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Groupe Huit

Cities and regions 

Environment, social and gender

Technical Assistance

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

Keran

Risks and Resilience

Urban planning

Risk and Climate Change 

Consulting & engineering

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 

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

de bassin versant

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

Reorganising informal settlements 

Water and sanitation

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

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, and also industries. 
Environmental and social risks and impacts are factored at each project stage, from planning, feasibility, design, or tendering process. Groupe Huit mobilises environmental, social and participative collaboration expertise, to carry out: <ul><li>impact studies </li><li>environmental and social assessment </li><li>due diligence assignments</li><li>environmental and social monitoring projects
</li></ul>Whatever the project type and its advancement, Groupe Huit sets about 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>project environment
</li></ul>Thus we can identify issues and sensitivities, anticipate the impacts and assess the potential consequences, in order to propose projects that minimise the negative impacts and maximise the positive effects of projects.
 Based on well-proven methodologies, Groupe Huit applies "tailor-made" approaches by adapting good practices to local conditions and by integrating populations in order to improve living conditions and reduce disparities and inequalities. The human being must remain at the centre of the projects.

Group

Environment, social and gender

Manage project impacts and implement environmental and social standards of international donors

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Projects

Technical assistance for the implementation of Zenata Eco-city

Feasibility study of the programme for adaptation of cities to climate change (PAVICC)

Feasibility study for the PADEVE development project in Madagascar

Aimag and Soum centres regional investment programme (ASDIP)