SDGs 11 SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES
SDG 11 | Sustainable Cities and Communities | Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable.
SDG 11 wants “Making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable”.
In the OSS Education program we talk about urban, suburban and rural settlements.
ORGANIZATION
organized by
Italian Association of Local Authorities for the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (AICCRE),
United Cities and Local Governments (CGLU), with the financial support of Platform,
United Nations Advisory Committee for Local Governments (UNACLA), with technical support from FMDV
The event is co-organized by
- UN-Habitat, the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF);
- United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
CONFERENCE CONTEXT
Within the 2030 Agenda, the city occupy a very special place as tools for growth, equality and opportunities, since for the first time a goal dedicated exclusively to cities has been included in the Agenda.
SDG 11 wants “Making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable".
CONFERENCE OBJECTIVE
- identify challenges in financing the SDGs at the local level;
- highlighting the most successful cases that cities and central governments are implementing to improve
the lives of its citizens; - iwill identify trends and innovations in local public management that contribute to achievement of the SDGs;
- will focus primarily on ways to finance the SDGs at local level;
- need for statistical data relating to financing;
- on the importance of including local and regional governments in national strategies to finance the SDGs
RESULTS
Included in the recommendations to be presented to the United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) in 2019 under the theme “Empowering People, Ensuring Inclusivity and Equality.”
