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Partner: Government: Government of Zambia
Local Authorities: Kitwe City Council
Institution: Copperbelt University
International Organizations: UNDP, UN-HABITAT |
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Cost: US$106,200 |
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Background and Objectives: Kitwe is the third largest city in Zambia. It is called the "the hub of the Copperbelt" because it is situated at the centre of the copper mining region of Northern Zambia. Kitwe is one of the most highly populated towns on the Copperbelt region with a population estimated at about 400,000. The majority of the population is still dependent on the mining industry and its related activities. Key issues of concern to most of the residents and business people in Kitwe are: city-wide poor solid waste management, inadequate water supply and sanitation in peri-urban areas, water and air pollution, among others. This project's objectives are to build and strengthen planning and management capacity of Kitwe City Council and its partners to achieve environmentally sustainable and socially inclusive urban development. It aims at facilitating the improvement of the environment at city and community level through direct individual and institutional capacity building of stakeholders in urban environmental planning and management. The focus of the project will be to address environmental and developmental problems facing the city through collaborative efforts and inclusiveness. This vision will be realized through implementation of a number of development and immediate objectives. The immediate objectives are to: - Build local capacity through the introduction of the environmental planning and management (EPM) process;
- Promote city-wide and system-wide partnerships between Kitwe City Council, local public and private institutions, NGOs, donors, CBOs and communities in order to improve the urban environment and contribute towards poverty eradication;
- Demonstrate urban environmental management processes, tools and practices in the provision of urban services and mechanisms for information gathering and dissemination;
- Realize institutional changes, which ensure that the EPM processes become routine and part of the municipal institutional system.
The programme was implemented in two phases. Phase I was the start-up phase of about 18 months to prepare a city environmental profile, sensitize stakeholders to the approach of the programme and obtain their commitment to support the implementation, and to develop strategies for realizing the consolidation. Phase II that included finalization of the action plans, mobilization of resources and mainstreaming of the process in the city management system.
The activities in this project were carried out by the Kitwe City Council through its project management team and in collaboration with the Copperbelt University's School of the Built Environment. These activities included, among others, preparation of a city environmental profile, a city consultation , preparation of action plans by working groups, setting up of an environmental management information system (EMIS), identification and development of demonstration projects, implementation of demonstration projects, establishment of a community enablement fund, production of an institutional profile, and tackling of institutional development barriers .
The project delivered a city environmental profile, a city consultation, a strategy and action plans, as well as facilities of the implemented action plans.
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