The Institute for Urban Workers, Addis Ababa
Earlier this year, IHA-UDP and the Institute for Urban Workers hosted a Regional Workshop for Anglophone African Countries. The conference ran from May 7 – 10, and was organised in collaboration with Mazingira Institute (Kenya) and Habitat International Coalition. The objective was to provide support on development, environmental improvement and housing issues. Around 30 people participated – of which 16 had come from different parts of Africa and the rest represented different indigenous NGOs here in Ethiopia. The UN-Habitat representative from Addis was invited as a guest of honour, and officially opened the seminar.
The participants shared their experiences and achievements on the various issues they are addressing such as habitat and rights, production, environment, HIV/AIDS, gender, governance, mobility finance and services. The workshop was an interesting day and provided a good experience sharing platform.
The event was hosted and facilitated by the Institute for Urban Workers (IUW). It was a good opportunity to promote the IUW, which was selected from amongst other Institutes in East Africa to organize and host the meeting.
