Egypt to Participate in World Urban Forum

Egypt is set to participate in the Eleventh Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF) that will be held in the Polish city of Katowice between 26 June and 30 June.

Egypt will be represented by the Ministry of Local Development, Ministry of Housing, Housing and Land Rights Network, Social Housing and Mortgage Finance Fund, and Urban Development Fund, Egyptian Cabinet.

Over 10,000 people are expected in person at the end of this month in Katowice, Poland, and thousands more online, in the hybrid event, which is organized and hosted by UN-Habitat in cooperation with the Government of Poland, according to a statement released by the UN.

High representation from across the Arab region includes Ministerial, official, expert, and academic delegations from KSA, Morocco, and Palestine participating in discussions around a better urban future achieving the global goals (SDGs) at the city level, tackling climate change barriers, and building back better.

The statement revealed that this year WUF11, which comes under the theme “Transforming our cities for a better urban future”, consists of various types of events, including Networking Events, Voices from Cities, SDGs in Action, One UN, Urban Library and Training Events.

The UN statement noted that every WUF, including the Arab region, which is rapidly urbanizing and majorly engaged in the discussions on sustainable urbanization, contributes immensely through leading sessions adding to the conversations on how to make cities more sustainable, inclusive, and greener.

It’s worth mentioning that WUF is the premier global conference on sustainable urbanization held every two years with the aim of raising awareness around sustainable urbanization, improving the collective knowledge of sustainable urbanization through inclusive open debates, sharing of lessons learned, and the exchange of best practices and good policies, as well as increasing cooperation among stakeholders.