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International Guidelines on Urban and Territorial Planning
City for All Programme (encompassing Kabul Strengthening Municipal Nahias Project and Municipal Governance Support Project)
Promoting Synergy Between Cities and Airports for Sustainable Development
Global Public Space Programme
Urban Crisis Recovery and Reconstruction in the Arab region
City Resilience Global Programme
Sustainable and Participatory Resettlement of the Roça Sundy Community – ‘Terra Prometida’ – The Island of Principe
Global Water Operators' Partnerships Alliance
Global Housing Strategy: Making housing affordable for all
Citizen Engagement to Localize SDG11: Accountability in Latin American and the Caribbean
Applying the Fundamentals of Planned Urbanization for Prosperous Cities
Building Local Government Capacities in the Asian and the Pacific Region
Citizens’ Charter Afghanistan Project
Global Land Tool Network - GLTN
Project for City Resilience in Afghanistan
Achieving Sustainable urban development in Egypt (ASUD)- Preparation of the Conceptual Masterplan for Al Alamein New City
The Bus Rapid Transit Project (BRT)
Integrated Urban Development Project: Hayeena
National Urban Policy
Strategic urban plans for small cities, Egypt
Strengthening Development Planning and Management in Greater Cairo (SDPM-GCR)
UrbanLex- The Urban Law Information System
Urban Maestro
Housing Rights
Essential Law Programme
Clean and green cities: A basic labour stimulus and stabilisation package for ten strategic Afghan Cities
Mediterranean City-to-City Migration Project (MC2CM)
Sustainable Human settlements in Urban areas to support Reintegration in Afghanistan (SHURA)
Phase I: Afghanistan Urban Peacebuilding Programme (AUPP) & Phase II Afghanistan Urban Safety and Security Programme (AUSSP)
Promoting Sustainable Transport Solutions for East African cities (SUSTRAN)
WASH in schools
WASH in Nepal
Local Economic Development – Kenya
Block by Block - Public Space Programme - Kosovo
Safer Cities
Planning for Humanitarian-Development Practice: Connecting Normative to Operations
Cities and Climate Change Initiative
Cities Investment Facility (CIF)
Promoting Low Emission Urban Development Strategies in emerging economic countries (Urban-LEDS)
Neighbourhood Profiles of Disadvantaged Areas
Rapid Own Source Revenue Analysis
Housing Rehabilitation in Greater Beirut City
Global Network on Safer Cities
The Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme (PSUP)
Abjad Centre - Improving Human Security Through Community-Led Neighbourhood Upgrading and Economic Empowerment of Vulnerable Refugee and Host Communities
The Global Future Cities Programme
Participatory City-wide Urban Upgrading in Egypt
Global Urban Observatories
Global Alliance for Urban Crises
Municipal Empowerment and Resilience Project (MERP)
Global Network of Urban Planning and Design Labs
Global Network for Sustainable Housing
Planned City Extensions
Inclusive Cities, Communities of Solidarity
Council on Urban Initiatives
SHERPA: Your Guide to Sustainable Housing
Beirut Housing Rehabilitation and Cultural and Creative Industries Recovery
Mitigate rising risks and tensions among urban host and refugee communities in Shalfeh, Tripoli, through the promotion of urban farming, adequate water and renewable energy solutions
City-to-City Partnership: Zurich and Tyre
City-to-City Partnership: Zurich and Tyre
Reviving and renovating public stairs affected by the Beirut Port explosion: Memory and space
Ensuring shelter options for the most vulnerable families evacuated from their homes as a result of the Beirut Port explosion
Improving living conditions by promoting renewable energy in public and non-profit social and health institutions in the Greater Beirut metropolitan area
Ensuring safe public spaces and adequate housing in Beirut City
Improved access to municipal and social services through renewable energy alternatives
Enhancing climate change resilience through water related interventions and non-conventional nature-based solutions in areas hosting displaced people in Jordan and Lebanon.
Improving the ability of public facilities and institutions to better respond to emerging needs and emergencies in Greater Beirut, through strengthened operational capacity
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Half the world's population now live in cities, and this is projected to increase to two-thirds by 2050. Cities can solve many of the challenges our world faces. Urban areas drive innovation, consumption and investment worldwide, making them a positive and potent force for addressing sustainable economic growth, urban development and prosperity.

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