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Technical meeting on Human settlements Indicators for SDGs Welcome remarks

Technical meeting on Human settlements Indicators for SDGs Welcome remarks. Robert P Ndugwa , PhD Head Global Urban Observatory Unit | Research and Capacity Development Branch UN-Habitat Email : robert.ndugwa@unhabitat.org S kype : peterndugwa Twitter: peterndugwa.

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Technical meeting on Human settlements Indicators for SDGs Welcome remarks

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  1. Technical meeting on Human settlements Indicators for SDGsWelcome remarks Robert P Ndugwa, PhD Head Global Urban Observatory Unit| Research and Capacity Development Branch UN-Habitat Email: robert.ndugwa@unhabitat.org Skype: peterndugwa Twitter: peterndugwa

  2. Urban areas hold the future of our planet

  3. Automobile dependence has costs

  4. Congestion

  5. Air Pollution

  6. Loss of public space

  7. Nexus drivers

  8. Planetary boundaries

  9. So why are we here?

  10. Sustainable Development Goals For the goals (especially the urban related goals) to be reached, everyone needs to do their part Governments Private sector Civil society People like you

  11. Achieving Goal 11 requires Jointly identifying the right partners that are relevant to SDG 11 Integrating those partners in implementation process Joint efforts with partners to maximize and unify the impact Creating clear, effective strategies and follow ups

  12. Meeting objectives • Increase knowledge and awareness on human settlements indicators (SDGs) among all partners (who is doing what, where, how, at what cost?) • Create a common understanding of the inter-related nature of the SDGs 11 and other human settlement indicators. • Highlight indicator level challenges and work towards common solutions—on methodology, definitions, partnership arrangements with NSO, capacity development, IT technologies, mainstreaming cross-cutting issues, etc. • Create working groups on specific indicators that require joint systems of support to National Statistical Organizations as well as monitoring. • Create a roadmap of further engagement on implementation of the human settlements indicators. • Review and further develop the national sample of cities approach. • Strengthen our networks for implementation of human settlements indicators • AOB

  13. Welcome to Naivasha

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