This project shall enhance the organizational capacity of local
governments units to better manage their land, urban development and the linked
local revenues. Furthermore, the project activities and achievements shall also
support ongoing efforts aimed at improving the related legal and institutional
frameworks at the national level.
This project shall be implemented by UN-Habitat,
as well as selected national and international external experts in two
Governorates. One new city extension site and one inner city site in each
Governorate shall benefit from the project.
Activities and expected results
Describe:
project activities
expected results (level:
Impact, Outcomes, Outputs) [ A Log-frame is only compulsory for a project /
programme exceeding CHF 1 mio.! ]
estimated time frame for
the support of the partners / medium-term perspective
Length: 1½ - 2½ pages
The project impact, three components and objectives are summarized in
the table below:
Impact
Urban
residents benefit from a more transparent land management, as well as better
planned and financially sustainable basic infrastructure services, that offer
an attractive and inclusive alternative to informal settlements and facilitate
local economic facilities in two pilot Governorates.
Project Components
I.
Transparent and Effective Urban
Planning and Design and Land Management
II. Improved Public Finance Management and
Land Based Financing
III. Support to Urban Policies and Regulations
Objectives (Outcomes)
1.1
Improved land management, detailed planning
and infrastructure provision
1.2
Improved framework for local economic
development
2.1 Local government assets and investments mgmt
is strengthened
2.2 Financial planning for the implementation of
the city detailed plans is enhanced
2.3 Management of the Economic Housing Fund is
improved
2.4 Land-based revenue mobilization is increased
3.1 Enhanced local and national reforms on PFM,
urban planning and land management
3.2 Scaling-up of the project findings
Main activities and results to achieve under
each component are as follows:
Component I
Improved land management and infrastructure shall be supported in four
selected sites of proximately 100 feddans – 40 ha – each. There will be one new
urban expansion site and one inner city site to be rehabilitated in each of the
two Governorates (Qena and another yet to be determined during the inception
phase).
In each of the selected site, at least 80% of the landowners shall agree
with a new land readjustement / upgrading plan. The project shall also produce
land tenure and value assessment reports that will detail the potential of
land-based revenues. Detailed investment plans shall allow first infrastructure
works to be planned for new urban expansion sites and be locally tendered and implemented in inner city areas
through the project (e.g. in the water supply, sanitation, municipal waste
management, electricity sectors).
Component II
Roles, responsibilities and processes in investment management shall be
clarified. Investments shall be prioritized through financial feasibility
studies and cost-benefit analysis. A mid-term investment plan and an action
plan for the provision of infrastructure shall be produced, while future local
revenues and expenditures for the cities will be estimated.
Operational recommendations to improve the current management of the
Housing Fund locally financing
infrastructure shall be adopted and measures implemented by the Governorate. Local
revenues shall increase through the better use of land-based financing
instruments, such as the betterment levy and the developer exaction.
Component III
Policy recommendations for enhancing detailed plan implementation,
cadastral map, land registration, compliance with building regulations, land-value
capture and the Housing Fund management shall be issued. Guidelines to enhance
the coordination for capital investments shall be produced. Lessons
learned shall be disseminated to other sites of the Governorates and to other
Governorates.
As result of the activities under this
Component, several policy reforms are targeted to be implemented, e.g. in the
fields of detailed and investment planning, land registration, economic housing
fund management, land value capture instruments. Interest of other Governorates
to replicate and scale-up the project is expected to be officially communicated.
