Urban Management

The overall objective of the urban management capacity building sub-programme is to enhance the capacity of  federal institutions such as the MFA, UDCBO and NUPI,  regional urban development bureaux,  municipalities and urban-related institutions to deliver decentralised services efficiently and effectively, to promote and facilitate the establishment of good governance and create a conducive environment for the implementation of sustainable urban development. Institutional strengthening, training of the human resources and installing appropriate policies and working methods are key focus areas of the first phase of the urban management capacity building sub-programme whose objective is to provide efficient urban services that meet basic human needs, reduce poverty and improve the environment. It supports the Government's decentralisation policy by strengthening the capacity of local authorities to generate adequate revenue for sustained investment in the development of urban infrastructure and services.

While the broad objective of the sub-programme is enhancing the institutional and human resource, and putting in place systems that are needed for the efficient and effective delivery of adequate services and enable urban centres play roles expected of them in the social and economic development of the nation, its specific objectives are highlighted below.

• Prepare legislative and administrative instruments for the proper implementation of policies and strategies required for the delivery of adequate and quality urban services.
• Enhance the service delivery performance in municipal towns selected as phase one.
• Formulate and adapt municipal judicial administrative and legal framework.
• Establish and strengthen urban information and communication systems.
• Establish and strengthen four regions’ urban physical planning and planning units.
• Formulate management systems for the mobilisation of community participation in infrastructure development.
• Formulate human resource development policy and strategy.
• Formulate urban transport and energy development policy and strategy.
• Formulate and adapt urban environmental protection strategy.
• Put in place the policy and strategy frameworks that are needed for sustainable urban development and the efficient and effective delivery of urban services.
• Create a conducive environment in the urban sector with focus on the formulation of policies and strategies aimed at strengthening the performance of municipalities and other federal and regional institutions.
• Enhance the service delivery and management performance of municipalities by providing training and technical assistance.
• Formulate urban land and housing policy and strategy so as to improve the supply of urban land and housing and create favourable conditions for the development of urban housing sector.
• Assist regions and city administrations to formulate suitable legal and institutional frameworks that ensure self-administration and the autonomy of municipalities. 
• Create a conducive environment for municipalities to establish networking and co-operation amongst themselves to solve problems.
• Establish appropriate frameworks – legislative, administrative, fiscal and institutional – at the regional level for local governments.
• Prepare model/standard operational manuals to enhance the efficiency of municipalities for improved service delivery.  
• Strengthen the capacity of federal and regional institutions with a view to providing efficient and adequate support to municipalities.
• Introduce computerised land management system for municipalities to systematically manage urban land and buildings, and raise revenue.
• Broaden the revenue base, raise rates and make arrangements for inter-governmental transfers such as tax sharing, grants and the like with a view to enhancing the capacity of municipalities for improved service delivery.
• Build the capacity of selected municipalities to deliver services in an efficient, accountable and financially sustainable manner through restructuring the existing institutions.
• Enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of sanitation service in selected urban centres.