Dear Partners, dear City Changers and followers,
The UN-Habitat Secretariat have the pleasure to announce the 3rd WUC Assembly Meeting. The WUC Assembly is held at least once a year to gather all partners and present achievements of the past year. The Steering Committee reports to its members on key results, acknowledging new partners and engaging in a dialogue. Also, the Executive Director conveys UN-Habitat’s vision for the next steps and future milestones of the World Urban Campaign. The theme for this year’s assembly will be “Increasing advocacy by the World Urban Campaign to support sustainable and inclusive, recovery and long-term resilience.”
Approved in 2020, the vision of the WUC to 2030 is to develop solutions and take action in cities and communities to implement the New Urban Agenda to accelerate the achievement of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) by 2030. The WUC Goal is to help achieve the urban dimension of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) by 2030 and implement the New Urban Agenda. The WUC has been thriving on partnerships to deliver on actions in a spirit of collaboration and mutual support amongst the diverse community of partners. Discussions will highlight how building synergies is crucial in order to catalyze actions that will accelerate the achievement of the (SDGs).
In 2022, the focus will be on our urban future; more precisely ‘Transforming our Cities for a Better Urban Future.’ The coronavirus pandemic is a stark reminder that urban areas need to be prepared for a dynamic and unpredictable future. Together as the World Urban Campaign we can steer the debate around the theme to supercharge ideas to solutions and help deliver the urban dimensions of the Decade of Action. It has been an exciting journey that will end after COP26; a key moment for all of us to hopefully see more commitments to address climate change. We invite you to join us on Wednesday 13th October from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm (EAT; Nairobi time) in celebrating the achievements of the past year and committing to our vision of “together shaping the future of cities leaving no one behind.”
The meeting is open to all WUC Partners and will be organized through video conference using Webex by Cisco.
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Event number (access code): 2557 375 0448
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We invite you to join us on Wednesday, 13rd October from 14:00 to 17:00 (Nairobi time).
Kindly find below our Agenda:
14:00-14:05
Welcome
By Director of External Relations, Strategy, Knowledge and Innovation, UN-Habitat
14:05-14:25
Address by UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif
Increasing advocacy by the World Urban Campaign to support sustainable and inclusive, recovery and long-term resilience
14:25-14:45
Questions and Answers
· Dialogue between the Executive Director and the Steering Committee members
WUC ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2020-21
(Nov 2020 - Sept 2021)
14:45-14:55
Introduction by WUC Co-Chair Sri Sofjan (Huairou Commission)
14:55-15:05
Presentation of achievements by the WUC Secretariat
15:05-15:15
Synthesis and next steps
· Remarks by WUC Co-Chair Sandeep Chachra (ActionAid India)
15:15-16:20
Remarks by Partner Constituent Groups Chairs
Moderated by WUC Co-Chair Sri Sofjan
PCG1 Local and Subnational Authorities:
- Christian Huebel, City of Mannheim
PCG2 Research and Academia:
- Circe Gama Monteiro (INCITI) / Tamara Quiroz Guzman (Bufete de Estudios Interdisciplinarios A.C.) TBC
PCG3 Civil Society Organizations:
- Ben Wong (Compass Housing) / Chris Elisara (World Evangelical Alliance) TBC
PCG4 Grass Roots Organizations:
- Malick Gaye, ENDA Tiers Monde
PCG5 Women:
- Limota Goroso Giwa, Huairou Commission
PCG6 Children and Youth:
- Robert Gillen, World Vision
PCG8 Business and Industries:
- Tanya Huyzer, Arcadis NV
PCG10 Professionals:
- Analia Lourdes Pastran (Smartly Social Entrepreneurship) / Ishthiaque Zahir Titas (UIA) / Claus-Peter Echter (Icomos) TBC
PCG11 Older Persons:
- W. Cecil Steward, Joslyn Institute for Sustainable Communities
ASSEMBLY DIALOGUE
16:20-16:50
Moderated WUC Co-Chair Sandeep Chachra
Open dialogue between PCG Chairs and WUC members moderated by the WUC Secretariat
CONCLUSION AND WAY FORWARD
16:50-17:00
by WUC Co-Chairs Sri Sofjan (Huairou Commission) and Sandeep Chachra (ActionAid India)
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Kind regards,
UN-Habitat WUC Secretariat
United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat
P.O. Box 30030, Nairobi 00100, Kenya | UN Avenue Gigiri