Habitat III Stakeholder Involvement. Eugenie L. Birch University of Pennsylvania President, General Assembly of Partners

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1 Habitat III Stakeholder Involvement Eugenie L. Birch University of Pennsylvania President, General Assembly of Partners July 21, 2015

2 Ten Questions 1. What is the timeline for Habitat III? 2. How can stakeholders be involved in Habitat III? 3. What is the General Assembly of Partners? 4. How can GAP Partners contribute to the New Urban Agenda? 5. What were the outcomes of GAP s first meeting? April 15, When will GAP meet? 7. How will GAP develop its outcome document? 8. How much time does GAP have to do its work? 9. What is the value of GAP to HABITAT III? 10. Your questions?

3 1. What is the timeline for Habitat lll? KNOWLEDGE Monitoring & Research POLICY Commitment & Action ENGAGEMENT Urban Solutions ENGAGEMENT Creating Consensus PrepComs OTHER Summer Fall Spring Summer Fall National Reports Regional Reports Global Report Regional/ Thematic Conferences Policy Units National Urban Forums World Urban Campaign Urban Thinkers Campuses General Assembly of Partners Prepcom III Financing for Development New SDGs COP21 Urban Agenda ZERO DRAFT HABITAT III Conference;

4 2. How can stakeholders be involved in H lll? Urban Dialogues and Responses to Issue Papers Regional and Thematic Meetings Policy Units National Urban Forums (if member states sponsor) National Committees (if member state permits) Urban Thinkers Campuses (29 to be held) General Assembly of Partners/ 14 Partners Groups

5 Habitat lll Issue Papers and Policy Units Four papers Three papers Four papers Three papers Three papers Five papers Right to the City; Cities for All 2. Socio-Cultural Urban Framework 3. National Urban Policies 4.Urban Governance, Capacity and Institutional Development 5.Municipal Finance and Local Fiscal Systems 6. Urban Spatial Strategies 7. Urban Economic Development Strategies 8. Urban Ecology and Resilience 9. Urban Services and Technology 10. Housing Policies Six areas 22 Issue Papers 10 Policy Units

6 Thematic and Regional Meetings THEMATIC MEETINGS 1. Civic Engagement Tel Aviv September 7-8, Metropolitan Areas Montreal October Urban Renewal Cuenca November Smart Cities Barcelona November Financing the NUA Mexico City December (TBA) 6. Renewable Energy Abu Dhabi January Slums Johannesburg February/March (TBA) REGIONAL MEETINGS 1. Asia Pacific Jakarta October Africa Nigeria January-March 3. Latin America/Caribbean Mexico City February 4. Europe Prague March 16-18

7 National Urban Forums Egypt June 14-16, 2015 Liberia June 24, 2015

8 3. What is the General Assembly of Partners?

9 Urban Thinkers Campuses Organized locally under the guidance of the World Urban Campaign partners groups discuss amendments to The City We Need 1.0 to develop The City We Need 2.0 as an input into the General Assembly of Partners outcome document. 1.0 June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb 29 Urban Thinkers Campuses/38 cities/ 24 countries 2.0

10 4. How can GAP contribute to the New Urban Agenda? GAP Formal Submission GAP Outcome Document

11 5. What were the outcomes of GAP s first meeting? And the next, New York City, October 2, 2015 April 13, 2015 Nairobi Adoption of Constitution and By-laws Election of the PCG chairs and interim chairs, and the President and Vice President of GAP Initiation of a process of outreach to all PCG constituencies Adoption of the Nairobi Declaration Initial briefing to the Bureau of HABITAT III

12 6. When will GAP meet? The full GAP will convene four times October 2015 (New York) March 2016 (Prague) July 2016 (Jakarta) October 2016 (Quito) The Executive Committee may meet more often if required The Partner Constituent Groups Self-organized by their chairs

13 7. How will GAP develop its outcome document? For consideration in the GAP process, inputs from the Urban Thinkers Campuses will follow a template - input document maximum 1,500 words. GAP will monitor and incorporate outcomes from the Policy Units, National and Regional Meetings and other UN declarations. The GAP Executive Committee (or a nominated drafting group) will draft the GAP Outcome Document through regular review of new inputs and will present it to the GAP partners in a series of iterations. It will resolve final decisions and any points of contention.

14 8. How much time does GAP for its work? Today July 15, 2015 Ten months 15 months GAP Outcome Document GAP Outcome Document GAP Outcome Document

15 9. What is the value of GAP to HABITAT III? For stakeholders (especially those who have traditionally not had a voice in intergovernmental processes) An opportunity to put their views forward in a structured manner, which increases their chances of being heard by member states. For member states (both, those who are committed to a participatory process, as well as those who are skeptical) an opportunity to receive inputs in a streamlined fashion, collective rather than individual positions, without being swamped by thousands of ad-hoc suggestions.

16 10. Your questions?

17 Want more information? Genie Birch, GAP President Shipra Narang Suri, GAP Vice-President

18 And don t forget.