Bennett Oghifo
The African Development Bank has
extended a $3 million grant from the Transition Support Facility (TSF)
to the Republic of The Gambia for sustainable urban development of the
greater Banjul Area.
A statement by the AfDB said the activities would include capacity
building and the formulation of a master plan for urban development using digital technologies which are intended to greatly improve the operational efficiency of the three municipalities (Banjul, Kanifing and Brikama), and also provide support to the Banjul port expansion.
The Greater Banjul Area: Sustainable
Urban Development Programme 2020-40 will serve as a pilot with
implications for the roll-out country-wide.
The United Nations Office for Projects
Services (UNOPS) in The Gambia is implementing the project and already
carried out a stakeholder workshop in conjunction with the Bank on the
17th and 18th June 2019 at the Atlantic Hotel in Banjul during which
local stakeholders provided inputs to the master plan and the launch of
the project.
Stakeholder consultations are still
ongoing and more data is being captured to assure a successful
development of an integrated and well informed greater Banjul area
digital master plan.
A tripartite project signing ceremony
between the Ministry of Finance, UNOPS and the African Development Bank
took place on 22nd July 2019 at 10am in Banjul at the Ministry of
Finance.
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