1. Xueman Wang, Program Coordinator, GPSC
World Bank

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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 Resilient Cities
GEF Support Melaka to become a global
Ambassador for Sustainable Cities
- Naoko Ishii

8. 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

9. 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

10. GPSC Website and Urban Dashboard
An integration of knowledge, partnership, and collaboration

11. Xueman Wang, Program Manager of GPSC xwang5@worldbank.org
For more information
Contact:
Xueman Wang, Program Manager of GPSC