UN-HABITAT OFFICE IN SPAIN...Right: Meeting with Julio Gomez Pomar (Secretary of State for Infrastructure, Transport and Housing at Ministry of Development). 27th June. UN-HABITAT

UN-HABITATOFFICE IN SPAINM A D R I D

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UN-HABITAT OFFICE IN SPAIN

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ROLE AND MISSION

Fully aligned with the UN-Habitat Strategic Plan 2014-2019 and its thematic areas, the UN-Habitat Office in Spain reinforces awareness and knowledge sharing on the relevance and coherence of UN-Habitat’s mandate, along with its expertise and efficiency in project implementation and execution by:

1. Strengthening liaisons and institutional relations with the Spanish Government and other New Urban Agenda´s partners in Spain;

2. Implementing and supporting UN-Habitat operational technical activities;

3. Doing an effective communication, advocacy and promotion of the New Urban Agenda in Spain;

4. Promoting strategic partnerships and resource mobilization.

UN-Habitat in Spain is composed of a Liason Office in Madrid and two Programme Offices in Barcelona: the GWOPA1 Secretariat (Global Water Operator Partnerships Alliances) and the CRPP2 Office (City Resilience Profiling Programme). The objective of the Office in Madrid is to act as a liaison with the Spanish government and the New Urban Agenda partners in Spain. This Office also adds value to UN-Habitat’s work in knowledge fostering strategy in selected areas of collaboration.

The Madrid Office supports the monitoring of all initiatives supported by Spanish partners and the implementation of UN-Habitat’s mandate through knowledge management, sharing of information, strategic partnerships, effective communication, resource allocation, technical activities, and promotion of policy dialogues on sustainable urban development.

Based on the foregoing, this Office:

»Promotes and keeps institutional representation and liaison with the Spanish partners and other New Urban Agenda partners in Spain.

»Fosters knowledge, advocacy and visibility of the New Urban Agenda and UN-Habitat priority areas. Strengthens existing strategic partnerships, promotes new collaboration agreements, and supports fundraising and resource mobilization efforts.

»Supports the design, implementation and follow-up of initiatives and projects funded by Spanish partners.

STRATEGIC AREAS

1 www.gwopa.org2 www.crpp.org

Left: SDGs and the New Urban Agenda: Together in Action. Center: Implementing the New Urban Agenda in Spain. Right: New Realities, New Solutions: Implementing the New Urban Agenda


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1LIAISON & INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS WITH THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT AND HABITAT AGENDA PARTNERS

REPRESENTATION, INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS AND ESTABLISHMENT IN SPAIN

» Follow up on technical and institutional activities arising from Agreements between UN-Habitat and the Spanish partners, as well as on projects currently under execution and/or justification.

» Organization and follow up of meetings with Spa-nish Liaison Ministries3.

» Periodic meetings with other Spanish Institutional bodies4.

» Follow up on communications and institutional re-quirements from UN Habitat HQ.

» Elaboration, monitoring and updating of UN-Ha-bitat Office in Spain documents (annual activities, financial reports, update and follow-up of contribu-tions, fact sheets, etc.).

3 Meetings with Alfonso Dastis, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, 19th December; Ildefonso Castro, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 26th June ; Julio Gómez Pomar, Secretary of State for Infraestructures, Transportation and Housing, Ministry of Development, 27th June.4 Meetings with: MAEC Steering Committee, 15th February; General Directorate of Architecture, Housing and Land of the Ministry of Deve-lopment, 15th September; Barcelona City Council, 5th January; Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and Development (AECID), 1st March; Andalusian Agency for International Cooperation and Development (AACID), 13th March; Seville City Council, 14th March.5 Preparation and proceedings of annual UN-Habitat staff in Spain calendars, Work Schedules Office, Register of inventories, arising contri-butions and expenses, legal validation of agreements signed during the year, accounting. Request, update and follow up on UN-Habitat Staff Credentials in Spain (4); request and follow up of fiscal procedures (2 tax exemption processes), and other management procedures of the establishment of UN-Habitat offices in Spain.6 Dr. Joan Clos: Barcelona, 19-20 January; Madrid, 25-26th January; Barcelona, 3-7th April; Barcelona, 12-13th June; Madrid, 26-27th June and Barcelona, 12-16th November. Kazumi Ogawa, Barcelona, 22-23rd February. Juma Assiago, Madrid, 19-21st April. Robert Lewis-Lettin-gton. Madrid, 10-12th July. Paulius Kulikauskas, Madrid, 14-16th September and Barcelona 12-17th November. Eduardo Moreno, Madrid, 19-23th November and Seville, 23-24th November.

