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Skiptomaincontent Towardssociallyinclusiveurbandevelopment:lessonslearned Readmorehere HappyVolunteerDay Interning/volunteeringwithGFCPisalife/career-changer Pleasereadmorehere Personswithdisabilitiesasimportantstakeholders Peoplewithdisabilitiesarecrucialsocialpartnersinplanning,designing,andimplementationofEarthquakeUrbanResilienceinSurabaya Heartheirstories Personswithdisabilitiesasimportantstakeholders PersonswithdisabilitiesinMalaysiabenefitthroughGFCPtransportationandmobilityprojects Pleasereadmorehere AnkaraBicycleProjectlaunched TheproposedinterventionseekstointegrateabicycletransportationsystemwithintheexistingmobilitynetworkofAnkarabyaddressingsystemicimprovementsbetweenbicycle-pedestrianandbicycle-motorvehicleinteraction,thefeasibilityofparkandridesystemsintegrationandthedesignofabicycleroadnetwork Pleasewatchthevideohere Watchthesession Watchthesession Watchthesession City-to-CityKnowledgeExchange TheCity-to-CityKnowledgeExchangewillenablecitiestosharetheirexperiences,tolearnfromoneanother,tohelpbuildrelationshipswithoneanotherandtopromoteengagement Watchthesessionshere Watchthesession SDGProjectAssessmentTool UN-HabitatconductsworkshopsSDGProjectAssessmentToolin19 citiesoftheProgramme.Learnmore abouttheSDGProjectAssessmentToolanditsapplication ClickHere StrategicCapacityDevelopmentComponent TheThematicLearningProgramme,deliveredbyarangeofsubjectmatterexpertsandorganizedbyUKBuiltEnvironmentAdvisoryGroup(UKBEAG),tookplacebetween21Januaryand11March Watchtherecordingshere SignUp TheGlobalFutureCitiesProgramme’sPlatformisasharedspaceforcityleadersandurbanpractitionerstoconnect,learn,engageandcontributeknowledge,tools,bestpractices,eventsandadvicetoencouragesustainabledevelopmentandincreaseprosperity. 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Clickoneachcitytofindoutmore Events ViewAll ParticipatoryUrbanPlanning 25November2021 Surabaya AdaptingCitiesforClimateResilience:InnovativePracticesfromtheGlobalFutureCitiesProgrammePartners 29October2021 SDG-orientedurbanprojectdesign:anopportunityforsustainablegrowthandinvestment 29October2021 Youthspeakonpublicspacesandcreativehubs 15October2021 City-to-CityKnowledgeExchangeSeries-Session3 14October2021 IGEMTransformation,RevolutionandAction(TRAC)Forum 14October2021 Innovate4CitiesConference 11-15October2021 ASEANSustainableUrbanisationForum 6-8October2021 InnovativeMethodstoDecarbonisePlanningandMobilityfromtheGlobalFutureCitiesProgramme 5October2021 SolutionsforSustainableCities:CaseStudiesfromAnkara,BursaandIstanbul 1October2021 IntegratedplanninganddatamanagementinVietnam 1October2021 Sustainableurbanplanningasafloodingpreventionmeasure 30September2021 Co-DesigningaResilientRecoveryinCities 23September2021 TheRealEconomicsofFlooding 31August2021 UNFCCCConferenceofParties(CoP26) 1-12November2021 City-to-CityKnowledgeExchange 5August2021-4November2021 WorldCitiesDay 31October2021 WorldHabitatDay 4October2021 RespondingtotheGlobalUrbanPlanningChallenge:DevelopinganOpenInnovationCompetition 7July2021 InformingUrbanPolicyDecisionsusingBetterDatainZambia 6July2021 BuildingaStrongEvidence-baseforPolicyMakingandActioninCities 5July2021 HumanisingtheCity:canthedesignofurbanspacepromotecohesionandhealthierlifestyles? 27April2021 LaunchofUN-Habitat'sReportonCitiesandPandemics:TowardsaMoreJust,GreenandHealthyFuture 30March2021 HowdowebuildurbanresiliencethroughaPandemic-AconversationwithGlobalFutureCitiesSouthAfricateam 31March2021 LaunchofHerCityToolbox 8March2021 RebuildingPublicTransport:Ticketing&PaymentsInnovationOnlineSummit 30-31March2021 StrategicCapacityDevelopmentComponentoftheGlobalFutureCitiesProgramme 21January2021-11March2021 CultureHeritage:Dollars&Sense 2-1January2021 DevelopingBusinessKampongsthroughDigitalMarketing 15December2020 SustainableFinanceforSustainableCities 17November2020 ClimateAdaptationSummit2021 3November2020-25January2021 WhatShapesOurFutureCities? 5November2020 KnowledgeSharingSessiononPlanningforandwithCommunities 30October2020 SmarterMobilityAfricaSummit 27-29October2020 GenderMainstreamingandSocialInclusioninSurabayaDevelopmentduringCovid-19Pandemic-UrbanOctober 27October2020 KnowledgeSharingSessiononIntegratedPlanningandHousingtoCreateFutureCitiesforall. 12October2020 DigitalToolsforSustainableUrbanPlanning 7October2020 FourthIndustrialRevolution&Mobility(UrbanFestival2020) 8October2020 GlobalFutureCitiesKnowledgeSharingSessiononPlanningforandwithCommunitiestoCreateFutureCitiesforAll 30October2020 HowtomanageurbandensitypostCOVID-19? 7October2020 CityFuturesSummit 8October2020 TransportInnovationOnlineSummit2020 21-25September2020 ReinventingCitiesinPostPandemic 28August2020 CitiesontheFrontlineSpeakersSeries#24-HealthyCities 20August2020 MalaysiaUrbanForum 28-30September2020 11thInternationalGreentech&EcoProductsExhbition 7-9October2020 ContinuingProfessionalDevelopmentLectureSeriesforProfessionals 3July2020-13August2020 SustainableUrbanisationaCalltoActionacrosstheCommonwealth 24June2020-2September2020 75thSessionoftheUNGeneralAssembly 5-7July2020 HighLevelPoliticalForumonSustainableDevelopment 8-11July2020 AfricanSmartCitiesSummit 12-24July2020 Jointheconversation ATwitterListbyBanEdilbi