Feasibility Study

Description

As a subcontractor to AHT International, NSCE was commissioned to manage the input of the local expertise in the areas of credit, social development, infrastructure, institutions, urban planning, training and project management to support the project feasibility study for Telal Zeinhom Urban Upgrading Project.

Services

NSCE designed a project based on replicable solutions, financial sustainability, social stability, and participation. Our input focused as well on evaluation of the existing institutional, financial practices and constraints linked to the current housing development policies. Moreover, NSCE played a major role in the development of a local dialogue with the key stakeholders, the governorate, the local organizations and the residents to identify innovative and sustainable solutions. NSCE was directly in charge of the design, implementation and analysis of a socioeconomic survey to assess the capacity and the willingness of the residents to participate in the upgrading program and the payment of the proposed housing credit program and led the planning and implementation of the stakeholders consultation forum that brought together nearly a hundred participants including representatives of the governmental services, associations, donors and residents. In addition, NSCE’s team played a key role in identifying and securing the interest and commitment of the Housing Development Bank and in contributing and managing the proposed housing lending program.