Voices from Cities

Central to any transformation strategy for cities and communities is the strong and enthusiastic participation of the most valuable constituents in the debate around sustainable urbanization: those who represent city residents at the association or local government levels.

Whether they are from local government, a grassroots organization, a public service union or they are entrepreneurs, these are the Voices from Cities that we are aiming to value and celebrate through these events. Local government officials and citizen activists are the typical hosts of Voices from Cities events, seeking to lay groundwork for city-to-city collaboration.

Focus: to present and discuss city and community challenges and their solutions, from first-hand experience.
Duration: 90 minutes.
Online participation (this info shall be updated in the coming months).
Capacity: approx. 80 to 100 participants.

Voices from Cities

5 November | 09:00–10:30

VC-A 1

Voices from the Medina of Tunis

Voices from Cities - room A

5 November | 09:00–10:30

VC-B 1

From Good Housing to a Sustainable Future for Cities and Communities, Successful Experience Sharing from the World

Voices from Cities - room B

5 November | 09:00–10:30

VC-C 1

Going Glocal - Experiences of Sdg localization for multilevel and multiregional partnerships

Voices from Cities - room C

5 November | 09:00–10:30

VC-D 1

Housing Our Future Bridging Divides, Challenges, and Innovations Across Cultures

Voices from Cities - room D

5 November | 09:00–10:30

VC-E 1

Subnational reporting to accelerate sustainable development at all levels.

Voices from Cities - room E

5 November | 09:00–10:30

VC-F 1

Slum Artivism

Voices from Cities - room F

5 November | 11:00–12:30

VC-A 2

Conclusions of World Habitat Day. Queretaro, Mexico, 2024.

Voices from Cities - room A

5 November | 11:00–12:30

VC-B 2

Mechanisms for trust-building and empowering youth to participate in urban decision making for increased safety and well-being of young people.

Voices from Cities - room B

5 November | 11:00–12:30

VC-C 2

Building Resilient Cities: Bridging the Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Gap

Voices from Cities - room C

5 November | 11:00–12:30

VC-D 2

Local Solutions, Global Impact The Role of Small and Medium Cities in Accelerating Climate Action

Voices from Cities - room D

5 November | 11:00–12:30

VC-E 2

Moving from Mass to Sustainable Tourism. A Step Closer to Achieving Green Resilient Cities

Voices from Cities - room E

5 November | 11:00–12:30

VC-F 2

Reimagining cities through nature

Voices from Cities - room F

5 November | 13:00–14:30

VC-A 3

Futures Thinking and Strategic Foresight for Climate-Resilient and Inclusive Urban Development

Voices from Cities - room A

5 November | 13:00–14:30

VC-B 3

Empowering Communities for Sustainable Urban Transformation Integrating Local Action with Urban Acupuncture.

Voices from Cities - room B

5 November | 13:00–14:30

VC-C 3

Brics+ Urban Climate Agenda Report - Flagship Initiative for a More Sustainable World

Voices from Cities - room C

5 November | 13:00–14:30

VC-D 3

Ai for People-Powered Cities Transforming the Future with Data-Driven Precision

Voices from Cities - room D

5 November | 13:00–14:30

VC-E 3

Tale of Three Cities - Addressing Homelessness, Slums, and Adequate Housing in Los Angeles, Nairobi, and Cairo

Voices from Cities - room E

5 November | 13:00–14:30

VC-F 3

Planning and Investing in Cities for Nature and Nature for Cities

Voices from Cities - room F

5 November | 15:00–16:30

VC-B 4

Moving drug policy reform forward at the local level

Voices from Cities - room B

5 November | 15:00–16:30

VC-C 4

Unlocking Finance for Resilient Cities

Voices from Cities - room C

5 November | 15:00–16:30

VC-D 4

Gender And Social Inclusion In African Cities - Gamechangers for Urban Sustainability

Voices from Cities - room D

5 November | 15:00–16:30

VC-E 4

Building a Sustainable and Circular Future. Lebanon-Germany Dialogue on Integrated Solid Waste Management

Voices from Cities - room E

5 November | 15:00–16:30

VC-F 4

Engage, Innovate, Empower, Redefining Urban Planning Through Inclusive and Collective Community Engagement

Voices from Cities - room F

5 November | 17:00–18:30

VC-B 5

Empowering local communities and private sector as active agents of the economic development

Voices from Cities - room B

5 November | 17:00–18:30

VC-C 5

Making Room for Urban Growth - Urban Expansion Planning in Ethiopia, Uganda and Somalia

Voices from Cities - room C

5 November | 17:00–18:30

VC-D 5

Redefining centrality intermediate cities and peripheral cities on the path to urban sustainability.

