Implementing the Habitat Agenda: Exploring lessons-learned and expectations for Habitat III event in New York May 26th
Monday, May 26, 2014
4:00 –6:00 pm
One UN Hotel New York -One United Nations Plaza, New York,
10017 –3575 United States
The UN
General Assembly has decided to convene the third United Nations
conference on housing and sustainable urban development (Habitat III) in 2016
to reinvigorate the global commitment to sustainable urbanisation focusing on
the implementation of a – New Urban Agenda.
This conference will build on the
Habitat Agenda and the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and
summits, particularly the Rio+20 conference, as well as the Post-2015
Development Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals. In 2013, Cities
Alliance Members have set up a Joint Work Programme that aims at preparing
inputs to the Habitat III Conferences while discussing priorities and messages
key to the Post 2015 Agenda. This policy dialogue aims at fostering discussion
among the partners of Cities Alliance at the invitation of the Global Taskforce
members.
The event will provide an informal and technical platform to
exchange on the expectations of different partners in respect to Habitat III in
order to contribute to the development of a New Urban Agenda. Outcomes from
this event will feed into the programming of the Joint Work Programme in
support of the formal preparation process of the Habitat III conference. The
discussion will be based on a key input provided by Robert Buckley, New School
and introduced by the Chair of Cities Alliance Executive Committee, Josep Roig.
Please note
that attendance is limited due to the size of the venue. RSVP
at rhohmann@citiesalliance.org.
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