PLANNING & FINANCE
Planning is a critical starting point to embed human rights. So too is how a project is financed.
Investors and their expected returns will have a significant impact on whether a project or business prioritises positive social outcomes, including when governments are attracting private finance.
Click the overarching and stage-specific principles below to review the guiding questions across this stage. These questions will help you to identify the main human rights risks and opportunities and develop a tailored action plan.
All neighbourhoods have access to public space
Guiding questions
Have any risks that the project will curtail or restrict access to public space been adequately managed?
Does the project present opportunities to expand access to public space?
Within efforts to expand access to public space, have the full spectrum of potential users of the space been taken into account (see "All human rights standards are upheld"), in close consultation with the local community? Have unique needs been addressed, to ensure accessibility and safety?
Can flexibility be provided to the public space that would enable adaptation to changing community needs?
Stories and illustrative examples
International standards and tools
"Public Space Policy Framework", UCLG
Sustainable Development Goals - Target 11.7: By 2030, provide universal access to safe, inclusive and accessible, green and public spaces, in particular for women and children, older persons and persons with disabilities