Improved Service Delivery for Citizens in Cambodia (ISD)
Objectives
The NCDD uses recommendations prepared by its secretariat for the further implementation of national decentralisation programme (NP-2).
Reforms of the OWSOs have been implemented in accordance with the requirements of the national decentralisation programme (NP-2).
Selected districts and municipalities in the three partner provinces have strategies in place to shape their water and waste management in a cli-mate sensitive way.
Citizens’ access to decision-making processes and com-plaint mechanisms at the level of districts and municipalities is strengthened.
Description
Supporting the local governments to provide high-quality services to the citizens in the sectors of waste and water management, health and administrative services.
Approach/Field of intervention
Good governance
Administrative reform
Strategic approach for municipal waste management
Targeted beneficiaries
Citizens in 3 provinces in Cambodia with upscaling potentials
Highlight activities /Achievements
Development of waste management strategy for Districts and Municipalities
Formation of sub-committees for waste topic
Concrete activities that support a sustainable waste management at local level derived from strategies
Mekong Urban Flood Resilience and Drainage Programme
Objective
The Programme helps to increase urban resilience against floods as well as protect people’s homes and sources of income.
Project Description
The programme aims to build on existing urban planning, disaster management, early warning systems, and climate change adaptation by exploiting synergies between these fields. This is achieved by cooperating with the national government and local authorities to update the national policy and provincial regulations as well as flood modelling and multi-hazard mapping, combining and integrating sectoral and thematic efforts of different organisations and donors active in the project areas. Improving cross-sectoral and institutional co-operation will set the framework for a more integrated urban flood management approach and help to implement the national legal and policy framework.
National Level – Legal and Policy Framework and Integrated Urban and Drainage Planning
Support in development of climate and flood risk sensitive national and local regulations, integrate flood risk management in urban planning and budget processes.
Provincial Regulatory Framework, Flood Risk Modelling and Analysis, and Urban Planning Support
Support in integrating climate change, flood management and early warning systems into the provincial socio-economic development plans for 2019 – the main planning instrument. This will help ensure that the issues regarding flood resilience become a part of government planning and budgeting at different levels of local government, which is essential for long-term sustainability.
Provincial Disaster Risk Management
Support the cities Long Xuyen, Rach Gia and Ca Mau to reduce the negative impacts of floods through the timely access to data on weather events and critical water level increases. The use of early warning systems will help reducing the costs and risks of flood events.
Field of intervention
Build on existing urban planning, disaster management, early warning systems, and climate change adaptation by exploiting synergies between these fields.
Multi-level approach: cooperating with the national government and local authorities to update the national policy and provincial regulations as well as flood modelling and multi-hazard mapping, combining and integrating sectoral and thematic efforts of different organisations and donors active in the project areas.
Stakeholder engagement: Improve cross-sectoral and institutional co-operation to set the framework for a more integrated urban flood management approach and help to implement the national legal and policy framework.
Targeted beneficiaries
Relevant ministries and agencies at national level
Local governments and departments
Urban population in the project areas
Achievements
Highlight activities:
Establish a national guideline on sustainable urban drainage system
Support in drafting the new Law on Urban Development and Management (UDA)
Updating Vietnam Standards TCVN 7957 and Building Code QCVN 01/2008
Support in developing Government Decree on the organisation of receiving and disbursement of international aid to respond to natural disasters in Vietnam
Support the Ministry of Planning and Investment update the Circular 05 on integrating climate change into the annual and five-year socio-economic development plan at national and provincial levels
Develop multi hazard risk assessment
Develop and scale up suitability mapping
Set up early warning systems for 3 cities
Review and update the local disaster response guidelines
Improve the communication-chain
Enhance regional information and data sharing
Develop the flood risk model in three cities: Ca Mau, Rach Gia, Long Xuyen
To build the capacity to operate the flood risk model in 3 cities
Prepare Drainage Master Plans for 3 cities Ca Mau, Rach Gia, Long Xuyen
Using hydraulic modelling to revise drainage master plans in climate change condition and sustainable urban drainage systems
Support the improvement of the national framework conditions for climate-sensitive IWRM and advance ecosystem-based solutions to prevent and reduce the impacts of climate and water related disasters at national and river basin scale.
Enhance our partners’ capacities to monitor and evaluate adaptation measures in water resources management.
