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REPORTS, GUIDES, DECLARATIONS and more...
Browse through UN-HABITAT’s library of reports, resolutions, declarations, training materials and best practices, by theme, or view them alphabetically and chronologically |
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A green, integrated community
| Country: | China |
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| China Merchants Property Development impressed the jury and was awarded the Habitat Busines award in 2009 for its development of “The Hills” project, which is described as “a green, creative and international community.” Based on an ‘Integrated Community Development’model, the initiative seeks to impact the regional economy, industry and lifestyles, create local employment opportunities by attracting a number of small and medium-scale companies from the creative industries to settle in. http://www.gzcmpd.com |
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Affordable Housing Solutions
| Country: | Mexico |
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| One of the largest cement companies in the World, CEMEX, was awarded the Habitat Business Award in 2009 for the Community Blockers and ‘Patrimonio Hoy’ initiatives for innovative steps to empower the poor to build their homes. The two outstanding initiatives are innovative business models that demonstrate the social and economic returns at the bottom of the pyramid in the housing sector. http://www.cemexmexico.com/ |
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Crime reduction and enhancing road safety
| Country: | Kenya |
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| Adopt a Light, a private-public partnership project to light-up the streets and slums of Nairobi, Kenya, was awarded the Habitat Business Award in 2009 for its unique business model that allows the financing of installation and maintenance of efficient public lighting infrastructure in slums, streets and other public areas to reduce crime, enhance road safety and improve the urban environment. http://www.adopt-a-light.com |
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Designing and building energy efficient buildings
| Country: | India |
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| The Indian IT giant, WIPRO Ltd., won the Habitat Business award in 2009 for its initiative to design and build energy efficient buildings. The objective is to reduce energy and water conservation, and to manage pre- and post-construction waste for all its new facilities across India.
http://www.wiprocorporate.com/ecoeye/ |
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Dr. Eusebio Leal Spengler, Historian of the City of Havana
| Country: | Cuba |
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| Dr. Eusebio Leal Spengler, Historian of the City of Havana, Cuba, is personally awarded the 2007 UN-HABITAT Scroll of Honour for his many years of charismatic leadership and painstaking dedication to the restoration and conservation of the Historical Centre of Havana. |
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Experimental Reimbursable Seeding Operations
| Country: | Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa & Arab States, Asia & Pacific, Europe & Former Soviet Union States |
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| In April 2007, the Governing Council of UN-HABITAT adopted Resolution 21/2 on the Medium-term Strategic and Institutional Plan for 2008-2013 (MTSIP) and Resolution 21/10 on “Strengthening the Habitat and Human Settlements Foundation: Experimental financial mechanisms for pro-poor housing and infrastructure”. GC 21/10 requests the Executive Director of UN-HABITAT to establish a trust fund within the Foundation for a four-year experimental period from 2007 to April 2011 to support the implementation of Experimental Reimbursable Seeding Operations (ERSO) and other innovative financial mechanisms.
Projects will be designed to catalyze domestic investment capital and domestic savings through the provision of seed capital, other innovative financial mechanisms, including credit enhancements, and technical assistance in a comprehensive and structured financial package.
ERSO seed capital in the form of loans or credit enhancements will be provided to domestic financial institutions (banks, microfinance institutions) to enable loans for low-income housing, upgrading and infrastructure in combination with technical assistance to catalyze investments in pro-poor housing, related infrastructure and upgrading in close partnerships with national and local governments and support by local intermediaries. The target groups of ERSO products are either low-income clients themselves or actors involved in the provision of lower-income shelter.
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Fast, secure, efficient and cost effective money transfer
| Country: | Kenya |
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| Safaricom was awarded the Habitat Business Award in 2009 for its M-Pesa Money Transfer Service, a state-of-the-art mobile phone based service that enables customers, especially the unbanked population, to transfer funds amongst each other and to their families in the rural areas in a fast, secure, efficient and cost effective manner. The initiative boots urban entrepreneurship and clearly demonstrates the role and impact of innovative IT solutions for sustainable urbanization. http://www.safaricom.co.ke |
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Housing and Development Board
| Country: | Singapore |
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| The Housing and Development Board (HDB) is awarded for providing one of Asia's and the world's greenest, cleanest and most socially conscious housing programmes. For over half a century, HDB has housed a growing population and played an integral part in Singapore's nation building. Today, more than 8 in 10 Singaporeans live in HDB apartments and more than 9 in 10 of them own the apartment in which they live. HDB and Singapore are global pioneers in when it comes to thinking of the needs of various sectors of society – young couples, the elderly, or disabled, to cite a few and to develop housing and surrounds that cater to their needs. |
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Jan Peterson of Huairou Commission
| Country: | U.S.A |
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| For championing the rights of grassroots women and their movements for better human settlements
Jan is being awarded because of her four decades’ commitment to improving grassroots women’s lives globally. She is a founder of three organizations – the National Congress of Neighbourhood Women, GROOTS International, and the Huairou Commission. Through the latter, Jan has developed a network of networks bringing together women groups in 45 countries. Because of her strong advocacy, Jan has ensured that the global women’s movement incorporates grassroots women’s groups and that it always takes heed of community development priorities for sustainable human settlements. In addition to raising more than USD 4 million for work with grassroots women, Jan has supported pioneering initiatives that include the Grassroots Women’s Academy held each World Urban Forum and the Local 2 Local Dialogue Process, among others. |
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Kunshan Municipal People's Government
| Country: | China |
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| The Kunshan Municipal People's Government is awarded for an innovative approach to granting migrants the right to essential services in the city. Drawing some 800,000 job seekers every year, Kunshan holds five employment fairs every week. In the last two years it has helped more than 200,000 people get work, in a city where modern, new accommodation has increased per capita living space from 12 sq. metres in 1999 to 40 sq. metres today. The city also ensures that migrants have full access to pension, health and other social security schemes, as well as equal education opportunities, and the same rights to public services as local people. |
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Making the dream of affordable housing a reality for hundreds of thousands of households
| Country: | Philippines |
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| Pag IBIG Fund based in the Philippines is nominated for making the dream of affordable housing a reality for hundreds of thousands of households. The fund was set up in 1979 and sustained for 27 years. It offers a rich variety of housing solutions with special attention for investments of Filipino migrants working overseas. By its very name, which stands for “Pagtutulungan sa Kinabukasan: Ikaw, Bangko, Industriya, at Gobyerno”, Pag-IBIG Fund works towards making a reality the vision of a home for every Filipino family. Created on June 11, 1978, the Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF) has a two-pronged mandate: generation of savings and provision of shelter for the Filipino workers.
