Background: During previous planning periods (2005/06-2014/15) the Ministry’s main focus on urban infrastructure and services has been: a) to mobilize financial resources - through (federal and regional) fiscal transfers and own resources - for investment in infrastructure and services[1]; b) to develop urban infrastructure and services planning, development and operation and maintenance systems. In the Capacity Building for Decentralized Service Delivery Project (2004-2008) Infrastructure inventories, assessments and five year capital investment plans were developed for 18 cities. Since then these have been refined as Infrastructure Asset Management Plans with integrated capital investment, operation and maintenance and revenue enhancement plans. GTP2 will build on these two initiatives; start with an assessment of existing urban infrastructure standards, the standards to be achieved, by different categories of cities by 2020 and 2025, and identify the infrastructure targets to be achieved and resource envelope required.
Objective: To develop and maintain urban public infrastructure and services in all categories of urban and rural development centers that meet standards and targets (coverage, quality, etc.) equivalent to achievement of middle income country status by 2025.
Goals:
- To improve the arrangements and mechanisms for the identification, selection, evaluation, design, procurement and execution of infrastructure investments;
- To strengthen the institutional and organizational framework for effective and efficient delivery and management of appropriate and well-functioning urban infrastructure;
- To prepare a set of standard level-of-service, design and construction standards for design and construction of urban infrastructure and services in urban centers and cities by category;
- To design, implement and put into operation tools to rehabilitate and extended infrastructure and services, particularly for: power supply, roads and urban transport, storm-water drainage and flood control, water supply and wastewater management.
- To build capacity for project identification, design, execution and implementation by local government, including supervision and quality assurance of works; and
- Integrate urban infrastructure planning, development and operations are integrated – including with all utilities.
Linkages: Pillar 7 is linked to Pillars 1, 3 and 10 which provide the institutional and organizational capacity and resources (human and financial) to plan, deliver and maintain urban infrastructure and services that involve public and private investments in urban development. Pillar 4. Provides the planning and land for development and maintenance of infrastructure and services.
[1] Urban Local Government Development Project 2008-14, Urban Local Government Development Program II 2014/15-2019/20, Urban Development Fund (Urban Governance and Decentralization Programme) 2005-2014. The ULGDP is funded partly by the World Bank, the Urban Development Fund partly by KfW.