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Sustainable Urban Planning for Refugee Camp Revitalization in the Middle East

This initiative focuses on improving living conditions in Palestinian refugee camps through participatory urban planning and integrated efforts of UNRWA programmes. By addressing urgent needs and linking them with long-term visions, this research project funded by EU, WB, BMZ & GIZ aims to enhance community participation, fulfill human rights, and ensure the sustainability of change in camp environments.

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Sustainable Urban Planning for Refugee Camp Revitalization in the Middle East

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  1. Deteriorating camp environment- link with context

  2. Geneva conference • Arab league • OD • Programme created • EU support • Research project/WB • BMZ & GIZ funding

  3. Importance of the built environment • Integrated • Urban planning-transformation • Innovative and flexible • Community participation • Fulfillment of human rights & protection • Sustainability of change

  4. PARTICIPATORY URBAN PLANNING ME CAMP IMPROVEMENT PLAN

  5. Integrated efforts of UNRWA programmes

  6. UNRWA and Host Government Talbiyeh Camp Neirab Camp

  7. Campus on Camp

  8. Shams Hospital, Widened base for resource mobilization

  9. Planning instills hope and optimism-NBC

  10. Addresses the needs of all the community including the disadvantaged-children

  11. …..And the youth Camp Improvement Project teams became a reference to the refugees

  12. Data & Knowledge management ; • Specific priorities of a camp • Strategic planning at field level, FIPs • Camp profile project • Evidence based planning Dheisheh community facilities Dheisheh Camp : circulation analysis Dheisheh infrastructure issues Dheisheh: Housing Improvement Concept Dheisheh public spaces

  13. Next Steps: Our mission is serving Palestine refugees in improving their living standards in a comprehensive, integrated and community driven urban planning approach , • Address worsening and deteriorated living conditions, • Continue addressing urgent needs, • Link both urgent needs with longer term visions,

  14. Strengthening the Programme in the Agency, capacity building and additional resources, • Plan with the different fields, with field specific strategies, on the implementation of CIPs for the remaining 50 camps, • Agree on targets for achievements, indicators and setting the monitoring tools for the implementation of CIPs.

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