Lake Victoria City Development Strategies (CDS)

for Improved Urban Environment and Poverty Reduction

Lake Victoria City Development Strategies (CDS)

 Socioeconomic future of nations increasingly determined in urban areas

 Global process of decentralization shifting power & resources to cities
and citizens
 Quality of urban governance differentiates declining cities from
prosperous ones
 CDS is an initiative of UN-HABITAT with support from SIDA
 Support for urban development and environment is priority area for Sida
 Bukoba, Entebbe, Homa Bay, Kampala, Kisumu, and Musoma council’s
are implementers
 UN-HABITAT working in partnership with cities to improve opportunities
for all citizens in an inclusive manner esp. urban poor and women
 CDS goal - collective city vision and action plan to improve urban
governance and management, increase investment to expand
employment and services, and systematic and sustained reductions in
urban poverty
 CDS applied in Asia, Africa, Europe and L.America(160 cities worldwide
Lake Victoria City Development Strategies (CDS)

 CDS aim is to mobilize city authorities and stakeholders in Lake region

to develop a programme for laying out City Development Strategies.
 The strategies uphold popular, private and public participation and
decision-making in efforts to improve the living conditions and
environment for urban dwellers.
 Lake Victoria is 2nd largest fresh water body shared by Kenya (6%),
Tanzania (49%) and Uganda (45%)
 1/3 of combined population of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda derive
livelihood from the lake through fishing and agriculture.
 Lake represents important economic resource for the region which can
only be sustained if the lake's rich and diverse ecosystem is well
managed.
Lake Victoria CDS Project Sites
 Project Sites Profile

City Population Size Key Issues

Phase I Kampala, UG 1.2 million 189 km2 •Sanitation & drainage
•Waste management
•Income generation systems
•Shelter
Kisumu, KE 345,312 417 km2 •Neighborhood & city planning
(1999) •Water and sanitation
•Self-employment and poverty reduction
•Security
•HIV/AIDS
•Waste management
Musoma, TZ 120,000 63 km2 •Poor solid and liquid waste management
(Kitaji Pond)
•Poor infrastructure services
•Inadequate clean and safe water
•Poor urban governance
•HIV/Aids pandemic
Second Bukoba, TZ 81,221 80 km2
Generation
Entebbe, UG 55,086 56.2 km2
Homa Bay, KE 85,000 197 km2
 Project Sites Selection Criteria

Cities selected in consultation with LVRLAC

Phase II secondary cities selected i.e. population
<100,000
Secondary cities can influence larger cities
Larger cities have many other ongoing initiatives
General framework for participatory CDS process comprises
Phase 1: Preparing for the CDS Phase 3: Action Plan
Phase 2: Identification of Key Areas Phase 4: Implementation
 Capacity Building Issues - Kampala Workshop

 Key issue emerging related to human resources specifically ability to relate and
professionally prepare and implement CDS
 Assessed training needed to effectively practice participatory planning during life
of the CDS
 Councils encouraged to building capacity in financial resources and capital
mobilization
 Key challenge for Phase I CDS cities was inadequate capacity to undertake
CDS preparation
 Focal point staff reported that councils do not have enough qualified staff to do
the task
 Furthermore, stakeholders’ representatives nominated as working group
member’s did not easily assimilate to task.
 Challenge was posed by councillors, who took a bit longer to buy into the idea of
CDS
 CDS process seen as building another layer of power
 Process requires council to share a lot of information with public, which is not the
usual practice - explains why cities took longer to complete CDS
 Bukoba Capacity Building Action Plan

CDS Tasks Needed Additional Capacity Training Needed Whom to be

trained
Participatory  Enhance capacities of staff and  Train staff on service delivery  Town human
planning councilors on efficient council service data collection resource officer
delivery  Train councillors on various  Town director
skills on service delivery  District medical
 Conduct learning study tour on officer
M&E of HIV/AIDS incidence
 Sensitizecommunity on CDS process &  Sensitizecommunity leaders  Community
planning methodology – mitaa level, on CDs process development
ward level, district leaders  Train HOD on CDS process & officer
planning methodology  Town economist

 Enhance capacities of HOD,  Train HOD on O&OD planning  Mtaaleaders

communities and district leaders on
O&OD planning methodology
 To sensitize community on horticulture
farming thereby reducing poverty in the
society
methodology to new TOT  HOD(TOTs)
 Train mitaa leaders, ward and
mitaa planning team on O &
OD planning methodology
 Train farmers on horticulture  Town agriculture
farming, gardening and officer
landscaping
 Entebbe Capacity Building Action Plan

CDS Tasks Needed Additional Capacity Training Needed Whom to be trained

City profiling  Social worker & research  Appraisal Methodology  Research

assistant  Data collection assistant
 Data analysis  Social planner
City  Keystakeholders  Communication skills  Management team
consultation NGOs,CBOs,Boda Boda  Councilors

Formulation of  Private sector  Sensitization  Workinggroup

working groups  Group dynamics members
 Communication Skills
 Analytical skills
 Homa Bay Capacity Building Action Plan

CDS Tasks Needed Additional Capacity Training Needed Whom to be trained

Participatory Staffing Levels  Community mobilization  Councilors

Planning  awareness  Select stakeholders
capacity  environmentaltraining  Select council officers
 communication
 teamwork
 Capacity Building Issues - Entebbe

Entebbe ToT Capacity Building Workshop covered:

 City Development Strategy (CDS) Process
 Preparing a City Profile
 Participatory Planning
 Communication and Information Sharing
 Teamwork and Team Building
 Resource Mobilization
 Project Management
 Negotiation Skills
 Capacity Building Achievements

 Cities understand better how to practice participatory planning during the

CDS process
 Participants better placed to perfect art of communication and
negotiation skills
 Council officials and stakeholders can better negotiate successfully
among themselves
 CDS working group member’s synergies and teamwork improved
 LAs improve on own revenue sources and skills to seek external funding
 Participants better understand how to implement & manage action plans
 Participants well equipped to form a training of trainer’s resource pool
 Capacity Building Outputs

 Financing Toolkit - LAs equipped with integrated tools for resource

mobilization
 Training course on Municipal Planning and Service Delivery - MASHAV,
Jerusalem, Oct - Nov 2006
 Kampala 2nd Generation Induction Workshop - May 2005
 Capacity Building Action Plan
 Entebbe ToT Capacity Building Workshop - July 2005
 Lake Victoria CDS Cities Websites and Training Manual produced
 Lake Victoria Cleanup Week - annual event
 Lake Victoria Environmental Management Award – recognizes achievers
in environmental management
 Recommendations and Way Forward

 Training to strengthen stakeholders capacities

 Councils utilize financing toolkit to guide them on raising resource
 HIV/AIDS Action Plans to be part of the CDS activity for the lake region
 Phase I CDS cities to act as resource cities for consolidating the CDS which is
an ongoing process
 Develop a mechanism for working with and building capacity of CBOs/NGOs at
the city level - partnership with ECOVIC and LVRLAC.
 Setting up of the Mayors Advisory Council.
 Expand the programme to other municipalities
 Institutionalization of the CDS process
 Pioneer CDS cities is to apply their acquired skills and share information with the
Second Generation cities. He called for the bringing onboard of new
stakeholders and up-scaling of information about the region
 Second Generation cities - strive to have true stakeholder participation by having
strong, active, successful, productive and honest interactions with various
stakeholders