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Cities Without Slums Facility for Africa
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Cities Without Slums
Facility for Africa was launched by Norway and the
United States, respectively, during the Cities
Alliance Consultative Group Meeting in Brussels in
October 2002. The Facility aims to support the
achievement of
Millennium Development Goals,
particularly
Target 11 to improve the lives of at
least 100 million slum dwellers by 2020.
The
Cities Without Slums
Facility for Africa was created
specifically for Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to help
address the underlying conditions for scaling up the
attack on urban poverty in the region. The Facility
will make available support to cities that wish to
develop citywide approaches to slum upgrading and
strategic development plans for poverty reduction,
working with organisations of the urban poor, civil
society, and the private sector. The Facility can
also assist Cities Alliance members to support the
efforts of SSA partners (national and local
authorities, civil society) to design and implement
programmes of action, in accordance with
Cities Without Slums Action Plan.
The Facility will
support cities committed to citywide upgrading and
to secure tenure, and that are prepared to set
specific local impact targets in support of the
Cities Without Slums action plan. The Facility will
also support the efforts of organisations of urban
poor and organisations of local authorities to build
their capacities to be full partners in this
development process. The Facility is primarily
intended to help cities access longer-term support
from the Cities Alliance and its members.
For more details:
Cities Without Slums Facility for Africa and how
to apply for funds.
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