TARGET AREAS
At the municipal level, the programme demonstrates how participatory planning methods can improve the living conditions of the poor. It develops, tests and institutionalises inclusive urban management procedures and instruments at the district level. Capacity is built among community members to increase their ability to meaningfully participate in the planning process through a range of activities. All stakeholders are allocated roles and responsibilities to allow consensual, inclusive progress towards an areaâs development. The stakeholders include each areaâs residents, NGOs operating in the area, local governmental agencies including the Local Popular Council (a locally elected resident body working in parallel with the local administration) and representatives from the private sector.
These innovative participatory processes are rendered in six new, simple and accessible tools. The tools pioneered in the pilot areas have since been replicated throughout Egypt.