Xueman Wang, Program Coordinator, GPSC World Bank
Global Platform for Sustainable Cities GPSC: Knowledge Platform ($10m by GEF for Piloting Phase ) Supporting Integrated urban planning and financing Connecting cities Forging a shared vision for urban sustainability - Geospatial data/urban sustainability indicators - urban growth scenarios - Urban Sustainability Framework - vision, diagnostic process and plan for action - Improving municipal financing - Investment pipeline City-level Projects (27 cities across 11 countries -$140m Piloting Phase) Brazil China Côte D’Ivoire India Malaysia Mexico Paraguay Peru Vietnam South Africa Senegal
GPSC: Urban Sustainability Framework Methodology for assessment Scenario analysis Process for formulation Key components of action plan Core indicators Approach and tools for data collection Assessing financial sustainability Capital investment plan/Investment options Financing Investment Data indicators Rapid Assessment Benchmarking Vision Action Plan
Supporting a Value Chain of Urban Development Knowledge sharing & Learning Technical Assistance: - Evidence based planning - Vision, action plan. municipal financing Project Preparation and implementation support Investment pipeline Leveraging financing Upstream GPSC/IAP Mid-stream Downstream
Partnership Committee GPSC-IAP Structure Partnership Committee Chaired by the GEF CEO and the Senior Director of the World Bank’s Global Practice Convene once a year in conjunction with GPSC global meetings World Bank Implementing Agencies Resource Team (WRI/ICLEI/C40) Managed by WB Overall coordination led by WB IFIs MDBs (AfDB, ADB IDB, EBRD, EIB, WB) Regional Banks (CAF, Islamic Development Bank, AIIB, Nordic Investment Bank) National Banks National Platforms Sub-national Partners: California others Partner Orgs International: UNHabitat, City Alliance, etc Regional:Nordic City Initiative, Domestic: TERI, etc
An Integrated Approach to Urban Sustainability GPSC’s Urban Sustainability Framework (USF): Urban Sustainability (SDG Goals) Economy Environment Climate Change Inclusiveness Governance Finance A guidance document to support cities for an integrated approach to urban strategy and implementation Consolidating approaches adopted by different initiatives and bringing together a shared vision and a common framework
Melaka: First City launched the Project Child project activities supported by UNIDO: EE buildings and sustainable city master plan, etc. Joint Undertaking between GPSC and Melaka: Rapid Assessment on Melaka’s sustainability status Enhancing vision, action plan and financing sustainability Beyond Melaka: National Platform to support more cities in Malaysia Collaboration with: UNIDO – Implementing Agency for Melaka project Coordination with other initiatives: e.g. - 100 Resilient Cities GEF Support Melaka to become a global Ambassador for Sustainable Cities - Naoko Ishii
Challenges and Early Lessons Better integration of the “two tracks”: GPSC and city level project activities Integration needs to start at early project consultation and design stage Sequence and value chain Urban sustainability status assessment and a city’s vision/action plan should be the starting point: a basis for project intervention and investment in a city Time and effort for coordination GPSC-IAP “architecture” takes time to build but impact is far reaching
Nest Steps Ongoing consultation on GPSC’s Urban Sustainability Framework Third WG on May 25 to 26 in DC Launching USF at GPSC second annual meeting Second GPSC Annual Meeting in India on 30 October – Nov. 3, 2017 Working with cities, agencies and partner organizations on urban sustainability action plans GPSC Website
GPSC Website and Urban Dashboard An integration of knowledge, partnership, and collaboration
Xueman Wang, Program Manager of GPSC xwang5@worldbank.org For more information https://collaboration.worldbank.org/groups/global-platform-for-sustainable-cities Contact: Xueman Wang, Program Manager of GPSC xwang5@worldbank.org gpsc@worldbankgroup.org