This survey aims to collect information on how cities in different regions around the world are designing and implementing policies and programmes on urban planning and management that could lead to lower greenhouse gas emissions and to build climate resilient governance, as well as to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development.

The best experiences will be compiled in a publication aimed at enhancing international/South-South and triangular cooperation and partnerships and connections between local authorities and scientists to promote emerging sustainable development solutions from the global South. It also aims to bridge the gap between policy and science. Lessons from these cities will provide in-depth analysis and insight on how their experiences could be scaled up, replicated and adopted by other cities and countries.

The envisaged publication (a partnership among UNOSSC, Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research - IAI and Local Governments for Sustainability - ICLEI) is expected to highlight the importance of evidence-based policy at subnational level. Since the 1990’s, the idea that policies should be driven by rational decision making has been gaining preponderance on different policies areas. This approach is based on the premise that policy decisions should be better informed by available empirical evidence and should include rigorous and systematic analysis. After all, policy which is based on systematic evidence is seen to produce better outcomes and to enhance accountability by public-sector organizations.

By exploring what practical and effective developmental solutions are prevalent in cities around the world, the envisaged publication will help to understand how local and subnational governments are dealing with the challenges of climate change and sustainable development, as well as which social, economic, environmental, political and legal conditions could lead to the most effective responses.

Selected solutions will also be featured on the South-South Galaxy – a global knowledge sharing and partnership brokering platform for South-South and Triangular Cooperation.

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* 1. Contact details:

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* 2. What kind of experiences and best practices regarding South-South and triangular cooperation on urban planning and management would you like to report?

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* 3. What kind of set of activities on urban planning and management would you like to report (you can choose more than one option from the list below)?

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* 4. What have been the main achievements (social, economic and environmental dimensions) so far?

Please describe it up to 800 words

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* 5. What are the outcomes’ impacts in terms of climate change (both mitigation and adaptation; if possible provide quantitative data – e.g. tonnes of GHG mitigated) and implementation of the SDGs (if possible provide quantitative data based on official SDG indicators).

Please describe it up to 1,200 words.

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* 6. What have been the challenges and lessons learnt of the experiences/best practice (social, economic and environmental dimensions)?

Please describe it up to 800 words

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* 7. How have municipal officials worked with researchers and how can this dialogue be further strengthened for co-designed solutions?

Please describe it up to 600 words

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* 8. What is the role of South-South and triangular cooperation (SSC)[1] in the design and/or implementation of the experiences and best practices on urban planning and management you have reported?

Please describe it up to 600 words.

[1] South-South cooperation is a broad framework of collaboration among countries of the South in the political, economic, social, cultural, environmental and technical domains. Involving two or more developing countries, it can take place on a bilateral, regional, intraregional or interregional basis. Developing countries share knowledge, skills, expertise and resources to meet their development goals through concerted efforts. Recent developments in South-South cooperation have taken the form of increased volume of South-South trade, South-South flows of foreign direct investment, movements towards regional integration, technology transfers, sharing of solutions and experts, and other forms of exchanges. Triangular cooperation is collaboration in which traditional donor countries and multilateral organizations facilitate South-South initiatives through the provision of funding, training, management and technological systems as well as other forms of support.

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* 9. How are activities related to SSC handled institutionally within the city?

a.       Is there a unit or team specifically dedicated to handling SSC-related activities within your city?

b.      How is this unit or team situated in the organizational structure of the city – e.g. is it in a division, branch, unit, or office, and to whom does it report?

Please describe it up to 300 words.

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* 10. What are the main areas or topics covered by your city’s SSC activities? Please provide descriptive information regarding these areas or topics, including their linkage to your primary institutional mandates and activities.

Please describe it up to 300 words.

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* 11. Are the activities listed above related to climate resilience, renewable energy, smart cities, big data? If so, explain how.

Please explain it up in 300 words, if this is the case

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* 12. Who are the SSC partner-providers[1] of your city? What are the priority areas or topics, as well as any conditions, for SSC activities identified by these SSC partner-providers?


[1] Partner-providers are developing countries that provide technical assistance, capacity building, finance, and other types of cooperation arrangements to other developing countries through SSC. Partner-beneficiaries are developing countries that benefit from the provide technical assistance, capacity building, finance, and other types of cooperation arrangements from other developing countries through SSC

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* 13. Who are the SSC partner-beneficiaries of the experiences and best practices on urban planning and management you have reported? What are the priority areas or topics for SSC activities identified by these SSC partner-beneficiaries?

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* 14. Please, fill the table attached regarding main types of SSC activities being undertaken by your institution, including examples, countries/cities involved, qualitative and/or quantitative results indicating satisfactory outcomes, gaps and barriers, as well as related resources.

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* 15. Please provide copies of, or Internet links to, any publications/blogs/articles/press releases relating to SSC that your city may have produced between 2014 to 2018.

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* 16. Please provide suggestions on how SSC activities, both in general and specifically in relation to your city, can be used to support the implementation of the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda as part of how developing countries can achieve the SDGs in the context of climate impacts and development challenges.

Please provide it up to 300 words, if this is the case.

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