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On 16th October 2016, on the eve of the Third UN Conference of Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III), over a thousand representatives of local and regional governments gathered in Quito for the 

 

 Local and regional governments are set to make a splash at Habitat III with the World Assembly of Local and Regional Governments, the Local and Regional Government Lounge, and a range of innovative side-events at this major glo

On World Habitat Day 2016, the Global Taskforce of Local and Regional Governments celebrates the landmark inclusion of a reference to the Right to the City in the New Urban Agenda and calls on the international community to<

The final draft of the New Urban Agenda to be adopted at the Habitat III Conference in October recognizes the local government constituency and includes many of our main recommendations.

The informal negotiations in New York from 7-9 September mark the beginning of the countdown to the adoption of the New Urban Agenda at Habitat III.