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The South Africa Cities Support and Learning Network
CDS/Slum Upgrading
Africa – SOUTH AFRICA
Establish and assist the operations of a new network of the municipalities of the nine largest cities in South Africa,
the Cities Support and Learning Network (SACN).
Summary
Objectives
Activities
 Assess, disseminate and apply the international best practices of
large city governments in addressing urban poverty adapted to the
South African context
 Analyse strategic challenges facing South African cities and focus
responses to these challenges
 Support an increasingly effective partnership between the
national, provincial and local spheres of government to support
improved pro-poor governance of large cities in South Africa
 Promote strategies and approaches to involvement of the poor,
with an emphasis on women as a specific sub-sector, in strategic
planning processes and in upgrading schemes.
Submission
Submitted by:
Ministry for Provincial and
Local Government
 Metropolitan Economic Growth and Job Creation, within the CDS
context
 Implementation of the National Urban Renewal Strategy
 Benchmarking City Development Performance
 Effective responses to HIV/AIDS
 Interaction with national government policies and programmes,
Metropolitan transport issues
 Peer Review Programme
 Strategic leadership programmes
Budget and Time
Implementation
CA Sponsor:
USAID, DFID, GTZ
Implemented by:
SACN
CA Monitor:
Mohini Malhotra
Request to CA:
Co-financing:
$ 500,000
$ 1,233,000
of which funding gap: $
500,000
Total Budget:
$ 2,233,000
Duration:
27 months
Expected Impact and Results
 Delineation of a strategic framework that will enable all members to more effectively and efficiently address city development and
economic growth planning.
 Networking around the National Urban Renewal Strategy (URS) to improve the effectiveness of this national slum-upgrading programme.
 Development of strategies to more effectively deal with urban poverty and HIV/AIDS.
Application Summary
Tenure Security and New Housing in Phnom Penh
CDS/Slum Upgrading
Asia - CAMBODIA
Promoting alternative approaches to the provision of secure tenure to meet the needs of the urban poor.
Summary
Objectives
Activities
 Improve security for urban low-income households in Phnom Penh
by offering residents of informal settlements Temporary
Occupation Licenses (TOLs)
 Undertake a regulatory audit or review of the present urban
planning regulations to identify options for reducing the cost of
entry to legal and affordable shelter
 Identify available sites for Guided Land Development or other
innovative approaches within the present urban boundaries
 Strengthen the capability of central and local government
agencies to undertake pro-poor programmes for upgrading and
new urban development
 Identify existing unauthorised settlements in environmentally
hazardous or economically strategic locations
 Introduce Temporary Occupation Licenses for all households in
settlements scheduled for eventual relocation
 Identify areas of undeveloped land within the urban boundary and
select sites for pilot projects of Guided Land Development
 assess existing tenure systems and options for improving tenure
security in the cities of Battambang and Siem Reap
 enable all stakeholder groups to evaluate the project and identify
lessons for the future
Submission
Submitted by:
Ministry of Land
Management, Urban Planning
and Construction (MLMUPC)
Budget and Time
Implementation
CA Sponsor:
UN-HABITAT
DFID
Implemented by:
MLMUPC
CA Monitor:
William Cobbett
Request to CA: $ 54,640
Co-financing: $ 18,000
Total Budget: $ 72,640
Duration:
20 months
Expected Impact and Results
 Provision of Temporary Occupation Licenses to all households in
unauthorized settlements scheduled for eventual relocation
 Start of a programme to allocate longer periods of tenure to
households in other settlements
Application Summary
 Progress in the development of Guided Land Development for
one or more new urban development projects
 A report and other dissemination media evaluating the progress
achieved
Metropolitan Lima City Poverty Strategy
CDS/Slum Upgrading
Latin America and the Caribbean - PERU
Summary
Articulate a multi-year programme of priority investments, needed policy reforms, and technical assistance, and
develop an institutionalised approach to monitoring and evaluation based on poverty indicators that will provide a
sound platform for future poverty-focused investment and policy action.
