[sustran] RE: 1998 DUBAI INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR BEST PRACTICES

[Brian.Williams at unchs.org]

Dear Colleagues,

     Please find the message included below on Habitat's 
programme of "BEST PRACTICES".  After the Istanbul Habitat II 
CITY SUMMIT, "transport" was definitely included as one of 
the relevant issue areas included in the programme.

     Please note it involves some money!

Regards,

Brian Williams, UNCHS

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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: bestpractices at unchs.org

Best Practices partner institutions:

Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), G.P.O. Box 2754, 
Bangkok,
Thailand, Fax: (66 2) 5162126; Email: yapks at ait.ac.th 

Brazilian Institute for Municipal Administration (IBAM), 
1-Humaita, 
22271 070 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Fax: (55 21) 5371262; 
Email: 
ibam at ibam.org.br 

Centre for Developing Cities, Faculty of Environmental 
Design, 
University of Canberra, P.O. Box 1, Belconnen ACT, Australia, 
Fax: 
(61 2) 62015034; Email: lrn at design.canberra.edu.au 

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: 
cedare at ritsec1.com.eg 

Development Planning Unit (DPU), University College London, 9 
Endsleigh Gardens, London WC1H OED, UK, Fax: (44 171) 
387-4541; 
Email: dpu at ucl.ac.uk 

Dubai Municipality, P.O. Box 67, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 
Fax: 
(971 4) 246666; Email: dm at emirates.net.ae 

ENDA Tiers Monde, BP 3370, Dakar, Senegal; Fax: (221) 
8235157; Email: 
rup at enda.sn 

Harvard Graduate School of Design, Unit for Housing and 
Urbanization, 
48 Quincy Street, Cambridge, Mass. 02138, USA, Fax: (1 617) 
4959347; 
Email: mseragel at gsd.harvard.edu

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:petersonj at aol.com 

Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS), 
P.O. Box 
1935, 3000 BX Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Fax: (31 10) 
4045671; 
Email: ed.frank at ihs.nl 

International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives 
(ICLEI), 
City Hall, East Tower, 8th Floor, Toronto, Ontario M5H 2N2, 
Canada, 
Fax: (1 416) 3921478; Email: iclei at iclei.org 

Joslyn Castle Institute for Sustainable Communities, 3902 
Davenport 
St., Omaha, Nebraska 68131, USA, Fax: (1 402) 4723806; Email: 
cmcguire at unlinfo.unl.edu 

Pratt Institute Centre for Community and Environmental 
Development, 
200 Willoughby Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11205, USA, Fax: (1 718) 
6363709; 
Email: ronyvette at aol.com 

Programme d'Economie Environnementale Urbaine et Populaire 
(PRECEUP), 
5, rue des Immeubles Industriels, 75011 Paris, France, Fax: 
(33 1) 
43721681; Email: enda.preceup at globenet.org 

Together Foundation, 55 East 75th St., New York, NY 10021, 
USA, Fax: 
(1 212) 6284265; Email: info at together.org 

University of Pretoria, School of Public Management and 
Administration, Pretoria 0002, South Africa, Fax: (27 12) 
342-4964; 
Email: spma at hakuna.up.ac.za

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: Guenther.Gross at unchs.org
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Visit our Internet sites: http://www.bestpractices.org
                                 http://www.unhabitat.org/blp
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Brian Williams, Human Settlements Officer
United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (HABITAT)
Research and Development Division
P.O. Box 30030, Nairobi, Kenya
TEL: (254 2) 623-916
FAX: (254 2) 624-265
EMAIL: brian.williams at unchs.org