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Project summary

The objective of the requested Grant is to support the achievement of the project PDO by supporting the land reform to ensure that the current challenges in land management and forward-looking land-use planning do not become barriers to the creation of urban land markets and efficient delivery of urban infrastructure and services. To this end, the Grant will aim to (1) provide support and capacity building to the public stakeholders of the land sector by promoting environmental, economic and social sustainability of land for sustainable urban development; and (2) provide institutional, analytical, and knowledge-sharing support to the dialogue on land and urbanization reforms between the Government of Uzbekistan and the World Bank. The grant would contribute to the green resilient and inclusive development (GRID) by enabling sustainable economic and social transformations, through efficient allocation and use of land resources. The grant is well aligned with the “Green” Pillar of the WB GRID framework and will provide support and capacity building to the public stakeholders of the land sector by promoting environmental, economic and social sustainability of land for sustainable urban development. It will also support the design and preparation of a proposed new investment operation in Uzbekistan that would build upon both the experience of the ongoing Medium-size Cities Integrated Urban Development Project and that of the “Modernization of Real Property Registration and Cadastre Project” (closing in August 2023) to support the ongoing land reforms in the country through improved land management in support of sustainable and green urbanization models. The design of this integrated land management pilot intervention would be based on the good international practices of such type of reforms to demonstrate how improved land management practices in Uzbekistan could lead to a more efficient and greener urbanization.

List of Activities

Acitivty 1. Building institutional capacity through piloting of Integrated Land Management and streamlining urban land market-creation process - This Activity will aim to build the capacities of relevant government agencies responsible for urban land reform using supporting them in the development of a modern land management system and instruments, and apply them in the design of implementable pilots that could ground-test the proposed approaches and instruments to initiate an iterative learning process that would support the scale-up at country level of the urban land reform. Activity 2: Technical assistance and knowledge-sharing to inform the preparation of a potential new investment project on Urban Land Management and Green Urbanization - This activity will aim to inform the design and preparation of a proposed new investment operation in Uzbekistan that would build upon both the experience of the ongoing Medium-size Cities Integrated Urban Development Project and that of the “Modernization of Real Property Registration and Cadastre Project”. The project is already included in the Country Partnership Framework 2022-2026 and would be expected to support the ongoing land reform in the country through improved land management in support of sustainable and green urbanization models.

Outputs and Outcomes

Both activities to be financed by the KGGTF will support and complement Component 2 of the MSCIUDP for Institutional Strengthening and Capacity Building for Sustainable Urbanization, and its subcomponents 2.A and 2.B. The project implementation so far demonstrated that sustainable and green urbanization Uzbekistan is hindered by outdated land management systems, complete lack of urban land markets and absence of modern instruments for efficient mobilization of urban land for sustainable urban development. Weak and outdated/Soviet-era land management and planning tools are also contributing to inefficient urban sprawl and backlog in expansion of urban services and infrastructure. Eventually, the expected outcomes from the program would include a direct contribution to the holistic roadmap of land reform for the government or Uzbekistan and support to operationalize such roadmap through a pilot project that would demonstrate innovative country models for improved land management in support of sustainable and green urbanization.

Collaboration with K-Partners and Others

In implementing the proposed grant, the World Bank will be working closely with Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH), Korea Real Estate Board (KREB), National Geographic Information Institute (NGII) and Korea Land and Geospatial InformatiX Corporation (LX). The proposed program will include a number of capacity-building and knowledge-sharing events with LH and KREB for its input in the valuation of the real estate and land for developing new towns in areas like coordination among agencies on ICT systems and big data gathering to strengthen resilience, citizen participation for better public service, and real estate development for various purposes. Moreover, the TA will also include discussion sessions with experts in the Presidential Committee for Balanced National Development which will be able to share its vision and history that provided the groundwork for the implementation of projects carried out by such organizations like LH. For the activities related to the NSDI the team intends to collaborate with National Geographic Information Institute (NGII) and Korea Land and Geospatial InformatiX Corporation (LX).

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This grant aims to generate knowledge and provide technical support to the Indonesian government to enable inclusive and resilient urban development. It will integrate green design and technology for new home construction, support the scaling of a green certification program for the affordable housing sector, and strengthen private sector engagements to enable a blended financing platform to support fiscal sustainability.  

List of Activities

• ‘Indonesia Green and Affordable Housing Program’ (IGAHP) platform development
• IGAHP Blended Funding and Financing Platform Development
• Framework development for getting carbon credits from green, resilient, and affordable housing and public building

Outputs and Outcomes

Output 1:

• A technical paper laying out recommendations for a roadmap for the IGAHP platform development
• Workshops and/or focus group discussions to collect data and build consensus for IGAHP development and implementation plan
• A study tour providing knowledge exchange with counterparts in Korea on climate-resilient housing, construction, certification, and operation best practices.

Output 2:

• A technical paper presenting an action plan for funding instruments and sources, term of references to support discussions with potential funders, and pro-forma financial and cash flow statements for the IGHAP operating plan
• Presentations at international housing / housing finance investment conferences on IGAHP concepts to obtain feedback and inputs on the financing scheme and to support dialogues and donor coordination mechanisms

Output 3:

• An assessment report on a baseline GHG emissions study for the affordable housing and public building sector on a ’business as usual’ (BAU) scenario and potential operational options for carbon credit monitoring and reporting
• A workshop for the dissemination of findings and consensus building with stakeholders

Outcomes:

Implementation of the activities will result in: (i) informing preparation of the NAHP 2.0 (National Affordable Housing Program – P154948) and intermediary outcome to the submission of the Bappenas investment blue book on green and affordable housing project; and (ii) Increased investment to improve climate change adaptation and mitigation in the housing sector value chain and intermediary outcomes related to coordination with our counterpart MPWH to submit green and energy-efficient housing volume targets in the preparation of the national medium-term strategy RPJMN 2024-2029.

