FINAL DRAFT - The City We Need 2.0

Dear Urban Thinkers,

The detailed message below from the UN Habitat’s World Urban Campaign team is self-explanatory. They have collected feed-back from around the world including Hong Kong and produced a final draft for The City We Need (2.0).

We have been asked for final comments (objections only). 

Download the Final Draft of The City We Need (TCWN) 2.0

Should you wish to send your comments, please do so by noon 10 March 2016 (Thursday). We will coordinate a response from Hong Kong before midnight 10 March (Narobi time).

With best wishes,

Ng Mee Kam

Paul Zimmerman

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Dear World Urban Campaign Partners,

With this message the WUC Secretariat would like to share with you the final draft of The City We Need (TCWN) 2.0. 

BACKGROUND

In March 2014 TCWN 1.0 was launched in New York City/USA, prior to the Seventh Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF7). TCWN 1.0 was a manifesto of nine principles suggesting concrete ways on how to achieve sustainable urban development. It was conceived, designed and written by the partners of the World Urban Campaign. 

In October 2014, at the first Urban Thinkers Campus was held in Caserta/Italy, where partners reiterated the importance of TCWN 1.0 in the engagement process towards Habitat III.

Simultaneously, the WUC initiated the General Assembly of Partners (GAP). The GAP was established as an interim deliberative devise for partners to contribute to Habitat III's New Urban Agenda.

Following the success of the first Urban Thinkers Campus, the WUC Steering Committee requested the WUC Secretariat to open a call for proposals for partners to host further Urban Thinkers Campuses (UTCs). The main aim of the selected UTCs was to solicit input to TCWN 2.0 - a revised partner’s consensus document. 

THE PROCESS
From 29 June 2015 to 20 February 2016, 26 Urban Thinkers Campuses took place all over the world, involving more than 7700 participants from 113 countries representing more than 1600 organizations in an unprecedented consensus-building process.  

In October 2015, the "TCWN 2.0 Drafting Committee" was formed (see more information HERE) consisting of WUC partner representatives. After a series of telephone conferences, the Drafting Committee finalized the attached draft of The City We Need 2.0 based on the UTC reports submitted to the WUC Secretariat. 

WAY FORWARD 

Please review the document ON OBJECTION BASIS ONLY. Any comments MUST BE SUBMITTED in writing no later than THURSDAY, 10 MARCH at MIDNIGHT (Nairobi time GMT/+3). 

Please note that the Drafting Committee has concluded its work, and given the tight time frame to contribute towards the New Urban Agenda, the process of drafting cannot be opened again.  

We would like to see the final draft of TCWN 2.0 adopted unanimously and by acclamation on 16 March 2016.On 19 March 2016, the WUC Secretariat will formally submit TCWN 2.0 to its special initiative, the General Assembly of Partners (GAP), as the main contribution of the World Urban Campaign to the Habitat III process 

We thank you for all your support and contributions to this process in the past years, and are very proud of this joint accomplishment with you. The City We Need 2.0 is not only the basis for the input of UN-Habitat's partners (YOU!) to the Habitat III process, it also contributes to the implementation of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, in particular SDG11.

Should you have any questions about this process, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Kind regards, 
The WUC Secretariat