HABITAT III Conference and the URBACT networking event

The United Nations General Assembly organises the Habitat III Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development in Quito, Ecuador, from 17 – 20 October 2016 with the objective to adopt a New Urban Agenda, building on the Habitat Agenda of Istanbul in 1996.

During the HABITAT III Conference, a series of plenary sessions and networking events will be open for local authorities and urban stakeholders across the world. Participants will have the opportunity to discover the latest trends and debates in terms of sustainable urban development, including the New Urban Agenda, and what this means for the future of their cities.

As part of the HABITAT III programme, URBACT will organise a networking event on:

Making my city a better place to live: lessons learnt from Europe's local authorities

This event will present the methods, tools and know-how for sustainable urban development put in place over the last 10 years by URBACT, the networking programme for local authorities funded by the European Union.

Through concrete testimonies and good practices from representatives of European municipalities on different topics around urban development, discussions will focus on: -the integrated and,
-participative approach to urban development,
-monitoring actions and measuring results,
-networking with other cities.

Speakers will present the tools they used for these approaches and reflect on the transfer criteria of good practices to different local contexts beyond Europe. The event will close by presenting networking opportunities between URBACT cities and non-European cities.

For more information on HABITAT III Conference please visit: https://www.habitat3.        org/

To participate in the URBACT workshop and HABITAT III conference please register here by 1st October 2016.