The “Future Cities Advisory Outlook 2020: Urban Technologies in China” is the first report of the UN-Habitat China Future Cities Council (CFCC), an initiative convened by UN-Habitat China and supported by Chinese private sector companies with an interest on charting out how digital solutions and technologies can create better cities and places leaving no one behind.
The CFCC report reviews China’s emergent smart urbanization policy frameworks as well as the endeavours of private sector…

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“…

La publicación “Explorando la Función del Presupuesto Participativo en la Aceleración de los Objetivos del Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS): Un Enfoque Multidimensional en General Escobedo, México" introduce cuáles son las conexiones entre el Presupuesto Participativo (PP) y la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible.

This publication describes how Participatory Budgeting is a multidimensional, democratic tool capable of supporting governments to achieve the Agenda 2030. The publication introduces new networking models and cross-cutting approaches that can shape a new governance model. The case study in General Escobedo, Mexico, illustrates the actions, results, and strength of this approach.

UN-Habitat, through its MetroHUB initiative, presents this Guide on “Metropolitan Observatories”, with the purpose of offering ideas on how to manage and generate metropolitan knowledge. Metropolitan observatories contribute to co-building sustainable metropolitan development, by producing quality information and analysis documents and monitoring metropolitan dynamics to assess progress in sustainable territorial development.

UN-Habitat, through its MetroHUB initiative, presents this Guide on Metropolitan Institutions to provide information on how they can structure and implement supra-municipal scale institutions. This Guide targets the metropolitan level institutions, authorities or agencies and it highlights how metropolitan institutions are important for effective territorial management and competitiveness. The Guide also presents the metropolitan typology, characteristics, objectives, functions, structure,…

UN-Habitat, through its MetroHUB initiative, presents this Guide on “Metropolitan Management and Planning Methodologies”. This Guide will help strengthen the capacities and competences of the governments, authorities and local actors that are tackling the metropolitan phenomenon.

In cities and urban areas in East Africa, livelihoods and incomes of populations are seriously affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly for those living in informal settlements. These urban populations are more vulnerable to food insecurity and unstable livelihoods as they mainly depend on the informal sector. It is estimated that the number of food insecure people in East Africa will increase to more than 41 million people because of COVID-19 including 14 million urban dwellers.

The 2020 Catalogue of Services provides an overview of some of the tried and tested services UN-Habitat offers to support national governments, local governments, and stakeholders. UN-Habitat receives requests for assistance to address particular challenges faced by cities, regions and countries, therefore this Catalogue is divided into sub-sections to allows readers to quickly locate services that are most relevant for their context and priorities.