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UNITARUNITAR’’s Local s Local Development ProgrammeDevelopment Programme
18th February 2009
Bangkok, Thailand
Workshop on knowledge transfer and capacity building for water and sanitation services in Asia and the Pacific
United Nations Institute United Nations Institute for Training and for Training and
Research (UNITAR)Research (UNITAR)
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Purpose
To enhance the effectiveness of the UN through appropriate
training and research
Vision
To be a centre of excellence for standard-setting
methodologies, high-quality training, research capacity and
knowledge systems
Historical Background
Established as an autonomous body within the United Nations
system in 1965
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Thematic focal areas
Environment
Chemicals and Waste Management
Climate Change
Biodiversity
Environmental Governance and Law
Governance
E-Governance
Local Development
Public Finance and Trade
Peace, Security and Diplomacy
International Law
Multilateral Diplomacy
Peacemaking and Conflict Prevention
Peacekeeping Training
Research
Knowledge Systems Innovation
UNOSAT
UNITAR
www.unitar.org
Local Development ProgrammeLocal Development Programme(LDP)(LDP)
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Our mission
To provide training to local actors in order to enhance their capacity to implement locally the Millennium Development Goals and other international conventions.
Vision
To become a hub for information, communication and training between United Nations Agencies, academic institutions, national stakeholders and local actors such as local authorities, civil society and public and private companies.
Activities
Undertake a participatory process (training workshops,etc.) to support local authorities in their local development
Enable exchange of knowledge, expertise and best-practice experiences
Promote decentralized and city-to-city cooperation
Strengthen community and stakeholders’ involvement
Promote local democracy and good governance through capacity building
“If my neighbor can do it, then so
can I!”
Simon Compaoré, Mayor of
Ouagadougou, President of MDP,
Burkina Faso
LDP’s Target group:
Local authorities
in partnerships with :
• National Governments• Civil Society• IGO’s• Private Sector
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www.unitar.org/ldp
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Areas of actionThe training sessions for local authorities focus on four major areas:
Sustainable Urbanization and Environment
Urban planning
Urban environment services (transport, water, waste, energy)
Climate Change
Local governance and Economic Development
Local governance (gender, public participation, e-Governance)
Local economic development (Income generation, PPP,employability, business skills and management)
Local Institutional Support
Building local capacities (accountability and transparency, local leadership and municipal management, reform and decentralization support)
Health and Human Security
Human security (urban safety and social coexistence)
Local health management ( Urban management of HIV Aids, local risk management of pandemics)
The Unitar/UN-Habitat initiative on «Access to basic services for All»highlights the rights and responsibilities of the stakeholders involved in the provision of basic services and aims at improving the delivery of these services to the poorest.
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CIFAL
LDP implements its training programmes through a network of 10 CIFAL centers :
Americas:
CIFAL Atlanta
CIFAL Curitiba
Africa:
CIFAL Durban
CIFAL Ouagadougou
Asia and Pacific
CIFAL Kuala Lumpur
CIFAL Shanghai
Europe
CIFAL Barcelona
CIFAL Bilbao
CIFAL Findhorn
CIFAL Plock
CIFAL centers are established in
cooperation with local authorities and other
stakeholders.
The acronym CIFAL signifies "International International
Training Centre for Training Centre for Local Local
Authorities/ActorsAuthorities/Actors“
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Description CIFAL Scope:
CIFAL Atlanta (USA): Americas (Western hemisphere)
Economic Development, Environmental Sustainability, Social Development and Quality of Life, and Information Technology
CIFAL Barcelona (Spain): Mediterranean area / Latin America
Security and Conviviality in Urban Spaces
Local governance: leadership development, gender and public participation, local finance,
Health: HIV/AIDS
CIFAL Bilbao (Spain): Global (emphasis on Latin America)
Digital Local Agenda and e-Governance
CIFAL Curitiba (Brazil): South AmericaHealth: HIV/AIDS
Sustainable Urbanization and Environment
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CIFAL Durban (South Africa): Africa / Anglophones countries
Sustainable urbanisation/Environment and Local governance
Health: HIV/AIDS
CIFAL Findhorn (Scotland): Northern Europe
Sustainable Urbanisation and Environment
CIFAL Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia): Asia-Pacific
Sustainable Urbanisation and Environment
CIFAL Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso):Africa /francophones countries
Sustainable urbanisation/Environment and Local governance
CIFAL Plock (Poland): Central and Eastern Europe
Sustainable Urbanisation and Environment
CIFAL Shanghai (China): Asia-Pacific
Information society
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PartnershipsPrivate sector
VEOLIA ENVIRONNEMENT
TOTAL
Bolloré
Addax Petroleum
State Governments
Estonia
Spain
France
Republic of Korea
Switzerland
Principauté de Monaco
Local Governments
Basque region of Spain
Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalan Government of Spain)
City of Curitiba
City of Atlanta
City of Findhorn
City of Plock
City of Lyon
City of Tallinn
City of Ouagadougou
City of Durban
City of Kuala Lumpur
City of Shanghai
United Nations
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)
World Bank Institute
World and Regional Associations of Cities
United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG)
The Regional Network of Local Authorities for the Management of Human Settlements (CITYNET)
Federación Latinoamericana de Ciudades, Municipios y Asociaciones (FLACMA)
Partenariat pour le Développement Municipal (PDM)
IT4ALL-Network of Local Authorities for the Information Society
Foundations and NGOs
Fondation Albert II de Monaco
Global Ecovillage Network
The African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF)
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Methodology
In the seminars, traditional training methods, such as presentations by practitioners, are combined with interactive approaches based on knowledge management techniques and field visits. This encourages cooperation between the participating cities.
