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India is undergoing an economic, social and political transformation initiated by urbanization and globalization. While this transition poses multiple challenges including urbanization of poverty, it also offers significant opportunities to accelerate the economic growth and improve the overall quality of life. Whether this potential can be utilized depends critically on how Indian cities are managed.
Strengthening Urban Management (SUM), through capacity building, is therefore a key area, which will aid the Indian cities in meeting the challenges of urban development. This entails the creation of a conducive and enabling environment for urban institutions to perform effectively and for city managers to acquire the required knowledge, skills and expertise to plan, manage and govern their cities efficiently.
To support Strengthening Urban Management in India, the Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI) and the World Bank Institute(WBI) have forged a Partnership and signed a Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) to develop and undertake collaborative activities and learning programmes. These complementary national level and state focused programmes have been designed specifically to support capacity building in cities, addressing various critical stakeholders.
The ASCI-WBI partnership has evolved from the initiative taken by ASCI and WBI in January 2003, by conducting a programme on "Strengthening Urban Management: India". The ASCI-WBI SUM Programme has received the endorsement of the Ministry of Urban Development (MUD), Government of India (GoI). Under this partnership, a series of programmes have been planned that are aimed at key urban policy makers, decision makers and other potential agents of change. |
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