FORTY FINALIST SHORT LISTED FOR BEST PRACTICES AWARDS:

AFRICA

· Luanda Sul Self-Financed Urban Infrastructure Programme (ANGOLA)

· Programme for the Protection and Clean-up of the Environment (BENIN)

· Maweni Squatters Resettling Programme, Voi (KENYA)

· City Garbage Recyclers (KENYA)

· Hatooa Mose Mosali (LESOTHO)

· Shambob Brick Producers Co-operative Society, Kassala (SUDAN)

ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

· Funan River Comprehensive Revitalization Project of Urban Settlements (CHINA)

· Kunming Urban Development and Public Transport Project (CHINA)

· Sustainable Shenyang Project (CHINA)

· Cost-Effective and Appropriate Sanitation Systems (INDIA)

· Social and Financial Empowerment of Poor Women in India (INDIA)

· An Integrated Hotel Solid Waste Management System in Bali (INDONESIA)

· Women's Empowerment Programme (NEPAL)

· Bantay Puerto Programme (Puerto Princesa Watch) (PHILIPPINES)

· Socialized and Incremental Housing Project (PHILIPPINES)

MIDDLE EAST

· Programme for Credit to Small Production and Vocational Enterprises (JORDAN)

· Tourism and Coastal Zone Management in Turkey: The rali Practice (TURKEY)

· Rehabilitation of Hebron Old City (PALESTINE)

WESTERN EUROPE

· Sustainable Urban Renewal, Vienna (AUSTRIA)

· Proyecto URBAN San Luis-Alameda de Hules, Sevilla (SPAIN)

· Spanish Greenways Programme: Ecological re-use of disused railway lines (SPAIN)

· Oliver Park. Live it! A citizen participation experience (SPAIN)

CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE

· Street Children in Bitola (FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA)

· Strategy of the Town Development (SLOVAKIA)

NORTH AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

· The Hamilton-Wentworth Air Quality Initiative & Vision 2020 (CANADA)

· Integrating a gender perspective into public transit (CANADA)

· Union de Vecinos (USA)

· The Matura Turtle Tourism and Conservation Programme (TRINIDAD and TOBAGO)

LATIN AMERICA

· Municipal Environmental Urban Management: “A commitment for everyone” (ARGENTINA)

· Housing, infrastructure and poverty eradication in villages and slum areas (BRAZIL)

· Formation Programme in Public Security, Human Rights and Citizenship (BRAZIL)

· Porto Alegre Participatory Budgeting (BRAZIL)

· Bioremediation of Sanitary Landfill in Aura, BEL, PAR(BRAZIL)

· Doctors of Happiness (BRAZIL)

· Programme for the Urban Recovery of the North Bank of the Biobio River (CHILE)

· Popular Habitat Programme (COSTA RICA)

· National programme for low energy and material consumption for housing (CUBA)

· Democratization municipal management for equitable/sustainable development (ECUADOR)

· Solid Waste Management/Environmental Sanitation Public-Private Management (EL SALVADOR)

· Participatory Urban Action of Villa El Salvador-Peru: Villa Can More (PERU)

* Regions Based On UN General Assembly groupings of member states