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Meeting the Millennium
Development Goals (MDG)
Meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) will
depend to a large extent on the adoption and implementation of effective
policy sets and enabling legislation. The combined impact of rapid
urbanisation and globalisation will require a concerted effort by
all spheres of government and civil society to review their laws,
policies and practices to facilitate more equitable urban development
and sustainable or "smart" forms of urbanisation and urban
growth.
WORLD URBAN FORUM II:
Second session
Barcelona, 13-17 September 2012
Dialogue on urban realities: Innovative urban policies and legislation
in implementing the Habitat Agenda and attaining the Millennium Development
Goals. [MS
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The background paper presents an overview and analysis
of current urban conditions and projected trends. It argues for
a more harmonized and urban approach to national policy formulation
and development. It presents six country case studies of promising
and innovative laws and policies in the areas of land, housing and
basic services, water and sanitation, social inclusion, local economic
development and the role and contribution of local authorities.
The paper concludes with pointers for the future, as well as an
outline of a set of tools to support the development of good urban
policies and enabling legislation.
A Focus on Urban Policies and Enabling
Legislation
The Best Practices and Local Leadership Programme of UN-Habitat
is in the process of developing and field-testing the following
tools:
• Guidelines for
reviewing urban policies and enabling legislation
• Reporting format for
disseminating good urban policies and model legislation
• Terms of Reference for
a searchable database and knowledge network for good urban policies
and model legislation
• Guía para la presentación
y formato informativo para Buenas políticas urbanas y Legislación
facilitadora
The purpose of these tools is to support all spheres of government
and civil society to improve the effectiveness of urban policies
and legislation in addressing the issues of:
• Urban poverty reduction including job creation and local
economic development
• Gender equality and social inclusion including universal
access to water, sanitation, health and education
• Slum improvement including access to land, housing finance
and basic services
• Urban environmental management and smart growth
• Decentralisation and the empowerment of local authorities
Publication:
UN-HABITAT has published the Good
policies and Enabling Legislation for Attaining the Millennium Development
Goals: A methodology for participatory review and assessment
as part of its ongoing initiative to document good policies and
enabling legislation. The pilot phase of this work was conducted
in 2002-2004. The publication outlines the genesis, process and
status of the initiative, and the results to date. It also includes
tools developed for the process of identifying, reviewing and documenting
laws and policies.
A Focus on Knowledge-Sharing and Peer Learning
The steps involved in building a knowledge sharing system for policy
and legislative reform include:
The "unpacking" of relevant laws/policies to render them
understandable and accessible by the general public, including a
map of key actors and institutions involved in policy formulation
and implementation
A multi-stakeholder review of the laws/policies to identify issues,
opportunities and constraints in implementation, as well as the
identification of any unintended outcomes
The sharing of lessons learned through conferences, seminars, case
studies, peer exchanges and decentralised co-operation (C2C)
For further information, please contact:
Best Practices and Policies Section
UN-Habitat
email: bestpractices@unhabitat.org
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