Municipality of Villavicencio

Colombia
Summary
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    Population 489
  • km 2
    Area 1428.0
  • COP
    GDP 38 Billion
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    Targets by N/A N/A
Targets

Targets by Municipality of Villavicencio

Renewable energy target

 

  • The Municipality of Villavicencio committed to increase its share of renewable energy in final energy mix in Community by 0% by 2015
  • The target is going to be reached by activities in Electricity sector.
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Actions
Update the solid waste disposal management plan (PGIRS) - Municipality of Villavicencio
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  • Type: Policy/Strategies/Action Plans
  • Status: In operation

With this action the city is going to update the integral management plan of solid residues in order to have a guidance document for planification of the integral management of solid residues that allows to articulate and coordinate different actors, acording to the valid national legislation. Especifically what is going to be done it to: 1) evaluate and follow up the current PGIRS. 2)elaborate a diagnosis. 3) Structure the new PGIRS 4) socialisation of the plan

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Sectors:
  • Waste
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Beautification Plan - Municipality of Villavicencio
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  • Type: Policy/Strategies/Action Plans
  • Status: In operation

With this action what the city is going to do is to design a plan for the management of the urban forestry of the city with the objective of improving and making more beautiful the urban scenery and esthetics but also generating new urban common spaces more enjoyable for the community. This plan is going to identify and make an integral characterisation of the urban flora of the municipality and formulating the necessary actions for the Plan by implementing a GIS for Villavicencio's urban flora.

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Sectors:
  • Agriculture, Forest and Other Land Use (AFOLU)
  • Other Emissions
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Update the solid waste disposal management plan (PGIRS) - Municipality of Villavicencio
  • Start year:
  • Type: Policy/Strategies/Action Plans
  • Status: In operation

With this action the city is going to update the integral management plan of solid residues in order to have a guidance document for planification of the integral management of solid residues that allows to articulate and coordinate different actors, acording to the valid national legislation. Especifically what is going to be done it to: 1) evaluate and follow up the current PGIRS. 2)elaborate a diagnosis. 3) Structure the new PGIRS 4) socialisation of the plan

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ICTs for System of Security and Emergencies Attention (SISA) - Municipality of Villavicencio
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  • Type: Technical/Infrastructure investment
  • Status: In operation

The objective of this action is to implement an integral solution on ICTs for the SISA. This will be done by implenting an information system for the management of risk in the municipality of Villavicencio. Especifically, the city is going to invest on a software to be able to have a history of disasters, and also to be able to emit daminification certifications.

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Sectors:
  • Human security and emergency response
  • Insurance and investment
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Water resource conservation - Municipality of Villavicencio
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  • Type: Policy/Strategies/Action Plans
  • Status: In operation

The main objective of this action is to buy properties on the river basins responsible for the water resource supply for the city of villavicencio. This properties are of strategical importance for the conservation of the water resource on river basins that supply the aqueduct system of the city. The goal is to have obtained in total 35 strategic properties, after identifying them and valuing before buying them.

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Sectors:
  • Terrestrial ecosystems and ecological infrastructure
  • Land use regulations
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Mitigation or prevetion on High risk areas - Municipality of Villavicencio
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  • Type: Policy/Strategies/Action Plans
  • Status: In operation

The main objective of this action is to reduce and prevent risks, this will be done by: 1) Develop civil works on high risk areas prioritizing population on extreme poverty conditions. 2) Do the maintenance of civil constructions and adaptation of areas located on high risk zones. 3) Monitor and control the overfilling and canalising of rivers and streams.

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Sectors:
  • Human security and emergency response
  • Urban risks associated with housing
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Strengthening the Institutions for disaster attention and emergencies - Municipality of Villavicencio
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  • Type: Policy/Strategies/Action Plans
  • Status: In operation

The main objective of this action is to strengthen institutions to improve logistics capacity in case of emergencies or disasters. With this action what will be done si to strengthen the fire fighters department and the Local Commitee for Prevetion and Attention to Emergencies and Disasters (CLOPAD) as well as the civil defense and Red Cross.

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Sectors:
  • Human security and emergency response
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Diagnosis of urban settlements - Municipality of Villavicencio
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  • Type: Assessment/Research
  • Status: In operation

The main objective of this action is todevelop and maintain updated a diagnosis of urban settlements thta are located on high risk areas due to threats of floodingor landslides, giving priority to those who suffer extreme poverty conditions. This will be done by: 1) Gathering information of people settled on high risk areas, 2) Identifying vulnerable population (field visits) 3) Developing a census and calculating statistics 4) Writing the final document

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Sectors:
  • Human security and emergency response
  • Urban risks associated with housing
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Strengthen processes on the Secretary of Environment - Municipality of Villavicencio
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  • Type: Organizational / Governance
  • Status: In operation

With this action the city is going to strengthen five different processes that the Secretary of Environment develops. They will be strengthen in different ways: technical, technological, professionally and logistically. This will be done to improve environmental management in the city by strengthening different processes: enviromental education processes, urban environment, basins and micro-basins, technnical agricultural assistance and development of activities for the prevention, control and monitoring of natural resources and the environment

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Sectors:
  • Terrestrial ecosystems and ecological infrastructure
  • Land use regulations
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Institutional strengthening for reducing contamination - Municipality of Villavicencio
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  • Type: Organizational / Governance
  • Status: In operation

The main objective of this action is to be able to reduce the contamination due to solid and liquid residues and the inadecuate land use by strenghtening institutional processes developed at the Secretary of Environment. This will be done by hiring proffesional and technical personnel (environmental and sanitary engineers, forestal engineers, techinitians on the environment) in order for the to watch and control the natural resources on the municipality of villavicencio.

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Sectors:
  • Terrestrial ecosystems and ecological infrastructure
  • Land use regulations
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Awareness for emergencies and disasters - Municipality of Villavicencio
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  • Type: Education/Awareness Raising
  • Status: In operation

The main objective of this action is to create awareness for emergencies and disasters among the citizens with the implementation of a program for emergencies and disasters with the IPS, EPS (health care providers), public and private institutions and social organisations. The goal is to create awareness among 10.000 people in total.

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Sectors:
  • Human security and emergency response
  • Human health
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Inventories
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