02 World Bank Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC) What is the World Bank Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC)? WHO WE ARE TDLC was launched in Tokyo in 2004 under a partnership between the Government of Japan and the World Bank. TDLC is managed under the Urban, Disaster Risk Management, Resilience, and Land Global Practice (GPURL) of the World Bank. TDLC is a global one-stop knowledge hub for urban development, seeking to operationalize knowledge to maximize the development impact of World Bank projects in developing countries. TDLC links Japanese and global expertise, generating new knowledge and technical insights and fostering new synergies. From FY16 to FY20, TDLC influenced a combined portfolio of US$61.8 billion in committed World Bank lending operations in more than 80 countries. OUR FOCUS TDLC focuses on an array of demand-based key topics in urban development that leverage Japanese and global expertise to best support World Bank operations in developing countries. To open new business lines at the Bank and push the urban development agenda forward, TDLC explores at least one new frontier topic annually. TDLC applies and operationalizes cross-cutting Bank themes in all of our activities. Key Topics *Non-exhaustive list Frontier Topics • Solid Waste Management • Aging Cities (FY2019) • Transit-Oriented Development • Creative Cities (FY2020) • Affordable Housing • Healthy Cities (FY2021) • Compact Cities • Cross-Cutting Themes • Resilient Cities • Smart Cities, Competitive Cities • Quality Infrastructure Investment (QII) Disruptive Technologies 03 What is the World Bank Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC)? WHAT WE DO TDLC’s program is evolutionary and agile in nature, and is aimed at meeting the changing demands of World Bank projects in developing countries. TDLC offers four core activities that are integrated as part of a value-accretive cycle of engagement—generating fresh insights and practical solutions in a timely manner. Technical Deep Dives Operational Support (TDDs) TDD is TDLC’s signature one-week knowledge TDLC facilitates Operational Support activities acceleration program, aimed at sharing to deliver customized capacity-building key global and Japanese best practices to and advisory support as a follow-up for generate actionable solutions for World Bank TDD participants. Operational Support projects in developing countries. leverages TDLC’s strong connection with Japanese cities and the World Bank’s global knowledge to provide tailored knowledge and technical assistance to address complex urban development challenges in developing countries. Insights and City Partnership Publications Program (CPP) TDLC drives its own research and actively The City Partnership Program (CPP) hinges contributes to the World Bank’s global on TDLC’s strong partnership with select flagship research. Drawing on Japanese and Japanese cities. Current partners are Fukuoka, global best practices, TDLC distills and shares Kitakyushu, Kobe, Kyoto, Toyama, unique insights in the form of reports, blogs, and Yokohama, chosen for their leadership, briefs, and multimedia content. actionable knowledge, and operational expertise on the subjects relevant to TDLC (as of August 2020). 04 World Bank Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC) Technical Deep Dives (TDDs) TDD is a week-long knowledge acceleration program for participants from developing countries and their respective World Bank teams. TDDs consist of presentations by leading experts in the field, site visits, group discussions, and action planning for tangible next steps. TDDs result in actionable project designs that incorporate key lessons and approaches from both Japanese and global experiences. Over 1,460 participants from over 80 countries have benefitted from knowledge and expertise shared by peers who represent projects worth US$60.2 billion in committed World Bank lending operations (FY16–20). 05 Technical Deep Dives (TDDs) 5 Key Benefits Provided by TDDs 1 TECHNICAL INSIGHTS TDDs expose participants to cutting-edge policy creating a network of existing and new communities of practice. Participants benefit from being a part of thinking and technical knowledge. Japanese and this global community of urban practitioners. global experts share their insights into development CUSTOMIZATION OF KNOWLEDGE NEEDS issues, which are selected based on demand and implementation needs from developing countries. 