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Urban planning

Strategy, planning and governance

Environment, social and gender

Consulting & engineering

Regional Planning of Rural Areas for Abastumani and Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti

The&nbsp;Georgian&nbsp;Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure requested AFD's assistance to support the development of two rural regions:&nbsp;Abastumani, and Racha-Lechkhumi. The main challenges identified in Georgia's rural areas are related to economic development, social conditions and living standards as well as environmental protection and sustainable management of natural resources.

Understanding rural territories in Georgia  

Technical Assistance

Conseil, conception et études

Development of the Procedure’s Manual for the Solid Waste Project 

Capacity building

Support for the Institutional Set-Up of the "Youth in Diffa" Project

Technical Assistance for the Implementation of Zenata Eco-City

The&nbsp;Zenata&nbsp;ecocity project, a first in Africa, should accommodate 300,000 inhabitants by 2030 on an area of 1,830 ha located between the cities of Rabat and Casablanca. The aim is to build a city that is intelligent in terms of mobility, access to healthcare, social equity, use of public space, security, network management and waste treatment.

An intelligent ecocity of 300,000 inhabitants

Risk and Climate Change 

Water and sanitation

Identification of a Resilient Urban Project for the City of Nga Bay

Energy

Feasibility Study of the Programme for Adaptation of Cities to Climate Change (PAVICC)

SUDD Consulting

The general objective of the Programme&nbsp;d'Adaptation&nbsp;des Villes aux&nbsp;Changements&nbsp;Climatiques&nbsp;(PAVICC) is to plan the urbanisation of four cities in Benin,&nbsp;namely:&nbsp;Cotonou,&nbsp;Comè,&nbsp;Sèmè&nbsp;Podji&nbsp;and&nbsp;Bohicon, taking into consideration the existing and future impacts of climate change.

Planning and integrating challenges raised by climate change  

urban growth

Feasibility Study for the PADEVE Development Project in Madagascar 

Madagascar is currently experiencing a very high level of urbanisation. The number of cities with more than 5,000 inhabitants rose from 33 in 1960 to 172 in 2007. Madagascar's urban population was 34% in 2014, with urban growth averaging 4.5% per year since 1990, particularly in the country's secondary cities.&nbsp; It is in this context that the authorities want to set up the&nbsp;Projet&nbsp;d'Appui&nbsp;au&nbsp;Développement&nbsp;des&nbsp;Villes&nbsp;d'Equilibre&nbsp;(PADEVE). The aim is to promote more inclusive urban development, by improving access to essential services for all and reducing inequalities, but also to put cities back at the heart of the country's economic growth

Improving city management 

Capacity Building and Implementation of Reconstruction Projects 

Aimag and Soum Centres Regional Investment Programme (ASDIP)

New urbanism

Global Works 

The program targets two clusters: a West cluster comprising 3 aimags (provinces) and an East cluster comprising 1 aimag. It is a 10-year investment program, executed in 3 tranches, linking green urban development, management of resilient low-carbon sites and the agribusiness value chain within an overall green agro-territorial development framework. The program has four objectives: <ul><li>Make sites attractive, resilient to climate change and low-carbon: the objective is to become more resilient, offer better living conditions and support the development of an agro-value chain. green and inclusive industrial&nbsp;</li><li> Improving site health and resilience: to help herders produce healthier livestock and quality animal-derived raw materials </li><li>Accessible financing: the agribusiness value chain is inclusive and supports sustainable rangeland management. Access to finance and credit risk guarantee for agribusinesses and livestock cooperatives is expanded (financial intermediation loan [FIL] component)</li><li> Structuring: Capacity building, institutional strengthening, policy improvement and support for project implementation
</li></ul>The program total financing (over the 3 tranches) amounts to USD 735 million. The program is co-financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). The team supported ADB project officer in preparing the GCF Funding Proposal, which required specific analyses on climate change mitigation effected by the project, and presentation of the project following GCF standards and methodologies.&nbsp; <jodit data-jodit-temp="1" contenteditable="false" draggable="true" data-jodit_iframe_wrapper="1" style="display: block; width: 758px; height: 366px;"><iframe width="754px" height="365px" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IbRYQPlpP9A" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""> </iframe></jodit>

