City Investments to Innovate, Integrate and Sustain 2.0 (CITIIS 2.0)

Quick facts

• Purpose: To develop and implement innovative and sustainable urban infrastructure projects in selected cities.
• Global Collaboration: Loan from France and Germany and technical assistance from the European Union.
• Coordinated by: National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA).
• Tenure: 4 years  (2023-2027)

Objectives

• Foster climate-sensitive planning in States and cities through evidence-driven approaches and harnessing the strengths of key local, national and global knowledge institutions and initiatives.
• Drive investments into urban climate action through competitively selected projects promoting circular economy with focus on integrated waste management.
• Build institutional mechanisms, leverage partnerships and anchor capacity building through a climate governance framework at the State and local levels, and provide technical assistance to support climate action in Indian cities and States.

Salient features

Background:  CITIIS 1.0 was launched in 2018 as a sub-component of Smart Cities Missionand assisted 12 cities across India.  CITIIS provides financial and technical assistance to the selected cities. This assistance focuses on strengthening institutions by committing resources to systematic planning (maturation phase) before implementation, by developing results-based monitoring frameworks and by adopting technology for program monitoring. Eligibility of cities: All 100 Smart Cities chosen under the Smart Cities Mission of the Government of India are eligible to apply. Components of CITIIS 2.0 Component 1: City Level Action:  Financial and technical support to projects on circular economy with focus on integrated waste management Equitable distribution of projects across geographical regions Upto 18 projects to be selected through a challenge process Component 2: State-Level Action Interventions to be made for furthering climate action in States All States and UTs in India will be eligible for support on a demand basis State climate centres, climate cells or equivalent bodies will be set up or strengthened State- and city-level Climate Data Observatories will be created Climate action plans will be developed and data-driven planning facilitated Capacities of municipal functionaries will be built Component 3: National-Level Action Interventions for furthering climate governance in urban India Supporting scale-up through institutional strengthening, knowledge dissemination, partnerships, research and development, etc. Capacity building and learning for all cities in India