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At the end of a highly successful eighth
Cities Alliance Public Policy Forum in
Manila organised by the Government of
the Philippines, represented by the
Housing and Urban Development
Coordinating Council (HUDCC), the
national coordinating body on housing
and urban development, and the League of
Cities of the Philippines (LCP),
participants issued the Manila
Declaration, the first communiqué in the
history of the Alliance’s Public Policy
Forums. Titled, “Concerning the
Principles which define the roles and
mission, of governments, organizations
and sectors in the vision for Liveable
cities” the Declaration sets out
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Philippine Vice President Noli
de Castro delivering his keynote
address at the Forum. |
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That local authorities
are the prime-movers
of the shared aspiration for accelerated
transformation of cities into liveable, competitive,
bankable and well-governed politico-economic units;
That national
governments create and sustain the
needed policy environment
and systems of incentives
that fuel the collaboration and meaningful
engagement of concerned sectors in the overall
poverty reduction effort;
That civil societies
are vital participants
and indispensable partners
in the creation of liveable cities;
That international
development partners are major
sources of the knowledge, financial and technical
resources that are key to the sustainability and
longevity of the programs for the creation of
liveable cities and the eradication of slums
That the business sector
plays an important role in the creation of liveable
cities and upgrading of slums through their core
enterprises and their corporate social
responsibility programs; and that this role
encourages a facilitative environment for
informal/small-scale enterprises, and for private
sector-government partnerships in infrastructure and
service delivery investments.
In the light of the above the Declaration calls for
urgent, corresponding action on the part of
governments, organisations and sectors concerned.
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