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Cities Alliance Consultative Group Meeting,
Marrakech 2005
Member´s Report
Federal Republic of Germany
2005
Cities Alliance Consultative Group Meeting,
Marrakech 2005
Frame
conditions
Urban
issues
Public debate
Research
Projects
Prospects
Ongoing efforts to achieve the
MDG „Programme of Action
2015“
During the last 5 years funds
for bi-lateral development cooperation declined steadily
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Urban
issues
Public debate
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Projects
Prospects
Urban issues in German Development Co-operation
are cross – cutting topics!
Urban Development is integrated into
5 of 11 sector-focuses:
• Democracy, civil society and public
administration
• Water and sanitation
• Infrastructure and Transport
• Economic development
• Environment
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Megacities and their Poor: Crisis or Opportunity?
Frame
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Urban
issues
Public
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Cities and their Role for the UN Millennium Development
Goals, Development Policy in Dialogue with Mayors
Berlin, 11th of May 2005
The State Secretary of the German Federal
Ministry for Economic Cooperation and
Development reconfirmed:
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Projects
Germany continues to support the Cities Alliance through its direct
cooperation with its partners in the cities as well as through financial and
personal support of the Alliance´s secretariat.
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Megacities and their Poor: Crisis or Opportunity?
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Urban
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Conclusions of the panel discussion:
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Prospects
Poverty is increasingly an urban phenomenon.
Overcoming urban poverty is key to reaching other global
objectives, with emphasis in Peace and Security, and
Sustainability.
The urban poor are an asset. They come with problems, but they
are also part of the solutions.
Local communities, the cities have impressive success stories to
tell.
Local Authorities bring their voice and their needs to the table of
the international community. The international community begins
to recognise the political relevance of urban issues, transformed
from technical issues.
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Frame
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Urban
issues
Public
debate
Eschborn Dialogue / GTZ Spotlight 2005
Focus – Fascination - Future: Designing
tomorrow‘s cities
“Development policy is increasingly turning into
urban policy.”
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KfW Panel discussion on rural-urban-linkages in Bonn
„ We can´t stop migration, but we should steer it in a human way“
„ Strenghen local (urban and rural) governance“
„ A fresh look at cities with a holistic approach is needed“
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Up coming:
Prospects
Conference in Manila, February 2006
ADB/BMZ/KfW/InWEnt/GTZ/Cities Alliance
„Investing in Asia‘s Urban Future“
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Megacities research programme of BMBF (Federal Ministry of
Education and Science)
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conditions
Focus: „prevention and therapy" not only „diagnosis“
Aming at:
Urban
issues
• Innovative strategies for sustainable urban development,
• development and implementation of integrated approaches of
planning and management
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Projects in 15 asian, african and latin-american cities
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Prospects
Co-operating research teams of the respective cities,
participation of civil society and industry and local governments
different topics of sustainable urban development:
water and sanitation, urban agriculture, health,
traffic planning and housing
Budget 65 mio Euro, start July, 1st 2005, duration 11
years
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New projects, e.g.: Tsunami Reconstruction
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Indonesia: 59 mio. Euro special funds (2005)
• Housing and infrastructure
• Support of local governments/municipalities: planning the
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Public debate
reconstruction including disaster risk management
• Strengthening participation
Sri Lanka: 85 mio. Euro special funds (2005)
• Water- and energy supply, housing
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• Participation of the affected population.
• Training of artisans in construction related professions.
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„Solidarity gets a face“ / Service Agency - Partnership Initiative
Prospects
Approx. 1400 offers about 40% from municipalities
560 successfully merged with the reported needs in the affeced areas
280 projects started
Processing of offers continues, „quality“ as guiding principal
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Urban
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Public debate
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Prospects
Lessons learnt: the case of Mathare Valley slum
up grading programme, Kenia
Objective of the project:
 improve the living conditions of about
21,000 poor people living in the slum
Mathare 4A (Nairobi),
to provide them with access to a
functioning basic infrastructure and to
enable them to live in humane housing
for affordable rent
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At the start in 1996:
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No urban infrastructure
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Poor housing conditions
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Mainly tenants
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High crime rate
Project executing agency arch-diocese of Nairobi with rights to the
land in form of a 90 years hereditary tenancy
Implementing agency: „Amani Housing Trust“
(private law company owned by the arch-diocese)
2000:
• Functioning administrative structure in the area
• around 95% of the rent was paid on time.
• The rent revenues covered the expenses for
operating and maintenance of the infrastructure.
• The construction included space for small shops.
Income opportunities arose in the area.
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End of 2000: Violent conflict between former „structure owners“
and the project executing agency
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The project was interrupted until 2003.
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issues
2003: dialogue with the new Kenian government,
Mediation, conflict management
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•New unrests, partly fueled by a member of the Nairobi City Council
(NCC)
•Meeting of the Minister of Roads & Public Works with the
respective member of the NCC and representatives of parts
of the target group easing the situation partly; remaining high risks
Prospects
2005: phasing out due to the circumstances
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Achieving the intended impacts (during the
planning and implementation phases):
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•analysis of the political conditions (national and local government)
•analysis of competing interests and distribution of power
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•Clear definition of competences of the organisational set up
•Defining the expected commitment and participation of
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the population
•commitments of Ministry and City Council to maintain principles
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of Good Governance as well as Law and Order
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joint efforts according to the defined division
of responsibilities among the development
partners
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Future topics
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Emerging City regions (e.g. Asia)
Urban
issues
German experiences: Restructuring of the
Rhine-Ruhr Region
Public debate
Renewables
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Projects
Prospects
Provision of renewable energy in cities
Challenge: “Post settlement planning”
Provision of infrastructure in unplanned
settlements
Densification in unplanned settlements
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Member´s Report
Federal Republic of Germany
2005
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