Your name, organization and contact details (including homepage if applicable):

Name of the tool/project/strategy/policy:

Where: City or Municipality, Region/ Territory, Country:

When: Project start and end date (year) or expected duration (if applicable):

When: Is it a  past  completed or an ongoing project or is it a project in the conception phase? If completed or existing, please give the starting (and ending) date of the project

Type of Intervention (Please select and describe)

☐ Design   ☐ Spatial Plan   ☐ Policy   ☐ Law   ☐ Strategy 

☐ Program

☐ Other.  If other, please describe in this box below:

Role in the tool/project/strategy/policy:

Partner(s):

Please provide a brief description of the intervention ( challenges, solutions, impact)

(max. 100 word)

Guiding Principles for Urban-Rural Linkages

Relevance to project

1. LOCALLY GROUNDED INTERVENTIONS

☐ Very relevant ☐ Somewhat relevant  ☐ Less relevant

2. INTEGRATED GOVERNANCE

☐ Very relevant ☐ Somewhat relevant  ☐ Less relevant

3. FUNCTIONAL AND SPATIAL SYSTEMS-BASED APPROACHES

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4. FINANCIALLY INCLUSIVE

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5. BALANCED PARTNERSHIP

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6. HUMAN RIGHTS-BASED

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7. DO NO HARM & PROVIDE SOCIAL PROTECTION

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8. ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE

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9. PARTICIPATORY ENGAGEMENT

☐ Very relevant ☐ Somewhat relevant  ☐ Less relevant

10. DATA DRIVEN AND EVIDENCE-BASED

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Details on the Relevance of the Guiding Principles to the Intervention

Which Guiding Principles for Urban-Rural Linkages (Table 1) is this intervention most related to?

(please elaborate and provide evidence on the options selected as very relevant)

(max. 50 words for each option)

If you intervention addresses multiple Guiding Principles, please explain the interlinkages between these.

Framework for Action

Relevance to project

Institutional and planning actions to create an enabling environment for strenghted urban-rural linkages:

A. Governance, legislation and capacity development

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B. Integrated planning across the urban-rural continuum

☐ Very relevant ☐ Somewhat relevant  ☐ Less relevant

C. Investment and finance for inclusive urban-rural development

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D. Empower people and communities

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E. Knowledge/data management for dynamic spatial flows of people, products, services, resources and information

☐ Very relevant ☐ Somewhat relevant  ☐ Less relevant

Sectorial thematic entry points to promote integrated territorial development

F. Territorial economic development and employment

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G. Coherent approaches to social service provision

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H. Infrastructure, technology and communication systems

☐ Very relevant ☐ Somewhat relevant  ☐ Less relevant

I. Integrated approaches for food security, nutrition, and public health

☐ Very relevant ☐ Somewhat relevant  ☐ Less relevant

J. Environmental impact and natural resource and land management

☐ Very relevant ☐ Somewhat relevant  ☐ Less relevant

K. Conflict and disaster

☐ Very relevant ☐ Somewhat relevant  ☐ Less relevant

Decribe the relevance of URL Framework for Action to the intervention(s) using up to 100 words for each question – bullets are fine.

Which Actions of the Framework of Action (Tabel2 ) to create an enabling environment for strengthened urban-rural linkages is this intervention most related to

(Please elaborate and provide evidence on the options selected as very relevant)

(max. 50 words for each option)

Which Sectorial thematic entry points of the Framework of Action (Table 2) to promote integrated territorial development is this intervention most related to

(Please elaborate on the options, if any, selected as very relevant) (max. 50 words)

If your intervention addresses multiple Actions to create an enabling environment and Sectorial thematic entry point, please explain the interlinkages between these. thematic) to share these lessons across sectors and stakeholders

How has or will this project contributed to improving Urban-Rural Linkages in your City or Municipality, Region/ Territory, Country?/ How does this intervention reflect a territorial approach?

What kind of support from development partners such as international organizations, academic or nongovernmental organizations does/could your intervention benefit from?

BACKGROUND, CHALLENGES & OBJECTIVES:

Up to 300 words

• Please describe the general setup of the project
• Some background information on the country/subnational territory/towns and citiesAvailable resources (list in the categories of; human, financial, institutions)
• What main challenges does the intervention seek to address?
• How this chosen approach address the challenges?

What are the key objectives/goals of this intervention?

• Does the intervention link to any global, national or sub-national policy/strategy/plan? (e.g. (sub)national urban or sectoral policy, 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDGs) ,New Urban Agenda, etc.)

PROCESS, SOLUTIONS AND IMPLEMENTATION:

Up to 300 words

• Which tools and data used?
• What resources (human, financial, technical etc.) were needed?
• How is this intervention implemented?
• How are/were the Guiding Principles used ?
• How is/was the Framework for Action used?
• How is/was the decision-making process participatory and inclusive?
• What community engagement or participatory planning processes have been involved?
• What were the main obstacles to overcome during the process and implementation?
• How these obstacle were overcome? / Are these obstacles related to the use of the Guiding Principles or Framewrok of Action in the intervention?

RESULTS AND IMPACT*:

Up to 300 words

• Who are the beneficiaries?
• Are there already concrete changes that have been anticipated?
• How will the project help people across the urban-rural continuum?
• What is the impact?
• How does project benefit the disadvantaged and marginalized groups?
• If the project is not finished: what should be the result and what will be the next steps to achieve the impact?
• What measures were taken to follow-up, monitor and evaluate?
• How has success been measured?
• How will this project contribute to improving Urban-Rural Linkages in your City or Municipality, Region/ Territory, Country?/
• How does this project reflect a territorial approach?

REPLICABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY:

Up to 300 words

• How can this project or parts of it be replicated?
• What is the strategy to keep this project going over the long term?
• What are the prospects for scaling up implementation to benefit a larger number of people?
• In what contexts would this project be best-suited for replication?
• What are the key takeaway lessons relevant to parties interested in replication?