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Implementing MDG Target 7/11 - Cities without Slums Indicator in Asian Countries
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Thursday, June 22nd
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16:30 - 18:30
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MR14
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| Event Description |
MDG Target 7/11 aims to improve the lives of 100 million slum dwellers by 2020, globally. There are many examples of work being implemented towards this target, and these need to be understood to achieve the target. This event will publicise the work undertaken in Asian countries. Plenary presentations will be based on documented best practices described by high-level representatives of key Asian countries, including Bangladesh, Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand, which are conducting innovative demonstration projects to address the core components of slum upgrading. This presentation will be followed by facilitated discussions aiming to draw on this experience for replication in other countries.
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Session Language |
English
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Speakers
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HE Noli de Castro, Vice President of the Philippines, Chair HUDCC
Mr Noer Soetrisno, Minstry of Housing, Indonesia
Ms Alison Barrett, LPUPAP, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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| Host Organization |
UN-HABITAT Slum Upgrading Facility - SUF
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Organization Description |
UN-HABITAT is the global focal point for low income housing and slum upgrading practice throughout the world. This mandate was emphasised by the outcome document of the 2005 World Summit held at the UN in New York - paragraph 56m - which states: "In pursuance of our commitment to achieve sustainable development, we [the Heads of State and Government] further resolve to achieve significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers by 2020, recognizing the urgent need for the provision of increased resources for affordable housing and housing-related infrastructure, prioritizing slum prevention and slum upgrading, and to encourage support for the United Nations Habitat and Human Settlements Foundation and its Slum Upgrading Facility".
The UN-HABITAT Slum Upgrading Facility - SUF - is a new global facility designed to mobilize domestic capital for slum upgrading projects and activities by facilitating links among local actors and by packaging the financial, technical and political elements of upgrading and low income housing projects so that they can attract commercial finance.
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Website
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www.unhabitat.org/suf
www.unhabitat.org
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