Collaboration with K-Partners and Others

• Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements (KRIHS)
• Korea Land and Housing
• Korea Exim Bank
• IFC EDGE
• World Bank Climate Change team
• ESMAP

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The project objective is to promote the use of knowledge-driven mechanisms to operationalize green, resilient, inclusive development and recovery in Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. The Grant will support the Government of Nepal (GoN) in the operationalization of Green, Resilient, and Inclusive Development (GRID) in two critical and interlinked areas: (i) Green Land Use, and (ii) Green Buildings and Construction. The grant is directly linked to the GRID Advisory Program Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka PASA deliverable N1.4. and Nepal Urban Governance and Infrastructure Project (NUGIP).  

List of Activities

• Enhancing green land use planning
• Promoting green building regulations/standards
• Piloting green land use planning and green building regulations at the municipality level

Outputs and Outcomes

Output 1:

• Assessment and recommendations report on local land use planning guidelines drafted
• Coordination meetings among MLMCPA, MoFAGA, MoUD, and Development Partners on local land use planning facilitated
• International land use planning conference organized together with Land Management Training Center (LMTC)

Output 2:

• Report with proposals for Green Building Code completed
• Report with proposals to Green Building Guidelines completed
• Assessment Reports on the industry, construction sector, etc published
• Coordination meetings among GoN and Development Partners organized Outcome

Output 3:

• Number of municipality officers trained in technical guidelines for local-level land use planning
• Recommendations report for enhancing land use planning and building code guidelines

Outcomes:

Implementation of the activities will contribute to (i) National technical guidelines for local-level land use planning prepared, published and disseminated; (ii) Inform the development of a trigger on Green Build Code to Third Nepal GRID DPC; and (iii) National technical guidelines for local level land use planning prepared, published and disseminated.

Collaboration with K-Partners and Others

• Embassy of the Republic of Korea
• Korea Land & Housing Corporation (LH)
• Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT)
• British Embassy Kathmandu (BEK)
• European Commission
• UN-Habitat
• USAID
• IFC

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The objective of this grant is to conduct a building back greener diagnostic and to help identify policy reforms and investment options for selected priorities towards green growth in Bangladesh. Specifically, this grant will support Bangladesh to take a multi-sectoral approach to advance green growth involving: green finance and fiscal policy, the agriculture/water/forest nexus, clean energy and transport, resilient infrastructure and urban development, nature-based tourism, biodiversity, and waste and pollution. Knowledge and institutions could benefit from the value addition and support offered by the KGGTF providing an opportunity to influence and inform decision-making in Bangladesh to transition to green economies and recovery. This grant will be mapped to, Bangladesh CMU Green Growth DPC (Pipeline) based on the Bangladesh Build Back Greener project. 

List of Activities

• Activity 1: Green growth diagnostics and thematic deep dives. 
• Activity 2: Green growth platforms for policy dialogue, knowledge promotion and dissemination.
• Activity 3: Green growth capacity building, pilot and demonstration. Outputs include (i) Review of policies for identified new technology to create new jobs; (ii) Report on green skills in Bangladesh; (iii) Pilot on green tech in Bangladesh; (iv) Training programs to develop new skills; (v) Knowledge Exchange (virtual and in person)

Outputs and Outcomes

Output 1 

• Prioritized list of financial and fiscal instruments for green growth for Bangladesh
• Case study of Korean experience, and benchmarking with Bangladesh in promoting green investment by public and private sector
• Report on Economic valuation of natural capital for the southwest
• Report on Bangladesh’s systems for environmental risk management
• Air Quality Action Plan.

Output 3

• Review of policies for identified new technology to create new jobs
• Report on green skills in Bangladesh
• Pilot on green tech in Bangladesh
• Training programs to develop new skills
• Knowledge Exchange (virtual and in person)

Outcomes 

• Investment dialogues on WBG pipeline development informed by diagnostics
• Improved country capacity on EIA and risk management
• Increased awareness on air pollution and its impacts leading to behavioral change contribution towards the development of a green growth roadmap and action plans for Bangladesh
• Enhanced awareness on green growth, environmental issues amongst policy and decision-makers in Bangladesh
• Increased green jobs
• New partnerships created for knowledge exchange and industrial capacity building on green tech
• Technology transfer and investments in new green tech in the countries

Collaboration with K-Partners and Others

• Korea Environment Institute (KEI)
• Korea Energy Agency (KEA)
• Korea Management Association Consulting (KMAC)
• Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute (KEITI)
• Korea Environment Corporation (KECO)
• Korea Development Institute (KDI)
• Korea Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF)
• European Union (EU)
• Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)

(tentative)

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The grant aims to advance inclusive green growth in Nepal, in green finance and fiscal policy, the agriculture/water/forest nexus, clean energy and transport, resilient infrastructure and urban development, nature-based tourism, biodiversity, and waste and pollution. It will provide an opportunity to influence and inform decision-making in Nepal to transition to green economies and recovery.  

List of Activities

• Activity 1: Green growth diagnostics and thematic deep dives. The activity includes an analysis of different financial and fiscal instrument options for green growth investments; air quality management analysis.
• Activity 2: Green growth platforms for policy dialogue, knowledge promotion and dissemination.
• Activity 3: Green growth capacity building, pilot and demonstration.

Outputs and Outcomes

Output 1

• Report with recommendations from the analysis, including a prioritized list of financial and fiscal instruments for green growth for Nepal
• Case study of Korean experience and benchmarking with Nepal in promoting green investment by the public and private sector
• Report with conclusions and recommendations from the analysis on environmental impact assessments and risk management Nepal
• Functional maps defining airsheds for Nepal

Output 2

• Inputs for the Government of Nepal's (GoN) preparation of its GRID Strategic Action Plan with a joint implementation and monitoring plan to track delivery and impact (with multiple DP support and GoN budget allocated to finance the priorities)
• GoN GRID Platform, including regular dialogues among stakeholders on investment, institutions, information, and policy
• Nepal diagnostic benchmark metrics and indicators
• GRID strategic communication products 
• PCN and ROC-ready Program document (for development of DPC series)
• Opportunities for convening investment to finance GRID-compliant (e.g. green growth) investments. This includes identification of complementary areas for private sector action to transition to GRID and a strategic plan to mobilize private investment (towards regular dialogues among stakeholders on investment, institutions, information, and policy)

Output 3

• Report of review of policies for identified new technology to create new jobs
• Report on the analytics on green skills in Nepal
• Pilot on green tech in Nepal
• Training program to develop new skills5. Knowledge exchange (virtual and in-person)

