UN to train planners

The United Nations has launched a series of training programs in Hpa-an, Kayin State, that will teach dozens of local urban planners how to properly monitor the influx of property developments in Myanmar.

Put on by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) and the Urban Research and Development Institute – established in Yangon in 2012 by UN-Habitat in partnership with the Department of Human Settlement and Housing Development – the training program will focus on modern strategies for urban development, said Daw Moe Moe Oo, training and communications officer at UN-Habitat.

“The first training session is finished,” Daw Moe Moe Oo said, with the second session picking up in a month and a half. The sessions are spaced out, she said, so that they can monitor progress and keep track of trainees’ development over time.

A related program in Yangon running from December 12-16 will deal with water provision, urban drain connection system and transportation issues. Housing-related training programs have already run one session each in Yangon, Mandalay, Taunggyi and Monywa.

source: The Myanmar Times

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