Cities Alliance releases its 2007 Annual Report on slum upgrading and city development 13-11-2007 The Cities Alliance recently released its 2007 Annual Report on the slum
upgrading and city development strategy activities of Cities Alliance members
over the past year. The growth of the Cities Alliance, which now has 23 members,
is also reflected in the broad and dynamic range of activities which includes
policy reforms, city and nationwide slum upgrading programmes, increased
commitment to economic development as part of city strategies, and dedicated
support to small cities seeking expertise to improve their urban fabric.
A distinctive feature of the 2007 work programme was the fact that direct
project beneficiaries (cities and local government associations) received the
Cities Alliance grant funds for nearly half of the approved activities. For the
remaining projects, a Cities Alliance member executed the funding on behalf of
beneficiaries. During the first eight years of Alliance operations, less than 20
percent of Cities Alliance projects were directly executed by cities or their
local development partners. The upward trend reflects the Cities Alliance
increased preference for client execution of Cities Alliance grant funds.
In fiscal 2007, Cities Alliance members sponsored 18 new city development
strategy and slum upgrading projects as part of the $10.1 million work
programme. More than $13 million was disbursed during the year for new and
ongoing activities. As of 30 June 2007, $54.1 million was committed to 83 active
projects. Of the 18 new project approvals, half—five in Sub-Saharan Africa and
four in Asia—were $75,000 or less to support small cities in undertaking the
research necessary to design proposals for future urban development and slum
upgrading activities.
Source:
Cities
Alliance
LinksClick here to view the Cities Alliance 2007 Annual Report (PDF, Eng, 1.4 MB)Click here for more details on the report back |
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