#urbanthinkers guide to habitat III

Programme of WUC Partners Events

FRIDAY 14 OCTOBER 2016 19:00 - 21:00 World Urban Campaign Dinner W Organised by: WUC Secretariat

Wednesday 19 October 08:00 - 09:00 Experiences with Technologies and Data-Gathering for Women Empowerment S Organised by: Cities Alliance Venue: CC-R18

Venue: by invitation only

SATURDAY 15 OCTOBER 2016 18:00 - 20:00 World Urban Campaign Steering Committee - 16th Session - Part 1 W P Organised by: WUC Secretariat Venue: Mercure Alameda Hotel

08:00 - 09:00 Data-Driven Cities - Building Urban Resilience and Enabling Knowledge Sharing Through DataS Intensive Learning, leadership, and Citizen Participation

Organised by: Ecocity Buiders Venue: CC-R8 09:30 - 10:30 Promoting Gender Responsive Services and Spaces Towards Inclusive and Safe Cities S Organised by: ActionAid Venue: CC-R18

SUNDAY 16 OCTOBER 2016 08:00 - 10:00 World Urban Campaign Steering Committee -16th Session - Part 2 W P Organised by: WUC Secretariat Venue: Mercure Alameda Hotel

09:30 - 10:30 Rebuilding the City S Organised by: Metropolis – World Association of the Major Metropolises Venue: CC-R7

18:00 - 20:00 GAP Plenary Meeting P Organised by: General Assembly of Partners

09:30 - 10:30 Urban Preparedness and Response? How Built Environment Professionals Can Help the HumaniS tarian Sector

Organised by: Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) Venue: CC-R3

20:00 - 22:00 World Urban Campaign Dinner W Organised by: WUC Secretariat

08:00 - 09:00 S

08:00 - 09:00 S 08:00 - 09:00 S

09:30 - 10:30 S W

11:00 - 11:45 L

Venue: CC-R21 Venue: by invitation only

MONDAY 17 OCTOBER 2016 Urban Resilience: the People’s Approach Organised by: Cordaid

Venue: CC-R8

10:00 - 10:45 Thrive Global L Organised by: United Nations University (UNU)

12:30 -13:30 Urban Cable Cars - is the future of urban mobility above our heads?

S Organised by: Doppelmayr Venue: CC-R11

The Role of Parliamentarians in implementation of the New Urban Agenda Organised by: Global Parliamentarians for Habitat (GPH)

12:30 -13:30 Financing for Delivering Results and Impact: Municipal Development Funds as Catalysts in EffecS tive Implementation of the New Urban Agenda

Organised by: FMDV - Global Fund for Cities Development Venue: CC-R12

Inclusive Cities Work Better: Lessons and Evidence from 10 Cities Organised by: Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO)

Venue: tbc

11:00 - 12:00 Evidence from Practice for Action: Ensuring informed implementation of the New Urban Agenda S Organised by: Habitat for Humanity International Venue: CC-R9 11:00 - 12:00 Cultural Heritage and Creativity as A Driver For Urban Social Cohesion, Inclusion & Equity S Organised by: International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) Venue: CC-R5 12:30 - 13:30 How do we tackle Urban Informality? Comparing Strategies in South Korea and in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) S

Organised by: Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements (KRIHS) Venue: CC-R7 14:00 - 16:00 Facing Global Changes (Environmental, Social Issues) What are the Possible Solutions to Rethink Regions and Cities N

Organised by: Veolia Venue: CC-R6 14:00 - 16:00 Triple Win: People, Public, and Private Partnerships for more Livable Cities and Communities N Organised by: IHC Global-Coalition for Inclusive Housing and Sustainable Cities Venue: CC-R2 14:00 - 16:00 City Managers Implementing the New Urban Agenda N Organised by: Metropolis, World Association of the Major Metropolises

Venue: CC-R9

Tuesday 18 October 08:00 - 09:00 People-Powered Housing: How Communities Take Control Organised by: Building and Social Housing Foundation (BSHF) Venue: CC-R18 S

Thursday 20 October 08:00 - 10:00 Habitat Professionals Forum Meeting P Organised by: Habitat Professionals Forum Meeting Venue: (closed)

