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The South Africa Cities Support and Learning Network

The South Africa Cities Support and Learning Network. Africa – SOUTH AFRICA. Summary. 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). Objectives. Activities.

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The South Africa Cities Support and Learning Network

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  1. The South Africa Cities Support and Learning Network Africa – SOUTH AFRICA Summary 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). 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. • 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 Submission Budget and Time Implementation CA Sponsor: USAID, DFID, GTZ Request to CA: $ 500,000Co-financing: $ 1,233,000of which funding gap: $ 500,000 Total Budget: $ 2,233,000 Submitted by: Ministry for Provincial and Local Government Duration: 27 months Implemented by: SACN CA Monitor:Mohini Malhotra 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.

  2. Tenure Security and New Housing in Phnom Penh Asia - CAMBODIA Summary Promoting alternative approaches to the provision of secure tenure to meet the needs of the urban poor. 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 Budget and Time Implementation CA Sponsor: UN-HABITATDFID Request to CA: $ 54,640 Co-financing: $ 18,000 Total Budget: $ 72,640 Submitted by: Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction (MLMUPC) Duration: 20 months Implemented by: MLMUPC CA Monitor:William Cobbett Expected Impact and Results

  3. Metropolitan Lima City Poverty Strategy 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 • 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 Submission Budget and Time Implementation CA Sponsor: The World BankGTZ Request to CA: $ 250,000 Co-financing: $ 1,140,500 Total Budget: $ 1,390,500 Implemented by: The World Bank CA Monitor:Peter Palesch Submitted by: General Planning Office, Metropolitan Municipality ofLima 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.

  4. Metropolitan Cooperation in the Tetouan Region 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 • 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 Submission Budget and Time Implementation CA Sponsor: USAIDUN-Habitat Request to CA: $ 245,000 Co-financing: $ 225,000 Total Budget: $ 470,000 Implemented by: NENA Urban Forum CA Monitor:Peter Palesch Submitted by: Provincial Council of Tetouan 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 • Capacity building effect on the local government authorities • Foster greater metropolitan cooperation

  5. Scaleability of Housing Microfinance for the Poor Latin American and the Caribbean, Africa – MULTI-REGIONAL Summary 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). 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 • 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 Submission Budget and Time Implementation CA Sponsor: DFIDUSAID Request to CA: $ 249,666Co-financing: $ 249,666of which funding gap: $ 94,666 Total Budget: $ 499,333 Submitted by: ACCION International Duration: 24 months Implemented by: ACCION International CA Monitor:Mohini Malhotra Expected Impact and Results

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