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ABOUT THE CITIIS PROGRAM


CITIIS (City Investments to Innovate, Integrate and Sustain) is the main component of the ‘Supporting Smart Cities Mission for a more Inclusive and Sustainable Urban Development in India’ launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) in July, 2018. The assistance by the French Development Agency (AFD) and the European Union (EU) focuses on strengthening institutions by committing resources to systematic planning (maturation phase) before implementation, by developing results based monitoring frameworks and by adopting technology for program monitoring. The Program Management Unit (PMU) at NIUA is responsible for the coordination and management of the project.

CITIIS aims to foster sustainable urban development, innovation and integration, relevance and feasibility and participatory approaches to build projects within the Smart Cities Mission (SCM). Smart City Special Purpose Vehicles (SPV) have been chosen through a challenge process and provided with financial assistance in the form of grant and tailor-made mentorship in the form of expertise for a period of three years. Fourteen mentors and experts from six countries bringing with them diverse experience in this field will work with the selected 12 cities over a period of three years in all aspects of sustainable urban project delivery. It is spread across five stages of program ideation and conceptualisation, dissemination, rollout, maturation and implementation. Through this technical assistance we see a shift from capacity substitution to capacity building. The experts work with their cities to refine project quality in line with CITIIS principles of participation, integration, and innovation. There is an emphasis on new strategies for partnerships and collaboration, gauging institutional capacity to be restructured while developing a framework for the SPVs.

CITIIS aims to foster sustainable, innovative and participatory approaches to build following four thematic categories of projects within the Smart Cities Mission:

  • Sustainable Mobility
  • Public Open Space
  • Urban E-governance
  • Social and Organizational Innovation for Low Income Settlement.

The program develops peer learning activities and cooperation between smart cities to enhance the capitalisation of best practices at state and national levels. Rooted in a participatory planning approach, the CITIIS program is piloting the creation of an enabling environment that would effectively and efficiently reflect upon citizens’ aspirations. For this to happen, it is critical for local governments and implementation agencies to ensure effective communication with their citizenry, to inform, inspire, and engage them throughout the life cycle of the project.