Past Events
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Global leadership to support Africa’s response to COVID-19
Watch the event in its entirety: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mZepMxPUiQ&feature=youtu.be Highlights from the event can be found here. Our main policy guidance document for policymakers which was launched at the event can be found here. As COVID-19 continues to spread, the impact on lives and the global economy is increasing at an unprecedented speed and...
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IGC at Urban Innovation Africa
As part of this year's Skoll World Forum by Skoll Foundation, Utopia is hosting the virtual event Urban Innovation in Africa on Thursday 2nd April, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM (BST). The event will cover topics on urbanisation and emerging cities in Africa and will explore the following questions through the perspective of leading urban practitioners and innovators: Who...
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Cities and experts meeting: Strengthening the financing position and investment in the cities of developing countries
UN-Habitat, along with the European Investment Bank (EIB), European Commission DG DEVCO, International Growth Centre, and United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) held a cities and experts workshop on ‘enhancing financing for sustainable urban development’ on 28th February 2020 in Dakar, Senegal. The workshop took place during the European Investment Bank...
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Gender equality and the data revolution
The innovative use of data has contributed to the women’s movement fighting for equal pay, but there is still a large gap in the availability of quality data measuring the well-being and contributions of women to society, especially in developing countries. Without sufficient high-quality and disaggregated statistics, many women will remain at risk of being invisible...
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IGC at the World Urban Forum
The IGC's Cities that Work team is hosting a series of events as part of the 10th World Urban Forum in Abu Dhabi: The session Data-driven innovation in city governance: Exploring global lessons and quick-wins will utilise both cutting-edge research and case studies of individual city reforms to illustrate how harnessing data can improve city governance and urban...