HUMAN SETTLEMENT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE Head of the Institute Executive Director (Training) Tel. No. : 24367834 Fax: No. : 24365292 Email : [email protected], [email protected]HUDCO House , Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110 003 Tel nos: 011- 24308600, 24308640 Fax nos: 011- 24365292 Email:[email protected]Website:www.hudco.org INTERNATIONAL COURSE FOR OVERSEAS PROFESSIONALS ON PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT OF URBAN SERVICES (Under ITEC & SCAAP Sponsored By Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India) Hudco House, Lodhi Road New Delhi – 110003 Phone: 011-24308611, 24308640 | Fax: 011-24365292 | E: [email protected]| www.hudco.org DATE: 15 th Jan to 9 th March 2018 PLACE: NEW DELHI, INDIA HOW TO APPLY Application should be made in prescribed format available with the Indian Mission in your country. The Indian Mission in your country will also be able to provide more details on the programme and information regarding the availability of fellowships. Please visit http://itec.mea.gov.in for details. AIRPORT TRANSFER PLEASE NOTE: Institute’s hostel remains open round the clock on all days, including holidays. Accommodation for participants is reserved in the hostel. Participants must NOT stay anywhere except at HSMI hostel. No reimbursement will be made to the participants if staying elsewhere or for hiring of taxi. This institute may arrange to receive the participants from the airport once the arrival details are received in advance. The arrival details may be sent to [email protected]. The details of pick-up arrangements shall be informed through email. The person deputed to receive will have the placard flashing the name of the institute “HSMI” and shall be available in the arrival hall after customs clearance. Alternatively, on arrival, the participant can hire a prepaid taxi from the Delhi Traffic Police Counter in the arrival hall of Delhi Airport (after customs) and indicate the Institute’s Hostel Address i.e. F- 212, Asian Games Village Complex (Khel Gaon), August Kranti Marg, New Delhi – 110 049. The approximate tariff is around US $ 10(Ten). In case of any problem in airport transfer, participants should contact the Institute’s Hostel. The telephone numbers of hostel are ( + 9 1 1 1 ) 24693375, 49028297, 26493281, Fax: 26493726.
Institute’s hostel remains open round the clock on all days, including holidays. Accommodation for participants is reserved in the hostel. Participants must NOT stay anywhere except at HSMI hostel. No reimbursement will be made to the participants if staying elsewhere or for hiring of taxi.
International Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) and Special Commonwealth African Assistance Programme (SCAAP)
Over the last several decades, ITEC and its sister initiatives, SCAAP and the Technical Cooperation Scheme of Colombo Plan have contributed substantially to capacity building in many parts of the world.
ITEC/SCAAP programmes have attracted thousands of participants from Asia, Africa, Latin America and Central Europe for training in a diverse range of subjects at a large number of institutes across the country. In 2015-16, more than 10,000 participants from 161 ITEC/SCAAP partner countries participated in more than 280 courses at 47 institutes, which are leading centres of excellence in their field of specialization.
The programme is run on highly participative lines ensuring maximum involvement of the participants. Besides interaction with faculty, each participant would also be required to prepare a country paper, concept paper and further participate in group d i s c u s s i o n s , g a m e s a n d e x e r c i s e s t o help them tackle their own work situations.
PARTICIPATION
This programme is primarily designed for engineers, architects, town planners, landscape architects, urban designers, community development professionals, health workers, education and literacy campaigners and technologists. Participation of Non-Government Organizations as well as some elected representatives, seriously engaged in urban affairs shall strengthen the interaction among managers of urban development. Participants should have a Bachelor Degree in the mentioned disciplines with minimum 5 years’ experience.
Winter arrives in Delhi November or early December. During December normal
temperature is expected to be around 22 degree Celsius during day and around 10
degrees Celsius in night. The participants are advised to carry woollens with them.
Planning and Management of Urban Services (8 weeks)
The rising demand for infrastructure services is directly related to the
increasing population, GDP growth and rising per capita usage of
infrastructure services associated with increasing incomes. The gap
between demand and supply, and the inaccessibility and
unaffordability of services and infrastructure to segments of the
population, represents a major weakness in policy, planning
approaches and institutional capacity. Thus, there is a need for more
innovative and inclusive business models, especially models which can more effectively mobilize finance
for investment and which can involve the private sector and community groups in the financing and
management of services. The whole life costs of the systems of infrastructure such as water supply,
drainage, sewerage and urban transportation can be correlated to the pattern of urbanization. These
trends call for more rigorous approaches to demand management and the use of policy and economic
instruments to discourage waste and promote more balanced investment strategies. This course focuses
of planning and management of urban infrastructure, with an outlook that promotes sustainability in
infrastructure delivery and participation of stakeholders in its operation and maintenance.
The course is divided into 8 modules and a brief description of each module is given here below:
Module 1: Sustainable Urban Development
This module will present the profile of India and its systems of planning, democracy and governance. It
will introduce participants to HUDCO/HSMI, its activities and entitlements of participants. The course
objectives, contents of the programme and presentations by participants will be discussed. Participating
officers will be given guidelines for preparing presentations on their country profile and timelines for
presentations will also be finalised in this module. The group will be taken on a visit to important places
in Delhi and its landmarks.
Module 2: Emerging Urbanization Patterns and City Growth
This module will present trends and implications of urbanization on
sustainable human development. The other topics of interest like
decentralization, e-governance, initiatives in urban planning, environment
& health issues etc. will also be discussed.
Module 3: Urban Infrastructure Challenges and Prospects
This module will look into the scale of urbanization and its relationship with
the rising demand for services, the increasing unit costs of infrastructure provision associated with the
sub-optimal e expansion of cities, a legacy of under-investment in asset replacement and infrastructure
extensions, poor operational management and maintenance, high and inefficient consumption of
services among middle and high income consumer classes, slow inclusion of a green infrastructure
approach, inequitable distribution of services and infrastructure, which continues to exacerbate the
spatial and socio-economic segregation in cities. Further, the effects of the reliance on outdated
technologies, growing awareness on environmental management systems and inappropriate business
models for infrastructure provision and O&M would also be addressed in this module
Module 4: Land Management Housing and Social Development
This module will cover issues pertaining to land management and urban poverty alleviation. Importance
of community participation in managing cities and the tools of community participation will also be
discussed. Presentations on the Government of India’s policy and programme initiatives will be
presented in this module.
Module 5: Planning for Basic Services
This module will cover important elements of urban infrastructure like
water supply, sanitation and urban waste management. Presentations
will be organized on innovative concepts in each sector and its
outcome. Issues like pricing of urban services, cost recovery options
and public private partnership approach will also be discussed in detail.
Module 6: Energy, Environment and Mobility in Cities
The theme of this module will be to assimilate successful experiences in terms of energy conservation,
environmental management and mobility planning in urban areas. The sessions will be planned to cover
these issues in new town development as well as in the existing towns to understand how a balance
between development and environmental management can be achieved. Tools like LCA and EIA will also
be presented in this module.
Module 7: Urban Governance & Financial Management
Improving urban governance and financial management is a daunting
task in most local bodies. In this module, various case studies will be
presented to highlight the mechanisms of financial management
including fiscal transfer, augmenting local revenue sources, Public
Private Partnerships etc.
Module 8: Technical Study visits
Structured visits within India to provide practical experience, relevant
to the participants on returning home, are organized with extensive
cooperation from Central and state governments, major public and