Identify and recommend options to integrate and elevate climate finance in the Thai water sector.
Description
TGCP-Water aims to support the improvement of the national framework conditions for climate-sensitive Integrated Water Resources Management (climate-sensitive IWRM) and to advance Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) solutions to prevent and reduce the impacts of climate-induced disasters in the water sector. The project works with partners at national and river basin scale, especially the key water-related government agencies and the River Basin Committees (RBCs). TGCP-Water furthermore works towards strengthening its partners’ capacities to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of adaptation measures, incl. EbA, in water management and to identify best options, such as a tagging system or a water fund, to mobilize finance for climate change adaptation and to enable the Thai government to make climate risk informed investments in the water sector.
Field of intervention
Promote a climate-sensitive IWRM approach for Thailand to reach its national adaptation targets.
Advise on advancing climate resilience in the water resources management at national and river basin scale covering management, planning and implementation, as well as mechanisms for adaptation financing and monitoring.
Support institutional and planning processes to strengthen the River Basin Committees (RBCs) and to develop risk-informed River Basin Master Plans (RBMPs) that are based on multi-stakeholder dialogues and in line with the concept of climate-sensitive IWRM.
Value multi-stakeholder dialogues, joint selection and prioritization processes as well as awareness-raising activities as key success factors for a systematic climate-sensitive water management approach at river basin scale.
Demonstrate the benefits of “green” (nature-based) solutions as cost-effective and flexible option for climate change adaptation, which complement “grey” infrastructures measures
Tailor related guidelines and curricula for governmental and non-governmental stakeholders in the water sector to enhance nationwide outreach/scaling.
Targeted beneficiaries
Water-related government agencies, River Basin Committees, communities and other water users
Achievements
The joint development of a self-assessment tool for mainstreaming climate change adaptation (CCA) and Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) in the water sector as well as a policy dialog and the joint participation in the COP have strengthened the interagency cooperation between ONEP and ONWR. This cooperation will be continued with the development of a joint policy brief series that will provide the foundation for a climate resilient transformation of the water sector.
Two pilot sites the Yom and Sakaekrang river basin in the lower North and the western part of Thailand were selected for the implementation of project activities to support climate risk informed planning and the development of EbA measures. A participatory process taking into account the priorities of various stakeholders and the final results of assessments conducted in five river basins led to the selection.
A joint research partnership between ONWR and selected universities have been set-up to support the development of a digital solution-based Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) methodology to assess the impacts and benefits of EbA measures and provide scientific evidence on the important role ecosystems can play for climate resilient river basins.
Sustainable Supply Chain for Perishables into Cities (Green Logistics Project)
Objective
Provide increased access to fresher, regional food in adequate hygienic environment to urban inhabitants in Bangalore and 5 surrounding districts
Description
To achieve the project objective, following will be two main areas of intervention:
A: Supply Chains for regional fruits & vegetables (F&V) are more effective and efficient:
The project team will work with five Farmer Producing Organizations (FPOs) in Karnataka to improve post-harvest management practices, operationalizing new marketing channels and improving efficiencies in logistics for each of the identified FPOs. Activities include grading and labeling to market requirements, developing direct marketing channels to end consumers, transport consolidation wherever feasible along the FPO’s supply chains. An improved marketing and logistics shall lead to decrease in waste and food mileage leading to a reduction of CO2 emissions and food losses as well as increased satisfaction of urban consumers.
B: Management as well as social and health standards for points of sale of fresh food are improved:
The project team will work with public authorities and all relevant stakeholders to transform an unorganized street market into a clean hygienic and attractive street market for the neighborhood. The approach will be to systematically create basic public infrastructure facilities, formalize and develop sustainable street market management systems through a participative & transparent planning process in the selected street market and ensure improvements to the infrastructure and hygiene conditions.
In addition, capacity building of FPOs and street vendors in enabling marketing and street market management skills will be carried out. Also, dissemination of these experiences through the Government Authorities for replication in other informal street markets are other activities envisaged.
