Supporting green and resilient housing and urban development as part of the COVID-19 recovery in Colombia

Project Summary:

To improve the quality of housing and public space for vulnerable households, including migrants from Venezuela, in selected municipalities.

Activities will support the Colombia’s Ministry of Housing and Territory (MVCT), and the National Planning Department (NDP) to systematize and scale the technical and financial assistance provided to local governments to create an enabling environment for the effective implementation of large-scale, multisectorial urban transformation projects.

Specifically, grant financed activities aim to collaborate with the effective implementation of the Resilient and Inclusive Housing IPF Project in Colombia. Activities will contribute to Component 1 "Improve homes and neighborhoods for low-income households" as well as to Component 2 "Institutional strengthening to improve homes and neighborhoods".

Specifically, they will increase the Government's knowledge on themes such as urban regeneration policies, housing welfare policies, green architecture, carbon neutral urban development, and best practices for social cohesion through infrastructure investments. It is expected that knowledge sharing and training activities will also allow to learn on Korea's experience on construction management systems and public rental housing. Results from grant financed activities will be reflected in the successful achievement of the IPF indicators.

List of Activities:

• Improving urban development and housing planning, resilience and sustainability
• Development of new tools to improve prioritization of vulnerable households
• Development of tools for housing and urban transformation
• Strengthening environmental and social aspects and impact evaluation

Outcomes:

• Improved design of urban transformation projects
• Improved planning and urban management capacities of municipalities
• Increased participation of Korean companies in the definition/development of housing and urban projects

Collaboration with K-Partners and Others:

• Collaboration with key Korean partners through thematic workshops will include the delivery of workshops to identify challenges and opportunities related to (i) green growth principles, (ii) data collection, analysis, visualization, and open availability practices, (iii) monitoring and evaluation, with a focus on urban development, urban planning, resilient infrastructure, and housing.
• Partnership with the Ministry of Land Infrastructure (MOLIT) to (i) improve the inclusion and social equity in street planning and design through a smart city approach, and (ii) work on comprehensive data policies for cities, urban land, and housing
• Partnership with local governments to work on (i) challenges for urban development, and the development of user and decisionmaker-friendly interfaces, (ii) sharing financing instruments for housing programs linked to rental and acquisition housing units
• Partnership with Korea Land & Housing Corporation (LH) to (i) develop innovative urban planning and design for affordable housing and urban transformation projects, (ii) integrate of inclusive and sustainable housing development projects for targeted population as “Happy Housing Families Program" among others.
• Partnership with public and private drone and geospatial entities to use drone imagery for public space and perform remote public works inspections through drones.
• Partnership with Korea Land and Geospatial Informatix Corporation (LX) to work in the geospatial planning, land registration for urban planning, georeferencing and mapping.