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TOWARDS A NEW URBAN AGENDA
Meeting on the Habitat III National Report of Germany
Berlin (Germany), 28 April 2015
CONTENTS OF THE PRESENTATIONS
BACKGROUND OF THE CONFERENCE
20 YEARS SINCE HABITAT II
HABITAT III – PROCESS AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
• GA res. 66/207 in 2011 the United Nations General Assembly decided to convene the Habitat III Conference in line with bi-decennial cycle (1976, 1996 and 2016),
• GA Res. 67/216 in 2012, decided the objective of the conference:
- To secure renewed political commitment
for sustainable urban development,
- To assess HA accomplishments to date,
addressing poverty,
- To identify and address new and
emerging challenges.
• GA Res. 69/226 in 2014, decided that the Conference will be held in Quito in October 2016.
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON HOUSING AND SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HABITAT III)
Quito, Ecuador / 17-20 Oc-
tober 2016
HABITAT I – 1976Vancouver
The international community began to recognize the need for sustainable human settlements and the consequences of rapid urbanization, especially in the developing world.
// Recognition that shelter and urbanization are global issues to be addressed collectively
// Vancouver Declaration and Action Plan
// Creation of the United Nations Center for Human Settlements (UNCHS-Habitat) - 1978
The Vancouver commitments were reconfirmed 20 years later. Adoption of the Habitat Agenda as a global plan of action for adequate shelter for all.
// Cities are the engines of global growth
// Call for a stronger role of local
authorities
// Recognition of the power of
participation
// The UNHCS becomes a Programme -
2001
HABITAT II – 1996
Istanbul
WORLD URBAN POPULATION
37.9%
WORLD URBAN POPULATION
45.1%
WHAT HAS CHANGED FROM 1996 – 4 MAJOR SHIFTS
1. STATE AND MAGNITUDE OF URBANIZATION
2. NEW SUBSTANTIVE FOCUSES IN THE GLOBAL AGENDA
3. HIGHER DEMAND OF PARTICIPATION
4. GROWING RECOGNITION OF URBANIZATION IN
DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORKS
1. STATE OF THE URBANIZATION
“Cities are where the battle for sustainable development will be won or lost” HLP 2013
World Urban Population
54.5% Increasing Urban Sprawl
Economy (GDP) > 70%
Global energy cons. > 60%
Green gas emissions >70%
Global waste >70%
It is becoming more and more clear that achievements on Sustainable development will depend on how we will
manage and guide the urbanization
CLIMATE CHANGE PEACE AND SECURITY INEQUALITY
2. GLOBAL AGENDA NEW FOCUSES
Growing inequalities
Environmental crises, air/water pollution, loss of agri-land and biodiversity
New challenges to address in the Global Agenda - spatially manifested in urban settings
Vulnerability and risks to natural and man-made hazards – Climate change
Economic crises, unemployment and insecurity
3. DEMAND OF PARTICIPATION
Habitat II as one of the first inclusive UN conference in the
90’s and creation of the “Habitat Agenda Partners”
Expansion of ICT facilitating and also fuelling the society
demand of participation
Need to address the growing skepticism towards
international summits
To address the demand of participation to ensure sustainability
4. GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORKS
Growing recognition of urbanization reflected in global frameworks for sustainable
development
Universal - Designed for developed and developing countries as well
….the conference should result in a concise, focused, forward-look-ing and action-oriented outcome document
Based on relevant knowledge and reliable data for evidence based policy
The result of a wide engagement and participation
The NUA to be formulated will necessary build on the Habitat Agenda of 1996, However ….
Timely concurrence with:
Post 2015 Development Agenda finalization and SDGs (GA Oct. 2015)
Climate Change agreement discussion COP21 (Paris, Dec. 2015)
Operationalizing effectively the NUA will deliver sustainable urbanization contributing to the achievement of a number of SDGs including climate
change
HABITAT III PROCESS / CONCEPT AND ACTION FRAMEWORKThe HIII process is made of a statutory intergovernmental track (as UN
inter-gov. process) fuelled and complemented by actions summarized in 3
main interlinked dimensions KNOWLEDGE – ENGAGEMENT –
POLICY …plus Operations
The Bureau
GA 67 / 216 in 2012 – Establish a preparatory committee open to all member states and a Bureau is created.
The Bureau of the Prep-Com is the Member States’ representation for the coordination of the preparatory process towards Habitat III.
Officers from the following countries serve on the Bureau of the Prep-Com:
Ecuador and France (Co-Chairs)
Senegal (Rapporteur)
Members: Chad, Chile, Czech Republic, Germany, Slovakia, Indonesia, U.A.E
Intergovernmental statutory process
3 Prep-Com meetings: NY, Sept. 2014 / Nairobi, April 2015 / Jakarta, July 2016
OUTCOME DOCUMENT : Zero draft by April 2016
The Intergovernmental process and negotiations need to be substantively fuelled and participation broaden, here the 3 dimensions come to play
KNOWLEDGE
National reports: 2013 Government were asked to prepare National reports to provide evidence based knowledge on the implementation of the HII agenda
Regional Reports: Coordinated by the HIII Secretariat, UN Regional Economic Commissions and UN Habitat
Global report : Synthesis of the whole knowledge. Led by the HIII Secretariat and disconnected by the negotiations of the Outcome document
Issue Papers by UN Task team (more than 20 UN Agencies involved)
Thematic meetingsTo discuss topical issues including some of the Issue Paper. Declaration / recommendations
POLICY
Policy Units - 10 Policy Units – Max. 20 experts each.
Bring together high-level expertise to explore state-of-the-art research and analysis;
• Identify good practices and lessons learned;
• Develop independent policy recommendations on particular issues regarding sustainable urban development.
High level Ministerial regional meetings
Ideally to discuss the contents of the regional reports - Declaration / recommendations
Europe – Prague
Asia – Indonesia
Africa – Nigeria
LAC – Mexico
ENGAGEMENT
Beyond the governmental participation in the process through the GA
National Urban Forums and similar eventsTo discuss and deliberate on national priority subjects including the preparation of the HIII National Reports
World Urban Campaign - General Assembly of Partners (GAP)
Together towards HIII – Global survey (2015/16)
Organize other advocacy and awareness events under the “Together towards HIII” branding
National and Local Campaigns to raise awareness on the conference and specific new urban agenda themes
Media engagement through the UJA
NATIONAL URBAN FO-RUMS, CAMPAIGNS ,Etc.
Prep-Com1 Regional re-ports Finalized
Zero Draft/negotiations start
Policy pa-pers final-ized
Sept. 2014 May. 2015
Habitat III, Quito
Apr. 2016
Issue pa-pers final-ized
Feb. 2016 Oct. 2016
Global Re-port
Jul. 2016
PrepCom3 (Indone-sia)
NUF / Reg & Them. Meetings / PolicyRecommendations
Na-tional Report
Regional Report
Global Report
Zero Draft Outcome
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HABITAT III INPUTS AND OUT-COMES
CONCLUSIONSOpportunities for country engagement and participation
Deliver HIII National Reports in a participatory way
Participate to the Intergovernmental process through participation to the PrepCom meetings and the conference itself Organize NUFs / Thematic & Regional meetings and issue final recommendations / Declarations
Organize NUCs or Local Campaigns and other events to raise awareness on the New Urban Agenda issues and expectations
People’s participation to the Global survey
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