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UN-HABITAT Second Regional Conference on Creativity and Development Initiatives in Arab Cities, Amman-Jordan 27-29 April

URBAN OBSERVATORY: GENERAL OVERVIEW. UN-HABITAT Second Regional Conference on Creativity and Development Initiatives in Arab Cities, Amman-Jordan 27-29 April 2009. WHAT IS AN URBAN OBSERVATORY?.

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UN-HABITAT Second Regional Conference on Creativity and Development Initiatives in Arab Cities, Amman-Jordan 27-29 April

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  1. URBAN OBSERVATORY: GENERAL OVERVIEW UN-HABITAT Second Regional Conference on Creativity and Development Initiatives in Arab Cities, Amman-Jordan 27-29 April 2009

  2. WHAT IS AN URBAN OBSERVATORY? Urban Observatory is a network of Global/National/Local stakeholders responsible for producing, analyzingand monitoringurban indicators and disseminating information.

  3. WHY URBAN OBSERVATORY? • Lack of urban information at National, • Regional and City level. • Distorted assessment of city potentials • and problems 3. Lack of systematic connection between data producers 4. Disconnection between data, information and policy formulation

  4. URBAN OBSERVATORY OBJECTIVES • Increasing urban knowledge. • Linking the knowledge to policies • Monitoring urban trends

  5. URBAN OBSERVATORY: UN HABITAT RESPONSE TO THE “URBAN ERA” UN HABITAT aims at: - Assist Governments and Partners with the Collection and Analysis of urban data to improve urban management. - Enhance the use of knowledge and urban indicators for policy formulation. - Synthesize and disseminate information.

  6. URBAN OBSERVATORY: BETTER INFORMATION FOR BETTER DECISION MAKING GUO RUO RUO RUO NUO LUO LUO LUO

  7. GLOBAL URBAN OBSERVATORIES: FUNCTIONS AND PRODUCTS FUNCTIONS • Monitoring Global Progress in implementing the Habitat Agenda. • Monitoring Global urban conditions and trends. PRODUCTS • Global Urban Observatory Network. • Global Urban Observatory Database. • Global report “State of the World’s Cities”. • Monitoring Urban Inequities Programme.

  8. SHELTER SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND ERADICATION OF POVERTY ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GOVERNANCE 20 KEY INDICATORS 9 CHECK LIST INDICATORS 13 EXTENSIVE INDICATORS GUO: PRIORITY SECTORS AND INDICATORS

  9. FROM DATA TO LUO/NUO Priority Sectors Identification Reviewing data Refer to Habitat Agenda Indicators and to other international and local indicators . Formulate indicators and create indicators database Visualize indicators ( GIS based maps, tables and graphics) Indicators analysis updating Information products Indicators Monitoring System Dissemination of information and networking

  10. URBAN OBSERVATORY IN ARAB REGION UN-HABITAT Second Regional Conference on creativity and initiatives in Arab Cities, Amman-Jordan 27-29 April 2009

  11. BAHRAIN EGYPT YEMEN JORDAN SYRIA LEBANON TUNISIA SAUDI ARABIA NATIONAL URBAN OBSERVATORIES

  12. NUOs IN ARAB REGION: SECTORS HABITAT AGENDA SECTORS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HOUSING ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT LOCAL GOVERNANCE PRIORITY SECTORS YEMEN NUO – Housing and informal settlement EGYPT NUO – Housing and land development JORDAN NUO – Poverty, Health , Education, Environment, Water and Shelter

  13. NUOs IN ARAB REGION: COMMON CARACHTERISTICS Indicators – from 20 to 50 HABITAT AGENDA and locals. Products – City/Country Profiles, Website, brochures. GIS – All NUOs use GIS. Some need to strengthen their capacity. Networking – All NUOs are in the process of strengthening the network with the existing LUOs and supporting the establishment with additional LUOs.

  14. SWEIDA (Syria) TYRE, BINT JBEIL , MARAJAAYOUN AND SIN AL FYL (Lebanon) KHARTOUM AMMAN ALMEDINAH (municipality and 8 cities within Medina Region) TRIPOLI JEDDAH SANA’A, ADEN AND TAIZ MECCA ALEPPO GASSIM TAIF ABHA LOCAL URBAN OBSERVATORIES

  15. LUOs IN ARAB REGION: SECTORS 1. HABITAT AGENDA SECTORS 2. SPECIFIC FOCUS JEDDAH LUO – Environmental planning, urban pollution, Jeddah Strategic Plan and MDGs TRIPOLI LUO – Environment and sustainable development TYRE, BINT JBEIL AND MARJAAYOUN LUOs – Post war reconstruction activities mainly in urban planning and infrastructure needs ALMEDINAH – Regional Planning, Child Protection, Education.

  16. LUOs IN ARAB REGION: COMMON CARACHTERISTICS Indicators – from 20 to 110/ HABITAT AGENDA, MDG and locals. Products – City/Country Profiles, reports, Website, brochures. GIS – All LUOs use GIS. Some need to strengthen their capacity. Networking – All LUOs are in the process of strengthening the network with NUOs and other urban observatories.

  17. RECOMMENDATIONS Conditions for creating a sustainable urban observatory: • Proper Institutional Framework and • appropriate skills • Sense of ownership at • decision making level 3. Systematic updating and monitoring of data and indicators • Strengthening the network between • National and Local Urban Observatories

  18. URBAN OBSERVATORY IN ARAB REGION: FUTURE STEPS - Review the list of indicators for each Urban Observatory and their monitoring system. - Create a common platform, a network between Urban Observatories in Arab Region. - Create Regional Urban Observatory to be connected to the Global Urban Observatory - Monitoring Urban Trends in Arab Region - Develop the State of Arab Cities Report.

  19. …THANK YOU

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