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Connective Cities: Collaborative Solutions for Sustainable Urban Development

Join our international community to share innovative practices and co-create knowledge for sustainable urban projects. Network with urban stakeholders worldwide, access good practices, and develop ideas for urban development. Benefit from expert knowledge, hands-on experience, and capacity-building opportunities.

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Connective Cities: Collaborative Solutions for Sustainable Urban Development

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  1. INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE FOR SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT

  2. BACKGROUND • Challenges of urbanisation call for innovative solutions • Variety of solutions already exists, but not widely known • Lack of systematic access to practice-oriented solutions • Mobilisation of practical experience in sustainable urban development for joint learning and co-creation of knowledge among urban stakeholders around the world

  3. OBJECTIVES To facilitate worldwide networking between urban actors from politics, administration, business, science and civil society To support a systematic and application-oriented exchange of experience on good practices and through peer-to-peer-consultations To support the development of innovative ideas for urban projects

  4. REGIONS GERMANY / EUROPE ASIA MIDDLE EAST AFRICA LATIN AMERICA

  5. COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE

  6. CONNECTIVE CITIES EVENTS DIALOGUE EVENT • Rethinking Public Service Delivery - Innovative Solutions for Managing and Financing Public Services14 -16 October 2014 - Province Gauteng, South Africa PROJECTS PRACTITIONERS‘ WORKSHOP From Waste to Resources: Integrated Solid Waste Management in Sub-Saharan Africa14 -17 April 2015 - Kinondoni, Tanzania StrengtheningCapacityofCommunity-based Waste Management in Langata 10-12 October 2017 - Nairobi, Kenia

  7. PROJECT IDEANakuru, Kenya Population: 473,000 Involvedactors • Private sector • Ministryof Education • NGOs • Civilsociety • Localauthorities • County assembly • Development partners • Creationof a wasterecovery plan • Developing a taskforcewithpublicconsultation, supervisedby a steeringcommittee, with relevant stakeholders, approvedbylocalauthorities • Provision ofadequatefunding • Lobbying thecountyassemblyandengagingdevelopmentpartners Objective Challenge Increasedresourcerecovery Low recycling / recovery rate (~20%) • Improvementofmarketaccessforrecycables • Conducting a marketsurveyforrecycables, • Building capacitiesandsettingincentivesforlocalcompaniesandresidents • Increaseawarenessamongresidents • Conductpubliccampaigns, design anddisseminateinfo material in cooperationwitheducationpartners • Positive sideeffects • Extension oflandfilllifespan • Reducedcostsfor SW operations • Job creation • Climatechangemitigation

  8. PROJECT IDEAMetro Cebu Philippines Population: 2.475.000 Involvedactors • NEDA - Regional Development Board • Private sectorserviceproviders • Metropolitan governments • Localauthorities • Civilsocietyorganisat. • InstitutionalTransformation • Public Transport Forum forcollaboration • Inventoryofexistingroutesandfacilities • Capacitydevelopmentforlocaltransportofficers • Spatial Transformation • Quality ofpublicspacearoundtransitstations • Integrated streetplanningfor multiple uses • Street greening Objective Challenge Improved Transit orienteddevelopmentof Metro region Insufficientpublictransportservices • Social Transformation • User-friendlypublictransportinformation • Informationscampaigns on BRT benefits • Awareness raisingandeducationprogrammes • Infrastructure Transformation • Safetymeasuresforcyclistsandpedestrians • Design ofmobilitystations • Housingdevelopmentclosetotransportnodes • Positive sideeffects • More balancedspatialdevelopment • Improvedqualityofpublictransport • Reductionofemissionsfromtransport 12

  9. EXPERTEN-POOL

  10. GUTE PRAKTIKEN

  11. BENEFITS • Access to international know-how and to innovations as well as practical experiences about urban transformation processes • Involvement in international networks among dedicated practitioners with hands-on experience • Development of individual and institutional capacities for local innovations based on state-of-the-art learning concepts and technology • Implementation of innovative and collaborative projects International Community of Practice for Sustainable Urban Development

  12. Thankyouverymuchforyourattention!Getconnected on www.connective-cities.net

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