Integrated citywide approaches addressing the slum deprivations Luis Bonilla TECHO International luis.bonilla@techo.org @TECHO / @lbonillaoa

19 Countries of Latin America and The Caribbean 65 Cities of Latin America and The Caribbean +900 Work with communities Concepto estándar global rendicion de cuentas - Accountable Now ¿de donde venimos? +1,000,069 Volunteers involved Juntos por un mundo sin Pobreza

Towards a citywide approach: Urban challenges regarding informal settlements

A Latin-American picture: Parisiopolis, Sao Paulo, Brazil + URBANIZED + UNEQUAL + VIOLENT

104,8 MM UN Habitat (2016) Ventanilla, Lima, Peru

Multidimensional reality 89% of Nicaraguan Pacific informal settlements are in climate risk zones 65% of Bogota (Colombia) informal settlements have displaced population 40% of informal settlements in Chile are not included in current official data 10% of informal settlements in Argentina believe they have evictions risks

Campamentos IN SANTIAGO CHILE - PATHS and localization Expulsions

Cities don’t reach informal settlements – THE CASE OF SANTIAGO, CHiLE Informal settlements without urban equipment Two faces of urban equipment deficit: By decision and by exclusion Inequality at all levels: Urban equipment is fragmented at a local ande metropolitan level Informal settlements don’t reach the cities: Lack of accesibility to public transport

Towards a city wide approach: Regional framework

Asentamientos informales REGIONAL ACTION PLAN FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NUA Right to the city One of the most important contributions of Latin America and the Caribbean to the global debate on inclusive urban development is the promotion of the right to the city, a collective right based on the democratic control of the processes of urban development (p. 13) Asentamientos informales The persistence of informal and precarious settlements, a situation in which nearly one in four residents of Latin American cities live, is one of the most serious manifestations of the convergence of unregulated urbanization processes, socioeconomic inequality and multiple forms of poverty in the region. (p. 34)

WE CAN’T CHANGE WHAT WE DON’T KNOW and can’t measure Sustainable development, inequality and urbanization in LAC - ECLAC (2017) “Unfortunately there is no detailed information regarding all the national capitals regarding what happens in informal settlements and their characteristics”

Towards a city wide approach: Key factors

Closing the gap between commitments and reality BY INCREASING KNOWLEDGE ABOUT INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS Knowledge of informal settlements reality NAU and SDG commitments with informal settlements Contribution of citizen generated data

Community development COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AS A SOCIAL PRODUCTION OF HABITAT PROCESS Habitat projects Community development Emergency response trough transitional and incremental habitat projects Security of tenure Accessibility Water and sanitation Housing Social/Common spaces Other basic serivices People-centered Data based

Informal settlements integration to the city as a macro public good Urban and metropolitan participative governance and planning to ensure equality and inclusion Localization! As a key factor for achivieving integration Integral urban operations: Social, economic, reslient and inclusive projects Financing urban development and fighting inequality: Value capture and property tax, public land policy and mangment International project for large scale slum upgrading initiatives

Understanding Coordination Participation Inter scalar Inter level Towards a new public policy territorial approach Understanding Coordination Participation Inter scalar Inter level Inclusion Inter temporal Inter sectoral Diversity

The power of people to transform cities La Cuenca Norte, Cartago, Costa Rica

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