Urban governance

Measuring Urban Governance

Participatory Budgeting, Urban Governance and Democracy

She also stressed the importance of good urban governance and decentralization.

(f) Human values in improving urban water governance

Urban governance, part I inclusiveness too little or too much?

IVII Urban governance, part II Empowering communities is there a right way?

Follow up support on the application of inclusive urban governance was provided to African and South Asian countries.

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

UNDP shared this view while noting that the Urban Governance Index, a tool being developed to measure good urban governance, required further refinement.

Strengthening cooperation with the United Nations Human Settlements Programme in urban environmental management

Recognizing the importance of the Global Campaign for Secure Tenure and the Global Campaign on Urban Governance for enhancing the involvement of civil society in local governance,

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.

The Global Campaign on Urban Governance was launched in Burkina Faso, Cuba, Mexico, Morocco and Senegal.

It was noted that urban governance is a local issue which also has national and international implications for the well being of citizens.

(a) Urban water and sanitation governance that is geared to the needs of the poor

Support was also provided to local governments in the application of urban governance tools in Africa and South Asia.

Dialogues The second session of the World Urban Forum was organized around four Partners' dialogues focusing on the following topics urban cultures urban realities urban governance and urban renaissance.

Global programmes and urban governance issues were well covered, while secure tenure activities were not.

In 2004, a global campaign on urban governance was launched in Burkina Faso, Morocco and Senegal.

All these issues, the wider context they relate to, and their various ramifications, were explored during the dialogue on urban governance.

Taking note of the Global Campaign on Urban Governance, which promotes the involvement of young people in local governance, the activities of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme in support of vulnerable young people within the framework of the Safer Cities Programme and of the Global Partnership Initiative on Urban Youth Development in Africa,

Pursuant to Governing Council resolution 19 10, entitled Urban rural linkages and sustainable urbanization , the Programme has pursued normative and operational activities.

It is important to explore the pros and cons of inclusiveness, its scope and boundaries, and to debate how inclusiveness can actually work in local governance.

Criticism was levelled against of centralized and inefficient urban governance, and the definition of subsidiarity within the local context was questioned.

It was also pointed out by a number of speakers that political sustainability and good governance were essential to implementing appropriate urban environmental policies.

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 Programme has a very broad mandate and, under the themes of urban governance, sustainable development and shelter, it covers a wide range of social and economic issues.

This reaffirms that good governance is among the main prerequisites for effective urban crime prevention and urban renewal.

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.

In addition to the Partners' dialogues, five thematic dialogues were held focusing on urban poor urban resources urban sustainability urban services and urban disasters and reconstruction.

It is the citizens of urban enclaves who are taking part in establishing budget priorities and counseling government through a decentralized policy of administration.

of population living in extreme poverty

Urban services . 179 54

Urban problems

The bank has 38 branches, primarily concentrated in urban and semi urban areas.

This is in keeping with the general trend in the world that more specialized care is available in urban centers than in rural areas due to better support facilities in the urban centers.

Urban resources

Urban sustainability

Making Urban Safety Sustainable

(c) Urban environment

Urban Assembly

Regional urban development

(b) Urban areas

Quality of the urban environment.