The main purpose of the National System of Territorial Information (SNIT) is to have an affect on policy making in order to meet the UN millennium development goals. It is necessary for governments to have access to reliable and regularly monitored information in order to be able to make objective policies with the aim of reducing poverty. The national and local governments have already demonstrated their commitment towards creating such a monitoring data base by participating in the development and implementation of SNIT. The participation of local administrations in this project has also created important research capacities for future collection and monitoring of SNIT data. Urban poverty reduction is an enormous task in cities like Luanda and Huambo which have suffered the affects of decades of conflict. The massive shift of populations from rural to urban areas during these years has compounded the problem. The continuing rapid population growth often hides real progress and the impacts of increasing infrastructural investments and projects realised due to the parallel growth in demand. SNIT can be an invaluable tool in monitoring the needs or “demands” for urban services in a manner that will assist state and non-state actors to plan their strategies to more effectively “supply” these services.
DW Angola
Development Workshop Angola