Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme: Review of intervention strategy launched | Mozambique

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Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme: Review of intervention strategy launched | Mozambique

7:33 CAT | 17 Jun 2021

Photo: Ministério da Terra e Ambiente

Maputo city on Wednesday saw the launch of the Review of the Strategy for Intervention in Informal Settlements, led by the Minister of Land and Environment, Ivete Maibaze.

The Review of the Intervention Strategy in Informal Settlements is part of the Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme (PSUP) being implemented by the government in collaboration with the United Nations Program for Human Settlements (UN-Habitat) and the Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM), funded by the European Union (EU).

The Review of the Intervention Strategy in Informal Settlements also marks the start of the third phase of the Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme .

In the first phase, the Urban Profiling of Maputo, Nacala and Manica and the National Urban Profiling were developed.

Then, in Phase 2, the development of the Strategy for the Improvement of Informal Settlements for the city of Nampula and the identification of pilot projects was prioritised

The PSUP has already been implemented in 160 cities in more than 40 countries internationally. The Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme (PSUP) was launched in April 2008 with a view to contributing towards urban poverty reduction and the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), particularly Goal 7, Target 11, through participatory and sustainable slum upgrading activities.

Sub-Saharan Africa has the fastest urbanisation rate in the world, with more than 60% of the urban population living in informal settlements. Mozambique follows this trend, with an urbanisation rate of over 3.8% per year and around 31.9% of Mozambicans living in urban areas.

Participating in the event at Radisson Blue Hotel were the Ambassador of the European Union in Mozambique, Antonio Sánchez-Benedito Gaspar, the Vice-Rector of the Eduardo Mondlane University, Amália Uamusse, the Head of the UN-Habitat programme in Mozambique, Wild do Rosário, cooperation partners and staff from the Ministry of Land and Environment, among others.

To learn more about UN Habitat’s Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme read, download the QUICK GUIDE for participatory, city-wide slum upgrading.