1. www.citiesalliance.org Lessons Learned O CTOBER 8, 2002

2. CDS – Lessons Learned Cities are made up of people and their hopes – not of buildings and streets (Augustin, 400 A.D.)

3. CDS outputs include:  Policy, governance and institutional changes  Investment programs (including social and cultural infrastructure)  Monitoring mechanisms Key building blocks of a CDS:  Assessment - state of the city/region  Long-term vision  Strategy focused on results and accountability  Implementation plan What Have We Learned: Emerging City Development Framework

4.  Promoting a new type of citizen’s participation  Knowledge generation and new ideas  Participation in goal setting, planning and decision making  Helping poor people to help themselves  City-region  Local government associations  Municipal government is responsible  Several CA partners working together  Linkage to investments  Preparation for the CDS Essential Elements of City Development Strategy

5.  Key challenges for CA  Active involvement of local authorities associations  Role of national government  Multiple dimensions of urban development  Engagement of local representatives of CA partners  Three examples of a “typical” City Development Strategy:  City Regional Development Strategies in China (Chengdu, Zhenzhou, Erdos, Lanzhou, XinXiang)  Aden Medium to Long-Term CDS for Local Economic Development  Metropolitan Lima City Poverty Strategy Essential Elements of City Development Strategy

6. The alliance has supported CDS in 73 cities CDS Project Budgets CDS CA Contributions CDS Portfolio Development FY00/01 - 8.2 Million FY02 - 11.3 Million FY03 – 13.1 Million (preliminary) FY00/01 - 4.6 Million FY02 - 6.7 Million FY03 – 7.1 Million (preliminary)

7.  Regional approaches and ownership  Ability of client to create, access and apply CDS knowledge  Improve CA knowledge, guidelines and tools related to CDS building blocks  Generation and application of synergies with CA slum upgrading efforts  Sustainability of CDS process CA Response to Challenges 2002

8.  Focus on participation in the framework of urban governance  Systematic evaluation and documentation of CDS results  Mainstreaming CDS in CA donor community as a means of implementing national PRSPs  Focus on the demands of scaling up Proposed Strategic Initiative 2003