08:00 - 11:00 Cities for all: Urban Planning Law and Constitutional Defense TE Organised by: Colegio National de Jurisprudencia Urbanistica (CNJUR) Venue: CC-R11

09:00 - 20:00 The 11th Global Forum on Human Settlements & Sustainable Cities And Human Settlements Award Ceremony 2016 P

Organised by: Global Forum on Human Settlements (GFHS) Venue: Best Western Premier CPlaza Hotel

08:00 - 08:45 MobiliseYourCity: Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans in 100 Cities – Paving the Way Towards more F Inclusive and liveable Cities for All

Organised by: CODATU Venue: tbc

09:30 - 10:30 Migration: Critical Challenges for Sustainable Urbanization Organised by: Consortium for Sustainable Urbanization (CSU) Venue: CC-R14 S

09:30 - 10:30 Urban Sustainability Management S Organised by: International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) Venue: CC-R2

11:00 - 12:00 The Challenge of Human Capital in Local Governments. Time to Act is now for the New Urban Agenda S Organised by: United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLG-A) Venue: CC-R2

09:30 - 10:30 New Towns: Laboratories for Implementation of the New Urban Agenda S Organised by: International New Town Institute Venue: CC-R12

11:00 - 12:00 Nothing About Us Without Us: Mechanisms for Youth Engagement in the Monitoring, Review and Implementation of the New Urban Agenda S

Organised by: United Nations Major Group for Children and Youth (UN MGCY) Venue: CC-R18

09:30 - 10:30 Responding to Ageing Urban Populations Organised by: Older Persons Partner Constituent Group, General Assembly of Partners Venue: S CC-R18

11:00 - 12:00 The Global Human Settlement Layer Framework. New, Open and Free Tools for Detailed Assessment of the Human Presence in the Planet.

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Organised by: University of Pennsylvania Institute for Urban Research Venue: CC-R14

09:30 - 10:30 Social Production of Habitat Platform: Promoting Successful Supportive Policies to Community-led Habitat around the world S

Organised by: UrbaMonde Venue: CC-R3

12:00 - 12:45 The Role of Media in Building Better Cities Organised by: Citiscope F

09:30 - 10:30 Heading Towards a Regenerative City: The Impact of inclusiveness and Accessibility S Organised by: World Future Council Venue: CC-R14

14:00 - 16:00 Land and Revenue: A North-South Dialogue on Value Capture Organised by: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy’s Venue: CC-R6 N 15:00 - 18:00 The City We Need is Affordable Campaign Organised by: FIABCI Venue: JW Marriott Hotel P 16:30 - 18:30 Fostering Renewables through Innovation: Ambitious RE Targets as Essential Ingredients for an Integrated, Resilient and Transformative New Urban Agenda N

Organised by: ICLEI Venue: CC-R7 16:30 - 18:30 Smart City Strategies and Data Revolution For Sustainable Development Organised by: Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements Venue: CC-R11 N 16:30 - 18:30 Strengthening Partnerships-Means of Implementation of the New Urban Agenda Organised by: Cities Alliance Venue: CC-R20 N

established non-government partner organizations and networks from around the world, representing more than 10 million people.

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In 2015, WUC partners have designed and launched the General Assembly of Partners (GAP), a special initiative conceived as a global deliberative devise for non-governmental partners representing a large array of committed partners to lobby a global non-State partners’ position towards the Habitat III Conference.

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The City We Need is the WUC global manifesto, designed to provide key recommendations on principles and drivers of change

Urban Thinkers Campuses, engaging some 7,800 people from 2100

16:30 - 18:30 Partnerships for Collective Action to Contribute to Inclusive and Just Cities for Children N Organised by: World Vision International Venue: CC-R20

12:30 - 13:30 Fostering Growth, Prosperity and Opportunity through Designing Responsible Architecture and Sustainable Cities - Search for a new Paradigm S

Organised by: International Union of Architects (UIA) Venue: CC-R6

addressing urban challenges, driven by more than 160 committed

14:00 -16:00 Know Your City: Creating a Joint Knowledge Base to Transform Cities and their Relationships with N Informal Settlements

Organised by: Slum Dwellers International Venue: CC-R13

16:30 -18:30 Changing Capacity Building: Decentralising Urban Learning for Today’s Cities N Organised by: Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS), Erasmus University

