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Funding future cities A word from the stakeholders - In partnership with FMDV
SUPPORTING REGIONAL, ECOLOGICAL, AND ENERGY TRANSITIONS
FUNDING FUTURE SUSTAINABLE CITIES
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FMDV
Format: Online Languages: French
OVERALL THEME/BACKGROUND
The issue of funding for the sustainable urban transition has become a major issue for achieving the goals set by the international agendas. The issue is particularly pressing in Africa, where cities will have to accommodate nearly 900 million new urban dwellers by 2050. However, local African authorities face systemic difficulties in dealing with local finance issues, both in terms of planning and budgetary assessment, as well as mobilizing their own and external resources for providing services and infrastructure. In addition to the "local government financial strategy" training course, AFD Campus has partnered with the Global Fund for Cities Development (GFCD) to organize a series of webinars and videos on "Funding Future Sustainable Cities". These resources will be grouped together in a mini-MOOC that will be made available to everyone starting in 2023.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
These theme-based webinars are intended to provide participants and former participants in the "local government financial strategy" course, and more generally all AFD Group and GFCD partners, with insights from experts and practitioners on inspiring experiences and solutions that seek to establish a link between the challenges of urban transitions and the financial strategy of local governments.
TEACHING METHODS & ACTIVITIES
6 webinars, accompanied by the views of stakeholders, where city experts will share their vision, experiences, and recommendations on topics chosen by the community of practice in video interviews.
WHAT WILL YOU GET OUT OF THIS TRAINING COURSE?
This cycle of webinars held in 2022 will enable you to develop a community of practice through interactive discussions among peers, as well as discussions with funding experts and practitioners focused on real-world solutions for the selected topics. Other activities will be rolled out at the same time to stimulate this community, including in conjunction with the Local Finance Knowledge Hub, developed by the GFCD, and the AFD Campus online resource platform. Dedicated platform
Series of webinars and videos
City stakeholders in French-speaking Africa
PARTNERSHIP
Global Fund for Cities Development (GFCD)
FIND OUT MORE: https://localfinancehub. squarespace.com/cyclewebinaire-financer-la-villede-demain
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In order to achieve shared prosperity, create jobs, guarantee macroeconomic stability, satisfy people's essential needs for goods and services while contributing to protecting the planet and living beings, economic and financial models must be reinvented.
AFD Campus offers courses that focus on three main areas: first, ensuring that current and future economic and financial managers assert themselves as leaders who are aware of their role in developing good environmental, social and managerial practices; second, supporting start-ups and SMEs with a strong social impact, particularly in the digital sector, and not only in this area; and third, strengthening the stakeholders in inclusive funding.
Training courses are thus offered to the public, adapting to their needs and constraints.
