by Leila Mead
15 February 2018
from IISD Website







 

The main outcome of Habitat III held in October 2016, was,

"the adoption of the final New Urban Agenda (NUA) document as the new mandate for the development of cities and human settlements during the next 20 years."

The U.N. is now meddling with Latin America to impose its Technocratic tyranny on unsuspecting city-dwellers.

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Story Highlights

  • The Regional Action Plan for 2016-2036 includes six action areas and their strategic objectives, which comprise the key components necessary for implementing the New Urban Agenda in LAC.
     

  • The RAP enables synergies with other global agreements and agendas.
     

  • According to the document, structural changes are required that place sustainability and equality at the center of the urbanization process in LAC.



An action plan for implementing the New Urban Agenda (NUA) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) envisions the city as a "macro-level public good" where citizens' economic, social, cultural and environmental rights are guaranteed.

The 'Regional Action Plan for the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean - 2016-2036' (RAP) was published by,

  • the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)

  • UN-Habitat and the General Assembly of Ministers of Housing and Urban Development of Latin America and the Caribbean (MINURVI)

 

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The guiding principles and strategic objectives (2016-2036) of the RAP include:

  • inclusive cities

  • sustainable and inclusive urban economies

  • urban environmental sustainability

  • effective and democratic governance

The RAP argues that current regional policies have failed to successfully address unsustainable urban trends.

 

Therefore, structural changes are required that place sustainability and equality at the center of the urbanization process.

 

It provides a road map of potential actions, interventions and evidence-based policy guidance for LAC countries towards achieving sustainable urban development, and establishing a more equitable urban paradigm.

The RAP contains six action areas, namely:

  1. national urban policies

  2. urban legal frameworks

  3. urban and territorial planning and design

  4. urban economy and municipal finances

  5. local implementation

  6. monitoring, reporting and revision mechanisms

These action areas and their strategic objectives comprise the key components necessary for implementing the NUA in LAC.

 

The document describes enabling conditions and essential elements for each area, and how each is aligned with specific SDGs and related targets.

While aimed at implementing the NUA in the region, the RAP will also enable the building of synergies with other global agreements and agendas, such as,

...among others.

 

The RAP was designed for the region as a whole, but it can also be used to evaluate needs and actions at the subregional, national and local levels.