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PRESENTATION OF THE WORLD HABITAT AWARDS 2013/14 WORLD URBAN FORUM 7 MEDELLÍN, COLOMBIA

Contents 04 Message to the World Urban Forum Mr Ban-Ki Moon, Secretary-General, United Nations 06 Equitable societies Dr Joan Clos, Executive Director, UN-Habitat 08 The World Habitat Awards Mr Geoff Payne, Trustee, Building and Social Housing Foundation 12 World Habitat Awards 2013/14: Winning Projects Hebron Old City Rehabilitation Programme, Palestine The 100,000 Homes Campaign, USA 20 2013 Habitat Scroll of Honour Awards 22 World Habitat Award 2013/14 Finalists 26 Sources of Further Information 27 World Habitat Awards: An Invitation to Enter

The 2013/14 World Habitat Awards for innovative and sustainable housing solutions were presented at the closing ceremony of the World Urban Forum 7 in Medell ί n, Colombia, on Friday, 11 April 2014. The World Urban Forum (WUF) is organised biennially by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), bringing together a wide range of urban development actors in order to share knowledge and experiences on making our cities smarter and more inclusive. The Seventh session of the World Urban Forum was hosted by the Government of Colombia and the City of Medell ί n, in collaboration with UN-Habitat. The theme of the World Urban Forum 7 was ‘Transforming Cities Today for Equitable Societies Tomorrow’, highlighting the role of urban policy in redistributing resources and calling for equity to be embedded in urban development strategies. Discussions from this year’s event will also underpin the development of the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development, Habitat III in 2016. ‘Transforming Cities Today for Equitable Societies Tomorrow’ 03

‘We need inclusive development to eradicate extreme poverty’ 04

MESSAGE TO THE WORLD URBAN FORUM > Mr Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General, United Nations I am pleased to send greetings This is emerging as a central to the Seventh session of the theme of the Post-2015 World Urban Forum, and I development agenda. It thank the Government of should be your focus this week Colombia and the City of and as you work towards Medell ί n for hosting. Habitat III in 2016. We need a new urban agenda that leaves Our world is increasingly no-one behind. I count on your urban. This presents great expertise and commitment. opportunities for sustainable Let us plan and manage our development - equitable towns and cities so they social progress, inclusive provide the foundation for economic growth and sound global, durable and environmental stewardship. sustainable development. But the challenges remain profound. Among them is rising urban inequality. All over the world cities and towns are divided along social, cultural and economic lines. People are denied the opportunities for a better life that the urban environment can and should offer. We need inclusive development to eradicate extreme poverty. Main picture: Medell ί n, host of the World Urban Forum 7 05 Inset picture: Mr Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General, United Nations

EQUITABLE SOCIETIES > Dr Joan Clos, Executive Director, UN-Habitat We gather this week in the are greater today than they Colombian city of Medell ί n for were a generation ago. the Seventh session of the Unequal cities have World Urban Forum. difficulties in optimising the urban advantage, and This year’s theme, Urban translating it into tangible Equity in Development – Cities benefits in social, economic for Life, represents the urgent and political aspects for all. call for equity for all as we work towards improving our Therefore, we must integrate cities. urban equity in its different dimensions into the Inequity has become a development agenda. This universal concern. also includes looking at Differentials in access to equality as a key human right opportunities, income, principle. Both are needed to consumption, information and ensure sustainable technology are the norm, not development. the exception. For the majority of people, income disparities 06

‘Medellín provides us with a living example of a city in transition; a city that has faced the challenges that lie before it and, in addressing them, has created opportunities to re-shape its future for the better’ This World Urban Forum is the growth, socially inclusive and beginning of the journey environmentally sustainable. towards the United Nations Conference on Housing and Medellín provides us with a Sustainable Urban living example of a city in Development, Habitat III. Your transition; a city that has faced contribution to the discussions the challenges that lie before over the coming days will play it and, in addressing them, has an important role in laying the created opportunities to groundwork for the decisions re-shape its future for the to be taken in 2016 on what better. our urban future will look like. To do this we need a new Global Urban Agenda. This agenda requires robust urban planning that focuses on public space and takes into account the needs of all citizens. This way cities can become places of economic Main picture: Medellín, Colombia 07 Inset picture: Dr Joan Clos, Executive Director, UN-Habitat

THE WORLD HABITAT AWARDS > Mr Geoff Payne, Trustee, Building and Social Housing Foundation The annual World Habitat The 100,000 Homes Campaign Awards competition was has worked to permanently established in 1985 by the house 100,000 of the most Building and Social Housing vulnerable homeless individuals Foundation (BSHF) to identify by July 2014. Through advocating innovative, sustainable and the ‘Street to Home’ methodology, scalable housing solutions and developing a range of worldwide. BSHF also works to innovative tools, the Campaign ensure that the approaches aims to bring about fundamental developed in the winning changes to the way chronic projects are widely shared, by homelessness is tackled in the organising peer exchange USA. The Campaign recruits activities as well as publishing participating communities to and disseminating a range of commit to closely monitored information. goals. The two winning projects this These two programmes have year both work, in very contributed to the safe housing different ways, with local of many thousands of individuals communities to provide long- and families, along with the term, sustainable housing provision of wider support solutions. services. It is hoped that the World Habitat Awards will The Hebron Old City provide a new platform for Rehabilitation Programme them to share their knowledge was established to revitalise and experiences. the Old City of Hebron. The programme focuses on several areas including the careful renovation of housing and other buildings, upgrading of infrastructure and improvement of public spaces, coupled with efforts to stimulate local economic development and the provision of legal assistance. 08 Main picture: World Habitat Awards trophy Inset picture: Mr Geoff Payne, Trustee, Building and Social Housing Foundation

Dr Joan Clos, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of UN-Habitat, presented a World Habitat Award trophy to each of the two winners. The World Habitat Awards trophies are crafted in solid silver and contain the symbol of the International Year of Shelter for the Homeless. The trophies were designed by Zoe Youngman and Kate Thorley and crafted by Andrew Macgowan. 09

Mr Emad Hamdan receives the World Habitat Award trophy on behalf of the Hebron Old City Rehabilitation Programme from Dr. Joan Clos, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of UN- Habitat. Ms Rosanne Haggerty receives the World Habitat Award trophy on behalf of the 100,000 Homes Campaign from Dr. Joan Clos, Under- Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of UN-Habitat. 10

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