Green urban development, resilient low-carbon sites and agribusiness value chain 

towns

inhabitants

of watershed

of solid waste

Macrowaste Management in Abidjan Lagoon Bay

The district of Abidjan, with a population of nearly 6 million, is mainly developed around eight lagoon bays. Due to a strong urbanization as well as deficiencies in sanitation and solid waste management, water quality of these lagoons significantly decreased over the last years. The amount of macro-waste found within the lagoons is important and continues to be increased by daily waste generation and disposal in the lagoons. This presents several impacts on (i) public health, (ii) environment, (iii) economy and (iv) navigation. As further urbanization is even anticipated (over four million inhabitants within the next ten years), it is absolutely needed to undertake actions to tackle this issue. In this respect, the three following main items will be implemented:
 <ul><li>Improvement of the waste management system in Abidjan to reduce disposal in the lagoons&nbsp;</li><li>Collection and treatment of the waste in the lagoons </li><li>Awareness raising and capacity building toward local stakeholders to promote better eco-friendly behaviours
</li></ul>The study has the following objectives: <ul><li>Study and propose a system for the collection and treatment of waste discharged into the lagoons. This will contribute to a rapid improvement of public health, biodiversity, living conditions and will promote economic activities </li><li>Raise awareness among all stakeholders</li></ul>

Reducing macro-waste pollution at the source

Urban development, programming and design

informal settlements

investment

of land to develop

Enabling Affordable and Resilient Housing Settlements in Greater Port-Vila Area

The long-term vision of the Government of Vanuatu is to provide potable water, sanitation, roads, drainage and electricity to low income households in the case of four existing, informal settlements; and low-middle income households at Etas, a greenfield site. Services must conform to appropriate standards, but also be affordable. Infrastructure development must allow for population growth, climate change effects (e.g. increased rainfall and sea level rise), environmental impacts (e.g. soil erosion, concentration of flow, and waste contamination), and, in the case of existing settlements, avoid the need for relocating any houses. Groupe Huit was selected by the World Bank to perform a pre-feasibility study of residential settlement upgrading and land development as part of the Vanuatu Enabling Affordable and Resilient Settlements (VEARS) programme.&nbsp;

Residential  Settlement  Upgrading and Land Development Facility

Matara Sustainable Urban Development Project

GreenTech

As a coastal city Matara is highly vulnerable to climate change impacts. With an average elevation of only 1.5 metres above sea level, an almost flat terrain and a very high groundwater table, Matara faces immense challenges in the development of its urban infrastructure, particularly with regard to solid waste management, flood protection and storm water drainage, exploiting its urban regeneration potential and improving its livability.
 The prime objective of this project preparation study is to improve the urban resilience and livability of Matara and the broader GMA, through four key components:&nbsp; <ul><li>Improvement of solid waste management </li><li>Upgrading of the city’s flood protection measures and the adoption of an early warning system in a context of climate change </li><li>Improvement of the storm water drainage infrastructure</li><li>Urban regeneration, transportation and the improvement of city livability in the GMA.</li></ul>

Improve urban resilience and livability

Slum Improvment in Strategic Human Settlements Area Project (SISHA) 

The Government of Indonesia (GOI) aims to eliminate slum areas and achieve universal access to safe water and sanitation by 2019. In view of this, GOI has initiated a slum alleviation program of US$ 2.1 billion . In this framework, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is financing the SISHA project (Slum Improvement in Strategic Human Settlements Area) which primary objective is to improve the living conditions of the slums residents in five out of eight pre-identified cities (namely Cirebon and Surakarta in Java, Makassar and Banjarmasion in Sulawesi, Mataram in Lombok, Palembang in Sumatra and Sorong in Papua). Main issues at stake in the targeted slums are the lack of access to basic urban services and facilities (water supply, drainage, wastewater &amp; solid waste collection and treatment, roads) and illegal or informal occupation of land.
 Both GOI and ADB put a strong emphasis on innovative and holistic approaches to slum alleviation: as such, the SISHA Project will consist in city-wide and multi-sectoral interventions which short-term objective is to raise the standards of living in priority slums, and which long-term objective is to prevent the development of further slums in the targeted cities.