Activities
Objectives
The CPS (City Poverty Strategy) to be developed will focus on:
 Building assets for the poor
 Creating an environment for investment and economic activity
 Providing physical and financial security
 Improving institutions and intra-governmental relations
 Addressing cross-cutting themes
Submission
Submitted by:
General Planning Office,
Metropolitan Municipality of
Lima
CA Sponsor:
The World Bank
GTZ
 Identify priority sectors and needed diagnostic/technical studies in a
participatory manner
 Outline policy issues and options, taking into account cross-cutting
themes as they relate to identified priority technical areas
 Use the existing participatory network to leverage local stakeholder
experiences against options identified in technical work
 Translate technical options and Mesa recommendations into a
metropolitan plan of action that will serve as a platform for future
investment
Budget and Time
Implementation
Implemented by:
The World Bank
CA Monitor:
Peter Palesch
Request to CA: $ 250,000
Co-financing: $ 1,140,500
Total Budget: $ 1,390,500
Duration:
27 months
Expected Impact and Results
Development of a credible programme for poverty reduction that leads to a mobilisation of resources for a portfolio of investments, policy
reforms, and technical assistance to be implemented by metropolitan authorities, local governments, the central government, the private
sector, and civil society.
 Increased understanding of the nature of poverty in Metropolitan
 More empowered citizenry able to participate in poverty reduction
Lima and the obstacles to poverty alleviation
dialogue
 Improved coordination among actors operating in Metropolitan Lima
 More accountable local authorities
Application Summary
Metropolitan Cooperation in the Tetouan Region
CDS/Slum Upgrading
Middle East and North Africa - MOROCCO
Summary
The proposed CDS will be the vehicle to launch the discussion about the linkages among municipalities in the
metropolitan region to reduce poverty through regional cooperation and economic development. The CDS process
will also help substantiate decentralisation in Morocco by preparing locally elected authorities to better represent
their constituency in dialogue with national and regional government officials.
Activities
Objectives
 Build capacity of municipal government officials to manage their
city and the metropolitan region through a more inclusive and
consultative process
 Support the decentralisation of administrative and financial
authority to municipal governments
 Disseminate the CDS learning process to other Moroccan cities and
introduce the CDS as a governance tool in the Near East and
North Africa (NENA) region
Submission
Submitted by:
Provincial Council of Tetouan
CA Sponsor:
USAID
UN-Habitat
 Facilitate awareness-raising meetings with the city stakeholders,
government officials, and donors
 Capacity building
 Identify necessary information/analysis
 Coordinate municipal leaders, city stakeholders, government
officials, donors
 Participatory CDS Process
 Establish a municipal learning forum
Budget and Time
Implementation
Implemented by:
NENA Urban Forum
CA Monitor:
Peter Palesch
Request to CA: $ 245,000
Co-financing: $ 225,000
Total Budget: $ 470,000
Duration:
24 months
Expected Impact and Results
Provide the citizenry a venue to influence local government decision making, particularly in terms of identifying, designing and implementing
pro-poor policies and local economic development
 Influence local spending and the national and regional government
transfers
 Mobilise private investment
Application Summary
 Capacity building effect on the local government authorities
 Foster greater metropolitan cooperation
Scaleability of Housing Microfinance for the Poor
CDS/Slum Upgrading
Latin American and the Caribbean, Africa – MULTI-REGIONAL
Develop and pilot test improved housing microfinance lending methodologies and explore possible connections
between the programmes and government initiatives for land titling and the provision of basic infrastructure by
working with ACCION’s partner Microfinance Institutions (MFI).
Summary
Objectives
Activities
Increase involvement by ACCION partners in housing microfinance
Understand the role of construction assistance in housing microfinance
Develop and test methodologies for housing lending
Ensure access to medium-term commercial funding for institutions with
housing portfolios
 Identify the features of an optimal enabling environment for housing
finance for the poor
 Create a Learning Forum for ACCION staff
 Facilitate the creation of an active and vibrant learning community
among MFIs involved in housing microfinance
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Submission
Submitted by:
ACCION International
CA Sponsor:
DFID
USAID
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Design and implementation of new housing programmes
Periodic support for new housing implementations
Strengthening of existing housing programmes
Development of medium-term funding mechanism
Sharing, monitoring & dissemination of results
Budget and Time
Implementation
Implemented by:
ACCION International
CA Monitor:
Mohini Malhotra
Request to CA:
Co-financing:
$ 249,666
$ 249,666
of which funding gap: $
94,666
Total Budget:
$ 499,333
Duration:
24 months
Expected Impact and Results
 Programme Growth: By Dec. 2004, the number of housing
borrowers at the institutions participating in and supported by
the project will surpass 20,000 (from 5,000 in 2001).
 Operating Costs & Profitability: Operating costs should remain at
or below current levels of microenterprise finance.
Application Summary
 Portfolio Quality: Portfolio at risk greater than 30 days across all
programmes participating in this project should not exceed 4%.
 Improvement in Housing Quality: Households accessing housing
loans will be compared to households without access to formal
housing finance, to identify changes in the quality of their homes.