Outcomes

• Investment dialogues on WBG pipeline development informed by diagnostics
• New GRID DPC in Nepal informed by analytics
• Enhanced participation of the private sector in green growth and promote change in government expenditure or investments
• Improved country capacity on EIA and risk management
• Increased awareness on air pollution and its impacts leading to behavioral change contribution towards the development of a green growth roadmap and action plans for Nepal
• Enhanced awareness on green growth, environmental issues amongst policy and decision-makers in Nepal
• Increased green jobs
• New partnerships created for knowledge exchange and industrial capacity building on green tech
• Technology transfer and investments in new green tech in the countries

Collaboration with K-Partners and Others

MAFRA, KECO, KEITI, KFS, KEI, KRC, EPIS and K-Water (tentative)

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Over the past 20 years, reforms in the Vietnam land sector are a centerpiece of the Government’s Doi Moi (reform) process and is widely recognized as one of the important drivers of Vietnam’s rapid growth and poverty reduction. As Vietnam embarks on the next decade of land policy reform, the World Bank has a unique opportunity to influence strategic policy decisions on how land assets are used and managed by assisting with the improvement of data quality and integration of land and geospatial information data in a selected province in Vietnam. In addition, the grant will also provide policy and knowledge support for incorporating a ‘green growth’ concept into the forthcoming land policy and land law revisions at the national level. The grant is linked to an on-going World Bank lending operation “Vietnam Improved Land Governance and Databases”.

List of Activities

Component 1: Integration of land and geospatial information system

• Activity 1.1: Piloting the integration of land and geospatial information systems for key applications. 
• Activity 1.2: Support to the use of integrated LIS/GIS data for land and property valuation and smart and resilient city planning. 

Component 2: Support to preparation/revision of the new Land Policy Resolution and Land Law

• Activity 2.1: Support to the revision of the new land policy resolution and land law.

Component 3: Capacity building and knowledge dissemination

• Activity 3.1: National workshop on land policy/law revision.
• Activity 3.2: Global launch of case studies and analytical report on land and property valuation and smart and resilient cities.
• Activity 3.3: Knowledge exchange events about LIS/GIS integration, planning support system for smart and resilient city planning, and green growth concept incorporated into land policy formation/revision.

Outputs and Outcomes

Output 1

• Situation analysis report on the assessment of the Land Information System (LIS) (including data quality, interoperability, legal/regulatory, capacity, etc.), including a Roadmap for addressing data quality issues and national scale-up
• Draft guidelines report for using the integrated LIS/GIS for key applications

Output 2

• Policy notes on priority land reform topics
• Topical land policy/law reform consultation workshops with international expertise

Outcomes

• A more harmonized approach for LIS/GIS information and e-services at both national policy level and provincial level implementation.
• Improved knowledge on land policies incorporating Green Growth aspects.
• Informed officials about best practices on priority land policy topics
• Enhanced knowledge on land policy reform and green growth.
• Informed officials about the use of LIS/GIS for Covid-19 recovery.   

Collaboration with K-Partners and Others

• Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH)
• Korea Real Estate Board (REB)
• K-Water
• Korea Research Institute of Human Settlement (KRIHS)

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The proposed Project Development Objective is to strengthen the Recipient’s capacity for the implementation of its cadastre at a national level and to increase the number of land rights registered in selected areas. The objective of the proposed grant is to strengthen the existing Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) through technical assistance and additional expertise. The grant activities will contribute to the Development Objective of the parent project in two complementary ways:

1) Building capacity in geographic information management will help increase the quality of the geodata that will be used to support land registration activities and inform on existing land use and restrictions. Increasing the quality of the existing datasets by standardizing them is a necessary precondition to accurately overlay different layers of geographic information.

2) Supporting the Government of Senegal in the development and implementation of their National Spatial Data Infrastructure will contribute to enhance the use, the value and the impact of the land data that will be disseminated on the National Spatial Data Infrastructure platform. This will also help sustain a demand from government agencies, private actors and the population to maintain and update the land data that will be collected during the project.

List of Activities

1. Assessment of the NSDI and the national strategy for its development 
   1. Assessment of the NSDI and the national strategy for its development
2. Integration of data into the platform 
   1. Development of the platform and integration of the existing data
   2. Integration of the data of a selected actor
3. Building capacity in geographic data management
   1. Training in geographic data management
   2. Knowledge exchange for capacity building in SDI management
4. Awareness raising and communication

Outputs and Outcomes

Output 1:

• Assessment Report

Output 2.1:

• Functional platform 
• 750 datasets uploaded in the platform

Output 2.2:

• 90% of the existing data is standardized and uploaded
• Report summarizing lessons learned

Output 3.1:

• Training material developed for two trainings
• 60 producers of geographic data trained
• 20 IT specialists trained

Output 3.2:

• KGGTF facilitated technical Knowledge Exchange program

Output 4:

• Dissemination of findings and results through workshops 

Outcomes:

The project is expected to lead to improved efficiency and autonomy of government agencies and territorial authorities in managing their geographic information. In addition, increased availability of good quality data for the creation of services and innovation based on geographic information is expected to increase competitiveness.

1. Improved efficiency:   

• Increased availability of data for sustainable spatial planning 
• Increased capacity of government agencies and local governments to perform spatial analysis for sustainable spatial planning 
• Increased autonomy of government agencies and local governments in managing their data 
• Increased capacity of NSDI managers to maintain the NSDI and provide solutions for improving it 
• Increased use of the platform by national stakeholders 

2. Greater resilience:   

• Increased capacity of national and city governments in identifying pandemic and disaster risk prone areas for the design of preventive measures and emergency response 

3. Increased competitiveness:  

• Increased availability of data for the creation of services and innovation based on geographic information 

Collaboration with K-Partners and Others

• National Geographic Information Institute (NGII)
• Korea Land and Geospatial InformatiX Corporation (LX)

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The objective of this grant is to tackle spatial and institutional fragmentation in Bamako by making more productive use of land, improving urban service, and supporting institutional development and coordination. Bamako is the world’s 6th fastest growing city, but it is not fulfilling its role as an engine of sustainable urban growth and service delivery.  The city’s population rise averaged 5.4% between 1998 and 2009 and is expected to reach 4.2 million by 2025. Urban sprawl has been associated with unequal access to basic services and limited mobility, mostly due to the absence of adequate investments in infrastructure. There is also a lack of institutionalized support that hinders development, significantly limits access to high-quality disaggregated data, and hampers technical capabilities and administrative coordination. In consequence there are barriers to creating well-informed, inclusive urban planning, and implementing knowledge of green approaches to infrastructure. The activities proposed under this grant will inform the metropolitan-wide urban planning process and capability building. They will support the Bamako Urban Master Plan through completion of feasibility studies for green infrastructure, technical assistance, creation of a comprehensive data platform and rapid area-based diagnostics.

