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

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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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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

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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/ldpldp@unitar.org

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