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Capturing Voices and Recommendations of Stakeholders in the Design and Implementation of the UN-Habitat Strategic Plan 2026-2029

Dyan Currie

Moderator

date November 7, 2024 | 13:00 - 14:30
place
Multipurpose room 11
organization
University of East London
country
United Kingdom
language
English
Reference: 
NE 11-07

Summary

The event aims to serve as a crucial platform for stakeholders to come together and take stock of the implementation of UN-Habitat’s Strategic Plan 2020 – 2025 from diverse stakeholder perspectives. A key objective of the UN-Habitat Strategic Plan is to increase the number of stakeholders, the diversity of voices, and the quality of stakeholder involvement from design, to implimentation, and monitoring. The event will provide a forum for the exchange of learnings, insights, and experiences to facilitate the co-creation of key recommendations for consideration in developing and implementing the new UN-Habitat Strategic Plan 2026 – 2029. The event will include quick overview presentations about the strategic planning process and take the shape of a fishbowl set-up to stimulate a dynamic and interactive exchange. The networking event is convened by the UN-Habitat Stakeholder Advisory Group Enterprise (SAGE) which has been working to provide strategic guidance, develop action plans, and foster collaboration to support key initiatives within UN-Habitat and its stakeholder groups, networks, and other partners. It compromises of 16 urban experts, representing different stakeholder constituencies, thematic areas, and geographic regions.

Objectives

- Capturing stakeholders’ experiences, voices, and insights from supporting UN-Habitat’s implementation of the current strategic plan 2020-2025
- Reflecting on the experiences and lessons learnt from the UN-Habitat Stakeholder Advisory Group Enterprise (SAGE)
- Enhancing awareness amongst stakeholders of the development process of UN-Habitat’s new strategic plan 2026-2029
- Capturing and co-creating key recommendations from stakeholders to inform the implementation of the upcoming UN-Habitat Strategic Plan.

Session panelists

Panelist
Role
Organization
Country
Mr. Siraj Sait
Co-chair UN-Habitat SAGE
Member of UN-Habitat SAGE
Ms. Sahar Attia
Member, SAGE
UN-Habitat Stakeholder Advisory Group Enterprise SAGE
Mr. Hannes Lagrelius
Member, SAGE
World Blind Union
Mr. Rafael Tuts
Director of the Global Solutions Division
UN Human Settlements Programme UN-Habitat