Report of Activities 2014~2016

Regional Slum Upgrading Working Group

Presented by

Farzin Fardanesh

Islamic Republic of Iran

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FROM SEOUL TO NEW DELHI

Seoul Implementation Plan

2014, Seoul, Korea

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Seoul Implementation Plan

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a) Prioritize socio-economic enablement in urban

regeneration of slum, informal settlements and deteriorated

fabrics though a citywide, street-based approach;

b) Exploit the role of the provision of basic services and

infrastructure, as well as public catalytic projects to stimulate

development and enrich urban space;

c) Develop policies for promoting equal opportunities in

slums and creating inclusive cities without discrimination

through facilitating the participation of slum-dwellers in the

decision-making process

Seoul Implementation Plan

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d) Share knowledge and experiences by contributing to the

best practices database and the competitive award established

by the WG2 Secretariat;

e) Scale up the experience gained by volunteer countries in

the pilot-testing slum indicators across the region for

inclusion in the slum upgrading database;

f) Prepare national reports highlighting respective best

practices and employing slum upgrading indicators for

setting slum upgrading goals, targets, and timelines;

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g) Present the results of this pilot-testing exercise and share

information and experiences in upgrading slums in the

forthcoming Expert Woking Group meeting organised by the

Islamic Republic of Iran in 2015;

h) Expand the level and scope of participation in the Virtual

Scientific Committee established by the he Islamic Republic

of Iran for the Slum Upgrading Working Group to share

information and experiences.

Activities

2014~2016

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Items a, b, c

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Existing slum upgrading legislation revised to

promote economic buoyancy and social

integration through urban regeneration,

slum upgrading, and urban

(re)development

different scales, including national spatial

frameworks, regional planning, city-wide

planning, neighbourhood design and public

space design.

National Empowerment Task Force at national,

provincial and local levels

Community-based organizations take the lead

Legal document for utilizing Information

Technology as an effective instrument for

engaging youth

Documentation Workshops

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September 2015, Tehran:

A series of three workshops:

documentation of good

practices

scaling up and replication of

community based successful

practices

National and international experts

from the region

results on the Working Group

Website.

3rd Expert Meeting of the Regional Slum Upgrading

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Tehran, 29 November to 1 December

2015

India, Iraq, Korea, Pakistan and

Indonesia, Thailand, India, Iraq, Korea

and Islamic Republic of Iran

UN-Habitat, in particular its

Participatory Slum Upgrading

Programme and UN-Habitat Office in

Tehran

International Conference on Urban Slums

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May 2016, in the city of Sanandaj, Kurdistan

Province

attended by a wide range of

professionals and academia

UN-Habitat Participatory Slum

Upgrading Programme and UN-Habitat

Office in Tehran

Conference Website as well as the WG2

Website.

Collecting the experiences of countries in the region

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Collecting the experiences of

countries in the AP region

Urban upgrading

Social integration

Urban renewal

Urban conservation

Urban regeneration

Mapping Best Practices

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A slum upgrading database:

information on upgrading

initiatives in all member

countries

assist our planning activities

Virtual Scientific Committee

established by the RSUWG

Secretariat

The Way Forward…

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Expanding the scope of RSUWG

Cooperation amongst Working Groups

Virtual Scientific Committee

Slum identification indicators

Slum upgrading indicators

Urban Upgrading Award

Thank you for your attention.

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Please contact us at:

http:www.rsuwgmeeting.org

Regional Slum Upgrading Working Group

(RSUWG)

Urban Development and Revitalization

Organization

No.51 – Shahid Khoddami St. – Vanak Sq.

Tehran – I.R. of Iran

Tel: +98 21 87 57 23 01

E-mail: secretariat[AT]rsuwgmeeting.org