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Information
is one of the most valuable assets of the Urban Management
Programme, especially through the lessons of experience
being generated through city consultation activities. Sharing
information and knowledge and building a strong knowledge
management system for urban management remains central to
the UMP.
Regional
information strategies are being implemented to support
information and knowledge needs in the cities through Phase
3. Each strategy focuses on the needs of the region while
at the same time fitting in with the overall vision and
global strategy of the programme. In the Arab States, for
example, a strong emphasis is placed on partnership with
the media, resulting in broad coverage and awareness of
UMP activities and issues in the region and sustained information
dissemination and exchange. In Africa and the LAC region,
under the Urbanet component
of UMP, an extensive database highlighting positive examples
of local management and models to solve urban problems has
been developed. Urbanet also supports information dissemination
for various city consultations. Information focal points
in the anchor institutions in Africa are working on a consolidated
knowledge management strategy. In Asia, the regional Website
and CD-ROMs have been used to distribute information on
specific city consultations. All regions are making more
and more use of the electronic media to further spread the
word on programme activities and as a complement to the
information materials continuously under production.
UMP
Publications
As
a part of the overall Information Strategy, the UMP Core team and the
Regional Offices produce a series of publications, regional newsletters,
flyers, papers and other materials to support their work. For a full
list of materials and titles and to order publications, please refer
to the UMP Publications List and the
UMP Regional Offices.
 Africa
regional office
Asia
regional office
Arab
States regional office
Latin
America and the Caribbean regional office
UMP
and other Global Initiatives
UMP
activities support the UN-HABITAT Global Campaign for Good Urban Governance
framework, advocating for good governance and inclusive,
participatory decision-making processes, building capacity
at the local and regional levels and synthesizing lessons
learned and knowledge to contribute to the normative debate
at the global level. Toolkits developed within the campaign
framework with key inputs from the UMP will be used and
promoted, and the anchor institution network will be actively
involved in developing the normative framework and advocating
for good urban governance.
Collaborative
mechanisms are now in place to strengthen the complementarity
and synergy between UMP and various programmes of the UN
system, such as
The UMP is already undertaking City Development Strategies
with the Cities Alliance in cities from each region and
the number of cities participating will increase in Phase
4.
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