Total cost
$118,327
Partners
Ministry of Housing and Urbanization
and Public Buildings
United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP)
United Nations Human Settlements Programme
(UN-Habitat)
Background and objectives
Following Habitat II, the Government
requested support from UNDP and UN-Habitat to formulate a national
action plan on housing. The project seeks to assist the Government
in the formulation of this strategy and action plan.
Activities
The project's activities started in
December 1999 with an assessment of the national urban shelter situation.
Four in-depth studies, dealing with local building materials, housing finance
mechanisms, land management and regional planning are being undertaken
in order to formulate a national strategy and action plan.
Results
A national forum involving key actors
took place in October during celebration of World Habitat Day to discuss
and endorse strategy and a national action plan. The forum recommended
that the Government adopt the new strategy and action plan and organize
a donor round table to mobilize financial resources for implementation.
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