Documentation of a joint networking event of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the Cities Alliance at the World Urban Forum 3
This networking event was organized by the Cities Alliance and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), and examined recent and emerging strategies in industrialized, transformation and developing countries in order to counterbalance the widening socio-spatial and economic gap within cities. Egypt and South Africa are utilizing new strategies to support citywide approaches to slum upgrading, while simultaneously taking active steps to prevent the formation of new slums. Key issues are community participation, the promotion of public-private partnerships where appropriate, improved access to infrastructure and services, sustainable financial mechanisms, secure tenure and a whole range of measures designed to improve local governance.
Resource collections
- Evaluating humanitarian action
- Topics
- UN Habitat - Urban Response Collection
- Urban Response - Urban Crisis Preparedness and Risk Reduction
- Urban Response Collection - Community Engagement and Social Cohesion
- Urban Response Collection - Economic Recovery
- Urban Response Collection - Environment and Climate Change
- Urban Response Collection - Housing, Land and Property
- Urban Response Collection - Urban Crisis Response, Recovery and Reconstruction
- Urban Response Collection - Urban Resilience
