[{"bbox": [134, 153, 1135, 260], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Creating a global Urban Observatory to ensure better, not more, inclusive urban data collection and analysis (including on gender related aspects and inequalities), but also stronger synergy, coordination among the stackholders (MMDAs, agencies, Ministries, the private sector and the civil society) and prioritization of the investments;"}, {"bbox": [134, 274, 1135, 433], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Setting up a sanitation fund to support the development of a strong and efficient liquid waste private sector value chain through innovative and affordable financing. The sanitation is implemented by UNICEF and has already implemented a first successful pilot phase. Recognising that the impact of inadequate sanitation is not evenly distributed across the population, the Fund should include a gender perspective to address gender norms that prevent women and girls from influencing the design and delivery of sanitation services."}, {"bbox": [134, 447, 1135, 530], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Launching several pre-feasability and feasibility studies, including on affordability, willingness-to-pay, and inequalities in urban areas with the support of the donor community (Tamale climate resilience, faecal sludge treatment plants);"}, {"bbox": [134, 541, 1135, 673], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Updating its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) for 2020-2030 which planned 19 policy measures with specifically the following objectives: (2) Build resilient economies and societies; (3) Enhance early warning and disaster risk management; (4) Enhance landscape restoration; (5) Ensure responsible production and consumption; (6) Foster social inclusion focusing on youth and women; and (7) Provide smart and safe communities."}, {"bbox": [96, 686, 1135, 848], "category": "Text", "text": "At the same time, supporting ‘Smart and sustainable cities’ became a key priority under the European Partners’ Joint programming Ghana (2021-27). An EU-Ghana Partnership for smart and sustainable cities Phase 1 is already on going focusing on setting up the urban observatory, strengthening urban planning (land-use planning but also its sectoral layers), governance (accountability, public finance management) urban solid waste collection and segregation, as well as more equitable access to water and recreational areas for the poorest in the 6 urban areas in the North of Ghana (Wa, Bolgatanga, Yendi, Damongo, Tamale and Nalerigu)."}, {"bbox": [96, 857, 1135, 965], "category": "Text", "text": "**Responding to complementary challenges in liquid waste management and climate resilience in the same urban areas, associating of the private sector, will strengthen the sustainable and inclusive urban development dynamic, which began with sustainable cities Phase 1. This integrated approach is expected to increase the benefits to their citizens and to the entire local economic development.**"}, {"bbox": [96, 976, 1032, 1031], "category": "Text", "text": "**Identification of main stakeholders and corresponding institutional and/or organisational issues (mandates, potential roles, and capacities) to be covered by the action:**"}, {"bbox": [96, 1055, 1135, 1138], "category": "Text", "text": "By its nature, urban development is multi-sectorial and calls for competences shared and managed by many actors, both duty bearers and the rights holders. For the purpose of this action, the following actors will be involved based on their respective mandates and responsibilities"}, {"bbox": [96, 1161, 1135, 1456], "category": "Text", "text": "Wa, Bolgatanga, Tamale, Nalerigu, Damongo and Yendi’s **Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies** (MMDAs): Some of these cities/urban areas are composed of 2 MMDAs such as Tamale or Nalerigu. MMDAs have the mandate to deliberate, plan, mobilise resources and make decisions to ensure transformation of their districts during their term of office. Under the law, local authorities have executive, deliberative and technical support services to articulate the views and aspirations of the local communities for development at the district level. This function assists the Assemblies not only to prepare district development plans but also to submit such plans to public hearings and encourage citizens’ participation. Their structure is made up of the General Assembly, the Executive Committee and Sub-committees as well as the Coordinating Directorate, the Decentralised Departments (sectoral) and the Planning and Coordinating Unit (PCU), responsible for multi-sectoral planning and development plans. MMDAs will be **direct beneficiaries** of the project and will play a key supervision and coordination role over the activities of the project together with:"}, {"bbox": [134, 1481, 1135, 1617], "category": "List-item", "text": "* **Regional Coordinating Councils (RCC)** serve as the link between the central government and the local level. They provide administrative and technical services to ministries, departments, MMDAs and NGOs through monitoring and coordinating activities and performances that are geared towards the improvement of the life of citizens, including and particularly women and girls, persons with disabilities and other under-represented groups."}, {"bbox": [1037, 1681, 1144, 1707], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 9 of 30"}]