UN-Habitat: Harare Sustainable City Initiative UN-Habitat: Harare Sustainable City Initiative The Harare Sustainable City Initiative will be an important programme in the portfolio of Sweden's strategy for Zimbabwe 2022-2026. The programme will achieve results under the Environment, Climate and Natural Resources and Inclusive Economic Development areas. The agreement partner will be UN Habitat and the programme amounts to 65 000 000 SEK over a period of 4 years 2022-2026. Harare Sustainable City Initiative blir ett viktigt program i portföljen för Sveriges strategi i Zimbabwe 2022-2026. Programmet kommer att uppnå resultat inom områdena Miljö, Klimat och Naturresurser och Inkluderande Ekonomisk Utveckling. Avtalspartner kommer att vara UN Habitat och programmet uppgår till 65 000 000 SEK under en period av 4 år 2022-2026. Objectives The overall programme objective is to provide better living conditions to at least 200 000 Harare citizens by increasing their access to sustainable waste management services, clean energy provision and to promote energy and resource efficiency in Zimbabwe's Built Environment. 

Outcome 1: Implement Sustainable Waste Management Practices in Greater Harare

This will be achieved through developing five integrated resource recovery facilities in strategic locations in Harare. They will serve as demonstrations of how waste can be managed, processed and sold and will create jobs and income earning opportunities for the communities. Connected to this activity is that of improving waste pickers working conditions and livelihoods and awareness raising and capacity building in waste management for the relevant authorities. 

Outcome 2: Increased Access to Clean Energy by the Urban and Peri Urban Poor in Harare.

This will be achieved through the establishment of two multi-functional clean energy centres for women and youth empowerment. The centres will act as hubs for business training, business creation and provide access to energy, clean water and solar street lighting for surrounding communities. Further activities include hands on training sessions on renewable energy technologies for women and youth, conducting entrepreneurship capacity training and then providing seed capital to those trainee women and youth that have demonstrated strong potential.

Outcome 3: Achieved Energy and Resource Efficiencies in Zimbabwe's Built Environment

This will be achieved through developing a baseline on energy consumption across a sample of residential, commercial and industrial buildings, establishing a green building rating and certification system for Zimbabwe, setting standards for energy and resource efficiency for future construction, raising awareness when it comes to low carbon interventions in the building sector and creation of a carbon neutral brick production facility to act as a pilot and show the potential of climate smart building materials.

Job Creation

The project is expected to facilitate various levels of income-generating activities; these include the improved work efficiency and income of those involved in the waste management supply chain and energy generation and services. Several individuals, from unskilled to skilled laborers will be employed in the waste collection stream, the integrated resource recovery facility, the waste-to-energy power facility, and the multi-functional clean energy centres. The project is expected to generate at least 500 direct jobs within the project boundary. Through its wide adoption of the demonstrated interventions, the project is expected to result in creating income streams for at least 100,000 jobs in the next five years.