CUPA
Capacity for Application of Participatory Urban Planning
Field of expertise: Promoting principles of good governance, transparency and public participation in decision-making at local and central government level.
Project Summary: CUPA aimed to improve communication between NGOs and local and central administration in order to facilitate urban development policy making.
Objectives:
• Increasing the knowledge and skills of partner organizations members (especially in urban development, mechanisms for public participation, public communication and inter - institutional decision-making transparency) in order to improve partnerships with institutional actors;
• Developing the NGOs' capacity of communication with both citizens and public institutions (by training members and volunteers);
• Improving dialogue with institutional actors in order to develop and implement legislation on urban development, to involve citizens in public consultations held by the authorities, in accordance with recent legislative changes;
• Promoting and integrating the principles of sustainable development and equal opportunities in current activities of partner organizations.
The main activities were:
• organizing and fostering trainings for representatives of NGOs in the fields of public policy, project management, sustainable development, equal opportunities, communication and public relations;
• Monitoring, analyzing and generating reports on the application of legal provisions for public consultation in the process of elaborating urban planning documentation;
• public information campaign about the benefits and responsibilities of citizens under Ministry Order no. 2701/2010.
Imlpementation period
01/2013 - 01/2014
Project partners
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The Association for Urban Transition, Bucharest, Romania
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Active Watch Media Monitoring Agency
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Local Development Group, Bucharest, Romania
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