Strengthening Integrated Territorial Development for the Effective Implementation of the New Urban Agenda in Mozambique

The project “Strengthening an Integrated Territorial Development for the Effective Implementation of the New Urban Agenda in Mozambique” aims to support Mozambique’s government authorities (national and local levels) to formulate recommendations for improved urban development processes. In this project, the Urban Rural Linkages: Guiding Principles and Framework for Action (URLGP) plays a fundamental role and was used for the first time are used as tool to develop methodologies and to review the policy frameworks in a specific context.

The project also aims to strengthen the capacities of local authorities and relevant partners by using existing tools such as the Spatial Development Framework (SDF) and the International Guidelines on Urban and Territorial Planning (IGUTP). This project is implemented by UN-Habitat with support of the Catalonian Agency of International Cooperation for Development (ACCID).

Supporting the Effective Implementation of the New Urban Agenda through National and Subnational Urban Policies in Burkina Faso and Senegal

UN-Habitat, in partnership with the Andalusian Agency of International Cooperation for Development (AACID), UN-Habitat’s Regional Offce for Africa (ROAf), partners in Burkina Faso and Senegal, and UN Habitat´s Offce in Spain are carrying out the project titled “Supporting the Effective Implementation of the New Urban Agenda through National and Subnational Urban Policies in Burkina Faso and Senegal”. The project aims to support the development of action plans in Burkina Faso and Senegal to strengthen urban-rural linkages and territorial approaches within the National Urban Policy process based on the Agenda 2030 and the New Urban Agenda.

This project will also serve as guidance to governments at national, regional, sub-national and local levels and to other urban and rural stakeholders in order to work collaboratively towards a more integrated territorial development while reducing the inequalities across the urban-rural continuum.