The operational activities of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) are focused on supporting governments in the formulation of policies and strategies to create and strengthen a self-reliant management capacity at both national and local levels. Technical and managerial expertise is provided for the assessment of human settlements development constraints and opportunities: the identification and analysis of policy options; the design and implementation of housing and urban development projects; and the mobilization of national resources, as well as external support for improving human settlement conditions. This national capacity-building process involves not only central government institutions but also stakeholders such as community-based and non-governmental organizations, universities and research institutions, as well as local governments and municipalities. Emphasis is also being placed upon strengthening governments’ monitoring capacities in human settlement management.
In accordance with its work-programme, UN-HABITAT’s operational activities are focused on the following priorities: (i) Promoting shelter for all; (ii) Improving urban governance; (iii) Reducing urban poverty; (iv) Improving the living environment; and v) Managing disaster mitigation and post-conflict rehabilitation. Acting as a catalyst in the mobilization of technical co-operation, UN-HABITAT is supporting the implementation of the Habitat Agenda at the local, national and regional levels. Lessons learned from operational activities are also being used to formulate global policy options and guidelines, particularly in the framework of the two Global Campaigns for Secure Tenure and Good Urban Governance.
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) in Serbia is steadfast in supporting Serbia in the ongoing national reform process of the housing sector and in planning, in its effort to develop adequate policy and institutional framework in line with preconditions for integration to the European Union.
UN-HABITAT’s areas of intervention in Serbia:
- HOUSING SYSTEM REFORM and SOCIAL HOUSING
Establishment of Municipal Housing Agencies
Formulation and implementation of Municipal Housing Strategies
Providing housing solutions for refugees and the most vulnerable
Implementing Alternative Housing Solutions at local level
- ROMA INCLUSION
Sustainable upgrading and regularization of Roma settlements
Empowerment, capacity development and inclusion of local Roma communities
- SOCIO-ECONOMIC and CIVIC INTEGRATION of VULNERABLE GROUPS
Pilot initiatives for socio-economic integration at local level
Urban safety and Municipal Safety Strategies
Direct support packages to beneficiaries of subsidized rental housing solutions
- CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT of CENTRAL and LOCAL PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Planning and Management Competencies
Good Governance and Leadership Competencies
Specialized Technical Competencies
- INTEGRATED PLANNING for DEVELOPMENT
City Development Strategies
Municipal Territorial Information Systems
- NETWORKING
Facilitation and promotion of local governments’ networks between municipalities, within Serbia, and with other European networks.
UN-HABITAT’s projects:
From 2005 to 2008, UN-HABITAT has implemented the Settlement and Integration of Refugees Programme in Serbia, financed by the Government of Italy, well known as SIRP.
SIRP has been implemented in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning, in Cacak, Kragujevac, Kraljevo, Nis, Pancevo, Stara Pazova, Valjevo.
SIRP supported national and local governments to develop sustainable settlement and integration solutions for low income refugees and other vulnerable households, and to build capacities at municipal and central levels for replication and up scaling.
SIRP Addendum 2008-2009, supporting the formulation and implementation of development instruments and pilot innovative projects at local level
SILD Settlement and Integrated Local Development 2009, regional programme in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania
Support to the Serbian Presidency of the Decade for Roma Inclusion 2008-2009 |
