 faqs faqs admin tue 2112020 1811 faqs who can apply  local governments or agencies involved in planning development and management of services for substantial area in any indian city hence apart from municipal corporations of cities agencies such as development authorities smart city spvs metro rail agencies etc that have substantial area under their jurisdiction can apply does the city or agency need to be part of smart cities mission to be eligible to apply  cities need not be part of the smart cities program to be eligible to take part in the challenge we are a small city are we eligible to apply  the program aims to promote the infant toddler caregiver friendly neighborhoods approach across indian cities of all sizes any city with a population greater than 1 lakh can apply to the challenge how will cities benefit what type of technical support will be received by cities  up to 10 selected cities will get technical support for two years from wri india supported by bvlf to prepare and implement projects related to development of streets public spaces parks and gardens playgrounds etc and longterm policy and institutional changes which would contribute towards enhancing quality of life of  to 5yearold children in the city key government officials involved in the project will also receive capacity building through the period which includes peertopeer learning workshops interaction with experts study material and study tours does the applicant agency need to have partners  if multiple agencies from the same city are interested in applying to the challenge they need to come together to form partnerships as public domain normally interfaces with multiple government and other stakeholders it is important that applicants have a plan for how they will engage seek input and secure buyin from as many groups as possible what are the types of projects that can be proposed under the challenge  most projects will fall under the broad categories of public space mobility and neighbourhood planning within the domain of public space cities are encouraged to consider projects involving open spaces eg parks playgrounds etc blue and green spaces and corridors public spaces around early childhood services eg anganwadis nurseries and preschools child and maternity hospitals creches etc public spaces around sites of informal employment where children are typically present eg construction sites markets etc and residual inactive spaces that may be transformed to enhance the quality of life of young children and their caregivers mobility projects might involve creating childfriendly streets footpaths and intersections routes connecting childsafety priority zones improving design of transport modes and operations eg alignment of routing fare structures etc and improving interfaces with transport to better meet the needs of families eg bus queue shelters ticket offices amenities etc projects might also involve childoriented programming and temporal activities eg raahgiri play streets etc and data collection for targeted interventions eg air quality monitoring near schools  what is an ideal site for project implementation  to identify and select potential sites for project implementation cities are urged to adopt a dataoriented approach to understand where infants toddlers and caregivers are already present in the city and where there is high utilization of a space street service by these groups projects might also involve targeting spaces streets services that are designed with these groups in mind or have high potential to address their needs but have been underutilized by infants toddlers and their caregivers on account of barriers that can be mitigated through an intervention what are the commitments required from the applying agency  required commitments from applicant agencies are detailed in section 5 of the application form these include 1 description of financial requirement for implementation of pilots 2 operations and maintenance plan for pilot projects 3 undertaking to identify funding and coordination towards implementation of pilots and 4 commitment to prepare pilots does the applicant need to have dedicated funding  applicants should have identified sources of funding and be willing to provide an undertaking to identify funding for implementation of projects can extra material on projects be attached with the application  applicants are welcome to submit additional relevant material to strengthen their application supplementary materials might include project designs photos policy documents letters of support etc however applicants will not be penalized if they do not attach supplementary materials the application form contains all the required information that is crucial to the selection process  