The project
is the result of a long-time engagement with the Government of the Republic of
Guinea since 2012. UN-Habitat has been providing free technical support to
enhance institutional capacity. On the other hand, the Government of Guinea and
UN-Habitat signed a Memorandum of Understanding to better facilitate the
advisory services in line with the Nation’s vision and priorities. The
consistency and the quality of the support fostered the trust of the Government
who suggested the European Union to see UN-Habitat’s expertise implement this
project.
The
programme is strongly aligned to pillar 2 on economic governance and public
administration and pillar 5 on environment and human settlements of the Guinea
Vision 2040. Subsequently, the project is aligned to pillar 1 and pillar 3 of
the UNDAF 2018 - 2022: governance, state of law, and democracy then inclusive
development of human capital.
The five
components of the project will complement each other. A baseline report will
give more details on how this will be done. By anticipation, the capacity
building aspect will enable the team in charge of the formulation of the
policy, the review of the national territorial development plan, and the
implementation of catalytic project to easily embark and engage women, youth,
community leaders, public institutions, and the civil society organisations.
Results of context analysis and spatial prospective will inform the selection
of intervention sites and how the national experts will be involved in
redevelopment and upgrading initiatives. At the end of the programme, an
ex-post evaluation will help to refine the methodology used in the beginning
and widely disseminated at country and international level.
Key
activities in the project will be based on recently released reports such as
Greater Conakry Vision 2040, Kaloum and Loss Island redevelopment plan, and
National Social and Socio economic Development Plan for example.
The lessons
learned from the final evaluation of Urban Development and Housing Programme in
Chad, the final report of the formulation of the National Urbanisation Policy
in Rwanda, the final evaluation of the urban governance programme in Cameroon,
and those captured during the implementation of the urban planning and design
lab, the participatory land use planning in the Democratic Republic of Congo,
the use of SIG in Somalia to improve services delivery will inform the
conception and implementation of activities to avoid political sensibility, and
managerial and operation risks to ensure a timely and quality delivery of
outcomes.
