HABITAT III: The Philippine National Report

and New Urban Agenda Better, Greener, Smarter Cities in an Inclusive Philippines

OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION

I. History

II. The Philippine Process

III. The National Report and

New Urban Agenda

IV. Ways Forward

History….

Habitat I

Vancouver

1976

Habitat II

Istanbul

1996

Habitat III

Quito

2016

AGENDA: Sustainable human

settlements and the

consequences of rapid

urbanization

AGENDA: Sustainable cities

and adequate shelter for all;

Habitat Agenda

AGENDA: Review the global

urban agenda and the

mandate, structure and

strengthening of UN-Habitat

Shelter and Human

Settlements: Philippine

Report and Plan of Action

Habitat III Philippine

National Report

Habitat III National Report

Preparation…. 3 ▌ Prepared the Draft Habitat III National Report

Data collection

and analysis

Regional

Workshops

Expert Group’s Meetings

& Other Meetings National Workshop

Draft Habitat III

National Report

▌ Finalized the Philippine Habitat III National Report

Gaps Assessment Data Updating

and Augmentation Thematic Workshops Technical Revisions &

Editing

Habitat III Philippine

National Report

Presentation to National

Committee

Presentation to HUDCC

Board for Approval

THE PROCESS

National Steering Committee:

Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC)

National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)

Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)

Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)

Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB)

Commission on Population (POPCOM)

Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)

Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA)

Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC)

Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)

Other Key Shelter Agencies (NHA, SHFC, HDMF, HGC and NHMFC)

Homeless People’s Federation Philippines Inc. (HPFPI)

League Cities of the Philippines (LCP)

UP School of Urban and Regional Planning (UP SURP)

Private Sector Representatives (CREBA, OSHDP and SHDA)

THE PROCESS

Six (6) Thematic Chapters:

