The World Urban Forum (WUF) has been established as a non-legislative technical forum through the UN General Assembly resolution 56/206 in 2001, is convened by the UN-Habitat (United Nations Human Settlements Programme) and hosted in a different city every two years.

The eleventh Session of the WUF is convened by UN-Habitat and the Government of Poland in Katowice (Poland) in the period 26-30 June 2022. The theme of WUF 11 is Transforming our cities for a better urban future.

The WUF is considered as the "world’s premier conference on cities", examining the most pressing issues related to human settlements, including rapid urbanization and its impact on cities, communities, economies, climate change and policies. UNGA resolution 69/226 recognises WUF as the "foremost global arena for interaction (…) in the field of sustainable urban development and human settlements" and it is also recognised as for its innovative and inclusive nature.

The JRC has worked with our partners to bring new knowledge and data to the discussion.

Attendees can visit the JRC stand at the URBAN EXPO - Hall 2 - Stand 25.

The JRC co-organised a number of sessions:

Monday, 27 June 2022 13:30 - 15:00 Voices from Cities – Room A
Voices from Cities event (VC-A 1) Sustainable urban development support in the EU – frameworks, practices and tools with DG REGIO

Monday, 27 June 2022 15.30 - 17.00 SDGs in Action Room
SDG in action event (SDG 2): How do European cities tackle inclusiveness?
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) of the University of Twente

Tuesday, 28 June 2022 09:00 ‐ 12:00 ICC Multifunction Hall: Room 14
Training event (TE 14) Envisaging Urban Futures with JRC Open Data and Tools

Tuesday, 28 June 2022 09:00 - 12:00 Urban Library
Urban Library event (UL 14) Launch of the European Handbook for SDG Voluntary Local Reviews – 2022 edition

Wednesday 29 June 2022 09:00 - 12:00 ICC Multifunction Hall: Room 1
Training event (TE 17) The Earth Observations Toolkit for Sustainable Cities and Human Settlements - Supporting Evidence-based policy-making for Equitable Urban Futures with 
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) of the University of Twente NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Columbia University in the City of New York (CIESIN) , Instytut Geodezji i Kartografii , KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Wednesday, 29 June 2022 09:00 ‐ 12:00 ICC Multifunction Hall: Room 16
Training event (TE 32) Global Covenant of Mayors - understanding how to plan for energy access, develop synergies and financing climate action  with Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy (GCoM)

Thursday, 30 June 2022 14:00 – 15:30 ICC Multifunction Hall: Room 18
Networking event (NE 198) Novel data for a better urban future – ensuring data continuity with the Global Human Settlement Layer with UN-Habitat (United Nations Human Settlements Programme), Copernicus, OECD - OCDE

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