Promoting UN Habitat’s Flagship Program “SDG Cities” in the MEWA Region

Summary

UCLG-MEWA commits to mainstreaming SDG Cities Program in the MEWA cities, through assisting them to produce VLRs accross the region, and ensuring proper follow up in the aftermath, in coordination with the UN Habitat HQ and its regional office. The Program is expected to help cities to better allocate their limited resources for the maximum SDG impact, and promote multi-stakeholder local partnerships. This action will encourage more cities in the region to implement&localize SDGs and report on their SDG progress. To magnify the impact of the SDG Cities program, UCLG-MEWA requests UN-Habitat’s Executive Director to initiate a process within the UN System to establish an official SDG Cities Certification mechanism that recognizes the efforts and achievements of cities to accelerate the achievement of SDGs.