Capacity Development Program for Promotion of Kabul Metropolitan Area Development

 

 

In the context of the “Promotion of Kabul Metropolitan Area Development” Project prepared by JICA Project Team, our company (PROTA and DAMPO partnership) prepared two separate training programs that will be undertaken in Turkey for the visiting Afghan Mission during the period of 31 August –04 December 2014.  

The objective of the training program is to expose the visiting mission with some selected Turkey-based examples of urban transformation, land readjustment, informal settlements regularization, urban renewal, and expanding city development projects. The trainings are expected to help Afghan officials to create deeper practical understanding of the task at hand and to enlarge their experience with some different creative application possibilities to be taken back to Afghanistan.

Each training program module is organized for duration of five weeks (35 days) as to be realized in Ankara and Istanbul. The trainings will be organized with the participation of academicians from universities, experts from public institutions and private companies. Instıtutional visits and site visits in cooperation with relevant organizations are also an essential part of training studies.

First one of the training modules is aimed at catering six technical officials from Kabul Municipality (KM) during the period of 31 August – 04 October 2014. It is proposed to focus on mainly three highlight themes as given below:

·         Regularization of informal settlements (squatters, gecekondu);

·         Urban transformation related project implementation skills and methods;

·         Modes of participatory approach (civil participation/community involvement) for urban development and urban planning processes.

Second training module is targeted for the directors and officials of the Dehsabz City Development Authority (DCDA) to take place during 01 November – 04 December 2014. It is proposed to focus on below listed three highlight themes:

·         Capacity building on land matter dealings (land value appraisal, land pooling, consensus building with land owners, compensation for land acquisition, etc.);

·         Project management, management of infrastructure construction and building in new development areas;

·         Modes of corporate organizations, business administration, and human resource development of governmental corporations.

The city of Kabul Metropolitan Development Project, the first phase of the training program is successfully completed by "PROTA Inc." and "DAMPO Ltd." Photos of municipal projects presentation with the participation of Altındağ Mayor Veysel Tiryaki and the meeting in Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and KIPTAŞ, ​​the site visit works in Istanbul Başakşehir is located in the photo gallery.The second phase training program began 01 November 2014 still continues.