The project aims at supporting the implementation of public
space interventions for and with vulnerable Palestinian communities in Area C
to provide a safe, gender-sensitive, inclusive, and resilient built environment
that would have a broader positive impact, especially on youth, who have been
lacking for a protracted period the basic needs in the public realm. Important
to mention that Placemaking interventions focus on enhancing safety of local
communities, by defining for instance pedestrian spaces in the street including
sidewalks and pedestrian crossings, in addition to speed pumps. Relevant safety
audit tools are utilized to achieve desired objectives. The implementation of a
public space based on Placemaking approach as a non-statutory planning tool
will complement the work that has been initiated in partnership with local
communities based on the statutory planning tool - Detailed Local Outline Plans
- prepared and submitted to the ICA. This planning approach confirms with the
policy adopted by UN agencies working in Area C, as outlined in the ‘One UN’
Approach to Spatial Planning in Area C of the Occupied West Bank (2015).
The project at hand fits with the National Policy Agenda
2017-2022 and the UNDAF 2018-2022 signed by the Government of Palestine and the
UNCT in Palestine. More specifically, the project responds to pillar no. 2,
Government Reform, national priority 4, Citizen-Centered Government, National Policy
8, Improving Services to Citizens. In the same token, the project responds to
the UNDAF Strategic Priority 2: Supporting equal access to accountable,
effective and responsive democratic governance for all.
This
project contributes to realizing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
and the New Urban Agenda adopted by State of Palestine. More specifically, the
project will contribute to localizing Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 5, SDG
11).
