Background: The current regional and federal proclamations for city governments, including Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa, were enacted more than 10 years ago. Some improvements to the legal frameworks are identified and needed. The effective legal frameworks for management of urban centers cannot succeed without: a) standards for delivery of services that are linked to achievement of middle income country status and which are adopted and implemented by cities; and b) the capacity to produce university graduates and TVET technicians that build and maintain the quantity and quality of human resources involved in urban development, housing and the construction industry. Current quality and quantity[1] are identified as weaknesses in PASDEP and GTP I implementation.
Objective: An effective and efficient policy, legal and regulatory framework for good governance of cities and town together with the quality and quantity of human resources, provided on a sustainable basis, to ensure prosperous urban centers that achieve citizens’ satisfaction, good governance and economic and social development targets.
Goals:
- All cities with populations of 20,000+ adopt and implement service delivery standards linked to benchmarked performance targets for urban development and housing services;
- Current and future demand for all categories and levels of (federal, regional and local) ULG, housing and construction industry human resources is met by a consistent and sustainable supply of professionals and technicians (university graduate (BSc, Masters & PhD) and vocational (TVET)), plus continuous professional development.
- Cities have the legal frameworks and organizational structure that are fully effective and efficient in ensuring citizens’ satisfaction, good governance and growth (economic and social development).
- Benchmarked performance indicators are identified that support a Prosperity Index based on identifying citizens’ satisfaction, good governance and economic / social development linked to achievement of middle income country status.
Linkages: Pillar 3, Project 3.1.2 which is implemented by the MUDHCo Policy and Program Bureau will incorporate the services standards developed in Project 3.1.1 and the benchmarking system developed by the technical assistance consultant contracted by MUDHCo in Project 3.1.3. The technical assistance consultant contracted in Project 3.1.3 will investigate and recommend urban local governments’ financial management and mobilization systems that overlap with Pillar 10, Projects 10.1.1, 10.1.2 and 10.1.3. Project 3.1.2 that addresses training and education at university and TVET levels, generally and for GTP2 implementation specifically, is closely linked to Project 1.1.1 the establishment of an Urban Leadership Center of Excellence but will until the ULCoE is established be the main implementation means for capacity building.
[1] Rapid staff turnover leading to lack of organizational continuity, together with quality and quantity (numbers by discipline/profession) are identified as human resource gaps.