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🏙️ Apply by 30 June for the WIPO City of Innovation Award and showcase how your city empowers innovators, startups and creators.
🏆 Winners will be announced in Geneva on 12 October 2026, at the margins of the 6th meeting of the UN Forum of Mayors.
🔗wipo.int/en/web/awards/city-…
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🌟 Welcome, WIPO!
We are delighted to announce the World Intellectual Property Organization as a partner of the 6th UN Forum of Mayors, taking place in Geneva on 12–13 October 2026 at WIPO Headquarters.
#ForumOfMayors #UNECE #WIPO #SustainableCities #SDGs
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Peaceful and resilient cities are only possible when everyone is included. 🤝
Persons with disabilities must help shape emergency preparedness, response, and recovery efforts - before, during, and after crises.♿️🌍
#InclusiveCitiesBenefitAll #LivingTogetherInPeace
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Inclusive cities start with local action. 🏙️
In #Bishkek, UNECE is supporting accessibility in public spaces, services & transport - making cities work better for persons with disabilities and everyone.
#InclusiveCitiesBenefitAll #UrbanInclusion #SDG11
ALT People of different ages with and without disabilities interacting in an urban setting. The text reads: "Bishkek: Recommendations for an inclusive future." Logos for the Global Disability Fund, UNECE, and CITIES.
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🌍At #RFSD, the #SDG11 Round Table highlighted a critical moment: with 2030 approaching, cities face rising pressures - from climate change to economic and geopolitical instability.
📍The path forward: align planning, financing & policy to scale lasting impact.
#LocalAction
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Accessible, safe urban mobility drives inclusion - linking people to jobs, education & city life. 🚌
At #RegionalForumOnSustainableDevelopment, UNECE highlights universal design as key to sustainable, inclusive cities. 🏙️
#UrbanMobilit #SDG11 #InclusiveCitiesBenefitAll
ALT Adult supporting a wheelchair user beside a pedestrian signal showing green, alongside the text “Safe & Inclusive Urban Mobility Benefits All,” with logos reading Global Disability Fund, UNECE, and CITIES beneath.
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At the 5th #UNForumofMayors, Klaudia Szemereyné Pataki, Mayor of Kecskemét 🇭🇺, showed how local leadership can turn #SDG8 into real impact.
A powerful example of how cities deliver #SustainableGrowth through integrated local action.
#InclusiveCities #LocalLeadersh #UNECE
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A key reminder: health systems that exclude persons with disabilities deepen inequities. Barriers in access, design, and communication limit care and outcomes.
Inclusive systems - shaped with persons with disabilities - are more accessible, effective and equitable for all.🏥🏙️🤝
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🌍 The full recording and article from “Cities for All Generations: Age-Inclusive Urban Development” is available for you to explore the main takeaways.
🔗 Article: un4ukrainiancities.org/news/…
🎥 Recording
ENG: youtube.com/watch?v=rWzlD7In…
UKR: youtu.be/7JdCrBz5scs
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🎉“Cities for All Generations: Age-Inclusive Urban Development” gathered more than 800 participants, with thanks to partners Ministry for Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine, the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine, and WHO, UNICEF Ukraine, and GIZ Ukraine.
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🌍💡At the 5th meeting of the UN Forum of Mayors, Tony Dyer, Leader of Bristol City Council, highlighted how cities are leading climate action—from net-zero targets to major initiatives like City Leap, creating clean energy, social value, and green jobs.
#UNForumOfMayors #UNECE
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Don’t miss the “Cities for All Generations: Age-Inclusive Urban Development”.
👉 Register now: un-org.zoom.us/webinar/regis…
📅 Date: 31 March 2026, 10:00–12:30 CET
💻 Format: Online (Zoom)
🌐 Languages: English & Ukrainian (simultaneous interpretation)
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The new visual identity for UN4UkrainianCities by @UNECE.
Drawing from the colors of the Ukrainian flag, the icon features a house formed by two hands, shaping shelter through collaboration, evoking the image of two symmetrical doves, a timeless symbol of peace and hope.
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🎙 Meet the Speakers
📅 Tomorrow 24 March 2026 | 13:30–15:00 CET
Experts from Germany, Italy & Serbia will share practical experiences on integrating geospatial & land data for stronger disaster preparedness.
Register now 👉 unece.org/info/Housing-and-L…
#LandAdministration #UNECE
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🎤 Meet the speakers of the Panel Discussion “Ukrainian Realities and Opportunities”!
“Cities for All Generations: Age-Inclusive Urban Development”
📅 31 March 2026, 10:00–12:30 CET
👉 Register now: un-org.zoom.us/webinar/regis…
🔗 More information: un4ukrainiancities.org/event…
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🔔 Reminder: Join our webinar
📅 24 March 2026 | 13:30–15:00 CET
Explore how integrated geospatial & land data improves risk assessment & response. Case studies from Germany, Italy & Serbia.
👉 unece.org/info/Housing-and-L…
#DRR #Geospatial #LandAdministration #Resilience #UNECE
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"As #Montenegro continues a period of transformation, @UNECE recommendations can help the govt. to navigate legislative & policy challenges to ensure long-term spatial development that benefits all members of society", noted @Tatiana_Molcean alongside @MeGovernment @UN_Montenegro
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The new Country Profile on Montenegro highlights progress and gaps in disability-inclusive urban development. It provides key data on accessibility across transport, housing & public spaces to support better policy decisions. 🏙️
👉unece.org/housing-and-land-m…
#InclusiveCities
ALT Two older persons playing with a child on the left and three young persons, including one wheelchair user, having coffee on the right against an outline map of Montenegro with the text “Montenegro: A Country Moving Towards More Accessible Cities” with logos reading Global Disability Fund, UNECE and CITIES beneath.
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@UNECE issues recommendations to help #Montenegro🇲🇪address urgent #housing & planning challenges amid rapid urbanization
Key issues incl: legalizing informal settlements, addressing housing pressures, improving land admin. & financing local development
👉unece.org/housing-and-land-m…
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