United Nations Human Settlements Programme
UN-Habitat is the United Nations programme working towards a better urban future.
UN-Habitat is the United Nations programme working towards a better urban future.
LANDac, the Netherlands Academie on Land Governance for Equitable and Sustainable Development, is a partnership between Dutch organizations working on land governance. The partners are the International Development Studies (IDS) group at Utrecht University (leading partner), African Studies Centre, Agriterra, the Sociology of Development and Change (SDC) group at Wageningen University, the Land Portal Foundation, HIVOS, the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Enclude Solutions.
The mission of Global Land Alliance is to enable the prosperity of people and places by advancing learning and practice to achieve land tenure security and the efficient, inclusive and sustainable use of land and natural resources.
We aim to accelerate quality development by resolving land issues with new paradigms of participation and accountability. We are a think-and-do tank focused on resolving land issues to address four critical development challenges:
Reviving Documentation of Property Rights
Cadasta Foundation is dedicated to the support, continued development and growth of the Cadasta Platform – an innovative, open source suite of tools for the collection and management of ownership, occupancy, and spatial data that meets the unique challenges of this process in much of the world.
"Urban LandMark" is short for the Urban Land Markets Programme Southern Africa. Based in Pretoria, the programme was set up in May 2006 with seven years of funding from the UK's Department for International Development until March 2013. The initiative is now hosted at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in South Africa.
Sahmakum Teang Tnaut: a Cambodian Urban NGO
Vision
A society in which urban inhabitants enjoy adequate housing within a sustainability developing city.
Mission
To provide pro-poor technical assistance for housing and infrastructure and to inform dialogue and raise awareness about urban issues
Background
What is the Cities Alliance?
The Cities Alliance is a global partnership for urban poverty reduction and the promotion of the role of cities in sustainable development.
Cities Alliance Members
Federal ministry of Brazil concerned with cities and urban areas.
MISSION: To contribute to improved livelihoods through offering a bridge between communities, stakeholders and policy makers in the promotion of equitable access and sustainable management of land and natural resources.
To facilitate efficient land administration and management, acess to adequate and affordable housing, social and physical infrastructure for national development
To be a globally competitive organization in sustainable management of Land and built environment
MOTTO
The Dedan Kimathi University of Technology motto is: “Better Life through Technology”.
VISION STATEMENT
To be a Premier Technological University Excelling in Quality Education, Research, and Technology Transfer for National Development.
MISSION STATEMENT