10 am - Palais des Nations, Room VIII
Sustainable cities and human settlements, including public spaces, is one of the focus areas in the post-2015 development agenda.
The workshop will discuss measures that governments, cities and stakeholders in the UNECE region undertake to promote access to safe, inclusive and accessible green and public spaces. A special focus of this workshop is on the planning, design, and management of public spaces.
The workshop is organized jointly by the UNECE Committee on Housing and Land Management; Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden; and UN-Habitat, with the support of Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation as part of the Ax:son Johnson Foundation project “Future of Places”.
The workshop will have simultaneous interpretation in English, French and Russian.