The Institute of National Planning held the second seminar of scientific follow-up, in which a report on the “global status of urban national policies entitled “Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and Action for Climate” issued by the United Nations Habitat and the Cities alliance program of the World Bank was presented, and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Dr. Khaled Abdel Halim, a teacher at the Regional Development Center at the Institute of National Planning and the presenter of the report, explained that the main purpose of the report is to follow up the progress of the countries of the world during 2021 in preparing and implementing national policies for urban development, reviewing the experiences of 162 countries, with a focus on the experiences of these countries in using the national policy Urban development to address the effects of the Corona pandemic, climate changes and the urban challenges resulting from them.
He stressed that the content of the report was based on how countries define the national urban development policy and the results it expects from this policy, as well as the stages of its preparation and the areas it covers or focuses on, and the governmental institutions based on its preparation, and a discussion of the success factors for preparing the national urban development policy, including: Policy alignment With the directions of the state and with the different levels of government, and the involvement of the relevant societal parties.
He added that the results of the report concluded that in 162 countries there are national urban development policies, whether they are declared independently or integrated within other development policies such as housing, land use or transportation.
In this context, the report recommended using the National Urban Development Policy as a tool for linking and coordinating between the ministries responsible for urban development and those responsible for climate change and the environment, and building monitoring and evaluation systems for urban policies linked to sustainable development goals and other global indicators, as well as exchanging experiences, knowledge and experiences between countries on the preparation and implementation of the policy. National Urban Development.
