Phase Urban Local Authorities

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Phase Urban Local Authorities
1 ? Demonstration Cities Colombo,
Dehiwala, Kotte
2 ? Western Province Replication
Cities Negombo, Wattala,
Kolonnawa, Moratuwa, Panadura
3 National Replication Cities
Gampaha, Ratnapura, Kandy, Matale,
Nuwara Eliya

• SCP New Cities
• Jaffna, Kilinochchi,
  Batticaloa Kattankudy,
  Galle

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Main Issues Identified

• Solid Waste Management
• Environmental Health
• Water Supply to Low Income Settlements
• Sewerage
• Floods/ Disaster Management
• Air Quality
• Health
• CITIES PRIORITISED THE ISSUES

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Improving Environmental information Systems

• Initiatives
• Tools used as a part of routine applications
• Delegated to different departments
• Made budgetary provisions
• Promote Local Area Network
• Built better confidence
• Brought municipal councilors into programme
• Tools used
• Stakeholder inventory
• City Profile
• Mapping facilities made available.
• Mainstreamed into urban decision making process

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ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES OF DECISION MAKING

• Introduced Working Group Concept
• Working Groups was Cross-Sectoral
• Representatives from different Departments
• Chaired by Commissioner
• City Development Committee formed
• Community organizations became direct involved in
  the process
• Led to Political Support
• Reached out to community
• Chaired by Elected Members
• Spread to other cities and became a very useful
  process in the Post-Tsunami rebuilding activities
  

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Cities improve efficient implementation of
environmental strategies through provision of
Basic Urban Services

• Success of Demo projects
• Development of an Integrated SWM Strategy
• Created strong links with national policies
• Linked with national policy on solid waste
  management
• Supreme court decision to develop Solid Waste
  Management strategy for 11 LAs ( SCP was
  promoting through the demo projects)

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DEMO PROJECTS
Compost bin
Bio-gas plant
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Cities make more efficient use of Financial
Technical Resources

• Success of DEMO Projects made more efficient use
  of funds
• Promoted LAs to make budgetary provisions
• Attracted Community Contribution
• Attracted private sector participation
• Technical Support came in through the
  participatory processes
• Technical Institutes supported through technical
  advice
• NGOs through community mobilisation
• IRC through specialised knowledge
• Attracted International Co-operation
• BUS Program
• MILES

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Local Capacity Building Needs National Training
Support

• IHS review recommended capacity building agenda
  and the strengths Weaknesses of Training
  Institutes
• Created Partnerships with National Private
  Training Institutes/Universities
• Carried out programs based on needs
• Developed Training Modules and tested
• Customized, translated Toolkit
• Developed Better Co-ordination
• Developed Skills

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Local Capacity Building Needs National Training
Support

• Network of support available
• National level training institutions
• Anchor institutions -UGSP, NTC, SLILG, CURP,
  SLIDA, MORATUWA UNIVERSITY
• Specialized training inputs
• Mapping facilities made available.
• All Departments became involved
• Used as database for SWM and Pro Poor activities
• Inputs to different parties at different levels
• New demand led Training Programs

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Mainstreaming Local Level

• Greater Co-ordination between different
• departments in Council
• Heads of Departments/Working Group Meeting,
• Effective Working Group Meetings upgraded
  to
• City Development Committee / SCP Meeting/.
• chaired by an Elected Member Process
  Integrated as a routine activity.

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Mainstreaming Local Level

• Integrated with other key stakeholders to develop
  the city strategy for Kotte
• Data management has come to stay. Enhanced by
  the training programs / EMIS contributed to
  improvements in planning and environmental
  management.
• Effective Tool for the community, Private Sector
  and NGOs to become involved in process of city
  management
• Recommendations of this committee taken up at
  statutory committee meeting and then by council
• DEMO projects approved and replicated in other
  parts of city

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Mainstreaming Local Level

• Data management has come to stay. Enhanced by
  the training programs / EMIS contributed to
  improvements in planning and environmental
  management.
• Through the process built better understanding
  and confidence between members and officials.

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Organization support for institutionalization

• National support
• Ministry of Urban Development Water Supply
• Ministry of Local Govt. Provincial Councils
• Project support
• Capacity Building support from national training
  institutions.
• NOGs

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Thank You!!