Building materials and construction technologies: Annotated UN-Habitat bibliography 2003 Summary of existing UN-HABITAT publications, reports and other documents on building materials and construction technologies. Provides readers with an overview of work undertaken by UN-HABITAT in these fields during the last two decades. Provides a general introduction and summary of each reviewed report, as well as an indication of their availability in printed and/or electronic formats.
Operational Activities Report 2002 2003 Operational Activities Report 2002
Report of Colloquium on Contribution of the Co-operative Sector to Housing Development 2002 Summary of the Colloquium deliberations, which were focused around three main objectives, e.g. to stimulate development of the cooperative approach in the housing sector by: a) Facilitating exchange of information and experience regarding the cooperative approach in the housing sector; b) Understanding the challenges and possibilities that exist within the cooperative approach in different countries; and c) Improving co-ordination and collaboration between stakeholders in the cooperative housing sector, to encourage the development of joint activities. The report also contains the full text of the statements and papers presented at the Colloquium.
Sustainable Cities Programme 1990 - 2000 2002 The publication highlights the Sustainable Cities Programmes approach and reviews the achievements in the period from 1990 to 2000 and looks ahead to future directions of the SCP based lessons of experience gathered from the ongoing city projects.
Building NGO/CBO Capacity for Organizational Outreach - Part 1 Concepts and Strategies 2002 This publication deals with the three skills and processes that are central to building organizational outreach capacity- communicating, developing strategic alliances and influencing others.
Local Democracy and Decentralization in East and Southern Africa 2002 This publication is set to highlight the broad range of issues that requires consideration with regard to local democracy and decentralization in East and Southern Africa. It aims at providing brief overviews on decentralization processes in the five selected countries in the region. It summarizes the many different aspects of decentralization highlighting key issues that need to be addressed by practitioners.
Global Campaign on Urban Governance (THE) 2002 The development goal of the Global Campaign on Urban Governance is to
contribute to the eradication of poverty through improved urban governance.
Housing Rights Legislation: Review of International and National Legal Instruments 2002
Building NGO/CBO Capacity through Managing and Developing Human Resources – Part 2 Concepts and Strategies 2002 This manual is designed to provide ideas for two different audiences- individuals who would like to conduct various kinds of training experiences to help others learn about managing and developing human resources within NGO/CBO community, and NGO/CBO managers and supervisors who want to improve their organisation’s HRM system and practices.
Sustainable Development of the Housing Finance System: The Experience of the Canada Mortgage and housing Corporation (CMHC) Series No. 1 2002 Sustainable Development of the Housing Finance System: The Experience of the Canada Mortgage and housing Corporation (CMHC) Series No. 1