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Urban October 2020 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 I Table of Contents World Habitat Day’s Virtual Global Observance 1 Africa 4 Asia 8 Europe 15 Latin America and the Caribbean 17 North America 18 Oceania 20 World Cities Day’s Virtual Global Observance 22 Africa 24 Asia 28 Europe 38 Latin America and the Caribbean 40 North America 41 Oceania 44 Urban October Events 47 Africa 48 Asia 56 Europe 65 Latin America and the Caribbean 74 North America 104 Oceania 108 Statistics for World Habitat Day, World Cities Day and Urban October 109 List of World Habitat Day, World Cities Day and Urban October Celebrations around the world 110 II URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 III WORLD HABITAT DAY Events IV URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 WORLD HABITAT DAY’S VIRTUAL GLOBAL OBSERVANCE IN SURABAYA, INDONESIA World Habitat Day was celebrated on Monday 5 October 2020 with the theme Housing for All: A Better Urban Future. There were 69 events celebrated globally in 42 countries and 58 cities. The Global Observance of World Habitat He said the Housing for All theme was said everyone now realised that “housing Day co-hosted this year by UN-Habitat “the right agenda for all of us” as globally is an important need and pre condition and the Government of Indonesia, came a house is a basic need, adding that the for properly accessing needs such as from Surabaya, Indonesia combining Indonesian Government was trying hard to education and health.” dynamic physical meetings with global ensure everyone had decent housing. online participation and video messages. UN-Habitat’s Regional Goodwill While Surabaya held a local gathering to In her statement the Executive Secretary of Ambassador for Arab States H.R.H. host the event, the pandemic prevented the UN Economic and Social Commission Princess Lamia Bint Majed AlSaud, thanked many people from travelling so instead they for Asia and the Pacific, Armida Salsiah UN-Habitat for its work supporting local joined online. Alisjahbana, said a quarter of world’s governments and for providing community population living in slums and informal driven solutions in informal settlements In his video message, the United Nations settlements were in the region. during the pandemic. Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, called for increased efforts to improve housing in “To realize a future vision of “cities The UN-Habitat Executive Director cities through promoting partnerships, pro- without slums” we need to make large- launched the Urban Agenda Platform poor policies and regulations. scale public investments in affordable explaining it was a space for Member and adequate housing and slum States to “share their voluntary reports on “As we strive to overcome the upgrading to ensure that marginalized progress in the implementation of the New pandemic, address the fragilities groups have access to shelter that Urban Agenda, and for all stakeholders to and inequalities it has exposed, and facilitates physical and mental health share what they are doing, and to make combat climate change, now is the during the pandemic and beyond,” she committed actions moving forward.” time to harness the transformative said. potential of urbanization for the She also launched the Housing for All benefit of people and planet,” he said. Mexico’s Undersecretary for Multilateral Campaign which will run for five weeks Affairs and Human Rights, Martha Delgado raising awarenss about the key role President Joko Widodo, of the Republic said the pandemic underlined that a house of housing, gathering solutions and of Indonesia, in a video message, said was much more than a place to sleep. Her encouraging global commitment. urbanization was a great opportunity to words were echoed by Indonesia’s Minister advance as cities were centres of creativity of National Development Planning/Head One of the highlights of the Global leading to economic growth and increased of Bappenas, Suharso Monoarfa, who Observance, was the awarding of the UN- livelihoods. Habitat Scroll of Honour Awards to the five winners. URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 1 UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif watches the Global Observance of World Habitat Day 2020 broadcast from Subang Jaya, Malaysia ©Subang Jaya Municipal Council Colombia’s Minister of Housing, City and The founder of the fourth winner, Upcycle During the second day of the virtual Global Territory, Jonathan Malagón, said that his Africa, Johnmary Kavuma speaking from Observance the Urban Agenda Platform, Ministry, which was one of the winners, Uganda spoke about his own family’s was discussed in more depth during the was one of the youngest in Colombia but struggle to find decent housing when he first Roundtable on The launch of Urban they had achieved great results reducing was a child. His organization was awarded Agenda Platform: Reporting progress and the housing deficit and providing drinking the Scroll for transforming lives through sharing knowledge in the Decade of Action. water and subsidies for housing purchases. affordable housing provision, waste education and job opportunities. Ms. Emilia Saiz, Secretary