This grant is linked to Pipeline Lending ($250,000,000)

List of Activities

1. Digital Platform for Bamako: Creation of an open digital platform for the Bamako Metropolitan Area through drone mapping, citizen mapping and mapping of formal and informal transport system
2. Bamako Urban Master Plan: Technical Assistance for the development of the Master Plan through feasibility studies for potential grey and green interventions on the main river basin, review of measures to address inclusivity, environmental sustainability, and resilience in urban planning, and detailed area-based investment and business plans
3. Building Capabilities for Implementation: Assessment of scope of administrative remit of national and local governments, and technical skills available at each level

Outputs and Outcomes

Output 1:

• Digital Maps constructed for land-use, transport and other infrastructure 
• Communities engaged to provide data on risk perception across identified areas 

Output 2:

• Area-based urban plans completed

Output 3:

• Urban planning capabilities increased
• University faculty and students engaged in data collection and utilization process

Outcomes:

1. Improved efficiency:  Strengthening of planning and implementation capacity within the sub-national and national levels of government, including coordination across sector agencies, is expected to result in improved efficiencies on several fronts. For instance, having a well thought through master plan, with buy-in from different stakeholders, will dramatically improve affordability for households, and productivity for firms, within the Bamako metropolitan region. In addition, better connectivity and greater compactness within the city will help reduce climate emissions, and greater efficiency in service delivery. In the longer term, this would help to free up crucial private and public resources for other much-needed infrastructure investments in the region.  

2. Greater resilience:  Bamako is growing at exponential rates of growth, much of this on the extensions of the city leading to sprawl. At the same time, the city is dealing with frequent events of floods and mudslides. Building the capacity of local and national officials to plan for higher density and increasing their understanding of greener, more nature-based solutions to climatic shocks, will results in much greater resilience for the medium term.  

3. Increased competitiveness: The WBG’s recent engagement in Bamako has revealed how the city’s form and infrastructure choices have limited its competitiveness. Utilizing elements of transport-oriented development, green spaces, and urban regeneration, the project will lay the foundations for a greener and more competitive environment for future growth, starting with specific area-based interventions to demonstrate success.

Collaboration with K-Partners and Others

• Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements (KRIHS)
• Land and Housing Corporation (LH)
• Land & Housing Institute
• Seoul Metropolitan Government
• Seoul Institute
• Seoul City Development Corporation

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The objective of this grant is to operationalize Green Growth (GG) through geospatial information management. The World Bank’s Green Growth strategy aimed at promoting development includes a flexible approach to achieving progress across environmental, social, and economic pillars. The proposed activity will provide the knowledge and means of using geospatial information to achieve the WB’s green growth objective. Its main goal is to ensure that natural resources and assets can offer their full economic potential on a sustainable basis while also promoting activities that protect livelihoods and increase wellbeing. Geospatial information can be used simultaneously for achieving the WB’s twin goals as well as developing action plans to combat unsustainable development, to improve data-driven decision making and to increase innovation and related growth opportunities. By combining GG approach to the Integrated Geospatial Information Framework (IGIF) and World Bank Geospatial Information Management (GIM) toolkit with capacity building and Korea knowledge exchanges, task teams and clients will be able to develop and implement realistic Country-Level Action and Investment Plans for the National Spatial Data Infrastructure and GIM eco-system. The Action Plans will identify country-specific needs to develop interoperable, fundamental data for enhancing GG approaches to socio-economic development for citizens. Leveraging the Korean experience provides good practice examples to influence GG-oriented GIM. The proposed activity will also complement the three ongoing Korean grants under the Global Land and Geospatial Unit.  

List of Activities

1. Enhanced the IGIF Implementation Guide and Country Level toolkit with GG focus and Korean good practice examples - Review of Korea GG cases and achievements for GIM and investment in the related digital infrastructure
2. Operationalizing the GG-oriented IGIF through Capacity Building for Local Experts in GIM and development of country-level Action and Investment Plans - Development of training and knowledge transfer programs, KE program, and country-level action plans
3. Knowledge management and communication – Preparation of communication, outreach and dissemination materials/events for awareness raising, stakeholder engagement and showcasing impact stories
4. World Bank Korea Office hub strategy development – Incorporation of GG-oriented GIM in the World Bank Korea Office hub strategy on technology/innovation

Outputs and Outcomes

Output 1:

• Review of Korea GG cases and achievements for GIM and investment in the related digital infrastructure to enhance and incorporate GG aspects and impacts into: (a)  the IGIF implementation guide; and  (b) the World Bank IGIF implementation toolkits.

Output 2:

• Development of training and knowledge transfer programs (e-Learning, Knowledge Notes and face-to-face Korean experience) for GG-oriented GIM using the IGIF and World Bank methodology;
• Conduct of KE program to Korea with target country teams and clients to learn about GIM and GG operationalization best practices; and
• Preparation of country-level action plans in 4 countries for GG oriented GIM and investment.

Output 3:

• Preparation of communication, outreach and dissemination materials/events for awareness raising, stakeholder engagement and showcasing impact stories.

Output 4:

• Incorporating GG-oriented GIM in the World Bank Korea Office hub strategy on technology/innovation

Outcomes:

1. Improved efficiency:  Complementary measures to promote smart investments and incite changes in consumer behavior.  For example, smart and integrated land use planning underpinned by GIM is critical for policy and investments which support compact cities, green transport, more renewable energy and eco-industrial parks to promote GG.     