Venue: CC-R21

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It is a global space for building consensus and sharing solutions

for future cities, towards the Habitat III Conference. It has been

15:00 - 15:45 4th Global Report on Local Democracy and Decentralization (GOLD IV): Co-creating the Urban Future: The Agenda of Metropolises, Cities, and Territories L

Organised by: United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) Venue: tbc

11:30 - 11:45 Foundations of Municipal Fiscal Health L Organised by: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Venue: tbc 13:00 - 13:45 Women-Friendly City Challenge: Make your City the Most Women-Friendly in the World F Organised by: Women Transforming Cities International Society Venue: tbc 14:00 - 14:45 Campaña Campus de Pensadores Urbanos F Organised by: MIRA FEMUM ALC- HUAIROU Venue: tbc

conceived through a consensus-building mechanism in a series of organizations.

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Urban Thinkers have gathered a series of implementable urban solutions that are innovative, stimulating, inspiring, ambitious and grounded in the reality of their communities and practice. These will help articulate further commitment to action.

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14:00 - 16:00 Assemblée Thématique: Villes Durables N Organised by: Enda Tiers Monde Venue: CC-R3 14:00 - 16:00 A New Role for the Private Sector: Integral to Implementation of the New Urban Agenda N Organised by: International Federation for Housing and Planning (IFHP) Venue: CC-R6 14:00 - 16:00 Leveraging Natural and Cultural Heritage to Improve Urban Livability and Resilience: SDG Target 11.4 and Beyond N

Organised by: ICOMOS Venue: CC-R9

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14:00 - 16:00 Active and Accessible Cities: Cycling Delivers on the New Urban Agenda and the Global Goals N Organised by: European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF) Venue: CC-R18

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14:00 - 16:00 Professionals and Planners: Key Actors for Implementing the New Urban Agenda N Organised by: Habitat Professional Forum (HPF) Venue: CC-R19 WUC Exhibitors Area B: Cities Alliance, FIABCI - The International Real Estate Federation, Future of Places, Habitat for Humanity, Huairou Commission, Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS) Erasmus University Rotterdam, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Slum Dwellers International Area C: World Vision, Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO) Area F: French Alliance for Cities and Territorial Development (PFVT) Area G: Doppelmayr

LEGEND W WUC Specific Event

CC Casa de la Cultura S Side Event

F Urban Future Event

P Parallel Event

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14:00 -16:00 Grassroots Women Call for Ecological and Resilient Cities: Integrating the Localization of the New Urban Agenda and the Sendai Framework for DRR N Organised by: Huairou Commission Venue: CC-R7

14:00 -16:00 Building Information Modelling as a Tool for Capacity Building for Sustainable Housing Upgrading N in Informal Settlements

Organised by: Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development Venue: CC-R9

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in development policies.

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13:00 -15:00 Safer Cities SP Organised by: Safer Cities Programme Venue: CC- National Library

14:00 -16:00 A pathway to Inclusive Cities: Multi-Level Governance for Climate Resilient Urbanization Organised by: Adelphi Venue: CC-R4 N

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urbanization convened and coordinated by UN-Habitat.

12:30 -13:30 Smart Cities in the New Urban Agenda S Organised by: International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP) Venue: CC-R10

14:00 -16:00 Metropolitan Planning Agencies Global Networking: Key Actors for Implementing the New Urban Agenda N

Organised by: French Network of Urban Planning Agencies (FNAU) Venue: CC-R6

In existence since 2010, the World Urban Campaign (WUC) is the most advanced global advocacy and partnership platform on sustainable

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12:30 -13:30 Ciudades para los Ciudadamos: Vision Zero Plus S Organised by: Federacion Iberoamericana de Urbanista (FIU) Venue: CC-R8

Implementing the New Urban Agenda - The Role of Urban Thinkers Campuses & The City We Need Organised by: Arcadis Venue: CC-R8

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Planning Sustainable Housing Communities in Gulf States & Opportunities for South Cooperation Organised by: Dubai Real Estate Institute Venue: CC-R21 Venue: CC-R20

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L Urban Library Event

N Networking Event

R Room SP Special Session

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The City We Need PRINCIPLES FOR A NEW URBAN PARADIGM TCWN is socially inclusive and engaging

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TCWN is people-centered, ethical, and just. It eliminates all physical and spatial forms of segregation, discrimination and exclusion.

