Abstract

Between 1994 and 2000, the Unit for Housing and Urbanization (the Unit) and its successor, the Center for Urban Development Studies (CUDS), at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design, worked on the Lublin Local Initiatives Program to promote urban development in Lublin, Poland. The program focused on rehabilitation and revitalization in Lublin’s neighborhoods to improve the quality of life by introducing the involvement of citizens in the planning process through participatory and empowerment strategies and the mobilization of local resources.

The Unit/CUDS subcontracted for the consulting firm Planning and Collaborative Development International (PADCO), and USAID/RHUDO Warsaw funded the mission to prepare guidelines for the development of Lublin’s municipal, technical, and managerial capabilities. The project included tenant participation and housing rehabilitation components. This work by the Unit and CUDS earned a Best Practice Award for excellence in improving the living environment at the Habitat II Conference in Istanbul in June 1996.

Documents fall into three main groups:

• First, the Lublin Neighborhood Partnership Initiative documents (1995), including a Program Review mission, a Final Report, an Organizational Framework and Work Plan, a Strategy and Impact Assessment Impact Table, a paper on “Local Government Finance” by David Jones, and a Summary on “Initiating Neighborhood Partnerships” by Mona Serageldin and Ewa Kipta.
• Second, a “Lublin Old Town Rehabilitation Project” proposal for the community supported upgrading plans for the historic Old Town region of Lublin, with Summary by Mona Serageldin from July 1996, “Lublin Seminar on City Revitalization: Revitalization of Distressed Urban Neighborhoods.”
• Finally, a “Program Review Mission Field Report” November 1996 for the Polish cities of Szczecin and Lublin, with a “Lublin Field Report” from January 1997.

CUDS, later becoming I2UD, continued to rework Lublin-related documentation throughout the 2000-2010s for educational case studies or presentations. See two examples below for the Lublin Local Initiatives Program: Institutionalization of Community Based Development (Case Study, March 1997) and Lublin Local Initiatives Program: A Success Story (Report, October 2000).

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Project Year:	1994-2000
Project Type:	Technical Assistance
Geographic Regions:	Lublin, Poland
Reports:	Lublin Neighborhood Partnership Initiative: Program Review Mission (Mona Serageldin, October 1995) Lublin Neighborhood Partnership Initiative: (Final Report, November 1995) Lublin Neighborhood Partnership Initiative: (Summary, Mona Serageldin and Ewa Kipta) Lublin Neighborhood Partnership Initiative: Organizational Framework and Work Plan to Institutionalize Approach (October 1994) Lublin Neighborhood Partnership Initiative: Strategy and Impact Assessment (Table, 1994) Lublin Neighborhood Partnership Initiative: Local Government Finance (David Jones, March 1995) Lublin Neighborhood Partnership Initiative: Strategy and Impact Assessment Table (1994) Lublin Neighborhood Partnership Initiative: Report on Technical Workshops (April 1995) Lublin Neighborhood Partnership Initiative: Institutionalization of Community Based Development (Case Study, March 1997) Lublin Neighborhood Partnership Initiative: A Success Story (Report, October 2000) — Lublin Old Town Rehabilitation Project: (Proposal) Lublin Seminar on City Revitalization: Revitalization of Distressed Urban Neighborhoods (Summary, Mona Serageldin, July 1996) — Program Review Mission: Szczecin and Lublin (Field Report, November 1996) Program Review Mission: Lublin (Field Report, January 1997)
Authors:	Mona Serageldin; Janne Corneil; John Driscoll; Ewa Kipta; David C. Jones; David Neilson; Richard Shortt; Bogue Trondowski; Anna Zietek
Sponsors:	USAID Regional Housing and Urban Development Office
Categories:	Reconciliation and Development
ID:	1994_08_001

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