TAC Reports
1998 Dubai International Award for Best Practices
Report of the Technical Advisory Committee

INTRODUCTION

The 1998 round of submissions for the Dubai International Award (DIA) for Best Practices in Improving the Living Environment has brought to the fore a noticeable and substantial improvement in the quality and depth of submissions than the first round in 1996. While this improvement is no doubt a result of the tremendous awareness-building effort undertaken by Dubai Municipality, UN-Habitat and the global network of partners of the Best Practices & Local Leadership Programme, the members of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) wish to acknowledge, first and foremost, the efforts and dedication of the people, communities and organisations whom are implementing these submissions. We concur with the opinion of the members of the 1996 TAC in "recognising the wealth of commitment and endeavour shown by so many people across the world, who are taking their destinies in their own hands to improve their and their families’ lives and the well-being of their communities."
The TAC reviewed over four hundred submissions and more than seventy updates from the 1996 round of submissions. As its first task, it set out to identify and select, among these submissions and updates, a list of approximately one hundred best practices. Its second task was to determine a short-list of not more than forty practices, of equal merit, that will go forward to the Jury. It is now the task of the Jury to select the ten award-winning Best Practices. Everyone who made a serious submission should know that the TAC considered each one carefully. Those who made submissions which were not short listed should know that the competition from around the world was intense and that all submissions satisfying the overall criteria of tangible impact, partnership and sustainability will be included on the Best Practices database for global dissemination.

The practices submitted vary considerably. Some are long-established, with an impressive record of documented results. Some are new with limited results to show to date. In assessing the merit of each submission, the TAC adopted a requirement for demonstrated performance as one of its selection criteria. It was, however, also looking for ‘pointers to the future’ - initiatives, processes and practices - which we believe will help meet the challenge of more sustainable development. In this respect, the TAC was trying to be inclusive rather than exclusive in line with one of the main aims of the Best Practices and Local Leadership Programme - that of promoting the sharing, exchange and transfer of knowledge expertise and experience.

Prior to meeting in Vienna, TAC members had the opportunity to review the submissions, on an individual basis, via the Best Practices Intranet. They had also been given an extensive briefing on the goals and objectives of the Habitat Agenda and how the work of the TAC fits in with the processes and working methods of the Best Practices and Local Leadership Programme. On the substantive side the major issues were:

urban poverty reduction and the creation and distribution of wealth
urban environment and health
governance and civic engagement
disaster preparedness, mitigation, and redevelopment
access to shelter, land and finance
status of vulnerable groups
gender equality and equity and social inclusion
use of information in decision-making
Following the detailed appraisal of the 1998 submissions the TAC identified five categories within which the submissions could be grouped. The five categories are:
shelter, urban infrastructure, city-wide and neighbourhood regeneration, including access to land, finance and economic and social regeneration initiatives;
sustainable human settlement development, including Local Agenda 21, production and consumption patterns, and policy and strategy development;
experimental and innovative practices;
governance and civic engagement;
social services, including equity, social inclusion and urban safety.
These themes and categories served as the first filters to enable the TAC to see where a submission stood. Once case studies were analysed in these terms they were considered under a number of other headings. It was possible to fine-tune the appraisal of the submissions by applying the initial nomination criteria established by the United Nations and additional considerations as contained in the Dubai Declaration.

Best Practice Criteria
The Second Substantive Session of the Preparatory Committee for Habitat II met in Nairobi, Kenya, in March 1995, and adopted Decision II/7 and the following three basic criteria for nominating a Best Practice:

