Decentralized Urban Capacity Building Project

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The objective of the Decentralized Urban Capacity Building Project of Burkina Faso is to strengthen the delivery of urban services at the municipal level with special emphasis on Ouagadougou, Bobo-Dioulasso, Koudougou, Banfora, Ouahigouya, and Kaya. There are 3 components to the Project: Component 1 is the Municipal Support Program which will strengthen the technical and financial capacity of the communes of Ouagadougou, Bobo-Dioulasso, Koudougou, Banfora, Ouahigouya, and Kaya to program, finance, deliver and manage infrastructure and urban services. This will be supplemented by activities targeted at the remaining regional capitals. This component has three sub-components, which will define the municipal contract's Municipal Support Program: (i) strengthening programming and urban management capacity; (ii) strengthening financial resource mobilization; and (iii) strengthening administrative and financial management of the municipalities; Component 2 is to support urban development institutions and stakeholders and will support cross-cutting activities that aim at strengthening financial mechanisms to support decentralization and the capacity of stakeholders involved in supporting municipalities in their effort to provide services to their populations. This component includes: (i) transfer mechanisms and financing local investments; (ii) urban planning; and (iii) institutional strengthening; and Component 3, Project management, technical assistance, monitoring and evaluation, which will strengthen national capacity to coordinate programs, monitor performance of municipalities and institutions involved in decentralized urban development. This includes: (i) project management; (ii) monitoring and evaluation; and (iii) financial audits.