a regular basis;
 Independent monitoring and evaluation of the Program’s activities
and knowledge dissemination.
Submission
Submitted by:
State of Bahia Department
of Urban Development
CA Sponsor:
World Bank, Italy
Budget and Time
Implementation
Implemented by: World
Bank, AVSI
CA Monitor:
W. Cobbett
Request to CA: $ 7,208,280*
Co-financing:
$98,030,000
Total Budget: $ 105,238,280
*Core and Non-Core funds
Duration:
36 months
Expected Impact and Results
(i) Improvement in access to housing, basic services and infrastructure for households living in the areas of physical intervention of the three
project areas; (ii) Improvement in access to social services, to employment and income generation opportunities for the households living
in the areas of social intervention of the same three project areas; and (iii) The improvement of government institutions’ capacity (State
and Municipality) in defining and operating common strategies of poverty reduction, measured by a specific State Government sector policy
and the participatory preparation and implementation of Integrated Local Development Plans.
Enhancing Territorial Equity and Social Inclusion in Brasilia’s Land Markets
Slum Upgrading
Latin America and the Caribbean - Brazil
Summary
This proposal sets out to establish a basis for regulatory and institutional reform of Brasilia’s land markets and
habitat delivery systems so as to enhance and increase territorial equity and social inclusion.
Objectives
Activities
 Revise Brasilia’s planning legislation to accommodate: the
expansion of urban areas; densification of existing urbanised
areas; changes in land uses, and; greater inclusion of different
socio-economic groups in the city’s planning and development;
 Address informality in Brasilia, including informal housing;
 Address the flow of housing and land assets in Brasilia; and
 Strengthen the capacity and reform the culture of the Secretariat
of Housing and Urban Development (SEDUH), the primary agency
responsible for setting urban policy in Brasilia and implementing
land development and housing programmes.
(i) Making compatible Brasilia’s cultural heritage with the need for
enhancing territorial equity;
(ii) Addressing informality and finding scale-able and sustainable
solutions to halting growing informality (the stock);
(iii) Finding sustainable solutions to the provision of low-cost
housing that effectively engages the private sector (the flow); and
(iv) Modernizing SEDUH to make it more effective in addressing the
territorial inequities of the Brasilia land markets.
Submission
Submitted by: State
Secretary of Housing &
Urban Development, Gov’t
of Federal District of Brazil
CA Sponsor:
World Bank, UNHabitat
Budget and Time
Implementation
Implemented by:
World Bank
CA Monitor:
William Cobbett
Request to CA:
Co-financing:
Total Budget:
$ 232,000
$ 58,000
$ 290,000
Duration:
12 Months
Expected Impact and Results
(i) Reform of the regulatory regime for urban planning and development allowing for increased and more equitable access to urbanised land
and housing in Brasilia; (ii) Greater flexibility and facility to regularise the informal settlements and the eventual 100% regularisation of all
irregular settlements in Brasilia; (iii) An effective public-private partnership for progressive housing finance and development in Brasilia and
its surrounding urbanised communities; (iv) A more effective SEDUH capable of enforcing urban and planning regulations, and facilitating
new development and regularisation of existing settlements.
An Urban Development Strategy for La Paz Region, Dept La Paz & San Vicente
Latin America and the Caribbean - El Salvador
Summary
CDS
This proposal sets out to promote urban economic development in a region, addressing institutional, technical, and
financial constraints to improve the network of cities and institutions.
Objectives
Activities
 Create a strategic vision for urban centere and for the region;
 Link national and local agencies in order to address factors that
limit the competitiveness of firms and economic recovery;
 Improve statistics related to regional management, local economic
development, business climate, employment, financial autonomy;
 Improve consistency between national, regional and local
investment plans;
 Institutionalise measures to address insecurity and violence issues;
 Improve cooperation between municipalities, communities,
government agencies, universities, research centres, the private
sector and civil society on local economic issues.
Submission
Submitted by:
Municipality of San Luis La
Herradura, Association of
Municipalities
 Draw up a strategic development vision for the region;
 Elaborate a Regional Development Plan with emphasis on spatial
planning;
 Elaborate plans and budgets for various areas such as: productive
clusters, research in technology in competitive sectors, human
resources on a regional level, and basic infrastructure;
 Identify private investments;
 Adapt the National Security Plan to the region.
