Sustainable urban and regional development
Sustainable urban and regional development is a central issue in contemporary development policies. It aims to ensure that cities become safe, efficient and resilient places that can guarantee access to essential services while reducing insecurity and vulnerability among their inhabitants.
This includes implementing measures to mitigate the impacts of climate change, improve citizens' quality of life and promote responsible resource management.
Areas of expertise
Ginger SOFRECO contributes to urban development in several different areas. We work to support urban and environmental planning, create local economic development and territorial marketing strategies, strengthen the project management capacities of local authorities, and are involved in urban and socio-economic infrastructure engineering.
Urban planning and environmental planning
Local economic development strategies and regional marketing
Local project management capabilities
Urban and socio-economic infrastructure engineering
Urban planning and environmental planning
Ginger SOFRECO works on projects aimed at automating and improving sustainable municipal planning, financial management, investment and revenue monitoring, and smart urban planning. This includes the use of technical tools such as computer-aided design (CAD) and geographic information systems (GIS) for input provision and analytical tasks. These projects also involve the creation and use of base maps, spatial data for integrated infrastructure systems, satellite images and plans.
Another important challenge is the development and implementation of an environmental and social management system for cities. This system includes a monitoring database that documents monitoring activities and specific environmental quality indicators in the field.
Our references in sustainable urban and regional development
Consultancy services for implementation support and capacity building to the project coordination unit (PCU) in PO-RALG under DMDP ( 2017 - 2022 )
Phase I of the project supported the Dar Es Salaam Metropolitan Urban Programme (USD 330.3 million, including a USD 300 million IDA loan), designed to address urgent infrastructure needs for urban services, urban mobility and flooding, taking into account social and environmental issues, but also to strengthen institutional capacities and systems to manage the future megacity that is expected to be realised by 2030.
Technical assistance for the Programme of Adaptation of Cities to Climate Change (PAVICC) ( 2021 - 2023 )
The PAVICC is an urban development programme aimed at planning the urbanisation of four cities in Benin (Cotonou, Comè, Sémè-Podji and Bohicon) taking the current and future impacts of climate change into account. PAVICC aimed to advise cities and strengthen their institutional, organisational and individual capacities in the areas of land use planning, with the introduction of the concept of resilience, infrastructure (planning, management and maintenance), taxation and budgeting.
The main focus areas of PAVICC were:
- Urban planning - Development of strategic and operational urban planning tools to anticipate and prevent the recurrence of current situations and to better take climate, urban and socio-economic risks into account in urban planning documents, and
- Resilient urban investment - Development of essential and sustainable urban services such as drainage infrastructure, improved neighbourhood accessibility and the protection of physical assets and flood-prone areas.
Development of a restructuring strategy for precarious neighbourhoods in Greater Tana ( 2022 - 2023 )
The mission was part of the Greater Antananarivo Integrated Urban Development and Resilience Project (PRODUIR), with funding of $75 million over five years (2019-2023). It focused on the following areas:
- Defining the urban and socio-economic framework of the slums of Greater Tana, and
- Developing a strategy for restructuring the slums of Greater Tana at different scales, including institutional arrangements and financing strategies.
Dedicated teams
Ginger SOFRECO has extensive experience in project management and implementation and can readily provide specialised, day-to-day support thanks to a dedicated and qualified team (project manager, legal expert, administrative and financial manager and accountant).
The department employs around 15 people at its head office, all with proven expertise in international project management. We also work with a database of around 55,000 senior and junior experts of various nationalities.
PEOPLE (IN-HOUSE STAFF + REGULAR EXPERTS) IN THE FIELD
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CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS
Climate and regions: building urban resilience
Climate change is one of the major challenges facing urban and regional development. Its effects, such as heat waves, rising sea levels, water stress, food insecurity and increasingly frequent extreme weather events, are having a profound impact on cities and regions.
These impacts exacerbate social and economic inequalities, particularly in developing countries, where vulnerable populations are exposed to the greatest risk.
Given these challenges, Ginger SOFRECO is committed to strengthening urban resilience by integrating climate issues into its activities, in order to contribute to more sustainable, inclusive territories that are better-equipped to face future risks.
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