Urban Development and Poor Neighborhood Upgrading Project

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The development objectives of the Urban Development and Neighborhood Upgrading Project for Republic of Congo are to: (i) improve access to infrastructure and basic services for people living in selected unplanned settlements in Brazzaville and Pointe Noire; and (ii) strengthen government and municipal capacity for urban upgrading. The project comprises of three components. The first component, integration and neighborhood upgrading objective is to provide access to infrastructure and basic services in targeted neighborhoods and improve connectivity and network integration with the rest of the city. It consists of following two sub-components: (i) connectivity and network investment program; and (ii) upgrading investments. The second component, development of institutions and capacity objective is to institute an integrated approach to upgrading existing unplanned settlements and to reduce the emergence of new unplanned settlements. It consists of following four sub-components: (i) community facilitation; (ii) neighborhood upgrading plans; (iii) urban sector organization and regulation; and (iv) city-level institution building. The third component, project management, coordination, and evaluation will fund incremental operating costs for the project coordination unit (PCU).