Overseas Visit-cum-Exposure Dialogue - “Best Practices for Urban

							Overseas Visit-cum-Exposure Dialogue - “Best Practices for Urban
Renewal”, Hamburg and Berlin, Germany, September 20-29, 2009


Program:
Within the GTZ cooperation to the implementation of the JNNURM reform programme and
aiming at sustainability of urban infrastructure, GTZ-ASEM is organizing a nine-day overseas
visit-cum-exposure dialogue to Hamburg and Berlin on “Best Practices for Urban Renewal”
during September 20-29, 2009 for the mid to senior level officers from the Central, State and
Urban Local Body level.

Target Group:
The target group includes officers from the Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt. of India;
Ministry of Urban Development, Govt. of India; Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty
Alleviation, Govt. of India; State Government Departments of Urban Development and State
level nodal agencies for JNNURM for the states of Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar
Pradesh, Maharashtra and Kerala; and Urban Local Bodies of the five selected cities of
Kochi, Nashik, Raipur, Shimla and Varanasi. (One person per organisation, with a total of 13
persons)

Content:

Municipal Solid Waste- Development of municipal solid waste management systems in
Germany, experience with Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) models, awareness raising,
plastic recycling, bio-waste composting plants, anaerobic digestion technology, etc.

Water supply and Waste Water Management- Development of drinking water supply and
waste water treatment in Germany, operation and maintenance, detection and prevention of
water leakages, water saving methods, innovative solution, groundwater protection, storm
water management, Hamburg Water cycle etc.

Sustainable Transport: Sustainable transport as part of the city development strategies.

Urban & Environmental Planning- Spatial Planning, city planning, infrastructural needs,
city development of Berlin and Hamburg

Harbour Development and ecological needs

Climate action plan – Climate action planning for cities & showcasing the efforts of the city
of Hamburg.

Objectives:
   1. To strengthen the capacities of the participants for urban renewal with a focus on
       improved solid waste management; improved water supply & waste water
       management; sustainable transport and climate action planning for the participating
       cities.
   2. To sensitize the participants towards urban & environmental planning including
       provision of environmental infrastructure within cities.
   3. To strengthen the participating departments for supporting the planning and
       transformation processes of urban management and urban renewal in a financially
       sustainable manner.
Approach:
The GTZ-ASEM’s environmental interventions for the 5 selected JNNURM in India includes
solid waste management, water supply management, waste water management, sustainable
transport, mandatory reforms including e-governance and climate change issues.

The participants of the exposure dialogue are from all the relevant institutions that have a
role to play within the framework of the JNNURM Project, namely the Central Government at
the National Level, the State government represented by the State Urban Development
Departments and/ the State Nodal Agencies that are the JNNURM project executing bodies
within each state and finally the 5 participating cities where the project is being executed.

The visit-cum-exposure dialogue aims to cover all the relevant aspects of the proposed GTZ-
ASEM’s interventions in the JNNURM cities, while at the same time there is an attempt to
link the process of urban renewal and environmental management to the process of urban
management, as a whole.

The training program will be through an interactive process with the relevant departments of
the Ministry of City Development & Environment for the city of Hamburg & Senate
Department for Urban Development for Berlin. The participants will be trained on issues of
solid waste management, water supply & waste water management, sustainable transport,
urban & environmental planning, harbour development and climate action planning for cities.

Visits Planned:
   - Solid waste management plant including bio waste composting plants, collection
       place for recyclable goods, recycling units, anaerobic digestion technology
   - Water supply and Waste water treatment plant
   - Hafencity, Hamburg
   - Biomass from algae project

Expected Output:
The purpose of the visit is to learn from the experience of urban process and management in
the German cities of Hamburg and Berlin through a visit-cum exposure dialogue. It is
foreseen that the visit of these cities, which have an environmentally sound management
system, should strengthen the resolve of the partners to improve the process of
implementation of the JNNURM project. A probable transformation of international best
practices to the Indian context is also seen at an expected output.

Contact:
For more details on this exposure visit, please contact to Ms. Vaishali Nandan, Senior
Technical Expert, GTZ-ASEM (Vaishali.nandan@gtz.de )
                                    Draft Agenda

    Overseas Visit-cum-Exposure Dialogue - “Best Practices for Urban Renewal”


Date: 20th September to 29th September 2009

Venue: Hamburg and Berlin, Germany

Date/ Day     Program                                          Coordination/
                                                               Department
2009-09-20    Travel day
Sunday        Departure from India/ Delhi in the morning,
              arrival in Hamburg in the afternoon (via
              Munich)

              Settle at the hotel and Welcome Dinner

2009-09-21    Municipal Solid waste                       Ministry       of   City
Monday                                                    Development         and
              Presentations on :                          Environment, Department
              Historic development of MSW management in for        Solid    waste
              HH, organisational set up, experience with management
              PPP models, Finances,             Services,
              awareness rising, link to consumer affairs;
              plastic recycling in Germany

2009-09-22    Site visit: Bio waste composting plants,
Tuesday       collection place for recyclable goods, plastic
              recycling     units,   anaerobic    digestion
              technology

2009-09-23    Drinking water and sewerage                      Hamburg Wasser
Wednesday
              Presentations on:
              Historic development of drinking water supply
              and waste water treatment, organisational set
              up, finances, operation and maintenance,
              detection and prevention of water leakages,
              water saving methods, innovative solution,
              groundwater     protection,    storm    water
              management, Hamburg Water cycle

              Site visits: Waste water Treatment plant

2009-09-24    Climate change (morning)                         Ministry of City
Thursday                                                       Development and
              Presentation on:                                 Environment, Department
              Climate action plan, Arbeit und Klimaschutz      for Resource efficiency and
                                                               Hamburg Climate change
              Site visit: Biomass from algae project           unit


              European Green Capital (afternoon)               Ministry        of     City
                                                               Development               and
                                                               Environment, Department
                                                               for International Affairs

2009-09-25   Spatial Planning                             Ministry of City
Friday                                                    Development and
             Presentation on:                             Environment, Town
             City planning, infrastructural needs, Sprung Planning Department
             ueber die Elbe

             Site visit: Hafencity

             Harbour Development and river Elbe                Hamburg Port Authority

             Site visit: ship tour through harbour and talks
             on Harbour development, Management plan
             under European Habitat Directive for Elbe
             estuary

2009-09-26   Travel to Berlin in the afternoon by train
Saturday
             Settling in the hotel

2009-09-27   Guided Tour of the city of Berlin
Sunday

2009-09-28   Berlin city     development    Sustainable Berlin Senate Department
                                             +
Monday       transport                                  for Urban Development,
                                                        Division for Urban Planning
             Presentation on:                           & Open Spaces
             City development of Berlin and Sustainable
             Transport for the city

2009-09-29   Travel day
Tuesday
             Departure from Berlin in the evening (via
             Munich)

2009-09-30   Arrival in Delhi in the early morning
Wednesday