world urban campaign
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2- The World Urban Campaign: Better City, Better Life
The World Urban Campaign is a global movement of public, private and civil society partners working together cooperatively to promote and reinforce policies, strategies and actions to contribute to the well-being of cities throughout the world.
Launched in Rio de Janeiro at the 5th Session of the World Urban Forum (March 2010), the Campaign is coordinated by UN-HABITAT in close collaboration with the Habitat Agenda Partners.
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RURAL URBAN
2000 2030
RURAL URBAN RURAL URBAN
THE URBAN ERA
Today half of humanity lives in cities. This figure will grow to 70% in just a generation from now.
Cities are growing because of:
- Natural increase in urban population (50%)
- Reclassification of rural areas as urban areas (25%)
- Rural-to-urban migration (25%)
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GROWTH OF URBAN POPULATION BY REGION (2005-2020)
Less developed regions
More developed regions
Less developed regions
More developed regions
How we plan, build and manage our cities now, will determine the outcome of our efforts to achieve more sustainable and harmonious development tomorrow.
Urbanization is happening mostly in developing countries (93%)
AN URGENT QUEST – THE NEED FOR THE WORLD URBAN CAMPAIGN
URBAN POPULATION BY REGION (2005)
In the North, almost half of the cities are declining
In the South, more than half of cities are growing very fast
Developing world cities are growing 10 times faster
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TO CONNECT: create synergies and lasting linkages between public, private and social stakeholders working together to improve the quality of life in cities
TO EXCHANGE: share knowledge and information worldwide and promote learning from one other
TO DELIVER: advance strategically together initiatives aimed to improve the quality of life in cities
TO UNITE: create a space for opportunities and engagement whereby the partners and donors can find an effective ground to allocate and leverage resources
TO ENABLE: provide the necessary tools to improve the quality of life in cities and achieve creative and resilient cities and communities
TO MEASURE: establish benchmarks and monitor progress
FOR Learning Sharing
Partnerships Follow-up actions
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CONVENE ANCHOR COMMUNICATE
Public Information
Media
Research &Education
Private Sector
FoundationsDevelopment
Banks/ Agencies
National & Local
Governments
Experts &
Professionals
Women’sGroups
Youth Groups
Parliamentarians
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The Campaign enables the partners to work together to maximize the use of their knowledge and expertise, to leverage each others’ outreach and advocacy capacities, to attract financial resources, and to advance strategically together the many efforts and initiatives aimed to enhance the quality of life in cities.
THE PARTNERS: TOGETHER TO IMPROVE OUR CITY LIFE
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ACCESSIBLE and pro-poor land, adequate housing, infrastructure, services and mobility.
ENVIRONMENTALLY sound and carbon-efficient built environments.
PARTICIPATORY planning and decision making processes.
SOCIALLY inclusive, multi cultural, gender sensitive, healthy and safe development.
VIBRANT, resilient and competitive local ECONOMIES promoting decent work and livelihoods.
Assurance of non-discrimination and EQUITABLE RIGHTS to the city.
EMPOWERING cities and communities to plan for and effectively manage adversity & change.
CAMPAIGN DRIVING PRINCIPLES
Solutions require collective action, and positive force, when exerted with critical mass, can generate lastingly changes.
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One of the World Urban Campaign building blocks. A forum for the best stories of change in cities that all aim for a smarter urban future.
To share innovative urban practices by encouraging and mobilizing people, communities, municipal officials, services providers and political leaders of any city to tell their story about how they are contributing to a better and smarter city.
To test and develop the architecture of a global learning, sharing and networking platform in support of a sustainable urbanization.
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Catalogue of Tools and Methods: to offer cities and countries a user-driven catalogue that would provide a one-stop-shop for tools and methods that have been developed, tested and applied in support of sustainable urban development.
Global Observatory of Good Policies and Enabling Legislations: to establish an observatory dedicated to the exchange of lessons learned from good policies, practices and legislation in promoting the “right to the city”.
UN-Habitat Business Award for Better Cities: to promote and disseminate business practices and technologies aimed at addressing sustainable urbanization.
Network of Networks: to serve as the umbrella structure for a network of campaigns and link up with other global campaigns and commissions
The success of the Campaign will be measured in part by the adoption of better public policies at a national level along with follow up investments at the local level that will ultimately improve the urban livelihood for all
OTHER CAMPAIGN INITIATIVES
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Habitat Professional
Forum
UCLG
Habitat International
Coalition
THE PARTNERS: TOGETHER TO IMPROVE OUR CITY LIFE
Youth Advisory Board
Partners Universities
Global Research Network on
Human Settlements
Cities Alliance
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