1. Urban Demography (POPCOM)

2. Land and Urban Planning (HLURB)

3. Environment and Urbanization (DENR)

4. Urban Governance and Legislation (DILG)

5. Urban Economy (NEDA)

6. Housing and Basic Services (HUDCC)

Structure of the Report …. Consistent with the UN-Habitat Guidelines

2 Urban Demography:

Issues and Challenges for a

New Urban Agenda

3 Land and Urban Planning:

Issues and Challenges for a

New Urban Agenda

4 Environment and

Urbanization: Issues and

Challenges for a New Urban

Agenda

5 Urban Governance and

Legislation: Issues and

Challenges for a New Urban

Agenda

6 Urban Economy: Issues

and Challenges for a New

Urban Agenda

7 Housing and Basic

Services: Issues and

Challenges for a New Urban

Agenda

8 The

New

Urban

Agenda

1 Introduction

Phase 1─Sector Assessment

Phase 2─

Agenda

Formulation

THE NATIONAL REPORT

1 Urban Demography

1.1 Managing Urbanization

1.2 Managing Urban-Rural Linkages

1.3 Addressing the Needs of the Youth

1.4 Protecting the Rights of

Disadvantaged and Vulnerable

Groups

1.5 Mainstreaming Gender in Urban

Development

THE NATIONAL REPORT

2 Land and Urban Planning

2.1 Ensuring Sustainable Urban Planning and Design

2.2 Improving Urban Land Management

2.3 Enhancing Urban and Peri-Urban Food Production

2.4 Addressing Urban Mobility Challenges

2.5 Improving Technical Capacity for Land and Urban Planning

THE NATIONAL REPORT

3 Environment and Urbanization

3.1 Addressing Climate Change

3.2 Disaster Risk Reduction and

Management

3.3 Battling Traffic Congestion

3.4 Combating Water and Air Pollution

THE NATIONAL REPORT

4 Urban Governance and Legislation

4.1 Improving Urban Legislation

4.2 Decentralization and Strengthening Local Authorities

4.3 Improving Participation and Human Rights in Urban Development

4.4 Enhancing Urban Safety and Security

4.5 Improving Social Inclusion and Equity

THE NATIONAL REPORT

5 Urban Economy

5.1 Improving Local Finance

5.2 Strengthening and Improving Access to Housing Finance

5.3 Supporting Local Economic Development

5.4 Creating Decent Jobs and Livelihoods

5.5 Integration of the Urban Economy Into National Development Policy

THE NATIONAL REPORT

6 Housing and Basic Services

6.1 Slum Upgrading and Prevention

6.2 Improving Access to Adequate Housing

6.3 Ensuring Sustainable Access to Safe Drinking Water, Basic Sanitation and Drainage

6.4 Improving Access to Clean Energy

6.5 Improving Access to Sustainable Means of Transport

New urban agenda

1 Urban Demography

1.1 Invest in people, capture the youth

dividend.

1.2 Pursue a more spatially and

regionally balanced development.

1.3 Foster more effective gender

mainstreaming in urban

development.

1.4 Safeguard the vulnerable and

disadvantaged group.

1.5 Develop improved capacity for

urban demography.

New urban agenda

2 Land and Urban Planning 2.1 Incorporate climate change adaptation

(CCA) and disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM) in urban planning.

2.2 Arrest urban sprawl; manage urban form and design through effective regional planning and development.

2.3 Generate livelihoods and improve food security by planning for more sustainable urban agriculture.

2.4 Shift to a more integrated and inclusive transport planning.

2.5 Redefine security of land tenure through rights-based approaches and land used rights instruments.

New urban agenda

3 Environment and Urbanization

3.1 Further boost the capacity for a highly

effective climate change adaptation

and disaster risk reduction and

management.

3.2 Accelerate climate change and disaster

resiliency.

3.3 Address the mounting garbage problem

by greening solid waste management.

3.4 Facilitate more investments in water

supply and sanitation, sewerage and

septage facilities to improve access to

clean and safe water.

New urban agenda 4 Urban Governance and Legislation 4.1 Establish and support more effective sector leadership in a

new urban governance framework with clear and well defined multi-level and inter-government relationships.

4.2 Use information and communications technology (ICT) including social networking for a more transparent and accountable digital urban governance.

4.3 Improve local public financial management, amending the Local Government Code, where necessary.

4.4 Address urban safety concerns by increasing policy presence and visibility in crime hot spots and facilitating the climate change adaptive process and disaster risk reduction and preparedness.

4.5 Enhance social inclusion through a more innovative placemaking and public space design in urban planning and implementation, particularly involving the vulnerable and disadvantaged group.

4.6 Reinforce metropolitan governance to encourage efficient spatial and functional interrelations between cities, settlements and their surrounding areas.

New urban agenda 5 Urban Economy

5.1 Transform cities into a effective agents of diversified local finance.

5.2 Develop more innovative approaches to housing finance including housing micro- finance and the use of rights-based land tenure and instruments as collateral substitutes.

5.3 Broaden and deepen the support for sustainable local economic development (LED).

5.4 Generate more and better jobs; equalize access to improved livelihood opportunities.

5.5 Integrate the urban economy firmly into a national, sectoral and local development planning and implementation.

New urban agenda

6 Housing and Basic Services

6.1 Enable informal settler families to live

in resilient, vibrant and connected

urban communities.

6.2 Encourage investments in a spatially

integrated and climate change

resilient housing and basic

infrastructure.

6.3 Promote the shift to a demand-based,

low carbon yielding urban transport

system.

WAYS FORWARD

• National Steering Committee Meeting on 23

June 2016 at Makati City, Philippines

• 3rd Preparatory Committee on 25-27 July

2016 at Surabaya, Indonesia

• United Nations Conference on Housing and

Sustainable Urban Development, to take

place in Quito, Ecuador, from 17-20

October 2016

Better, Greener, Smarter Cities In an Inclusive Philippines