[{"bbox": [88, 106, 387, 136], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 1.2. Summary of the Action"}, {"bbox": [83, 150, 1145, 336], "category": "Text", "text": "Tanzania's urban population, currently estimated at 30% of its overall population, is expected to reach 50% in 2040. The rapid physical urban expansion has overwhelmed Government capacity and resources for planning and service delivery. As a result, the majority of urban development is unplanned and basic service provision in most urban neighbourhoods is limited. Yet, urban areas are critical to national economic growth and poverty reduction - they account for the majority of the country's physical, financial, human, academic, and technological capital. There is a growing risk that the current urbanization path will limit economic growth potential and lock Tanzanian cities into unsustainable energy-intensive pattern that is costly for service provision and unattractive for business."}, {"bbox": [83, 342, 1146, 607], "category": "Text", "text": "The present Action is part of the first phase of Team Europe Initiatives “Green and Smart Cities SASA” for Tanzania. It mainly contributes to Priority Area 1 – Green Deals of the 2021-2027 Multi Annual Indicative Programme for Tanzania and promotes green and smart cities for the benefit of their communities and businesses, also incorporating i.a. relevant skills and access to finance (Priority area 2) as well as strong governance components (Priority area 3) for private sector development and investment. The Action, aligned with the new European Consensus on Development and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the EU “Towards a comprehensive Strategy with Africa”, will contribute to SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities). It intends to create wealth and enhance the quality of life for inhabitants – in particular women and youth – of the cities of Mwanza, Tanga and Pemba. It aims in particular to improve the conditions for greener cities and decent urban job creation. This will be achieved through attainment of the following set of specific objectives:"}, {"bbox": [85, 608, 1145, 659], "category": "Text", "text": "1. to promote an urban enabling regulatory and policy environment, to enhance local revenue mobilisation and inclusive urban economic development."}, {"bbox": [84, 660, 1063, 686], "category": "Text", "text": "2. to strengthen urban resilience and public services to urban poor communities, in particular in settlements."}, {"bbox": [84, 687, 1145, 740], "category": "Text", "text": "3. to stimulate a sustainable local economy in the selected cities, creating economic opportunities especially for women and youth."}, {"bbox": [83, 746, 1145, 878], "category": "Text", "text": "Policy dialogue will target key priorities and reforms such as fiscal decentralisation and local development strategies implementation. A mix of modalities will be used, mainly budget support and contribution agreements, and synergies with guarantee operations will contribute e.g. to private sector access to finance. Complementarities will be sought with ongoing actions from EU Member-States targeting local government authorities. It is expected that additional cities will be added to this Team Europe Initiative, with the benefit of hindsight from this first phase."}, {"bbox": [72, 913, 301, 944], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 2. RATIONALE"}, {"bbox": [87, 976, 220, 1002], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 2.1. Context"}, {"bbox": [83, 1019, 1145, 1444], "category": "Text", "text": "Tanzania is experiencing rapid population progression. The population is nearly 60 million increasing at 3% every year. With an urban population growth rate of around 5.2% per annum, Tanzania is today considered among the fastest rising urban populations in the world. This urban development is largely driven by both the strong population expansion (an outcome of persistently high birth rates coupled with increasing life expectancies) but also rural-urban migration. Tanzania's urban population, currently estimated at 30% of its overall population is expected to reach 50% around 2040; yet this rapid urbanization is accompanied by far more limited financial resources for capital investment than were available to countries in other parts of the world when they were at similar urbanization levels¹⁰. The rapid physical urban expansion has overwhelmed government capacity and resources for planning and service delivery. As a result, the majority of urban development is unplanned and basic service provision in most urban neighbourhoods is limited. Given the speed of urbanization and the resource constraints experienced by government, cities face a number of intertwined challenges of multi-sectoral nature and suffer a harsh effect on their future development. On the other hand, urban areas are critical to national economic growth and poverty reduction - they account for the majority of the country's physical, financial, human, academic, and technological capital and four Tanzanian cities are expected to produce more than half of the country's GDP by 2030¹¹. There is a growing risk that the current urbanization path will limit economic growth potential and lock Tanzanian cities into unsustainable energy-intensive pattern that is costly for service provision and unattractive for business."}, {"bbox": [83, 1449, 1145, 1504], "category": "Text", "text": "Tanzania's National Development Vision 2025, which is entering in its last phase with the third Five-Year Development Plan (FYDP III, 2021-2025), and Zanzibar Development Vision 2050 are the main strategic documents"}, {"bbox": [72, 1554, 1158, 1618], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹⁰ When East Asian countries were at Tanzania's current urbanisation rate of about 30 percent, their average GDP per capita was US$2,600, compared to Tanzania's average GDP per capita of US$ 500 https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/811221624876806983/pdf/Transforming-Tanzania-s-Cities-Harnessing-Urbanization-for-Competitiveness-Resilience-and-Livability.pdf"}, {"bbox": [72, 1638, 446, 1661], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹¹ Dar es Salaam, Mwanza, Arusha, Dodoma"}, {"bbox": [1051, 1663, 1158, 1687], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 4 of 30"}]