Annually the World Cities Day is celebrated on 31st October. Even though the events promoting the international community’s interest in global urbanization take place all over the world, every city has a chance to host the main celebration with the support of UN-HABITAT.
In different years the World Cities Day was hosted by Shanghai, Milan, Quito, Guangzhou and Liverpool. Your city has a chance to become a part of history and to host the celebration in 2019.
Participation
The Expression of Interest shall be sent by 15 February, 2019, via the following email address: unhabitat-wcd@un.org.
UN-Habitat shall take the lead in inviting and mobilizing the United Nations system, relevant international organizations, civil society and all other relevant stakeholders to observe the WCD.
The selection will be made by a Committee comprising of Directors in UN-Habitat and in close cooperation with the World Cities Day Coordination Center until 1 March, 2019. The selection of the global host for World Cities Day will be guided on the following basis: demonstration of good practice in the overall theme and the sub-theme of the World Cities Day, geographical balance, demonstration of ability and commitment to meet the conditions and etc.
Should you need the detailed information, please do not hesitate to contact the Secretariat of UCLG-Eurasia.
E-mail: uclg@yandex.ru
Tel.: +7 (843) 292-09-34
28.12.2018