La prépondérance de Kinshasa sur l’ensemble du pays apparaît singulièrement dans le secteur des industries de transformation des produits non agricoles, des services et du commerce.
L’origine de cette importance réside dans son rôle de port de transbordement des produits industriels destinés aux consommateurs de l’hinterland et des produits agricoles pour Kinshasa.
A l’initiative du Bureau Régional pour l’Afrique et les Pays Arabes de l’ONU-HABITAT, la République Démocratique du Congo participe depuis juillet 2004, à la réalisation des études devant concourir à l’élaboration d’un Profil Régional du Secteur Urbain. Ce profil facilitera le développement des politiques de réduction de la pauvreté urbaine aux niveaux local, régional et national.
La Viilllle de Kiisanganii estt lle Cheff-lliieu de lla Proviince Oriienttalle.. Elllle estt lle siiège des iinsttiittuttiions admiiniisttrattiives de lla Proviince ett de lla muniiciipalliitté.. Troisième Ville de la République Démocratique du Congo avec une superficie de 1910 km², elle compte 853.616 habitants, dont 426.325 hommes et 427.291 femmes.
Lubumbashi est une création coloniale, construite ex-nihilo : elle ne résulte pas de la transformation d’un ou de plusieurs villages préexistants. Elle est née de l’industrie minière par la volonté de l’Union Minière du Haut Katanga d’implanter à cet endroit sa première usine pour le traitement du cuivre près de la rivière Lubumbashi.
UN-Habitat has more than 20 years’ presence in the DRC and long-lasting collaboration with both the Ministries of Urban Planning and Land Affairs, and the Provincial Government of the city-capital of Kinshasa. UN-Habitat programme in the DRC focuses on land reform and conflict mediation in Eastern DRC through the prevention and resolution of land conflicts for the strengthening of peace, stability and economic development.
The DRC will reach nearly 145 million inhabitants in 2050 (60 per cent urban residents and 40 per cent rural compared to 42 and 58 per cent in 2014). The challenge is to rethink the ideology of sustainable development in human settlements in order to promote a more concerted approach for a more coherent implementation of codes, regulations, policies and strategies at all institutional and spatial levels.
Urban Population (2018): 44.5%
Urban Growth Rate (2015-2020): 4.53%
The UN-Habitat Land Program, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has received great support from various partners including the national and provincial governments, UN agencies such as UNHCR and UNDP, UCBC, etc. Since 2012, in partnership with the UN-Habitat’s Regional Office for Africa and the Ministry of Land Affairs, the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) has been supporting the land reform process in the DRC. This by taking into account the dissemination of knowledge, the coordination of land actors, including technical and financial partners, by implementing pro-poor, gender, conflict-sensitive land tools. The partnership has also enabled the co-organization of workshops in North Kivu, South Kivu and Ituri provinces on land related issues.
The Christian Bilingual University of Congo (UCBC) supports UN-HABITAT/GLTN in the implementation of the participatory land-based community planning (PCFP). The objectives are to reduce land disputes in selected conflict affected zones through an integrated approach of land use planning and management based on both ownership and participation of a variety of stakeholders and institutional key actors.
While provincial governments in North Kivu, South Kivu and Ituri have been instrumental in community mobilization, awareness raising and land mediation, UN-Habitat and GLTN have also helped them build capacity in technical areas such as Land Information System and supported them with necessary logistics/ equipements (drones, computers, offices).
UN-Habitat has been working mainly in North Kivu, Ituri, Bunia/Djugu, Mahagi and Masisi Territory, and the Equateur Province.
Capital: Kinshasa Major cities: the major cities of DRC are Bandundu, Bukavu, Ilebo, Djokupunda, Goma, Isiro, Kalemie, Kananga, Kikwit, Kindu Kisangani, Kolwezi, Likasi, Lusanga, Lubumbash, Lukutu, Mbandaka, Mbanza-Ngungu and Moba. Democratic Republic of Congo is divided into various regional provinces and the cities are vital producers of minerals and natural resources.
Source: UN-data 2013
Housing, Land And Property Interventions In Eastern DRC To facilitate returns of IDPs and refugees and improve land administration.
Housing, Land And Property Interventions In Eastern DRC To facilitate returns of IDPs and refugees and improve land administration.
Housing, Land and Property Interventions in Eastern DRC To facilitate returns of IDPs and refugees in North Kivu and in Ituri.
Prevention, Mediation and Follow-Up of Land Based Conflicts in Djugu,Mweso and Masisi ( Eastern DRC )
Support for sustainable reintegration of returning IDPs through prevention and mediation of land conflicts
Support for sustainable reintegration of returning IDPs through prevention and mediation of land conflicts
Prevention et resolution des conflits fonciers dans les zones de deplacement et de retour en territoire de Masisi (axes Sake-Mweso et sake-Nyabiondo), Province du Nord Kivu, RD Congo
Programme de securisation fonciere integree pour la reintegration et la relance communautaire a l'est de la RDC.
Housing, Land and Property Interventions in Eastern DRC to Facilitate Return of IDPs and Refugees and Improve the Land Administration
Housing, Land and Property Interventions in Eastern DRC
Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme
The Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme is being implemented with a focus on the development and adoption of inclusive policies and strategies for slum upgrading in line with the PSUP principles and contributing to the achievement of MDG 7 c and d. The Programme aims to strengthen community, city and national key stakeholders’ capacities in participatory slum upgrading in the Democratic Republic of the Congo particularly in the selected city of Kinshasa, in the neighborhood of Masina, thus adding value to the development of policy, institutional, legislative, and financial frameworks, through the implementation of a participatory pilot project.
