Successful initiatives and best practices focusing on sustainable housing, mobility solutions, climate resilience, and community engagement were showcased. This includes the Tiny forest in Darmstadt presented by Ms. Annette Hennemann from the Green Space Office in Darmstadt-Germany as well as a presentation of transit-oriented development in Stuttgart region by Mr. Ulrich Dilger from the Urban Planning Office, Fellbach-Germany. Eng. Nisreen Daoud and Eng. Riyad AlKarabsheh from Greater Amman Municipality elaborated on Amman’s pursuit of climate resilience, which incorporated several steps of planning and actions in different fields including transportation and mobility. Representatives of Jordan Green Building Council and Habitat for Humanity showcased examples of their achievements in the field of adequate housing in Jordan and Egypt.

With a focus on achieving comprehensive, innovative, and replicable results for the New Urban Agenda implementation in Jordan, a training for municipal representatives was held on the third day of the campus. It focused on localizing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) within the specific context of housing, mobility, and climate resilience across diverse cities.  Participants explored how the targets of the SDGs can be applied and adapted to address housing and mobility challenges while enhancing climate resilience at the local level. The trainers, Dr. Hassan Elmouelhi- Habitat Unit at TU Berlin and Dr. Parisa Kloss- Resilient Urban Planning and development (RUPD) GbR, Düsseldorf, utilized tools such as the City WORKS Tool developed by GIZ to enable participants in assessing the alignment of their local urban areas with the targets of the SDGs.

The UTC was held as a collaboration between the Road Safety Center of Excellence/ German Jordanian University (Lead organizer and Host), Connective Cities, UHPH-MENA by Habitat for Humanity International Habitat For Humanity Jordan, Resilient Urban Planning and development (RUPD) GbR, Düsseldorf, Germany, Technical University of Berlin, Habitat Unit, Berlin, Germany, and Road Safety Management, School of engineering ESIB - Saint-Joseph University of Beirut.