{"id":113431,"date":"2026-07-16T13:14:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T07:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=113431"},"modified":"2026-07-16T13:14:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T07:44:39","slug":"capacities-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/capacities-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"CapaCITIES Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>CapaCITIES Programme Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, an event \u2018Scaling Urban Climate Resilience: The CapaCITIES Legacy and Way Forward\u2019, celebrated the progress made over a decade of the CapaCITIES programme.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About CapaCITIES Programme<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was <\/span><b>launched in 2016.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Capacity Building Project on Low Carbon and Climate Resilient City Development in India (CapaCITIES) programme<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> strengthens the capacities of Indian cities to promote low-carbon, climate-resilient urban development.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Funding:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is funded<\/span><b> by the Embassy of Switzerland<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to India and Bhutan.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Implemented By:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The initiative was implemented through a collaborative partnership involving ICLEI South Asia, South Pole and econcept.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Knowledge Partner:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the National Institute of Urban Affairs<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Phases:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 First phase (2016-19) AND second phase (2019-23)<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Key Features<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has <\/span><b>equipped Indian cities with the knowledge<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, tools, and institutional capacities to mainstream low-carbon, climate-resilient development into urban governance.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>City Support:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It has supported cities like Coimbatore, Thiruchirappalli Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu, Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Vadodara, Udaipur and Siliguri and the state governments of Gujarat, Tamil Nadu.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Institutional Governance:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Established permanent <\/span><b>Net-Zero and Climate Action Cells<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in six project cities to enable long-term implementation, monitoring, and climate budgeting.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2284570&amp;reg=48&amp;lang=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CapaCITIES Programme strengthens the capacities of Indian cities to promote low-carbon, climate-resilient urban development. 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