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A Call for Joint Action to Achieve the SDGs: Advancing Integrated Solutions to Accelerate Change
United States of America
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development will require a new culture of “shared responsibility,” described by the UN Secretary-General as based [...]
ONU y Ecuador firmaron acuerdo marco para conferencia sobre vivienda y desarrollo urbano sostenible
Este viernes 25 de septiembre, en la ciudad de Nueva York, la ministra de Desarrollo Urbano y Vivienda, María de [...]
Safer Cities: A Framework to Address Universal Access to Safe and Inclusive Public Spaces
United States of America
UN-Habitat is partnering with the Global Urban Futures Project within the New School, New America, and Next City on a [...]
Thanks to the Pope’s Visit, We Get a Preview of Car-Free Philly
United States of America
To ensure Pope Francis’ visit to Philadelphia is successful and safe, many of the streets in Center City are being [...]
Grapevine: Cities Summit
Israel
The Tel Aviv-Jaffa Municipality has spearheaded several initiatives around the principle of engaging with its residents and leveraging their input [...]
Mayor Heads to New York to Formally Endorse UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
United States of America
This afternoon Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges is headed to New York to formally endorse the United Nations’ (UN) Sustainable Development [...]
Habitat III – Greater Montréal Contributes to the New Urban Agenda
Canada
On October 6 and 7, 2015, stakeholders from the international community representing Member States, metropolitan area institutions and international civil society will gather [...]
Ministra Paulina Saball participó en Asamblea General de Minurvi como antesala de Conferencia Hábitat III
Chile
Ministros y Máximas Autoridades de Vivienda y el Urbanismo de América Latina y El Caribe (MINURVI), acuerdan elaborar [...]
L’AIF à propos de Habitat III: Toute émission de texte doit se faire dans le cadre des Droits de l’Homme
United States of America
Habitat III est la Conférence des Nations Unies sur l’Habitat et le Développement Urbain Durable qui doit [...]
Habitat III e-Discussion Opens on Metropolitan Areas
United States of America
While experts on metropolitan governance will gather in Montréal in early October for the second Habitat III “thematic meeting” [...]
Erice, “Intensive school” per cambiare le città
Italy
Si svolgeranno ad Erice dal 25 settembre al 3 ottobre le attività di una Intensive School, il cui obiettivo è quello di individuare [...]
Vivienda noticia alentadora
Uruguay
Leí una alentadora noticia en lo que a vivienda se refiere. La Intendencia de Montevideo quiere analizar el tema de [...]
Preparing for the Great Metropolitanization
United States of America
While the world is rapidly urbanizing, it also rapidly metropolitanizing. In the 40 years from 1975 to 2015, the number of metropolitan areas [...]
Your Comprehensive Guide to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals Summit
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
After nearly three years of open global consultations, fraught negotiations and some high jinks, the proposed sustainable development goals (SDGs) [...]
La risposta alle sfide ambientali: città sempre più protagoniste
Italy
Agenda 21, Cop 21, Habitat III, One hundred resilient cities, Patto dei sindaci 2030, Agenda Urbana post 2015, Dichiarazione di Nantes 2013. Sono solo alcuni [...]
La función del placemaking como una Nueva Agenda Urbana
Chile
Imaginar cómo serán las ciudades durante las próximas décadas ha llevado a autores de múltiples [...]
Dia Mundial do Habitat da ONU destaca importância dos espaços públicos para cidades saudáveis
Brazil
As ruas e os espaços públicos são, cada vez mais, considerados como “espinha dorsal” de uma cidade. [...]
U.N. General Assembly Opens with Habitat III Rules to Resolve
Spain
The U. N. General Assembly opened its 70th session this week amidst multiple burning issues, including sectarian war and violence [...]
Quito celebrará por primera vez una semana por la Sostenibilidad
Ecuador
Por primera vez en Quito, se celebrará la “Semana de la Sostenibilidad: Hacia un Quito Responsable” desde el 1 al 7 de [...]
Achieving Healthy, Sustainable Urban Futures
The shift to a new global development framework, as embodied in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), is timely because it [...]
Preparing for the Great Metropolitanization
United States of America
Ahead of the next Habitat III thematic meeting, a new discussion paper highlights Greater Montréal’s innovations in metropolitan [...]
Mercociudades aunó posiciones en la garantía del acceso al habitat
Argentina
Aplicación de la ley de acceso justo al habitat, proyectos regionales, trabajo mancomunado de desarrollo social, urbano y medioambiental [...]
Positive Ageing Week 2015 Enters Its Teens & Focuses on the Importance of Older People
Ireland
In its thirteenth year, Positive Ageing Week 2015 will continue to bring communities together to celebrate ageing and make Ireland the [...]