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Peter Oberlander
| Country: | Canada |
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| A founding father of UN-HABITAT - for a lifetime of promoting the urban agenda around the world |
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Rizhao Municipal Government
| Country: | China |
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| For transforming their city into a green home with new housing and infrastructure Well executed urban planning is what caught the judges’ eyes in this entry. Under the banner Planning an Ecological City and Building a Livable Home, the municipal government embarked on major improvements starting with infrastructure which saw improvements on roads, parks, town squares, water supplies, drainage, sewage treatment as well as garbage disposal facilities. It helped boost the handling capacity of Rizhao Port and Lanshan Port to some 150 million tonnes in 2008; the Heze-Rizhao railway line was double tracked and over 50 new highways were completed. It saw to the restoration and protection of beaches, reefs, forests and parks. Five key rivers were cleaned up. While improving the economy, the project emphasised clean energy whereby it vigorously promoted the use of solar, methane and wind power. Utilization rate of solar power has gone up 99 percent. In recognition of these efforts, Rizhao won the first World Clean Energy Award in 2007, and is still the only city in China to achieve that feat. The economy has improved owing to the project and in 2008 the GDP reached 9.66 billion US dollars. People’s living conditions have improved while the city is still holding dear to the concept of a ‘primitive’ ecological environment featuring a blue sky, a blue sea and golden beaches. |
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State of Safety in World Cities
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| International Conference on the State of Safety in World Cities 2007
Monterrey Forum of Cultures, 1-5 October 2007
Cintermex Convention Centre, Monterrey, Mexico. |
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Sustainable Urban Renewal Programme
| Country: | Austria |
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| Vienna Municipality's Sustainable Urban Renewal Programme is awarded for putting people and their views first in a model urban renovation programme it is imparting to other cities in eastern Europe. Under its so-called "soft urban renewal" drive that started in 1984, the city is careful to consult its residents on changes and take their views into account – rather than opt for the demolition of run down neighbourhoods and compulsory relocation. At the time, more than 300,000 dwellings without toilets or water and sanitation making up some 40 percent of Vienna's housing stock were targeted for renovation. Under the multi-million dollar programme over the years the sub-standard housing stock has been reduced to below nine percent following improvements to more than 5,000 buildings with nearly a quarter of a million apartments. |
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The Alexandra Renewal Project
| Country: | South Africa |
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| For helping thousands of poor people move into better homes and boosting health, water and electricity services.