• GIM is a core element to governments following transformation agendas. It enables integration of shared data, improving transparency and evidence-based decision-making. In so doing, it reduces costs to government. In many governments, geospatial information is a key component of government open data agendas, stimulating innovation and job growth opportunities, including effective and efficient, citizen-centric government delivery systems. 
• In natural resource management for sustained livelihoods, improved GIM helps to determine which communities own/manage the rights to natural capital in order to avoid conflicts with outside investors while also avoiding unsustainable exploitation. 

2. Greater resilience:  Promote increased resilience.  A primary focus will be to make both urban and rural areas more resilient against risks arising from past development mistakes and a changing climate. This includes smart infrastructure design that is well adapted to a variety of futures, protection against extreme weather events, integrated water resources management and mechanisms to avoid disruptions of transport and commerce services in cases of natural disasters. 

• Geospatial information brings better measurement of the current situation, monitoring change, planning mitigation, evidence-based decision-making, and delivering mitigation projects. This is particularly important to countries that are highly susceptible to climate change and natural hazards and need to ensure resilient and sustained livelihoods for citizens in the event of a natural hazard or climatic event. From rapid response to damage assessments to rebuilding sustainably, geospatial information and infrastructure is a key component to risk management and resilience.  

3. Increased competitiveness: Underpinning the Korean vision of green growth is the notion that a focus on green sustainability need not come at the expense of growth and that greening can also be a source of increased competitiveness. This is particularly true for transport, urban and agricultural policies where substantial synergies exist between land use planning, environment, energy efficiency and growth objectives. 

• Geospatial information is used across sectors, from marketing through logistics to insurance, utilities to telecommunications. Banks use it for fraud detection and governments to improve taxation. 
• Information about spatial and resource usage helps governments at the national and local levels to make strategic decisions for incentivizing the private sector to invest in particular economic sectors (e.g. integrated transportation, precision agriculture, urban planning, etc.) 

Collaboration with K-Partners and Others

• Korea Land and Geospatial InformatiX Corporation (LX)
• National Geographic Information Institute (NGII)
• Korea Research Institute for Human Settlement (KRIHS)
• Korea Appraisal Board (KAB) 
• UN-GGIM

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The objective of this grant is to provide technical assistance (TA) in support of Fragile and Post-Conflict countries, specifically in green initiatives and economic growth, with the help of geospatial infrastructure, data and analytics. FCV countries still face major structural challenges that complicate the adaption of green growth strategies. In this context, the World Bank’s KGGTF supports TA that helps those countries develop geospatial data and analytics. These developments will introduce green-growth approaches and ultimately improve decision making, planning, policy implementation and monitoring. This grant will also provide more cost-effective data options for policy, legal and operational work. KGGTF’s support will ensure that natural resources and assets can provide their full economic potential on a sustainable basis while protecting livelihoods and increasing beneficiary well-being.  

List of Activities

1. Inception Report - Scoping, increased awareness of green growth issues and how to address them using geospatial data
2. Study Visits - Increased awareness of Korean experience and improved knowledge of best practices 
3. Strategy paper - Improved understanding of green growth in the selected countries and improved decision-making 
4. Stakeholder consultations - Increased Awareness and buy-in within each country
5. Knowledge dissemination - Increased awareness of green growth and how to apply it to different country contexts

Outputs and Outcomes

Output 1:

• Inception Report

Output 2:

• Strategy paper on operationalizing green growth principles using geospatial information

Output 3:

• Knowledge Exchange Study Visit to Korea to learn from Korean expertise; memo or visit; action plans for lessons learned 

Output 4:

• Workshops; Conferences 

Output 5:

• BBLs; communication pieces such as blog posts, media articles and videos about the use of green growth for development

Outcomes:

• Improved efficiency:  The enhanced use of geospatial information would help to improve environmental management and address climate change across all three countries. Further environmental benefits of geospatial applications are evident in areas such as water management, biodiversity protection, natural resource management, and pollution reduction. The geospatial datasets will contribute to improving planning at local government levels and in smart cities in terms of allocating resources for urban planning and the development of utilities.    
• Greater resilience:  This TA will help to increase the capacity of the countries to foster economic growth and development while ensuring that natural resources are protected and managed correctly. The resilience capacity needs to be developed within the countries while also involving different stakeholders. This TA will help to develop action plans such as: (i) disaster risk management plans; (ii) deforestation; (iii) air and water pollution mitigation; and (iv) land resources and land use in urban areas. Governments could use this data to prepare plans to incentivize the participation of the private sector to increase the resilience of the country by implementing environmentally-friendly practices.
• Increased competitiveness: The objective is to promote a paradigm shift. Developing geospatial datasets will improve public and private sector decision making to enhance and/or expand the use of spatial data infrastructure for making green-growth oriented investment decisions and sustaining growth. It will also improve the skills of the local workforce to promote innovation and efficiency.

Collaboration with K-Partners and Others

• Korea Land and Geospatial Informatix Corporation (LX): Semi-Governmental Agency under the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MoLIT)
• Green Technology Center-Korea (GTC-K)
• National Spatial Data Infrastructure Center (NSDIC of MoLIT, for history of Geospatial Information System)
• Korea Research Institute for Human Settlement (KRIHS, for policies and the establishment of territorial, regional and urban master plans)
• Statens Kartverk (Norwegian Mapping Authority): a development partner that has worked in close collaboration with the Bank in past land and geospatial activities in Kosovo

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The objective of this grant is to Strengthen data-driven and integrated spatial and urban planning in Indonesian cities. The Municipal Spatial Data Infrastructure (MSDI) foundation is being established in multiple Indonesian cities under the World Bank’s City Planning Labs (CPL) Initiative. The MSDI development is funded by Indonesia Sustainable Urbanization (IDSUN) Multi Donor Trust Fund, which builds upon the pilots carried out in Indonesian cities under a previous KGGTF grant. This secondary KGGTF funded program will build on the MSDI foundation by addressing the gaps preventing optimal utilization of MSDI for spatial planning. It will enhance community engagement within MSDI and city-level planning systems, with particular focus on inclusion of urban poor. It will improve the sustainability of information generated and systems created under ongoing World Bank investment operations. 

