THE SHORT LIST OF 40 BEST PRACTICES
The following list of submissions were forwarded to the Best Practices
Jury for the selection of the 10 recipients of the 1998 Dubai International
Award for Best Practices in Improving the Living Environment:
Africa
KENYA
Kipepeo Project
Mathare Youth Self-Help Slum and Environmental Cleanup Project
SENEGAL
Management and Community Valorisation of Domestic Waste by the Women
SOUTH AFRICA
An Integrated Development Project in the Greater Mafikeng Area
TANZANIA
Community Infrastructure (Upgrading) Programme (CIP)
Arab States
EGYPT
Household Solid Waste Management - Zabbaleen Garbage Collectors
National Public Scheme for Conserving Drinking Water
MOROCCO
One woman two trees (Planting trees for Improving Living Conditions)
QATAR
The Centre for Computer Information Systems - Integrated Infrastructure
system
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
(Provision of care for orphans of) Natural and Human Made Catastrophies
Asia and Pactific
AUSTRALIA
Crystal Waters Permaculture Village
CHINA
Deepening Reform to Gain the Sustainable Development of Foshan City
The Comprehensive Improvement of the Urban Environment of Zhuhai
INDIA
Innovative Urban Partnership in Ahmedabad, clustering the following
three submissions:
Ahmedabad: Innovative Urban Partnerships
Preparation of the Ahmedabad Walled City Revitalization Plan
Design for Redevelopment of C.G. Road
Surat’s Experiences in Urban Governance, Environment and Public
Management, clustering the following submissions:
Preparation of the Surat Inner City Revitalization Plan
Urban Governance in Environment and Public Health Management
PHILIPPINES
Fighting Hunger and Powerlessness with our Own Hands
Naga City Participatory Planning Initiatives
Urban Poor Elderly Health Workers
Europe
ALBANIA
‘The Breglumasi Program’ - An Urban and Social Development
Initiative
AUSTRIA
Solar City Pichling:Sustainable Urban Development, Linz, Austria
Biowaste Management - Organic Farming, Vienna
Fawos- Prevention of Homelessness
GERMANY
Mütterzentren Bundesverband Geschäftsstelle (Mother Centers)
ROMANIA
Social Service in Sector 6 of Bucharest
Habitat and Art in Romania Programme
SPAIN
L'Hospitalet for Civic-Mindedness
Programmes for Improving the Urban Environment in Malaga
Community Development and Socio-Labour Intervention in the Periphery
Latin America and the Caribbean
BRAZIL
Cabocla Agrarian Reform Project
Income Generation, Dignity and Citizenship
The Interiorization Project of the Carlos Gomes Foundation
Doutores Da Alegria (Doctors of Happiness)
CHILE
Citizen Action for Justice and Democracy
COLOMBIA
Urban Sub-centres for Citizen Life in the Low Income Areas of Medellin
MEXICO
UCISV-VER Housing Program for the Peripheral Areas of Xalapa, Veracruz
North America
CANADA
The Auto-Recycling Best Practices
The Western Valley Development Authority
Waterloo Region Opportunities Planning
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Interface's Journey to Sustainability
Improving Urban Earthquake Risk Management in Developing Countries |