United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) Urban Governance Campaign

Urban Governance Toolkit TOOLS TO SUPPORT PARTICIPATORY URBAN DECISON MAKING Urban Governance Campaign, UNCHS

Operational Elements & Flagship Products Normative Debate –Principles of Good Urban Governance Advocacy –Campaign Launches –Policy Papers –Good Governance Index –Revised national legislation –Publicity and media Capacity Building –Toolkits –Network of Inclusive Cities

Role of the toolkit in the campaign Lessons of Experience Tools, Manuals, Policy & Legislative Framework Demonstration, Launches & Inclusive Cities Advocacy, Publicity & Information Development and Refinement of Norms

Toolkit to Support Participatory Urban Decision Making Purpose –To support the capacity building efforts of cities and their partners to improve the quality of urban governance Activities –Develop a harmonised approach to participatory urban planning –Identify and map existing tools available to support participatory planning –Link the tools to specific norms of good urban governance –Support the implementation of national and local campaign action plans

The Framework Phases Elements I:Preparatory and Stakeholder Mobilization III:Strategy Formulation and Implementation IV:Follow-up and Consolidation Formulating Priority Strategies Negotiating and Agreeing Action Plans Designing and Implementing DemonstrationProjects Elaborating Issues Building Collaboration and Forging Consensus Formalising commitments Mobilising Stakeholders Issue and City Profiling Identifying Key Issues II:Issue prioritisation and Stakeholder Commitment Implementing Action Plans Monitoring and Evaluation Up-Scaling and Replication Institutionalisation

Participatory Urban Decision Making III: Strategy Formulation and Implementation Action Planning Programme Formulation Demonstration Project EMIS Conflict Resolution II: Issue Prioritisation and Stakeholder Commitment Proposition Paper Facilitation City Consultation Urban Pact Stakeholder Working Group IV: Follow Up and Consolidation Monitoring Tools Programme Evaluation Institutionalisation I: Preparatory and Stakeholder Mobilsation Municipal Checklist Stakeholder Analysis Profiling Vulnerability Assessment Gender Responsive Tools The Participatory Process and Tools which Support It Feedback

T OOL Overview Purpose Principles How it works Linkage with UG Norms City Examples References Tool Presentation

Phase 1 - Preparatory and Stakeholder Mobilisation

Generic Samples of Profiles

Phase II - Issue Prioritisation and Stakeholder Commitment

Typical Outline of an Urban Pact To allow formalisation of negotiated agreements between partners and concretisation of their commitments Preamble (background, preceding events) Mandates (international, national, local) Fundamental Principles (potentials, constraints, ongoing initiatives, future vision) Commitment Package (specific measures, communication mechanisms, institutional set-up) Resources (human, technical, information, financial) Monitoring and Evaluation (timing, modalities) Approval (date, signature of key partners)

Phase III - Strategy Formulation and Implementation

The Database

Demonstration Project Purpose: learning framework, focus on action, facilitate replication of innovative approaches Principles: small scale, short project cycle, demonstration ex-ante, monitoring and replication cycle Key Elements: design, financing, monitoring Linkage with UG norms: efficiency, transparency, civic engagement

Phase IV - Follow-up and Consolidation

28 Case Studies The importance of political will and leadership- Colombo, Kasserin, Lusaka, Quetzaltenango The Critical Role of Local Partner Institutions and Anchor Institutions- Colombo, Cochabamba, Lalitpur Stakeholder analysis to maximise the roles and contribution of traditional leaders-Ijebu-Ode, Siwa Application of the Women's' Safety Audit in Dar es Salaam Conducting a Five Day City Consultation on environmental issues in Lusaka, Zambia The Urban Pact Process in Nakuru, Kenya Adapting the working group concept in Chennai, India

Case Studies (continued) A Demonstration Project on Partnership for local water supply, Colombo, Sri lanka. Developing and Managing Spring Water in Ibadan, Nigeria EMIS in Ismailia, Egypt City Consultation as a Conflict resolution tool in Petra, Jordan Managing Conflict in Essaouira, Morocco Evaluation of Post-Disaster Water and Sanitation Programme in IRAQ Integrating the Working Group approach into existing structures - Lusaka, Zambia The “Mesas de concertación” and institutionalising the participatory process in Lima, Peru

Flexible Use of Toolkit Design custom-made package of relevant tools across the four phases to respond to needs of specific city, country, organization Differentiate between tools with different response time and style –Rapid Response tools (e.g., Stakeholder analysis; Demo project) –Capacity Building tools (e.g., Profile, Stakeholder working group) Example of package of 5 tools: Profile, Consultation, Urban pact, Conflict resolution, Institutionalization

Disseminating the Toolkit Internal: HQ staff, Global Programmes, Regional Offices, RTC project staff External: CPR members, Global and Regional Steering Group Members Promotion and Testing (Sept. - Nov. 2001): –UMP-LAC Caribbean regional seminar on Participatory Governance for Poverty Alleviation; Dominican Republic (19-21 Sept 2001) –TUGI Regional Workshop on Participatory Governance; Malaysia ( Sept 2001) –IFUP Roundtable on Participatory Planning Tools, Marrakech (18 Oct 2001) –Citynet meeting on People Centred Cities in a Globalizing World, Bangkok (29 Oct. - 2 Nov 2001)

Different Formats Formats to suit different needs: 1700 copies printed and being distributed PDF format on new UGC website Interactive website application being developed (e.g., to help designing a selection of tools from menu) Inventory of tools in database format to be regularly updated CD-Rom with PDF and interactive format

The Directory /Yellow Pages

Inventory at IFUP4 - Marrakech DESCRIPTION OF THE TOOL 1. Name of the Tool: 2. Agency which has designed the tool: 3. Objectives of the Tool: 4. Target group addressed: 5. Geographical Scope: 6. Level of application (neighbourhood/city/region): 7. Format of the tool (book/video/CD Rom/web site): 8. Where and when has the Tool been used ? By whom ? 9. Agency and partners involved in the implementation:

United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) Urban Governance Campaign