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ABOUT THE HUDCO AWARDS FOR BEST PRACTICES 2019-20

                HUDCO Best Practice Awards “to Improve the Living Environment” has been institutionalized since the
                year  2011-12  to  encourage  and  acknowledge  efforts  in  these  areas  and  to  motivate  Government
                Departments/  Parastatals  Agencies/Local  Bodies/Authorities/NGO's/Private  and  Corporate  Sector/
                Research and Academic Institutions etc. who have demonstrated outstanding initiatives to encourage
                innovative and sustainable projects.

                HUDCO gives award under the following 7 themes:-

                   1.  Urban Governance
                   2.  Housing, Urban Poverty and Infrastructure

                   3.  Urban Transport

                   4.  Environment Management, Energy Conservation and Green Building
                   5.  Sanitation

                   6.  Urban Design & Regional Planning, Inner City Revitalization & Conservation

                   7.  Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Rehabilitation

                Each Theme had the following sub-themes:

                Theme 1- URBAN GOVERNANCE
                Sub-themes: Urban management and administration, E-governance/M-governance, Partnerships with
                civil  society,  Participatory  budgeting  and  decision  making,  Human  Resources  and  leadership
                development,  Decentralization/Devolution  of  powers,  Institutional  reform,  Transparency  and
                accountability,  Empowerment  of  Women,  Innovative  methods  of  collection  of  property  tax/other
                taxes/bills, Municipal double entry pure accrual accounting & Improved service delivery initiatives.
                Theme 2- HOUSING, URBAN POVERTY & INFRASTRUCTURE

                Sub-themes: Affordable  housing, Access  to  housing  ,Access  to  housing  finance/credit,  Slum  and
                settlement upgrading and improvement, Application of environment friendly building materials, Cost
                effective urban housing including innovative, emerging and disaster resistant technologies in housing,
                Access to land/services for urban poor, Provision of basic services, Public-Private partnerships/Public-
                Private-Community  partnerships  &  Community  based  capacity  building/livelihood  generation
                solutions.

                Theme 3- URBAN TRANSPORT

                Sub-themes:  Mass  public  transport,  Environmentally  friendly  public  transport,  Traffic  bottleneck
                reduction planning, GPS based initiatives for transport improvement, Urban transport planning, Parking
                solutions, Transit Oriented Development/Transit Corridor development & Last Mile connectivity.





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