The World Urban Forum (WUF) is a global conference on sustainable urbanization It brings together a wide range of participants from around the world to discuss major urban challenges facing the world today.
WUF11 will be held in the Polish city of Katowice from 26-30 June 2022. It is co-organized by Poland’s Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy and the Municipal Office of Katowice and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).
Theme and practical information
The theme of WUF11, Transforming our Cities for a Better Urban Future, will provide greater insights and clarity on the future of cities based on existing trends, challenges and opportunities, as well as suggest ways cities can be better prepared to address future pandemics and a wide range of other shocks.
Online Registration: opened on 15 December 2021 and closes on 22 June 2022. Click here to register.
Venue: International Congress Centre (MCK), Plac Sławika i Antalla 1 40-163 Katowice, Poland. More information can be found on www.mckkatowice.pl/en/.
Programme: Full information about different events at WUF11 will be available in the WUF 11 Programme on the www.unhabitat.org/wuf website by early June 2022.
Event Application: The World Urban Forum will have different events: assemblies, dialogues, roundtables, networking, training, film screening. Submissions for events are accepted until 21 March 2022. Click here to register.
GPR2C Participation
The World Urban Forum will have different events: assemblies, dialogues, roundtables, networking, training, film screening. As in previous years, the GPR2C and its members will participate actively in the forum, carrying out and engaging in a series of events and activities. As the final programme is unveiled in the next months, more information will be shared on the full set of events and activities carried out by GPR2C and its members.
Taking into account the uncertainty regarding the full realization of the event in Katowice in the planned dates, the GPR2C will be attentive and will share updates around any modifications in terms of the final date, location and modality in which the forum will be developed.