Tangible impact in improving the living environment - does the practice have an impact, and one that can be measured quantitatively or qualitatively?
Partnerships - are at least two partners involved (e.g., central and/or local government, NGOs/CBOs, the private sector, academic/training institutions, etc.)?
Sustainability - has the practice resulted in changes in, for example, decision -making processes, resource allocation, management systems, or technology so as to sustain its initial impact?
Considerations Contained in the Dubai Declaration (1995)
In Preparation for Habitat II, Dubai Municipality hosted and co-organised with UN-Habitat the Dubai International Conference on Best Practices in November 1995. The Conference resulted in the Dubai Declaration which includes, inter alia, the following additional considerations to be used in the identification and selection of Best Practices:
Leadership in inspiring action and change, including change in public policy
Promotion of accountability and transparency
Empowerment of people, neighbourhoods and communities, and incorporation of their contributions
Acceptance of and responsiveness to social and cultural diversity
Potential for transferability, adaptability and replicability
Appropriateness to local conditions and levels of development
Promotion and social equality and equity.
Additional Considerations used by the 1998 TAC:
Given the much higher quality of submissions received in 1998, the Technical Advisory Committee developed the following additional considerations for its deliberations:
Innovativeness - is the practice a genuinely new initiative? Does it employ innovative processes, procedures, systems or technologies?
Transferability - does the practice present actual or potential transferability elsewhere?
Gender - Does the practice promote gender equality and equity and/or address the specific needs of women?
Social Inclusion - does the practice promote social inclusion and integration?
Capacity for scaling-up
High demonstration value
High impact in relation to resource allocation.
These themes, categories, and criteria provided a matrix to reach objective judgements on widely differing practices. Every practice submitted, from those we were not able to recommend to those which we have sent forward to the Jury has been judged by reference to the same matrix.

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THE TAC EVALUATION PROCESS

The TAC members and the Secretariat met in Vienna from 7 to 10 July 1998. Before arriving members had reviewed many but not all of the submissions. The remaining submissions were received at the beginning of the meeting and were reviewed over the first day. To expedite the initial review the TAC operated on the basis of six geographical sub-groups: Africa; Asia and the Pacific; Europe; Latin America and the Caribbean; North America; and Arab States.

This year, for the first time, the TAC was assisted in its task with the results of a validation process. This had been conducted by the Steering Committee members of the Best Practices and Local Leadership Programme (BLP), the Secretariat and other collaborating organisations who provided expert opinion on the compliance of the submissions with the criteria and working methods of the BLP and its partners. The members of the TAC were encouraged to make their own independent appraisals and then to consider the results of the validation process. They were reminded that the results of the validation process should in no way affect the independence of their decisions.

The TAC spent Tuesday morning in plenary during which time it reviewed the 1996 process and established its own working methods and agenda. The TAC recognised the co-chairs of 1996, representing Europe and North America, and elected two new co-chairs, representing Africa and Asia. In the afternoon, regional sub-groups established lists of best practices from their respective regions. The TAC adopted a recommendation by the Secretariat to assess submissions on their absolute merit as individual practices as well as on their relative merit as compared to other submissions. This process continued during Wednesday morning and resulted in a list of best practices, good practices and submissions that did not comply with the criteria and/or had insufficient information. The number of best practices at this stage was a little over one hundred. As planned in the earlier session the members of the TAC then regrouped in two committees each containing one member of each region. These committees proceeded independently in a "double blind" process to identify those best practices deemed to be worthy of inclusion in a final list of not more than forty.

The Arab States group of the TAC reviewed a total of 51 submissions most of which were submitted in Arabic and required translation. The group had to meet in Vienna for a number of days prior to the TAC meeting in order to translate and summarise these submissions.

Each committee adopted its own working method. One committee adopted a regional approach leaving it to regional representatives to bring forward their recommendations for submissions to be included in the short list. These were discussed within the group and from these discussions the final list was prepared. The other committee endeavoured to have as many members of the group assess as many of the 100+ best practices. They then consolidated their findings through a simple scoring system and produced a ranked list. It is the opinion of the TAC that the use of two different approaches by each committee enriches the selection process.

In the plenary session on Thursday morning, the two lists prepared independently by the two committees were reviewed. There was a substantial level of agreement between the two groups resulting in an overall first round consensus on 28 submissions (representing a 70% concurrence) which were automatically included in the shortlist. The plenary devoted itself to reviewing the remaining submissions in more detail. A final list of 40 was unanimously agreed upon with the understanding that all 40 are of equal merit. From there, the TAC divided itself into various task forces to prepare its documentation and final report.

