Final Report on the Global Experts Group Meeting ¨Review on SDG11 Synthesis Report for the 2018 HLPF - Tracking Progress Towards Inclusive, Safe, Resilient and Sustainable Cities and Human Settlements” held in Nairobi, Kenya, 28th - 30th May 2018.

This working paper is produced by UN-Habitat as an outcome document of a participatory Global Expert Group Meeting/Writeshop attended by multiple stakeholders to share their views and experiences on the implementation of the New Urban Agenda and SDG 11.  The meeting was held in Granada, Spain, from 21-23 March 2018, made possible with support of the Ayuntamiento de Granada, and the collaboration of the Agencia Andaluza de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo.

Walking and cycling are healthy and pollution-free forms of mobility that are fundamental to life. In African cities, many are dependent on these modes as their primary means of transport. Even for those who choose public transport or personal motor vehicles, walking often becomes the dominant mode for short trips during the day. The poor quality of infrastructure for active modes, however, sends a message that pedestrians and cyclists are not welcome in the urban environment.

Adopted in 2016 in Habitat III, the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development, the New Urban Agenda is an action-oriented document which sets global standards of achievement in sustainable urban development, by readdressing the way cities and human settlements are planned, designed, financed, developed, governed, and managed, through cooperation with committed partners, relevant stakeholders, and urban actors at all levels of government as well as the private sector…

Land is often a critical aspect of conflict: it may be a root cause or trigger conflicts, or may become an issue as the conflict progresses. Conflicts lead to forced evictions; the people who are displaced by conflict need somewhere to live, often leading to further disputes over the use of land and other resources. This publication shows how addressing land issues can mitigate conflict, facilitate solutions to it, and improve the likelihood that people can return to their homes after the…

The Mozambique Housing Profile’s strength is the consultation and inclusion of the perspectives of other provinces and municipalities than Maputo – where normally urban studies and researches are concentrated in Mozambique.

CityRAP tool is used for training city managers and municipal technicians in small to intermediate sized cities in sub-Saharan Africa. It enables communities to understand and plan actions aimed at reducing risk and building resilience through the development of a Resilience Framework for Action.

Systematization of the institutional capacities, governance, and planning strengthening processes.

This public policy aims to set the bicycle as a mean of daily transport and to develop a metropolitan network of 200km of bike lanes