» Fiscal, legal and administrative management of processes related to the establishment of UN-Habi-tat Office in Spain and liaison with UN-Habitat Head-quarters5.

» Representation of UN-Habitat in institutional events held by Spanish authorities. Support and facilitation of Spanish representation in UN-Habitat events and activities abroad. » Organization and coordination of UN-Habitat staff missions6 in Spain and support of UN-Habitat staff’s participation in other partner events.

» Representation and communication of activities by request from other UN-Habitat country offices and support of ongoing projects.

Left: Meeting with Alfonso Dastis (Minister of Foreign Affairs). 19th Dec. Center: Meeting with Ildefonso Castro (Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs). 26th June. Right: Meeting with Julio Gomez Pomar (Secretary of State for Infrastructure, Transport and Housing at Ministry of Development). 27th June


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» Regular participation at the UN Working Group in Spain, strengthening coordination mechanisms, joint work and visibility of UN Habitat in Spain7.

» Participation at UN Agencies´ events in Spain8.

» Forum on “The Goals of Sustainable Development and the New Urban Agenda: Together in Action”. Madrid, 25th January9.

Organized by UN-HABITAT with the collaboration of the United Nations system in Spain. It counted with

7 UN Working Group Meetings held on 16th January, 1st February, 13th March, 21st July and 9th October.

8 ∙ Inauguration of the International Year for Sustainable Tourism organized by World Tourism Organization at International Tourism Fair (FITUR). Madrid, 18th January.

∙ Annual Reception of his Highness Felipe VI, King of Spain, to the Foreign Inst. Bodies and members of UN System in Spain, Madrid, 26th Jan.

∙ Presentation of the “Humanitarian Aviation Stamp” by World Food Programme (WFP) at Ministry of Development, Madrid, 22nd March.

∙ Presentation of the “Human Development Report” (HDR) 2016 organized by UNDP at Casa de América. Madrid, 24th March.

∙ Meeting of the UN-Family with Guy Rider, Executive Director of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the following breakfast at New Economy Forum. Madrid, 28th March.

∙ Representation and participation in the XIII meeting of the Security Management Team- Spain, Madrid, 5th April and follow-up on require-ments and periodic information.

∙ “Debate about the situation of the 2030 Agenda in Spain” organized by Global Compact at Caixa Forum. Madrid, 6th April.

∙ Roundtable on “Sustainable Urban Tourism” organized by WTO. Madrid, 10th May.

∙ “IV Congress of Childhood Friendly Cities” organized by Unicef. Madrid, 13th September.

∙ “SDGs Second Aniversary” organized by Global Compact. Madrid, 25th September.

∙ Forum “High Level Pannel: Spain And the Implementation of 2030 Agenda”. Madrid, 28th September.

∙ Support and assistance of UN-Habitat to United Nations Day Celebration. Madrid, 24th October.

∙ Forum “The state of food security and nourishment in the world” organized by FAO. Madrid, 21st November.

∙ Participation at “II Forum for the momentum of 2030 Agenda promoted for UN organisms in Spain. United Nations decade about Nourish-ment (2016-2025) and its implementation in Spain”. Madrid. 4th December.

