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The
Centre for Urban and Community Studies (CUCS) partners with
institutions and organizations around the world on cross-sectoral and
cross-cultural exchanges, learning collaborations and joint research
projects.
For
more than two decades, CUCS has taken part in cross-sectoral and
cross-cultural exchanges, learning collaborations, and joint research
projects in countries around the world. At the invitation of foreign
governments, research councils, international development agencies, or
NGOs, CUCS provides technical assistance, consulting, academic exchange
and training, monitoring, and evaluation in:
- urban planning, governance & management;
- affordable housing & housing policy;
- environmental planning;
- public policy;
- urban transportation & infrastructure;
- urban education & health;
- local economic development & budgeting;
- information systems & data management;
- human rights issues in relation to urban development
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The
Centre matches relevant Canadian expertise to its projects through its
network of municipal and provincial governmental departments, civil
society organizations and NGOs, and U of T divisions such as OISE-UT,
the Centre for International Health, the Faculty of Social Work, the
Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, and the Munk Centre for
International Studies. These international initiatives have received
support from funding institutions such as CIDA, SSHRC, the World Bank,
and the Ford Foundation, among others.
Recent international research initiatives include:
- studies on family and social structure and their impact on health in urban India;
- capacity-building for sustainable urban development in Bolivia;
- decentralization of municipal services in Ukraine.
A
recent project in India, co-funded by the Shastri Indo-Canadian
Institute and CIDA and carried out in partnership with the Tata
Institute of Social Sciences, promoted sustainable community
development by improving access to affordable good quality health care
for families living in urban slums. In Ukraine, CUCS collaborates with
the National Academy of Public Administration at the Office of the
President of Ukraine, and its regional institutes in Odesa and Kharkiv
to improve curricula and policy mechanisms related to decentralized
quality assurance procedures and local governance in the southern and
eastern regions of Ukraine.
CUCS
also collaborates with partners in Europe, the United States, China,
and Japan to advance networking and comparative studies in housing,
urban transportation, and urban planning. CUCS develops its projects
through participatory planning and a results-based management approach.
for further information
Anatoly Oleksiyenko, Program Director
Fax 416-978-7162
Centre for Urban and Community Studies
455 Spadina Avenue, Suite 400
Toronto, ON Canada M5S 2G8
Urban Research in the Developing World
Four volumes.
Special price. A thorough analysis of the
state of urbanization in the world's most
dynamic regions.
Richard
Stren, editor Click here for information |
CUCS Meetings with Partners in Kyiv and Odesa, November 2005
CUCS Workshop in Bhopal, August 2005
Trends in Family and Social
Structure and their Impact on Health in Urban India: A Case
Study of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
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