The latest draft of the New Urban Agenda reveals that the voices of cities and territories are having an impact, but Habitat III must go further if it is not to be a missed opportunity to harness urbanization for sustainable development.
A delegation of the Global Taskforce will be in Surabaya from June 24 to 27 to share our feedback on the latest draft of the New Urban Agenda and to call for transformative changes to urban governance at Habitat III
The call comes in response to the release of the draft resolution for the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda by the High Level Political Forum charged with monitoring the implementation and review of the 2030 Agenda on behalf of the international community.
From 15-17 May 2016, over 100 representatives of sub-national governments from around the world gathered at UN headquarters in New York to share our vision for the New Urban Agenda and call for our recommendations to be heeded at Habitat III
The programme reveals the strong delegation of local and regional leaders and representatives of local governments that will be in New York to give inputs on the New Urban Agenda
The local and regional government networks of the Global Taskforce have published an initial response to the zero draft of the New Urban Agenda that was released on Saturday May 7.