∙ “International Forum of Human Rights” organized by FAO and Global Compact. Madrid, 11th December.9 https://vimeo.com/201069298?utm_source=email&utm_medium=vimeo-cliptranscode-201504&utm_campaign=28749

the the participation of Dr. Joan Clos; Fernando García Casas, State Secretary for International Cooperation and Iberoamerica; Anselmo Menéndez, Deputy Direc-tor General of Policies and Housing Aid, Ministry of Development; Manuela Carmena, Mayor of Madrid; Ada Colau, Mayor of Barcelona; Joan Ribó, Mayor of Valencia and several representatives of the Academy and the Civil Society. The Forum raised a reflection on the implementation of the New Urban Agenda in relation to the Sustainable Development Objectives and their localization in urban areas.

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Left and Center: SDGs and the NUA: Together in action. Madrid 26th Jan. Right: IV Congress of Childhood Friendly Cities, by UNICEF. Madrid, 13th Sep.

Left:I Global Forum of Local Gov. 22-24th Nov. Center: Annual ORU-Fogar General Assembly, 27-28th Nov. Right: The Spanish New Urban Agenda, 30th Nov.



2IMPLEMENTATION OF AND SUPPORT TO OPERATIONAL TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES

PROJECT “PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT: TOWARDS A NEW URBAN AGENDA”10

10 Project J094, implemented with the collaboration of Andalusian Agency of International Cooperation for Development (AACID) and Ma-drid City Council.11 https://unhabitat.org/un-habitat-hosts-global-meeting-on-planning-compact-cities/12 http://www.ciudadesdepaz.com/13 https://nuevassolucionesurbanas.org/#nuevas-soluciones-urbanas14 Final Report at https://nuevassolucionesurbanas.org/pdf/Inf_final_NuevReal_Print.pdf

» EGM “Planning Compact Cities: Exploring the possibilities and limits of densification”11 . Se-ville, 13- 14th March.

With the support of the Andalusian Agency of Inter-national Cooperation for Development (AACID), on 13 and 14th March 2017, 22 experts in urban devel-opment from 18 countries from governments, inter-national organizations, and academia gathered in Seville to discuss approaches to the management of urban transformation through densification.Communiqué and final report of the EGM available.

» “World Forum on Urban Violence”. Madrid, 19-21st April12.

With the New Urban Agenda as one of the bench-mark documents, UN-HABITAT was member of the Forum Organizing Committee, supported the partici-pation of experts from Korea, Ivory Coast, France, and South Africa, as part of the Safer Cities Programme, participated as speaker in one of the plenary sessions, moderated a debate table about public space and or-ganized the workshop “Urban Security: Towards ur-ban laboratories for inclusion, social integration and coexistence in our cities”.

» International Forum “New Realities, New Solu-tions: Implementing the New Urban Agenda”. Madrid, 29 -30th June 201713.

Jointly organized with the Madrid City Council, this

Forum aimed at offering new perspectives, contents

and proposals to establish the change model towards sustainable urban development, placing people at the center of development. It included discussions on “Challenges of gender equality in cities”, “Crisis, risk and urban resilience”, “Collaborative, inclusive and participative cities”, “Public space, gentrification and peripheral centralities”, “Urban planning for urban health”- among others. A field visit was also orga-nized to the Madrid Southeast Developments with Jan Gehl, UN-Habitat and several representatives of the Urban Sustainable Development Government Area of Madrid City Council14.

Other technical activities

» Follow-up of Spanish Agency of International Co-operation and Development (AECID) contributions and other collaboration agreements in force.

» Support to “Transparent and Open Cities” orga-nized by Uraia and FEMP (Spanish Federation of Cit-ies and Regions). Madrid, 8-10th February.

Left: United Nations Day Celebration. Madrid, 24th October. Center: United Nations Decade about Nourishment (2016-2025) and its implementation in Spain, by FAO. Madrid, 4th December. Right: IV Congress of Childhood Friendly Cities, by UNICEF. Madrid, 13th Sep.

Transparent and Open Cities, Madrid, 8-10th Feb.


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“I Global Forum on Local Governments”. Seville City Council. Seville, 23rd November. (CSM)

“The implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the New Urban Agenda of UN-Habitat in Europe”. Policy Lab “Shaping the Spanish Urban Agenda in light of other European National Urban Policy Frameworks”.