Field of intervention
Horticulture Marketing
Transport, Logistics & Mobility Management
Public space planning & Design
Organisational and Institutional Development
Targeted beneficiaries
Farmers; Street vendors; urban consumers; traders; urban residents
Achievements
3 Stakeholder consultations for identifying local issues and local solutions completed
Water and Wastewater Companies for Climate Mitigation (WaCCliM)
Objective
Improve the carbon balance of water and wastewater utilities in Jordan, Mexico, Peru and Thailand
Introduction of greenhouse gas reducing technologies
Description
Water and wastewater utilities are among the largest consumers of energy in developing countries and emerging economies due to high losses of water (50-60 %) and energy (40 %).The project introduces greenhouse gas-reducing technologies to water and wastewater companies and thereby improves those companies’ CO2 balance. It supports climate protection efforts in the water sector using a cross-sectoral approach known as the ‘urban nexus’, which addresses water, energy and food security in an integrated manner.
In four pilot countries, the project is developing strategies for a climate-resilient and low-emissions water sector. Together with the respective executing agencies, it agrees on measures that take into consideration all components of the urban water system, optimising them for energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.
In collaboration with the International Water Association (IWA), the Energy performance and Carbon emissions Assessment and Monitoring (ECAM) tool was developed with which it is possible to estimate potential energy and emissions savings and which, in so doing, makes it possible to measure the water sector’s contribution to climate protection.
In the pilot countries, the project works with experts and managers, advising them on how to improve the policy, regulatory and institutional framework for the integration of emission reduction measures in the water sector. The advice focuses on the wider dissemination of the urban nexus approach, support for the implementation of national mitigation strategies and the introduction of appropriate financing strategies.
Field of intervention
Project Preparatory Studies (PPS)
Capacity development trainings and workshops
Energy efficiency measures in the water sector
Data, Indicators, MRV
Targeted beneficiaries
Water and wastewater utilities
Population of water and wastewater services
Achievements
Development of the Energy performance and Carbon emissions Assessment and Monitoring (ECAM) tool
Support Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) for water sector
Developing the capacities of governmental institutions (federal and provincial level)
Provide advisory services to the textile sector
enhance the textile industry to be more resilient regarding the climate change
Description
Overview: The programme aims at developing the capacities of governmental institutions to regulate the use of water resources and provide advisory services to the sector, e.g by showcasing the economic benefits of water efficiency measures for companies. In doing so, the efficient use of water resources of the textile industry is enhanced and resilience to climate-induced water scarcity strengthened.
Approach: The programme supports the federal and provincial government in the development, implementation and performance management of multi-stakeholder action plans and convening workshops, fostering capacity development to promote approaches enhancing the implementation of water efficiency measures and guidelines.
GIZ enables partners to adopt a comprehensive and effective approach to managing water risks and helps implementing the piloting measures agreed upon by the partners – governmental institutions, business associations and textile companies – by providing knowhow, capacity development solutions and the resources for implementing activities.
Field of intervention
Piloting Textile Companies
Sustainable Industrial Areas
Policy Implementation
Capacity Development
Targeted beneficiaries
Increase of water efficiency by 25% in piloting companies; a guideline for wastewater treatment and water efficiency is in place and ready to use; awareness of water related challenges in the public and private sector
Achievements
Water efficiency measures in companies
Change management team workshops
Networking for operators of industrial parks
Capacity development for the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA)
support National Urban Sanitation Policy (SNUSP) – II
support Indian states and their cities to take effective measures for avoiding pollution caused by wastewater and municipal solid waste
Description
During the past decade, the number of Indian towns and cities with over 5,000 inhabitants has grown rapidly. A 2014 UN-backed report estimates the population in India’s towns and cities will reach 600 million by 2031. According to the New Climate Economy Report by The
Global Commission on the Economy and Climate, such “unprecedented growth is leaving municipal governments with critical infrastructure shortages and service gaps.”
A major component of the infrastructure and services, the water supply and waste water management system, has not been able to keep pace with the needs of the rising urban population. Only around 10 per cent of all towns and cities have a sewerage network. A large portion of the waste water does not even reach sewage treatment facilities. Mostly, untreated waste water flows into surface as well as groundwater and pollutes these water sources. The management of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) in urban areas has emerged as a severe problem not only because of environmental and aesthetic concerns but also because of the large quantities generated every day.
Looking to address such challenges, in 2008, India’s Ministry for Urban Development launched the National Urban Sanitation Policy (NUSP), a comprehensive policy framework for municipal sanitation systems
facilitating their improvement. In 2014, the central government reinforced its commitment by launching the Swachh Bharat Mission (Clean India Mission). The ministry also launched Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) and Smart Cities,
the two other important missions targeted to urban development, which focus on improving infrastructure and services in Indian cities.