It values the lives and and potential of all inhabitants, especially the poor and other disadvantaged groups. It embraces cultural diversity, including differences of belief and language, and encourages social integration of migrants and refugees. It encourages all segments and age groups of the population to partake in social and cultural life.

TCWN promotes the “right to the city for all”. This entails the right to a dignified and secure existence with access to decent housing, public goods and services and a voice in decision-making.

It fosters a culture of solidarity through processes such as community consultations, community contracting and participatory budgeting.

TCWN is a tolerant city. It accepts and embraces all inhabitants regardless of age, race, creed, gender or other forms of diversity. It creates collaborative spaces that are socially inclusive, driven by democratic decision-making. It fosters shared values and a shared vision for a common urban future.

TCWN recognizes gender differentiated needs and supports women as key actors in planning and adopts measures that enhance their involvement and their ability to participate effectively in decision making.

The New Urban Agenda should aim to recognize and integrate divergent interests, lifestyles and values of different city dwellers through more effective civic engagement, particularly during the planning to implementation stages for local and city-wide projects. It recognizes that engagement is much more than ensuring access to basic services for all and promotes bottomup participatory processes throughout the entire policy cycle: to collectively define and review priorities, strategies and actions.

The City We Need (TCWN) is a manifesto prepared by Urban Thinkers of the World Urban Campaign, presenting a new urban paradigm for the 21st century. This vision builds on the Habitat Agenda, the 2030 Development Agenda, and the outcomes of COP 21, in which they have participated actively. TCWN has been prepared through a global consultation and consensus building process in a series of 26 Urban Thinkers Campuses organized by the World Urban Campaign in 2015-2016 to 20 February 2016. It includes the contributions of local and subnational authorities, research and academia, civil society organizations, grassroots organizations, women, parliamentarians, children and youth, business and industries, foundations and philanthropies, professionals, trade unions and workers, farmers, indigenous people and the media. The principles below are followed by a set of Drivers of Change, in the full publication online available in six UN official languages. (www.worldurbancampaign.org)

especially for women and actively eliminates the barriers and obstacles that prevent them from realizing their full potential.

TCWN recognizes that health is a precondition for productivity. It facilitates inclusive prosperity and promotes the right to decent work, livelihood and shared prosperity through skills development, youth training and policies that support non-discriminatory employment. It does so in partnership with the private, public and civil society sectors.

TCWN recognizes the role and potential of the shared economy both as a means to make public services more affordable and accessible and to promote local economic development.

TCWN is collectively managed & democratically governed

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TCWN is participatory. It promotes effective partnerships and active engagement by all members of society and partners (public, private and civil society). It safeguards local democracy by encouraging participation, transparency and accountability.

TCWN cultivates a strong sense of community. Its inhabitants are equipped with the knowledge and means to express their views on issues affecting their quality of life. They engage in city management and planning decisions through transparent public discussion.

TCWN empowers communities to be self-supporting, developing local capacities and supporting local leadership and collaborative institutions to boost self-reliance, awareness and self-determination.

TCWN makes public service an employment of choice and engages appropriate professionals and ethical practices to carry out its policies and plans.

TCWN recognizes the important roles that women fulfill in their respective communities and strengthens their participation in urban and local decision making.

TCWN is affordable, accessible and equitable

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In TCWN resources are distributed equitably and opportunities are available to all. Land, infrastructure, housing, transport and basic services are planned and operated with special attention to improving access by women and low-income and disadvantaged groups. Public services are designed with the participation of communities and consciously include the needs, safety and dignity of women, elderly, children and youth, persons with disabilities and marginalized groups.

TCWN regards every inhabitant as a citizen of the city regardless of his or her legal status. It engages residents of slums and informal settlements in improving their quality of life and works closely with all sectors to address the root causes of informality.

TCWN recognizes that its inhabitants are co-owners of the public space, which are designed with their participation and consciously include the needs of women, the elderly as well as children and youth, persons with disabilities and marginalized populations.

