The UN Infrastructure Asset Management (IAM) Team, is collaborating with the Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS) from the University of Rotterdam, to foster effective practices for asset managers through capacity building, research, and further activities.
Experiences from the Urban Governance and Finance course
The MSc in Urban Management and Development students worked on an infrastructure asset management assignment as a part of the Urban Governance and Finance course. The exercise was based on the infrastructure asset management approach of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations (UN-DESA), with whom IHS partnered to develop the course materials.
The master students had to analyse the asset management action plan co-created by UN-DESA and the participating local governments. More specifically, the goal was to examine the life-cycle costs of the asset selected by the local government and further give context-specific innovative recommendations on how the local bodies can finance these assets.
Access the full article here: https://www.ihs.nl/en/news/we-learned-good-governance-not-only-embedded-policy-aspirations-plays-out-financial-details
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Urban Management Students Embrace Asset Management Action Plans: From Theory to Practice
The Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS) has teamed up with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA) to showcase the results of their fruitful cooperation in the field of urban infrastructure asset management.
The IHS and UN-DESA cooperation underscores the importance of collaborative efforts in addressing key urban management challenges faced by municipalities worldwide. By providing students with hands-on experience in asset management planning, the two organizations are helping to build a new generation of urban management professionals who are equipped with the knowledge and skills needed to tackle these challenges head-on.
Overall, the IHS and UN-DESA partnership serves as a shining example of how academic institutions and international organizations can work together to advance the cause of sustainable urban development. Access the full article here: https://www.ihs.nl/en/news/urban-management-students-embrace-asset-management-action-plans
Photo credit: IHS, Erasmus University Rotterdam