Kenya  

UN-Habitat and UCLGA are undertaking a series of dialogue on the issue of URL towards Africities summit, that will bring together more than 5000 representatives of local governments in Kisumu in May 2022. The overall purpose of the dialogue is to review policies and institutional frameworks supporting the integration of rural and urban continuum and its impact to establishing the foundation for local economic development and its’ ability to connect markets and systems of cities.

Best practices will be collected, disseminated, and replicated with the view of informing ongoing policies and national development plans for a holistic approach of local economic development for secondary and intermediary cities in East African Countries.

As part of this, we would like to invite you to a virtual event on “The Role of Intermediary Cities in Strengthening Urban-Rural Linkages Amid Rapid Urbanization in Africa.”

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The webinar is a joint initiative between UN-Habitat and UCLGA scheduled on the 21^st of January from 3 to 4:45pm.
Please join the Microsoft Teams meeting on your computer or mobile app here.

Looking forward to your participation. 
 
Sincerely,

Urban-Rural Linkages Team
Policy, Legislation and Governance Section
Urban Practices Branch
Global Solutions Division
UN-Habitat