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Urban October 2023
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Event Details
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Date Title of EventActivity description Partner organizations
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3rd October, 2023Towards the Institutionalisation of Argentinian Metropolitan AreasInternational seminar exploring worldwide metropolitan governance trends and assessing the current state of affairs in Argentina, fostering the discussion and dialogue on Argentina’s metropolitan agenda, providing a platform for the exchange of diverse perspectives among academics, civil society, government officials, and legislators at various levels.Senate of the Republic of Argentina; UN-Habitat
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9th to 10th October, 2023Heritopolis Annual MeetingMetropolitan Heritage Society (Heritopolis) annual meeting to be held in Shanghai on 09-10 October organised by the Tonji University. PLGS will participate at virtual basis.Tongji University; UN-Habitat
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4th to 7th October, 2023Marmara Urban Forum and World Metropolitan DayMarmara Urban Forum (MARUF) is a biennial international urban forum organized by Marmara Municipalities Union. MARUF aims to provide a basis for sharing knowledge, experience and opportunities between the public and private sectors, non-governmental organizations, universities, local governments and other relevant stakeholders, and to evaluate different approaches to urban services and city management together, in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Bringing together local and international knowledge and experience in order to contribute to the implementation of the New Urban Agenda, MARUF opens the issues to examination from alternative sides of the debate.
The key theme of MARUF, which was held for the first time in the Istanbul Congress Center on October 1-3 2019 with the participation of 250 speakers from 25 countries and 5540 participants, was established as “Cities Developing Solutions”.		Metropolis and UN-Habitat
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11th October, 2023Virtual launch of 3rd compendium of inspiring practices on urban-rural linkagesThe Policy, Legislation and Governance Section, UN-Habitat, together with case study authors, will hold a virtual launch of the 3rd Compendium of Inspiring Practices on Urban-Rural Linkages. The compendium showcases 17 case studies from Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. These cases highlight the application of the Urban-Rural Linkages Guiding Principles and Framework for Action (URL-GP) and emphasize the importance of an integrated territorial approach.UN-Habitat and case study authors
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11th October , 2023The Role of Multi-Level
Governance for Climate Action		The Policy, Legislation and Governance Section, UN-Habitat and the Global Planning Educators Interest Group (GPEIG), a group of scholars affiliated with the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, are pleased to invite you all to their second Urban October event, with a focus on the Role of Multi-Level Governance for Climate Action. The session will explore the following key considerations (1) How can multi-level governance enable climate action for cities? (2) What are the challenges and lessons learned from different world regions? (3) What can urban planning educators, researchers, and professionals do to facilitate climate change mitigation and adaptation?UN-Habitat; Georgia Institute of Technology; University of Michigan
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13th October, 2023Launch of the Centre for Urban-Rural Linkages in AfricaThe University of Nairobi (UON) and UN-HABITAT will launch the Centre for Urban-Rural Linkages in Africa (CURLA) on Friday, 13th October 2023 at 2:00 PM. The venue of the event is Chandaria Auditorium, UON Towers 6th Floor. CURLA is a research, capacity development, student mentorship, and policy center for urban-rural linkages (URLs) following the successful implementation of the COVID-19 ITFCURN project faculty by UON and UN-HABITAT in collaboration with the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing (Republic of Cameroon), Ministry of Housing (Niger state, Federal Republic of Nigeria), Universite Gaston Berge de Saint-Louis du Senegal (Government of Republic of Senegal) and University of Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe).University of Nairobi, UN-Habitat
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18th October, 2023Climate Solutions: The Power of Multi-level Governance and Regulatory Systems.UN-Habitat will be represented by Mr. Duk Hwan Son to present on multi-level governance and regulatory system for climate action along with other pannelists (Animesh Kumar, Head of UNDRR Office in Bonn, Ms. Malini Mehara, Chief Executive, GLOBE International, Ms. Ma'u Leha, Director, National Planning Department, Prime Minister's Office, Government of Tonga, Mr. German (Jerry) Velasquez, Director, Division of Mitigation and Adaptation, Green Climate Fund and Mr. Prabin Maharjan, Programme Management Expert, UNPOG/DPIDG/ UN DESA).