List of Activities

1. Creation of a city base map by leveraging Earth Observation products and community engagement and linkage with National Land Administration database

• Established MSDI with a wider range of data
• Integration of MSDI with NSDI, particularly land information  
• Increasing awareness of clients and WBG staff on benefits of MSDI

2. Enhance inclusive planning by mainstreaming community-based data and information into the local government’s planning processes by linking MSDI with the National Slum Upgrading Project (NSUP)

• Integrating data created by World Bank operations to a city’s planning procedures
• Mainstreaming data created by citizens to World Bank operations
• Multidimensional analysis of spatial inequalities of slum areas in a city 

Outputs and Outcomes

Output 1:

• Creation of base maps as inputs for fit-for-purpose cadaster mapping  
• Organizing a mapping event based on community engagement
• Integrating maps and data produced through the CPL to the National Land Administration Database 
• Dissemination of product and the collaboration to link MSDI and National platform 
• Increasing operational knowledge of city officials’ and other decision makers’ capacity to manage data infrastructure and data sharing among relevant national departments 

Output2:

• Digitalization of slum maps created by communities as a resource for NUSP and City 
• Development of affordable tools for communities to create and update data in an ICT platform
• Multidimensional analysis of spatial inequalities of slum areas in a city 
• Development of a spatial dataset combining GIS information and analysis on status of service provision of slum areas in a city and perception of poverty 

Outcomes:

• Improved efficiency: The activities of the CPL will result in building essential foundation for more integrated and efficient urban planning that cut across city and national level, encompassing different sectors from water, transport to housing. In order for cities to enhance efficiency in service delivery, the urban plans has to be comprehensive connecting cities to national infrastructure as well as harmonizing different sectoral plans. However, urban planning in Indonesia has been sector-oriented (such as transport, water supply, drainage etc.) with lack of quality data to do a long-term planning. Through the Activity 1 and Activity 2, targeted cities will be equipped with quality digitalized data that are sharable among different departments and planning entities. This will provide the strong point of departure for enabling cost-efficient service delivery.   
• Greater resilience: With the improved sets of geospatial data, the client cities will be able to identify and predict areas/sectors that are vulnerable to climate change. This is particularly important considering geographical and topological context in Indonesia. Activities 1 and 2 are also supported by a strong capacity building framework under the broader City Planning Labs initiative to help participants gain practical knowledge of how to leverage the data to make cities more resilient, being developed using good practices from cities like Seoul and elsewhere.    
• Increased competitiveness: As the city officials will see economic gains of leveraging MSDI framework, the client city will be encouraged to become a spokesperson for other neighboring cities to plan evidence-based (hence strategic and smart) investments that will not only enhance their competitiveness, but also enhance future financial capacity. 

Collaboration with K-Partners and Others

• Seoul Metropolitan Government
• Korea Land and Geospatial InformatiX Corporation (LX)

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The objective of this grant is to support the mainstreaming of inclusive green growth principles in the upcoming urban and spatial development program and demonstration projects in Uzbekistan. Cities and urbanization have played a key role in Uzbekistan’s economic development. To achieve sustainable growth and create needed jobs to accompany it, an integrated approach needs to be put in place to promote efficiency and support the delivery of municipal services. The need for efficient and resilient local services and infrastructure, and the creation of livable and inclusive urban environments are factors urgently needed to cope with current challenges emerging in Uzbekistan. This KGGTF funded program will initiate action at both the institutional and operational levels, with expected mutually reinforcing results. At the institutional level, activity will support policy dialogue on issues of inclusive green urban and spatial development, eventually contributing to the development of a national program for spatial and urban development in Uzbekistan that builds on the principles of inclusive green growth. At the operational level, it will apply a holistic approach to the identification, prioritization, design and implementation of urban services and infrastructure investments that improve livability of medium-size cities demonstrating the application of green growth principles. 

This grant is linked to Lending ($100,000,000)

List of Activities

1. Greening of the national program for spatial and urban development in Uzbekistan
   1. Support policy dialogue through analytical work on inclusive green urban and spatial development in Uzbekistan
   2. National program for spatial and urban development in Uzbekistan that reflects the principles of inclusive green growth
2. Capacity building and Institutional strengthening 
   1. Awareness and capacity building on inclusive green growth
3. Support to project preparation and early-stage implementation
   1. Support to identification, prioritization and design of demonstration urban services and infrastructure investments that include green growth principles

Outputs and Outcomes

Output 1:

• Urban and Spatial Development Strategic Framework for Uzbekistan delivered to GoU, including a Policy Note on Urban and Regional Green Growth and a short programmatic note on Roadmap to GCF

Output 2:

• Agreed Knowledge-Building program including knowledge exchanges/learning events and JIT-TAs 
• Dissemination of best practices

Output 3:

• Investment assessment studies (e.g. pilot infrastructures) and MSCIUD project prepared embedding Green Growth principles
• Enhancement of information data base of urban settlements with ICT, with a particular focus on municipal asset management 

Outcomes:

• Improved efficiency:  Complementary measures to promote smart investments and incite changes in consumer behavior driving efficiency.  For example, a combination of smart urban planning, investments in public transport, pricing policies, ICT and social marketing are needed to ensure public transport is affordable, safe, and effectively reduces congestion, local air pollution and its health impacts, and GHG emissions.    
• Greater resilience:  Promote increased resilience.  A primary focus will be to make cities, transport systems more resilient against risks arising from past development mistakes and a changing climate. This includes smart infrastructure design that is well adapted to a variety of futures, protection against extreme weather events, integrated water resources management and mechanisms to avoid disruptions of urban and transport services in cases of natural disasters.  
• Increased competitiveness: Underpinning the Korean vision of green growth is the notion that a focus on green sustainability need not come at the expense of growth and that greening can also be a source of increased competitiveness.  This is particularly true for transport and urban policies where substantial synergies exist between environment, energy efficiency and growth objectives.

