PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF HABITAT III IS TAKING PLACE IN NAIROBI 15.04.2015

The second session of the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom2) of the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III) is being held in the UN House in Nairobi, Kenya, before the Habitat III Conference that will be organized next year in Quito, Ecuador. More than 1000 participants coming from all around the world have shown great interest to the meeting. The Preparatory Committee Meeting of Habitat III which will be held with the theme of ‘’new local agenda’’, is an important platform for the activities in order to raise the voice of the local authorities towards Habitat III.

At the Local and Regional Governments Preparatory Meeting on 12 April, and Policy Dialogue with Local and Regional Governments, representatives of local governments and their networks exchanged ideas on the topics that they thought to be given priority in Habitat III.

The plenary sessions that continues between the dates of 14-16 April, started with the opening speech of Dr. Joan CLOS, the Executive Director of UN Habitat. In addition to the plenary sessions, several side events are also being organized. The partners, who are contributing the Habitat III process, are trying the set their position with these side events.

Within the framework of Preparatory Committee Meeting, Regular Meeting of UNACLA of which Dr. Kadir Topbaş is the Chairman, will be held on 15 April. In the relevant meeting, the new role of UNACLA in the processes of policy making will be discussed.