Green Design & Water sensitive approach

Study of Sustainable Waste Collection and Recovery System in Vanuatu

Community Based Micro Watershaded Management in the Northern Uplands Program

Resilience and Adaptability to Climate Change - Can Tho River Revetment

Project Management

Urban Environmental Management and Towns Development Project in Cambodia

Punjab Integrated Solid Wasted Management Strategy

Quarry Project and Offshore Sand Mining Project - Environmental and Social Impact Study

Sewerage System Development Project

Feasability Study for Abidjan Bay Renaturation

Update of the Agadir Bus System Feasibility Study

Diagnostic and Decrease of Industrial Pollution of Alger for Wadi Mazafran et El Harrach

Developing Robust Flood Defenses For Ho Chi Minh City

VINACOMIN environmental policy and investment plan

National Ganga River Basin Project (NGRB)

Ex-post Evaluation of Post Crisis Reconstruction Projects

Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Resilience

Bukhara and Samarkand Historic Cities Sustainable Development Strategy

Climate Resilient Urban Infrastructure in Centre-North Vietnam

Hanoi Urban Railway Line 3

Preparation of Yunnan Urban Environment Porject (YUEP)

Plastic Waste Management on the Islands of Santa Luzia and Sao Vicente

Study | Elaboration of an ESMP and an IRPF for the Developement and Support Program for Balancing Cities Development (PADEVE)

Development of the Coastal Area of Lake Tanganyika

Porto Novo, Green City : Strategic Planning and Sustainable Development

Feasability Study Burkina Faso and Ivory Cost Border Area Tourism Development

Douala Sustainable City

Porto-Novo Green City

Design

Realisation of Movie about "Green City" Strategy in Porto-Novo

Financing Facility for Local Authorities (FICOL) - 2 projects in Laos

Vanuatu Affordable and Resilient Settlements Project

Sustainable Urban Design Interventions in Muang Xai

Urban and Municipal Development Fund

Kigali Informal Settlement Upgrading Project (KISUP)

The main objective of the proposed project is to improve the quality of life for current and future settlement residents in a context of urban demographic growth and climate change, in compliance with the national urban informal settlement upgrading implementation program. The strategy is to implement an in-situ upgrading project with minimal disruption to social and livelihood networks. Most of the actual residents are tenants (about 70% for Kagugu and Inyange, 56% for Rwezamenyo) who can mainly afford to walk to their workplaces.
 Aligned with the national policy, the project is prepared in a participatory manner to provide access to basic services to all residents while improving its resilience to climate change.
 The proposed project must lead to improve the living conditions of all residents through: <ul><li>Improvement of basic infrastructure and urban services (mobility, street-lighting, drainage, etc.)</li><li>Improved access to social and community infrastructure (Early Childhood Development centers, health centers, community markets and workshops, sector offices, access to e-services etc.) </li><li>Access to public amenities (open playground, green spaces…)</li><li>Upgrading of housing conditions through different schemes&nbsp;</li><li>Improvement of climate resilience, reducing the risks of flood, erosion, landslides and its associated impacts on health and economic damages.</li></ul>

Improve the quality of life for current and future settlement residents

Groupe Huit works with every project stakeholder to implement environmental and social safeguards: international donors, local or national authorities, national or international agencies and institutions, as well as industries. Environmental and social risks and impacts must be considered at every project stage, from planning, feasibility, design, or procurement.&nbsp;Groupe Huit mobilises a wide range of expertise - environmental, social and public consultation - to carry out the following : <ul><li>Impact study</li><li>Environmental and social assessment </li><li>Due diligence assignment</li><li>Environmental and social project monitoring&nbsp;</li></ul>Regardless of the project scope and stage, Groupe Huit is committed to understanding the mechanisms of local society and its complex relationship with the environment, through an analysis of: <ul><li>Stakeholders</li><li>Regulatory context</li><li>Study of the project's environment
</li></ul>Through this approach, we can identify issues and vulnerabilities, anticipate impacts and assess the potential consequences, in order to propose interventions that minimise the negative impacts and maximise the positive effects of every project. Based on solid methodologies, Groupe Huit adopts tailored approaches that adapt good practices to local conditions and directly involve populations in the process of improvement of their living conditions and reducing inequalities. People always remain at the heart of our projects.

Group

Environment, social and gender

Managing project impacts and implementing international environmental and social standards

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Projects

Regional Planning of Rural Areas for Abastumani and Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti

Development of the Procedure’s Manual for the Solid Waste Project

Support for the Institutional Set-Up of the "Youth in Diffa" Project

Technical Assistance for the Implementation of Zenata Eco-City