Abstract
The idea that the planners, designers, builders and managers of human settlements need special education and training for their tasks is of fairly recent origin. It has found wide acceptance only since the Vancouver Conference which stated in its Declaration of Principles that “International and National Institutions should promote and institute educational programmes and courses in the subject of human settlements”2 and stressed training as an area of concern requiring special attention in its ~~o~en~tio~ for National Action3 Since then, the need to expand and improve the training of professionals involved in this field has been a recurring theme in pronouncements of national and international institutions. The UN Centre for Housing, Building and Planning and the World Bank have been leading in insisting that an element of training be included in all intemation~ly sponsored or supported settlement or resettlement projects. Lately, the Centre has also advocated that special attention be paid to the education of those involved with the improvement of the situation of people in slums, squatters’ colonies and other low-income settlements.
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