Project Management unit and Technical Advisory Services for the MobiliseYourCity Asia Programme
Context
Launched at the COP 21, the Mobilise Your City (MYC) Partnership is a global partnership to support sustainable and low-carbon urban mobility planning in developing and emerging economies. After setting up projects and operations in Latin American and Africa, Caribbean and Pacific regions, the objective of the Asia Program is to expand the MYC Partnership operations in Asia. To this end, the French Development Agency (AFD), who finances the first phase of the MYC Asia Program through a 5 M euros grant, is joining hands with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) as co-lead partner on the program implementation.
Objective
The present assignment aims to deploy adequate program management support and technical advisory services to ensure the efficient roll-out and successful outputs delivery of the MYC Asia Program on the three program components presented hereafter:
- Component 1: development of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans and adequate preparatory and feasibility studies for priority infrastructure projects, for accompanying measures or policies, and implementation of pilot projects at the subnational / municipal scale;
- Component 2: development and improvement of National Urban Mobility Plans towards greener and more sustainable urban mobilities at the national scale;
- Component 3: structuring and animation of a community of practice, capacity-building and knowledge sharing at the regional scale.
Our contribution
Espelia's role is to lead the technical assistance and facilitate the implementation of the MobiliseYourCity partnership in Asia by:
- Coordinating and monitoring the program, through the mobilization of a MobiliseYourCity Asia program manager ensuring the management of the partnership in the region;
- Conducting thematic actions and studies aimed at supporting member cities and countries in the development and implementation of their sustainable mobility plans: development of terms of reference, review of SUMPs and NUMPs, production of studies;
- Conducting capacity building and training activities for cities and member countries;
- Organizing events to consolidate a regional community of practice within the partnership.
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