SUSTAINABLE HYDERABAD PROJECT

2 | POLICY NEWS FROM SECTION THE EDITORIAL
PROJECT
* PT-DLR Project Management
Agency for the German Federal
Ministry of Education (BMBF)
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Announcement
Sustainable Hyderabad Session at
International Conclave on Climate
Change (ICCC). Our project will
host a session at the ICCC in Hyderabad,
12–14 October 2011. Further,
PTV will present its step-wise
approach to identifiying, quantifying
and prioritizing the impacts and
adaptation requierements related
to climate change for the transport
infrastrucutre.
The ICCC aims to bring policy
makers, top government official,
decision makers and industries on
the same platform for discussions
on issue relating to policy designing
for National action Plan for Climate
Change (NAPCC) and implementations.
More information on the conference,
registration and programme
at: www.iccc-esci.com
Discussion between Participants
during our National Workshop
en: research for and not on a certain future Overall, this BMBF research priority emphasis,
challenges the ingenuity of all participants:
megacity; and
• user-oriented: taking participatory approaches
developed in close co-operation with de-
excellence in new findings and academic dis-
Not only do they have to prove their scientific
cision makers and stakeholders in the host course (output). They also have to provide evidence
that their research is integrated with the
country, involving civil society and considering
gender issues.
concerns of stakeholders and policy makers in
The expected outcomes of the research are order to have an impact after the funding has
strategies and pilot projects (good or even best come to an end, meaning lasting outcomes and
practice) that reveal new ways for the introduction
of energy- and climate-efficient structures and cities involved.
contributions to the practitioner communities
in urban growth centres through:
The Project Management Agency of the
• technical innovations in urban infrastructure, BMBF has to ensure that the research of each
adapted to local conditions and accepted by Future Megacities project is in compliance with
the citizens;
the funding body’s above-mentioned goals and
• new approaches to political decision processes,
new forms of political decision making Project” is pursuing a very ambitious research
research principles. The “Sustainable Hyderabad
and governance;
agenda, with a strong focus of non-technical innovations.
Ultimately, the value and quality of
• new management instruments in urban decision
making;
the agenda need to be measured with respect
• tools to evaluate the effectiveness of urban to its degree of implementation. Since good or
planning measures;
even best practice examples for energy- and
• capacity building and vocational training climate-efficient urban structures are in high
measures; and
demand among many other future megacities,
• new partnerships for combating climate the Hyderabad project should seize its window
change.
of opportunity and serve as a role model by the
summer of 2013, so as to leave its “footprint”
far beyond. †
NEWS FROM THE PROJECT........................................................
NATIONAL WORKSHOP
Our most recent National Workshop took place The second and third day were dedicated to
from 18–20 May 2011 at Humboldt University several project planning-related events and involved
a presentation and valuable comments
Berlin. During the first day, our young researchers
and DAAD fellows had the opportunity to by Carola Best, from the Project Management
present their latest research results. Prof. Hagedorn,
project leader and head of RESS, and Prof. the Steering Committee Meeting took place,
Agency DLR BMBF. On Thursday 19 May 2011,
Mann, Scientific Leader of the Humboldt India with committee members discussing the next
Project (HIP), opened the day, consisting of steps of the project, including a 10-point road
twelve presentations organised in five sessions: map, Milestone Report 2011, planning for our
(1) Urban Planning and Transport; (2) Food and discussion paper series, and upcoming events,
Health; (3) CATHY as a Common Tool for Sustainable
Planning; (4) Energy, Water and Pollu-
the International Conclave on Climate Change,
such as the International Project Workshop and
tion; (5) the Role of Institutions, Collective Action
and Citizen Participation. Dr. CSRK Prasad, October. On the last day a workshop on CATHY
both of which take place in Hyderabad in early
Professor & Head of the Transportation Division introduced the partners to the tool; during another
workshop, Pilot Projects and Capacity
in the Department of Civil Engineering at NIT,
Warangal, India, and Prof. Dr. Rama Padma, of Building Measures were discussed among the
the Indian Institute of Health & Family Welfare, partners. A follow-up workshop to our December
2010 event, focusing on the role of insti-
were invited by our project and supported by
DAAD to contribute to the Young Researchers’ tutional analysis in our project, was headed by
Day. The discussion with the international audience
provided valuable feedback, which will be by Dr. Diana Reckien and Dr. Ramesh Chenna-
Dr. Srinivasa Srigiri. A wrap-up session, headed
of great help to further improve our work. maneni, closed the workshop.
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