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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<\/strong> to promote urban development in Lublin, Poland<\/strong>. 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Unit\/CUDS subcontracted for the consulting firm Planning and Collaborative Development International (PADCO)<\/strong>, 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 <\/strong>in Istanbul <\/strong>in June 1996<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Documents fall into three main groups:<\/p>\n\n\n\n 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)<\/a> and Lublin Local Initiatives Program: A Success Story (Report, October 2000)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSee related I2UD projects below<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n