Fortalecimiento institucional al municipio de Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

El programa de Apoyo para la Implementación de los Planes Nacionales de Acción SINPA (Support for Implementation of National Plans of Action) surge para dar cumplimiento a las políticas y directrices proclamadas durante la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas para los Asentamientos Humanos - HABITAT II (Estambul 1996) (UNCHS 1997) en tres ciudades de diferentes países. En Bolivia, SINPA materializa el fortalecimiento del Gobierno Municipal de Santa Cruz de la Sierra, ciudad tropical prometedora y de grandes contrastes (motor del desarrollo económico, concentra los mayores índices de pobreza absoluta del país), se rige por un convenio suscrito entre el gobierno municipal el Instituto de Estudios de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano IHS (Holanda) y dos universidades locales. El país de fuerte tradición centralista y con bajo nivel de relacionamiento y articulación entre los estamentos político y civil, introduce a partir de 1994 drásticas reformas al Estado una de las cuales es la descentralización que se da como municipalización. Con este surgimiento se presentan e identifican una serie de debilidades en los gobiernos locales para enfrentar las nuevas responsabilidades y competencias. SINPA es un intento de subsanar esta realidad desarrollando capacidades de gestión desde el interior del gobierno municipal, enfatizando la planificación desde cuatro pilares: gestión ambiental, fortalecimiento institucional, participación ciudadana y desarrollo económico local

Participatory Budgeting in the Municipality of Santo André, Brazil: The challenges in linking short-term action and long-term strategic planning

This report is addressed to professionals and urban practitioners who are interested in participatory planning processes and in the establishment of organised priority setting mechanisms and decision-making involving government and communities on the allocation of public investments. Those who work in the public sector or with public policies at the local government level will benefit from the findings of the research particularly if their interest lies on the establishment of government-community management of public funds. The findings of the research will be instrumental for NGO’s and CBO’s that are engaged in partnerships with local governments. The primary objective of the research is to analyse and describe the experience of the municipality of Santo André with participatory budgeting hereinafter called OP ( Orçamento Participativo) depicted from interviews and observations of key actors and stakeholders directly involved in the OP, and from the analysis of internal documents of the municipality. The research also makes a first attempt to unveil issues underlying the integration of the participatory budgeting (OP) as a short-term planning activity and the recently started strategic planning process hereinafter called CF (Cidade Futuro) as a long-term development planning process. The research makes use of participants’ observations and qualitative methods and intends not only to analyse and describe in detail the OP and CF in Santo André but also questions to what extent this peculiar participatory process can be replicated in other municipalities seeking direct citizen involvement in municipal affairs. The authors attempt to look at the lessons learned from these experiences in order to depict issues, processes and methodologies that can be replicated in Bolivian municipalities and particularly in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. The authors look at this possibility against the enactment of legislation (Law of Popular Participation, Law on Municipalities, Sustainable Municipal Development Plan-SMDP) that seems to have created a conducive environment for genuine civil participation in urban management in Bolivian local governments. The Spanish report pays a particular attention to this dimension

Housing sector profile studies : Tunisia, Senegal, Uganda and Malawi; final technical report

The table of contents for this item can be shared with the requester. The requester may then choose one chapter, up to 10% of the item, as per the Fair Dealing provision of the Canadian Copyright ActThe urban Housing Profile Studies act as both a diagnosis and an analytical tool to help governments identify gaps and bottlenecks in the housing sector that impede the housing market from working properly, particularly in terms of the urban poor. They provide evidence required to support necessary institutional, regulatory and policy reforms, both at local and national levels, where urban population densities are rapidly intensifying. This final technical report illustrates processes and activities as well as the results achieved in the four demonstration countries, with reviews of project research, outputs, and outcomes, and including lessons learned and recommendations

Uganda urban housing sector profile

Within the current public-private policy formulation mix, civil society and community groups emerge as important advocates for the urban poor, and community based organizations will play an important role in implementation of future legal and policy objectives that will test the capacity of local government institutions and stakeholders. This Uganda Urban Housing Sector Profile is an in-depth analysis of the structure and functioning of Uganda’s urban housing sector, focusing on the performance analysis of these components: land; governance; basic services; housing finance; building materials, construction technologies and labour. It discloses strengths and weaknesses, making suggestions for policy intervention