ShareAfter completing this study track, the candidate should have:
Knowledge and understanding
- Knowledge of two specific, underprivileged neighbourhoods (one in a developing country, the other in a Nordic country), their territorial strength in terms of organisation, resources, skills and access to land, but also their struggle, and changing livelihood conditions.
- Experience in how to address both non-planned and planned neighbourhoods in urban centres and fringe areas for the purpose of livelihood improvements, tenure security and urban upgrading in contexts of conflicts of objectives of equity, environmental sustainability and civil society interests.
- Understanding of specific cases of building strategic responsibility and action at higher levels of urban governance and management in terms of ‘scaling up’ local development initiatives.
Abilities and skills
- Knowledge of integrated action planning and integrated local planning processes building both on local defined priorities and local ownership and higher levels strategic action.
- Competence in applying, examining and analyzing participative tools.
- Ability to use geographical information systems (GIS) as an important tool in urban mapping, planning and management.
Judgement, synthesis and reflection
- Awareness of the struggle of the urban poor in terms of entitlements to land, work, and participation in the civil society, and overall livelihood improvements.
- Understanding of what are contextual and general issues in local and higher level urban transition in both developing and Nordic countries as well as their localised and interrelated nature.
- Knowledge on the interface and the potential conflicts between targeted strategies addressing urban poverty and urban environmental strategies.