Inextricably Interlinked: The Urban SDG and the New Development Agenda
United States of America
As humankind, we sit on a ticking bomb of environmental, economic, social and cultural challenges, all of which are interconnected. [...]
Expo 67 de Montréal, un évènement marquant
Canada
Du 27 avril au 29 octobre 1967, plus de 50 millions de personnes ont franchi les tourniquets d’Expo 67 pour visiter ce qui s’ [...]
Conselho das Cidades aprova relatório nacional sobre desenvolvimento urbano para a Habitat III
Brazil
O relatório foi construído de forma participativa com governos estaduais, municipais e sociedadee reflete a visão do [...]
Critical Dialogues and Curated Labs Series: The New Urban Agenda ‘on the ground’
Germany
The IASS is initiating and facilitating a Series of Critical Dialogues and curated LABS on the practicalities of implementing the [...]
Bundeskongress steht im Zeichen der Flüchtlingskrise
Germany
ntegration und sozialer Zusammenhalt in unseren Städten – diese Themen sind aktueller denn je. Die Unterbringung von Flüchtlingen und [...]
In Colombia, Neighborhoods Can Mean Life or Death
More than one billion children live in cities around the world. Africa and Asia are urbanizing at a break-neck pace. [...]
Jolting Into Action for Safe Cities
United States of America
There’s no place like home.” Just like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, most of us want a safe [...]
Seminário em Curitiba trata de Infraestrutura, Concessões e PPPs
Brazil
O Sindicato da Indústria da Construção Civil no estado do Paraná, com a promoção da Câmara [...]
Le 15 septembre, Journée internationale de la démocratie, les gouvernements locaux et régionaux s’engagent aux côtés de la société civile
Canada
Cette année, le message de la Journée internationale de la démocratie porte sur « l'espace pour la socié [...]
Las ciudades, clave para resolver el problema de los refugiados
Spain
Por primera vez en la historia de la humanidad, más de la mitad de la población mundial reside [...]
Con importantes conclusiones finaliza encuentro sobre ciudades patrimoniales en Quito
Chile
Un amplio abanico de temas abordaron los participantes de la reunión internacional orientada a debatir y analizar la problemá [...]
Urban “Fingerprints” to Help with Planning?
India
"...The maps were created by researchers at the center’s Urban Age program, who have been studying how the layout [...]
Govt Has Housing Fix-Up Plan
Barbados
GOVERNMENT IS CONSIDERING entering into arrangements with owners of abandoned and derelict buildings in a bid to acquire them and [...]
Digital vs. Analogue at Habitat III Meeting on Civic Engagement
United States of America
What is the best way for residents to engage with their city hall, in old-fashioned meetings or via new-fangled technology? [...]
Habitat International Coalition: Llamado a la conformación de Comités Populares rumbo a Hábitat III
Brazil
Nosotros y nosotras, integrantes de comunidades originarias, pueblos, barrios y ciudades, participantes de movimientos populares, asociaciones civiles, instituciones académicas [...]
Perspectiva de género, fundamental para la ciudad que necesitamos
Mexico
El Colegio de la Frontera Norte llevó a cabo el “Foro Ciudad y género: la ciudad que necesitamos”, en [...]
Civic Engagement
United States of America
Digital tools are championed in the name of citizen engagement, often to connect citizens to services. However, choosing the format [...]
Ada Apa Jokowi Tak Hadir Konferensi Kepala Daerah Sedunia?
Indonesia
Direktur Eksekutif For Center Budget Analisys (CBA), Uchok Sky Khadafi angkat bicara soal ketidakhadiran Presiden Joko Widodo (Jokowi) dalam acara [...]
Mercociudades aunó posiciones en torno a garantizar el acceso al habitat
Argentina
Aplicación de la ley de acceso justo al habitat, proyectos regionales, trabajo mancomunado de desarrollo social, urbano y medioambiental [...]
Jokowi Batal Hadir di Wakatobi karena Ada yang Cari Untung
Indonesia
Ketidakhadiran Presiden Joko Widodo dalam acara Konferensi Internasional Kepala Daerah se-Asia Pasifik yang diselenggarakan di Wakatobi merupakan bentuk amburadulnya manajemen [...]
Tel Aviv Soliciting Input for Habitat III Declaration on Civic Engagement
United States of America
This week’s Habitat III thematic meeting on civic engagement in Tel Aviv drew 1,000 attendees during the sixth annual Cities [...]
Como “Huésped Ilustre de Quito” fue distinguido el Alcalde Jorge Castro
Chile
En el marco del Encuentro Internacional “El Paisaje Urbano Histórico como herramienta del desarrollo urbano sostenible”, que se está [...]