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“
In
cities all over Asia,
the interaction between people and government officials is increasing
every day.
Concepts
such as participation, dialogue and people’s control of resources have
all become respectable. However,
this respectability has not yet transformed institutions.
At
the same time, interest group organizations are mushrooming and are
aggressively promoting their claims and guarding their gains.
They
have little or no professional advise and guidance.
And while many workable models have been developed by NGOs over
the last thirty years, they need to change and adapt to the new
conditions that are developing.
For
things to improve, for policies to change, for the new generation to
take over the cities they live in, a larger grouping of classes and
people is required.
How can that take
place?
And how can that be supported professionally ?
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(Arif Hasan) |
- URC
Karachi Pakistan
- URC
Phnom Penn, Cambodia
- URC
Colombo Sri Lanka
- URC
Katmandu, Nepal
- URU
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- UPC
Jakarta Indonesia
- URC
for Homeless People's Human Rights
Tokyo Japan
- KOCER Seoul Korea
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The
aim of the URC in Karachi is to create, nurture and
institutionalize this common space
In the planning process anywhere in the world there are three
players: the politicians,
the planners and the people. In
many countries like Pakistan, the politicians and planners get together,
make their plans and implement them.
In this form of planning, there is no input from people at all. What is required is that the politicians, planners and people
come together. The purpose
of URC is to create space for that interaction:
create it, nurture it and institutionalize it.
But this space can only be used properly if these three players
are on an equal footing. Since
people are weaker, they need support - they need professional support,
they need managerial guidance and they need alternatives so they can
negotiate with the politicians and planners.
This is basically what the URC is all about.
More on the Rationale of Karachi's URC HERE
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