Global Compendium of Practices on Local Economic and Financial Recovery
The Global Compendium of Practices was prepared by the UN-Habitat City Resilience Global Programme (CRGP) and UNCDF with the support of the UN Regional Economic Commissions (UNECE, UNECA, UNESCWA, UNESCAP, and UNECLAC) as part of the joint UN project on Building Urban Resilience during and after COVID-19. This publication would not be possible without the contributions of the cities for the case studies in this Compendium, and without all those who participated in the Questionnaire on Local Economic and Financial Response and Recovery from COVID-19 and the Global Virtual Workshops on Knowledge, Practices and Methods held in August 2020
Guiding Principles & Practices for urban economic recovery and resilience
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New Urban Agenda
The New Urban Agenda represents a shared vision for a better and more sustainable future – one in which all people have equal rights and access to the benefits and opportunities that cities can offer, and in which the international community reconsiders the urban systems and physical form of our urban spaces to achieve this. In this unprecedented era of increasing urbanization, and in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Paris Agreement, and other global development agreements and frameworks, we have reached a critical point in understanding that cities can be the source of solutions to, rather than the cause of, the challenges that our world is facing today. If well-planned and well-managed, urbanization can be a powerful tool for sustainable development for both developing and developed countries.
UN Framework for the immediate socio-economic response to COVID-19
his report sets out the framework for the United Nations’ urgent socio-economic support to countries and societies in the face of COVID-19, putting in practice the UN Secretary-General’s Shared Responsibility, Global Solidarity reporton the same subject. It is one of three critical components of the UN’s efforts to save lives, protect people, and rebuild better, alongside the health response, led by the World Health Organization (WHO), and the humanitarian response, as detailed in the UN-led COVID-19 Global Humanitarian Response Plan
SG Policy Brief: COVID-19 in an Urban World
The UN Secretary-General has launched the UN Comprehensive Response to COVID-19 to save lives, protect societies, recover better. As part of the response, the UN Secretary-General is issuing policy briefs to provide ideas to governments on how to address the consequences of this crisis and COVID-19 in an urban world is part of this series .
The Policy Brief describes how cities can manage the pandemic and emerge as the hubs of energy, resilience and innovation that make them such vibrant and appealing places for many to live. It also looks at how the pandemic has exposed deep inequalities in how people live in cities, and how cities serve their residents, with the most vulnerable suffering the most. The Policy Brief calls for conscious policy choices, particularly with respect to inequalities, local capacities and a green, inclusive recovery. The UN agencies involved in writing the Brief included UN-Habitat, UNDP, UNDESA, UNEP, UNICEF, UNODC, ILO, WHO, OHCHR, all Regional Economic Commissions and several local government networks were also engaged in this process.