Dissemination Of The Quick Guides For Housing The Poor In Africa

The overarching goal of this dissemination strategy is to define and implement a range of dissemination activities that will ultimately facilitate broad awareness and utilization of the Quick Guides in policy and decision making. This will be achieved through a set of objectives over the short, medium and long term: <?xml:namespace>

·         The immediate objective is to increase the awareness of a number of policy and decision makers at the local and national level of the principles and messages contained in the Quick Guides and begin promoting them through obtaining maximum network penetration. These activities will be targeted towards both the primary and secondary target audiences.

·         The medium term objectives are to enhance policy makers' knowledge about pro-poor housing policies and build their understanding of the principles and practices contained in the Quick Guides. Building the target audience's understanding will foster their ability to participate in policy dialogue and formulate appropriate and better informed policies.

·         The long term objective of this project is to help build capacities of national and local government officials and policy makers, civil society organizations and organizations of the poor in Africa and enhance their ability to address low-income housing issues more effectively in their countries. This increased capacity should result in changed practices and attitude, revised policies, strategies and plans, and institutional adjustment to allow for this transformation.