Budget and Time
Implementation
CA Sponsor:
GTZ, KfW, USAID,
UNDP, IDB
Implemented by: GTZ
and other national and local
actors
CA Monitor: P Persson
Request to CA:
Co-financing:
Total Budget:
$ 500,000
$ 500,000
$ 1,000,000
Expected Impact and Results
Improve the economic performance of the region through the elaboration of a number of action plans in different areas.
Duration:
24 months
Alexandria CDS for Sustainable Development - Phase 2
CDS
Middle East and North Africa - Egypt
This proposal follows a first phase of a CDS that has been successfully implemented. More than 30 percent of the
population of Alexandria lives in slum areas. To improve their standard of living, prevent the development of new
illegal settlements and increase employment opportunities, the city of Alexandria will implement a CDS, developed
under a first grant, that emphasises environmental aspects and local economic development.
Summary
Objectives
Activities
 Complete the CDS for sustainable development in Alexandria
Governorate and start additional components that would lead
to implementation of technical and institutional issues related
to slum upgrading, local economic development and
improvement of the environment.
Submission
Submitted by:
Governor of Alexandria
 Create a CDS Department;
 Build capacity and a website;
 Conduct an international LED workshop;
 Conduct additional cluster analysis and develop an action
plan for improving the local business environment;
 Complete a city wide upgrading strategy;
 Undertake Rapid Appraisal Assessments in 10 settlements
and prepare remodeling plans and community socioeconomic development programmes;
 Establish a Lake Marriout Managment Authority
Budget and Time
Implementation
CA Sponsor:
World Bank,
UN-Habitat, CIDA,
IFC, UNEP
Implemented by:
World Bank (with others)
CA Monitor: Pelle Persson
Request to CA:
Co-financing:
Total Budget:
$ 350,000
$ 282,000
$ 632,000
Duration:
24 months
Expected Impact and Results
Implementing the proposed strategy will improve the environmental, urban and economic status of the squatter areas and Lake
Marriout. This will raise the standards of living of the population of these areas, create new job opportunities for them, improve
the general sanitation conditions of the inhabitants and improve the Lake fish production quality, which will no doubt result in
raising the income of the fishermen in this area and in Alexandria.
Slum Upgrading Facility (SUF) Pilot Programme
Slum Upgrading
Global - Sub-Saharan Africa and South/East Asia
Summary
The Slum Upgrading Facility (SUF) aims to become a dedicated, simple to access, support mechanism for cities seeking access
to financing for citywide slum upgrading programmes. Conceived as a programme managed by UN-HABITAT under its core subprogramme on human settlements financing, the SUF is proposed for adoption as a programme under the umbrella of the Cities
Alliance similar to arrangements for the Community-Led Infrastructure Financing Facility.
Objectives
Activities
 To directly support the efforts of national governments and local
authorities that have already made the decision to take decisive
action to improve the conditions of their poorest residents, and
which treat slum upgrading as part of their ongoing, core business;
 Provide technical assistance for project preparation and capacity
building at a local level and be able to provide catalytic grant
support and seed capital;
 Join up technical and financial resources in an innovative and
project-driven manner.
 A design phase, to enable the development of a project pipeline
and the establishment of partnerships on the ground that will
accelerate the pilot phase;
 Field test a small number of projects with selected city and/or
national governments in Sub-Saharan Africa and South/East Asia.
Submission
Submitted by:
DFID
CA Sponsor:
UN-Habitat, Sida,
DFID
Budget and Time
Implementation
Implemented by:
UN-Habitat
CA Monitor:
William Cobbett
Request to CA: $ 20,000,000
Co-financing: $ 10,500,000
Total Budget: $ 30,500,000
Duration:
3 Years
Expected Impact and Results
The activities of the SUF will lead to the development of sustainable financing mechanisms, budgetary, policy and regulatory reform; deepen
local capital markets that are so necessary for slum upgrading; and provide downstream opportunities for new forms of output-based aid
approaches.
Mainstreaming Cities Alliance Engagement with United Cities and Local Governments
Global
Summary
Further to the Cities Alliance Consultative Group’s expressed desire to forge a strategic working relationship with
United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), whose members represent over 50% of the world’s population, this
proposal supports the mainstreaming of the Alliance’s engagement with UCLG.
