Local Initiative Facility for Urban Environment (LIFE Programme) Course Title How to use the dialogue between the local actors to establish a mechanism to localize the MDGs for the poor urban Dwellers The Course Overview: THE COURSE OVERVIEW - 21/6/06 United Nations Development Programme

Knowing each other… Introducing the LIFE GLAN Team Self introduction of the participants: Name Country Affiliation (Government, Civil Society, Private Sector, Local Authorities, International Organizations)

The overall GOAL To learn and share models of intervention to support poor urban (slums) dwellers through a partnership process between the different actors and using the existing available resources

Local Initiative Facility for Urban Environment (LIFE Programme) Objectives to learn about the LIFE GLAN experience in establishing dialogue for partnerships to learn about the challenges of establishing the dialogue among the different stakeholders to discuss how to localize the implementation of MDGs through local participatory governance process

Specific Objectives The crucial role of the different actors when they are involved as real partners The effect of the synergies on the overall achievement of the objectives How to do a real impact on the lives of the poor by bringing them to the decision making process THE COURSE OVERVIEW

The Course Structure Presenting the LIFE experiences and techniques through presentations (1 hour) Splitting the participants into sub-groups (1 hour) Presenting WGs results THEN an open discussion and dialogue on what we have learned from the process.