National Upgrading Support Programme Resource Kit

South Africa has developed a progressive and comprehensive policy framework for the in situ or incremental upgrading of informal settlements. This is set out in Part 3, Chapter 13 of the National Housing Code, the Comprehensive Plan for the Creation of Sustainable Human Settlements (Breaking New Ground), and the National Development Plan, Vision for 2030 (2011). Nevertheless, local authorities and practitioners have found the in situ upgrading of informal settlements extremely challenging. This Resource Kit contains a set of training materials to enhance the ability of practitioners and key stakeholders to implement upgrading initiatives.
 

There are 13 chapters making up the kit:

• Introduction and Course Overview
• Chapter 1: The Case For Upgrading
• Chapter 2: Social Dimensions
• Chapter 3: Policies and Programmes
• Chapter 4: Participatory Approaches
• Chapter 5: A Programmatic Approach
• Chapter 6: Interim Arrangements and Relocations
• Chapter 7: Securing Tenure 
• Chapter 8: Layout and Infrastructure
• Chapter 9: Building Incrementally
• Chapter 10: Planning Upgrade Projects
• Chapter 11: Finance for Upgrading
• Chapter 12: Institutional Arrangements
• Chapter 13: Sustaining Improvements

See also the set of PowerPoint presentations that have been designed to support the delivery of each of these modules.

Abstract based directly on source.