Description
In 2018, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) officially recognised the importance of inclusive and sustainable urbanisation through the launch of the ASEAN Sustainable Urbanisation Strategy (ASUS). As one of the initiatives under the Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity (MPAC) and the 2025 Strategic Area of Sustainable Infrastructure, the ASUS aims to assist local governments in the advancement of sustainable urbanisation in their cities. Based on the latest urban trends in the ASEAN region, the strategy identifies six priority areas and 18 sub-areas of sustainable urbanisation.Acknowledging the need to enhance local capacities to implement the ASUS and thereby advance sustainable urbanisation, the project “Accelerating the Implementation of the ASEAN Sustainable Urbanisation Strategy (ASUS)” (hereafter referred to as the ASUS Project) commenced in March 2020. The ASUS Project is funded through the ASEAN-Australia Development Cooperation Program - Phase II (AADCP II) and implemented by UN-Habitat's Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP) in collaboration with the ASEAN Connectivity Division under the Office of the Secretary-General, ASEAN Secretariat.
The ASUS Project sought to support eight cities in the ASEAN region in the development of contextually feasible and financially viable project proposals, while disseminating knowledge and sharing lessons learned to accelerate sustainable urbanisation. The project focused on medium-sized and intermediate cities as secondary cities such as these will see some of the most significant population and physical growth in coming decades.
The ASUS Project had the following objectives:
• Promote implementation of sustainable urbanisation projects within the ASUS Framework;
• Disseminate knowledge and lessons learned on sustainable urbanisation in the ASEAN to encourage other cities to adopt ASUS into their urban development plans; and
• Expand the knowledge base on sustainable urbanisation in the ASEAN.
To achieve this, three main outputs were delivered as part of the project:
• Technical support in the form of ASUS implementation proposals for eight (8) participating cities within the ASEAN, including the development of City Diagnostic Reports;
• ASEAN Sustainable Urbanisation Forum; and
• Report on the “State of Urbanisation in the ASEAN”.
During the consultancy period from later 2020 to early 2021, eight Diagnostic Reports were completed for the following cities:
Kep City, Cambodia;
Kaysone, Laos;
Sa Pa, Vietnam;
Shah Alam, Malaysia;
Tomohon, Indonesia;
Mandalay, Myanmar;
General Santos, Philippines;
Hat Yai, Thailand.
| Period | 2020 → 2021 |
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