At each AUICK Workshop since 2005, Action Plans have been formulated by senior officials of the nine AUICK Associate Cities (AACs), based on lessons learned from each other and the City of Kobe, to be incorporated into their administrations and improve the welfare of citizens. Some exceptional cases go beyond their initial aims in terms of their funding / consulting resources, area of implementation, and the number of citizens which they benefit. Here, eleven such examples are shown, in order of the Kobe Workshop at which they were made.

First 2005 Workshop: Adolescent Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS 

To address the growing concern of HIV/AIDS in Chittagong, Bangladesh, health education and awareness was promoted through peer education programs. Funding was secured from GTZ Germany, an international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development. Coordination was increased among local NGOs, and a referral network and STI (Sexually Transmitted Infection) clinic were both established. 

In Chennai, India, adolescent health and sex education was provided through peer education, literature, exhibitions and events to increase HIV/AIDS awareness. Training was provided to medical workers, counselors and researchers, school teachers and peer-educator students and street children. Additional to the original plan, medical officers and paramedical staff were also given cervix cancer training, and a consultant was appointed for school AIDS education in the city, sponsored by UNICEF. 

Second 2005 Workshop: Universalization of Primary Education for Urban Poor 

For Olongapo, Philippines, an Action Plan aimed to achieve the universalization of primary education for urban poor, advocating for a Master Plan for Universalization of Education for Urban Poor. The Mayor of the city raised education to the second priority of the city’s 10-point agenda, and scholarships were provided to help 3,187 students in 2005-’06, 3,962 in 2006-7, 1,927 in 2007-8, and 2,882 in 2008-9. 

For Faisalabad, Pakistan, a plan was formulated to collect data on school enrollment, and ensure the poor get all the necessary support. Financial support was secured from the ‘Zakat Fund’, a Saudi Arabian development assistance funding organization. One third of the city’s schools were provided with additional infrastructure, and a policy was adopted to provide free text books and tuition to all students. Enrollment subsequently increased by 9-10% in both 2006 and 2007. 

First 2006 Workshop: Population and Environmental Protection in Urban Planning 

Again in Faisalabad, an integrated solid waste management system was formulated and approved for the city. A door-to door waste collection system was piloted in 8 union councils, and then expanded city-wide, also introduced to slum areas. Waste education and segregation-at-source pilot programs were introduced, as well as hospital waste segregation and transportation. To further improve the city’s environment, polluting textile factories were relocated out of the urban area. Assistance for the Action Plan was achieved from ‘Greenwatch’, a UNDP funded NGO. 

Second 2006 Workshop: Population Ageing and Appropriate measures for the Aged 

For Surabaya, Indonesia, a plan was formulated to strengthen the community for more effective programs for the elderly. Activity and exercise groups were formed with private sponsorship, the national family planning program, BKKBN, established an aged unit, and community social workers and aged organizations provided services to improve care homes. Surabaya City Government also increased budgeting for service provision to the aged. A Senior Citizen Health Care Plan was implemented in Olongapo, Philippines, to extend health insurance care to poor elderly of the city, by subsidizing premium costs or enrolling citizens directly. The plan originally aimed to cover 3,500 uninsured elderly citizens, but the actual number by the end of 2007 was 9,560 citizens. 

First 2007 Workshop: Population and Appropriate Water Environment Management in Urban Areas 

For Chennai, India, a plan was drawn up to educate citizens on waste disposal, increase waste segregation at source, develop facilities for slum areas and increase urban greening. Funding of Rs.255.32 crores (approx. USD50 million) was sanctioned from Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission of the Government of India for the implementation of the plan, which provided sanitary landfill and power generation from RDF (refuse derived fuel) facilities, waste compactors and transfer stations, composting facilities for bio-degradable waste in every ward, and education on waste segregation in schools and the community. To increase urban greenery, 150 parks were developed and trees were planted on central medians of all major roads of the city. 

Second 2007 Workshop: Maternal and Child Health Care in Natural Disasters 

Kuantan, Malaysia, already had a well developed contingency plan for natural disasters, but through the AUICK Workshop Action Plan, the strengthening of the maternal and child health (MCH) component of this plan was advocated and implemented. Amendments include the monitoring and relocation of pregnant women, and the provision of specific maternal and child health care supplies in times of natural disasters, such as flooding, which regularly affects the city. As a result, the MCH component of the disaster contingency plan has been adopted at the level of Pahang, the third largest state in Malaysia. 

The Action Plan for Faisalabad established a Disaster Management Cell in the city government, focusing on maternal and child health care. Under the plan, a register of 0-5 year-old child bearing mothers has been set up, so that they can be accounted for and provided with health care in a disaster situation. This system has also led to improved health care access in normal time, and a large scale vaccination program for children is now underway. It has reduced the 30% vacancy in MCH medical worker posts to around 5%, with the training of community midwives and female doctors. Both rural and urban clinics and delivery rooms have also been upgraded. The Action Plan is being advocated to the whole Punjab region, so that it can be replicated by other cities. 

Second 2008 Workshop: Population Aging and Appropriate Measures for the Aged 

For Chennai, India, an AUICK Workshop Action Plan was made to provide more elderly-friendly infrastructure in public buildings, and train care workers. Upon its implementation, the plan was expanded to also provide elderly-friendly access to non-public buildings.