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Urban Observatories
HABITAT AGENDA
SA Cities Network November 2002
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Habitat Agenda Implementation strategy

• formation of partnerships
• adoption of enabling approaches
• activation of participatory mechanisms
• building of capacity among all partners groups
• monitoring and assessment of progress through
  networking and modern information technologies

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Global monitoring

• Evaluations should be based on
• comparable indicators data
• nominated best practices
• other information generated at each level
• integrated into a biennial global report on
  progress in implementing the Habitat Agenda.

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The Global Urban Observatory

• At the request of the Commission on Human
  Settlements, UN-Habitat has set up a Global Urban
  Observatory (GUO) that functions as the UN system
  focal point for the various partners groups
  engaged in monitoring and evaluation of progress
  in implementing the Habitat Agenda.

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What is the Global Urban Observatory?

• A knowledge infrastructure of . . .
• Urban observatories
• Policy makers and the public
• Capacity building partners
• Research and analysis institutions
• Designed to . . .
• Monitor urban conditions and trends
• Increase our knowledge of cities
• Promote civic engagement
• Link knowledge to urban policy
• Monitor implementation of the
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The GUO network
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A global mechanism
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State of the Worlds Cities
for reporting
Global Report on Human settlements
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Guiding Principles

• Build capacity to learn
• Insist on transparency
• Seek out all sides of an issue
• Add value upwards
• Collect data by gender, age and location
• Use modern technology
• Feed the public
• Get public feedback
• Work through networks

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GUO system components

• BEST PRACTICES
• Good policies
• Legislation
• Local plans of action
• Case books
• Transfers

• URBAN OBSERVATORIES
• Local
• National
• Regional
• Global

• URBAN
• INDICATORS
• Indices
• Key indicators
• Extensive indicators
• Local indicators

STATISTICS Definitions Methodology National
statistics City-level statistics

• TOOLS
• Reporting Templates
• Guidelines Manuals
• GIS

• URBAN OBSERVER
• Newsletter

• CAPACITY BUILDING
• TOT
• Support network
• Regional training
• LUO training

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Main Partners
ICLEI
The World Bank
ENDA Tiers Monde
UN Stat.Div.
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UN Pop.Div.
DFID
MRI
ESCWA
EAMAU
ATO
CRH
AIT
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Why urban observatories?

• Institutions to help governments, local
  authorities and civil society . . .
• Collect, manage, analyze and use information
• Understand cities as socio/economic systems
• Use knowledge for more effective national and
  local action planning and urban policy

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What is a local urban observatory?

• Usually an existing entity. . .
• City planning department
• University or NGO
• Other capable organization in the public or
  private sector
• Single entity or a multi-partner arrangement
• An LUO will have strong links to the
  policy-making process within the city

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What is a national urban observatory?

• An existing national consultative structure or
  agency that can . . .
• Coordinate LUOs
• Serve National Habitat Committee (NHC)
• Carry out research and analysis
• Initiate national consultations on national
  policy in all sectors
• The first goal of the NUO will be a national
  urban policy framework, if it does not already
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What is a regional urban observatory?

• An existing regional institution or network such
  as . . .
• Regional office or commission of the United
  Nations system
• International umbrella NGO
• Network of research and training institutions
• An RUO may be organized on a geographical or
  thematic basis

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Urban Observatories

• Asia-Pacific region
• NUOs Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Bhutan,
  Bangladesh, Philippines
• LUOs Delhi, Bangalore, Pune, Allahabad,
  Khatmandu, Pokhra, Dhaka, Khulna, Colombo, Kandy,
  Galle, Thimpu, Manila

• Arab States region
• NUOs Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Bahrain, United Arab
  Emirates
• LUOs Amman, Beirut, Dubai, Oman, Abu Dhabi, Cairo

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Urban Observatories

• Francophone Africa
• NUOs Mali, Senegal, Benin, Burkina Faso,
  Cameroon
• LUOs Bamako, Segou, Dakar, Thiès, Saint-Louis,
  Cotonou, Ouagadougou, Yaounde

• Anglophone Africa
• NUOs Uganda, Zimbabwe
• LUOs Kampala, Gulu, Jinja, Entebbe, Njeru,
  Harare, Chegutu, Gweru, Mutare, Bulawayo,
  Blantyre, Joburg, Pretoria

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• Latin America
• NUOsChile, Ecuador
• LUOs Santiago, Vina del Mar, Valparaiso, Quito,
  Cuenca, Ambato, Tena, Puyo, Cordoba, Cajamarca,
  Rio de Janeiro

• EC Europe
• NUOs Bulgaria, Poland
• LUOsSofia, Varna, Plovdiv, Veliko Tirnovo,
  Bougras, Gabrovo, Gdansk, Katowice, Elk,
  Byczynie, Rozprza, Poznan, Warsaw, Kosice, Krnov,
  Riga, Jurmala, Tbilisi

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Guiding Principles for indicators and statistics

• Indicators should reflect
• Needs of governments, cities and partners
• Habitat II Commitments
• Habitats strategic vision operational
  activities
• Agenda of international development community

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Strategy

• A two-track approach
• Networked capacity-building
• for developing local-based self assessment on a
  continuous basis
• Global Database
• for assessing urban conditions and trends
  globally

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Thematic Framework
ISTANBUL5 1 Shelter 2 Social development and
eradication of poverty 3 Environmental
management 4 Economic development 5 Governance
Key indicators 23 Qualitative data 9 Extensive
indicators 140 Index 1 Additional methods
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Key Indicators Statistics
Extensive Indicators Statistics
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The Global Urban Indicators Database

• GUID 1
• 1996 (1993 data)
• 46 key indicators
• 237 Cities

• GUID 2
• 2001 (1998 data)
• 23 key indicators
• 300 Cities

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City Development Index
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CDI for selected cities
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Progress to date

• Pilot networks in six regions
• 48 LUOs and 12 NUOs established
• Additional UOs forming spontaneously
• Regional awareness raising
• Regional technical training
• UOs linked to Istanbul5 process
• UOs following I5 indicators guidelines
• Reporting guide and basic template distributed
• Potential UOs identified for indicators

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Next steps . . .

• Evaluation
• Activation of identified UOs
• Expansion of the GUO network
• Design and dissemination of new tools
• Development of a central training function
• Establishment of accreditation process for Uos
• Activation of local participatory policy
  processes in UOs

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