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Our Collective Efforts on New Urban Agenda

Bobae Lee

Facilitator

date November 5, 2024 | 10:15 - 11:15
place
UN-Habitat Arena
organization
UN-Habitat
country
Kenya
language
English
Reference: 
UA 2

Summary

Objective
• Advocate for the New Urban Agenda (NUA) and its 2026 reporting cycle
• Reflect on overall implementation, monitoring and reporting, through sharing lessons learned, best practices and opportunities
• Emphasis on collective efforts on NUA implementation and monitoring
• Recognise Member States who pledged to prepare reports for the 2026 monitoring cycle for the New Urban Agenda
Target audience
• National and local government representatives
• Representatives from regional bodies
• Participants who are willing to join the NUA network, push their government to submit the National Progress Report (NPR)
Output
• Participants gain a deeper understanding of New Urban Agenda (NUA) and its 2026 reporting cycle
• Increased interest in joining collective efforts on NUA implementation and monitoring
• Participants advocate for their governments to submit NPRs for the NUA
• An increased number of pledges to prepare reports for the 2026 cycle

Partners

Organization
Country
UN-Habitat
Kenya
Not applicable
Kenya

Session panelists

Panelist
Role
Organization
Country
Prefer not to say Edlam Abera Yemeru
Chief of the Knowledge Innovation Branch and Director of External Relations, Strategy, Knowledge and Innovation
UN-Habitat
Prefer not to say Nasra Nanda
CEO, Kenya Green Building Society; Chair, World GBC, Africa; Honorable Member of County Assembly, Nairobi County
Kenya Green Building Society
Prefer not to say Enrique R. Silva
Director of International and Institute-Wide Initiatives
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Prefer not to say Nafisa Mahmoud Hashem
Advisor to the Minister for Housing and Utilities Affairs
Ministry of Housing Utilities and Urban Communities
Prefer not to say Mylene Rivera
Director
Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development
Prefer not to say Efua Dadze-Arthur
Head of Capacity Building through Infrastructure Development Project and Sector Coordinator Urban Development
GIZ Egypt