Communities at the Centre: Participatory Slum Transformation

Successful slum transformation starts with the people who live there. Community engagement and participatory approaches ensure that residents have a voice in shaping the solutions that affect their homes and neighbourhoods.

This session will showcase methods for meaningful participation—from co-designing housing and infrastructure improvements to collaborative decision-making on services and tenure security—demonstrating how inclusive processes lead to more sustainable, accepted, and impactful transformation.

Featured Practices:

• Community-Led Housing and Land Solutions at Scale; Namibia – Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia
• Livelihoods Improvement of Urban Poor Communities Project; Bangladesh – Onushongo Bangladesh
• Jardim da União: from Urbanization to Land Regularization; Brazil – São Paulo City Hall

Speakers:

• Inga Boye, Regional Facilitator, Shack Dwellers Federation Namibia
• Moinul Alam, Architect, Co-Founder, Onushongo Bangladesh
• Elisabete França, Municipal Secretary of Urban Planning and Licensing, City Hall of São Paulo