World Urban Forum
The World Urban Forum (WUF) is the premier global conference on sustainable urbanization.
The WUF was established in 2001 by the United Nations to examine one of the most pressing issues facing the world today: rapid urbanisation and its impact on communities, cities, economies, climate change and policies. The first WUF was held in Nairobi, Kenya in 2002 and has been held around the world ever since.
WUF11 is co-organized by UN-Habitat, Poland’s Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy and the Municipal Office of Katowice.
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Message by Mrs Tamara Vucic, First Lady of Serbia to WUF11
WUF11: Voices of the World Urban Forum in Katowice
WUF11: Glimpses of the World Urban Forum
Urban EXPO
List of Exhibitors
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Road to WUF
This will be the first time that the WUF, convened by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), will take place in Eastern Europe.
04 July 2022
The Declared Actions of the Eleventh Session of the World Urban Forum
01 July 2022
WUF11 closes with calls for urgent urban action
28 June 2022
WUF11: an “extraordinary moment” for the world’s cities
26 June 2022
The World Urban Forum is underway!
10 May 2022
Urban crisis dialogue at the Eleventh Session of the World Urban Forum in Poland
11 January 2022
UN HABITAT opens application for WUF11 events and exhibition space
15 December 2021
UN HABITAT opens registration for WUF11
13 February 2020
WUF11 Handover ceremony from Abu Dhabi UAE to Katowice Poland
WUF11: Theme, numbers & facts
The theme of WUF11, Transforming our Cities for a Better Urban Future, will provide greater insights and clarity on the future of cities based on existing trends, challenges and opportunities, as well as suggest ways cities can be better prepared to address future pandemics and a wide range of other shocks.
The World Urban Forum (WUF) is the premier global conference on sustainable urbanization. WUF11 will be held in the Polish city of Katowice.
26-30 June 2022
Katowice is prepared to host the WUF11 with a state-of-the-art congress centre, well-developed hotel facilities and transport network to welcome all the participants in June 2022
Katowice is a city of over 2 million people in the south of Poland. It is one of the biggest business centres in the country with several renowned academic, medical and cultural institutions.
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17000
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158
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