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DPU staff successfully ran three sessions at the in Naples, Italy last week. The international forum organised by UN-Habitat is described by the Executive Director Dr. Joan Clos as 鈥渢he world鈥檚 premier conference on cities鈥�.

ran the session 鈥楥ommunity Land Trusts: Permanent Affordability for Long-Term Community Benefit鈥� in collaboration with the

The training event 鈥楬ow To Do: Participatory Design of the Built Environment鈥� was run by in collaboration with . It attracted over 100 participants from a diverse range of backgrounds 鈥� slum dwellers, CBOs, NGOs, private sector, academics, as well as managers of large scale development projects and local and central government officials. According to organisers, the session demonstrated how participatory design can be of value in urban development; not only in building more responsive products, but also in building stronger and more resilient communities.

The third session organised by in Collaboration with the on 鈥楾he Challenges of Urban Planning for a Disaster Resilient Future鈥�. The session was a first effort to bring together a number of organizations working on the topic and engaging directly with planning organisations. According to Cassidy, the event marks the beginning of a larger collaborative project with UNISDR and others working on planning and disaster risk reduction.

The WUF was also a great opportunity for DPU to catch up over the traditional DPU dinner with alumni and prospective students who traveled for the event from all corners of the globe.

We鈥檒l look forward to doing it all again in 2014!

*all photos by Camillo Boano