Voices from Cities - room D

5 November | 17:00–18:30

VC-E 5

Cities at the Forefront Multi-level governance for Urban Water Resilience. Insights from innovative municipal flood and drought risk management.

Voices from Cities - room E

5 November | 17:00–18:30

VC-F 5

Ukraine Path to Recovery, Economic Growth and Housing Reformation in Kharkiv and Mykolaiv

Voices from Cities - room F

6 November | 09:00–10:30

VC-A 6

Learning from Sdgs localization efforts to shape the post-2030 Agenda

Voices from Cities - room A

6 November | 09:00–10:30

VC-B 6

Improving quality of life in cities through sustainable and E V ready transport investments

Voices from Cities - room B

6 November | 09:00–10:30

VC-C 6

Cost-effective and fair adaptation. Implementation challenges and financing opportunities for nature-based solutions in cities

Voices from Cities - room C

6 November | 09:00–10:30

VC-D 6

Rejuvenation of Slums and Local Economic Interventions for Nigerian Cities

Voices from Cities - room D

6 November | 09:00–10:30

VC-E 6

Partnerships for sustainable cities

Voices from Cities - room E

6 November | 09:00–10:30

VC-F 6

Arab Urban Future - Harnessing Local Action and Voluntary Local Reviews for Sustainable Cities

Voices from Cities - room F

6 November | 11:00–12:30

VC-A 7

Integrated Land Use planning and housing in high value forest successful cases from the Amazonia and Africa

Voices from Cities - room A

6 November | 11:00–12:30

VC-B 7

Youth voices and innovations on climate resilient urban food and water systems

Voices from Cities - room B

6 November | 11:00–12:30

VC-C 7

Visions For Rebuilding Sudan - Inclusivity, Resilience, Participatory Placemaking

Voices from Cities - room C

6 November | 11:00–12:30

VC-D 7

Adaptive Public Spaces Key Ingredients for Optimizing Public Space Activation, Safety and Accessibility

Voices from Cities - room D

6 November | 11:00–12:30

VC-E 7

Bridging the Emissions Gap Showcasing successful climate action from leading cities in Wwfs One Planet City Challenge

Voices from Cities - room E

6 November | 11:00–12:30

VC-F 7

Computational urban science and artificial intelligence - Trends, opportunities and challenges

Voices from Cities - room F

6 November | 13:00–14:30

VC-A 8

Young Minds, Big Ideas. Accelerating Youth-Led and Localised Climate Action in Urban Africa

Voices from Cities - room A

6 November | 13:00–14:30

VC-B 8

Connective Theo-Practical Approach For A Better Urban Future

Voices from Cities - room B

6 November | 13:00–14:30

VC-C 8

Building Better Lives through Sustainable and Inclusive Social Infrastructure

Voices from Cities - room C

6 November | 13:00–14:30

VC-D 8

Addressing Local Multilayered Vulnerability Hotspots in Cities to Build the Systemic Resilience of Communities, Infrastructure and Ecosystems

Voices from Cities - room D

6 November | 13:00–14:30

VC-E 8

Transforming Urban Futures - Data, Climate Justice, and Community Co-Production

Voices from Cities - room E

6 November | 13:00–14:30

VC-F 8

Learning from community voices, universities and knowledge processes - Experiences across Africa

Voices from Cities - room F

6 November | 15:00–16:30

VC-A 9

Affordable Living for All Food Security in Selangors Cities

Voices from Cities - room A

6 November | 15:00–16:30

VC-B 9

Women advocating for Gender-Inclusive, People-Centered Urban Development- Our Cities, Our Homes

Voices from Cities - room B

6 November | 15:00–16:30

VC-C 9

Critical Design Futures - Reimagining Urban Spaces and legacies through Critical Design and transnational practices

Voices from Cities - room C

6 November | 15:00–16:30

VC-D 9

Empowering Youth for Peaceful Urban Futures - From Next Generation Urban Governance to Inclusive and Safe Cities

