Training Manual: Planning Beyond Poor Neighbourhoods
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The overall goal of this Sourcebook is to build capacities of national and local government officials, policy makers, civil society and non-governmental organizations, surveyors and planners as well as academia in ACP countries. Its purpose is to build capacity in sustainable urban development through urban profiling, housing and urban development policy review, city-wide slum upgrading and prevention strategies and neighbourhood upgrading. The tools should be gender sensitive and easily adaptable to different city and country contexts, especialy relevant to the developing world.
This is to achieved through the following: a) a good understanding of participatory rapid multi-sector assessment studies and action -oriented priority identification at city-, national and regional levels for b) efficient and comprehensive slum upgrading and prevention programmes instead of isolated projects, c) an inclusive approach, d) realistic activities combined with a resource mobilization strategy, e) higher commitment and better knowledge of cities and towns dynamics from governments and other partners and f) a higher awareness for urban development needs reflected in UNDAF, PRSP and the national EDF Country Strategy Papers;
The overall objective of this assignment is to develop a practical resource guide to strengthen planners, national and city-level programme focal points as well as community representatives and national institutions to understand and apply principles of sustainable urbanization.
