KHALIFA BIN SALMAN AL KHALIFA

Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa UN-Habitat Award

INTRODUCTION


THE AWARD


The purpose of the Award is to:

a) Recognize outstanding efforts by individuals, organizations and institutions in the implementation of the Habitat Agenda and the attainment of human settlements related Millennium Development Goals;
b) Promote international and South-South cooperation through the exchange and transfer of lessons learned from experience.
 
THEMATIC FOCUS

The thematic focus of the Award will be on policies, practices, ideas and concepts that have proven effective in:
 
• Urban poverty reduction including job creation and local economic development;
• Development of innovative affordable housing supply systems including slum improvement, slum prevention, access to land, housing finance, real estate management and basic services;
• Urban environmental management including climate change mitigation and adaptation;
• Urban governance including de-centralization and the strengthening of local authorities;
• Gender equality and social inclusion including economic empowerment of women and the youth and their universal access to water, sanitation, health, education and political participation;
• Effective public-private partnerships in urban development with a focus on poverty reduction.


The criteria for pre-selection of submissions by the EXCO and Khalifa Salman Fund (KSF) include:


Pro-poor housing and community development:

i. Extension of safe water supply and sanitation;
ii. Affordable housing, services and community facilities;
iii.Access to land, secure tenure and finance;
iv.Community based-planning and participation in decision-making;
v. Inner-city/neighbourhood revival and rehabilitation;
 
b)     Sustainable Urban Development:

i. Job creation and eradication of poverty;
ii. Reduction of pollution and improvement of environmental health;
iii.Improved access to public transport, mobility and communication;
iv. Improved waste collection, recycling and reuse;
v. Greening of the city and effective use of public space;
vi.More efficient energy use and production;
vii.Formulation and implementation of integrated and comprehensive urban development strategies;
viii.Improved disaster preparedness, mitigation and reconstruction.
 
c)     Efficient, Accountable and Transparent Settlements Management:
     
i.  More effective and efficient administrative, management and information systems;
ii. Gender equality and equity in decision-making and resource-allocation;
ii. Crime reduction and prevention;
iv. Social integration and reduction of exclusion;
v.  Promotion of accountability and transparency;
vi. Promotion of social equality and equity;
vii.Improvement co-ordination between government agencies and departments.
 
Sustainability: Best practices should result in lasting changes in at least one of the areas listed below:

i. Legislation, regulatory frameworks, by-laws or standards formally recognizing the issues and problems that have been addressed;
ii. Social policies and/or sectoral strategies at the (sub) national level that have a potential for replication elsewhere;
iii. Institutional frameworks and decision-making processes that assign clear roles and responsibilities to various levels and groups of actors, such as central and local governmental organizations and community-based organizations;
iv. Efficient, transparent and accountable management systems that make more effective use of human, technical, financial and natural resources.

 
Leadership & Community Empowerment:

i.  Leadership in inspiring action and change, including change in public policy;
ii. Empowerment of people, neighbourhoods and communities;
iii. Acceptance of and responsiveness to social and cultural diversity;
iv. Potential for transferability, adaptability and    replicability;
v.  Appropriateness to local conditions and levels of developments.


I. Tangible impact resulting from the transfer of one or more of the following: ideas, skills, processes and technology;
ii. Changes in policies or practices;
iii.Sustainability of the transfer as part of a continuous process of learning.

POST-AWARD ACTIVITIES