Since 1997, UN-HABITAT has been working with UNDP to support local and national authorities in developing strategies to implement a pro-poor land policy, to improve shelter conditions and to improve access to basic services. Through active support to municipal programmes, UN-HABITAT has been collaborating with various stakeholders in fields such as urban governance, land regularisation and security of tenure.
Location: Branch: - Regional Office for Arab States Partner: Government of Madagascar, Ministry of Decentralization and Regional Planning, Municipalities of Ivato-aeroport, Moramanga and Tulear, NGOs and PNF (National Land Reform Programme) Donor: UNDP Theme: - Urban Development and Management - Training and capacity building - The Urban Legislation, Land and Governance Branch - Urban planning and policy - Land & Tenure Cost: USD 500,000

Activities:

The main activities have been:

• Review and reform of the urban planning code.

• Support to development of an urban and peri-urban land policy.

• Urban governance and improved secure tenure in Tulear, Moramanga and Ivato through land regularizations.

• Drafting of manuals and guidelines on local urban plans and translation into Malagasy.

• Support to finalization of Integrated Local Plan.

• Support through technical assistants, to decentralized local authorities.

• Campaign related to the urban planning code Manuals on Local urban Plan and building construction permits. 

• Capacity-building programme for local decision makers.

• Feasibility study for a National Habitat Fund.

• Support to National Land Reform Programme.

• Inventory of public land to transfer urban poor population in Vatovavy Fitovavy

Results:

The following results were achieved: 

• Urban planning code validated during a national workshop

• Translation of the code into Malagasy completed

• Capitalization of Integrated Local Plan through a study paper completed

• Urban Land Policy bill released

• Development of local land use plan, urban planning plan  and  neighbourhood development plan in the three municipalities completed

• Six technical assistants to support decentralized local authorities recruited

• Participation of staff from three decentralized local authorities (CTD) and from the Interior Ministry at a workshop on participatory budgeting.
• Five training sessions for CTD on new land regulation organized.