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SELECTION PROCEDURE FOR GLOBAL BEST PRACTICES 100 LIST

The final list of Best Practices numbered 115 and includes the short list of 40 to be submitted to the Jury. The TAC also determined a list of good practices, some of fairly local or limited application, but all of which have a substantial contribution to offer in their respective contexts.

Inclusion on the Good Practice list is important as it qualifies for entry on the Best Practices database, a networking and information tool designed to facilitate the dissemination, sharing and exchange of ideas, expertise and experience.

The following three annexes describing the final status of submissions reviewed by the TAC are attached to this report:

Annex II: The short list of 40 Best Practices which are being recommended to the Jury. For convenience, the short-listed Best Practices are included below in summary form.
Annex III: The Global Best Practices 100 List.
The TAC members took the liberty of grouping practices which represented local or national efforts, shared similar objectives, and strengthened one another in terms of impact, partnership and/or sustainability.

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THE SHORT LIST OF 40 BEST PRACTICES

The following list of submissions were forwarded to the Best Practices Jury for the selection of the 10 recipients of the 1998 Dubai International Award for Best Practices in Improving the Living Environment:

Africa
KENYA
Kipepeo Project
Mathare Youth Self-Help Slum and Environmental Cleanup Project

SENEGAL
Management and Community Valorisation of Domestic Waste by the Women

SOUTH AFRICA
An Integrated Development Project in the Greater Mafikeng Area

TANZANIA
Community Infrastructure (Upgrading) Programme (CIP)

Arab States
EGYPT
Household Solid Waste Management - Zabbaleen Garbage Collectors
National Public Scheme for Conserving Drinking Water

MOROCCO
One woman two trees (Planting trees for Improving Living Conditions)

QATAR
The Centre for Computer Information Systems – Integrated Infrastructure system

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
(Provision of care for orphans of) Natural and Human Made Catastrophies

Asia and Pactific
AUSTRALIA
Crystal Waters Permaculture Village

CHINA
Deepening Reform to Gain the Sustainable Development of Foshan City
The Comprehensive Improvement of the Urban Environment of Zhuhai

INDIA
Innovative Urban Partnership in Ahmedabad, clustering the following three submissions:

Ahmedabad: Innovative Urban Partnerships
Preparation of the Ahmedabad Walled City Revitalization Plan
Design for Redevelopment of C.G. Road
Surat’s Experiences in Urban Governance, Environment and Public Management, clustering the following submissions:
Preparation of the Surat Inner City Revitalization Plan
Urban Governance in Environment and Public Health Management

PHILIPPINES
Fighting Hunger and Powerlessness with our Own Hands
Naga City Participatory Planning Initiatives
Urban Poor Elderly Health Workers

Europe
ALBANIA
‘The Breglumasi Program’ - An Urban and Social Development Initiative

AUSTRIA
Solar City Pichling:Sustainable Urban Development, Linz, Austria
Biowaste Management - Organic Farming, Vienna
Fawos- Prevention of Homelessness

GERMANY
Mütterzentren Bundesverband Geschäftsstelle (Mother Centers)

ROMANIA
Social Service in Sector 6 of Bucharest
Habitat and Art in Romania Programme

SPAIN
L'Hospitalet for Civic-Mindedness
Programmes for Improving the Urban Environment in Malaga
Community Development and Socio-Labour Intervention in the Periphery

Latin America and the Caribbean
BRAZIL
Cabocla Agrarian Reform Project
Income Generation, Dignity and Citizenship
The Interiorization Project of the Carlos Gomes Foundation
Doutores Da Alegria (Doctors of Happiness)

CHILE
Citizen Action for Justice and Democracy

COLOMBIA
Urban Sub-centres for Citizen Life in the Low Income Areas of Medellin

MEXICO
UCISV-VER Housing Program for the Peripheral Areas of Xalapa, Veracruz

North America
CANADA
The Auto-Recycling Best Practices
The Western Valley Development Authority
Waterloo Region Opportunities Planning

