Venice City Solutions 2030 – This document  gathers  the  conclusions  and  recommendations  by  participants  to  the “Venice City  Solutions  2030 –Financing  the  SDGs”  that  took  place  in  Venice,  Italy  on  16th and  17thNovember 2018.

The Dolow Urban Profile is part of a series of working paper summarizing major aspects of an urban analysis from the spatial prospective for elaborating on solutions for long term urban development and current displacement crisis in Somalia.

The Sustainable Cities Dialogue was co-organized by UN-Habitat and United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) within the framework of the United Nations Advisory Committee of Local Authorities (UNACLA) and the Global Taskforce of local and regional governments. It took place in Strasbourg, France on May 24 and 25th 2018, in the European Parliament, at the invitation of Roland Ries, Mayor of Strasbourg, Co-President of UCLG and Maimunah Mohd Sharif, Executive Director of UN-Habitat. It was organized in conjunction with UCLG Executive Bureau and gathered over 350 participants from more than 25 countries, including 70 local elected officials, Ministers, more than 40 national government officials and a range of international partners.

All cities aspire to be great cities. This pocket guide aims to demon-strate why resilience is for everyone and for every city. While there is often an emphasis on planning for resilience in the world’s most rapidly urbanizing areas, many of the case studies featured here ex-press the need for, and value of, resilience building in those regions where urban population growth has peaked. Shifting demographics, geo-political conditions, and climate change, among other factors, are challenges for all cities, as well as their citizens who rely upon the goods and services cities provide.

The overall aim of this HCPD is to promote the New Habitat Agenda: ensuring the sustainability of urban growth as a driving force as well as a source of equitable development with the power to change and improve lives. UN-Habitat plays an active role in urban development and urban policy. Through partnerships with the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development (MLHUD), UN-Habitat has assisted in identifying key urban issues and areas needing support to improve urban development in Uganda.

El objetivo de este estudio es comprender las oportunidades y los desafíos de las estrategias de rendición de cuentas, transparencia y participación pública a nivel local mediante la investigación de 91 casos tomados de las bases de datos de mejores prácticas locales. Centrándose en 9 casos exitosos en Bolivia, Brasil y Perú, el autor encuentra que las iniciativas exitosas crean un sentido de propiedad del programa para los actores participantes. A partir de los análisis de casos, el autor extrae 8 recomendaciones para iniciativas futuras: Identificar la necesidad de movilizarse; interesados en el mapa; construir sobre lo que ya existe; centrarse en la estrategia en lugar de tácticas; generar un sistema de incentivos; consolidar un foro ciudadano; implementar una buena gestión de la información; y evaluar e institucionalizar.

Developed by leaders from 193 countries around the world that were concerned about the future, the SDGs are crucial for the development of a sustainable, brighter future. The United Nations Human Settlement Program (UN-Habitat) is one of the leading organisations working to achieve the SDG targets by 2030. UN-Habitat plays a particularly crucial role in ensuring that Goal 11, one of the 17 SDGs, is addressed globally through all the Goals. Goal 11 is related to all of dimensions outlined by the SDGs, with a specific focus on urban areas and settings. The embedding of a stand-alone goal on cities and human settlements (Goal 11) in the SDGs is a recognition of the complimentary and re-enforcing nexus that exists between Goal 11 and the other SDGs. This publication briefly outlines the Sustainable Development Goals with a particular focus on their relation to SDG 11

Health at the heart of urban development strategies

Small water utilities face unique challenges in delivering water and sanitation services to their customers. With a limited revenue base and few opportunities to benefit from economies of scale, they often suffer from severe skill shortages and a long legacy of under investment in infrastructure and capacity enhancement.

To overcome these challenges, the small utilities need to maximize their operating efficiency and ensure optimum utilization of their assets.

The report provides the Governing Council with an overview of UN-Habitat’s progress during the period 2015 – 2017. The information presented builds upon UN-Habitat’s perspective throughout this process and the accounts of member States and IG-UTP partners in adopting and using the Guidelines within their specific contexts.