Ministry of Development and European Urban Knowledge Network. Madrid, 30th November. (CSM)

“The roadmap of the New Urban Agenda in Spain”. VI International Engendering Congress. Beyond SDG#5: Gender at 2030 Agenda of Sustainable De-velopment. Madrid, 11th December. (CSM)

PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES OF THE NEW URBAN AGENDA

Organization of and active participation at:

“Urbanization at the Mediterranean”. IEMed (Eu-ropean Institute for the Mediterranean). Barcelona, 12th June. (ED)

“The New Urban Agenda. An urban paradigm shift for XXI century” Opening of International Congress on Urban Landscape. Barcelona, 12th June. (ED)

“Urbanization at the Mediterranean”. IEMed (Euro-pean Institute for the Mediterranian). Barcelona, 12th June. (ED)

“Towards the implementation of the New Urban Agenda. Urban Landscape”. Urban Breakfast at In-ternational Congress on Urban Landscape. Barcelo-na, 13th June. (ED)

Meeting of Dr. Joan Clos with FEMP (Spanish Fede-ration of Cities and Regions) Territorial Council to promote the adoption of The New Urban Agenda by spanish cities. Madrid, 27th June.

“Thinking Urban: cities for the people at the center of the New Urban Agenda”. Conference of Jan Gehl at COAM (Official College of Madrid Architects). Ma-

World Forum on Urban Violence, Madrid, 19-21st April

New Realities, New Solutions: Implementing the NUA, Madrid, 29-30th June

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EGM Planning Compact Cities, Seville13-14th March.



drid 29th June15.

Participation at “Localization of SDGs at the local fra-mework”. FEMP´s (Spanish Federation of Cities and Regions) training forum. Madrid, 4th October. (CSM)

“Workshop Post H3 and the new urban and me-tropolitan challenges”. AMB, Barcelona Institute of International Studies (IBEI), the World association of the major metropoles (Metropolis) and the Euro-Latin American Alliance of Cooperation among Cities (AL-LAs). Barcelona, 13th November. Paulius Kulikauskas (PK)

“Rethinking Strategies for Integrated Urban and Re-gional Development”. Smart Cities Expo World Con-gress. Barcelona, 14th November. (PK)

“Cities for people: how to implement the New Urban Agenda”. Smart Cities Expo World Congress. Barce-lona, 14th November. (PK)

“Smart Urbanization” at Smart City World Expo Congress. Barcelona, 14th November. (ED)

“Barcelona model at the global urbanistic debate”. Barcelona Economy Circle. Barcelona, 14th Novem-ber. (ED)

Opening of the course of IBEI (Barcelona Institute of International Studies). Barcelona, 15th November16. (ED)

“Reaching the right collaboration toward success”. Smart City Expo World Congress. Barcelona, 15th No-vember. (PK)

“The European Urban Agenda in light of Habitat III and the 2030 Agenda”. CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs). Barcelona, 17th Nov. (PK)

“Implementing the New Urban Agenda and the Ci-ties Prosperity Initiative”. Asia Innova Forum: Con-necting SmartCities between Asia and Europe. Ma-

15 https://vimeo.com/22374424816 https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=27&v=vDSfEPHlq6M

drid, 21st November. Eduardo Moreno. (EM)

“Urban Planification: building the path to the SDGs”. COAM (Official College of Madrid Architects), Ma-drid, 22nd November. (EM)

“Towards a holistic approach to urban resilience”. Aquatec, Suez and Cetaqua. Madrid, 22th November. (CSM)

“Golden Experience Award on Sustainability” given by Seville City Council to UN-Habitat Spain for its work in urban sustainability and a better urban futu-re for all. Seville, 22nd November. (CSM)

“The one thousand faces cities: what we call a city at XXIst century”. ePower&Building Summitt. Madrid, 23rd November. (EM)

“The New Urban Agenda and its implementation process as a development and prosperity tool”. I Glo-bal Forum on Local Governments: Destination Sevi-lle. Seville, 24th November. (EM)

