The
Regional Consultative Meeting on Good Urban Governance
The Poverty Reduction Section of UNESCAP is the chair of the
Regional Consultative Meeting on Good Urban Governance, which
convenes annually to share experiences and identify common areas
of work. This meeting has been operating since 1998.
Latest:
The 11th Regional Consultative Meeting (Manila, 15 November 2007) discussed the preparations for the World Urban Forum 4, to be held in Nanjing, China from 3 to 7 November 2008. Participants agreed to submit a joint proposal for a Networking event at the Forum under the title "Coping with Rapid urbanization and Climate change in Asia and the Pacific: Improving shelter, water, sanitation and solid waste management for environmentally harmonous cities". Download the proposal here (pdf 22 kb)
For more information please contact:
escap-prs@un.org
Good urban governance is an important area of work for UNESCAP.
Good governance has become, implicitly or explicitly, a core concept
in most strategies implemented by the United Nations and its partner
organizations. From the Millennium Declaration to the United Nations
Convention against Corruption, good governance has been identified
as critical for the success of poverty reduction efforts. Recently
the scope of the Regional Consultative Meeting has been broadened
to cover not only good urban governance, but also other issues
related to urban poverty and human settlements.
The Regional Consultative Meeting is open to any organization
working on urban governance issues in Asia and the Pacific. The
purpose of the meeting is to update the partner agencies on current
and future regional activities and to find mechanisms for complementing
or reinforcing each other’s work for the promotion of good
urban governance and eradication of urban poverty. Organizations
which attended some of the most recent meetings included the,
AIT-UEM, Citynet, Huairou Commission, LOGOTRI, UNDP-PPPUE, and
UN-HABITAT.
If you want to be informed about the next Regional Consultative
Meeting, please contact Mr Yap Kioe Sheng, Chief Poverty Reduction
Section at escap-prs@un.org
For further information on the past Regional Consultative Meetings,
see the following meeting reports:
