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Role of NIUA

The National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) was assigned by Government of India, the nodal role and responsibility to promote, analyse and disseminate the policy change agenda and also to coordinate and conduct capacity building training workshops in the demonstration states/cities. 

In addition to strengthening the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) in terms of its technical and management capacity, this cooperative agreement between NIUA and USAID will support GOI’s efforts i) in promoting decentralization as an efficient mechanism for good urban management through implementation by the states of the 74th constitution amendment, ii) capacity building of state level entities for development of commercially viable water and sanitation projects with market based financing, iii) development and expansion of an efficient urban management training network in the country and iv) support the GOI’s efforts in dissemination of reforms.

NIUA is helping Government of India to achieve the FIRE (D-II) vision by pursuing activities in the areas of (i) Policy promotion, (ii) Training and capacity building activities, (iii) Impact analysis of the programmes and the projects, and (iv) Information dissemination. With an objective of pursuing policy advocacy for implementing the FIRE agenda in the selected demonstration states, policy promotion is being carried out through policy promotion meetings with state governments, policy seminars, research studies and case studies and documentation of best practices in municipal management. Capacities building training workshops are being conducted through a potentially sustainable network of urban management training institutions spread across the country.  As of now there are 18 Training Network Institutions (TNIs) on the FIRE (D) Training Network. 

Under dissemination, the NIUA work plan focuses on dissemination of information for advocating the FIRE policy objectives and the lessons learned. This is being accomplished through developing a website, sustaining the publication of the Urban Finance Newsletter, bringing out publications of FIRE project activities and participation in national and international seminars and conferences for dissemination of FIRE (D) outputs.