“International Organisms and Regions, an Alliance to accomplish Global Goals”. ORU Fogar General As-sembly. Vitoria, 27th November. (CSM)

Left: The New Urban Agenda, a compromise for prosperity, at TYPSA 26th January. Center: UN-Habitat and the NUA. Right: Forum on the New Urban Agendas at a Global and European level Madrid 2nd March


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Left: Urbanization at the Mediterranean, by IEMed, Barcelona 12th June. Center: The New Urban Agenda, an urban paradigm shift for XXI centuryBarcelona 12th June. Right: Meeting of Territorial Council to promote the adoption of the NUA, Madrid 27th June

Left: Opening of the course of IBEI, Barcelona 15th November. Center and right: Urban planification: building the path to the SDGs, Madrid 22nd November

Left: Localization of SDGs at the local framework, Madrid 4th October. Center: Workshop post Habitat III and the new urban and metropolitan changes. Barcelona 13nd November. Right: Smart Urbanization- Smart City Expo World Congress, Barcelona 14th November

Left: Towards a holistic approach to urban resilience, Madrid 22nd November. Center: Golden Experience Award on Sustainability, given by Seville City Council to UN-Habitat Spain. Seville 22nd November. Right: I Global Forum on Local Governments: Destination Seville, Seville 23th November.

Left: The New Urban Agenda and its implementation process as a Development and Prosperity Tool. Seville 24nd November. Center: The implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the NUA of UN-Habitat in Europe. Madrid 30th November Right: The roadmap of the NUA in Spain- IV International Engendering Congress beyond SDG#5: Gender at 2030 Agenda of Sustainable Dev. Madrid 11th December



Attendance of:

»“Madrid Urbanism Guide”. Government Area of Sustainable Urban Development. Madrid, 2nd Fe-bruary.

»“Workshop on Sustainable Cities”. REDS (Spanish Network for Sustainable Development) and Carlos III University. Madrid, 7th March.

»“The Sustainable Development Goals and its imple-mentation: contributions to Spain”. AECID. Madrid, 27th March .

»“Local Governments facing the challenge to localize the SDGs. FEMP and UCLG (Union of Cities and Local Governments). Madrid, 18th April.

17 ∙ EGM Planning Compact Cities: Exploting the possibilities and limits of densification. Seville, 13-14th March https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKQZg6FeaPQ

∙ Smart Island Congress, Mallorca, 20-21 April. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLfExoY3lXU&feature=em-subs_digest∙ Sustainable Tourism Conference. Barcelona, 18th May. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6Xo671ROng&app=desktop

∙ International Forum “New Realities, New Solutions: Implementing the New Urban Agenda”. Madrid, 29-30 June https://www.youtube.com/

watch?v=EJJ3bq3yFC8&feature=youtu.be-

∙ International Transdiciplinar Seminar: The New Urban Agenda an its implementation towards a better urban Governance. Barcelona, 16-18th

October. https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=XOdlRl0kz0s

∙ I Global Forum of Local Governments: destination Seville. Seville, 22-24th November.

https://youtu.be/hKg3KyZqkDI

∙ ORU-FOGAR Annual Assembly. 27-28th October https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ_iLb8NLsg&feature=youtu.be

18 http://www.worldurbancampaign.org/right-city-legal-implementation-new-urban-agenda-better-regulations-better-cities19 http://www.worldurbancampaign.org/utc-report-sharing-design-innovation-and-technology-city-prosperity20 http://www.worldurbancampaign.org/events/transition-liveable-cities-post-car-city

» “Challenges and strategies of local governments”. FEMP and EL PAIS. Madrid, 9th May.

» “Spain International Forum. Commerce, Investment and Diplomacy”. Nueva Ecomonía Forum. Madrid, 29th March.

» Forum “Future is now” Norman Foster Foundation. Madrid, 1st June.

» Presentation of the book of FSMS 2016 and The Forum of the Cities 2018. Madrid, 3th June.

