Community Development

The SHD works towards strengthening local and community development, collective mobilisation, and decentralised urban governance by working with communities, neighbourhoods, social movements, workers organisations, and citizens’ collectives.

This work focuses on:

• Community development efforts and citizen efforts in livelihoods, access to services, and neighbourhood upgrading.
• Training community residents and development workers.
• Creating collective spaces where stakeholders convene, dialogue, and exchange ideas.
• Increasing quality and quantity of citizen participation in urban development.