In July 2024, UHPH-MENA, in collaboration with the Government of Egypt’s Urban Development Fund (UDF), BENAA Foundation for Sustainable Development, Makanuna Placemaking Initiative, and the Arab Academy for Science and Maritime Technology, organized a 2-day workshop followed by an intervention to upgrading a public space in the public housing neighbourhood of Asmarat in Cairo, Egypt. The activity was part of the Egypt Urban Campaign, under the banner of UN-Habitat’s World Urban Campaign.

For two days the organizing team worked side-by-side with residents to implement upgrades to a public passageway based on changes that the residents themselves requested during the workshop. For more information about the event, watch the below video.