Transforming Our Cities for a Better Urban Future

The event, hosted by the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (UKFCDO), and supported by co-hosts, UKFCDO local Country Offices, UK Built Environment Advisory Group (UKBEAG) and UN-Habitat’s Urban Lab will bring together partners from multiple sectors, including international donor, international organisations, private, academic and City Authorities to share insights and lessons learnt around multi-partnered, cross-cutting programmes and projects. Focusing on the Global Future Cities Programme, the event will be a demonstration of the UK’s commitment and contribution to global sustainable urban development, advancing prosperity in emerging economies, and its commitment to peer-to-peer learning and knowledge sharing of best practices. Partners will also discuss outcomes and their opportunities for achieving transformative urban development aligned with the SDGs at a local level, whilst connecting to global urban agendas and ambitions. The event will highlight some of the innovative concepts, methodologies, and outcomes of the UK’s partnerships with UN-Habitat and private sector and academic actors and will include a showcase of the successes of such partnerships to achieve the SDG’s and global urban agendas. The event aims to also demonstrate the opportunities of addressing cross-cutting themes and its impact on achieving holistic sustainable urban development, with a specific focus on the pillars of urban planning, mobility, climate action and resilience, and data.