This report presents the key insights, lessons and recommendations of a South African delegation that participated in a study tour on urban safety and violence prevention to Brazil and Colombia in April 2014. The study tour was organised by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), as part of the Inclusive Violence and Crime Prevention Programme (VCP), in partnership with the South African Cities Network (SACN) and the Department of Cooperative Governance (DCoG). The delegation consisted of representatives from the member cities of the SACN as well as selected national government departments (see annexure A for the list of participants).
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Operationalizing the Urban NEXUS
This study “features an essential step ahead in putting the NEXUS intopractice for a sustainable urban future by delivering an approach, which encourages new ways of thinking and action in institutions, policy making and society at large.”
“The aim of this publication is to provide a conceptual foundation and hans-on approach that serves to inspire, identify and implement NEXUS solutions for integrated, resource-efficient development in metropolitan regions. It shall thereby spark exchange, debate, and learning across sectors and scales.”
Innovative measures of community-based monitoring as an instrument for inclusive urban development
The GIZ sector projects ‘Program Millennium Goals and Poverty Reduction’ and ‘Policy Advice for Urban Development’ jointly support – on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) – CBM as an instrument for inclusive urban development. The objective is to improve monitoring and impact evaluation of inclusive urban development programs, to enhance decision-making and management processes of municipalities and strengthen the dialogue between them and urban poor groups. The joint measure includes a pilot project in Ethiopia and a survey in Bolivia as well as two studies by the United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) and Slum/Shack Dwellers International (SDI). The report at hand summarizes and reviews the findings from the three studies and a review of the CBM pilot project in Ethiopia. It gives tentative recommendations to development cooperation and urban development experts for future application of CBM as an instrument for inclusive urban development, and assesses the potential of CBM as a contribution to urban indicators with regards to the post- 2015 debate and MDG/SDG monitoring.