2001 Habitat Scroll of Honour - Winners

HANGZHOU MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT CHINA
For radical improvement in the urban environment by large-scale investment in housing and infrastructure

Ms. PASTORA NUÑEZ GONZALEZ CUBA
For her exemplary life dedicated to housing and urban management in Cuba

BREMER BEGINENHOF MODELL GERMANY
For improving shelter conditions, safety and quality of life of single women through innovative housing solutions

FUKUOKA CITY JAPAN
For having been selected the most livable city in Asia and for sharing its experience with other cities

FATHER PEDRO OPEKA MADAGASCAR
For organizing Akamasoa project which has rehabilitated over 21,000 people living in extreme poverty in Antananarivo

CENTRE ON HOUSING RIGHTS AND EVICTION - SWITZERLAND
For advocating a human rights approach as a basis for alleviating homelessness, inadequate housing and combating arbitrary forced evictions

TRUST TELEVISION FOR THE ENVIRONMENT (TVE) UK
For promoting informed debate, new policies and practical solutions to the challenges of urban development

ASIAWEEK - HONG KONG
For measuring and popularizing the performance of Asian Cities through a comprehensive rating system

SPECIAL CITATION

CHAIRPERSON AND COOPERATING COMMITTEE FOR UNCHS (HABITAT) FUKUOKA OFFICE JAPAN
For building an effective partnership between UNCHS (Habitat) and Private Corporations in Japan

2000 Habitat Scroll of Honour - Winners

The Executive Director of Habitat , Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka (Second from Right) with three winners of Habitat scroll of Honour in 2000

The 2000 Habitat Scroll of Honour were awarded to:

• Mr. Charles Keenja – Tanzania
  for his successful leadership to make Dar es Salaam a safer and sustainable city.
• Ms. Mmatshilo Motsei – South Africa
  as Director of ADAPT for having succeeded to fight violence against women by involving not only women but male offenders too.
• Ms. Sheela Patel – India
  for continuously promoting participatory urban governance and security of tenure in India.
• Ms. Mary Jane Ortega – Philippines
  for advocating the empowerment of women and drawing support to her city's sustainable development strategy.
• Mrs. Jacqueline daCosta – Jamaica
  for her outstanding contribution to the development of shelter strategy both locally and internationally.
• Ms. Caroline Pezzullo – U.S.A.
  for her work in nurturing the development of global networks of community based women’s groups, and bringing their voices into policy debate.
• Ms. Ana Vasilache – Romania
  for her dedication in improving urban governance in Romania and Central and Eastern Europe.
• Women and Peace Network
  for reaching out to women's organisations in war-torn societies and promoting their participation in reconstruction programmes.
• International Union of Local Authorities
  for its lead role in championing the role of women in local government worldwide

Some members of the Women Peace Network at the award ceremony in 2000 in Kingston, Jamaica

The 1999 Habitat Scroll of Honour were awarded to:

Ms. Habiba Eid - Egypt
for her outstanding personal commitment to the cause of sustainable human settlements development.

Mr. Bo Xilai - Mayor of Dalian City China
for his outstanding contribution to housing improvement and sustainable urban development in Dalian.

National Slum Dwellers Federation – India
for enabling deprived communities and defending their fundamental housing rights.

Mr. Alvaro Villota - Colombia
For securing access to housing solutions to the very poor by reshaping the Fondo Nacional de Ahorro.

President Rudolf Schuster - Slovak Republic
For his dedication and leadership as a mayor in the improvement and restoration of the city of Kosice.

Mr. Pierre Laconte - Belgium
for his outstanding contribution towards urban management and sustainable public transport.

Mr. Millard Fuller - USA
for forging Habitat for Humanity International into a world-wide housing organisation and providing shelter in over 60 countries.

Hon. Kwamena Ahowi - Ghana
for his intellectual and practical contribution to the development of participating strategies for poverty eradication.

Operation Firimbi - Kenya
for promoting secure tenure and transparent land allocation.

