Overview
		The Sustainable Cities Programme (SCP) is a joint UN-HABITAT/UNEP facility for building capacities in urban environmental planning and management. The programme is founded on broad-based cross-sectoral and stakeholder participatory approaches. It contributes to promoting urban environmental governance processes, as a basis for achieveing sustainable urban growth and development. Currently the SCP operates in 20 main demonstration and 25 replicating cities around the world, including cities in China, Chile, Egypt, Ghana, India, Kenya, Korea, Malawi, Nigeria, the Philippines, Poland, Russia, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Tunisia and Zambia. Preparatory activities are underway in Lesotho, South Africa, Thailand and Vietnam, whilst countries such as Bahrein,Cameroon, Iran, Kenya and Rwanda have shown interest (See Map).

		The SCP Promotes............
		Sharing environment-development information and expertise Understanding and accepting environment-development interaction Building environmental planning and management capacities Promoting systemwide decision-making Stakeholder based development prioritisation, strategy and action planning Managing environmental resources and risks for achieving sustainable development Leveraging resources for lasting change Building inter-agency partnerships, facilitating global exchange of experiences and know-how