1998 DUBAI INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR BEST PRACTICES
IN IMPROVING THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT
All individuals, organisations, institutions and national committees
for Habitat II are reminded that the submission deadline for the 1998
Dubai International Award for Best Practice in Improving the Living
Environment is 30 April 1998.
The 1998 round of submissions will respond to three of the objectives
of the Habitat Agenda by:
1. Building global awareness of critical issues and viable solutions
related to sustainable human settlement development;
2. Disseminating information to all groups of actors on innovative
trends, policies and practices in meeting the goals and objectives of
the Habitat Agenda;
3. Promoting the horizontal sharing and transfer of experience,
expertise and technology in support of the implementation of the
Habitat Agenda.
All submissions RECEIVED BY 30 April 1998 and meeting the criteria of
impact, partnerships and sustainability will be included in the
updated version of the Best Practices database. This database will be
released on the Internet (http:/www.bestpractices.org), on CD-ROM and
on disk for the global celebrations for World Habitat Day on 5
October 1998.
For 1998, Dubai Municipality has generously agreed to sponsor 10
Awards each consisting of a US$30,000 cash prize, a trophy and a
commemorative certificate. In addition, two representatives of each
Award-winning practice will be invited to Dubai for the Award Ceremony
and to participate in an international seminar on "Lessons Learned
from Best Practices".
The guidelines for submission and the reporting format for your
nomination are available through the following:
A. INTERNET:
http://www.unhabitat.org/blp
http://www.bestpractices.org
Note: You can download the reporting format for your nomination from
these web sites (2.4 MByte file) from 20 February 1998.
B. DISKETTE:
On Dos or Windows diskettes (please specify) upon request
through one of the following:
Best Practices & Local Leadership Programme (BLP)
UNCHS (Habitat)
P.O. Box 30030
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: (254-2) 623029/623799/623224/624328
Fax: (254-2) 623080/624266/624267
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Best Practices partner institutions:
Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), G.P.O. Box 2754, Bangkok,
Thailand, Fax: (66 2) 5162126; Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Brazilian Institute for Municipal Administration (IBAM), 1-Humaita,
22271 070 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Fax: (55 21) 5371262; Email:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Centre for Developing Cities, Faculty of Environmental Design,
University of Canberra, P.O. Box 1, Belconnen ACT, Australia, Fax:
(61 2) 62015034; Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Centre for Environment and Development in the Arab Region and Europe
(CEDARE), 21/23 Giza Street, Nile Tower Building - 13th Floor, P.O.
Box 52 Orman, Cairo, Egypt, Fax: (20 2) 5703242; Email:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Development Planning Unit (DPU), University College London, 9
Endsleigh Gardens, London WC1H OED, UK, Fax: (44 171) 387-4541;
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dubai Municipality, P.O. Box 67, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Fax:
(971 4) 246666; Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ENDA Tiers Monde, BP 3370, Dakar, Senegal; Fax: (221) 8235157; Email:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Harvard Graduate School of Design, Unit for Housing and Urbanization,
48 Quincy Street, Cambridge, Mass. 02138, USA, Fax: (1 617) 4959347;
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Huairou Commission, 2 United Nations Plaza, c/o UNCHS (Habitat), New
York Office - 9th Floor, N.Y., New York 10017, USA; Fax: (1 212)
963-8721; Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS), P.O. Box
1935, 3000 BX Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Fax: (31 10) 4045671;
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI),
City Hall, East Tower, 8th Floor, Toronto, Ontario M5H 2N2, Canada,
Fax: (1 416) 3921478; Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Joslyn Castle Institute for Sustainable Communities, 3902 Davenport
St., Omaha, Nebraska 68131, USA, Fax: (1 402) 4723806; Email:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Pratt Institute Centre for Community and Environmental Development,
200 Willoughby Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11205, USA, Fax: (1 718) 6363709;
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Programme d'Economie Environnementale Urbaine et Populaire (PRECEUP),
5, rue des Immeubles Industriels, 75011 Paris, France, Fax: (33 1)
43721681; Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Together Foundation, 55 East 75th St., New York, NY 10021, USA, Fax:
(1 212) 6284265; Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
University of Pretoria, School of Public Management and
Administration, Pretoria 0002, South Africa, Fax: (27 12) 342-4964;
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Best Practices & Local Leadership Programme is dedicated to
promoting the sharing and transfer of best practice knowledge,
expertise and experience in support of the implementation of the
Habitat Agenda and Agenda 21.
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Guenther Gross, Best Practices & Local Leadership Programme
UNCHS (Habitat), P.O. Box 30030, Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: 254 2 623224, Fax: 254 2 623080
E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Visit our Internet sites: http://www.bestpractices.org
http://www.unhabitat.org/blp
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