City Space Architecture meets the first UN-Habitat Assembly in Nairobi

May 28, 2019
By City Space Architecture

Public space in Nairobi.

 

We are very proud to be part of the first UN-Habitat Assembly, to be held on 27-31 May 2019, at the headquarters of UN-Habitat in Nairobi. Our President Luisa Bravo has been accredited to attend through an invitation letter signed by Ms Maimunah Mohd Sharif, Executive Director of UN-Habitat. The invitation included also the participation to the first Global Stakeholders Forum and the Business Leaders Dialogue on May 25-26.

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The General Assembly of the United Nations in its resolution A/RES/73/239, on 20 December 2018, decided to dissolve the Governing Council of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme and to replace it with a United Nations Habitat Assembly of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat Assembly). UN-Habitat Assembly is a universal body composed of the 193 member states of the United Nations and convenes every four years (A/RES/73/239).

The responsibilities of the UN-Habitat Assembly are:

i) Identify key issues and areas of focus for the normative and policy work of UN-Habitat;

ii) Review major trends related to human settlements and urbanisation;

iii) Examine global norms and standards in human settlements and sustainable urbanisation;

iv) Adopt resolutions, declarations, recommendations, formal decisions, reports and other documents pertaining to strategic vision and political guidance in accordance with its mandate;

v) Recommend strategies for coherent implementation of urban and human settlements dimensions of the 2030 Agenda, the New Urban Agenda and other global agendas, including of the work of the United Nations System;

vi) Examine and approve UN-Habitat’s strategic plan, to be prepared by the Executive Board;

vii) Review the Secretary-General’s quadrennial report on the implementation of the New Urban Agenda.

In addition, the Assembly should also ensure the active engagement of local authorities and other stakeholders in the Assembly, in its subsidiary bodies and in intersessional meetings.


The special theme for the Assembly is “Innovation for Better Quality of Life in Cities and Communities”, with sub theme “Accelerated implementation of the New Urban Agenda towards achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals”. During the first session, the Assembly is expected to establish the Executive Board of UN-Habitat and to elect its members, to review and approve the UN-Habitat Strategic Plan 2020-2025, aimed at repositioning UN-Habitat as a major global entity, a centre of excellence and innovation, and also review the progress in implementation of the New Urban Agenda adopted at the Habitat III conference in Quito (2016).
Member States of the United Nations are expected to participate in the deliberations, the Assembly will also be attended by United Nations Agencies, Local authorities and non-state actors including civil society, youth and women group representatives, the private sector and the Academia.
The Assembly will be the opportunity to officially announce that City Space Architecture has signed the Letter of Agreement with UN-Habitat for the cooperation in developing The Journal of Public Space, during a side event that will take place on Wednesday May 29 at the City Stage, 1.15-2.00pm, which is included in the official program of the Assembly.

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UN-Habitat Assembly, City Stage
UN-Habitat Headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya
Wednesday 29 May 2019, 1.15-2.00pm

THE JOURNAL OF PUBLIC SPACE

SPEAKERS
Laura Petrella
UN-Habitat, Leader
City Planning Extension and Design Unit

Luisa Bravo
City Space Architecture, Founder and President
The Journal of Public Space, Founder and Editor in Chief

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The Journal of Public Space is the first, interdisciplinary, academic, open access journal entirely dedicated to public space. As a proper public space, The Journal of Public Space is free, accessible and inclusive, providing a platform for emerging and consolidated researchers from the social sciences and humanities as a major field, but is also interested in attracting scholars from other disciplines, welcoming papers on design projects, art performances and social practices, fostering civic engagement and non-expert knowledge. The Journal of Public Space is open to embracing diversity, inconvenient dialogues and untold stories, from multidisciplinary fields and all countries, especially from those that usually do not have voice, overcoming the Western-oriented approach that is leading the current discourse.

The first issue was launched at the Habitat III conference in Quito (2016) during a talk at the Urban Library promoted by City Space Architecture. Eight issues have been already published and are available online as open-access content. In 2019, The Journal of Public Space welcomed two academic partners: KTH Centre for the Future of Places based in Stockholm, Sweden, and RMIT University based in Melbourne, Australia.

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Follow the event on Facebook.

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PICTURES FROM THE EVENT

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Our President Dr Luisa Bravo, Founder and Editor in Chief of The Journal of Public Space, at the first UN-Habitat Assembly in Nairobi, with Laura Petrella, Leader of the City Planning Extension and Design Unit at UN-Habitat, signing the Letter of Agreement for the cooperation in developing The Journal of Public Space, during an event at the City Stage, on May 2019.

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