Habitat III Side Event: ‘City Diagnostic Tools – Measuring Readiness for the New Urban Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals’

Elizabeth Ryan Colombo Innovating project Parque Agroindustrial de Base Tecnológica de Colombo Human Rights Labour Environment Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning Goal 8: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation Goal...

3 Oct 2013 Global Compact Leaders Summit 2013, New York “Partnerships for Sustainability: Cities, States, Corporations” September 19-20, 2013, New York, USA. The UN Global Compact Cities Programme and the Regional Center for the Support of the Global Compact in Latin America and the Caribbean jointly hosted a special session at the UN Global Compact...

16 Aug 2016 Built environment advises the Australian Parliament Built Environment Meets Parliament (BEMP) is a premier urban think-tank event in Australia, involving leading Parliamentarians, policy specialists, academics and practitioners across the built environment sector. This year, it was held at the NSW State Parliament in Sydney on 10 August, with an agenda which focused...

18 May 2016 Barcelona Ethical Cities event Critical sustainable development issues such as affordable housing, urban energy transitions, public spaces, social inclusion and innovative financing will be debated at the upcoming ‘Ethical Cities: Urban Innovation Forum’ in Barcelona which is being organised and hosted by RMIT Europe, in collaboration with UN-Habitat. Building on the first...

22 Dec 2016 UNDP launches online course on migration Cities Programme Chair Michael Nolan recently met with the Programme Manager for the Joint Migration and Development Initiative (JMDI) from the Brussels Office of UNDP, Cecile Riallant. Their discussion highlighted important overlaps that exist between the two programmes, primarily surrounding migration as an area of interest....

18 Jul 2016 Global Cities, Global Challenges International Seminar Series The UN Global Compact – Cities Programme and the School of Global, Urban and Social Studies – RMIT University will host a seminar series titled “Global Cities, Global Challenges: Understanding the Urban Implications of Climate Change, Energy and Food Security in Asia Pacific.” A total...