CUI in Ethiopia

   

 

About the project

In Ethiopia, CUI is implementing the Ethiopia Urban Development Partnerships Project (UDPP-E). The project supports the implementation of the “Eco-City” Kebele (neighbourhood) Improvement Program of the City of Addis Ababa, and the replication of that process in the City of Bahir Dar. Eco-City is an initiative to improve informal settlement areas without displacing households or disturbing the socio-economic activities of these communities. It uses a Local Agenda 21-inspired participatory process to bring together communities with local authorities to jointly diagnose issues, to develop and implement local development plans aimed at bettering living conditions and creating jobs, and to make recommendations on improving basic service delivery.
 

Project Partners

• Bureau of Capacity Building, Addis Ababa City Government
• Institute for Urban Planning and Information
• Urban Management Institute
• Bahir Dar City Administration
• Amhara Urban Planning Institute
 

Country Context

Ethiopia is experiencing a rapid rate of urbanization that outpaces many countries around the world.  All urban centers, but especially Addis Ababa, are receiving a large influx of population, resulting in severe overcrowding, shortages of housing and water, overtaxed social services, and unemployment. Without adequate planning, this fast growth of cities has resulted in a rapid horizontal expansion of cities and towns at the expense of forest and agricultural lands. Recognizing the important front-line role cities can play in poverty reduction and economic development, the urban development agenda has become an integral focus of the national government’s development portfolio. This is reflected in the government's Plan for Accelerated and Sustainable Development to End Poverty, a five-year strategic framework for guiding overall development activities in the country. The implementation of programs emanating from this strategic framework will have significant impact in terms of poverty reduction, urban employment generation and livelihood improvement, fixed capital formation and investment, informal settlement upgrading, and urban services delivery.
 

For More Information

Key Contacts
Teferra Sileshi
Project Manager, Ethiopia
Tel: (251-11)553-5358
tsileshi@canurb.org

 

        

Project undertaken with the financial support of the Government of Canada provided through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).

Projet réalisé avec l'appui financier du gouvernement du Canada accordé par l'entremise de l'Agence canadienne de développement international (ACDI).