Support To The Implementation Of The Un-Habitat Country Programme For Ethiopia

The main purpose is to support to the Implementation of the UN-Habitat Country Programme for Ethiopia. This projects will specifically address the following challenges: a) Overall lack of technical and urban management capacity at the local level and the lack of effective institutions and of skilled personnel to plan and manage urban areas. b) Poor urban and regional planning. Plans are totally lacking especially where industrial parks are built. c) Lack of urban risk reduction and resilience building due to degraded ecosystems to control air, water and land pollution. d) Lack of coordination among stakeholders working in the urban agenda in Ethiopia. Benefits to urban dwellers include safe shelter, Improved supply of quality basic services, improved infrastructure, and good management of land and natural resources. The rest of the country would benefit from food security, sustainable economy and job creation, health and disaster risk reduction. The project will be implemented according to 4 focus areas: (i) Capacity building for city leaders (ii) Technical support for integrated urban and regional planning (iii) Implementation of the City Resilience Action Planning (CityRAP) Tool (iv) Institutional coordination in the urban sector Implementing Partners include the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) in partnership with SKL International and Sustainable Sweden Association (SSA). Institutional Partners include Ministry of Urban Development and Housing (MUDHo); Regional States (Amhara, SNNP and Tigray); Addis Ababa, Adama, Dire Dawa, Hawassa and Mekele city governments; and the Ethiopian Cities Association Donor: Swedish Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia