Capacity Building for Improved Urban Management

    Capacity building activities will be designed to improve sustainibility of investments made under the Project.At the state level, this activities will directed at institutionalizing systems to enable the LSGUD to monitor the performance of and oversee service delivery by ULBs and municipal corporations through databases for municipal services and assets and for human resources. Also at the state level, staff will be trained in how to establish guidelines for user charges and prepare budget manuals to help LSGUD to develop the financial management and revenue capacity of the ULBs and muncipal corporations.At the municipal level the capacity of municipal corporations and ULBs to conduct urban planning, asset inventory, prudent financial management, revenue mobilization, and explore private sector participation in urban infrastructure and services will be improved.In municipal corporations and ULBs,staff will be trained in project development, design, and implementation.

    Consulting services will be provided to help the PMU and PIUs in each municipal corporation to (i) strengthen their project management and implementation capabilities, (ii) prepare detail engineering designs for the investment components of each municipal corporation, (iii) support consttruction supervision and quality control of the civil works under the Project, (iv) help in the appraisal,implementation and monitoring of ULB subprojects, and (v)contribute to benefit monitoring and evaluation by generating baseline data and assessing the impact of the Project and by providing feedback to the PMU to enable adjustments to be made.

    PMU will assist GoK to promote community awareness of the Project, including an understanding of its long-benefits.This will strengthen the support of the project beneficiaries and stimulate demand for better urban infrastucture and services.Beneficiaries will also be made aware issues such as water rates, user charges, and property tax reform.In addition, beneficiaries will be informed about how to prevent environmental health-related hazards and their responsibilities for reducing and avoiding inefficient use of water.