The Toolkit for Urban Inclusion in Arab Cities aims to provide Arab city leaders and local government officials with practical tools and advice to build inclusive and sustainable cities. The Toolkit was developed by cities for cities; it documents the accumulated transferrable and tacit knowledge of participating cities, reflects their own experiences and compiles them into policy models.
The Toolkit content was developed in two workshops held in the region (Cairo 2018 and Amman 2019) that were attended by Arab Coalition member cities and other experts from international organizations, academic institutions, and civil society organizations.
The Toolkit includes four chapters, covering the full policy cycle from planning to implementation, evaluation and follow-up:
Public Participation: Methods and mechanisms – both formal and informal – adopted by cities to promote public participation in city planning and decision making at the local level.
Access to Information: Methods and mechanisms used by cities to meet the information needs of inhabitants, including the provision and regular updating of adequate and accurate information, making it accessible to the general public.
Sports for Youth Inclusion: Sports-based initiatives and programs, especially for youth, supported by cities to promote social inclusion.
Citizenship and Human Rights Education: Education and training initiatives and programs implemented by cities to improve awareness and promote a culture of citizenship and human rights among civil servants and the public in general.
The Toolkit is now available in three language versions. The methods introduced help local authorities conceptualize, implement and evaluate efforts in these areas to promote inclusive urban development.
Source: “Now Available for Download: Toolkit for Urban Inclusion in Arab Cities.” 2020. Human Rights Go Local. October 29, 2020. https://www.humanrightsgolocal.org/2020/10/29/now-available-for-download-toolkit-for-urban-inclusion-in-arab-cities/. Archived at: https://perma.cc/LT4D-VQZX.
Also in :
- Français
- العربية (original)
Part of the series: Inclusive and Sustainable Cities
Main Topics:
- Inclusive cities
- Community participation
- Access to information
- Sport
- Youth
- Human rights education
Barakat, Marwa, European Training and Research Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (Austria), Kareem Ibrahim, Deena Khalil, UNESCO, and UNESCO Office Cairo and Regional Bureau for Science in the Arab States. 2020. Toolkit for Urban Inclusion in Arab Cities: Cities Promoting Inclusion through Public Participation, Access to Information, Sport and Human Rights Education. UNESCO Publishing.
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