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Interface's Journey to Sustainability
Improving Urban Earthquake Risk Management in Developing Countries

Table 1: Short-listed Best Practices by Region and by Category

AFTER VIENNA: THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF BEST PRACTICES

Habitat II in Istanbul marked the first opportunity to showcase Best Practices. In 1996 the first TAC set a high standard with excellent examples of laudable initiatives from all around world. Outside the spotlight of a UN conference, this second round of submissions and the selection of the Dubai Awards, firmly establishes the international network and process of the Best Practices partnership initiative. In 1998, through the efforts of the BLP partnership network, we are able to enter the second hundred Best Practices into the global database, to begin the creation of a Laureate list as well as a list of updates on how a significant number of practices submitted in 1996 continue to perform. We have come a long way from the simple idea of sharing best practices and solutions among communities and established a sustainable network for the transfer of and learning from experience. We realise that we have a long road of learning, training, networking and capacity building ahead of us to meet the aim of improving sustainable human and settlement development. We still need to strengthen awareness building, the promotion of lessons learned and to strengthen the capacity of community, institutional and civic organisations to make use of best practice knowledge, expertise and experience. In addition to the tools already developed such as the Best Practices database on CD-ROM and the Internet, we strongly recommend the use of exhibit displays, audio visuals and ad hoc training and transfer workshops.

Building on the conviction of the first TAC regarding this process we endorse the strategy adopted by the BLP, its Steering Committee and its partners of further decentralising the process of identifying, selecting, disseminating and analysing practices through a network of regional and thematic nodes and institutions. In the future, the Best Practices network of partner institutions could play an even more important role in providing the feedback to submitters before the practice is presented to the TAC. The validation sheet prepared for each submission may provide a summary and first assessment regarding the submissions’ compliance with the nomination criteria by the concerned regional and thematic institutions as a starting point for the work of the TAC.

The TAC suggests the widespread adoption of national and sub-regional pre-selection processes as an integral part of the broad-based, participatory mechanisms recommended by the Habitat Agenda for implementing national and local plans of action. We also recommend the widespread use of a common methodology and a greater time period between the close of submission and the TAC meeting. Such measures will provide the Secretariat and the validating partners adequate time to verify the process and format of the submissions and, where necessary, to provide timely feedback to the submitters as part of the capacity-building objectives of the BLP and of the Dubai International Award.

We recognise that this TAC meeting was spared the task of having to process hundreds of new submissions upon arrival in Vienna as was the case in Rotterdam in 1996. We also note with appreciation to the Secretariat that most of the submissions were processed and sent electronically thus making our own effort more sustainable.

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TOWARDS ISTANBUL +5

The more than 400 submissions and 70 updates received for 1998 allow us, despite their uneven geographic coverage, to discern some trends in terms of the efforts being made by people, communities and organisations of all types around the world. The first discernible trend is that while in 1996 a majority of submissions dealt with issues of shelter, a significant proportion of the 1998 submissions address the issues of urban sustainability or of Local Agenda 21.

There has also been a noticeable shift towards submissions received from cities and local authorities as one of the principal partners involved, most often in collaboration with non-governmental and community-based organisations. This ‘trend’ affirms, in part, one of the key recommendations of the Habitat Agenda, namely that local authorities and civil society need to play prominent roles in meeting the challenge of sustainable human and settlement development, and must be empowered to do so.

Yet another observation is the increasing complexity of the practices being described. A significant number of the 1998 submissions represent integrated approaches and responses to social, economic and environmental issues. This trend, should it continue in future rounds, will necessitate more careful analysis, more feedback to submitters and requests for additional information, including the use of indicators and benchmarking.

Last but not least, the improvements to the reporting format have proven to an effective means of bringing to the fore information on the processes underlying the implementation of these practices and initiatives. The value-added in terms of knowledge, know-how and expertise warrants a much more serious effort at ensuring that the lessons learned are widely disseminated. We can only encourage the BLP to broaden its network and for governments and their national committees and all other partner associations to work with each other to mainstream the continuous identification, documentation and exchange of best practice knowledge, expertise and know-how.

