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Beirut, 14 December 2003
(United Nations Information Service)
-- The United Nations
Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) is
organizing a regional expert group meeting on “Secure Housing and
Land Tenure and Good Urban Governance”, from 15 to 18 December
2003 at the Conrad Hotel, Cairo, Egypt.
Organized in cooperation with the Egyptian Ministry of Housing,
Utilities, and Urban Communities, the General Authority for Urban
Planning in Egypt, the League of Arab States, and the United
Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT), this meeting
represents the first activity organized by ESCWA under the
umbrella of the Regional Campaign on Secure Housing and Land
Tenure and Good Urban Governance, emanating from the Habitat
Global campaigns on these themes.
The meeting, which will open at 9:30 on Monday 15 December 2003,
aims at providing a specialized research basis in relation to
Secure Tenure and Good Urban Governance in an attempt to establish
the content, dimensions and action plan of the Regional Campaign
in ESCWA Member States.
The issue of "Housing and Land Tenure and Good Urban Governance:
Global and Regional Contexts"; the Right to Adequate Shelter and
Land Tenure; Citizenship and Enhancing Local Governance; Urban
Poverty and Restructuring of the Social, Urban and Environmental
Aspects of the City; as well as the issue of "Housing and Land
Tenure and Good Urban Governance: Practical Approaches, and
Technical Standards and Norms," will be also discussed by the
meeting.
Participants in the meeting will be representatives of the public
and private sectors, local authorities, intellectuals, media
experts, as well as representatives of non-governmental
organizations, known for their field expertise in issues of Secure
Tenure and Good Urban Governance. They will be presenting number
of selected national experiences in ESCWA countries. Concerned
researchers, academics, and experts will also participate and
present specialized concept papers.
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