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SUM (Settlements and Urban Management) Consult GmbH is a consulting company established in 1988 in Wiesbaden, Germany. It is managed by two partners: Roland Ziss (urban economist) and Joanna Kotowski (urban and social sector specialist). Our work targets poverty alleviation and social development, focusing on the areas of human settlements and housing finance, social infrastructure and community development, violence prevention, and youth-oriented social integration. SUM Consult has expertise in the areas of:
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Informal settlement in Bogotá, Colombia
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Human settlements and housing finance
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Participatory design and operation of infrastructure and services for settlement upgrading processes
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Land use analysis and land management techniques, including the legalisation of tenure in informal settlements
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Implementation of low-cost housing, incremental housing and settlement upgrading programmes
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Inclusion of energy efficiency consideration into the implementation of physical and social infrastructure
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Housing finance, including development of micro-credit systems, building material, construction and home improvement loans (e.g. revolving, equity and market development funds)
Children in an informal settlement in Cairo, Egypt
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Institutional and community development
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Inter-institutional cooperation between urban development agencies (e.g. municipalities, utility companies, financial agents and ministries) and social sector institutions
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Organisational development of municipalities, housing and finance institutions, including human resources development and capacity building of local personnel
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Municipal finance and management methods
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Networking between NGOs, governmental institutions and private sector
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Design and implementation of socially and gender-oriented development policies
Youth promotion and violence prevention
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Self-help support, community participation and development of appropriate forms of community organisation, including conflict prevention and mitigation
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Development of policies and programmes to increase the participation and social integration of poor target groups, especially young people (including instruments for prevention of drug abuse and violence)
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