Acknowledgement
The 1998 Technical Advisory Committee would like to warmly thank the City of Vienna for its support and hospitality, allowing the TAC to concentrate entirely on its substantive task. The TAC also extends its appreciation to the staff of the Bruno Kreisky Centre. They offered us hospitality during the long days and running, on the last day, into the early morning, providing us with support far beyond their normal call of duty.

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MEMBERS OF THE 1998 TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

CO-CHAIRS
Ms. Grace Wanyonyi, Deputy Director of Housing
Ministry of Public Works and Housing
Nairobi, Kenya

Prof. Edel C. Guiza
Asian Institute of Management (AIM),
Executive Director, Galing Pook Awards
Makati City, Metro Manila
Philippines

MEMBERS
Dr. Wadad Al Suwayeh
Deputy Director General, Chief Advisor, Arab Towns Organisation
Dasman, Kuwait
Email: alsuwayeh@usa.net

Dr. Mohamed Fathy Hamoda
Professor of Environmental Engineering,
Department of Civil Engineering, Kuwait University
Safat, Kuwait

Mr. Tibor Frank
Executive Director, International Programmes Office
Canadian Urban Institute
Toronto, Canada

Ms. Thereza Lobo
Director, Center for the Study of Public Policies
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Mr. Fernando López-Imizcoz
Coordinator Académico
Centro Edilicio para la Regulacion del Estado y la Sociedad
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Ms. Josefina Maetsu, Economist
Spain

Dr. Lat Soucabé M’Bow
Professor, Department of Geography,
University Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar
Dakar, Senegal

Ms. Ileana Pascal
Centre for Research in Public Administration,
Bucarest, Romania

Prof. Allan Rodger
Director, Deakin Initiative on Sustainability and the Environment
Carlton, Australia

SPECIAL ADVISORS
Ms. Dianne Dillon-Ridgley (Co-Chair of the 1996 TAC)
WEDO (Women’s Environment and Development Organization)
PCSD (U.S. President’s Council for Sustainable Development)
New York, USA

Mr. Gerrit Brokx (Co-Chair of the 1996 TAC)
Ex-Mayor of Tilburg,
De Bilt, The Netherlands

Ms. Maria Inés Garcia-Reyes R.
Fundacion Habitat Colombia,
Santa Fe de Bogota, Colombia

TAC SECRETARIAT
Mr. Ed Frank
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Mr. Nicholas You,
UN-Habitat
Coordinator, Best Practices & Local Leadership Programme
Nairobi, Kenya

Mr. Szilard Fricska
Best Practices & Local Leadership Programme
Nairobi, Kenya

ORGANISATION ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF VIENNA, AUSTRIA
Ms. Ariane Muller and Ms. Linda Czapka
Future.Base Vienna
Vienna, Austria

ASSISTANCE TO THE TAC
Ms. Martina Bauer

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GLOBAL 100 BEST PRACTICES LIST

AFRICA
BURUNDI
Minago Integrated Development Project, Minago

CÔTE D'IVOIRE
The Gulf of Guinea Large Marine Ecosystem (LME) Project, Abidjan

KENYA
Masaku County Children's Home, Masaku
Slums Information Development and Resource Centres – SIDAREC, Nairobi
Kipepeo Project: Conserving Biodiversity through Economic Development, Kilifi
Mathare Youth Self-Help Slum and Environmental Cleanup Project, Nairobi

SENEGAL
Management and Communuty Valorisation of Domestic Waste by Women, Thies
Improved Lot Project
The Petit Train Bleu of Dakar

SOUTH AFRICA
An Integrated Development Project in the Greater Mafikeng Area, North West Province
The Mvula Trust, Braamfontein, Johannesburg
Municipal Infrastructure Programme, Pretoria

TANZANIA
Community Infrastructure (Upgrading) Programme (CIP), Dar-es-Salaam
Hanna Nassif Community Development Association, Dar-es-Salaam

