The Framework
The Integrated and Inclusive Infrastructure Framework (3iF) is a pair of practical resource guidance that aims to maximise the integration and inclusivity benefits of various efforts to improve informal settlements in Kenya.
Two Guides,
One Purpose
People's guide + practice guide
One Purpose: to support the creation of inclusive, resilient, and coordinated infrastructure that serves all residents of informal settlements in Kenya.
You are currently reading the The Practice Guide which is organised around 5 Principles and several Tactics.
Tailored to support community members and CSOs, this guide intends to be more accessible to local stakeholders, enhancing community knowledge and agency in the development of infrastructure within informal settlments. It offers practical advice on participatory planning, rights, and advocacy for inclusive projects.
What is 3IF?
In Kenya, residents and civil society organizations are delivering basic services in low-income areas, at the same time as major infrastructure investments take place across our cities. While incoming legislation and many current and planned "slum upgrades" emphasize investment in infrastructure, the question remains: how should these systems be planned and designed to bring real change to city residents?
We believe that if infrastructure investments are inclusive of all voices and needs, and integrate physical, social, and ecological systems, they can create just, resilient, and viable neighborhoods and cities.
To provoke thinking and action towards this goal, we have convened a coalition of built environment practitioners, community activists, and researchers to create an Integrated and Inclusive Infrastructure Framework for Kenya (3IF).
3IF provides practical guidance for actors working in fields related to infrastructure and informal settlement upgrading in Kenya. It is designed to help maximize the integration and inclusivity benefits of projects and learning by government agencies, built environment professionals, students, and academics.
3IF is intended to be used when developing policy, as well as when planning, designing, and implementing infrastructure upgrading projects, with the objective of reducing inequality and promoting shared prosperity. 3IF has been developed through an extensive co-production process with government, academia, and civil society organized by a group of leading practitioners, thinkers, and doers in this space in Kenya.
3IF Principles
To support the design and delivery of Integrated & Inclusive Infrastructure in the informal settlements of Kenya, we have identified 5 principles to be applied through the conception, planning, and delivery of projects. The 5 principles were developed through an extensive co-production process with government, academia, and civil society partners where definitions, processes, and outcomes of "sustainable," "integrated," and "inclusive" infrastructure were discussed at length. The principles that we put forward here evolved from that process:
To support the design and delivery of Integrated & Inclusive Infrastructure in the informal settlements of Kenya, we have identified 5 principles to be applied through the conception, planning, and delivery of projects. The 5 principles were developed through an extensive co-production process with government, academia, and civil society partners where definitions, processes, and outcomes of "sustainable," "integrated," and "inclusive" infrastructure were discussed at length. The principles that we put forward here evolved from that process:
Planning &
Design
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Implementation
& Use
Governance & Policy
Case Studies & Resources
3IF Tactics
Tactics are the methods and tools for attaining Integrated & Inclusive Infrastructure. The Tactics broadly sit across the five Principles explored in the previous section; however, some tactics are certainly linked more directly to two or three of the Principles. The strength of linkage is shown in each Tactic. Through the process of development, over 70 Tactics were identified, and this is by no means the final number of tactics discoverable. This Framework sets out 12 of these Tactics. The Version 1 selected Tactics aim to both meet the areas most in need but also to demonstrate the diversity and inter-linkages between tactics.
3IF partners
