2nd Global Stakeholder Dialogue with the UN-Habitat Executive Director
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Tuesday, 18 November 2025, 14:00h EAT (Nairobi): Registration link - online
08:00h BRT (Rio de Janeiro) / 12:00h CET (Brussels) / 13:00h EET (Cairo) / 14:00h TRT (Istanbul) / 20:00h JST Fukuoka
Dear public diplomacy practitioners, civil society representatives, members of academia, and valued stakeholders,
The Institute has received an invitation from UN-Habitat to participate in the 2nd Global Stakeholder Dialogue with the UN-Habitat Executive Director.
UN-Habitat has a long-standing commitment to work with global partners and stakeholders in advancing the right to adequate housing and sustainable urban development. As we prepare for the thirteenth session of the World Urban Forum (WUF13) in Baku, Azerbaijan (17–22 May 2026), UN-Habitat has embarked on an unprecedent engagement process with stakeholders and partners. The engagements will become part of an ongoing institutional culture of working together with stakeholders during and beyond WUF.
Over the last three months, UN-Habitat has engaged in dialogue with the Executive Director,
intergovernmental processes through the Open-Ended Intergovernmental Expert Working Group on Housing for All, kick-off meetings with Stakeholder Groups and bilateral meetings to understand the needs, priorities and solidarity between actors, sectors & regions. To date, over 500 people from various organizations have participated in these engagements, with strong support for this engagement process.
The feedback across all engagements echoes two key messages: the urgent focus on local actions and tangible solutions and enabling global solidarity towards the right to adequate housing. The inputs resonate strongly with the UN Habitat Strategic Plan 2026-29 and the theme of WUF13 “Housing the world:
Safe and resilient cities and communities”.
The second Global Stakeholder Dialogue will build on this feedback from our partners and stakeholders and create space to share local actions and strategies.
The dialogue will contribute to shaping implementation modalities of UN-Habitat's Strategic Plan 2026–2029, which places housing, land and basic services and the transformation of informal settlements at the heart of sustainable urban development.
The discussions will leverage cross-regional and cross-sectoral synergies to foster stronger
alignment towards solutions and building action-based coalitions.
