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HABITAT III AND THE NEW URBAN AGENDA
Introduction
This
century will see a substantial majority of the world’s population living in
urban centers. The Habitat III Conference therefore has, as its mission, the
adoption of a New Urban Agenda—an action-oriented document which will set
global standards of achievement in sustainable urban development, rethinking
the way we build, manage, and live in cities through drawing together
cooperation with committed partners, relevant stakeholders, and urban actors at
all levels of government as well as the private sector.
The year 2016 is of paramount
importance for urban sustainability. In October, the UN Conference on Housing
and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III) will convene in Quito, Ecuador.
Given the long interval between Habitat conferences - Habitat I conference took
place in Vancouver in 1976, and Habitat II convened in Istanbul 20 years later
- this year's meeting offers a rare opportunity to shape the urban development
agenda for coming decades. Habitat III is also the first global conference on
urban issues following the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015, which
includes SDG 11 on Sustainable Cities and Human Settlements.
Local authorities and national
governments in particular have a strong interest in molding the framework
document to be adopted at the Conference. Delegates at Habitat III are expected
to endorse the New Urban Agenda, a non-legally binding framework, being
developed through a consultative process, that will guide urban sustainable
development for 20 years. One issue under discussion is the “right to the
city,” an umbrella term that encompasses political power relationships, land
appropriation and social justice within the context of globalized “world
cities” that are undergoing rapid transformation. This policy update reviews
the debates on the Right to the City, its history, and its role in sustainable
development policy making going forward.
HABITAT
III
Habitat III is the United
Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development to take place
in Quito, Ecuador, from 17 – 20 October 2016. Habitat III is the
first United Nations global summit after the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development and the Sustainable Development Goals. It offers a
unique opportunity to discuss the important challenge of how cities, towns, and
villages are planned and managed in order to fulfill their role as drivers of
sustainable development, and hence shape the implementation of new global
development and climate change goals.
In Resolution 66/207 and
in line with the bi-decennial cycle (1976, 1996 and 2016), the United Nations
General Assembly decided to convene the Habitat III Conference to reinvigorate
the global commitment to sustainable urbanization, to focus on the
implementation of a New Urban Agenda, building
on the Habitat Agenda of
Istanbul in 1996. Member States of the General Assembly,
in Resolution 67/216 ,
decided that the objectives of the Conference are to secure renewed political
commitment for sustainable urban development, assess accomplishments to date,
address poverty and identify and address new and emerging challenges. The
conference will result in a concise, focused, forward-looking and
action-oriented outcome document.
HABITAT I 1976
The United Nations General
Assembly convened the Habitat I
conference in Vancouver in 1976, as governments began to
recognize the need for sustainable human settlements and the consequences of
rapid urbanisation, especially in the developing world. At that time,
urbanisation and its impacts were barely considered by the international
community, but the world was starting to witness the greatest and fastest
migration of people into cities and towns in history as well as rising urban
population through natural growth resulting from advances in medicine.
- Recognition that shelter and urbanization are global issues to be
addressed collectively
- Creation of the United Nations Center for Human Settlements
(UNCHS-Habitat)
HABITAT II 1996
The Vancouver commitments were
reconfirmed twenty years later, at the Habitat II conference in Istanbul. World
leaders adopted the Habitat Agenda as
a global plan of action for
adequate shelter for all, with the notion of sustainable human settlements
driving development in an urbanising world.
- Cities are the engines of global growth
- Urbanization is an opportunity
- Call for a stronger role of local authorities
- Recognition of the power of participation
On 22 December 2015 the United
Nations General Assembly, on its seventieth session, adopted the resolution on the
‘Implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human
Settlements(Habitat II) and strengthening of the United Nations Human
Settlements Programme (UNHabitat)’ (A/70/473) , which refers to
the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development -
Habitat III Conference’s modalities. The approved rules of procedure for
Habitat III recognise the participation of the representatives of local
authorities accredited to the Conference in rule 64, as it happened in Habitat
II in 1996. The Conference welcomes the participation and
contributions of all Member States and relevant stakeholders, including
parliamentarians, civil society organizations, regional and local government
and municipality representatives, professionals and researchers, academia,
foundations, women and youth groups, trade unions, and the private sector, as
well as organizations of the United Nations system and intergovernmental
organizations.
THE
PROCESS OF NEW URBAN AGENDA
Policy Unit and Issue Papers
The Habitat III Issue Papers
are summary documents that address one or more research areas, highlight
general findings, and identify research needs on topics related to housing and
sustainable urban development. The Issue Papers provides in depth review and
analysis of specific issues relevant to the discussions of the Conference. The
Issue Papers are the departing point for the work of the Policy Units.
The first major output of the
Habitat III process took place in May 2015, when agencies from across
the United Nations and others published 6 themes 22 “issue papers” — key
technical snapshots of various sectors and thematic areas in today’s
urbanization trends
Policy
Units are composed of a maximum of 20 experts each, bringing together
individual experts from a variety of fields, including academia, government,
civil society and other regional and international bodies. Panelists are
members in their personal capacity, however a wide variety of profiles are sort
to ensure representation of all major groups. The United Nations system
should also be represented. The main tasks of the Policy Units are to:
- Identify the challenges, including the structural and policy
constraints, to the New Urban Agenda within the issues discussed by each
policy unit;
- Identify the policy priorities and critical issues for the
implementation of the New Urban Agenda within the issues discussed by each
policy unit;
- Develop action-oriented recommendations for the implementation of
the New Urban Agenda.
