Group working on a comprehensive policy analysis and program design exercise.
(Picture courtesy of Jaime Royo-Olid)

In October 2014, Rapid Urbanism delivered a UN-Habitat capacity building workshop on inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable urban development with a focus on affordable housing. In Colombo, Sri Lanka, government officials from national institutions in disaster management, housing and construction, representatives of finance institutions, donors and development practitioners participated in a two day workshop entitled ‘Designing & Financing Incremental Housing’ held in Colombo. Organized by UN-Habitat at the request of the European Union Delegation in Sri Lanka, the forum discussed the principles and advantages of incremental housing within a broader framework of public policy and a private sector business model generator for affordable housing. Read more here.

The workshop, based on the Rapid Urbanism Framework, expanded on an earlier workshops conceptualized in collaboration with Reinhard Goethert (SIGUS/MIT) and Deidre Schmidt (One Roof Global) for the 2014 UN-Habitat World Urban Forum in Medellin, Colombia. Download the training documentation here: https://app.box.com/s/fpandstfksenej49cmgk3snm0seedpqh.