The UK government’s Prosperity Fund, a key component of the UK Aid Strategy is a cross-government fund that aims to reduce poverty through inclusive economic growth. As a part of this strategy, an urban development programme, namely, the Sustainable Cities for Shared Prosperity (SCSP) for India was initiated in 2018 with the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Indian and UK governments.
Steer is supporting the Mott MacDonald-led consortium in bringing five large £100m (INR 1000 crore) projects to market by 2023. These initiatives, referred to as high-value projects (HVPs), will be delivered by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, in partnership with the Government of India and the municipal authorities through the services of a delivery partner.
The Programme will be delivered in different cities of India with a focus on three sub-sectors; (i) transportation, (ii) urban services, and (iii) urban planning and the built environment. The project aims at developing five high-value urban interventions, capacity building and upskilling of relevant urban stakeholders and collaboration, innovation, and knowledge sharing between UK and Indian players.
How we're helping
Steer is leading one of the high-value projects along with supporting the Mott MacDonald team in delivering others.
During the inception phase, our team led the stakeholder consultation in the city of Visakhapatnam to identify the high value project. For the identified project, Steer was responsible for developing the strategic business case, which was then passed to the Mott MacDonald team for the next phase.
As a part of the implementation phase, Steer is currently leading a transport project in the city of Bangalore. Our team will provide technical assistance to the Bangalore authorities in developing a world-class multimodal hub including place-making and transit-oriented development.
We are also expected to support the consortium in developing a manual for setting up a transport observatory and a unified transport authority in Bangalore. This will be influenced by best practices adopted internationally by operators such as Transport for London.
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