NIUA’S Water & Environment Vertical
NIUA’s Water and Environment Vertical focuses on developing enabling frameworks, mechanisms, and pathways to help Indian cities manage their water and environmental sectors in a sustainable manner.
Given our affiliation with India’s Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, our vision and work are geared towards bringing about a noticeable difference on the ground. We support the Ministry in implementing the different national Urban Missions and initiatives that have a bearing on urban water and the environment. Additionally, we work with a number of national and international resource partners with an agenda and mandate similar to ours.
Typically, our work in urban water and environmental management includes:
- Developing national level strategic frameworks applicable for all cities to facilitate on-the-ground action in specific domains.
- Preparing guidance documents and advisories for areas where knowledge gaps exist.
- Developing digital tools and instruments to help cities move up the state-of-the-art ladder.
- Undertaking action research on relatively unexplored subjects.
- Supporting the piloting of innovative concepts and technologies through demonstration projects.
- Developing niche capacity building modules and certification programmes on common needs of cities.
- Facilitating partnerships among cities, civil society organizations, academia, international organizations, and the private sector.
- Engaging with different sections of society with a view to target long-term transformational change.