UN-Habitat, in collaboration with Minurvi10 and the Regional Economic
Commission (Cepal) elaborated the Regional Action Plan for the
implementation of the New Urban Agenda in Latin America and the
Caribbean11 - PAR. This document states that the region's main
challenge is to improve urban living conditions and reduce intra-urban
inequalities. The first principle and strategic results stated in this
document is the eradication of urban poverty, discrimination and
socio-spatial segregation. This alignment sustains the central relevance
of this project within the regional context.
At the national
level, the Brazilian UNDAF12 for 2017-2021 is structured according to
the 5 P’s (People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace and Partnership) of the
2030 Agenda and is aligned with the federal pluriannual plan - PPA13 of
the Brazilian government for 2016-2019. Both UNDAF and PPA put a strong
emphasis on the gender and the ethno-racial dimensions of the 2030
Agenda in the promotion of social inclusion.
The UNDAF
strategically adopts the strengthening of the institutions and the
promotion of human rights, especially of gender and race equality. As,
additionally, violence affects unequally vulnerable populations, public
security and institutional racism are also a central dimension of this
document. The persistent spatial inequalities are referred to as a
challenge to be tackled by the UN System in Brazil. Adaptation to this
diversity of realities is necessary. The UNDAF calls for an appropriate
results evaluation and support to the decision-making process based on
evidence. The overall objective is to have a learning process that lies
on
lessons learnt towards a greater sustainability.
The
first axis of the UNDAF is People: inclusive societies, equitative and
with full rights for all. This project is directly aligned and
contributes to the first outcome of this axis: “strengthened social
development throughout the territory, with the reduction of poverty,
oriented by the access to quality public goods and services, especially
in the areas of education, health, social assistance, food and
nutritional security, decent work, with equity focusing on gender, race,
ethnicity and generational equality” (translated from Portuguese).
The
PPA establishes seven guidelines, the two initial ones being:
“Sustainable development oriented by social inclusion” and “the
continuous improvement of the public services quality”. The objectives
of this project tackles exactly those priorities.
In the city of
Maricá, the Municipal Institute of Information and research Darcy
Ribeiro - IDR has been created, among others, with the following
mandate: “Organize and provide data and indicators that are key for an
inclusive and sustainable socioeconomic municipal development as well as
to conduct studies and projects aimed at supporting the development of
public policies for the Municipality” 14.
The IDR sought the support of UN-Habitat to implement the “Sustainable Urban and Social Prosperity” project, building on:
? UN-Habitat’s international mandate and expertise to promote socially, economically and environmentally sustainable cities;
? the historical and fruitful partnership with the city of Rio de Janeiro (same Metropolitan Region);
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the previous Rio+Social Program experience in more than 200 favelas in
Rio, which demonstrated the technical and operational capacity of the
Regional Office.
UN-Habitat’s global mandate gives
special attention to slum upgrading, providing adequate basic services
and making cities inclusive. The Agency supports municipal institutions
in addressing the challenges of poverty and spatial segregation linking
consistent data collection and monitoring and urban planning mechanisms.
