[{"bbox": [148, 136, 1133, 216], "category": "List-item", "text": "community involvement in decision-making processes and gather local knowledge for planning. Climate\nresilience aspects could be assessed at the level of planning for resilient infrastructure and urban design,\nwhich can withstand the impacts of climate change."}, {"bbox": [97, 228, 1133, 335], "category": "List-item", "text": "2.1.3. Facilitating access to urban services through digital mapping and virtual addressing platform: Supporting comprehensive digital maps of properties, housing and businesses will enable residents to easily access information about available urban services and resources and to actively participate in planning of the priorities of their city."}, {"bbox": [97, 347, 1133, 374], "category": "List-item", "text": "2.1.4. Supporting Building Permits Management Information System (BPMIS) operationalization and maintenance"}, {"bbox": [148, 402, 1133, 562], "category": "Text", "text": "An online Building Permits Management Information System (BPMIS) equipped with features that facilitate applicants to access information, to closely follow-up applications and to be notified on the progress made on them as a result of the assessment undertaken by authority. The system integrate the current online system Construction Permit Management Information System (CPMIS) used by the City of Kigali to issue building permits, and the activity is to scale up to serve Nyamata and Rwamagana district One stop centres. The system will be reinforced with inspection and digitalised reporting features."}, {"bbox": [97, 592, 397, 618], "category": "Section-header", "text": "Activities relating to Output 2.2:"}, {"bbox": [97, 647, 1133, 727], "category": "List-item", "text": "2.2.1. Enhancing residents' digital skills and reducing digital divide: Providing residents with training and support to improve digital literacy will enable active participation - with a particular focus on women and girls in all their diversity - in digital platforms and effective use of available services."}, {"bbox": [97, 740, 1133, 846], "category": "List-item", "text": "2.2.2. Promoting information and data coordination: Encouraging collaboration and information sharing among citizens, the private sector, and the government will support the development of a comprehensive long-term urban strategy. This strategy can integrate Internet of Things (IoT) technologies to raise awareness and aid in a more efficient city management."}, {"bbox": [97, 876, 397, 902], "category": "Section-header", "text": "Activities relating to Output 3.1:"}, {"bbox": [97, 930, 1133, 1063], "category": "List-item", "text": "3.1.1. Provision of sustainable socio-economic facilities: this entails concrete investments. Beside public spaces, local communities are also lacking socio-economic facilities to enhance their living conditions and jobs opportunities. Inclusivity and economic local development will be promoted through the provision of local markets, early children development centres, youth centres, IT & environmental labs... depending on the priority local needs that will be defined in a participatory way."}, {"bbox": [97, 1093, 397, 1119], "category": "Section-header", "text": "Activities relating to Output 3.2:"}, {"bbox": [97, 1149, 582, 1175], "category": "List-item", "text": "3.2.1. Developing alternative green housing solutions"}, {"bbox": [97, 1187, 673, 1213], "category": "List-item", "text": "3.2.2. Piloting the construction of green and affordable housing"}, {"bbox": [97, 1243, 1133, 1456], "category": "Text", "text": "As a first step, a participatory analysis of existing urban and housing patterns, materials, economic structures, and behaviours in settlements is essential to identify suitable technical solutions. Guidelines based on this analysis will inform the interventions, encompassing a range of housing options. These include low-cost housing upgrades, land readjustment, well-standardized sites and services, greenfield site development, and incremental housing construction supported by communities. Incentives will encourage the private sector to focus on rental solutions, given their practicality for low-income households. The interventions will advocate for mixed land use and income areas, discouraging zoning and gentrification. Methods like land pooling will be explored to facilitate land access and provide essential infrastructure and appealing public spaces."}, {"bbox": [97, 1485, 1133, 1538], "category": "Text", "text": "Innovation in climate-responsive design will also be a focus. The intervention will engage qualified consultancy expertise to support the design and site supervision phases, ensuring solutions align with climate considerations."}, {"bbox": [97, 1567, 1133, 1620], "category": "Text", "text": "The commitment of the EU's contribution to the Team Europe Initiative to which this action refers, will be complemented by other contributions from Team Europe members. It is subject to the formal confirmation of each"}, {"bbox": [1027, 1682, 1143, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 10 of 28"}]