Areas
|
Issue Papers
|
Policy Units
|
1. Social Cohesion and Equity - Livable
Cities
|
3. Safer Cities
|
1. Right to the City and Cities for All
2. Socio-Cultural Urban Framework
|
2. Urban Frameworks
|
3. National Urban Policies
4. Urban Governance, Capacity and
Institutional Development
5. Municipal Finance and Local Fiscal System
|
|
3. Spatial Development
|
9. Urban Land
11. Public Space
|
6. Urban Spatial Strategies: Land Market and
Segregation
|
4. Urban Economy
|
7. Urban Economic Development Strategies
|
|
5. Urban Ecology and Environment
|
15. Urban
Resilience
|
8.Urban Ecology and Resilience
|
6. Urban Housing and Basic Services
|
20. Housing
21. Smart Cities
|
9. Urban Services and Technology
10. Housing Policie
|
Zero Drafts of the New Urban Agenda
6 May 2016 and 18 June
New York, USA
The first zero draft of the New
Urban Agenda—which was prepared on the basis of inputs from broad regional and
thematic consultations, as well as the policy recommendations elaborated by the
policy units and comments thereon received by participating states and all
takeholders—was submitted on 6 May 2016 by the Bureau of the Preparatory
Committee for discussion at the informal intergovernmental negotiations and
informal hearings with local authorities associations and civil society
organizations in May and June, as decided by the General Assembly
resolution A/70/210.
The revised zero draft was prepared on the basis of inputs and
negotiations that took place during the Habitat III intersessional process, where
the following meetings were held:
- Open-ended
Informal Consultative Meetings (25 - 29 April 2016)
- Informal
Hearings with Local Authorities Associations (16 - 17 May
2016)
- Informal
Intergovernmental Meetings (18 - 20 May 2016)
- Informal
Hearings with Stakeholders (6 - 7 June 2016)
- Informal
Intergovernmental Meetings (8 - 10 June 2016)
Draft of the New Urban Agenda
18 July 2016
New York, USA
The Draft New Urban Agenda has
been prepared on the basis of inputs and negotiations throughout the Habitat
III inter-sessional process leading to PrepCom3.This draft will be the basis of
negotiations at the third session of the Preparatory Committee for the Habitat
III Conference (PrepCom3) to
be held in Surabaya, Indonesia, 25–27 July 2016. The New Urban Agenda aims
to be a concise, action-oriented, forward-looking, and universal framework of
actions for housing and sustainable urban development.
Surabaya Draft of the New Urban
Agenda
28 July 2016
Surabaya, Indonesia
This draft is the result of the
negotiations at the third session of the Preparatory Committee for the Habitat
III Conference (PrepCom3), held in Surabaya, Indonesia, 25–27 July 2016. It
is the basis for the next round of informal negotiations in New York end of
August/beginning of September. The exact date of the informal negotiations will
be announced soon.
Agreed Draft of the New Urban
Agenda
10 September 2016
New York, USA
After the release of the
Surabaya Draft of the New Urban Agenda at the third session of the Preparatory
Committee for the Habitat III Conference in Surabaya, Indonesia in July 2016,
the New Urban Agenda has finally been agreed on at the Habitat III Informal
Intergovernmental Meeting which took place at the United Nations Headquarters
in New York from 7 to 10 September 2016, and it will be adopted in Quito,
Ecuador, in October 2016.
Content of The New Urban Agenda
The
main references of The New Urban Agenda
i.
2030
Agenda For Sustainable Development, Development Goals (SDGS);
ii. Addis Ababa Action Agenda Of The Third
International Conference On Financing For Development;
iii.
Paris
Agreement On Climate Change (COP 21);
iv.
The
Sendai Framework For Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030;
v.
The
Small Island Developing States Accelerated Modalities Of Action (SAMOA)
Pathway;
vi.
The
Istanbul Programme Of Action For The Least Developed Countries For The Decade
2011-2020;
vii.
The
Vienna Programme Of Action For Landlocked Developing Countries For The Decade
2014-2024;
viii.
The
Rio Declaration On Environment And Development;
ix.
The
World Summit On Sustainable Development;
x. The World Summit For Social Development;
xi.
The
Programme Of Action Of The International Conference On Population And
Development;
xii.
The
Beijing Platform For Action; and
xiii.
The
United Nations Conference On Sustainable Development
The basic ideas and concept
of New Urban Agenda are
related to urban planning and sustainable urban development which involved :
i.
National
Urban Policy;
ii.
Urban
Legislation Rules and Regulation;
iii.
Urban
Planning and Design;
iv.
Urban
Economy and Municipal Finance; and
v.
Planned
City Extensions /Planned Urban Renewals
http://www.nst.com.my/news/2016/09/173237/goals-new-urban-agenda
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