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ONE UN Roundtable

This roundtable will build upon the recent review of the implementation of the New Urban Agenda and the high-level meeting of the UN General Assembly in April 2022.
date June 29, 2022 | 14:30 - 16:30
place
Roundtable Room 1
language
Polish, Spanish, English, French, Russian, Chinese, Arabic + ISL [Polish + English]

Summary

This roundtable will build upon the recent review of the implementation of the New Urban Agenda and the high-level meeting of the UN General Assembly in April 2022. It will provide an analysis of current efforts to integrate housing and urban development into the Common Country Analyses and the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Frameworks.

The session will present the United Nations Development Coordination Office (UNDCO) and UN-Habitat joint initiative to enhance country level programming on urban development to assist member states in the implementation of the New Urban Agenda for the achievement of the SDGs.

Sub Title

United Nations support to the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda at country level

Guiding Questions for discussions

In what ways can country Level, multi-agency programming on sustainable Urban development contribute to DCF outcomes on poverty reduction, social equality, economic transformation, climate action, or crisis reduction and recovery?
-  What are some of the ways UN country teams can utilize joint Urban programming to facilitate multistakeholder platforms and multi-Level governance mechanisms to engage national governments, local governments, professional associations, business leaders, and grassroots organizations?
- How can UN country teams leverage joint Urban programming to mobilize domestic and international, private and public investments to finance the SDGs?

Concept Note

Maimunah Mohd Sharif

UN-Habitat | Executive Director

H.E. Collen Vixen Kelapile

ECOSOC | President

Mona Rady

International Union of Architects UIA | Chairperson of UN Habitat Professionals Forum HPF

Natalia Winder-Rossi 

UNICEF | Director of Social Policy and Social Protection

Violet Shivutse

Huairou Commission | Chair

Adam Abdelmoula

UNDCO | Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia

Dena Assaf

UNDCO | Resident Coordinator, United Arab Emirates

Hon. Celestine Ketcha Courtes

Minstry of Housing and Urban Development, Cameroon | Minster 

Nathalie Roebbel

Unit Head, Urban Health, Health Organization, Geneva | Unit Head

Francoise Jacob

UNDCO | Resident Coordinator, Serbia

Gulnara Roll

UNECE | Secretary to the Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management Commission for Europe

Matthias Naab

UNDCO | Resident Coroordinator, Cameroon

Paolo Ciccarelli

European Commission, DEVCO | Head of Unit F4 – Sustainable Transport and Urban Development

Peter Grohmann

UNDCO | Resident Coordinator, Mexico

Sara Sekkenes-Tollefsen

UNDCO | Resident Coordinator, Lao PDR

Francine Pickup

UNDP’s Deputy Director | Bureau for Policy and Programme Support (BPPS)

Emilia Sáiz 

United Cities and Local Governments | Secretary-General 

Sonja Leighton-Kone

UNEP | Deputy Executive Director

Marcela Villarreal

Partnerships and UN Collaboration Division, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) | Director

Natalia Winder-Rossi 

UNICEF | Director of Social Policy and Social Protection

Nathalie Roebbel

Unit Head, Urban Health, Health Organization, Geneva | Unit Head

Filiep Decorte

UN-Habitat | Emergency Response Director

Cecilie Riallant

IOM | Head of Unit Migration and Sustainable Developmentn

Chris Williams

New York Liaison Office, UN-Habitat | Director

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