Improving Slums unmillenniumproject/documents/Slumdwellers-complete.pdf

1. Improving Slumshttp://www.unmillenniumproject.org/documents/Slumdwellers-complete.pdf

2. Recognize that the urban poor are active agents and not passive beneficiaries of development Work with local communities to upgrade slums Negotiate on planning decisions and the utilization of public resources

3. Improve governance Recognize the “right to the city” Plan for development Adopt local strategies

4. Support and enact local pro-poor policies Enact legislation against forced evictions and provide security of tenure Take action on land issues Provide adequate and affordable infrastructure and services Enable community contracts and partnerships Build and maintain public transport systems and services Ensure that water, sanitation, and health services reach poor urban dwell­ers Enact building codes and regulations Plan for adequate alternatives to the formation of new slums Involve the private sector Create jobs citywide

5. Mobilize resources and investments Financial resources Land resources Human resources

6. Empower local action Develop and strengthen networks Support local poverty reduction strategies Create “Millennium cities”: viable, sustainable cities — each with distinct livelihood opportunities, improved access to public services and links with the countryside and international markets

7. Monitor Target 11 There is a need to strengthen the official monitoring system established by the UN system and to involve target populations in defining the specific monitor­ing goals and assessing progress at the local level Target 11: “We will spare no effort to free our fellow men, women and children from the abject and dehumanizing conditions of extreme poverty, to which more than a billion of them are currently subjected. We are committed to making the right to development a reality for everyone and to freeing the entire human race from want.”