4 TDDs apply a diverse range of learning instruments, including site visits, peer exchange, one-on-one ACCELERATED PROJECT DESIGN 2 Participants are selected from existing or expert sessions, and e-learning, to ensure maximum knowledge absorption and customization of upcoming World Bank operations in the design knowledge needs. or implementation stage. Participants and their ACTIONABLE KNOWLEDGE AND ACCESS TO respective World Bank teams spend a week in Japan engaging with technical expertise, knowledge, 5 SUPPPORT and resources and co-creating action plans, which The TDD program is action-driven with a focus on provide actionable next steps that accelerate the problem solving. Participants work with their World design of World Bank projects. Bank counterparts to convert expert knowledge into an implementation-ready action plan. Plans are 3 COMMUNITY OF PEERS AND EXPERTS TDDs serve as a convener of global expertise, also linked to TDLC Operational Support to assist in their successful implementation. bringing together peers from all over the world and TDDs SNAPSHOT Solid Waste Management TDD (November 11–15, 2019) “It is impressive how Japan implemented waste-to-energy technologies. We would like to know more about effective project schemes and appropriate applications of technologies.” — Participant from Indonesia This TDD covered challenges within the entire value chain of solid waste management (SWM), and particularly focused on the issue of plastic waste in ocean environments. Participants from 13 countries learned about key issues in SWM laws and policies, institutional Participants visited the city of Kitakyushu, a leader in structures, regulatory and financial mechanisms, recycling, and joined the International Symposium on citizen and private sector engagement, and Marine Plastic and Ocean Litter organized by TDLC technologies, both in Japan and abroad. and Kitakyushu. In addition to TDDs, TDLC hosts and co-organizes various knowledge exchange events in Japan and abroad, in order to share TDLC’s approach to urban development and bring relevant Japanese expertise and knowledge to a wider global audience. ▶ See “Collaborate with Us” on page 11 to learn more about our collaborative opportunities. 06 World Bank Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC) Operational Support Operational Support is demand-driven technical assistance to enhance ongoing and pipeline World Bank–financed projects in developing countries. Operational Support provides customized advisories, analytics, and capacity building support to urban practitioners through two modalities: rapid support and extended support. From FY16 to FY20, 104 Operational Support projects, some at the pipeline stage, were implemented in 35 countries, representing US$7.5 billion* in committed World Bank lending. *Including US $5.9 billion supported by TDDs 07 Operational Support Extended Support TDLC offers demand-driven Extended Support to scale-up World Bank- financed lending and advisory works. TDLC also offers Rapid Support to meet immediate needs. Technical advisory: Extends support through advisory on technical and policy matters, and analytical review of existing documents and baseline materials; also supports the development of strategies, roadmaps, and action plans to foster more sustainable, competitive, resilient, and inclusive urban development. Project preparation support: Supports preparation of urban development components in operational projects. Extended Operational Support is a longer-term engagement that provides support to Implementation support: Extends project advance specific components of World Bank supervision support by bringing Japanese and operations. Japanese experts are dispatched in other knowledge and methodologies on board. accordance with the scope of work and needs. Capacity-building support: Helps enhance capacity of client organizations. OPERATIONAL SUPPORT SNAPSHOT Operationalizing the Yokohama Citysketch Methodology in Barranquilla, Colombia “This intervention allows us the possibility to live in the city not just as citizens, but as architects, by reflecting and identifying the problems, and by giving us the power to propose solutions.” — Participants in the Barranquilla Citysketch Workshop Conducted in collaboration with the City of The workshop included site visits to four Barranquilla, the city of Yokohama, and academics neighborhoods with different geographic profiles, a from Japan and Colombia, the workshop was sketching and envisioning exercise, and discussions a follow up to the request from the Colombian about solutions to the problems deemed critical by partitipants who attended the Urban Regeneration participants. TDD in February 2020. Feedback from the workshop was positive, as The workshop applied the Yokohama Citysketch participants felt it was an inclusive platform that method—developed to translate community-led provided them with a voice to propose innovative vision into urban design—to the regeneration of ideas in city planning. City governments have shown the Barranquilla waterfront area. interest in further applying the methodology as a tool to analyze urban issues in other city areas. 