UN-HABITAT ECOSOC Annual Ministerial Review Bahrain, 1-2 June 2008 Regional Preparatory Meeting on Sustainable Urbanization BEST PRACTICES AND SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIPS IN ESCWA REGION Eduardo Lopez Moreno Chief, State of the World’s Cities Section UN-HABITAT

UN-HABITAT Urbanization Challenges and Opportunities

UN-HABITAT 63% RURAL YEAR 1970 URBAN 37% 1. The urban /slum/ challenge

UN-HABITAT 53% RURAL YEAR 2000 URBAN 47% 1. The urban /slum/ challenge

UN-HABITAT 44% RURAL YEAR 2020 URBAN 56% 1. The urban /slum/ challenge

UN-HABITAT Level of Urbanization in the Region 55% regional average

UN-HABITAT Urban growth rates and slum growth rates are almost identical in most of the ESCWA Region countries: Urban Growth and Slum Formation Western Asia Iraq Jordan Lebanon Oman Saudi Arabia Yemen Urban Growth Slum formation

UN-HABITAT Evolution of slum dwellers in selected ESCWA Region countries %

UN-HABITAT Income Inequalities International Alert line

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BEST PRACTICES AND SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIP

UN-HABITAT  Impact positive and tangible over the population Criteria to identify Best Practices  New Partnership various actors w/ key roles  Sustainability both institutional and financial  Innovation and/or reform represents a change in the mode of operation  Replicability it is possible to reproduce the experience  Systematized it has been monitored and evaluated

UN-HABITAT UN-HABITAT best practices data base  3,000 best practices from 140 countries  Collected from the Dubai Award  Selected by an ad hoc committee  62 submissions of Best Practices from ESCWA Region  Categories: environment + social services poverty eradication  Very few: innovation + partnership + good governance

UN-HABITAT Best Practices Promoted by UN-HABITAT

UN-HABITAT Bahrain: National Urban Observatory Sin El Fil ATO - Urban Observatory CDS – MDGs GIS Award Lebanon Eden Local Economic Development Yemen Medina Urban Dev. Saudi Arabia Aleppo CDS – MDGs GIS Award Syria Palestine Iraq Kuwait Jordan….. Cairo National O Urban studies Egypt

UN-HABITAT  To help establish a housing policy and delivery system Support the development of a Palestinian Human Settlements Policy Support the development of a Palestinian Human Settlements Policy Enhancement of capacity of P. institutions Enhancement of capacity of P. institutions Promote affordable housing finance Promote affordable housing finance Special Human Settlements Programme for the Palestinian People  Achievements Formulation of housing policy Formulation of housing policy Housing and income generating P / women Housing and income generating P / women Medical & rehabilitation Center / Vocational C Medical & rehabilitation Center / Vocational C

UN-HABITAT Egypt: National Urban Planning & Development Programs  Achievements New Urban Planning and Development Law New Urban Planning and Development Law Strategic plans for 4,600 villages Strategic plans for 4,600 villages Strategic plans for 220 cities Strategic plans for 220 cities Strategic urban development plans for “Greater Cairo Region” and “Alexandria” Strategic urban development plans for “Greater Cairo Region” and “Alexandria” Preventing the generation of new informal areas piloted in Greater Cairo Preventing the generation of new informal areas piloted in Greater Cairo

UN-HABITAT Egypt: The Sustainable Ismailia Governorate Programme  Objectives Promote environmentally sustainable economic growth in the Governorate of Ismailia.  Objectives Promote environmentally sustainable economic growth in the Governorate of Ismailia.  Achievements Environmental profiles for Ismailia governorate and 4 other towns Environmental profiles for Ismailia governorate and 4 other towns A sustainable development council has been established A sustainable development council has been established A framework for replication at the national level w/ the Ministry of Local Development created A framework for replication at the national level w/ the Ministry of Local Development created

UN-HABITAT Best Practices are crucial … Gracias…