Voices from Cities - room D

6 November | 15:00–16:30

VC-E 9

The New Normal - Becoming market makers & matchmakers, leveraging own source revenues - Experience from Mauritania & Senegal

Voices from Cities - room E

6 November | 15:00–16:30

VC-F 9

Localising Nature-based Solutions for Climate Resilient Cities Global Dialogue

Voices from Cities - room F

6 November | 17:00–18:30

VC-A 10

Integrated Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience for Cities

Voices from Cities - room A

6 November | 17:00–18:30

VC-B 10

Addressing homelessness is key to housing our future

Voices from Cities - room B

6 November | 17:00–18:30

VC-C 10

Financing Cities of Tomorrow- Localizing City Funding

Voices from Cities - room C

6 November | 17:00–18:30

VC-D 10

Moving Towards Zero Waste Cities - Planning and Designing Sustainable Cities

Voices from Cities - room D

6 November | 17:00–18:30

VC-E 10

Healthy Cities by Design -- Building a One-Health Future

Voices from Cities - room E

6 November | 17:00–18:30

VC-F 10

Innovating Urban Governance Unlocking Evidence-Based Strategies for Smart Sustainable Cities

Voices from Cities - room F

7 November | 09:00–10:30

VC-A 11

How can we be stronger together. Public and Private sector practitioners collaborating for a strong affordable housing sector in Africa

Voices from Cities - room A

7 November | 09:00–10:30

VC-B 11

Fostering Climate Action at Local Level Learning from Ambitious Cities and Strong Partnerships

Voices from Cities - room B

7 November | 09:00–10:30

VC-C 11

The Urban Activist, Not just dreamers but doers

Voices from Cities - room C

7 November | 09:00–10:30

VC-D 11

Empowering Cities for the Digital Age - Lessons from a data-driven resilience approach in Southern African Cities and towns

Voices from Cities - room D

7 November | 09:00–10:30

VC-E 11

Downtown and Placemaking Action for Sustainable Urban Development

Voices from Cities - room E

7 November | 09:00–10:30

VC-F 11

Local actions through inclusive urban planning practices for sustainable development of cities

Voices from Cities - room F

7 November | 11:00–12:30

VC-A 12

Port Cities An Opportunity for Inclusion, Sustainability, and Prosperity in Latin America

Voices from Cities - room A

7 November | 11:00–12:30

VC-B 12

Green and Thriving Neighbourhoods in Latin America and around the World

Voices from Cities - room B

7 November | 11:00–12:30

VC-C 12

Cities Learning Together Creating the conditions for the successful integration of displaced people into their host community

Voices from Cities - room C

7 November | 11:00–12:30

VC-D 12

Multilateral city diplomacy in crisis situations improving multilevel governance

Voices from Cities - room D

7 November | 11:00–12:30

VC-E 12

Shared Wheels, Shared Spaces Impact of pilot Bikesharing and Shared-Streets Initiatives

Voices from Cities - room E

7 November | 11:00–12:30

VC-F 12

Planning mega cities in the age of digital technology

Voices from Cities - room F

7 November | 13:00–14:30

VC-A 13

The New Urban Agenda, Cities Leading the Way

Voices from Cities - room A

7 November | 13:00–14:30

VC-B 13

Local Perspectives - Cities Leading the Way to Achieving the Sdgs

Voices from Cities - room B

7 November | 13:00–14:30

VC-C 13

From emergency to sustainable local development. Success factors in housing and settlements solutions in urban crises.

Voices from Cities - room C

7 November | 13:00–14:30

VC-D 13

Voices of the Good Enough Transformation

Voices from Cities - room D

7 November | 13:00–14:30

VC-E 13

How to Bring Solutions to Small Cities A Case Study from Carmo do Cajuru, Brazil

Voices from Cities - room E

7 November | 13:00–14:30

VC-F 13

A tale of three cities new urban planning visions along the new Silk Road

Voices from Cities - room F

7 November | 15:00–16:30

VC-A 14

Navigating Womens Land Rights in the Arab Region

Voices from Cities - room A

7 November | 15:00–16:30

VC-B 14

“Latin American and Caribbean Network of Biodivercities” from urban diplomacy to green finance.