While the missions provide opportunities for positive development, the administration of cities are facing the challenge of limited expertise, manpower and experience to fulfill the objectives of these initiatives.
Field of intervention
Municipal Solid Waste Management and Waste Water Management
Targeted beneficiaries
State and city level officials
Achievements
The project aims to improve the situation on the ground by providing technical support in developing strategies, standards, guidelines, and moving on to providing support in successful implementation.
The project also intends to enhance the capacities at state and city level towards adopting participatory processes for formulating and implementing citywide sanitation plans for applying the new Solid
Waste Management Rules 2016. This process will not only create ownership among the partners, but will also ensure sustainability of the initiatives.
The project is expected to offer evidence-based solutions for technical subjects such as gendersensitive public toilets, management of faecal sludge, management of solid waste and non-conventional waste water management systems to the Ministry of Urban Development and state departments. These could be subsequently applied, upscaled and customised as per the existing requirement across the country.
The implementation of the state strategies, citywide sanitation plans, the Solid Waste Management Rules 2016, corresponding manual and the resulting concrete solutions will ultimately decrease land and water pollution and improve the sanitation situation in Indian cities, thereby supporting the Government of India’s vision of a “Swachh Bharat” (Clean India).
Support national ministries, states and cities in implementing measures for housing the urban poor in a socially inclusive and environment-friendly manner
Facilitation of the Housing for All Mission (Pradhan mantra Yojana – PMAY)
Enabeling synergies with other ongoing Indian urban development programmes in order to promote a more integrated planning and development of Indian cities
Description
Integrated, whole-city planning is vital for improving quality of life for all urban residents.
Urbanisation is accelerating everywhere in India: rapid population growth has turned villages into towns and towns into cities. The dividing line between rural and urban is no longer clear-cut. Administrative structures at local, state and national level struggle to manage such complexity and rapid change. Without a ‘joined-up’ approach, it is not always clear where responsibilities lie: who provides basic public services like water, sanitation and waste collection? Where, when and by whom is infrastructure built? Without planning, urbanisation has a devastating impact on the environment: wastewater pollutes surface and groundwater; fertile land becomes unproductive.
As the population expands to occupy more physical space, land becomes an increasingly precious commodity, land and house prices rise, and pressure increases on green areas and public spaces, both from developers and from the urban poor who, excluded from the housing market, make their homes on any available space. In 2012, over 18 million families in India were living in inadequate housing, mostly poor and in urban areas.
The Inclusive Cities Partnership Programme (ICPP) with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and selected state governments promote an integrated and holistic view of city planning. First, all three levels of government – central, state and municipal – need to work together, and need to interact also with the private sector and civil society. Second, planning should consider the whole city perspective, dependencies of any intervention. Third, inclusive cities design policies and programmes that favour the poor and marginalised, for example increasing access to affordable housing. Finally, liveable cities are more than just houses and workplaces: parks and green spaces, clean air, culture, public spaces… all of these determine quality of life.
Field of intervention
Policy advice
Integrated urban planning
Capacity development
Knowledge products and dissemination
Targeted beneficiaries
Urban poor
Slum dwellers/ informal settlers
And more general: urban dwellers – as the city as a whole is targeted
Achievements
National ministries and state governments have been provided with guidelines that support the inclusion of the urban poor into their respective housing and rental housing policies.
State governments and urban local bodies use integrated approaches and instruments to plan and implement urban upgrading projects that aim at improving housing conditions for the urban poor.
Knowledge management on environment-friendly and social housing solutions of national ministries and state governments has improved.
Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA) CDIA IV
Objective
CDIA aims to contribute to sustainable and equitable urban development, leading to improved environmental and living conditions for all in Asian cities by:
Providing technical assistance in structuring priority infrastructure projects to a stage where they can be financed.
Helping cities structure their projects to attract market-based international private investment.
Strengthening local institutional prerequisites for development of capital investment infrastructure projects and urban services.
