Monyake Moteane

Technical contributions into:

i) Lesotho Territorial Development Study

ii) Country Climate and Development Report

Oversight and coordination with other WB sectoral streams of work:

i) Pathways for a Just Urban Transition

Roles:

i) In streams of work that are not WB initiated, I follow the development of the pieces and provide cross-pollinating linkages with WB-initiated projects/programmes on urban issues (specifically, climate resilience and upgrading of human settlements).

ii) I provide cross-support on urban-related issues to other sectors as needed

iii) I provide operational assistance to the task teams working on various projects and activities, including the preparation of project documents, research and analysis on specific tasks, support to project supervision.

v) I participates in developing and implementing practice strategy and assists in country-specific policy work

vi)I participate in WB missions; liaise and coordinate with government counterparts, development partners and other stakeholders; provide technical inputs and guidance to counterparts on appropriate scope, technology, World Bank operational procedures, etc.; prepares terms of reference for project- or sector-related work.

vii) I manage short-term consultants from procurement to project close-out, including drafting of ToRs and conducting document reviews for quality control

viii) I compile quarterly and bi-annual reports on resilience and human settlement projects to national counter-parts and finance partners.

Technical contributions into:

i) Improved Disaster Management Project

ii) Climate Resilient Capital Investment Project

iii) Climate Adaptation considerations into Asset Management Project

v) Upgrading of Informal Settlements

vi) Scaling up of Small-scale Backyard Rental Housing

vii) Zimbabwe Urbanization Review

Roles in Projects:

see all roles above in the section on an Urban Specialist Consultant

Technical contributions:

i) Formulation and implementation of the Corridors of Freedom policy

ii) Formulation of the City of Joburg’s Nodal Review policy

iii) Formulation of the Inclusionary Housing policy

v) Dunkeld Precinct Plan including exploration of land value capture as a financing modality for urban development with the World Bank

vi) Formulation of the Milpark Urban Development Framework

vii) Brixton Social Cluster Concept Design

viii) Glenadrienne Precinct Plan

ix) Keyes Precinct Plan

Role in projects:

i) Giving strategic guidance and input at political level, to developers, members of the public, internal and external stakeholders and other CoJ departments;

ii) Organizing and facilitating internal and external engagement sessions with members of the public and internal CoJ departments;
iii) Populating and reviewing of reports,
v) Chairing meetings

vi) Management

Note: During this period, I was promoted from a Specialist to a Senior Specialist and periodically promoted into an acting role for the Assistant Director: Metro Planning role.