UN-Habitat: Gaza Participatory Spatial Planning Support Program
Participatory spatial planning will be tested in 5 municipalities and 10 neighbourhoods of the Gaza Strip by acknowledging that a human rights based approach to planning legitimizes the interests of marginalized groups. This intervention aims at fostering a more sustainable urban environment in the context of continuous demographic growth, while contributing to the overall reconstruction efforts after recurrent armed conflicts, and several years of full blockade of the Gaza Strip.
| Country/region | Topic | Period | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|
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Palestinian Authority |
Governance Humanitarian Assistance & DRR Conflict & fragility Conflict prevention and transformation
Decentralisation
Housing (till 2016) Security system management and reform |
01.11.2015
- 30.06.2019 |
CHF 850'000
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- The living conditions and future prospects are dire for the 1.9 million persons in the Gaza Strip living on 365 sq. km in a situation of accelerated “de-development”.
- Since 2007, the whole Gaza Strip has been under land, air and sea blockade by the Occupying Power (Israel)
- Recurrent wars in 2008-2009, 2012 and 2014 severely impacted human lives, livelihoods and infrastructure: in Summer 2014 destruction of private housing amounted to ca. 20’000 units (100’000 still homeless more than one year after the end of the conflict)
- Reconstruction of public and private infrastructure has been slow since September 2014 because of the blockade and the difficulty to get reconstruction material in the Gaza Strip.
- Capacities of local and national institutions, in particular municipalities, neighbourhood committees and government reconstruction Unit, in the Gaza Strip, are strengthened for the provision of participatory, transparent and accountable urban spatial planning and improved services
- Communities and citizens of municipalities affected by the armed conflict are actively involved in spatial planning in the Gaza Strip
- Improved municipal capacity to conduct and monitor participatory spatial planning including requisite business processes and technical skills of staff.
- Community social cohesion strengthened - with a specific focus on women and youth - through participatory neighbourhood and municipal spatial planning processes.
- Intra-governmental and government-citizen collaboration built through the participatory spatial planning processes at the neighbourhood and municipal levels in five municipalities.
- 5 municipal and 10 neighbourhood spatial plans developed and approved.
- UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Settlements Program
- UN Habitat
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Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY
OTHER SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES
GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY
Sub-Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation Decentralisation and support to subnational government (incl. accountability)
Housing policy and administrative management
Security system management and reform
Cross-cutting topics Conflict reduction
The project takes account of gender equality as a cross-cutting theme.
The project takes account of democratisation, good governance and human rights as cross-cutting themes.
The project also supports partner organisation improvements
Aid Type Project and programme contribution
Project number 7F09404
| Background |
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| Objectives |
Local and national institutions active in spatial panning in the oPt are strengthened to support the provision of basic services in a transparent and accountable manner. |
| Target groups |
Primary target groups and beneficiaries: Five Gazan Municipalities (out of 25) and two neighbourhood communities within each of these Municipalities possibly reaching ca.200’000 persons.
Secondary target groups: Ministry of Local Government/MDLF, Ministry of Public Works and Housing. For coordination purpose, Gaza-based inter-agency Shelter and EWASH clusters will also be targeted |
| Medium-term outcomes |
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| Results |
Expected results: |
| Directorate/federal office responsible |
SDC |
| Credit area |
Development cooperation |
| Project partners |
Contract partner United Nations Organization (UNO) Other partners Palestinian Housing Council (PHC) Norwegian Refugee Council, incl. Shelter and EWASH clusters in the Gaza Strip |
| Coordination with other projects and actors |
Potential is recognized with ongoing interventions 7F-07621.01 (Contributions to MDPII and GIZ) 7F-09398.01 NRC (IDPs re-registration/UDOC) 7F-08809.01 (AM Qattan/Culture and LG) Complementarities with interventions covered by Domain “Rule of Law/Protection” will be sought through project partners |
| Budget | Current phase Swiss budget CHF 850'000 Swiss disbursement to date CHF 842'003 |
| Project phases |
Phase 1 01.11.2015 - 30.06.2019 (Completed) |