The Urban Profiling is an accelerated and action oriented urban assessment of needs and capacity building gaps at national and local level. It is currently being implemented in over 20 countries in Africa, the Carribean and the Pacific. Urban Profiling uses a structured approach where priority interventions are agreed upon through consultative processes.

The Urban Profiling methodology consists of three phases:

(1) a participatory urban profiling at national and local levels

(2) pre-feasibility studies to develop detailed priority proposals

(3) project implementation.

Located on the northwest coast of the island, Port Louis the capital city of Mauritius is characterized by its administrative importance as well as the buoyancy of economic and commercial activities. The resident population of the city is estimated at 148,780 inhabitants and reflects the multi-ethnic composition of the national population.

The development of realistic structure plans for Awka, Onitsha, Nnewi, and the surrounding towns. This cooperation was borne out of the need to adopt development strategies for the provision of basic socio-economic and physical infrastructure in fast-growing, unplanned cities to attain sustainable human settlement development. Onitsha, the focus of the structure plan, is the most populous and rapidly expanding commercial and educational centre in Anambra State.

In recent decades, Onitsha has had more than its fair share of the problems that accompany unplanned urban growth. These problems have attracted the attention of many scholars of repute who acknowledged Onitsha's enviable heritage, which makes it an important religious, commercial, and educational centre, while bemoaning its decline due to ongoing bad governance and the consequent failure of land use planning, management, and security systems.

The Karu Urban Profiling consists of an accelerated, action-oriented assessment of urban conditions, focusing on priority needs, capacity gaps, and existing institutional responses at local and national levels. The purpose of the study is to develop urban poverty reduction policies at local, national, and regional levels, through an assessment of needs and response mechanisms, and as a contribution to the wider-ranging implementation of the Millennium Development Goals.

The study is based on analysis of existing data and a series of interviews with all relevant urban stakeholders, including local communities and institutions, civil society, the private sector, development partners, academics, and others. The consultation typically results in a collective agreement on priorities and their development into proposed capacity-building and other projects that are all aimed at urban poverty reduction.

The Ifako-Ijaiye Urban Profiling consists of an accelerated, action-oriented assessment of urban conditions, focusing on priority needs, capacity gaps, and existing institutional responses at local and national levels. The purpose of the study is to develop urban poverty reduction policies at local, national, and regional levels, through an assessment of needs and response mechanisms, and as a contribution to the wider-ranging implementation of the Millennium Development Goals.

The study is based on analysis of existing data and a series of interviews with all relevant urban stakeholders, including local communities and institutions, civil society, the private sector, development partners, academics, and others. The consultation typically results in a collective agreement on priorities and their development into proposed capacity-building and other projects that are all aimed at urban poverty reduction.

The Montego Bay Urban Profiling consists of an accelerated, action-oriented assessment of urban conditions, focusing on priority needs, capacity gaps, and existing institutional responses at local and national levels. The purpose of the study is to develop urban poverty reduction policies at local, national, and regional levels, through an assessment of needs and response mechanisms, and as a contribution to the wider-ranging implementation of the Millennium Development Goals.

The study is based on analysis of existing data and a series of interviews with all relevant urban stakeholders, including local communities and institutions, civil society, the private sector, development partners, academics, and others. The consultation typically results in a collective agreement on priorities and their development into proposed capacity-building and other projects that are all aimed at urban poverty reduction.

The Jamaica Urban Profiling consists of an accelerated, action-oriented assessment of urban conditions, focusing on priority needs, capacity gaps, and existing institutional responses at local and national levels. The purpose of the study is to develop urban poverty reduction policies at local, national, and regional levels, through an assessment of needs and response mechanisms, and as a contribution to the wider-ranging implementation of the Millennium Development Goals.

The study is based on analysis of existing data and a series of interviews with all relevant urban stakeholders, including local communities and institutions, civil society, the private sector, development partners, academics, and others. The consultation typically results in a collective agreement on priorities and their development into proposed capacity-building and other projects that are all aimed at urban poverty reduction.

The Old Harbour Urban Profiling consists of an accelerated, action-oriented assessment of urban conditions, focusing on priority needs, capacity gaps, and existing institutional responses at local and national levels. The purpose of the study is to develop urban poverty reduction policies at local, national, and regional levels, through an assessment of needs and response mechanisms, and as a contribution to the wider-ranging implementation of the Millennium Development Goals.

The study is based on analysis of existing data and a series of interviews with all relevant urban stakeholders, including local communities and institutions, civil society, the private sector, development partners, academics, and others. The consultation typically results in a collective agreement on priorities and their development into proposed capacity-building and other projects that are all aimed at urban poverty reduction.

The May Pen Urban Profiling consists of an accelerated, action-oriented assessment of urban conditions, focusing on priority needs, capacity gaps, and existing institutional responses at local and national levels. The purpose of the study is to develop urban poverty reduction policies at local, national, and regional levels, through an assessment of needs and response mechanisms, and as a contribution to the wider-ranging implementation of the Millennium Development Goals.

The study is based on analysis of existing data and a series of interviews with all relevant urban stakeholders, including local communities and institutions, civil society, the private sector, development partners, academics, and others. The consultation typically results in a collective agreement on priorities and their development into proposed capacity-building and other projects that are all aimed at urban poverty reduction.

Cap-Haïtien est une ville côtière située au nord d’Haïti. C’est la deuxième ville du pays après Port-au-Prince, la capitale. Elle s’étend sur une superficie de 53,5 km2. La commune est peuplée de 249 541 habitants (recensement par estimation de 2009), dont 155 505 habitants pour la ville elle-même. La ville est très densément peuplée et ne peut pas s’étendre car elle est enclose par la mer et la montagne du Morne Jean, qui culmine à 718 m d'altitude.

Elle vit principalement du tourisme grâce à la station balnéaire de Labadie située à proximité. Le système éducatif haïtien, hormis le niveau supérieur, totalise treize ans de scolarité. Les six premières années d’études sont obligatoires d’après l’article 32-3 de la Constitution haïtienne.

En tenant compte du taux net de scolarisation, on note qu’en dépit des efforts effectués l’accès à l’éducation de base se révèle certes en cours d’amélioration, mais globalement insuffisant sur l’ensemble du pays. En tant que chef-lieu départemental, Cap-Haïtien est privilégié en ce qui concerne les services de santé.

Milot est une commune située au nord de Haïti. C’est l'une des communes du pays la plus visitée par les touristes haïtiens et étrangers. En 2004, sa population a atteint plus de 28 000 habitants pour une superficie de 76,41 km2, soit une densité égale à 345 hab/km2. C’est une ville intérieure, son relief se compose d’une alternance de plaines et de collines, le climat y est tropical.

Elle a pour originalité de posséder 120 canaux. Le bourg s'étend longitudinalement du lieu-dit de « Barrière Bouteille » à la chapelle au pied du palais Sans-Soucis. Aujourd'hui, Milot garde son caractère de bourgade à cheval sur un axe qui était jadis la voie royale qui conduisait au palais Sans-Soucis. La ville est composée de sections communales intégrant aussi bien la partie urbaine que la partie rurale.

Capitale du département du Nord, la ville a longtemps eu d’importantes fonctions administratives, en témoignent les 18 vestiges de bâtiments administratifs retrouvés sur son territoire. Aujourd'hui, Milot occupe à nouveau une position centrale grâce notamment au grand projet de restauration du parc national historique qui abrite notamment la citadelle Henri, classée au patrimoine mondiale de l'Unesco.