Forum of Mayors 2023
The third edition of the Forum of Mayors will be held in Geneva on 2-3 October 2023, before the 84th Session of the Committee on Urban Development, Housing, and Land Management (4-6 October 2023).
The Forum will give the chance to mayors and vice-mayors to share their success stories and challenges contributing to the achievement of multi-level and multi-governance coherence and complementary. It will allow for the participation of…
World Habitat Day
The Global Observance of World Habitat Day, under the theme Resilient urban economies. Cities as drivers of growth and recovery, will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan on 2 October 2023.
World Habitat Day is marked on the first Monday of October each year and is recognized by the United Nations to reflect on the state of towns and cities, and on the basic right of all to adequate shelter. The day is also intended to remind the world…
World Architecture Day 2023
Created by the UIA in 1985, World Architecture Day is celebrated annually on the first Monday of October coinciding with the UN-Habitat Global Observance of the World Habitat Day.
The theme of the 2023 World Habitat Day is “Resilient urban economies: cities as drivers of growth and recovery”.
Within this thematic frame, the International Union of Architects (UIA) Council chose the theme “Architecture for Resilient…
2nd Azerbaijan National Urban Forum
NUFA2, organised by the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan in collaboration with UN-Habitat, will be held this year in the cities of Zangilan and Baku. The event will bring together over three days a diverse range of national and international urban stakeholders. NUFA2 will address key emerging urban challenges and show-case international experiences focusing on the role of urban productivity and economic growth, hereby fully deploying…
Virtual Island Summit 2023
Virtual Island Summit 2023 will focus on sharing knowledge for Resilient, Sustainable, and Prosperous Islands Worldwide.
World Cities Summit Mayors Forum 2023
The annual WCS Mayors Forum is an exclusive, by-invitation-only global platform for mayors and city leaders to discuss pressing urban challenges and share the best practices. Discussions will centre around the main theme “Liveable and Sustainable Cities: Forging an Inclusive and Resilient Future’, as well as four sub-themes on topics such as inclusivity and climate resilience.
SDG Summit
The 2023 SDG Summit will be convened on 18-19 September 2023, during the United Nations General Assembly high-level week. Heads of State and Government will gather at the United Nations Headquarters in New York to follow-up and review the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) . They will carry out a comprehensive review of the state of the SDGs, respond to the impact of…
Africa Climate Week (ACW 2023)
ACW 2023 is a regional collaboration platform to provide region-focused contributions on: energy systems and industry; cities, urban and rural settlements, infrastructure, and transport; land, ocean, food, and water; societies, health, and livelihoods; and economies. Regional discussions on these topics will inform the first global stocktake (GST), which will conclude at the 2023 UN Climate Change Conference (…
5th Forum on Housing and Habitat
Responding to the climate and social crisis in collaboration with strategic allies.
World Population Day
World Population Day is celebrated annually on 11 July to focus attention on the urgency and importance of population issues.
High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development
The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), through its outcome on "The Future We Want", established the United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) in 2012.
The HLPF is the central United Nations platform for the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the global level. It is the apex of the architecture…
Second UN-Habitat Assembly
The second session of the United Nations Habitat Assembly will be held from 5 to 9 June 2023, at the UN-Habitat Headquarters in Nairobi. The theme of the session is “A sustainable urban future through inclusive and effective multilateralism: achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in times of global crises”
Global Stakeholder Forum
The Global Stakeholder Forum serves as a platform for stakeholders to consider how to take forward and share their experiences and highlight key challenges at intergovernmental meetings. It aims to create an opportunity for stakeholders to define and discuss the practice and implementation of inclusive, networked, and effective multilateralism from the point of view of stakeholders and prepare inputs to the…
The 5th Global WOPs Congress in Bonn, Germany
Resilience in challenging times: Mobilizing collaboration for future-ready water and sanitation service providers.
UN-Habitat’s GWOPA will convene the global water and sanitation utility community at the 5th Global WOPs Congress in Bonn, Germany, on 22-25 May 2023.