»“Reinventing Cities”. C40 Cities and Sustainable Ur-ban Development Government Area of Madrid City Council. Madrid, 13th November.

Online Interventions17.

UN-HABITAT INSTITUTIONAL CAMPAIGNS

World Urban Campaign. Urban Thinkers Campuses

»“The right in the city. Legal implementation of the New Urban Agenda” organized by CNJUR, Interna-tional Association of Urbanistic Jurisprudence and UNED18 Madrid, 10-12th July.

»“Sharing design, innovation and technology for the city prosperity” organized by ESNE (Universitary

School of Design Innovation and Technology)19 . Ma-drid, 25-27th October..

»“The transition to livable cities: the post car city” organized by FIU (Federation of Iberoamerican Urba-nists) 20. Barcelona, 25-27th November

Left: SDGs and its implementation: contributions to Spain. 27nd March. Center: Challenges and strategies of local governments. Madrid, 9nd May. Right: Thinking Urban: cities for the people at the center of the NUA, Madrid, 29nd June


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»“Barcelona City Lab on Safer Cities”21 organized by UN-Habitat Safer Cities Programme. Barcelona, 14th November.

Urban October

» World Habitat Day at COAM (Official College of Madrid Architects) including an Urban Cinema Ses-sion”.

» World Cities Day at Seville University with the event “Innovative Governance. Open Cities” with the participation of the Mayor of Seville, the Dean of Seville

21 http://www.worldurbancampaign.org/events/barcelona-city-lab-safer-cities-global-hub-city-labs 22 http://www.femp.es/comunicacion/noticias/31-de-octubre-femp-y-onu-habitat-apuestan-por-una-ciudad-abierta-sostenible-y

University and representatives of civil society.

» Joint declaration of UN-Habitat and FEMP (Spanish Federation of Cities and Regions) to conmemorate World Cities Day along with an adhesion statement of FEMP to the principles of the New Urban Agenda. Madrid, 31st October 201722.

Urban Breakfasts

»Organization and participation of the ED at “Towards the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda. Ur-ban Landscape”. Barcelona, 13th June.

Left: The right in the city. Legal implementation of the NUA. Madrid 10-12th July. Center: Sharing design, innovation and technology for the city prosperity, by ESNE, 25-27 October. Right: Barcelona City Lab on Safer Cities, Barcelona 14th November.

Left: Urban Breakfast. Barcelona 13th June. Center: World Habitat Day. Right: World Cities Day at Seville University

Left: World Habitat Day. Center and Right: World Cities Day at Seville University



EFECTIVE COMMUNICATION

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∙ http://politica.elpais.com/politica/2017/01/26/actualidad/1485430798_968084.html

∙ http://www.efeverde.com/noticias/joan-clos-anima-las-grandes-ciudades-crear-empresas-energia-renovable/

∙http://ecodiario.eleconomista.es/sociedad/noticias/8423941/06/17/Joan-Clos-anima-a-las-grandes-ciudades-a-crear-empresas-de-energia-re-novable.html

∙ http://www.ondacero.es/programas/julia-en-la-onda/audios-podcast/entrevistas/joan-clos_20170613594012040cf22592e310dcf7.html

∙ http://cadenaser.com/programa/2017/06/27/hoy_por_hoy/1498555697_563885.html

∙ http://play.cadenaser.com/audio/001RD010000004629948/

∙ http://www.femp.es/hemeroteca/carta-local-no-305-septiembre-de-2017

∙ https://www.citiestobe.com/joan-clos-good-urbanisation-requires-collective-effort/

24 ∙ http://www.abc.es/espana/madrid/abci-manuela-carmena-madrid-esta-bonito-esta-limpio-aunque-oigais-contrario-201701251323_noti-cia.html

∙ http://cincodias.com/cincodias/2017/01/25/sentidos/1485369178_384427.html

∙ http://ccaa.elpais.com/ccaa/2017/01/24/madrid/1485277287_980469.html

∙ http://elpais.com/elpais/2017/01/25/planeta_futuro/1485369880_447728.html

∙ http://www.elmundo.es/comunidad-valenciana/2017/01/25/5888af7ee5fdea4a6a8b45d3.html