Workshops objectives:
To assess current levels of competencies in each city
To share experiences, knowledge, skills and innovative ideas with peer participants
To learn from experts’ lectures and discussions
To see and experience best practices in the field
To find partner(s) for future city-to-city cooperation
LDP has been applying Knowledge Management
techniques to its capacity-development
activities since early 2003
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City Share City Share methodology:methodology:
• Self-assessment exercise
•Discussions about good and bad practises
• Peer assist exercises•Producing an Action Plan
•Building cooperation
LDP and Water SanitationLDP and Water Sanitation
15Water and Sanitation: LDP’ objectives
To strengthen the capacities of local authorities in order to improve in a sustainable way, the standards and the quality of the services provided to the populations, particularly to the most underprivileged sections. This objective includes:
The strengthening of human capacities:
In order for municipal staff to be able to plan, develop, operate and evaluate water and sanitation facilities
Development of efficient institutional frameworks
To facilitate resources mobilization and access to international financing
To facilitate inter-sectoral coordination of activities within the municipality and with other development partners,
To improve accountability, transparency and optimal use of public resources (human and financial resources)
Provision of efficient management tools
To encourage legal reforms in the sector
For operational follow up, environmental management, etc.
Provision of innovative, efficient solutions and mechanisms in order to improve access to water and sanitation for the poor
16Face-to-face workshops on water and sanitation
LDP conducted many training activites in water and sanitation in
CIFAL Durban, CIFAL Kuala Lumpur and CIFAL Ouagadougou on the
following issues:
Financing Municipal Water Services: the creditworthiness challenge
The water resource management
Water & Sanitation Infrastructure Development & Skills Mobilization
Water and sanitation: Access to international funds
LDP and ELDP and E--learning on learning on ““Governance in Urban Governance in Urban
SanitationSanitation””
18E-learning course on water and sanitation: Goal and Methodology
Goal
To enhance the capacity of local decision-makers to make the most efficient and pro-poor choices and investments in urban sanitation. The course provides analytical tools to understand the financial and institutional framework of the sanitation sector, creating the ability to assess specific situations and make recommendations to design and implement financial and institutional reforms in the sector.
Methodology
The course will be delivered through UNITAR virtual learning environment.
The learning activities are based in sound adult learning pedagogical principles. They include, among others:
self-assessment activities,
peer-to-peer review and evaluation,
and social elements.
The modules are structured in a non-linear way so as to provide learners with a high degree of flexibility in choosing the learning path that is the most adequate to them
19E-learning course on sanitation
20E-learning course on sanitation
21E-learning course on sanitation: Approach
30 participants from Asia and the Pacific region will be selected to participate in the first session of the course “Governance in Urban Sanitation”.
20 participants with the most outstanding results will be selected to participate in a face-to-face workshop to be held in the Asia and Pacific region in June 2009. During this workshop participants will deepen their knowledge in sanitation issues and be trained as online facilitators so as to be able to become tutors in future sessions of the course.
Possibility of providing the course contents to a third party for translation and eventually running the course
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Applications: 220 applications received as of 6th February
Beginning of the course: 23rd March
Duration of the course: 8 weeks; 23 March to 15 May 2009
E-learning course on sanitation: Applications
UNITAR Local Development Programme
Maison Internationale de l'Environnement (MIE)11, chemin des Anémones1219 Genève - Châtelaine - SUISSE
Tél: +41 (0) 22 917 85 75Fax: +41 (0) 22 917 80 47www.unitar.org/[email protected]
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