AUICK Fifth Group Training Course
on Integrated Urban Policy 1998

BACKGROUND

With support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the City of Kobe, the Asian Urban Information Center of Kobe (AUICK) was founded in 1989. Since then it has been engaged in the study and research of urban problems facing Asian cities by conducting "Asian Urban Inquiries" and organizing "Research Projects". In addition, in 1994, the AUICK established the "Group Training Course on Integrated Urban Policy" for middle-ranking administrative officials in medium-sized cities in Asian countries, with the aim of introducing the process that Kobe and other Japanese cities have undergone and the actual urban policies they have implemented.

The City of Kobe has been consistently promoting the building of a city based on the citizens' needs, and the methods for building a city and for improving urban environments are highly evaluated at home and overseas. The City of Kobe is now promoting restoration work from the disasters caused by the earthquake in January 1995. Therefore, this course will also be able to introduce concrete plans and measures to build " a city that stands strong against disasters".

AIM

The objective of this training course is to introduce to middle-ranking administrative officials in medium-sized cities with a population of 100,000 to 4 million in Asian countries various concrete examples of how Kobe and other Japanese cities have been working to solve urban problems in housing, urban environments, transportation, public health and medical care - thus helping them to grasp clues to solutions on a wide scope of urban problems that have occurred due to population migration, and contributing to these cities' appropriate and sustainable development. At the same tune, the training course is aimed at contributing to the building of a network among medium-sized cities in Asian countries.

Targets to be Attained:

1. To obtain a summary understanding of population dynamics, family planning, housing, urban environments, transportation, public health and medical care, and welfare in Kobe and other Japanese cities, as well as plans to build a new disaster-safe city.
2. To understand what kind of urban problems occurred in Kobe, how these problems occurred, and how the Kobe city government is dealing with them.
3. To facilitate effective proposals from each participant to solve urban problems confronted by the city to which each participant belongs.
4. To form a network among the participants' cities, the City of Kobe, the UNFPA and AUICK.

PERIOD

Sunday 10 May to Thuesday 9 June 1998

PARTICIPANTS

Liu Qinghao
Vice Section Chief, Naniine Citv Planning Bureau, Nanjing, CHINA

Mao Lu
Assistant Research Fellow, Wuhan Academy of Social Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei, CHINA

Zhu Yun Fu
Deputy chief, Urban Development Division, Hangzhou Municipal Commission of Urban and Rural Construction, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, CHINA

Anton Sunarwibowo
Staff, Transportation and Tourism Section, Physical and Facilities Division, Regional Planning Board, Municipality of Bandung, INDONESIA

Saptastri Ediningtyas
Chief, Economic Section, Research Division, Regional Development Planning Board, Jakarta Capital City Administration, INDONESIA

Gabriel Francis Glenville Navarrete Gonzalez
Assistant City Administrator for Planning and Development, General Santos City, PHILIPPINES

Januario Biscocho Godoy
Assistant City Planning and Development Coordinator, Batangas City Government, PHILIPPINES

Virginia Sagut Deguinion
Officer, Housing and Homesite Regulations, City Planning and Development Office, City of Cagayan de Oro, PHILIPPINES

Pirun Wachirapakorn
Chief, Public Health Administration Subdivision, Nongkhai Municipality, THAILAND

Somsak Upapan
Community Development Worker, Department of Social Welfare, Chiangmai Municipality, THAILAND

Yongsak Nuntatikul
Director, Sanitary Works Division, Khon Kaen Municipality, THAILAND

Nguyen Thi Kim Hong
Deputy Chief, Professional Department, Population and Family Planning Committee, Danane People's Committee, VIETNAM

Nguyen Van Kham
Senior Expert, Administration Department, Hanoi People's Committee, VIETNAM

Trinh Thi Diep Chi
Expert, Planning and Investment Department, Danang People's Committee, VIETNAM

PROGRAM