General of the The Executive Director was in Subang Jaya, United Cities and Local Governments Malaysia where the Municipal Council The representative of the fifth winner, network (UCLG), who moderated the was given the award for its holistic and Mexico’s ECOCASA SHF, Dr. Jose David Roundtable said that “the New Urban integrated approach to affordable housing Alvarez, General Director of Promotion, Agenda is much more than SDG11, and community empowerment. The Mayor travelled to Surabaya to receive the award. but SDG11 is a building block and the of Subang Jaya, Noraini Roslan, said she He said his organization was committed cornerstone of all the other SDGs.” hoped their programme would inspire to offering sustainable financing solutions. Poland’s Minister of Development others around the world. ECOCASA SHF received the award for addressing energy efficient construction Funds and Regional Policy, Małgorzata Community Impact Nepal, from standards for housing, facilitating inclusive Jarosińska-Jedynak, said that the Agenda Kathmandu, Nepal was honoured for access to financial mechanisms and for Sustainable Development 2030 and empowering entrepreneurs to produce creating decent homes. the New Urban Agenda were important for eco-friendly constructions for families in her country in designing a National Urban substandard housing. Pratik Singh Parmar, The Executive Director congratulated all Policy and an Urban Policy. the Project Manager and Partnership the winners and called for everyone to join Developer, speaking from Nepal said: “if forces and share solutions. you want to make a real change never ever give up.” 2 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 “Poland is determined to implement said they were committed to working with According to Marissa Plouin, Directorate the 2030 Agenda and approaches other governments to find solutions to the for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs this programme as a long-term current pandemic. at the Organisation for Economic Co- investment,” she said. operation and Development: “COVID did During Roundtable Three on Housing at the not create a housing problem but it turned Rwanda’s Minister of Infrastructure, Claver centre of the COVID-19 response Mexico’s a lot of chronic housing challenges into Gatete, said that reporting progress on Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs and a housing crisis and they become much the implementation of the New Urban Human Rights, Martha Delgado, said the more visible and hard to ignore.” Agenda mattered to governments pandemic had highlighted the critical role because they could assess and evaluate of housing. From the European Investment Bank, their performance progress level against Senior Housing Specialist Grzegorz Gajda, “I firmly believe one of most commitments, goals, and indicators. said one key lesson from the pandemic outstanding opportunities during was the importance of public spending and In her opening remarks at Roundtable COVID-19 for both national and sub public services such as health. Two on Responding to resilient, inclusive, national goverments is to develop gender-equal and green economic recovery strong policies that not only ensure In her closing remarks, UN-Habitat in informal settlements, the Mayor of the adequate housing but help strengthen Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif host city, Surabaya, Tri Rismaharini said the urban sustainability and the resilience underscored the unique circumstances city aimed to protect the rights and dignity of communities in order to create a during which this year’s World Habitat Day of people living in informal settlements. new normality,” she said celebrations were held. “The city has never encouraged Cities Alliance Regional Manager for “World Habitat Day 2020 is historic for demolition of informal settlements to Latin America and Caribbean, Anacláudia many reasons. For the first time since pave the way for new developments; Marinheiro Centeno Rossbach, said: “In the 1986, we held the Global Observance instead, we embarked on campaigns global south the informal settlements are in hybrid fashion,” she said. “For the to teach them on how to better their very prevalent and COVID has affected the first time, World Habitat Day is truly living conditions,” she said. financial capacity of families here so we global in its reach and scope.” have observed an increase in people living The Mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone, on the streets and an expansion of informal Yvonne Aki-Sawyer said that due to the settlements.” lack of development and planning control, they had 74 informal settlements across the city. She added that successful interventions needed everyone on board, including informal settlements’ residents. Kenya’s State Department of Urban Development Principal Secretary, Charles Hinga, said that the right to adequate housing was enshrined in his country’s constitution and that the provision of housing was key in ensuring social justice. In his address, the European Commission’s Lars Groenvald, Team Leader urban development, advocated for an all-inclusive plan for cities which included those living in informal settlements.
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