Pacific Urban Development Investment Planning and Capacity Development Facility

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The knowledge and support technical assistance (TA) will support Pacific island countries to objectively analyze the costs and benefits of available urban investment options, to plan, design and prioritize investments, assess technical suitability, economic, financial and social viability, capacity and institutional issues, address environmental and social safeguards and, identify measures to strengthen project implementation capacity of urban investment projects. At the same time, the countries need to develop institutional, policy and human resource capacity to effectively plan and manage urban investments, so that social and economic benefits are maximized. ADB continues to receive requests from Pacific DMCs to assist in addressing challenges they face. The proposed knowledge and support TA will serve as a facility to support Pacific DMCs in making informed and strategic decisions on urban investments by supporting necessary activities such as capacity development, training, knowledge sharing and dissemination, technical advice, peer reviews etc.The proposed TA will support the Pacific Approach 2016-2020 strategic priority of enabling value creation by promoting livable and economically vibrant urban areas , supporting projects that will help governments with long-term urban planning to ensure that services can be sustained, and encourage private sector and civil society organization (CSO) involvement in the provision of urban infrastructure and services. The proposed TA will also support the Pacific Approach to provide (i) stronger, better, faster project delivery through expanded use of regional approaches and faster delivery mechanisms, and (ii) improved generation and sharing of knowledge.