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The Global Campaign for Secure Tenure is an undertaking that involves a diversity of stakeholders in different capacities. The following countries have financially supported the implementation of the Campaign and its related activities since its inception: Belgium, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy and the Cities Alliance. UN-HABITAT also collaborates with different professional groups as a way of developing tools, as well as members of the civil society, which facilitate networking and documentation of practices. These include Slum Dwellers International (SDI), International Federation of Surveyors (FIG), European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless (FEANSTA), Society for the Promotion of area Resource Centres (SPARC), among others.
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Cities Alliance
A global alliance of cities and their development partners committed to improve the living conditions of the urban poor through action in two key areas: (i) City development strategies which reflect a shared vision for the city's future and local priorities for action to reduce urban poverty; (ii) Citywide and nationwide slum upgrading – moving upgrading to scale.
http://www.citiesalliance.org |
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Community Planning Website
Growing numbers of residents are getting involved with professionals in shaping their local environment. This website is an essential starting point for everyone concerned. It provides easily accessible how-to-do-it best practice information of international scope and relevance.
http://www.communityplanning.net/ |
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COHRE - Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions
COHRE has set itself a challenge: to promote and protect the right to housing for everyone, everywhere. To achieve this, COHRE has carefully developed a varied work programme, guided by international human rights law, and designed to reach as many people as possible. COHRE's work involves Housing Rights Training; Research and Publications; Monitoring, Preventing and Documenting Forced Evictions; Fact-finding Missions; Housing and Property Restitution; Women's Housing Rights; Active Participation and Advocacy within the United Nations and Regional Human Rights Bodies and activities in all regions of the South.
http://www.cohre.org/wkframe.htm |
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The International Federation of Surveyors
The International Federation of Surveyors is an international, non-government organisation whose purpose is to support international collaboration for the progress of surveying in all fields and applications.
http://www.fig.net/ |
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FEANTSA, the European Federation of National Organisations working with the Homeless
FEANTSA is the only major European network that focuses exclusively on homelessness at European level. FEANTSA receives financial support from the European Commission for the implementation of its activities. FEANTSA works closely with the EU institutions, and has consultative status at the Council of Europe and at the United Nations.
http://www.feantsa.org/code/en/hp.asp |
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SPARC - Society for Promotion of Area Resource Centres
It attempts to fulfill a vision of our beliefs, strategies and roles. We believe that the poor must be organized, and in order to sustain this, it is they who need to develop skills. Hence it becomes essential to create a physical, emotional and social space for people to pool their human resources and facilitate learning.
http://www.sparcindia.org/ |
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SDI - Slum Dwellers International
Slum Dwellers International is a loose network of people's organisations from an increasing number of countries in the South. The network is made up of Federations of community organisations and other grassroots initiatives that are in the process of developing Federations. Linked to this network is a group of professionals who are committed to supporting Federations of the urban poor.
http://www.sdinet.org/ |
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IHS: Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies
IHS is an international education institute aiming at strengthening local capacities in housing, urban management and urban environmental management, with the overall objective to improve urban quality and reduce urban poverty.
http://www.ihs.nl |
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IIED: International Institute for Environment and Development - Human Settlements Programme
The Human Settlements Programme's main interest lies in reducing poverty and in improving health and housing conditions among the urban populations of Latin America, Asia and Africa, especially among low-income groups. The Programme also seeks to combine this with promoting more ecologically sustainable patterns of urban
development. The Programme publishes the journal "Environment and Urbanization".
http://www.iied.org/human/index.html |
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MIT: Upgrading Urban Communities - A Resource for Practitioners
With funding from the Cities Alliance, the Massachussettes Institute of Technology has developed an interactive tool with choices, tradeoffs, tools, and 'hints' targeted to administrators and practitioners involved in urban upgrading. The site promotes awareness of the critical problem of providing basic services to the rapidly increasing urban poor; captures and evaluates the growing experience from upgrading projects and programs; and structures the increasing wealth of documentation.
http://www.web.mit.edu/urbanupgrading |
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UNESCAP: Human Settlements Section
The mandate of ESCAP, as the Regional Commission for Asia and the Pacific, is to act as the main economic and social development centre of the United Nations system within the Asia and the Pacific region and as executing agency for inter-country development projects in their own right. Extensive information on the Habitat Agenda, urbanisation, governance, urban poverty, land, gender and other human settlements issues in Asia.
http://www.unescap.org/huset/index.html |
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UN-HABITAT: United Nations Human Settlements Programme
With the United Nations mandate for cities, UN-HABITAT features many programmes active in the areas of urban governance, including:
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World Bank: PovertyNet
PovertyNet is a World Bank web site developed to provide resources for people and organizations working to understand and alleviate poverty. Many resources available, including links to the World Development Report, Voices of the Poor, and PovertyNet electronic newsletter.
http://www.worldbank.org/poverty/ |
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