∙ http://cadenaser.com/emisora/2017/01/25/radio_valencia/1485352834_624999.html

∙ http://www.diariosigloxxi.com/texto-s/mostrar/224487/madrid-carmena-madrid-esta-muy-bonito-esta-limpio-aunque-oigais-contrario-no-ver-dad7

∙http://ecodiario.eleconomista.es/politica/noticias/8108256/01/17/Colau-pide-acabar-con-el-vergonzante-y-criminal-oligopolio-energetico.html

∙http://www.diariosigloxxi.com/texto-s/mostrar/224491/c-valenciana-ribo-quiere-cobrar-ibi-viviendas-vacias-porque-bancos-no-venden-ayunta-miento

∙ http://www.teinteresa.es/politica/Ada-Colau-competencias-ciudades-infrafinanciadas_0_1730227297.html

∙http://www.europapress.es/madrid/noticia-carmena-ve-necesaria-regulacion-estatal-garantice-alquileres-accesibles-clase-me-dia-20170125130527.html

∙ http://valenciaextra.com/es/ribo-presenta-ante-onu-habita-proyectos-sostenibles/

25 ∙ http://www.europapress.es/andalucia/cooperacion-internacional-01049/noticia-maria-jose-sanchez-rubio-defiende-expertos-onu-mode-lo-ciudad-integradora-generadora-igualdades-20170313115708.html

∙ https://www.eldigitaldeasturias.com/noticias/sanchez-rubio-defiende-un-modelo-de-ciudad-integradora-y-generadora-de-igualdades/

∙http://www.lainformacion.com/politica/politicas-internas/vivienda-y-planificacion-urbana/Sanchez-Rubio-ONU-integradora-generado-ra_0_1007599590.html

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» Media coverage of Joan Clos, UN-Habitat Executive Director23

» Media Coverage of UN Habitat Office events in Spain:

» Forum “The Goals of Sustainable Development and the New Urban Agenda: Together in Action”.

Madrid, 25th January24

» EGM Planning Compact Cities: Exploring the pos-sibilities and limits of densification” Seville, 13- 14th March.25

» International Forum “New Realities, New Solu-

Left: Enterview of Joan Clos at Onda Cero. Center: Media at the EGM Planning Compact Cities, Seville. Enterview of Joan Clos at Hoy por Hoy.


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tions: Implementing the New Urban Agenda”. Ma-drid, 29 -30th June26

» Conference of Jan Gehl at COAM (Official College of Madrid Architects) “Thinking Urban: cities for the people at the center of the New Urban

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∙http://www.gentedigital.es/madrid/noticia/2178298/el-arquitecto-danes-jan-gehl-ofrecera-una-conferencia-en-el-coam-sobre-ciudades-pa-ra-la-gente/

∙ http://www.madridesnoticia.es/agencias/ultima-hora-madrid/madrid-el-arquitecto-danes-jan-gehl-ofrecera-conferencia-coam

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28 ∙ http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/entre-parentesis/

∙ https://elpais.com/elpais/2017/09/28/planeta_futuro/1506599386_494251.html

∙ http://ecodiario.eleconomista.es/sociedad/noticias/8646191/10/17/La-onu-pide-viviendas-asequibles-para-todos-en-el-dia-mundial-del-habi-tat.html

∙ https://centrourbano.com/2-octubre-dia-mundial-del-habitat/

∙ https://www.esmartcity.es/2017/10/30/sevilla-acoge-celebracion-dia-mundial-de-las-ciudades

∙ https://elpais.com/elpais/2017/10/30/seres_urbanos/1509356333_845794.html

29 ∙ https://www.esmartcity.es/2017/10/18/campus-de-pensamiento-urbano-onu-habitat-se-celebra-madrid-25-27-octubre

∙ http://blog.rtve.es/europa/2017/10/ma drid-y-barcelona-acogen-reuniones-delos-pensadores-urbanos.html

