Basic Information
Grant ID: K-82
Country: Colombia
Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Sector: Water
Grant Year: Year 3
Grant Title: Greening Cities through a Water-Centric Urban Planning Approach
Approved Grant Amount: $200000.00
Product Line and P-Code: Lending, P156239
TTLs: Carmen Rosa Yee-Batista (Senior Water Supply and Sanitation Specialist)
Grant Start/Completion: 11/16/2015 ~ 12/31/2016
Grant Activities
Project summary
This project aimed to bring adequate water and sanitation services, and flood control to urban areas in Panama and Uruguay. Montevideo, Uruguay, faces environmental degradation and vulnerability to floods. While nearby Panama City Panama, struggles to improve water supply and sanitation service delivery, especially in low-income areas. This green growth implementation program aims to integrate the elements of the urban water cycle (water supply, sanitation, storm water management, and waste management) with both urban development and river basin management to maximize economic, social and environmental benefits in Panama City and Montevideo. As a result, the program will develop a roadmap for sustainable urban water-resource management, including an agreed upon evaluation process to identify priorities and use a detailed cost-benefit analysis, for other LAC countries.
List of Activities
- Technical memo IUWM tools assessment, task team organization chart and a detailed work program
- Applying IUWM Methodology for Diagnosis and Strategies in two pilot cities
- Developing a roadmap for an IUWM national strategy for sustainable urban development
- Strengthening local capacities on IUWM
- Bank and Regional Outreach and South-South Exchanges
Outputs and Outcomes
Output 1:
- IUWM tools assessment developed; task team created with key stakeholder at the national and local levels
Output 2:
- IUWM plans in Montevideo and Panama City developed with specific recommendation for implementation and scaling up
Output 3:
- A roadmap towards an IUWM national strategy per country developed
Output 4:
- Practical guidelines on IUWM developed and shared with key stakeholders
Output 5:
- 5-1. Two regional knowledge exchanges conducted
- 5-2. Case studies and results stories shared through internal and external Bank dissemination channels
Outcomes:
Following the grant main components of applying IUWM planning in two LAC cities, developing roadmaps for an IUWM national strategy, and increasing local and national capacities for more holistic and multi-sectoral planning approach, the grant expected outcomes are as follows: local planning instruments and investment plans for Panama City and Montevideo (El Pantanoso) adopt IUWM principles derived from the IUWM city plans. National water and urban planning related agencies take into account the roadmap for IUWM national strategy to support local governments with development of IUWM policies and projects; Increased client capacity at the local and national levels of IUWM in Panama and Uruguay.
Collaboration with K-Partners and Others
Partnerships and coordination for this grant involve national and local water and urban related agencies, development bank institutions (IADB, JICA and CAF), and other international organizations, such as UNESCO and UNDP. The Department of Montevideo, MVOTMA, Panama’s Ministry of Health and Ministry of Housing and Land Management, and Uruguay and Panama’s water utilities would contribute with human resources and in-kind logistical support. It is important to mention that the Bank team will mostly work for the implementation of the proposed activities in close cooperation with the National Directorate of Water (DINAGUA) from MVOTMA in Uruguay and with the Coordinating Unit of the Panama City and Bay Clean-Up Program from the Ministry of Health in Panama. Both institutions have expressed their support to the proposed grant activities.
The Blue Water Green Cities initiative would also contribute with the knowledge platform and dissemination and outreach activities – WPP and the Water Supply Program (WSP) are active contributors to this initiative. This grant would complement a USD 100,000 WPP grant to conduct other IUWM city plans in Uruguay at a smaller scale, and it’s expected that Bank Budget would be assigned under the PA Water for Uruguay. The UNESCO International Hydrological Program (IHP) expressed interest to continue engagement with this initiative after co-sponsoring with the World Bank a national seminar on IUWM in Uruguay last year. The current donors table established for urban water projects in Panama would also be a platform for coordination with IADB and CAF.
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