Promoting regional dialogue and cooperation on urban management in Asia to enhance cross-learning from good local practices.[/paragraph]
Description
Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA) is a regional initiative established in 2007 by the Asian Development Bank and the Government of Germany, with additional funding support from the governments of Austria, Sweden, Switzerland, and the Shanghai Municipal Government. The Initiative provides assistance to medium-sized Asian cities to bridge the gap between their development plans and the implementation of their infrastructure investments. In doing so, CDIA provides services in the following focus areas: Project Prioritization, Project Preparatory Studies (PPS), Linking Projects to Finance, and Capacity Development. CDIA-supported infrastructure investment projects contribute to four overarching development objectives – Poverty Reduction, Environment, Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation, and Good Governance.
Field of intervention
Project Preparatory Studies (PPS)
Medium Term Infrastructure Investment Programming
Project Prioritization Tools
Linking City Projects to Finance
Capacity Development Trainings and Workshops
Targeted beneficiaries
Medium-sized Asian cities
Achievements
Project Preparatory Studies (PPS)
CDIA provides direct Technical Assistance to cities comprising the development of a project concept to its initial scoping.
Medium Term Infrastructure Investment Programming
CDIA supports the development of rational, comprehensive, and financeable medium-term infrastructure investment programs to implement existing city development strategies and comprehensive development plans.
Project Prioritization
CDIA assists cities on their project prioritization through the City Infrastructure Investment Programming and Prioritization (CIIPP) Toolkit.
Linking Cities to Finance for Infrastructure Investments
As part of its advisory support, CDIA also assists cities in marketing their investment proposals elaborated in the PFS to potential financiers.
Capacity Development Activities
CDIA together with its partner organizations implement trainings and workshops on various areas of urban development to further capacitate Asian cities and organizations on project formulation and implementation
To support the local water departments in the Huay Sai Bat , Lum Pachi and Tha Di basin in planning ecosystem-based adaptation measures against the effects of extreme events
To facilitate in implementing ecosystem-based adaptation measures for the prevention of flooding and drought in the Huay Sai Bat, Lum Pachi and Tha Di catchment to reflect experiences into the national adaptation strategy for the water sector
To support staff of the relevant water authorities to be able to design and evaluate ecosystem-based adaptation measures
Description
The project’s approach starts out in three pilot watersheds threatened by the impacts of climate change. To increase the adaptive capacity of the three watersheds, relevant professionals (from government, universities, etc.) will be advised to combine their expertise, activities and sources of information in order to exploit synergies and therewith improve the efficiency of the water management in the corresponding catchment area on the base of a common information management.
Inclusion of population is ensured by their involvement in stakeholder platforms. These platforms are based on the existing “River Basin Committee”.
Innovative ecosystem-based adaptation approaches will be implemented for demonstration purposes of adaptation measures in catchment areas. This is supported by training courses for relevant stakeholders in ecosystem-based adaptation.
Based on the experiences gained from the intervention in the pilot watersheds, ecosystem-based adaptation approaches for the development of adaptive capacities are fed into the national level. At the same time ecosystem-based adaptation education and training formats are anchored in the target region as well as at the national level.
Field of intervention
Vulnerability & Risk Assessment study and Economic Evaluation method in collaboration with international, national experts and key partners to identify and rank the potential and suitable EbA measures in the pilot areas.
Planning, designing and implementing EbA measures
Adaptive Capacity Building in EbA approach at the local, national and international level.
Riverscape Monitoring with UAV-based Imagery
Strengthening the River Basin Committees and fostering cooperation of relevant stakeholders
Targeted beneficiaries
River Basin Committees
Provincial Authorization Offices
Communities and Civil Society Organizations
Universities (Khon Kaen University -KKU and Walailuk University-WU)
Department of Water Resources (DWR) and Royal Irrigation Department (RID)’s responsible officials at National level
Achievements
The two most relevant governmental water organizations, the Department for Water Resources and the Royal Irrigation Department, are officially prioritizing the EbA concept and measures.
Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) training was developed together with German Research Institutes and practitioners, adapted to the Thai needs and translated into Thai language. Almost 600 Thais and 20 Internationals in English (i.e. Vietnam) were trained
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV-Drones) were integrated into the planning process. The School of Engineering and Resources at Walailak University developed a curriculum out of the application and conducted training.
A tool (carbon sequestration, water use and water production) for assessing and evaluating the ecological impact of measures was developed and presented during the 17th Global Conference on Environmental Taxation – Smart instrument mixes in a greening economy in Groningen, Netherlands.
7 conference or scientific papers were published or presented in international publications and conferences.
