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180 Managing Systems of Secondary Citiesestablished the importance of alignment at the national, municipal and civil societylevels, and demonstrated how such alignment brings greater coherence of effort bothwithin government and from its support partners.Initially focused on the five secondary cities (Arua, Mbale, Mbarara, Jinja andKabale) TSUPU mobilized nearly 14,000 slum dwellers into 303 savings groups, whichwere federated into committees at the settlement and city-development level. Theseorganizations of the urban poor worked in partnership with municipalities to identifyand prioritize projects and then oversaw their implementation. The projects werefinanced by small grants from a fund located within the municipal government.The practical experience gained through this process provided the upfront institutionalframework to support the World Bank’s US$150 million Uganda Support to MunicipalInfrastructure Development (USMID) project, expanding TSUPU from 5 to 14secondary cities.The nine new TSUPU towns are: Gulu, Lira (northern Uganda), Soroti, Moroto,Tororo, Entebbe, Masaka, Fort Portal and Hoima.In all of these cities, the TSUPU initiative will help to ensure that the urban poor areactively engaged in planning as citizens with rights and responsibilities. It will also helpto ensure effective oversight of government budgeting and expenditure.City Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA)CDIA was established in 2007 as a regional support facility to cities established by theADB and the government of Germany, with additional core funding support of thegovernments of Sweden, Austria, Spain and the Shanghai Municipal Government. Theinitiative provides assistance to medium-sized Asian cities to bridge the gap betweentheir development plans and the implementation of their infrastructure investments.CDIA adopts a demand-driven approach to support the identification and developmentof urban investment in mainly infrastructure projects in the framework of existingcity-development plans that emphasize environmental sustainability, pro-poor development,good governance and climate change. The operational objectives of CDIA are toimprove urban infrastructure and services management through:• Providing technical assistance to governments in structuring priority infrastructureprojects to a stage where they are able to be financed and helpingcities to structure their projects in such a way as to attract market-basedinternational private investment.• Strengthening local institutional prerequisites for the development of capitalinvestment infrastructure projects and urban services.• Promoting regional dialogue and cooperation on urban management in theAsian region in order to enhance cross-learning from good local practices.