Habitat III – the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development - will take place in Quito, Ecuador, in October 2016.

In preparation for this event the UN Member States have agreed to work in cooperation with stakeholders from local governments, academia and civil society to develop a so-called New Urban Agenda (NUA), the Habitat III outcome document.

As part of this preparation process the Habitat III secretariat has created 10 Policy Units. Each of these Policy Units brings together 20 international experts and 2 co-leading organizations on a specific theme.

The German Association of Cities and the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) have been appointed co-leads for Policy Unit 9. This Policy unit brings together the following themes: “Urban Infrastructure and Basic Services, including Energy“, „Transport and Mobility“ and „Smart Cities“.

The expected outcome of Policy Unit 9 is the development of a Policy Paper which should be an essential input for the first draft outcome document of the New Urban Agenda (NUA). The NUA is also contributing to operationalize the so called 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that will be agreed from 25th to 27th September by the member states of the UN.

The work of the German Association of Cities as co-lead of Policy Unit 9 will be supported by the International Community of Practice for Sustainable Urban Development ‘Connective Cities’.

For more information please contact:
Alice Balbo
Deutscher Städtetag
E <link>Alice.Balbo@staedtetag.de