Insights into sustainable infrastructure planning and the institutional
barriers of cross-sectoral collaboration

Despite the increasing environmental, social and economic challenges that cities face, planning for sustainable infrastructure remains underrepresented on global, regional and national policy agendas. International discussions on infrastructure tend to focus on issues of financing, while disregarding the major issue at stake which is the need for a multi-sectoral and multi-dimensional planning approach. Governments, municipalities and other public institutions are at the heart of policymaking that shapes the planning processes for sustainable infrastructure. The current deficiency in collaboration and representation makes it elusive to turn ambition into action.

Connective Cities – the International Community of Practice for Sustainable Urban Development – organizes a multi-session dialogue that addresses the overarching question of ‘How to overcome barriers to planning for integrated sustainable infrastructure and promoting cross-sectoral collaboration?’

Overarching topics within this exchange series are Participatory, Innovative and Sustainable Urban Infrastructure Decision Making.

• The first session on “Institutional barriers to cross-sectoral collaboration” will take place on the 19^th of May 2022, from 10:00 – 11:30 (CEST). For this session you can register here.

• The second session will take place on the 03^rd of June 2022, from 10:00 - 11:30 (CEST). You can register here to attend the session on "Nature-based solutions for risk-informed urban development planning and sustainable infrastructure".

• The third session on "Green infrastructure: guidance and recommendations for bridging the implementation gap in cities" will subsequently take place on the 08^th of June 2022, from 14:00 - 16:00 (CEST). You can already register for this session here on our platform.

You can enrol to join the sessions: Registration
Further details will be announced soon: More Information

We would also like to invite all interested urban practitioners from all over the world to register (for free) to our Connective Cities Community for further access to our different contents and activities beyond this series here.