08 World Bank Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC) City Partnership Program (CPP) The CPP was launched in 2016; it relies on an in-depth partnership between TDLC and world-class Japanese cities. Current partner cities are: Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Kobe, Kyoto, Toyama, and Yokohama. The program leverages partner cities’ expertise and best practices derived from real experiences and shares such knowledge via various collaborative activities. Examples of collaboration include inviting city officers as speakers for international and local conferences or TDDs, developing customized case studies showcasing their unique expertise and experiences, and dispatching CPP city delegates to support Operational Support activities. From FY16 to FY20, the six CPP cities shared their knowledge and expertise at 71 TDDs and other events, produced 29 knowledge products in collaboration with TDLC, and influenced World Bank projects in more than 80 countries by joining TDDs and Operational Support programs. 09 City Partnership Program (CPP) KEY TOPICS OF ENGAGEMENT Kyoto  Cultural heritage  Urban regeneration  Sustainable tourism Toyama  Compact cities Kitakyushu  Aging and accessibility  Disaster risk  Solid waste management management, including  Circular economy flood control  Environment and marine litter Yokohama  Comprehensive urban regeneration  Resiliency and flood control measures  Competitive and smart cities Fukuoka Kobe  Transit-oriented development  Disaster risk management  Innovation and start-up  Competitive and smart ecosystems cities  Competitive and smart cities  ICT education 10 World Bank Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC) Insights and Publications Drawing on the World Bank’s thematic expertise and the practical solutions provided by Japanese and global experts, TDLC drives its own research activities and actively participates in the World Bank's global studies and flagship research reports. The Insights and Publications activity documents insights and solutions from Japan and abroad to share in the form of reports, notes, blogs, and multimedia content. TDLC also crystallizes insights on frontier topics to explore new ways of tackling pressing development challenges faced by real operations on the ground. Key Publications WHAT A WASTE 2.0: YOKOHAMA: KOBE: A GLOBAL SNAPSHOT REINVENTING CREATIVE OF SOLID WASTE THE FUTURE OF RECONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT TO 2050 A CITY CULTURAL HERITAGE, The Development SUSTAINABLE TOURISM AND Story of Toyama: URBAN REGENERATION: Reshaping Compact CAPTURING LESSONS AND and Livable Cities EXPERIENCE FROM JAPAN WITH (Available in fall 2020) Visit A FOCUS ON KYOTO TDLC website! 11 Insights and Publications COLLABORATE WITH US TDLC’s success as a global knowledge hub is made possible through partnerships and collaborations with other leading knowledge providers. TDLC actively collaborates with other World Bank Group programs, as well as a wide range of external stakeholders from a variety of sectors, to deliver our knowledge to–and share global best practices with–urban experts and practitioners seeking practical solutions. COLLABOLATION SNAPSHOTS Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) MLIT invited TDLC to moderate a high-level panel at MLIT delegations participated in and made the 2nd Africa-Japan Public-Private Conference for presentations at TDLC’s Kenya Urban Development High Quality Infrastructure, part of the 2019 Tokyo Workshop. International Conference on African Development (TICAD). Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) TDLC is in close communication with JICA’s Urban TDLC invited a speaker from JICA during the and Regional Development Department (Current: International Symposium on Ocean Plastics and Governance and Peacebuilding Department Marine Litter in 2019. and Infrastructure Management Department) and Global Environmental Department about cooperating on World Bank Group projects and collaborating on Operational Support. Active Collaborators of TDLC *Non-exhaustive list. By alphabetical order.  Global Resilient Cities Network (GRCN)  Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and  Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) Tourism (MLIT)  Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)  Tokyu Corporation  Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)  UNESCO  Urban Renaissance Agency (UR) TDLC collaborates with professors/researchers from various universities *Non-exhaustive list. By alphabetical order.  Doshisha University  Ritsumeikan University  Fukuoka University  University of Tokyo  Kanto Gakuin University  Waseda University