Global Urban Observatory Network

On July 9, 2024, join @UNSDSN @sdgstoday & @UNHABITAT for a virtual #HLPF Side Event: "Enhancing Data Strategies for VNR and VLR Digitization" at 8:00AM EDT. Learn about innovative tools for SDG progress monitoring & reporting. Demo included! Registration: bit.ly/4c6ivLK

The climate crisis is primarily a water crisis. Sustainable water management is central to building the #resilience of societies and ecosystems and to reducing carbon emissions. Here's how you can #ActNow to protect our planet & our future: un.org/actnow

@UNHABITAT's Data and Analytics Section(DAS) invites you to save the date for its #WUF11 events on Urban Data, and application of the Global Urban Monitoring Framework(#UMF) and its adaptations for #SDGs/ #NUA monitoring and reporting and VLR preparation.

#WUF11 will have 11 zones located across the city of Katowice! The zones are open to all & will provide a substantive & cultural program, which will touch on both local & global issues. ✨We can't wait to celebrate WUF11 in the city! 👉wuf.unhabitat.org/event-type/wuf…

If well-planned and well-managed, urbanization can be a powerful tool for sustainable development for both developing and developed countries. See urban data on the UN-Habitat Urban Indicators Database data.unhabitat.org #NUA #NEWURBANAGENDA @UNHABITAT @UNStats

People becoming #homeless do not only lose their houses. They are also often uprooted from their family & social connections. They face barriers in accessing health care, as well as education & job opportunities, which fuels poverty. cc @IGHomelessness Watch via @UNWebTV 👇👇

The New Urban Agenda can help governments around the world end poverty, achieve net-zero development & improve the quality of life of all urban residents. A High-Level Meeting will be convened tomorrow in #NYC to assess the progress of its implementation. #NUA #HLM @UNHABITAT

#SDG Analytics is now available and allows you to view Data availability, Global and regional trends, compare trends of one series by area, and compare trends of multiple series by one area here: unstats.un.org/sdgs/dataporta…

"Low-car" cities are ideal for sustainable human life. They help provide lower anxiety and stress, increased independence, social autonomy, and improved mental and physical wellbeing. Read more about "The Human Case for Fewer Cars in Our Lives". 👉: bit.ly/3OmAEd6

The Degree of Urbanization affords the ability to compare data on how different countries are progressing towards attainment of the SDGs, which have a major urban component, as well as the NUA, ensuring no country or city is left behind. bit.ly/3KZPzIe

#HappyEaster to the @UNHABITAT family and partners! I hope this period is met with space to focus on the things that matter and restore you with the energy necessary to keep pushing for more sustainable communities around the world. #GlobalGoals #Goal11

#Africities is a Pan African conference that will bring together city leadership & sub-national governments & their associations who will share strategies in order to improve the living conditions of people at the local level👉africities.org #ThinkLocalActGlobal

@UNHABITAT Data and Analytics Unit team members take statisticians from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics through a technical training on the application of the Degree of Urbanization #DEGURBA @EU_Commission @FAO @FAOKenya @WBG_Cities

UN-Habitat offers a free course in English and French to help our stakeholders learn to better manage #MunicipalWaste. By collecting and analyzing data to address policy and infrastructure gaps, cities can make plans to meet #SDGs. Find out more here: bit.ly/3DRgsve

In March, @GLTNnews and @UNHABITAT’s @GUONet conducted 3 technical training workshops on data gathering for 2 @UN_SDG indicators focusing on land tenure security. These workshops were held in Dakar/Senegal, Kinshasa/DR Congo and Lusaka/Zambia. Methodology bit.ly/3udB7WX

📢📢News just in! The Twelfth Session of the World Urban Forum (#WUF12) will be hosted in the city of #Cairo, the capital of the Arab Republic of #Egypt. 👉bit.ly/3uRsm45 #WorldUrbanForum #WUF

@UNHABITAT, @EU_Commission and other partners are implementing a pilot project to boost the capacities of selected countries to implement the Degree of Urbanization #DEGURBA

The European Commission provides support in form of online resources, online training programmes and custom support for national geodata services to boost the capacity of countries in implementing the Degree of Urbanization #DEGURBA #UNHABITAT

"A criteria for determination of the urban areas extent would greatly improve the harmonization of efforts from different government agencies", Charles Konyango, Kenya's National Director of Urban Development #DEGURBA