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Solid Waste Management in Kitgum, Uganda

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UDDT
Topics: Sanitation Composting Urban Sustainability Location: Kitgum, Uganda Organizers: Europe:  European Union (Donor) BOKU University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Austria (Co-ordinator) Hamburg University of Technology, Germany EcoSan-Club, Austria WASTE, the Netherlands London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK Uganda:  Kitgum Town Council Makerere University Background: With...
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Twize Program, Mauritania

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Topics: Upgrading of informal settlements Land tenure Urban planning Location:Nouakchott and Nouadhibou, Mauritania Organizers: Groupe de Recherches et d’Échanges Technologiques (GRET) World Bank Commissariat aux Droits de l’Homme, à la Lutte Contre la Pauvreté, et à l’Insertion Background: In the 1970s and 1980s, severe droughts and desertification in the Sahel...
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Ecotourism in Kenya

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Topic: Ecotourism Location: Mara region, Kenya Organizers: Maasai communities, Government of Norway Project: An ecotourism foundation, with the financial support of the Norwegian government, partnered with local Maasai communities in the Mara region of Kenya to establish a wildlife conservancy area within Maasai land. 500 Maasai landowners agreed to set...
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Community Centers for Child Services

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Topic: Community Space Location: Various locations, including Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Philippines, Zambia Organizers: Children International The Project: The charitable organization Children International implements its Brick by Brick Program, which builds multi-purpose community centers in various developing countries. These centers are effective because they allow for the provision of...
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Boosting Municipal Revenue

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Topic: Improved Tax Collection Location: Hargeisa, Somaliland Participants: Municipality of Hargeisa; UN-Habitat Project: With UN-Habitat support, the city of Hargeisa established a new property tax billing system. The project involved: Developing a GIS-based property tax system; Creating a record of all the buildings on the base map; Conducting a household...
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