Global Action Plan

The Global Action Plan for accelerating the transformation of informal settlements and slums consolidates a collective partnership vision of shaping Cities for All, leaving no one and no place behind. It is designed as a contribution towards the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the New Urban Agenda (NUA) in informal settlements and slums.

The intention of the Global Action Plan Framework is to take coordination, collaboration, commitments and partnerships to the next level. It consolidates and amplifies efforts for accelerating SDGs and the NUA in the Decade of Action. It provides a joint vision to inform actions framed by partnerships and is the basis for Member States to elevate commitments in the form of a resolution to be pledged in the UN-Habitat Assembly process.

The Global Action Plan was launched at a ceremony in South Africa on 16th October 2022. See here for remarks by South African Human Settlements Minister, Mmamoloko Kubayi, at the launch. See also remarks by the Executive Director of UN-HABITAT, Ms Maimunah Mohd Sharif.

See the communique and the conference report that summarise the findings of the two-day International Meeting launching the Global Action Plan Framework Towards Transforming Informal Settlements and Slums in the Decade of Action. See also the Expert Group Meeting (EGM) report: the EGM brought together senior government officials from South Africa, Kenya, Lesotho and Malawi with the aim of holding initial technical discussions on how the Global Action Plan (GAP) areas relate to diverse national contexts and how they can frame implementation at country level. Here is the way forward from the event and meetings. 

In the June 2023 United Nations Habitat Assembly a resolution was adopted on Accelerating Transformation of Informal Settlements and Slums by 2030. This was part of the final resolution (HSP/HA.2/L.5). Access the Summary report here. 

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