Over 100 representatives of sub-national governments from around the world will be at UN Headquarters in New York from 15-17 May 2016 to share our vision for the New Urban Agenda and call for our recommendations to be taken into account at Habitat III.
In October 20106, the international community will adopt a New Urban Agenda at the Habitat III Conference in Quito. The New Urban Agenda will make recommendations to guide urban development policy across the world for the coming decades. The Second World Assembly of Local and Regional Governments and the Habitat III Hearings in New York represent an unprecedented opportunity for local and regional governments to make our voices heard on the global stage.
The delegation, which includes over 30 elected mayors and local leaders, will kick off on 15 May with the first session of the Second World Assembly of Local and Regional Governments, convened by the Global Taskforce. The Second World Assembly is the mechanism through which the local and regional government constituency will make its joint inputs to the Habitat III process. At this first session in New York, the Assembly will agree on the initial Key Recommendations of Local and Regional Governments on the New Urban Agenda, which are based on the ongoing international dialogue and collaboration between local and regional governments on sustainable urban development.
The only sustainable city is one created by all of us, Op-ed by UCLG Secretary General Pep Roig on the opportunities of the New Urban Agenda
From 16-17 May, mayors and local leaders will present our recommendations at the Habitat III Hearings for Local Authorities and share our perspective on national legal frameworks, urban planning, and the implementation and follow-up of the New Urban Agenda.
As the first UN consultative process to recognize and treat sub-national governments as a specific constituency, the Local Authority Hearings represent a milestone for the international municipal movement.
At the Hearings we’ll be calling for a seat at the global table for local and regional governments in the global governance mechanisms for the implementation and follow-up of the New Urban Agenda.
The Hearings will also allow local government representatives to give feedback on the Zero Draft of the New Urban Agenda in advance of PrepCom3 in Surabaya, Indonesia from July 25-27.
Key recommendations of local and regional governments towards Habitat III
Programme of the Habitat III Local Authority Hearings, May 16-17, New York
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