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ACTIVITIES IN Brazil

Localizing Agenda 21 Programme
The programme started in 1995 as a response to Chapter 28 of Agenda 21, which calls on local authorities to undertake participatory processes to develop and implement "Local Agendas 21" for and with their communities.

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Governments: Governments of Belgium and the Netherlands
Institutions: The Post-graduate Centre for Human Settlements of the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, InWent International Organizations: UNDP, UNEP GEO City programme, ILO, UN-HABITAT

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Cost: US$3,200,000

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Brazil NEWS

UN-Habitat signs agreement on governance with São Paulo
São Paulo - 14/05/2013

During a high level ceremony in which were present the Governor of the State of Sao Paulo, Geraldo Alckmin, the mayor of Sao Paulo, Fernando Haddad, and the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Brazil, Jorge Chediek, UN-Habitat signed an agreement on a new initiative aiming at strengthening the new strategy for metropolitan governance in the State of São Paulo.

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STATISTICAL OVERVIEW

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Urbanisation



	Total Population: 173m
	Urban population: 82%
	Slum to urban population: 37%
	Annual population growth rates:
	Urban: 2%
	Slum: 0%
(2001 estimates)

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Slum Indicators



% urban population with access to:
	Safe Water Source: 95%
	Improved sanitation: 76%
	Sufficient Living area: 90%
	Durable Housing: 97%
(2001 estimates)