Summary: Addressing Poverty Alleviation in a sustainable manner by embedding it into an overall policy and urban management framework.

Objectives: The overall goal of the activity is the reduction and prevention of urban poverty in Addis Ababa - Enable stakeholders in urban development to effectively address critical and urgent issues of urban development; Promote equitable economic growth; Prevent and alleviate urban poverty; Develop affordable and participatory options for upgrading; Manage the city’s resources and environment for sustainability.

Activities: City conference to discuss the draft of the Strategic Development Framework as well as the structure plan with all stakeholder groups; Participatory slum upgrading: through work on one pilot project; a city-wide model approach for the upgrading of tertiary market areas shall be developed; Participatory development of Local Development Plans: through work on two local development plans, a methodology for local plan development will be established within the city government’s planning department; A 10-year financing strategy and the basic elements of a strategic financial planning mechanism for public investments; Development of a collaborative network for upgrading and urban service delivery through training and sensitization of top administrators and representatives of the civil society; A two-year program to develop human resources which are most critical for the implementation of the Structure Plan and the Strategic Development Framework.

Expected Impact & Results: Planning security for investors and residents; More effective land acquisition and building process; Increased ownership and participation of private sector in urban development; Locally available resources from the city government and private sector are used for market upgrading; Urban development guided in line with poverty-reduction and sustainability objectives; Enhanced and more efficient use of public funds and municipal revenue resources; Locally available resources channeled towards slum upgrading; living conditions of poor improved.