Rapidly growing cities will inevitably require some resettlement of communities. TCWN undertakes resettlement in such a way as to minimize disruption to people’s livelihoods and their social networks and relations.

The New Urban Agenda should recommend a continuum of legitimate tenure arrangements (collective and individual, customary, perceived or formally registered) that involve legal protection against forced evictions, dispossession, destruction and other violations.

TCWN is economically vibrant and inclusive

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TCWN encourages and fosters local economic development from the smallest entrepreneur to the largest corporations. It streamlines licensing and other administrative services. It provides a level playing field, especially for micro-, small-, and medium-sized enterprises and supports local economic development through its own contracting and procurement functions.

The New Urban Agenda should recognize that the informal sector of the economy provides an important source of livelihood for the urban poor and

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TCWN fosters cohesive territorial development

TCWN coordinates sectoral policies and actions, such as economy, mobility, housing, biodiversity, energy, water and waste, within a comprehensive and coherent territorial framework. Roles and responsibilities between all stakeholders, while respecting the principle of subsidiarity, are clearly defined with resources allocated strategically, equitably, and around a common agenda.

TCWN is a catalyst for sustainability planning across jurisdictions within the region it occupies. It actively seeks to coordinate and implement policies, make investments and take actions that retain local autonomy while building and enhancing regional cooperation. It actively seeks crosssectoral coordination and cooperation and promotes mutually beneficial and environmentally sound linkages between rural and urban areas.

The New Urban Agenda should encourage cohesive territorial development to avoid urban sprawl and preserve natural resources. It should recommend reducing the need for transporting goods and people through appropriate clustering of housing, industries, services and educational institutions. It should recommend inter-municipal cooperation to achieve economies of scale and agglomeration, optimize use of resources and prevent unhealthy competition among local authorities and other public agencies.

TCWN is regenerative and resilient

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TCWN is designed to be resilient, continuously assessing risks and building the capacities of local stakeholders, individuals and communities to prepare for, absorb, recover from and learn from acute shocks and chronic stresses, both natural and anthropogenic. It acts to avoid or prevent such events where feasible, protecting vulnerable populations before, during and after the fact. It recognizes that it is only as resilient as it’s most vulnerable and marginalized dwellers and strives to ensure their longterm survival, sustainability and quality of life.

TCWN is regenerative, energy and resource efficient, low-carbon, and increasingly reliant on renewable energy sources. It replenishes the resources it consumes and recycles and reuses waste. It manages water, land, and energy in a coordinated manner and in harmony with its hinterlands.

It supports ecosystem restoration and city-regional food systems, including urban and peri-urban food production and community-based agriculture.

It is endowed with multifunctional, adaptable infrastructure that supports local biodiversity while providing public space that improves quality of life.

It recognizes the carrying capacities and limitations of the natural systems which support it, and values ecosystem services for the roles they play in urban health, environmental protection, aesthetics and livability.

The New Urban Agenda should call on cities to plan for and provide infrastructures and incentives for industries to prosper in a circular economy and to implement sustainable production and consumption patterns.

TCWN has shared identities and sense of place

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TCWN fosters a strong sense of place and generates a sense of belonging for all.

TCWN has a multifaceted identity made up of diverse neighborhoods and peoples who consciously seek ways to share a common sense of place. It recognizes culture as key to human dignity and values diversity as a source of creativity, growth and learning in a knowledge economy.

It functions as a resilient learning community that responds to changing needs of its population in the context of an ever-changing world. It strengthens its relationship with surrounding rural regions, recognizing the valuable resources rural areas provide for urban inhabitants.

It develops local solutions to urban challenges through the use of local culture and heritage, local skills and materials and local knowledge.

Human beings are connected to places via their senses. Cities should recognize the importance of sensory stimulation and beauty to sense of place and wellbeing. TCWN designs urban public and natural spaces to actively promote aesthetic experiences. It enables people, especially poorer communities, to claim ownership of urban spaces and use them to contribute to a shared experience and to enhance a sense of achievement and belonging.

TCWN uses art in all of its forms as a creative means for all citizens to design, explore and experiment with new urban paradigms.

TCWN looks at heritage not just nostalgically but in an evolutionary and innovative sense. It celebrates the rapidly evolving nature of most modern cities as it cherishes the value of indigenous knowledge, culture and perspectives.

