This background paper serves to inform on the process so far and facilitates the discussion on the proposed priorities and goals of the strategic plan at the retreat of the Member States in Nairobi on 30 May 2024. [...] 3.3 Guiding principles for developing the strategic plan Based on the evaluations of the current Strategic Plan (2020-2025), other relevant assessments and audits, and assessing lessons learned, as well as guidance by Member States, the strategic plan 2026-2029 is guided by the following principles: - Ambitious, relevant, and responsive: defining the role of UN-Habitat in the United Nations system. [...] 14 This goal will be supported by UN-Habitat promoting the integration of urban development into national development planning with a focus on managing the territorial organization of urbanization, the planning of systems of human settlements in the rural-urban continuum, the integrated urban planning and design of individual cities and human settlements, neighborhoods and public spaces, the prepa. [...] 5.1 Moving forward to programming action to attain the goals Once the Member States have reviewed the proposed priorities and goals as outlined above in this background paper at the second retreat, the Secretariat will rework the proposals reflecting the positions of the Member States capturing the consensus from the retreat, and the alternatives of divergent opinions. [...] Based on the results of the second and third retreats, a draft strategic plan will be shared with the Member States for deliberations at the second session of the Executive Board in December 2024, and further to the First session of the Executive Board in 2025, and finally to the resumed Second session of the UN-Habitat Assembly in May 2025.
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