1.     
Urban governance and human resource capacity building
policies and strategies; Develop legal frameworks, professional standards and
implementation manuals;

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Generates ideas
related to the work of the sector for the preparation of policies and
strategies for urban governance and human resource capacity building, and
presents them to the concerned parties.

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In order to
establish a convenient urban governance system in cities, it will create a
system to create an institutional organization that streamlines the process.

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Supports and
follow up professionals in order to formulate urban governance and human
resource capacity building policy and when they are approved, supports its implementation.

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Formulates projects
to implement the urban governance and human resource capacity building policies
and strategies and mobilize fund for its implementation and monitor its
progress.

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Supports the
provision of training in urban governance and human resource capacity building
policies, strategies and legal frameworks;

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Urban governance
and human resource capacity building policies, strategies and occupational
standards implementation manuals will be prepared; when they are approved, they
will be implemented.

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Confirms,
determines, and monitors various memorandum of understanding documents prepared
in the sector for municipal service professional standardization and human
resource development.

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Confirms and
determines the concept paper presented on specific urban service professions for
which occupational standards are to be prepared for.

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Supports,
coordinates and monitors the preparation of occupational standards and
competency assessment tools for municipal services professions.

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Coordinates and
leads the forum to introduce the studies, occupational standards and competency
assessment tools to the stakeholders.

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It supports
regions and cities to learn from each other by setting up a platform for
sharing experiences, leads, and monitors and supports the platform.

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In municipal
service professions, presents lead assessors’ fee for relevant department
follow up its implementation.

2.     
To develop and improve operational systems;

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Establishes a
convenient urban governance system in cities creates and implements an
institutional organization that streamlines the process.

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Develop and
implement an effective system for urban leadership training and deployment.

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Creates a system
of evaluation criteria for professional and verification of competence of
municipal Human Resources;

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Designs an
operational strategy by summarizing experiences at the international level,
develops an effective operational system, and makes it practical so that the
desk performance system follows new operational methods.

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Prepares
occupational standards and assessment tools for municipal service professions,
evaluates the prepared ones, enriches them, and compiles best practices;
Establishes an effective operating system.

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Supports and
monitors the identification, formulation and dissemination of best practices in
urban human resource development and deployment;

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Coordinates the Ethiopian
Cities Forum event; follows up and conducts evaluation of the forum for cost-effectiveness.
 

3.     
 Lead and
support the capacity building of urban human resources;

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Leads The Forum
of City Mayors in order it to make it serve as a permanent platform for
capacity building and exchange of experiences.

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It will
institutionalize the skill level of human resources of the sector.

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Organizes centers
of excellence for training and research in the field of urban development.

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Adjusts the
education and training provided by institutions in the areas of urban land,
housing development, municipal service and urban planning to meet the needs of
the sector.

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Coordinates
trainings, monitors, evaluates the effectiveness, and takes improvement
measures so that city leaders can improve themselves with the ever-growing
technology and knowledge so that they can get qualified personnel.

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In order to
empower the sector’s workforce and guide them with new technology, and to have
an institutional knowledge base in the sector where the management and experts
can continuously develop their knowledge and skills, ensure the establishment
of a short term training center and when the institution is created, it
coordinates, monitors, evaluates and improves its effectiveness.

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Facilitates the
working conditions, when the institution is created, it coordinates, monitors,
evaluates and improves its effectiveness.

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In order for the
people’s participation in the development of cities to grow continuously, the
work of raising their awareness and building their capacity will be carried out
by providing training to the executive and city council members at all levels
on operational legal frameworks.

4. Urban
governance and human resource capacity building policies, strategies, legal
frameworks, professional standards, implementation manuals and operational
systems, supporting implementation monitoring and performance studies;

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Conduct research
to create an institutional organization that streamlines the process; will
follow in order to establish a convenient urban governance system in the
cities,

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Based on the
results of the research, it will establish and implement a system of urban
leadership and institutional organization that can ensure justice by ensuring
fair management and use of resources, distribution and utilization of resources,
and access to infrastructure; will follow.

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Monitors the
implementation and effectiveness of formulated urban governance and human
resource capacity building policies, strategies, legal frameworks, professional
standards, implementation manuals and operating systems; supports;

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If it is
governmental or non-governmental, it will jointly prepare a plan with various
educational and training institutions and coordinate its implementation with
organizations working on standardization of municipal service professions and
human resource development and professional enrichment; Sign the Memorandum of
Understanding/; Evaluates assignments.

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Conduct and
follow up a policy performance evaluation study regarding urban governance and
human resource capacity building;

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Identify
challenges in performance and conduct problem-solving studies; reviews that
conducted by experts; develops and enriches to improving the document.

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By carrying out a
survey on the satisfaction and needs of the customers of the sector, it will
design the situation in which the system can be improved.