Waste Wise Cities Newsletter 6 2020 This Issue of the Waste Wise Cities Campaign newsletter looks at African Clean Cities Platform: supporting African cities for evidence-based policy making for waste management.
The New Urban Agenda Illustrated Handbook 2020 The New Urban Agenda Illustrated handbook prepared for all urban stakeholders globally supports a stronger understanding and implementation of the propositions contained in the New Urban Agenda.
The handbook analyses the contents and propositions of the New Urban Agenda and their synergies with the Sustainable Development Goals and Targets, and enriches them with visual illustrations, examples from all over the world and practical propositions for action.
Rapport du diagnostic du développement urbain, de la mise en œuvre des politiques publiques et des défis de l’urbanisation durable en Guinée 2020 Ce rapport de 279 pages est l’une des études devant servir de base aux activités conceptuelles du « Programme SANITA Villes Durables » en Guinée. Il dresse un état des lieux du développement urbain et des politiques publiques devant permettre d’élaborer, entre autres, (i) une politique urbaine nationale (PUN), (ii) un nouveau Schéma national d’aménagement du territoire et (iii) un Schéma d’urbanisme du Grand Conakry.
Sinjar Urban Profile 2020 UN-Habitat seeks to provide up to date, holistic documentation and analysis of the impact of the crisis in key cities, through City Profiles, synthesising information and insight from existing sources and priority sectors, supplemented by direct field research by UN-Habitat teams based in each city. This urban profile of Sinjar is part of a regional urban profiling exercise that aims to develop urban profiles for the cities of Basra, Sinjar, Derna (Libya), Mareb (Yemen) and Dara’a (Syria).
Towards Safety for All in Public Spaces especially for Women & Girls. Kabul, Afghanistan: A public space and safety audit 2020 In 2019, as part of Afghanistan Urban Safety and Security Programme (AUSSP) the first Public Space Safety Audit was undertaken in the country to enable better consideration of safety and security issues through more evidence-based policy planning and implementations. The Audit was done to understand gaps in distribution, quality, safety, accessibility, inclusivity of public spaces, to celebrate and support ongoing initiatives and programmes of the National Government and UN-Habitat.
Financing for Resilient and Green Urban Solutions in Beira, Mozambique 2020 This publication of Financing for Resilient and Green Urban Solutions in Beira, Mozambique in examines the status of housing and urban infrastructure and how much investment is needed. The assessment particularly considered the status of housing finance instruments and costs, as well as the roles of local and national governments in facilitating investments. The report was also anchored on determining whether the identified investment needs address resilient housing and infrastructure and assessed challenges to financing such green urban solutions in Beira, Mozambique.

It also examines the financial instruments and their impacts on the financial systems and identifies potential practical projects.
Monitoring and Evaluating National Urban Policy: A Guide 2020 Good monitoring and evaluation (M&E) establishes clear links between past, present and future initiatives and development results. Monitoring and evaluation can help an organization extract relevant information from past and ongoing activities that can be used as the basis for programmatic fine-tuning, reorientation and future planning: This includes establishing a baseline or database to monitor against objectives, outputs (throughout the policy process) and outcomes. Without effective planning, monitoring and evaluation, it would be impossible to assess if work is going in the right direction, whether progress and success can be claimed, and how future efforts might be improved.

The Guide recommends that national, regional and local governments be empowered to monitor and evaluate urban policies as they are not only aware of the demands, changing tasks and needs of their constituencies, but they are also conscious of the territorial and spatial inequalities that need to be highlighted in national policy making. This fits into the role of local government associations (LGAs), that support national–local dialogues and review policy from the local government perspective.

It is geared towards anyone who has a stake in the NUP process, whether they are existing authorities at the different levels of government and their associations, citizens, academia or policy makers; and those that will be involved in monitoring and evaluation of the NUP. It provides key resources, and good practices for effective monitoring and evaluation.
未来城市顾问展望2020: 中国城市科技 2020 联合国人居署中国未来城市顾问委员会首份报告——《未来城市顾问展望2020: 中国城市科技》。该顾问委员会由联合国人居署中国发起成立，并得到了中国科技企业的支持，他们致力于如何运用数字化解决方案和前沿科技让城市更加美好，不让任何人掉队，不让任何一个地方掉队。
《展望》回顾了中国新兴的智能城市化政策框架，以及私营企业建立城市服务平台的努力。它注意到了城市政府与私营企业之间合作的几种趋势，以及城市治理未来的挑战。《展望》还研究了现有智能平台可解决的各种城市服务，并识别了多达16种不同类型的服务，从交通到能源管理，从废物管理到卫生服务等等。
《展望》的主要建议与城市发展转型有关，在当前的COVID-19全球危机中更是如此。首先，它认识到智能技术是城市创新的核心。《展望》的第二项建议有关机构和个人能力建设，这在COVID-19全球危机中也特别重要。《展望》的第三项建议是关于智能技术的融资，包括税收等问题。当前的危机对市政预算的影响尤其严重，并且将需要对智能技术服务实施公平、本地化的税收政策。
总体而言，智慧城市也关乎智慧治理。《展望》还针对关键字“本地化”、“包容性”和“公平”提出了另外三个相关建议。
Facilitating Durable Solutions in Somalia: Experiences from Midnimo-I and the Application of Human Security 2020 Across Somalia, a vicious combination of conflict and natural disaster such as draught and flooding have caused 2.6 million persons to leave their home in recent years. Nearly half, 1 million, are displaced in central and southern Somalia, namely in Jubaland, South-West and Hirshabelle.

With the vast majority of Internally Displaced Persons residing and intending to remain in urban areas, the efforts to provide Durable Solutions must be ramped up.
Sa'dah City Profile 2020 This city profile describes and examines living conditions and needs in the city of Sa’dah across a variety of sectors. It addresses key thematic findings made prominent by the impact of the ongoing conflict, its toll on the city’s population, and the ability of institutions to provide basic services.