This renewal project has seen some 7,000 families relocated from the banks of a polluted local river to better settlements. Urban greening was incorporated in the project which led to development of parks and recreation areas. The project also saw the development of new housing, new schools and the refurbishment of many facilities. New clinics improved access to healthcare; while 46,000 hygienic refuse bins have been distributed, drastically improving garbage collection. More than 70 percent of the residents now have access to water and sanitation and 88 percent have safe electricity, a major milestone in a place once referred to as “Dark City”. |
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The ancient canal city of Shaoxing in Zhejiang Province
| Country: | China |
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| The ancient canal city of Shaoxing in Zhejiang Province, eastern China, gets the Habitat Scroll of Honour Award for preserving a unique cultural and historical heritage at a time of rapid urbanization. The city which dates back to 490 BC, is known variously as the City of Waters, the City of Bridges, the City of Calligraphy, the City of Tea, and the City of Scholars. Despite rapid urbanization, the urban conservation programme has enabled this city to present itself as an elegant, peaceful and cultured place with a decent quality of life. The award recognizes the restoration of its seven historic communities where buildings have been restored or renovated, the rivers cleaned up, and the streets spruced up to show off its traditional mix of white walls and black roofs. |
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The bustling port city of Zhangjiagang in Jiangsu Province
| Country: | China |
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| The bustling port city of Zhangjiagang in Jiangsu Province, also in eastern China, gets the Habitat Scroll of Honour Award for setting a new trend in integrated urban-rural development and management through an initiative by the city's authorities to improve the quality of life for farmers and other residents in its hinterland. Zhangjiagang, just half an hour's drive from Shanghai along a new super-highway, is the first Chinese city to explore a system of reallocating urban and rural resources so that people living in town or the countryside can derive the maximum benefit. With a reputation for showing the way as one of China's cleaner and safer cities, its new shopping malls and high rise apartment blocks, in many ways symbolize the country's modernization. Notable is its modern state-of-the-art community resource centers, the hub of the city's new found harmony. |
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The Capital of Rwanda, Kigali
| Country: | Rwanda |
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| The capital of Rwanda, Kigali, gets the Habitat Scroll of Honour Award for many innovations in building a model, modern city symbolized by zero tolerance for plastics, improved garbage collection and a substantial reduction in crime. Starting from 1998, the authorities in Kigali began restoring the city's lost glory. They targeted garbage collection, and banned the use of plastic bags. The streets and pavements were beautified, and public transport was upgraded. Other areas included improvement of the sewage system and slum upgrading. In just one decade, Kigali has been transformed into a place to which people come from all corners of the world to see and learn how they can replicate the Kigali modernization and urban conservation model at home. |
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The City of Bugulma in the Tartarstan Republic of Western Russia
| Country: | Russian Federation |
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| The city of Bugulma in the Tartarstan Republic of western Russia gets the Habitat Scroll of Honour Award for transforming its contaminated water system into cheaper, safer water for its citizens. Founded in 1736, the city at the confluence of the Bugulminka and Stepnoy Zay rivers, is the centre of petroleum mining in Tatarstan. Other economic activities in the city include machinery production, the processing of agricultural products, and construction, all of which contributed to pollution of the river. Such was the toxicity, that many people became ill. In 1996, the Clean Water Programme was initiated under the guidance of the Bugulma's mayor and with the support of the Tatarstan's president. It has since improved the standard of living and contributed towards the sustainable development of the city and its outlying districts. Residents now enjoy high quality water. The use of many underground springs allowed for a considerable reduction in chlorine treatment, thus reducing the risk of cancer. |
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The City of Malmö
| Country: | Sweden |
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| For its innovative, holistic approach to becoming a 21st century eco-city |
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The City of Medellin
| Country: | Colombia |
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| The City of Medellin is awarded for the successful implementation of three programmes to reduce urban poverty, provide health care for children and give citizens a say in urban services. The poverty reduction programme has targeted 40,000 of the city's poorest households. The health programme ensures that all of five and below have institutional, paediatric health care, while the third programme seeks to consistently survey the impact of city services to ensure that decisions taken have the right impact in the right areas. |
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The Johannesburg Social Housing Company
| Country: | South Africa |
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| The Johannesburg Social Housing Company (JOSHCO) is awarded for providing tens of thousands of affordable housing units, improved living conditions and basic services to poor families. As part of an exemplary project based on community development, since 2004 it has converted former male-only mine hostels, derelict inner city buildings and some slum districts into liveable homes. Organizing youth days, sports programmes, clean-up campaigns and other activities as part of its development plan, Joscho teams focus on priorities like violence against women and children; youth; the family; early childhood development; and measures to reduce crime within communities. |
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The Kingdom of Morocco
| Country: | Morocco |
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| The Kingdom of Morocco is awarded for delivering one of the world's most successful and comprehensive slum reduction and improvement programmes. In a concept already being replicated in Egypt and Tunisia, the Moroccan programme widely considered the best of its kind in Africa, is spearheading Morocco's Cities without Slums drive. The Government had set a target in 2004 of humanely clearing the slums in 85 cities by the year 2012. Working with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development and its agency Al Omrane, in the past decade it has improved or eliminated 45.8 percent of the country's slums which are home to 1.6 million people. The cost of the programme has so far come to 25 billion dirhams (USD 2.86 billion) of which the Government has allocated 10 billion dirharms (USD 1.1 billion). |
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The Seoul Metropolitan Government (Special Citation)
| Country: | Republic of Korea |
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| For turning the city into a green, attractive Metropolis |
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Un Techo Para Mi Pais
| Country: | Chile |
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| For providing over 42,000 homes for the poor in 15 Latin American countries
The Chile based non-governmental organization is being awarded for getting thousands of young volunteers, the private sector, universities and governments to raise awareness about slum conditions. This initiative has seen the organization build some 42,000 houses in 15 countries across Latin America. The project is having a major impact on the lives of the poor by giving them decent housing. This has helped reduce health problems, crime and other problems associated with extreme poverty. |
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World Habitat Day 2008
| Country: | Global, Asia & Pacific, Indonesia |
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| The United Nations has designated the first Monday in October each year as World Habitat Day. The idea is to reflect on the state of our towns and cities and the basic right to adequate shelter for all. It is also intended to remind the world of its collective responsibility for the future of the human habitat. |
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