Collaboration with K-Partners and Others

• Korean Research Institute for Human Settlements (KRIHS)
• Korean Cadastral Survey Corporation (LX)
• AFD, the French Development Agency and the EU for additional funding
• UNESCO for the cultural heritage and tourism overview

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The objective of this grant is to support governments to develop accurate geo-spatial land mapping and data infrastructure that will provide accurate and timely information to guide smart and environmentally sound decision making around land and natural resource usage. There is an urgent need for accurate and comprehensive databases that provide information on natural resources, deforestation, habitat, and land uses.  Land records, tenure and zoning records are necessary for establishing accurate operations in areas such as: water quality, coastal zone management, and mapping desertification among other such issues to combat environment degradation and issues such as flood zones, deforestation and other substantial land issues.  Access to such information can provide governments the ability to accurately assess each situation and establish plans and policies tailored to the needs of their country.  

 This KGGTF program will provide funding for Honduras, Nicaragua, Grenada, Saint Lucia, and Pakistan to receive knowledge and training on how to comprehensively support the mainstreaming of land records, information and geo-spatial systems.   These countries will learn how to develop a cadaster-centric approach to surveying land and integrating data for effective E-Government.  The geo-spatial and data infrastructure tools will enable improved planning, decision-making, policy implementation, monitoring and the development of a range of government web-based services to support effective governance and city development. 

List of Activities

1. Overarching green Growth Strategy and Planning 

• Activities: assessment of the local institutional capacity to design and implement land records and geo-information systems to promote green growth (LRGIGG)
• Provide support to the countries to design and implement a SMART Monitoring and Evaluation System.

2. Green Growth Planning and Implementation Systems

• Organization of one  workshop(s) per country and one regional to identify the main components of  ICT- LRGIGG
• Development of pilot programs to implement the ICT LRGIGG

3. Promotion of Access to resources and institutional capacity building/knowledge exchange to drive green growth in action

• Guidelines to prepare Resilience Plans
• Stakeholders awareness
• Stimulation plan to promote participation of private sector

Outputs and Outcomes

Output 1:

• i) Action Plans to support the strengthening of the institutional capacity
• ii) Action plans to support the design and implementation of M&E systems 
• iii) Action plans to prepare stakeholder participation

Output 2:

• i) Components operational 
• ii) Pilot Programs operational

Output 3:

• i) Guidelines to prepare Resilience Plans
• ii) Stakeholders awareness.
• iii) Stimulation plan to promote participation of private sector

Outcomes:

• Improved Efficiency: ICTs The proposed LRGIGG – ICT would improve environmental performance and address climate change across the economy. Further environmental benefits of ICT applications are evident in areas such as water management, biodiversity protection, natural resources management, pollution reduction. The ICT will contribute to improve planning at local government levels and smart cities in terms of allocation of resources for urban planning and development of utilities. Korea is well advanced in eGovernment. This TA will help to share knowledge in the use electronic communication devices to provide public services and will allow the communication with all levels of government (city, state/province, national, and international), facilitating citizen involvement in governance using information and communication technology (ICT) (such as computers and websites) and business process re-engineering. 
• Increased Competitiveness: The objective is to promote a paradigm shift. Developing ICT – LRGIGG will facilitate the decisions to improve and/or expand infrastructure necessary to sustain growth. It will also improve the skills of the local workforce to promote innovation and efficiency. 
• Greater Resilience: This TA will help to increase the capacity of the countries to foster economic growth and development while ensuring that natural resources are protected and managed correctly. The resilience capacity needs to be developed within the countries and involving different stakeholders. This TA will help to action plans such as (i) disaster management plans, (ii) deforestation; (iii) pollution control; (iv) agroforestry and smart agriculture; (v) land resources and land uses in both urban and rural areas. Governments could use this data to prepare plans to incentive and stimulate the participation of the private sector to increase the resilience of the country by implementing environmentally friendly practices.

Collaboration with K-Partners and Others

• Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT): Korea’s Land Policy Bureau
• Korea Land and Geospatial Informatix Corporation (LX): Government Agency under the MOLIT (Cadastral Maps)
• National Geographic Information Institute (NGII): Government Agency under the MOLIT (Topographic Maps)
• Korea Research Institute for Human Settlement (KRIHS): Government Research Institute under the MOLIT
• UN-GGIM

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The objective of this grant is to support the Argentine Government to implement policies and investments to improve regional disparities and promote integrated infrastructure and transport planning. Argentina is a country of cities, with 90% of its population living in urban areas.  However, the country has yet to experience the benefits of urbanization. Urban sprawl and the large volume of informal settlements means that many citizens are unable to move efficiently and access economic opportunities. This KGGTF funded program will support the development of preparatory and structuring studies of key infrastructure components to upgrade and redevelop the Regional Express Passenger Railway Network (RER) for the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires.  This comprehensive strategy will set the framework to redevelop the transportation infrastructure by intensifying and improving the connectivity of the entire network.  In particular, the plan will include the building of new tunnels, stations, overpasses, electrification of key lines, new rolling stock and multimodal transfer facilities.  Key elements of the strategy will be substantial GHG emission reductions and improved access to transportation and jobs for 40% of urban residents.  

This program will additionally examine potential solutions to triple the current participation of rail cargo by assessing alternatives such as dry ports connected by road and rail.  Argentina is committed to replicating successful projects from Buenos Aires to other cities across the country.  Because of Seoul’s expertise in bus-based public transport and non-motoroized infrastructure, the Government of Argentina is further interested in support for the creation of preparatory studies for scaling up bicycle paths, pedestrian corridors and establishing an additional 20 Metrobus corridors.   It is expected that successful projects will be replicated throughout other cities in Argentina and across Latin America. 

