Projects funded under the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security

CAMBODIA

Partnerships for Urban Poverty Reduction - Phnom Penh

Implementing Agency
UN-HABITAT

Collaborating Partners
Municipality of Phnom Penh, local community groups and NGOs.

Objective
This project aims to strengthen the self-confidence, competence and dignity of the urban poor by reducing poverty, vulnerability and social exclusion through direct empowerment of communities and improved access to affordable basic services and better living environments. The project will also seek to foster voluntary relocation schemes that benefit poor families in a sustainable manner, while also supporting urban upgrading efforts that create employment opportunities for community members.

Beneficiaries
People and communities in informal settlements and urban slums in the Municipality of Phnom Penh, as well as local district and municipality officials, community representatives and NGOs.

Activities

  • Support the establishment of Community Human Security Funds and Action Plans.
  • Provide vocational and skills training to reduce poverty, improve income generation and increase productivity.
  • Promote voluntary relocation schemes that benefit the poor economically, socially and environmentally.
  • Develop slum upgrading pilot projects to foster pro-poor policies and more cost-effective approaches to delivering shelter and services for the urban poor.

Outputs (including distinctive aspects of the project)

  • As part of Phase I of the project, over 30 hectares of land were secured in various districts to support voluntary relocation of over 1,000 families.
  • Drains, community roads, and water and sanitation infrastructures were built and/or upgraded in 7 communities, benefiting over 2,000 families in different informal settlements across Phnom Penh.
  • 69 local community organizations accounting for 6,000 families have been supported to form one community institution, as part of Phase II of the project, which has also further replicated the establishment of Action Plans and Community Human Security Funds.
  • Slum upgrading efforts have benefited more than 12,000 cumulative families through the construction of community infrastructures such as foot bridges, drains, latrines and water systems, throughout Phase II.
  • Strengthening of urban poor community groups has also empowered the more vulnerable to participate in municipal planning and voice problems and priorities in the development of urban policies.

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