Philippines - Renovating urban services and housing for the poor Urban Partnerships for Sustainable Upliftment (UPSURGE) Project (English)

The Republic of the Philippines is an archipelago in South-East Asia with more than 7,000 islands. The Philippines has an average population of 101,833,938 (2011 Index Mundi) and the numbers keep on growing. As described by the Global Report on Human ...  See More + The Republic of the Philippines is an archipelago in South-East Asia with more than 7,000 islands. The Philippines has an average population of 101,833,938 (2011 Index Mundi) and the numbers keep on growing. As described by the Global Report on Human Settlements 2003 (United Nations Human Settlements Program -UN-HABITAT), urban development in the Philippines and other developing countries is accompanied by a high population growth rate (1.903 percent of population in 2011), with an even higher rate of increase in the proportion of the urban poor, slum dwellers, and informal settlers. It is calculated that in less than 30 years many Asian cities, including the Philippines, will double their populations with about half estimated to be residing in slum areas. Five components comprised Project UPSURGE: (a) design and organization; (b) community planning, mobilization and subproject implementation; (c) training and capacity-building (d) institutionalization, which included mechanisms to strengthen the multistakeholder partnerships and the mobilization of resources; and (e) support to project implementation.  See Less -