Regional Participation

Introduction

The Habitat III preparatory process included a regional track to capture the regional dimension in the formulation of the New Urban Agenda.

Official substantive inputs to the process came through the Habitat III Regional Reports that were prepared building on the Habitat III National Reports, other relevant sources, the conduct of Regional Expert Group Meetings, as well as the outcomes of Regional and Thematic Meetings.

Substantive knowledge and political positioning were also advanced through the contribution of the discussions and outcomes Regional Ministerial Meetings, National Urban Forums, and other relevant events that were held in all regions in the lead-up to the Habitat III Conference.

The regional groupings on this page are based on the United Nations Regional Commissions.

Africa

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Official regional process
- Africa Regional Meeting
  
  Abuja, Nigeria 24 - 26 February 2016
  More Details
- Expert Group Meetings
  - EGM1 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    18 January 2016
  - EGM2 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    21-22 January 2016
- Ministerial Regional Meeting
  - AMCHUD 5 N 'Djamena, Chad 25-28 February 2014
- Thematic Meeting on Informal Settlements
  - Pretoria, South Africa 7-8 April 2016 More details
- View regional report
Other relevant meetings
- National Urban Forum
  - Cameroon Urban Forum Yaounde 10-15 October 2014
  - Ethiopia Urban Forum Diredawa 15-21 November 2014
  - Nigeria Urban Forum Abuja 13-14 October 2014
  - Liberia Urban Forum Monrovia 24-25 June 2015
  - Madagascar Urban Forum Antananarivo 19-21 October 2015
  - Burkina Faso Urban Forum Ouagadougou 26-28 October 2015
  - Burkina Faso Urban Forum Bobo-Dioulasso 10-11 November 2016
Other meetings/events
- Africa Conference of Ministers of Finance, Economic Development and Planning Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 25 – 31 March 2015
- Third International Conference on Financing for Development Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 13 – 16 July 2015
- AU Ministerial meeting July 2015
- Africities Summit Johannesburg 29 November - 3 December 2015
- Africa Regional Validation Workshop April 2016
- Africa Urban Summit April 2016
- AU Summit January 2016
- Biennial Meeting of the Sub-Committee on Housing and Urban Development (HUD) of the AU STC No. 8 2016

Asia and the Pacific

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Official regional process
- Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting
  
  Jakarta, Indonesia 21-22 October 2015 More Details
- Ministerial Regional Meetings
  - APMCHUD 5 Seoul, South Korea 3 – 5 November 2014
  - APMCHUD 6 New Delhi, India 2016
- Expert Group Meetings
  
  EGM for the Regional Report, Bangkok, Thailand, 27-28 January 2016
  
  EGM on Sustainable Urban Development in Asia and the Pacific: Towards a New Urban Agenda, United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC), Bangkok, Thailand
  2–3 December 2014
- View regional report
Other relevant meetings
- National Urban Forums
  - Urban Youth Assembly Jakarta, Indonesia 18 October 2015
  - National Urban Conference Somolon Islands 27–29 June 2016
Other meetings/events
- Pacific Urban Forum Nadi
  
  Fiji, 25–27 March 2015
- APUF 6 Preparatory 2
  
  Bangkok, Thailand, 09–10 July 2015
- Asia-Pacific Urban
  Forum 6
  
  Jakarta, Indonesia, 19–21 October 2015

Europe and North America

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Official Regional Process
- Europe Regional Meeting
  
  Prague, Czech Republic
  16-18 March 2016 More Details
- Ministerial Regional Meeting
  
  76th Session of the Committee on Housing and Land Management – UNECE
  
  Geneva, Switzerland
  14-16 December 2015
- Thematic Meeting on Civic Engagement
  - Tel-Aviv, Israel 7-8 September 2015 More Details
  - Metropolitan Areas Montreal, Canada 6-7 October 2015 More Details
  - Public Spaces Barcelona, Spain 4-5 April 2016 More Details
- Expert Group Meetings
  - EGM 1 Milano, Italy 29 May 2015
  - EGM 2 Geneva, Switzerland
    8 – 10 July 2015
  - EGM 3 Brussels, Belgium
    21-22 September 2015
- View regional report
Other relevant meetings
- National Urban Forums
  - National Urban Dialogue Armenia 9 April 2015
  - National Urban Dialogue Moldova 8-9 September 2015
  - Belarus National Urban Forum Minsk 16 October 2015
  - Moscow Urban Forum Moscow, Russia December 2015
  - National Urban Dialogue Tajikistan 26 October 2015
  - National Urban Dialogue Belgrade, Serbia 9 - 10 November 2015
  - National Urban Forum Prague, Czech Republic 3 December 2015
  - National Urban Forum Acre, Israel 17 - 19 November 2015
Other meetings/events
- Joint Meeting of the Network of Territorial Cohesion Contact Points and the Urban Development Group (EU Urban Development Group) Riga, Latvia 10 – 11 March 2015
- XIV All-Russian Forum: Strategic planning in cities and regions of Russia St. Petersburg, Russia 19-20 October 2015
- The 3rd Europe Housing Forum Berlin, Germany 18-20 November 2015
- UNFCCC COP 21 Paris, France 30 November - 11 December 2015