ARAB STATES
EGYPT
Household Solid Waste Management - Zabbaleen Garbage Collectors, Cairo
The Aqueduct Area Project by GOPP, El Sayeda, Zeinab, Cairo
National Public Scheme for Conserving Drinking Water

MOROCCO
Integrated community sanitation programme in Shanty town, Karyan El Ou., Rabat
One Woman, Two trees: (Planting Trees for Improving Living Conditions)

QATAR
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Qatar - An Integral Part of the Infrastructure

SAUDI ARABIA
Ideas For Improving the Living Conditions

SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
Solid Waste Management in Damascus

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Providing Assistance to Orphans of Natural and Human-Made Catastrophies

ASIA
AUSTRALIA
Crystal Waters Permaculture Village, Queensland
CHINA
Deepening Reform to Gain the Sustainable Development of Foshan City
The Comprehensive Improvement of the Urban Environment of Zhuhai
INDIA
People's Participation Programme (P.P.P.), Mumbai
Innovative Urban Partnerships in Ahmedabad, grouping together the following

Ahmedabad: Innovative Urban Partnerships
Preparation of the Ahmedabad Walled City Revitalization plan
Design for Redevelopment of C.G Road
Urban Governance, Environmental and Public Management in Surat, grouping together the following
Preparation of the Surat Inner City Revitalization Plan
Urban Governance in Environment and Public Health Management: Surat's Experience
Urban Sanitation in Low-income area, Bangalore
Ahmedabad Energy Management Initiative
Environmentally Sound and Productive use of City Garbage, Bangalore
Basket Weavers Housing Project at Coimbatore-The HUDCO Approach
CDS System of Kerala - Participation of Poor in the Governance of Poverty
Maharashtra Emergency Earthquake Rehabilitation Programme (MEERP)
Slum Networking Project, Ahmedabad
NEPAL
Urban Hygiene and Environment Programmes (UHEEP)

PHILIPPINES
Mobilizing Financial Resources: Lessons Learned from Bauan Municipality
Fighting Hunger and Powerlessness with our Own Hands, Initao Municipality
Naga City Participatory Planning Initiatives
Urban Poor Elderly Health Workers

SINGAPORE
Evolving a World Class Land Transport System in Singapore
Phasing out of industries in the Bukit Timah and Bukit Batok Planning Area

EUROPE
ALBANIA
"The Breglumasi Program" - An Urban and Social Development Initiative, Tirana

AUSTRIA
Solar City Pichling:Sustainable Urban Development, Linz, Austria
Biowaste Management - Organic Farming, Vienna
Housing Information System for Disadvantaged Population Segments, Vienna
Back on Stage 16/17
Property Developer's Competition, Vienna
Fawos- Prevention of Homelessness, Vienna
ECOPROFIT Graz

BELGIUM
Charleroi Security and Safety Initiative, Charleroi

FINLAND
Espoo’s Educational Project on Biodiversity, Espoo

FRANCE
Risk Management and Prevention, City of Marseille

GERMANY
Mütterzentren Bundesverband Geschäftsstelle (National Association of Mother Centers)
Lebensgarten Steyerberg e.V. (Lebensgarten Eco-village), Steyerberg

GREECE
Xanthi, changing a city's image. The Cultural face of Sustainability

IRELAND
Belfast Harbour Urban Pilot Project; "Commerce & Conservation in Partnership"

POLAND
ECO-Tickets, Oswiecim
Tested & Organic Food for Residents of Industrialized Urban Areas, Gliwice
Tomaszow Enterprise Incubator Foundation, Tomaszow

PORTUGAL
Disabled Assistance and Support, Ponte de Lima

ROMANIA
Night Shelter BEST
Social Service in Sector 6 of Bucharest
Habitat and Art in Romania Programe

