The group of countries that oversees the U. N.’s lead agency on cities have given it a preliminary green light to begin coordinating implementation of a global 20-year urbanization strategy — although that approval won’t go into effect until a highly anticipated assessment process concludes later this year.
Meeting last week at the Nairobi headquarters of UN-Habitat, the national governments that serve on the agency’s Governing Council agreed on a two-year, USD 500 million budget for the global body, as well as a work plan to guide its urban efforts through 2019.
The Governing Council, which functions as a board, also outlined a new monitoring framework for the 20-year strategy, called the New Urban Agenda. In adopting multiple resolutions, national governments laid groundwork that will enable UN-Habitat to advise countries and cities on how to plan, finance and regulate urban development, as well as track global progress toward the New Urban Agenda.
“This Governing Council has been a step forward in the implementation of the New Urban Agenda,” said UN-Habitat Executive Director Joan Clos, who was the agreement’s chief architect.
Calling the meeting, which drew 900 people to the Kenyan capital, “the beginning of a new period for UN-Habitat as a more efficient, effective and accountable organization”, E. U.diplomat Sebastian Gil said the agency will soon be “fit for its role in the implementation of the New Urban Agenda”.
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Author:
Gregory Scruggs
Date: 17 May, 2017
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