Integrated Resource Management in

Asian Cities: the Urban Nexus

World Urban Forum2018

Urban Nexus in Indian Cities

• Supported by GIZ; ICLEI SEA and ICLEI SA as Implementation Partners and UNESCAP as Political Partner

• 2 Nexus Cities in India: Rajkot, Gujarat Nagpur, Maharashtra

• Duration: 2016-2019

• Objectives of the Project: To introduce, promote and facilitate the adoption of integrated

planning and management approaches in developing urban development and infrastructure projects in Nexus Cities;

To at least initiate discussions between the National, State and Cities on adoption and benefits of Nexus approach to urban planning,

To disseminate the Nexus approach to other non-project cities

Activities in Brief

Signing of MoU Field Visits in Cities Technical support in cities

Peer-to-peer Learning and Knowledge Exchange

Training and Capacity building through exposure visits (China)

Cooperation with National level organizations like NEERI

Activities in Brief

Training on NexusUrban Nexus at RCAP, 2017

Technical Workshop on Vacuum Sewer, Rajkot

Nagpur, Maharashtra

Sustainable Development Goals: Target 11.6 & 12.5

Smart City and Swachh

Bharat Mission

Municipal Solid Waste

Management at Local Level

by NMC

• Nagpur signed an MoU with GIZ Urban Nexus and ICLEI South Asia in 2016

• Introduction of innovative engineering technologies with regard to solid waste management considering reuse of water and producing energy from waste

Cooperation with the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) for the introduction of innovative engineering technologies

Conducted waste characterization study to assess feasibility of innovative Maximum Yield Technology (MYT) to treat waste

Approx. USD 81 million estimated for setting up the plant of 800 TPD!!

State Gujarat

Location Centre of the Saurashtraregion of Gujarat

Area 129 Sq. Km (4th largest city in Gujarat

Population 1286678 (Census, 2011)

Part of National Urban Development Schemes and Programmes

Smart City MissionAtal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation Scheme (AMRUT)Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM)Housing for All

Rajkot, Gujarat

• Rajkot signed an MoU with GIZ Urban Nexus and ICLEI South Asia in September, 2016

• Introduction of innovative engineering technologies with regard to water and wastewater management, reuse of water and nutrients:

Advisory and technical support from experts Mr Younes Hassib prepared a baseline

situation analysis, water balance and provided recommendation to improve water management

Training on Water balance tool• Assess the feasibility of installing vacuum

sewer in the upcoming greenfield areas and existing areas with no sewer connections

• Support the city in establishing waste water recycling plan thereby conserving fresh water

Training and Capacity Building

Training and capacity building• 2 engineers from Nagpur and Rajkot attended

training program in Wastewater management (focusing on vacuum sewer technology) in Hanau, Germany in September, 2016

• 2 engineers from Nagpur and Rajkot along with a scientist from NEERI had an exposure visit to MYT Solid Waste Management Plant, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

• Training on Nexus envisaged in India in April, 2018 along with Training of Trainers

Peer-to-peer Learning Event: Mongolian delegates visit Nagpur• Wastewater treatment plant: New Plant with

similar approach is envisaged for Ulaanbaatar• Smart Strip under Smart City Mission

• Rearrangement of Institution plays an important role

Urban NEXUS “Task Forces/ Stakeholder Groups” in local governments to strengthen and sustain cross-departmental collaboration, and to give a taste of “breaking the silos”

‒ During projects formulation/designing, it is important to institutionalize multi-stakeholder collaboration to guarantee longer-term cooperation and sustainable outcomes

• Customize institutional arrangements: based on the unique local and subnational governance context, available capacities, and the needs identified through projects (like SPVs formed under Smart City)

• Requires integration at multiple scales: Need to encourage all governmental authorities and stakeholders at all levels to be part of Urban NEXUS solutions

Key Lessons from Experiences

• Innovative financial instruments to support and incentivize Urban NEXUS approaches, by e.g. linking national development funds or infrastructure financing to reward projects that show an Urban NEXUS approach

• Building institutional capacity

Capacitate existing institutions to enable to think ‘out of box’

City-to-city peer learning opportunities/programs like Mongolian delegates visiting Nagpur, Nagpur at CityNetCongress, RCAP

Build Urban NEXUS thinking and behaviors through working with educational institutions, universities, research and training providers.

• Bringing together multiple levels of governance (National, State and Local)/Vertical scale requires considerable time; Bureaucracy also makes it tough

• Collaboration between different actors across horizontal scales needs time and efforts

• Duration of project and human resources can shape an Urban NEXUS outcome

• Creating openness/thinking out of box to the Urban NEXUS approach is crucial

• Building trust with communities/participatory approach is a make or break factor

• Political will and commitment ensures that an Urban NEXUS approach will be institutionalized

• Capacity Building and generating awareness is a continuous process

Challenges in Indian Cities

Thank you

Mr Emani Kumar

Deputy Secretary General, ICLEI

Executive Director, ICLEI South Asia