This grant is linked to Lending ($200,000,000)

List of Activities

1. Green Growth Planning for the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area - Analytical work contributed to the operationalization of GG in sectoral and integrated plans in AMBA
2. Piloting Transit Oriented Development (TOD) in AMBA - Pilot project concept agreed with government
3. Public Transit & Urban Freight Solutions - Preparatory and/or structuring studies informed government decision to promote pilot project to mainstream GG in Public Transit and/or Urban Freight

Outputs and Outcomes

Output 1:

• Study of land-use dynamics in AMBA 
• Report identifying potential areas for TOD 
• Workshops/meetings for validation of results with stakeholders

Output 2:

• Applicable policies and norms for the development of TOD in AMBA reviewed
• Development of a roadmap for TOD pilot implementation

Output 3:

• Development of preparatory and/or structuring studies for transport pilot project 

Outcomes:

• The proposed grant is expected to promote smarter and greener urban planning in AMBA, enhancing the governments’ capacity to revert the patterns of unplanned urban growth and develop targeted urban development operations that will improve the quality of life for its residents. The TOD piloting will promote compact and mixed-used development as well as the use of public and non-motorized transportation in the selected area, and will also create local capacity to promote integrated land use and transport planning, which in the long term will result in higher efficiency of public investments. In addition, the piloting of urban financing instruments available in the legislation will result in an increase in the city’s ability to raise own-source revenues (through the use of land value capture instruments).The Public Transit & Urban Freight Solutions will help improve the region's transportation system, prioritizing investment in mass transit and generating a modal shift towards a more efficient and less energy intensive use of energy. 
• The integrated transport land use plan will take into consideration land use, housing policies, infrastructure expansion plans and critical environmental issues promoting greater resiliency. The proposal introduces “smart growth” principles, which alleviate economic pressure on the rapidly growing outer suburbs following an unstainable sprawling pattern. The proposal is an opportunity to improve a low-income areas and permit the permanence of the original inhabitants in the new TOD project. The Public Transit & Urban Freight Solution will also strengthen the multimodality of the transport network, increasing the transport system redundancy and thus generating greater resilience.  
• The AMBA generates almost half of the country’s GDP, however, it faces the challenge of transforming its economy toward higher value-added products and services; a challenge exacerbated by the absence of a mechanism for metropolitan coordination. This proposed program presents a unique opportunity to develop integrated planning tools for urban development, with the potential of improving sustainability and fostering economic growth of AMBA. The redevelopment of the TOD selected area will ultimately result in substantial synergies among different stakeholders, promoting brownfield economic development and leveraging private funds. 

Collaboration with K-Partners and Others

• Korean Research Institute for Human Settlements (KRIHS) on issues of efficient land use and territorial development
• Korea Transport Institute (KOTI)
• Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT): Korea’s Land Policy Bureau

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The objective of this grant is to create the processes to review and imbed green growth principles into Nepal’s upcoming infrastructure investments. Nepal has a new constitution and with it a shift from a unitary to a federal governance system that changes the constitutional provisions of executive authorities and the revenue sources of provincial and local governments.  This coupled with intense urbanization over the last few decades has led to a variety of infrastructure and basic service delivery deficits.  The government is looking to establish strong local governance systems and establish the proper policies and frameworks for implementing green growth principles as they go forward with infrastructure investments across multiple municipalities.   

Building on previous World Bank projects, this KGGTF program will support the provision and improvement of basic service delivery across 16 secondary cities, while also supporting the new federal structure and inter-governmental fiscal transfer mechanisms.  In particular, the program will help national and local policy makers address key deficiencies such as: building capacity of municipalities in basic urban management, strategic and sustainable urban planning, and prioritizing green growth investments. Additionally the program will support the establishment of guidelines, relevant performance indicators, the collection of baseline data and a review of relevant legal and institutional framework to determine priorities for investments.  The activity will engage participating cities and key public and private stakeholders in the process.  By preparing city-specific policies and plans this program will align with Nepal’s National Urban Development Strategy and promote urban resilience and effective urban management by designing smart urban land use plans.

List of Activities

1. Develop a Green Growth Framework 

• Formation of a working group + Korea Advisory GG advisory group
• Rapid sector assessments
• Identify urban basis services investments by reviewing sub-project feasibility studies using GG framework
• Establish relevant performance indicators for respective investments; conduct baseline data collection for specific investments

2. Develop Implementation Strategy

• Develop template and methodology
• Rollout implementation strategy
• Prepare close-out report

3. Develop Kathmandu Valley Metropolitan Planning and Urban Regeneration Strategy 

• Assess current institutional framework
• Propose coordination and multi-jurisdictional coordination strategy
• Identify priority urban regeneration initiatives promoting economic growth
• Institutional Capacity Building/Knowledge exchange

Outputs and Outcomes

Output 1~3:

• Reports

Output 4:

• Study visit

Outcomes:

• Improved efficiency:  Given the high urbanization growth rates in the country, acting now is particularly important to avoid lock-in of cities into low density and high energy intensive urban forms. Unfortunately, the current development pattern is unstainable and put a lot of pressure on infrastructure and basic services in urban areas, and as a result, the cities have suffered greatly from severe traffic congestion, poor garbage collection and disposal, serious air pollution, and proliferation of slums. The activity will support the policy and technical dialogue on how to improve the efficiency of urban development and move towards a more compact and resource efficient development of cities. The activity also assist city governments to identify, plan and develop smart investment projects by leveraging relevant experiences learned from Korea and other countries. 
• Increased competitiveness: This activity will target cluster cities with high economic potential to materialize benefiting from agglomeration economies and system of cities. Strategically investing in these cities will spur economic prosperity across the country. This activity will also explore financing tools available to the cities to increase their financial sustainability and competitiveness in developing and managing cities. The identified high potential cluster of cities include, namely: (i) the Central Hill cluster around Pokhara; and (ii) the Eastern Tarai cluster of municipalities along the growth corridor between Itahari and Mechinagar, and around Biratnagar. In addition, the Kathmandu Valley Metropolitan Planning and Urban Regeneration Strategy will prioritize initiatives that is expected to catalyze change and economic growth that is underpinned in green and inclusive principles; and develop resilient spatial planning and city management. 
• Increased Resilience: The proposed activity will incorporate urban resilience into investment identification, design, planning process for the participating cities. This will help the cities well adapt to a variety of futures, protect against extreme weather events, and integrate water resources management and mechanisms to avoid disruptions of urban and transport services in cases of natural disasters. Resilient spatial planning and coordinated city management across multiple metropolitan/local administration jurisdictions in the Kathmandu Valley would be facilitated by the Kathmandu Valley Metropolitan Planning, Management and Urban Regeneration Strategy.  

Collaboration with K-Partners and Others

• Korean Research Institute for Human Settlements (KRIHS)
• Seoul Metropolitan Governments
• Asian Development Bank (ADB)
• Asian Infrastructure Investment Agency (AIIB)
• Green Climate Funds (GCF)

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