RUSSIAN FEDERATION
City of Kirovo-Chepetsk: Air Protection

SPAIN
Urban Renewal and Social Insertion: Opening of the Town to the Sea, Gijon, Spain
From the Iron of the Valley to the Iron Valley, Gipuzkoa
L'Hospitalet for Civic-Mindedness, L’Hospitalet
Riva Project For Ciutat Vella (Rehabilitation/Regeneration Of Valencia)
An Integral Program on Housing Rehabilitation for Social Purposes, Barcelona
Zaragoza: A City Saving Water
Project Ciutat Vella: Revitalization of the Historical Center of Barcelona
Green Plan for a “Mankind Heritage Town”: Segovia
Barnamil: 1.000 m2 Hot Water Solar Panels, Barcelona
"Valdicio" Development, Soba Municipal District
Programme for Relocating Indigent Population in Valladolid
Fighting Social Exclusion: Integral Plan for the Old City of Zaragoza
Urban Project of Recuperation of Historic City-Center of Santa Cruz
Rehabilitation of the Historic Centre of Madrid
Programmes for Improving the Urban Environment in Malaga
Indicators for Sustainability in Barcelona
Comunitary Development and Socio-Labour Intervention in the Periphery, Salamanca
Integral Scheme of Tackling Youth-Unemployment in the South of Madrid
Ecotouristic Distinctive, Alcudia, Mallorca

TURKEY
Youth Participation in Decision Making Processes in Turkey
Çayyolu II Satellite City Project

UNITED KINGDOM
The Findhorn Foundation Eco-Village Project, Forres, Moray, Scotland

LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
BRAZIL
PALMA$ - Popular Bank in Palmeira District
Return to Nature (Replant for harvesting), Rio de Janeiro
Cabocla Agrarian Reform Project, Parana
Income Generation, Dignity and Citizenship, Rio de Janeiro
Housing Project of Rio das Flores and Rio Novo - Partner in Construction
ReciproCity Programme – Selective Collection / Recycling
The Interiorization Project of the Carlos Gomes Foundation, Pará
Doutores da Alegria (Doctors of Happiness)

CHILE
Sustainable City: Grassroots Development, Food Security, Recycling in Tome
Citizen Actions for Justice and Democracy, Santiago de Chile

COLOMBIA
Urban Subcentres for Citizen Life in the Low Income Areas of Medellin

COSTA RICA
Bamboo Foundation (FUNBAMBU), San Jose
Community Leaders Generating Development, San Jose

ECUADOR
Salud Para el Pueblo - A Health and Sanitation Rotary Project

MEXICO
UCISV-VER Housing Program for the Peripheral Areas of Xalapa, Veracruz

PERU
System of Integrated Solid Waste Management, Lima

NORTH AMERICA
CANADA
The Ecological Footprint/ EcoQuest - Reducing Our Ecological Footprint, Toronto
Signposts on the Trail to VISION 2020": Hamilton-Wentworth Sustainability
The Affordability and Choice Today Program, Federation of Canadian Municipalities
The Auto-Recycling Best Practices, British Columbia
Toronto Healthy City Project
The Western Valley Development Authority, Nova Scotia
Partenaires en prévention: Sécurité des Chauffeurs de Taxi (Taxi Drivers’ Safety Programme)
Waterloo Region Opportunities Planning
Safer Cities Initiatives, Edmonton, Alberta
Zero Waste 2005, Anapolis Royal, Nova Scotia

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Carbon Dioxide Reduction Plan, Chula Vista, California
Planning and Designing the Community of Civano, Tucson, Arizona
Green Map System, New York
Interface's Journey to Sustainability, Kennesaw, Georgia
Integrated Watershed Management - Government and NGO Partnership, Massachusetts
The Millennium Project, Washington, D.C.
Involvement of Urban Communities in Brownfields Redevelopment, Trenton, New Jersey
Improving Urban Earthquake Risk Management in Developing Countries, Palo Alto, California
Sustainability and Smart Growth in Chattanooga's Southside, Tennessee
The National Center for Sustainability in Chattanooga's Southside, Tennessee

For more information on these and other good and best practices, please go to the Habitat Best Practices Database, or contact:

The Coordinator,
Best Practices and Local Leadership Programme (BLP)
UN-Habitat
P.O. Box 30030, Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: (254 20) 623029; 623799; 624328
Fax: (254 20) 623080, 624266, 624267
Email: bestpractices@unhabitat.org