30-31\nOctober 2019 Ekaterinburg saw an international forum dedicated to the World\nCities Day which is held annually under the aegis of the United Nations Human\nSettlements Program, UN-Habitat. The World Cities Day was established on 27\nDecember 2013 by the UN General Assembly. It was celebrated for the first time on\n31 October 2014 in Shanghai, China. On this day people in power, international organizations,\nNGOs draw the public attention to the issues of population in cities and rural\nareas, rise awareness about new solutions, about innovations and important\ninitiatives all over the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Delegation\nof 17 Youth Ambassadors of UN Sustainable Development Goals in Russia,\nincluding the Lake Baikal Foundation project manager Ekaterina Petrunina, the\nYouth Ambassador of the SDG 12, participated in the forum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the\nbusiness program of the World Cities Day the participants held a section \u00abGeneration\n2030: Implementing the Urban Dimensions of the SDGs\u00bb, where Ekaterina Petrunina\npresented a report on implementation of the SDG 12 \u00abResponsible Production and\nConsumption\u00bb in the settlements of Russia and spoke about the projects being\nimplemented in the sphere of circular economy, selected garbage collection, social\nand environmental responsibility of businesses. More than 80 young people from\ndifferent regions of Russia and other countries such as Azerbaijan,\nTurkmenistan, Brazil, Canada, Malaysia, the Philippines, etc. took part in the\nsection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another important\nevent of the forum was the meeting of 17 UN SDGs Youth Ambassadors with the UN\nUnder-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the UN-Habitat Ms. Maimunah\nMohd Sharif. Ms. Sharif shared the priority directions of the UN-Habitat\nactivities with the Ambassadors and highly evaluated the role of the youth in sustainable\ndevelopment of cities. Maimunah Mohd Sharif particularly underlined the openness\nand willingness to the dialogue with the youth all around the world on the main\npillars of the UN-Habitat Strategic Plan: reduced spatial inequality and\npoverty in communities across the urban – rural continuum; enhanced shared\nprosperity of cities and regions; strengthened climate action and improved\nurban environment; and effective urban crisis prevention and response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Currently\nin the framework of the UN-Habitat Strategic Plan 2020-2023 dozens of projects\non scalable urban interventions that catalyse positive change are underway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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