By Citiscope
What follows is a month-by-month breakdown of important events in four interlocking global discussions, those around Financing for Development (FFD), the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Paris climate summit (COP 21) and the Habitat III cities conference (H3).
As Citiscope’s reporting will continue to cover, each of these discussions will lead directly into the Habitat III process and the drafting of the New Urban Agenda in very specific, though yet-to-be-determined ways. Leveraging these interlinkages, however, can only take place if all involved are clear on the common schedule.
This calendar functions as a companion to Citiscope’s narrative explainer on the processes that will get us to Habitat III in October 2016, “The Road to Quito”. While this timeline will offer a far more granular, regularly updated view of major events taking place up to the conference, it will not be comprehensive. Useful additional calendars include those for the post-2015 development process, the UNFCCC, the Financing for Development conference, UN-Habitat and the World Urban Campaign.
For a full calendar of global cities-related conferences and events, see Citiscope’s calendar here.
January 2016
10-11 January 2016
H3: Urban Thinkers Campus: Future Cities Forum
Dubai, UAE
Organized by Dubai Real Estate Institute, FIABCI
20 January 2016
H3: Thematic meeting: Renewable energy and cities
Abu Dhabi, UAE
20-21 January 2016
H3: Urban Thinkers Campus: Smart Planning
Paris, France
Organized by Federation Francaise des Agences d’Urbanisme (FNAU)
24 January 2016
H3: Urban Thinkers Campus: Women Transforming Cities
Vancouver, Canada
Organized by Huairou Commission and Women Transforming Cities
24-27 January 2016
H3: Urban Thinkers Campus: Health and Wellbeing in The City We Need
Penang, Malaysia
Organized by United Nations University – International Institute for Global Health (UNU–IIGH)
January 2016
H3: Regional reports due
H3: Urban Thinkers Campus: A Well-planned, Financed, Managed and Governed City for All
Abuja, Nigeria
Organized by Federal University of Technology
H3: Urban Thinkers Campus: Technology for the City We Need
Shenzhen, China
Organized by IMCC – Global Mayors Forum
H3: Youth Urban Thinkers Campus: UrbInsight: Knowledge and Information for Sustainable Cities
Abu Dhabi
Organized by Ecocity Builders
February 2016
February 2016
SDGs: U. N. Statistical Commission report due
New York
10-11 February 2016
H3: Youth Urban Thinkers Campus
Nairobi, Kenya
Organized by Youth Advisory Board/UN-Habitat Youth Unit
8-11 February 2016
H3: GAP meeting
Berlin
11 February 2016
H3: Urban Thinkers Campus: Resilient Cities
Virtual UTC
Organized by World Vision and IRC
11-12 February 2016
H3: Urban Thinkers Campus: Safety and Sanitation: A Path to Well-Being
New Delhi, India
Organized by Habitat for Humanity India
11-13 February 2016
H3: Urban Thinkers Campus: The Progressive City We Want
Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe
Organized by Huairou Commission and Ray of Hope
16 February 2016
H3: Urban Thinkers Campus: Ethical Cities: Locking in liveability
Melbourne, Australia
Organized by Global Compact Cities Programme, World Vision International, RMIT University
17-19 February 2016
H3: Urban Thinkers Campus: Urban Thinkers Campus Mannheim: Urban citizenship in a nomadic world
Mannheim, Germany
Organized by STIRN
18-20 February 2016
H3: Urban Thinkers Campus: The City We Need, Open for Art
Alghero, Italy
Organized by the University of Sassari
24-26 February 2016
H3: Regional meeting: Africa
Abuja, Nigeria
March 2016
March 2016
H3: The City We Need final draft due
8-11 March 2016
SDGs: U. N. Statistical Commission finalizes indicators
New York
9-11 March 2016
H3: Thematic meeting: Financing the New Urban Agenda
Mexico DF, Mexico
16-18 March 2016
H3: Regional meeting: Europe
Prague, Czech Republic
19 March 2016
H3: General Assembly of Partners meeting
Prague
April 2016
April 2016
H3: Global report due
1 April 2016
H3: Deadline for submitting accreditation applications for Habitat III Preparatory Committee, third session (PrepCom 3)
4-5 2016
H3: Thematic meeting: Public space
Barcelona, Spain
7-8 April 2016
H3: Thematic meeting: Informal settlements
Johannesburg, South Africa
11-13 April 2016
H3: Regional meeting: Latin America and the Caribbean
Toluca, Mexico
End-April 2016
H3: New Urban Agenda ‘Zero draft’ document due
May 2016
2 May 2016
H3: Deadline for submitting accreditation applications for Habitat III conference
31 May – 1 June 2016
H3: Prepcity Task Force Meeting 2
Berlin, Germany
Organized by Metropolis
June 2016
June-July 2016
SDGs: High-Level Political Forum, first review of implementation
New York
July 2016
July 2016
H3: General Assembly of Partners meeting
Jakarta
25-27 July 2016
H3: Third meeting of the Habitat III Preparatory Committee (PrepCom 3)
Surabaya, Indonesia
October 2016
October 2016
H3: General Assembly of Partners meeting
Quito, Ecuador
17-20 October 2016
H3: Habitat III conference!
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