It recognizes the importance and role of art in creating uniquely distinguishable and aesthetically pleasing places and that different forms and means of expression all have a place in the city.

TCWN is well planned, walkable, and transit-friendly

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TCWN adopts integrated planning to meet present and future needs for land, housing, infrastructure and services. It adopts participatory planning by bringing on board and empowering all stakeholders in the development of its plans and building codes. The resulting land use integrates form, function and connectivity. Multimodal networks of social and economic exchange form a framework of interconnected public space.

TCWN is compact where accessibility is supported by a fine-grained block and street network lined with buildings and facilities providing amenities and services with a mix of uses and sizes. The density of the city is designed to allow for planned urban expansion while reducing its ecological footprint and sprawl. Schools are within walking or biking distance from homes. Offices are located no further than a few transit stops away from homes. Shopping for daily necessities is within walking distance of residential buildings and located near transit stops. Open space for recreation is near schools, work, and home.

TCWN has efficient and affordable mobility systems that guarantee the right to mobility for all and an equitable access to workplaces, places of worship and recreation, culture and services.

The New Urban Agenda should call on cities to adopt and implement their respective plans in a flexible manner, periodically updating their key components to better meet the needs of all partners, people and communities.

TCWN is safe, healthy and promotes well-being

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TCWN is free from violence, conflict and crime. It is welcoming night and day, inviting all people to use its streets, parks, and transit without fear. It guarantees the safety of women and girls and the elderly in both public and workplaces. It does so by involving men and women and girls and boys in the planning, design, budgeting and implementation of security interventions.

TCWN fosters a culture of peace. It does so by working together with all stakeholder groups in organizing inter-generational, inter-cultural dialogue and events to promote understanding, tolerance and communications.

The city’s parks and gardens provide access to nature and recreation for city dwellers. They are accessible by all residents, including the elderly and persons with disabilities. They are designed to foster local biodiversity and provide essential ecosystem services.

TCWN promotes sports among its inhabitants and provides public space for recreation, with special attention to people with specific needs.

TCWN must address the rising tide of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) associated with obesity, unhealthy diets, sedentary lifestyles, substance abuse, and environmental pollution. It should further recognize the essential role of and guarantee equal access to quality food and food markets.

The New Urban Agenda should recognize that good health requires solutions that transcend the health sector and recommend improved inter-sectoral communication and coordination for health. The New Urban Agenda should also recognize health as a fundamental aim of development, co-equal with other aims, and the impacts on health of actions in all urban sectors should be explicitly considered. It should recognize the critical role of the determinants of health and reduce air, water, soil and noise pollution and ensure universal access to safe drinking water, adequate sanitation and decent shelter.

TCWN learns and innovates

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TCWN is a “laboratory” for experimenting with alternative scenarios for the future. It creates collaborative learning and discovery opportunities to revisit and redefine urban paradigms and social contracts for sustainable futures.

TCWN recognizes that cities are changing, which calls for continuous learning and reflection and more flexible planning and decision making. This includes new and innovative approaches to social, economic and environmental governance. It also calls for new and innovative approaches to municipal administration and fiscal and financial management.

TCWN is not afraid to open itself to new ideas, experiments and innovations, engaging all stakeholder groups and working in close collaboration with other cities and communities.

TCWN harnesses the full potential of technologies to improve efficiency and effectiveness in its operations and to reduce its carbon footprint. These technologies introduce new channels of communication, new forms of work and new business models and enterprises. They multiply the means by which all inhabitants can participate in and interact with planning, decision-making and project implementation.

The New Urban Agenda should recognize the importance of overcoming the digital divide to enable all of its inhabitants to take advantage of the city as an open platform and a collaborative space. This openness contributes to improved understanding and trust among inhabitants, policy makers and the private sector. It allows both inhabitants and government entities access to information across sectors and traditional silos to develop new models and paradigms for managing water, waste, energy, mobility and food.

TCWN uses systems thinking to understand urban complexity and the sources of unintended policy consequences. It experiments with new approaches to science and the production of evidence, including action-based research, crowd-sourced data-gathering and analysis, inter-active policy dialogue and studies, collaborative research involving trans-disciplinary engagement with stakeholders.

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