2023-2024 ANNUAL REPORT National Urban Policy Programme, Phase Two: ‘Scaling up People-Centered Smart Cities through National Urban Policies’

UN-Habitat’s National Urban Policy Programme (NUPP) continues to play a pivotal role in advancing inclusive, resilient, and sustainable urban development globally through national and subnational urban policies. This 2024 edition of the Korea-funded National Urban Policy Programme (K-NUPP) report presents progress made during year two of the second phase of the programme, with a focus on activities undertaken and results achieved in 2023/2024, while providing a forward-looking view of planned activities for 2025. 

The report reflects the strong commitment of UN-Habitat, through its Policy, Legislation and Governance Section, and the Government of the Republic of Korea, through the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT), to support the eight beneficiary countries-- Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Egypt, Mozambique, Paraguay, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Myanmar, and Niger State (Nigeria)-- to advance their urban policies. 

Through a multi-stakeholder process of co-creation, collaboration, and co-sharing, K-NUPP contributes meaningfully to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the New Urban Agenda by strengthening national urban policy frameworks across diverse contexts. This report also serves as a key reference point for urban professionals, policy makers, academia, researchers, and government officials on how to develop, implement, monitor and evaluate national urban policies from people-centered smart cities.