With the aim to exchange practices on municipal financing mechanisms for climate change adaptation, the Vice-Mayor of the municipality of Rhenen, Mr. Hans Boerkamp, participated in the Smart Green Cities EU-ASEAN policy dialogue conference. The main message for sharing was that you can do a lot with what you have and know, if you designate your money well.
The wider objective of the project is to generate knowledge and build capacity in municipal finance of Uzbekistan Asian Development Bank (ADB) funded Integrated Urban Development Project cities. It supports one of the core pillars of ADB's Strategy 2030 Operational Priority 4: Making Cities More Livable which is to strengthen financial sustainability of cities. It is closely aligned with ADB's TA work in Creating Investable Cities.
Due to the coup in Myanmar (01-02-2021) the project ended prematurely. Therefore, we have not been able to reach all objectives. <br />
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The objective of the project was to enable poor rural communities to benefit from improved access to and use of basic infrastructure and services through a people-centered approach and to enhance the government's capacity to respond promptly and effectively to an eligible crisis or emergency. This approach empowered villagers to manage and participate in their own development. <br />
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Despite global progress in fighting poverty there are problems of inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, biodiversity loss, conflict, migration and refugee flows. The need has never been greater to develop to balance prosperity with social well-being and environmental protection. Several international conferences in 2015 set out new global agendas to deal with these challenges. There is global recognition that local governments have a significant role in implementing the agreed agendas with other state and non-state organisations.<br />
Despite global progress in fighting poverty there are problems of inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, biodiversity loss, conflict, migration and refugee flows. The need has never been greater to develop to balance prosperity with social well-being and environmental protection. Several international conferences in 2015 set out new global agendas to deal with these challenges. There is global recognition that local governments have a significant role in implementing the agreed agendas with other state and non-state organisations.<br />
The wider objective of the project was to support and enable poor rural communities to benefit from improved communication and access to local and government services, within the context of the National Community Driven Development Project.<br />
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The specific objectives were:<br />
The wider objective of the project is Improved municipal governance and service delivery in Myanmar<br />
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The specific objective: Improved functioning of DAOs at township and state/region level in Chin State and Tanintharyi Region.<br />
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The expected results of the project are: <br />
Oc(1) strengthened capacities of township DAOs/DACs in planning, budgeting and revenue generation.<br />
Oc(2): Improved ability of township DAOs/DACs to deliver quality services for priority areas.<br />