1998
1 Programa de Mobilizacão de Comunidades - Brazil
2 Fu-Nan River Comprehensive Revitalization Project - Chendu, China
3 Mayor Mu Suixin, Mayor of Shenyang - China
4 Forum Européen pour la Sécurité Urbaine - France
5 Prof. Akin L. Mabogunje - Nigeria
6 Valdimir A. Kudryavtsev - Russia
7 Association des Habitants d’el Mourouj 2 - Tunisia

1997
1 Sen. Oscar López Velarde Vega - Mexico
2 Mother Center Stuttgart - West Germany
3 South African Homeless People’s Federation - South Africa
4 Mayor Huang Ziqiang - China
5 Reinhard Goethert and Nabeel Hamdi - USA/United Kingdom
6 Federation of Canadian Municipalities - Canada
7 Mr. Peter Elderfield (Special Citation) - United Kingdom
8 Mr. Radinal Moochtar, Minister of Public Works (Special Citation) - Indonesia

1996
1 Hou Jie, Minister of Construction (Special Citation) - China
2 Peter Kimm (Special Citation) - USA
3 Mohamed Hashi, Mayor of Hargeisa -Somalia
4 The late Sidhijai Tanphiphat - Thailand
5 Ministry of Local Government and Housing - Zambia
6 The SISCAT Group - Bolivia
7 János SZABÓ - Budapest

1995
1 “Comunidades Programme” State Government of Ceará - Brazil
2 Foundation in Support of Local Democracy - Poland
3 Urban Community Development Office - Thailand
4 Mr. Gangadhar Rao Dattatri - India
5 Projet de Taza, Agence Nationale de lutte contre l’Habitat Insalubre (ANHI) - Morocco
6 La coopérative des veuves de Save “Duhozanye” - Rwanda
7 Shanghai Municipal Housing Project - China
8 Mr. Joe Slovo (deceased) - South Africa

1994
1 Mr. Qassim Sultan - United Arab Emirates
2 Bank Tabungan Negara (State Housing Bank of Indonesia) - Indonesia
3 Programme d’Habitat Cooperatif - Senegal
4 Mr. Jorge E. Hardoy (deceased) - Argentina
5 Housing Development Administration - Turkey

1993
1 Cités Unies Développement - France
2 Build Together Programme - Namibia
3 Mr. Anthony Williams Bullard - United Kingdom

1992
1 Intermediate Technology Development Group - United Kingdom
2 Shenzhen Housing Bureau - China
3 Habitat International Coalition - Mexico
4 East Wahdat Upgrading Project - Jordan
5 Earthquake Emergency Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Programme - Nepal
6 Rural Housing Reconstruction with Appropriate Technologies - Ecuador
7 Namuwongo Upgrading and Low-Cost Housing - Uganda
8 New Urban Communities in Egypt - Egypt
9 World Relief El Salvador Housing Reconstruction Project - El Salvador
10 Woodless Construction Project - Niger
11 Mr. Laurie Baker - India
12 Mr. Yona Friedman - USA
13 Mayor Jaime Lerner - Curitiba, Brazil
14 Mr. Rozanov Evgueni Grigorievich - Russian Federation
15 Mr. John F.C. Turner - United Kingdom

1991
1 Ministry of Housing and Human Settlements - Costa Rica
2 Urban Development Authority - Singapore
3 Cooperative Housing Foundation - USA
4 National Housing Development Authority - Sri Lanka
5 Housing and Urban Development Cooperation - India
6 Housing Development Finance Corporation - India
7 Sengki Land-sharing Project - Thailand
8 Projet Assistance á I’ECOSAT - Burundi
9 Institute for Building Materials - Viet Nam
10 Hon. Tamako Nakanishi Japan 11 Arch. Leandro Quintana Uranga - Venezuela

1990
1 Lord Scarman - United Kingdom
2 Tangshan Municipal Government - China
3 Construyamos - Colombia
4 Craterre - France
5 Stone Town Conservation and Development Authority - United Republic of Tanzania
6 Human Settlement Foundation - Thailand

1989
1 Mr. Otto Koenigsberger - United Kingdom
2 Mr. Hassan Fathy - Egypt
3 Mr. Lauchlin Currie - USA
4 Habitat for Humanity International - USA