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Design of Sustainable City: King Abdullah Economic City (2007-2008)
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OpenCities produced a report for the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) based on research and analysis of African regional and sub-regional organisations.
OpenCities was hired by the world's leading management consultancy to help advise one of the largest private sector players in the Middle East on the development of economic cities in Saudi Arabia. Conceived by the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority, the economic cities were one of the most exciting thrusts yet to promote economic development in the Middle East. The initiative comprised four main components:
• the development of a business friendly environment
• world class infrastructure
• globally competitive business clusters
• the creation of cities, not industrial zones
The largest of these planned developments was King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC), the single largest private sector project in the region developed by Emaar the Economic City (Emaar.E.C), a Tadawul-listed company.The Saudi government's vision was for KAEC to create one million jobs and be home to 2 million residents. The City is located between the two Holy Cities of Makkah and Madina and the city of Jeddah. With a total development area of 168 million square meters, the planned City is divided into six districts: the Sea Port, Industrial Zone, Central Business District (mixed use zone including commercial, hotel, retail and Financial Island), Resort District, Educational Zone and Residential Communities (including corniche and souks). SAGIA (Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority), the apex body responsible for inward investments into the Kingdom, is the prime facilitator for the development.
Our work won first prize out of more than 300 entries from across the lead management consultancy in an internal competition.
The ISA's contribution to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: a review (2021)
An evaluation on behalf of UNESCO (2021)
A strategic review (2021)
The ISA's contribution to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: a review (2021)
An evaluation on behalf of UNESCO (2021)
Employment and Skills Strategy for Kingston Borough Council (2021)
A Review on behalf of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (2020/21)
Working with the World Bank's Global Crisis Response Platform (2020)
CPFs help to ensure that the World Bank's country driven model is systematic, evidence-based, selective, and focused on ending extreme poverty and increasing shared prosperity in a sustainable manner. CPFs lay out the main country development goals that WBG aims to help the country achieve, and propose a selective program of indicative WBG interventions for this purpose. More specific CPF objectives are derived from these country development goals. These are then used to monitor the program during the CPF cycle and evaluate it at the end. Performance and Learning Reviews (PLRs) are prepared mid-way through the CPF cycle. PLRs identify and capture lessons, and determine midcourse corrections in the CPF objectives and program of interventions.
The goal of GRP is to help communities in the Sahel, Horn of Africa, South Asia and South East Asia to better adapt to climatic shocks and thrive in a more resilient future. GRP brokers partnerships and investment opportunities between private, public and not-for-profit bodies around the globe and local communities in vulnerable communities.
Working with the IMO to strengthen maritime shipping capacity around the world