CLIENT/FUNDER: Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
DURATION: 5 years
STARTING FROM: 01-06-2018
PROJECT WEB LINK: https://niua.in/citiis
PROJECT LOCATION:
PROJECT LEAD: Keruwala Naim Aiyubbhai
CITIIS, or the City Investments to Innovate, Integrate and Sustain, is a sub-component of the Government of India's Smart Cities Mission.
It is a joint program of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Agence Francaise de Development (AFD), the European Union (EU), and the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA).
The CITIIS (City Investments to Innovate, Integrate and Sustain) program is conceptualised to assist Indian cities in implementing urban infrastructure projects that are integrated, innovation driven and sustainable. The selected projects will improve sustainable mobility, increase the amount of public open spaces, implement technology to improve e-governance and drive social and organizational innovation in low income settlements. The program combines financial assistance through loans and technical assistance through grants 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. CITIIS is supported by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the European Union (EU). The aim of the project is to provide financial assistance by way of grants and technical assistance through international and domestic experts. The project is being coordinated and managed by the Program Management Unit (PMU) at the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) in New Delhi.
Keruwala Naim Aiyubbhai Program Coordinator & Team Lead
Akanksha Laroiya Program Officer
Md Asif Raza Program Officer
Manshi Singh Program Officer
Radha Karmarker Program Fellow
Jitendra Anand Procurement Specialist
Poulomi Paul Communications Specialist
Abdul Mabood Admn. & Accounts Officer(CITIIS)
Akansha Singh Program Assistant
BibekjotSingh Sandhu Program Manager
Shalini Mishra Social Safeguard Specialist
Mohd Arif Environmental Safegaurd Specialist
Sandeep Virmani Financial management
Suchit Ranjan State Coordinator
Abhismit Nayak State Program Officer (Odisha)
Indrashish Chakraborty State Program Officer (Odisha)
Uttradas Gupta Knowledge Officer- CITIIS
Description :
NIUA is bringing the first-ever Urban Climate Film Festival to New Town, Kolkata on 3rd to 5th June 2023. Launched in New Delhi in March 2023, the film festival is being organised through the CITIIS program under the engagement events of U20. With 16 films from 12 countries and panel discussions with experts and filmmakers, the festival in Kolkata aims to enlighten audiences about the the environmental, social and economic impacts of climate change on cities and encourage them to adopt environmentally responsible behaviours and lifestyles. The festival will also celebrate World Environment Day on 5th June with a special closing ceremony, which will be graced by Mr Didier Talpain, (Consul General of France in Kolkata) and Mr Debashis Sen (Managing Director, West Bengal Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation). The festival is supported by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, the French Development Agency (AFD), the European Union and the New Town Kolkata Green Smart City Corporation Limited.
Description :
The Urban Climate Film Festival was launched in New Delhi on 24 th March 2023. The inaugural session was chaired by G20 Sherpa Shri Amitabh Kant. The keynote address was delivered by Ms Richa Sharma, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change. The festival aims to create larger awareness about the environmental, social and economic impacts of climate change on cities, and inspire action to make urban settlements more climate-resilient. The festival is also providing a platform for filmmakers, urban practitioners, environmentalists, and other individuals and organisations working to highlight pressing concerns related to climate. The global call for entries for the festival received 150 submissions from over 20 countries. 27 films nominated by the jury, along with a curated selection of other well-known films, are being screened in instalments of the festival in New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata and Ahmedabad.