Voices from Cities - room B

7 November | 15:00–16:30

VC-C 14

Building Better Together - Participatory Planning with and for Urban Communities

Voices from Cities - room C

7 November | 15:00–16:30

VC-D 14

Collective Housing and Safe Sanitation in the Face of the Climate Crisis - Pathways to Climate Responsive and Resilient Urban Communities

Voices from Cities - room D

7 November | 15:00–16:30

VC-E 14

Cities on the move towards future proof Urban Mobility Planning, engaging voices from Ghana and Costa Rica

Voices from Cities - room E

7 November | 15:00–16:30

VC-F 14

Cost of urban transformation in the Coastal Cities of Southern Albania

Voices from Cities - room F

7 November | 17:00–18:30

VC-A 15

Measuring and enhancing well-being in urban environments - lessons learned from the Quality of Life Initiative pilot cities

Voices from Cities - room A

7 November | 17:00–18:30

VC-B 15

Nature-based solutions in urban planning: from permaculture gardens to climate-resilient cities

Voices from Cities - room B

7 November | 17:00–18:30

VC-C 15

Challenges of Mdbs for supporting countries and cities on sub-national finance, including green climate finance

Voices from Cities - room C

7 November | 17:00–18:30

VC-D 15

Advancing Waste Management Solutions for Sustainable Development

Voices from Cities - room D

7 November | 17:00–18:30

VC-E 15

African Just Urban Futures: Digitalization for Local SDG Action

Voices from Cities - room E

7 November | 17:00–18:30

VC-F 15

Localization in Action. Promoting the Italian approach to Sdgs localization through policy coherence for sustainable development

Voices from Cities - room F

8 November | 09:00–10:30

VC-A 16

Cities Leading Innovative Solutions Towards Climate Resilience in Migration Contexts

Voices from Cities - room A

8 November | 09:00–10:30

VC-B 16

Forging Resilient, Healthy, and Equitable African Cities - 2nd Regional Urban Forestry Gathering Ahead

Voices from Cities - room B

8 November | 09:00–10:30

VC-C 16

Cities as agents of change Peer-to-peer Exchange on People-Centred Smart Cities for an Open, Secure and Inclusive Digital Future

Voices from Cities - room C

8 November | 09:00–10:30

VC-D 16

Accelerating sustainable development as a legacy of hosting mega events A journey from Barcelona & London to Brisbane

Voices from Cities - room D

8 November | 09:00–10:30

VC-E 16

Periferia Viva: Uniting Governments and Territorial Players for a Groundbreaking Advancement in Urban-Environmental Enhancement at the Outskirts.

Voices from Cities - room E

8 November | 09:00–10:30

VC-F 16

Making Affordable and Adequate Housing a reality for all - Addressing Urban Challenges Together

Voices from Cities - room F

8 November | 11:00–12:30

VC-B 17

Cities Action Plans to empower Green & Sustainable Urbanism

Voices from Cities - room B

8 November | 11:00–12:30

VC-C 17

Urban-Rural Linkages: Experiences from Bamako to Ouagadougou, Mali.

Voices from Cities - room C

8 November | 11:00–12:30

VC-D 17

Mobilizing local financial resource a prerequisite for achieving the Sdgs

Voices from Cities - room D

8 November | 11:00–12:30

VC-E 17

Local solutions for an integrated River Resource Management for urban Development with Dibamba River in Douala - Cameroon

Voices from Cities - room E

8 November | 13:00–14:30

VC-A 18

La agenda del desarrollo sostenible de la Universidad de Guadalajara. El caso de la Cumbre Internacional del Habitat.

Voices from Cities - room A

8 November | 13:00–14:30

VC-B 18

The experience of Eastern European and Central Asian Countries in Transition Localizing the Sdgs.

Voices from Cities - room B

8 November | 13:00–14:30

VC-C 18

Walkability for equitable and resilient urban futures how Brazilian cities are promoting walkability in unequal contexts

Voices from Cities - room C

8 November | 13:00–14:30

VC-D 18

Kuwait Urban Developments

Voices from Cities - room D

8 November | 13:00–14:30

VC-E 18

Common Space Policies Redefining Urban Dynamics for Inclusive Metropolitan Growth

Voices from Cities - room E

8 November | 13:00–14:30

VC-F 18

Leaving no one behind, Africa,s journey of localising SdGs

Voices from Cities - room F