As a sub-consultant to a World-Bank funded consultancy, Bantu – through two of its members – assisted with the research and analysis of case studies for the Best Practice review, the preparation of training materials (Training & Operation Manuals, video seminars and technical training modules), as well as in the development and graphitization of the Three-Tiered Assessment Tool for Informal Settlement Categorisation & Prioritisation.

The Three-Tiered Assessment Tool is an automated data analysis system set up for the categorisation and prioritisation of informal settlements as well as the identification of development opportunities in Rwanda based on the upcoming National Urban Informal Settlements Upgrading Implementation Programme (NUISUIP). This programme establishes a systematised approach with a series of GIS-based, measurable indicators and parameters as well as a method of analysis that respond to the shaping of priorities and actions at three different levels: the national level, the urban level, and the settlement level. The Three-Tiered Assessment Tool automatically calculates the scores for the different parameters & indicators, and produces diagrams to visually represent the scores at the national/ urban levels, and opportunities at the settlement level.

Bantu contribution to the project included the identification of indicators and the creation of a scoring system for the categorisation and prioritisation of informal settlements that integrated both spatial and non-spatial data for each of the three different scales, developing the systematised assessment tool and visualisation system, and producing technical manuals and training materials for knowledge transfer.