Housing and Slum Upgrading Branch Kerstin Sommer Slum Upgrading Unit Leader

1. Housing and Slum Upgrading Branch Kerstin Sommer Slum Upgrading Unit Leader Project Leader Participatory Slum Upgrading SESSION: PARTICIPATORY REGENERATION OF POOR NEIGHBOURHOODS

2. Participatory regeneration Outline: • SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS • HABITAT III - HOUSING AT THE CENTRE • CASE STUDY PSUP • ARGENTINA CASE STUDIES

3. OUTLINE SDG 11 – A Strong Mandate and a Call for Action • Target 11.1 By 2030, ensure access for all to adequate, safe and affordable housing and basic • services and upgrade slums. • Target 11.c Support least developed countries, including through financial and technical assistance, in building sustainable and resilient buildings utilizing local materials.

4. MDG’s to SDGs • Unfinished business of the MDGs: • While some reductions in the proportion of slum dwellers, the overall numbers growing and the projected urban growth in some regions is enormous • Statistics: Globally there are still more than 1 billion slum dwellers today and UN Habitat estimates an additional 3 billion people in need for housing by 2030. • MDGs started the move from forced evictions to sustainable urbanization and the upgrading of slums – but not explicit and not holistic • SDG explicit urban goal which combines adequate housing and slum upgrading – is more encompassing for improving the lives of slum dwellers

5. HABITAT III • HOUSING POLICY UNIT • Informal settlements Issue Paper • Informal settlements thematic conference • Housing at the Centre Concept  Linkages to a lot of other policy units – Right to the City – City for all, Urban Policy, Inequality, Land Issues

6. SLUM UPGRADING UNIT

7. ‘HOUSING AT THE CENTRE’ OF THE NEW URBAN AGENDA

8. TheEnablingApproach – Where are wenow? PERSISTENT CHALLENGES TO MEET HOUSING NEEDS

9. TheEnablingApproach – Where are wenow? VACANT HOUSES WHEN MILLIONS OF PEOPLE HAVE NOWHERE TO LIVE

10. PLACES OF EXCLUSIVITY RATHER THAN OPPORTUNITY

11. OUTLINE HOUSING AT THE CENTRE • shift the focus from simply building houses to an integrated framework for housing development orchestrated with urbanization and national development NATIONAL URBAN AGENDA CITIES AND URBAN PLANNING • shift the focus to the people - strengthen the role of housing within urban planning practice and coordinate the different phases and inputs of housing development within urban growth, upgrading and renewal interventions UN-Habitat’s ‘Housing at the Centre’ approach positions housing at the centre of national and local urban agendas An H@C Position Paper was endorsed by the Executive Director in Oct 2015

12. Terms of the SDGs and HABITAT III

13. IMPLEMENTATION – CASE STUDIES

14. CASE STUDY 1 – Global programme PSUP

15. Paradigm shift as call for action • Unfinished business but not business as usual • Visions – principles – policies – strategies • ACTIONS AT FOUR LEVELS ARE NEEDED

16. SLUM UPGRADING VISION Transforming a billion lives Improve the quality of life of the urban poor, particularly of women and youth and contribute to the implementation of the SDGs PSUP advocates and takes action for improving the living conditions of slum dwellers. PSUP does this through in situ, incremental, climate-compatible, human rights-based, citywide and participatory slum upgrading and prevention.

17. PSUP SET-UP • Evidence-based pro-poor and inclusive housing and urban policies • Improved urban governance and management • Participatory urban planning and design for incremental upgrading and regeneration • Strategic partnerships and financing

18. Sustainable Planning Principles

21. PSUP – people centred transformation

22. Recommendations 1) Recognition of the slum issue 2) People-centred approach 3) Government leadership 4) Strengthened policy response 5) Systematic and citywide at scale approach 6) Integration of people and systems including social-economic dynamics with creating centres 7) Appropriate long-term financial commitment 8) Land issue and tenure modality

23. Participatory approach and community participation • Combination of slum upgrading with employment generation and local economic development • Development of participatory robust standardized and computerized data collection • Creating peer learning platforms • Climate-compatible design, planning and implementation of actions • Introduce quick-win and strategic projects throughout the process

25. WORKING AT ALL LEVELS

26. Thematic entry points • Public space • Safer cities • Community services • Streets and access roads • Participatory planning • Incremental housing • Innovations and culture as well as identification • Livelihoods and economic development • Women and youth

27. Citywide slum upgrading • PSUP is anchored at all three levels • Core is an action-oriented citywide slum upgrading strategy • Strategic entry points vary from country to country • Promotes: incremental, in-situ, participatory, inclusive, climate compatible, human rights based slum upgrading

28. Template for CW-Strategy Phase 2

29. Arrangement by timing and stakeholder There are three time scenarios for PSUP: • Short term: for the next year (2013) • Medium term until 2020 • Long term until 2030 Arrangement by stakeholders: • Ministries • Municipalities • Communities • Academia, private sector and NGOs

32. Participatory planning and community spaces

33. GHANA – two years later… • Urban profiling of three cities: Accra, Tamale, Ho • Co-financing mobilized at national and city level • National Slum Upgrading and Prevention Strategy to be endorsed by the Cabinet next year • Operationalization of the Urban Policy for inclusive integrated sustainable urbanization • A Directive by the Minister to all metropolitan areas and municipalities to replicate city-wide slum upgrading strategies

34. And.. • Ministry’s portfolio to include Social Protection and promote inclusive policies for sustainable urban development • South-South Cooperation with the Government of Brazil for learning and providing resources for up-scaling • For the first time slum upgrading activities are directly targeting female youth and children as consequence of the PSUP gender and human rights based approach

35. And… • Implementation of the projects created employment such as in the area of waste management, the compost and buy back centreconnects the slum economy to the overall city economy; the activities are further environmentally friendly and are recycling plastic and other material • Deepened decentralization through increased participation at all levels, especially in the community; new roles and functions of local sub structures through training of PSUP

36. And also in Ghana… • Increased participation through the use of local elected assembly members is replicated in other programme implementation including in the national slum upgrading • Programme elected leaders include women and youth; influence of women and youth in local decision-making has been increased; • With PSUP, and the national strategy, country is moving from pilot projects to comprehensive programmes and therefore significantly contributes to the implementation of MDG 7

37. Participatory planning and community spaces

38. Mobility and community spaces

39. Global knowledge and tools for regeneration and slum upgrading

40. Argentina Case

45. UN-Habitat’s engagement • Capitalising this government programme experience • Mainstreaming approach in National Urban Development Plan with focus on slum upgrading, housing, safety issues and youth employment through upgrading and urban development initiatives

46. Call for action • PARTNERSHIPS AND GLOBAL LEARNING • INNOVATIONS THROUGH GLOBAL CHAMPIONS • RESOURCE MOBILISATION FOR QUICK WIN PROJECTS

49. Thank You Housing and Slum Upgrading Branch