The Symposium is being held on 17-19 October 2023, in Incheon, the Republic of Korea and it is organized by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG) through its Project Office on Governance (UNPOG) and in collaboration with the Ministry of the Interior and Safety (MOIS) of the Government of the Republic of Korea and Incheon Metropolitan City.
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28th October to 1st November, 20233rd International Forum on Urban-Rural LinkagesThe third international forum on URL, will be co-hosted and co-organized by UN-Habitat, Zhejiang Provincial Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, Lishui Municipal People’s Government and Songyang County People’s Government. The theme of the forum will be ‘Enhancing Urban-Rural Connectivity to build Better Livelihoods’ which will be further discussed elaborated through four sub themes, namely: youth, equitable distribution of resources, rural revitalization and transportation. The third forum comes at a time when the world is recovering from challenges such as reverse migration and mobility, health issues, enlarged territorial inequities and disproportionate impacts from the recent global crises. New partnerships that will be formed at the 3rd Forum will strengthen existing collaborations and expand the network to continue bringing territories to a coherent policy and normative discourse. UN-Habitat
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19th October, 2023Building Resilient Cities of the FutureThe session will commence with a keynote presentation by Prof. Shuaib Lwasa for 10 minutes. He will focus broadly on key principles and strategies for building resilient urban economies in Africa, setting the scene. His presentation will be followed by a panel discussion where UN-Habitat (Samuel Njuguna) along with other speakers, will be expected to speak for 7 minutes. Sam will speak on regulatory and governance frameworks for resilient urban systems.Charter Cities Institute, UN-Habitat, AfDB Africa Development Bank and Zambia Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development
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25th October, 2023Our seat at the table – maximizing transformative
opportunities across the rural-urban continuum to deliver healthy
diets from sustainable food systems 		Transformative action to deliver healthy diets from sustainable food systems is essential to end malnutrition in all its forms and achieve the interlinked, and interdependent 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Local and regional governments have successfully promoted the importance of local and territorial food systems in achieving overall food systems transformation and the SDGs. The emphasis now shifts to greater facilitation and acceleration of coherent national and local action. Food systems drivers, including the influence of urbanisation and the need for better integration of value chains across the rural-urban continuum, offer numerous opportunities and policy entry points for urban and local governments, and other local stakeholders. Interventions to support local food systems can create co-benefits for people and nature. Actions at the local level can play a catalytic role in tackling widening social and economic inequalities. They can also address the worrisome convergence of rural-urban food consumption patterns favouring highly processed foods often high in unhealthy fats, sugars or salts. Efforts to support local, place-based food systems can leverage national action to combat malnutrition, protect and conserve biodiversity and ecosystems, boost livelihoods and support local formal and informal economies. Within the rural-urban continuum, harnessing the food systems connectivity of small and medium size cities and rural towns is key. Action should ensure quality service provision, and improve access, affordability and desirability of nutritious foods. Sustained impact depends upon people-centered, multisectoral approaches led by robust, inclusive food systems governance and targeted investment at the local, regional and national levels.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
UN-Nutrition
United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
The Urban Food Systems Coalition (UFSC)
United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG)
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
The Global Taskforce of Local and Regional Governments
EcoAgriculture Partners
German Development Cooperation (GIZ)
Coalition of Action on Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems (HDSFS)
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29th to 31st October, 2023
Metropolitan resilience international eventMetropolitan resilience international event to be held in Tegucigalpa on October 29-31, organised jointly with GIZ and the Central American Metropolises Network.
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31st October, 2023Rules of the Game: Fiscal Sustainability in CitiesTo celebrate World Cities Day (WCD), PLGS and the Fordham University, Urban Law Center (US) are hosting an Urban Law Day Roundtable Discussion on Tuesday, October 31, 2023. In line with this year’s WCD theme: Financing Sustainable Urban Future for All, a panel of urban legal scholars from around the world, will discuss the role played by urban legislation in setting the rules of the game for fiscal sustainability of cities.UN-Habitat, Fordham University, Centre for Urban Law and Finance in Africa, Pegasys Global
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