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This project is designed to develop national capacities to follow up the implementation of the objectives and priorities of the National Urban Strategy, as part of the tasks of the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs. The general national orientations dictated by the Ninth Five-Year Development Plan (2010-2014) and subsequent policies of the Tenth Five-Year Development Plan (2015-2019), with particular emphasis on balanced regional development, diversification of the economic base and the promotion of competitiveness, have all been developed. Consider the formulation of the outputs targeted by this project.
In 2001, with the technical and substantive support of the United Nations Development Program and the Department of Social and Economic Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, Saudi Arabia, represented by the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs and the Ministry of Town Planning Agency, prepared the National Urban Strategy as an effective tool for planning, managing and rationalizing urban development over a period of 25 years. (2000-2025) with a focus on achieving and activating sustainable development through balanced regional planning and dissemination of development within well-chosen development axes and in integrated growth centers at the national, regional and international levels. Me. The Government is aware that the modernization and activation of the National Urban Strategy is certain to yield optimal benefits if it is accomplished through a participatory process involving all economic sectors, including the private sector and civil society institutions.
The modernization and activation of the National Urban Strategy will provide a platform for balanced regional planning among the 13 regions of the Kingdom, with a fundamental shift in the policy of stopping migration from villages to cities and replacing it by seeking an enabling environment for balanced urban development in all regions of the Kingdom. Focus on the positive dimensions of urbanization rather than its disadvantages. There is a widespread belief, supported by strong empirical evidence from developed and developing countries, that the management and rationalization of the urbanization process will increase productivity by 8%, and the obvious results here can be quantified in terms of the competitive advantages between cities and their ability to attract foreign direct investment and its consequences. From providing for new jobs.
Objectives
The current two-year project (2015-2016) is expected to achieve the following five outputs:
1) Design capacity development programs for the full implementation of the objectives and priorities of the urban strategy of the various sectors of the economy;
2) Develop metrics to assess progress on the NPS objectives and apply them across all sectors through an evolving platform with key performance indicators (KPIs);
3) Improving spatial / sectoral coordination with ministries and government agencies;
4) Evaluating sectoral projects to ensure the achievement of the objectives and priorities of the national urban strategy.
Provide advisory services to enable the Government to conduct relevant urban planning studies |
