Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Economic and Social:
Development
Extreme poverty
Habitat
Social Development
Women/gender Equality
Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
Capacity building
Sustainable Development:
Human settlements
Poverty
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| Geographic scope: |
International
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| Country of activity: |
Namibia
Nepal
Argentina
Zambia
Pakistan
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Botswana
Thailand
Zimbabwe
Mozambique
Uganda
Liberia
South Africa
Burkina Faso
Philippines
India
Ghana
Lesotho
Brazil
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Nigeria
Sierra Leone
Kenya
Eswatini
Malawi
Sri Lanka
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| Millennium Development Goals: |
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Promote gender equality and empower women
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| Mission statement: |
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| Year of registration: |
1996 |
| Organizational structure: |
The supreme governing body of SDI is the Council of Federations, which includes all “mature” federations in the network. The definition of a mature federation is any federation that has achieved national or citywide scale and have worked with governments to secure and develop land for the urban poor. As of June 2011, there are 14 mature federations within the SDI network. They are: Brazil, Ghana, India, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Nepal, Philippines, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. The Council meets once a year and sets the agenda for the board of SDI.
The board is made up of representatives of slum dweller federations and their NGO partners from amongst the mature federation countries. The majority of the board comes from slum communities.
The coordinators of SDI oversee the implementation of board decisions. Like the board, the majority of these coordinators are from SDI-affiliated federations.
The secretariat of SDI is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the network, including administration of the Urban Poor Fund International (UPFI), research and documentation, and international exchanges. There are currently 10 staff members of the secretariat. The head office of the secretariat is in Cape Town, South Africa, though some members of staff are located elsewhere in Africa and Europe. |
| Number and type of members: |
SDI has roughly 1.1 million members in urban slum settlements worldwide, and touches the lives of a much higher number of urban poor households. |
| Affiliation with NGO networks: |
WIEGO, AAPS, UCLG, HUAIROU Commission |
| Funding structure: |
Foreign and international grants
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| Funding structure other: |
Revolving funds; Small endowment fund |
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