Good Governance Smart Cities

UNHABITAT–Iraq Capacity Building Training by Ai

Agenda

•About UN HABITATPresented by Fiona McCluney

UN-Habitat Iraq Senior Programme Officer

•About Ai

•About the TrainingPresented by Asma Alkhuraisat

Architect and Urban Planner

About UN HABITAT

About AI

1st to 3rd Floor Elevator Description of Ai…

A Not-for-Profit Think & Do Tank

We’re anIndependent Advisor and Advocate

focused onsustainable community development

applied through citizen centered governance

Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussein Amman, 5 Rabi' Al Thani 1427 Hijri, 3 May 2006

I, along with my fellow Jordanians, will look forward to seeing the outcome of this effort (Amman Master Plan). My hope is that this effort will provide a template and example that can be replicated and evolved in our other cherished Cities in Jordan so that our country will continue to grow and flourish and itself be an example for others in the region and the world

Genesis of the Institute

Town Planning Leadership Award

Asia-Pacific City-of-the-Year Award for Leadership

Regional Think and Do tank

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Global Knowledge …… Adapted Locally

Through Engaging and Empowering Local Communities

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Multi-sectoral Delivery Strategy

Dissemination &Urban Network

Capacity Building/Training

Technical Assistance

Research

Some of our Projects – Amman Plan

Some of our Projects – Aqaba Plan

Some of our Projects – 8 other plans in Jordan

Bridging the Gap with Academia

Children Program

Continuous Outreach

Training @Ai

Why AI? Knowledge and Experience

Knowledge that is built on research, knowledge creation and dissemination

Amman and other cites Master Plans GAM City Charter Experience Smart Growth Training Community Organizing and Leadership Training Transparency in Urban Governance Corrupt Cities

Partnership

Leadership, Community Organizing Training

Ai hosted Marshall Ganz, a lecturer at the Harvard KennedySchool of Government and formerly President Obama‘sCampaign Advisor, to conducted training on communitybuilding and organizing

Smart Growth Training

Ai conducted trainings in Smart Growth Planning froPlanners from Jordan, Iraq and Palestine

Corrupt Cities

Corrupt Cities is a practical guide by Maclean-Abaroa toassist in the diagnosis, investigation and prevention ofvarious kinds of corruption

In addition to that …

Well-rounded approach – diverse speakers Global knowledge adapted locally Bilingual Materials Strategic Location Virtual Base

Participant-centered Training

Site Visits

Lectures

Hands on Exercises

Discussions

Training @ Ai is a journey with clear path and concrete results

How do we do that?

Provide Direction Empower

Debate Engage

Support Create Sense of Place

Uncover leaders

Some Fun

Achievement&

And Our AI Family Grows Alumni network

Good Governance ...Smart CitiesCapacity Building Training for Iraq

Introduction

Iraqi cities are rising from years of wars and instabilities: Iraq lacks strong institutional systems and good urban governance The technical abilities in areas like urban planning

Good Governance is the key to success in any future development in Iraq

Urban Planning is very important in guiding and monitoring the urban development on many levels

A series of 4 trainings in areas :

Urban Governance Smart Growth Planning

The Training

37 members of the Iraq Local Government Association

30 city planners from different governorates

Participants

Module I: Urban Governance-Objectives

Facilitating a more strategic role of ILGA Empowering ILGA with skills they need in order to

undertake a more active and effective role for themselves.

Introducing the city charter and other initiatives to ILGA as tools of good Governance

Introducing the concepts of Smart Growth Planning

To establish an extensive, well rounded exposure to the concepts of master planning

To share the experience of the Amman plan model To introduce an interdisciplinary/ multidisciplinary

planning approach that refers to an array of planning-related fields

To emphasize the significance of planning as an ongoing process, and to touch upon the various leadership/management, institutional organizational factors

Module II: Smart Growth- Objectives

And the journey continues

The training is designed to serve as a module for other cities in Iraq and the region.

“The training course was holistic, comprehensive, and imparted a great deal of knowledge in a relatively short period of time, particularly the aspects related to the way the Amman plan was conducted” .

Abdullah Farhan, National Iraqi Council for Urban Development and Planning and working on PhD in urban planning