Latin America and Caribbean

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Official Regional Process
- Thematic Meeting on Intermediate Cities
  
  Cuenca, Ecuador 9-11 November 2015
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- Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Meeting
  
  Toluca, Mexico 18-20 April 2016
  More Details
- Thematic Meeting on Financing Urban Development
  
  Mexico City, Mexico 9-11 March 2016
  More Details
- Expert Group Meetings
  - EGM1 Asuncion, Paraguay
    2–4 December 2015
  - EGM2 Bridgetown,Barbados
    14–15 December 2015
- Ministerial Regional Meeting
  
  Regular Meeting MINURVI Montego Bay, Jamaica 25-28 August 2015
- Ministerial Regional Meeting
  
  Regular Meeting MINURVI Asunción, Paraguay 6-8 July 2016
- View regional report
Other relevant meetings
- National Urban Forums
  - Caribbean Urban Forum Castries, St. Lucia 10-12 June 2015
  - Chile Urban Forum Santiago de Chile 22 June 2015
  - Barbados Urban Forum Bridgetown 13-14 July 2015
  - Colombia Urban Forum Bogota 03–04 September 2015
  - National Urban Forum Port-au-Prince, Haiti 29 June 2016
  - IV National Urban Forum Colombia Cali, Colombia 4–5 August 2016
  - II National Urban Forum Ecuador Guayaquil, Ecuador 12 July 2016
Other meetings/events
- IX Latin American Congress of Cities and Local Governments 20-22 August 2015
- International Seminar Heading for Habitat III São Paulo, Brazil 29th of February and the 1st of March 2016

Western Asia

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Official regional process
- Thematic Meeting on Sustainable Energy and Cities
  
  Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 20 January 2016 More Details
- Expert Group Meetings:
- EGM1: E-consultation with experts and UN agencies
  Online, 21 – 27 September 2015
- EGM2 with experts and UN agencies
  Cairo, Egypt 11 - 12 January 2016
- Finalization Workshop, Beirut, Lebanon
  22-23 February 2016
- Ministerial Regional Meeting:
  
  1st Arab Ministerial Forum for Housing and Urban Development (AMFHUD)
  Cairo, Egypt, 20–22 December 2015
- View regional report
Other relevant meetings
- National Urban Forums
  - Urban Youth Assembly, Jakarta,
    Indonesia, 18 October 2015
  - Egypt Urban Forum, Cairo
    14 – 16 June 2015
  - Saudi Arabia Urban Forum, Riyadh
    29–31 March 2016
Other meetings/events
- ECOCITY 11 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 11 – 15 October 2015-08-04
- Second Session of the Arab High Level Forum on Sustainable Development Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain 5 - 7 May 2015
- Expert Group Meeting “Urban Legislation in the Arab Region” September 2015
- International Dialogue on Migration 2015: Conference on Migrants and Cities “Arab Side Event” Geneva, Switzerland 26 – 27 October 2015
- Arab Towns Organisation - General Assembly Meeting Algeria April 2016

Official regional process

Africa Regional Meeting

Expert Group Meetings

Ministerial Regional Meeting

Thematic Meeting on Informal Settlements

Other relevant meetings

National Urban Forum

Other meetings/events

Official regional process

Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting

Ministerial Regional Meetings

Expert Group Meetings

Other relevant meetings

National Urban Forums

Other meetings/events

Pacific Urban Forum Nadi

APUF 6 Preparatory 2

Asia-Pacific Urban Forum 6

Official Regional Process

Europe Regional Meeting

Ministerial Regional Meeting

Thematic Meeting on Civic Engagement

Expert Group Meetings

Other relevant meetings

National Urban Forums

Other meetings/events

Official Regional Process

Thematic Meeting on Intermediate Cities

Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Meeting

Thematic Meeting on Financing Urban Development

Expert Group Meetings

Ministerial Regional Meeting

Ministerial Regional Meeting

Other relevant meetings

National Urban Forums

Other meetings/events

Official regional process

Thematic Meeting on Sustainable Energy and Cities

Expert Group Meetings:

Ministerial Regional Meeting:

Other relevant meetings

National Urban Forums

Launch of Lebanon's Habitat III National Report

Other meetings/events

Asia-Pacific Urban
Forum 6