Adequate urban infrastructure and access to basic services, including energy, transport, and mobility, are critical to sustainable urban development. It is essential to include regulations that allow access to decent and adequate housing while understanding the importance of improving informal settlements' conditions.
How and why does urban regulation affect informality and the fiscal health of a municipality?
How can non-tax instruments finance the costs of urbanization?
Are prices higher in a city with greater infrastructure provision?
Why do land prices not reflect increased urban development?
Is it feasible to provide inclusive housing following market laws?
These and other questions will be addressed in this face-to-face course (40 hours), aimed at professionals in the field of urban planning and management.
The course will take place at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago (Av. Dag Hammarskjöld 3477, Vitacura).
Lecturers include Cynthia Goytia, PhD; Marcela Román, MSc; Martim Smolka, PhD; Diego Aulestia, MA; Anaclaudia Rossbach, Msc, and others.
All applicants must complete the application form linked on this page, which will be available between August 4 and September 1.
There is a maximum of 30 places available.
The result of the selection process will be announced in the second half of September.
There is no cost for the course.
Participants will be responsible for their own expenses related to travel and accommodation in Santiago, Chile.
The thirty-second General Assembly of the Forum of Ministers and Highest Authorities of Housing and Urban Development of Latin America and the Caribbean (MINURVI) will be held on November 9 and 10, 2023. The Assembly will take place in Buenos Aires and will be led by the Ministry of Territorial Development and Habitat of Argentina, which chairs the Forum for the period 2023, and will be supported by ECLAC in its role as technical co-secretariat of MINURVI.
This event offers an opportunity to place crucial topics for the future of our cities on the discussion agenda, including the link between sustainable mobility, housing, and urban development.
The project "Inclusive, Sustainable, and Smart Cities within the Framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean,", part of the CEPAL-BMZ/GIZ cooperation program, focuses on strengthening the technical and institutional conditions to promote development in urban areas of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Additionally, CEPAL, MINURVI, MERCOCIUDADES, and the IDB share concerns about having more detailed information to improve the design and implementation of public policies, subsidies, and financing for addressing housing deficits.
Within this context, two sessions are proposed with the participation of national authorities, local governments, and representatives from financial organizations and development support institutions. The panels aim to facilitate dialogue and discussion between local and national levels, with the goal of promoting better urban public policies.
