Myanmar, DEALS, Governance of Inclusive Green Growth in Cities
In Pathein, the programme supported neighbourhood-level cooperation around flooding prevention, waste management and recycling. DEALS helped create an environment for interdepartmental, intergovernmental and multi-stakeholder cooperation that was considered unique in the local context. Awareness among government staff, civil society organisations and community groups on waste reduction and management increased significantly.
Concrete interventions included the construction of 14 drainage lanes, participatory budgeting and planning training sessions, flood prevention works in Ward 12 and neighbourhood clean-up campaigns in Wards 1 and 2. A plastic reduction incentive campaign reduced the use of 22,000 plastic bags within six weeks, while shopkeepers and residents participated in awareness activities on waste management.
General Objective
The programme objective is to improve the quality of life of the residents given the inequality and urban poverty we identified in the cities targeted.
Expected Outcomes:
The overall expected outcome is that performance of the urban government in the field of inclusiveness, safety, resilience and sustainability has improved which matches with the two following Sustainable Development Goals : make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable (SDG 11) and promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels (SDG 16).
Expected Results:
The expected results of the project are:
- Urban government capacity to govern sustainable development trajectories is characterised by an integrated, multi-level, multi-stakeholder and inclusive governance approach.
- The programme has contributed to learning and innovation to support the transition to sustainability at city level
Programme Design:
The design of the DEALS programme is modelled on the concept of City Deals. These are agreements between Dutch cities, national government agencies and other stakeholders under the Dutch Urban Agenda that aim to strengthen the growth, innovation, and quality of life in Dutch cities. These all unite cities, central governments, businesses and civil society organisations in innovative arrangements to tackle new urban challenges, such as the energy transition, mitigating and adapting to climate change, and healthy urban living. Ideally the DEALS programme can contribute to the urban governance capacity to participate in similar multi-stakeholder partnerships.
The programme starts with an inception phase (september 2017-february 2018) in which the following deliverables are expected for each of the cities:
- Â Identification of urban development challenges
- Identification of sustainability challenges and transition path
- Political Economy Analysis
- Inclusiveness Analysis focussed on gender and slums
- Organisational Capacity Analysis
- Baseline DEALS city;
- DEALS City ToCs
- DEALS City Annual Action Plan (CAAP)
- DEALS communication and visibility plan
- DEALS M&E&L plan
After the inception phase deliverables may vary per city and can consist of:
- TA for City Annual Action Plans which include integrated sustainable urban governance initiatives
- On demand support facility for City Annual Action Plans which include multi-level and multi-stakeholder cooperation initiatives (‘DEALS’)
- On demand Q&A facility for city-to-city learning
- Influencing urban policy
- Learning and innovation
- Flexible response mechanism
More information
In this podcast we interviewed Naw Htee ku Paw, project coordinator of the Governance of Inclusive Green Growth programme in the city of Pathein. Myanmar is a country in governance transition and citizen engagement in urban development is becoming more important. She discussed how this engagement works in practice.