Urban Management Centre UMC
The UMC group of organizations works towards professionalizing urban management in India and South Asia. Since 1997, we have worked with urban local governments across India, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Nepal, Indonesia and several other countries, successfully delivering results across the spectrum of urban management contexts - from urban water and sanitation, heritage management, urban planning, municipal finance, climate change mitigation and adaptation to urban health system improvements.
We are an urban-biased organization with focus on management and improvement of systems of urban local bodies. We provide technical assistance and support to city governments and facilitate change through peer-to-peer learning processes. With our understanding of adult learning pedagogies, capacity building and training, we work towards building individual and systemic capacities of cities.
Though our network of local government associations, we combine the experience of local government practitioners with that of seasoned national and international consultants to design, implement and evaluate municipal development and urban management programs.
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Resources in SuSanA Library
UMC • (2017) Vehicles and Equipment Gap Assessment Tool for Solid Waste Management
The tool aims to help city managers and decision makers working with Solid Waste Management (SWM) departments. The tool helps in identifying gaps related to vehicles and equipments in use and estimated future needs of the department. It further calculates the cost and estimates operations and maintenance expenditure for the […]}
UMC • (2012) City Sanitation Plan, Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation had invited Urban Management Centre to prepare the City Sanitation Plan for Ahmedabad for AMC jurisdiction in July 2011. UMC conducted field visits to assess the status of municipal services, establish relationship between statistical data provided by ULBs and ground realities. UMC summarized the findings […]}
Government of Gujarat • (2015) Guidelines for Open Defecation Free Gujarat
This guideline is a ready reckoner for Urban Local Bodies of Gujarat to achieve Open Defecation Free cities/towns. The document has been prepared based on the National guidelines of Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban). The document highlights strategies for achieving OD free settlements include but are not limited to: 1. […]}
Government of Gujarat • (2014) Sanitation Index: Indicator for monitoring cleanliness under Mahatma Gandhi Swachhta Mission
The document provides a framework to monitor cleanliness in government owned or occupied buildings and derive Sanitation Index for building ratings. This framework is aligned with the Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) guidelines and Ministry of Urban Development’s Service Level Benchmarking (SLB) framework and sanitation rating under the National Urban Sanitation […]}
UMC • (2018) Value Chain of On-Site Sanitation Systems - Flash cards
The flash cards illustrate the existing and available technology options and processes across the entire value chain of on-site sanitation in Gujarat (for pour-flush user interface). The flash cards will be used as visual aids in the field to identify and evaluate existing systems and processes. These cards can also […]}
UMC • (2015) Standard Operating Procedures for Fecal Sludge Management for Municipalities in Gujarat
This Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) is a step-by-step guide for ULBs to institute a framework for on-site sanitation system management. This SOP conforms to the advisory note on septage management released by MoUD and draws from UMC’s experience of working with ULBs in Gujarat. It provides a set of written […]}
NIUA and UMC • (2018) Faecal Sludge and Septage Management: An Orientation Module
The Handbook is an initiative of Sanitation Capacity Building Platform (SCBP) to build capacities in Feacal Sludge and Septage Management (FSSM) for officials of urban local bodies (ULB), para state technical agencies, administrators and professionals from the private sector and Non-governmental Organizations. It is meant to be freely used by […]}
UMC Technical Support Unit-NULM, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) • (2018) Empowering Marginalized Groups - Convergence Between SBM and DAY-NULM
Empowering Marginalized Groups- Convergence Between SBM and DAY-NULM is a guideline on convergence between Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) and Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana -National Urban Livelihood Mission (DAY-NULM). The guidelines are a ready reckoner for the government functionaries at the national, state and Urban Local Body (ULB) level to bring […]}
Urban Management Centre • (2017) Leading Practices in Community Engagement and Sanitation
Community engagement and establishing women-led self help groups in cities across India is at the core of the National Urban Livelihood Mission (NULM). All other components of NULM, namely, self employment, skill training and entrepreneurship development have their roots in social mobilization. In contrast to the rural livelihood […]}
Urban Management Centre (UMC) • (2017) The ABC of WASH in Schools in India
"The ABC of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) improvement in schools” in India by the the Urban Management Centre is a handbook developed under the Ahmedabad Sanitation Action Lab (ASAL), a three year action research program. The program was specially designed to implement innovative solutions to school WASH problems in […]}
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