1. URBAN GOVERNANCE
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PILLAR 2
PILLAR 3
PILLAR 4
PILLAR 5

2. The quality of local government and the way it interacts and include other stakeholders is a key element for building a resilient city

3. URBAN GOVERNANCE Organizational Capacity Governance Structure
Participatory Approach
Municipal Finance
Legal Framework

4. What is Sustainable Urban Governance ?
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
The way in which the public authorities, civil servants, media, private sector, and civil society coordinate at community, national and regional levels in order to manage a city in a way that reduce risks and increases urban resilience
CIVIL SOCIETY
PRIVATE SECTOR

5. THE CIRCLE DIAGRAM
Which government, private sector and civil society institutions exist within the municipality, and which external institutions does the municipality interact with?
Show the relationship between the municipality, external actors and the community.
A medium-sized circle is drawn in the middle to represent the municipality,
Participants draw a number of circles to represent different actors or programs in their municipality,
The size of each circle indicates its relative importance or influence,
The position of each circle indicates its relationship to the other circles.
Form several groups of 4-6 people
Ask participants to brainstorm the different groups and organisations (social, religious or other groups) in their municipality and to draw the first circle (covering almost all the paper/area) to represent the municipality.
* Explain that in the picture they are about to create, a large circle represents an important actor, and a smaller circle shows a less important actor.
*Explain that a circle placed near another shows a close relationship or significant influence, whereas one that is further away shows a less close relationship or minor influence. Explain that the circles may overlap if they represent actors with members/elements in common or they collaborate.
*Ask participants to draw circles of different sizes to represent the main actors in, or involved with, their municipality, positioned according to their importance or influence.
* When participants have finished their diagrams, bring them together and ask for volunteers to present and explain their charts to the whole group. Ask probing questions about each circle, its size and relationship to the other circles. If the diagrams are similar, produce a combined one. If the diagrams are very different and there is no agreement on a common one, keep all of them.

6. IMPROVE ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY
1 Increasing knowledge, skills and abilities of governmental staff at all levels can enhance resilient service delivery
2 Trainings and capacity building on disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation can ensure a better understanding of the issue and promote mainstreaming strategies for resilience on present and future actions
3 Governance mechanisms should ensure that women and men have equal access to benefits and to the decision-making processes
CityRAP CrashCourse in Chokwe
Capacity building exercise with municipality of Chokwe, Mozambique

7. ENSURE AN ADEQUATE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE
1 A organisation chart with clearly defined roles and responsibilies is an important conrnerstone of sustanable and resilient urban governance
2 Integrated, inter-sectoral planning should be promoted through mechanisms that connect the different municipal departments between them
3 A more resilient city is one that mainstreams resilience into the work of all departments and that introduces risk reduction and management as an integral part of all of its governing structures
The City of Tacurong, in the Philippines, has established a City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (CDRRMC) that oversees plans and organize activities and trainings

8. DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT UNIT
ENSURING THAT RESILIENCE IS
AN INTEGRAL PART OF URBAN GOVERNANCE…
DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT UNIT
A cross-cutting Disaster Risk Management Unit or council at municipal level can be responsible for:
Accessing all relevant information to understand and anticipate natural disasters and climate change
Coordinating prevention, preparedness and response activities between different levels and actors
Liaising with all municipal departments for maintaining services for improved urban resilience
Oversee pland and roll-out trainings relate to DRM and CCA

9. ENSURING INCLUSIVE AND PARTICIPATIVE GOVERNANCE
Stakeholders consultation for resilience planning in the City of Morondava, Madagascar
1 Different stakeholders (communities, public, private and civil institutions) should be included since the beginning into the planning and decision making processes to ensure inclusive and effective acitions for building resilience
2 Public consultations and participatory decision making can contribute for addressing the specific needs of vulnerable groups such as women and youth;
3 Organizing open consultations on city financial matters can create a space of democratic life for political debate and decision making on the allocation of resources for municipal development
Participatory planning (CityRAP) in Morondava, Madagascar
ENSURING INCLUSIVE AND PARTICIPATIVE GOVERNANCE

10. PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE MUNICIPAL FINANCE
1 Sustainable and autonomous financial resources is an important requirement for planning resilience and climate change adaptation at longer term
2 Improving the effectiveness and efficiency of local revenue collection through transparent and predictable fiscal transfers contributes for more sustainable finances;
3 Urban authorities can increase local revenue by leveraging planning rules and using locally available financial instruments such as land value sharing, which in turn can attract external investment such as bonds and commercial loans.
4 Enhancing transparency and accountability in the public finance management control system can increase trust and taxation capacity.
Technical Assistance project for the establishment of the Mueda Cadastre in Mozambique
Cadastre elaborated for the city of Mueda, Mozambique

11. Who pays for what in your city?
WHO DECIDES ?
Social Housing
Streets / Roads
Road Maintenance
Drainage and Public Lighting
Bus Stops/Taxi Stands
Sewage System
Solid Waste Management
Power Grid
Water
Schools
Hospitals
Parks and Open Spaces

12. IMPROVE AND ENFORCE LEGAL FRAMEWORK
1 Urban legilsation and plans with the force of law, when properly enforced, can provide city residents with predictability around property, security of tenure, access rights, and individual plans for the future. They also ensure that development is transparent and that a city’s public spaces and services are protected.
2 Coordination and cooperation with other government levels is necessary for long term resilient urban development, since a conducive legal structure and adequate support from legal instruments at all levels of government is key.
2 Assigning and delegating responsibilities and developing and enforcing fair and predictable legal and regulatory frameworks;
Zoning regulation for the City of Lilongwe, Malawi