Urban Governance, Diversity and Social Action in Cities of the South

Enabling civil society within the city

It's part of the social life of the city.

The Government has earmarked priority areas and urban centres for urban, social, and industrial development.

Cities were being recognized as instruments for the development of civil society.

Through the Ministry of Social Development the Federal Government has introduced the Habitat Programme in order to assist the poor sector of the population living in towns and metropolitan areas through the joint implementation of social programmes and urban development.

Building Human Rights Cities and Communities

There is certainly a need to address urban poverty by promoting the role of cities as engines of economic growth and social development.

b. Contribute to create an Open City UNDESA award dedicated to municipalities engaged in the implementation of Agenda 21.

Vice President of the Election Monitoring Commission, Regional Branch of the Niamey urban community

The social indicators of the rural population generally lag behind those of the urban population.

There were three plenary meetings, partners' dialogues on urban culture, urban realities, urban governance and urban renaissance, as well as thematic dialogues on urban poor, urban resources, urban sustainability, urban services and urban disasters and reconstruction.

The National Urban Development Programme focuses on four operational areas the One Hundred Cities Programme, aiming at strengthening the capacity of cities to receive investments and promote development the programme for the consolidation of metropolitan areas the promotion of regional planning and the strengthening of the legal framework for urban development as well as the programme for the promotion of social and private sector participation in urban development.

Social capital in the slums is at its most urban and dense.

A total of 49.6 per cent of urban workers do not have any kind of social security

Its intergovernmental social science programme on the management of social transformation aims to ensure an integrated urban development by carrying out activities on city governance, social sustainability, decentralization and urban development, formulation of urban policies, and gender and environment issues, to provide decision makers with scientific data to improve the management of crisis.

As in the case of providing land for social housing and urban development, its activities are part of the general effort to improve urban and territorial planning.

This is a subsidy programme operating in urban areas through the National Institute of Urban Housing (INURBE) and the Social Support Network.

The Global Campaign on Urban Governance will continue to promote accountable and transparent urban governance that responds and benefits all sectors of society, particularly the urban poor.

He said that the central issues for the Forum were urbanization of poverty and social exclusion.

Urban poor Urban resources Urban sustainability Urban services Urban disasters and reconstruction.

Urban cultures Urban realities Urban governance Urban renaissance.

The Chinese city evolved as a walled in seat of power centered around a marketplace. Indeed, the two characters that comprise the Chinese word for city (城市) mean castle (城) and market (市) an apt juxtaposition, which endures today in the form of the relationship between collective state led action to build strong markets and private sector competition within and among cities.

Sustainable Communities and the Future Shape of Cities

The Urban Indicators Programme established contacts with experts in cities to provide indicators on the Habitat Agenda themes of shelter, governance, social and economic development and the environment.

If the city looks after the country, the country will look after the city.

The population is heavily concentrated in cities with high rates of socio professional activity

Pre school education is the responsibility of the municipality and falls under the jurisdiction of social care.

There was a general agreement that recognizing diversity of experiences and promoting horizontal city to city, community to community networks would foster the creation of viable and less vulnerable communities.

The Eglise protestant évangelise de Djibouti is providing limited social assistance to urban refugees living in Djibouti ville.

The issues of inclusive participation and the empowerment of civil society in urban governance were further explored in the dialogue on urban governance.

The Forum consisted of dialogues among partners on urban culture, urban realities, urban governance and urban renaissance, as well as thematic discussions on urban poverty, urban resources, urban sustainability, urban services, and urban disasters and reconstruction.

Workers without social protection now comprise the vast majority of the urban labour force.

Documentation HSP WUF 2 4 Civil society's contribution to local urban governance

A visit to an urban community project for women and children was organized.

People are following opportunity into town.

It was emphasized that urban policies and programmes should be designed in such a way that they preserve urban cultural heritage while closely involving local communities.

In Somaliland , the United Nations has organized the Somaliland Urban Forum in Hargeysa to assist the region's seven municipalities in sharing information and planning initiatives for urban management and in the delivery of social services.

In December 2003, the Programme for Developing Small Cities for 2004 2006 was adopted. It calls for the creation of the requisite conditions for the stable socio economic development of small cities, in combination with State support of cities with a depressed economy.

The first segment was devoted to the involvement of cities in international policy, city to city cooperation and exchange between cities and local governments on the achievements of sustainable urban development through municipal cooperation.

HSP WUF 2 4 Dialogue on civil society's contribution to local urban governance

Documentation HSP WUF 2 8 Urban sustainability Environment, economy, society commitment to a culture of partnerships for sustainable urbanization.

HSP WUF 2 8 Dialogue on urban sustainability environment, economy, society commitment to a culture of partnerships for sustainable urbanization

The Human Settlements Section of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) is currently undertaking a research project on urban governance at the municipal level.

President Lula's Government had created the Ministry for Cities in order to produce an integrated national policy based on guidelines from the National Conference of Cities, civil society, the private sector and municipal governments, and to tackle the problems of housing, water and sanitation, urban mobility and planning.