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WUF12 BACKGROUND PAPER - It All Starts Introduction - at Home - Local Actions for

18 Mar 2024

That is why, the chosen theme of the Twelfth Session and Communities of the World Urban Forum (WUF12) is “It All Starts at Home.” The concept of “home” extends beyond the physical structures that shelter us to encompass the cultural, social, economic and environmental dimensions of daily life. [...] It is a two-way process where global cooperation and governance and agree on a the local meets the national and the global, and vice Pact for the Future. [...] It creating new mechanisms to listen to and empower does so by delving into the nexus between inadequate the most marginalised urban populations, as well as housing and inequality in cities, and identifying building and regaining trust and legitimacy, are critical tangible, concrete solutions that have successfully for sustainable, affordable, inclusive and resilient served and empowered the most. [...] It is imperative for both public and private actors to cooperate on the that we build up our understanding of the diverse forms implementation of local accountability and capacity- of finance to ensure sustainable and inclusive urban building strategies to improve access to finance at development, while incorporating lessons about h ow to the local level. [...] The dialogue invites participants to reflect on stakeholders are key front-line responders during urban the interconnectedness between the loss and rebuilding crises, they face immense challenges, as they are not of home, the resolution of crises and the achievement of sufficiently at the centre of multilateral efforts to tackle sustainable development goals.
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13
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Kenya