As part of the Institutional Strengthening and Capacity Building project in Vietnam, UN-Habitat conducted a benchmarking legal case study including a comparative analysis from 11 countries (Australia, Brazil, Chile, Kenya, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, South Africa, South Korea, and the United Kingdom) to inform Vietnam’s Urban Development and Management Law. The study highlights global inspiring practices across seven themes, including land-value capture, public participation, climate...

UN-Habitat provides technical assistance and advisory services to member states in legal reform processes to bring about social and economic transformation and enhance effective service delivery for sustainable urban development. Benchmarking case studies and comparative analysis are key aspects of the UN-Habitat methodology for legal and governance reform.

This report showcases benchmarking case studies on public participation in four countries prepared for the project “...

Water Operators' Partnerships (WOPs) are peer support relationships between two or more water or sanitation operators, carried out on a not-for-profit basis in the objective of capacity development.