Citizen Participation and Urban Management:

Resolving the equation of social exclusion and poverty with

empowerment strategies.

WHEN ONE SPEAKS OF CITIZEN

PARTICIPATION, MANY QUESTIONS

ARISE!!!!

• WHAT IS IT ?

• WHAT DOES IT SERVE FOR ?

• WHOM DOES IT SERVE ?

• WHY SHOULD CITIZENS PARTICIPATE ?

• TO PARTICIPATE IN WHAT ?

• WHO PARTICIPATES ?

PARTICIPATION

QUESTION OF POWER

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PROGRAMME WORKSHOP

15:00 Video “Voices of the Poor”

15:15 Opening Presentation

15:20 The Government Speaks

15:40 The Audience Speaks and Debate

16:00 The NGO’s Speak

16:20 The Audience Speaks and Debate

16:40 The Grassroots Speak

17:00 The Audience Speaks and Debate

17:20 Conclusions and Ways Forward

17:30 Toolkit Award by Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka

17:45 Launching of the books (free copies to participants)

Santo Andre’s participatory budgeting

Citizen Participation in Latin America

To what extent does citizen participation really

empower civil society to exercise social control

over local government policies?

Question 1

If citizen participation is accepted as a vehicle to

bring about changes in the way resources are

allocated and pro-poor policy decisions are made,

will the resulting policy indeed reverse the

process of social exclusion and poverty increases?

Question 2

If citizen participation really results in more

distributive and pro-poor policies, what are the

areas and roles expected for grassroots

organisations, NGO’s and CSO’s?

Question 3

What lessons can we draw from citizen

participation and inclusive urban policies

regarding the role of local governments?

Question 4

Are there experiences or good practices with

empowerment strategies and citizen

participation in urban management? and what

changes have they actually brought about?

Question 5

PROGRAMME WORKSHOP

15:00 Video “Voices of the Poor”

15:15 Opening Presentation

15:20 The Government Speaks

15:40 The Audience Speaks and Debate

16:00 The NGO’s Speak

16:20 The Audience Speaks and Debate

16:40 The Grassroots Speak

17:00 The Audience Speaks and Debate

17:20 Conclusions and Ways Forward

17:30 Toolkit Award by Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka

17:45 Launching of the books (free copies to participants)

Santo Andre’s participatory budgeting

Citizen Participation in Latin America

From the Government:

Mrs. Vali Bizhga , Vice-Mayor of Tirana, Albania

Mr. Jeroen Klink, Municipal Secretary for Economic Development, Municipality of Santo Andre, Brazil

From the NGO’s:

Mr. Besnik Aliaj, Director of Coplan-Institute for Habitat Development, NGO AlbaniaMr. Edin Martinez, Fundasal, NGO El Salvador

From the Grassroots:

Mrs. Anastasia Wairimu -community leader of slum dwellers movement (Kenya).

Tsigie Haile - Director CRDA/Women in Self Employment (Ethiopia)

Moderation:

Marijk Huysman and Claudio Acioly, IHS, The Netherlands

SPEAKERS