Objectives
Activities
 Support UCLG supervision and implementation of the activities in
the two funding proposals (on municipal finance and MDG-based
CDSs) approved in FY05;
 Develop joint communication products and establish a regular
communication flow of information on Cities Alliance initiatives
amongst UCLG members.
Submission
Submitted by:
UCLG
CDS/Slum Upgrading
CA Sponsor:
DFID, UCLG
 UCLG implementation and supervision of the “Municipal Finance
Commission” activities;
 UCLG implementation and supervision of “Developing MDGbased CDSs” activities;
 Communications activities.
Budget and Time
Implementation
Implemented by:
UCLG
CA Monitor:
K. Milroy
Request to CA:
Co-financing:
Total Budget:
* DFID Non-Core
$ 517,000*
$ 20,000
$ 537,000
contribution
Duration:
24 months
Expected Impact and Results
 The needs and demands of local government are effectively linked to the suppliers of municipal finance technical support and financing
institutions;
 Increased awareness of CDSs and the support available to develop them among UCLG members;
 Local authorities better able to contribute to national Poverty Reduction Strategies by developing MDG-based CDSs.
Enhancing Urban Development in National Policy Dialogues
Global
Summary
CDS/Slum Upgrading
This proposal seeks to support the engagement of local authorities in national policy dialogues, with a view to both
situating urban development more explicitly within the national growth agenda and supporting the economic role of
cities.
Objectives
Activities
• Develop an analytical basis for integrating urban development into
investment climate surveys and dialogues both at the national and
local levels;
• Better understand the dynamics of urban development in national
Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs), and disseminate and
develop tools to facilitate their integration.
• Urban and the Growth Agenda: Assessing and Promoting the
Role of Cities: (i) understand the demand; (ii) understand and
disseminate available tools; and (iii) provide targeted assistance to
cities or countries in applying analytical approaches.
Submission
Submitted by:
World Bank
CA Sponsor:
DFID, World Bank
• Mainstreaming Urban in Poverty Reduction Strategies: (i)
understand the dynamics of urban development in PRSPs; (ii)
Disseminate urban poverty/PRSP tools; and (iii) provide targeted
assistance to countries in mainstreaming urban issues.
Budget and Time
Implementation
Implemented by:
World Bank
CA Monitor: K. Milroy
Request to CA:
Co-financing:
Total Budget:
$ 610,000*
$ 75,000
$ 685,000
* Core and DFID Non-Core contribution
Expected Impact and Results
 Greater understanding of the contribution of cities to national development;
 Improved linkages of local authorities and urban development initiatives in national policy dialogue.
Duration:
12 months
Cities Alliance Management Succession
World Bank Headquarters, Washington, DC
Summary
The upcoming retirement of the Manager of the Cities Alliance Secretariat provides both a challenge and an
opportunity to the Cities Alliance. These grant funds will support the efforts to recruit a dynamic individual that can
lead the Cities Alliance into its next phase, and to ensure that Alliance members can continue to draw upon the
current Manager’s expertise and inspiration through a transition period.
Objectives
Activities
 Recruit an effective new Manager of the Cities Alliance Secretariat,
and provide for a smooth management transition.
 Ensure that the knowledge, expertise and networks of the
outgoing Manager are available to Cities Alliance partners through
the transition phase.
 Recruitment of applications for the post through advertisement in
the Economist, websites of Alliance members, and other means.
 Interview, selection and hiring process.
 Transition services: During the transition period, Alliance
members can request the engagement of the outgoing Manager
on a consultancy basis to assist their field staff and city/country
clients in scaling up their CDS and slum upgrading efforts; and, for
mobilizing support for the Cities Alliance/urban development
agenda within member organisations.
Submission
Submitted by:
World Bank
CA Sponsor:
World Bank
Budget and Time
Implementation
Implemented by:
CA Secretariat
CA Monitor:
Kevin Milroy
Request to CA:
Co-financing:
Total Budget:
$ 125,000
$
0
$ 125,000
Expected Impact and Results
 The successful hiring of a new Manager of the Cities Alliance Secretariat, within the allotted timeframe and budget.
 Smooth transition to new management.
 Utilize in-house knowledge of networks, contacts and expertise of the outgoing Manager of the Cities Alliance Secretariat.
Duration:
18 months