Editing Aleppo (section)

===Integrated Urban Development in Aleppo===
[[File:Covered Suq of Aleppo2.JPG|thumb|''Souq al-Dira''', maintaining its traditional role as a tailoring centre]]
The "Integrated Urban Development in Aleppo" (UDP) is a joint programme between the German Development Cooperation (GTZ) and the Municipality of Aleppo.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.udp-aleppo.org/ |title=UDP-Aleppo |publisher=UDP-Aleppo |date=15 December 2011 |access-date=11 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315104149/http://www.udp-aleppo.org/ |archive-date=15 March 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> The programme promotes capacities for sustainable urban management and development at the national and municipal level.

The Programme has three fields of work:
# Aleppo City Development Strategy (CDS): promoting support structures for the municipality, including capacity building, networking, and developing municipal strength in the national development dialogue.
# Informal Settlements (IS): includes strategy and management development of informal settlements.
# The Project for the Rehabilitation of the Old City of Aleppo (OCA): includes further support for the rehabilitation of the Old City, as well as for a city development strategy oriented to the long term.

The UDP cooperates closely with other interventions in the sector, namely the EU-supported 'Municipal Administration Modernization' programme. It is planned to operate from 2007 to 2016.