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AP Housing Forum in September 2009

The 2nd Asia-Pacific Housing Forum will be held 7 - 9 September 2009 in Manila, Philippines. Submit a paper today or email: APHF2@habitat.org for more information.

> OVERVIEW

Building on each other’s strengths

More than one billion people around the world live in urban slums and this figure is rising as towns and cities continue to expand. The 2nd Asia-Pacific Housing Forum will examine and propose concrete solutions for housing the urban poor and for dealing with existing slums. The forum will look at alternative approaches and scalable models involving national and local government authorities, businesses and social organizations working together and building on each other’s strengths to provide housing solutions.

Slums are particularly vulnerable to fire, floods and other disasters. The forum will provide a venue where major players and stakeholders in relief and development can explore strategies to bridge the gaps between emergency relief and sustainable redevelopment.

> WHO SHOULD ATTEND

The Forum is of interest to all who are concerned and engaged in providing urban poverty housing solutions like architects, academics, developers, urban planners, policymakers, NGOs, donor agencies, researchers, private and public sector actors. We invite you to join us at the September 2009 2nd Asia-Pacific Housing Forum in Manila, Philippines to:

  • present a research paper or case study;
  • participate in a dialogue or panel discussion;
  • showcase your initiative or project;
  • join a training event;
  • engage in a “Leaders of Today & Tomorrow” session;
  • be a participant.

> 1st Asia-Pacific Housing Forum

View papers, presentations, discussion outcomes and a photo gallery from the first housing forum held in Singapore in 2007, visit the website here.

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