Developing Green Growth Strategies for Metropolitan Municipalities

Project Summary:

As Turkey embarks on a national effort to promote sustainable cities, KGGTF’s two-year USD $500,000 program is providing technical assistance to create a green growth information plat- form. The platform will include green growth indicators and collect baseline data to analyze key urban planning variables, including land, housing, transport, energy efficiency, and infrastructure. The program team will also prepare sustainable city action plans using a framework informed by the platform. The program will prepare a report for Turkey modeled on the Korean Industrial Complex Corporation. The report will present options for the Government to transform industrial zones into eco-friendly areas.  

List of Activities:

• Sustainable City Planning and Management Systems: to provide technical assistance support to municipalities, preparation of feasibility studies, environmental assessments and basic engineering designs and support to Iller Bank (Ilbank) in grants management and capacity building.
• Municipal Investments: to finance targeted infrastructure investments in participating municipalities.
• Project Management: to finance goods and consultant services for monitoring and evaluation, outreach and communication and local technical consultants for the engineering supervision

Outcomes:

Output 1:

• Database and Information Platform Report completed

Output 2:

• 8 city specific Action Plans prepared

Output 3:

• KICOX Model Adaptation Report

Output 4:

• One Study Tour and Training Program in Korea
• Multiple clinics, hands‐on advisory services, and virtual learning

Outcomes:

The expected outcomes of this project are to incrementally improve the sustainability of participating municipalities as measured by a Sustainable Cities Index. To a satisfactory degree, all participating municipalities will be able to prepare, adopt and commence implementation of their Sustainable Cities Action Plan; at least 5 participating cities will be able to record an increase in their Sustainability Index score; and the population (number) and built assets (value) with will be subject to a reduced exposure to disaster risk in pilot areas.

Collaboration with K-Partners and Others:

• KICOX
• MoLIT
• Green Technology Center of Korea
• Seoul National University
• KEXIM
• KRIHS