∙ http://ecosistemaurbano.org/urbanismo/urbanthinkers/

∙ http://www.madridesnoticia.es/agencias/ultima-hora-madrid/madrid-la-39-turismofobia-39-o-restricciones-trafico-contaminacion

∙ http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/informativo-de-madrid/cronica-madrid-informativo-cronica-madrid-25-10-17/4270766/

∙ http://www.telemadrid.es/audio/buenos-dias-madrid-31102017-0800-1000

∙http://www.europapress.es/turismo/nacional/noticia-turismofobia-restricciones-trafico-contaminacion-debate-campus-pensadores-urba-nos-20171025110302.html

30∙http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/espacio-para-la-responsabilidad/espacio-para-responsabilidad-nueva-agenda-urba-na-07-02-17/3904577/

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∙http://www.lavanguardia.com/local/valencia/20170926/431577837881/ribo-ofrece-a-asamblea-de-alcaldes-una-alianza-global-por-la-soste-nibilidad.html

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∙ http://www.diariodesevilla.es/sevilla/Gobiernos-locales-debaten-Sevilla-globales_0_1193581180.html

Agenda”. Madrid 29th June27

» Urban October28

» Urban Thinkers Campuses29

» Other media coverage.30



» Web development for the event New Realities, New Solutions: Implementing the New Urban Agenda31

» Update of the Habitat Agenda in Spain’s contact

∙ http://www.lavanguardia.com/local/sevilla/20171123/433102310257/am--espadas-llama-a-ser-inconformistas-en-el-i-foro-global-donde-se-villa-recupera-su-vocacion-universal.html

∙ https://www.retema.es/noticia/la-necesidad-de-un-enfoque-holistico-de-la-resiliencia-urbana-a-debate-IMBzuhttp://www.sevillaactualidad.com/sevilla/80073-el-foro-global-de-gobiernos-locales-culmina-buscando-una-red-global-de-municipios/ https://elpais.com/elpais/2017/11/24/planeta_futuro/1511528541_218064.htmlhttp://femp.femp.es/files/842-323-fichero/Carta%20Local%20n%C2%BA%20308,%20diciembre%202017.pdf. Págs 24-25

31 https://nuevassolucionesurbanas.org/#nuevas-soluciones-urbanas

database with a 30% increase in new contacts and dissemination of UN-Habitat´s activities via two news-letters per month.

4 FOSTERING STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND RESOURCE MOBILIZATION

With the support of UN-Habitat Branches and Regional Offices, the following collaboration agreements and Memorandums of Understanding were signed during 2017:

COLLABORATION AGREEMENTS 2017

» AACID (Andalusian Agency of International Cooperation for Development) for the project “New Urban Solutions: Implementing the New Urban Agenda” . The project will be implemented from December 2017 to December 2018 with a 400.000 € contribution.

» Madrid City Council through the General Directorate of Innovation and City Promotion for the project “Support to the promotion of Sustainable Urban Development and the implementation of the New Urban Agenda”. (TBC)

» Ministry of Development: Collaboration Agreement to support the Participation of the UN-Habitat Office

for Latin America and the Caribbean in the Best Practice and Local Leadership Programme of the United Nations (70.000 €) for 2017-2018 period.

» Barcelona City Council for Phase 2 of the City Resilience Profiling Programme, Barcelona 28th December.

» Seville City Council for the project “New Urban Solutions: Implementing the New Urban Agenda” (tbc)

MOUS (Memorandum of Understanding)

» Department of Territory and Sustainability of the Government of Catalonia. Barcelona, 19th January.

» FIRA International of Barcelona, Barcelona, 16th November. ▪

Signing Collaboration Agreement with AACID MoU - Dep.of Territory and Sustainability, Gov. of Catalonia.

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UN-HABITAT OFFICE IN SPAIN...Right: Meeting with Julio Gomez Pomar (Secretary of State for Infrastructure, Transport and Housing at Ministry of Development). 27th June. UN-HABITAT