2024 FIRST JOINT MEETING OF BUREAUX OF THE GOVERNING BODIES OF UN-HABITAT

Four Groups of options Multi-Level Governance Multi-level governance is an essential lever across the ten UNHA2 resolutions, and UN- Habitat promotes it as a cross-cutting feature of its Strategic Plan 2020-2025 National Urban Policies are a key prerequisite for the overall enabling of intergovernmental cooperation and coordination, as well as the institutionalization of multi-stakeholder particip. [...] The SGs Advisory Group on Local and Regional Governments Called for the establishment of the Advisory Group on LRGs for a reinvigorated multilateralism Established in October 2023, the Advisory Group is tasked to guide the SG in inclusion of the LRG constituency in the preparation for the Summit of the Future and its outcome document, the Pact for the Future. [...] To ensure the local and regional governments’ dimensions are reflected in the Summit and the Pact for the Future. [...] Members: 5 national governments, 15 LRG representative, the SG, DSG, USG for Policy, Chef-de-Cabinet, UNH ED The SGs Advisory Group on Local and Regional Governments Recommendations of the SG’s High-Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism that urges Member States to strengthen multilateralism by harnessing the power of LRGs and fostering multi-level governance guide the work of the AG. [...] 3 | Outputs of the Advisory Group Deliverable 1) to reflect local and regional governments’ dimensions in relevant preparatory Summit of the Future processes of Summit and Pact of the Future Deliverable 2) on modalities to enhance institutional mechanisms to strengthen engagement of local A guidance note and regional governments in intergovernmental processes to inform Ch.5 of the Pact Deliverable.