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SDG11 Global Council

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    Description
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    The SDG11 Global Council’s mission is to formulate pragmatic multi-stakeholder, widely applicable SDG11 solutions for cities around the world, and to implement selective pilot initiatives by utilizing the formulated framework. It will strive to find innovative solutions for SDG11 implementation. The aim is to provide actionable insights, propose policies, develop technological solutions, and mobilize resources to drive progress towards the goal.

    During the course of 2018, the council formulated and consented the general framework for the work of the council moving forward. The framework acts a generic, yet customizable, guiding principle to support the cities that the council will be working within developing and implementing SDG11 solutions.

    Moreover, in the council’s meeting during the World Government Summit in February 2019, the council proposed and designed four initiatives to be implemented across the coming two years. The nature of those initiatives ranges from providing cities insight, to benchmarking and collaboration tools, all the way to putting in place funding mechanisms.
    Expected Impact

    1- Providing insights into the progress of SDG11, and its indicators, within cities around the world
    - Providing a library of successfully implemented solutions, relevant to SDG11 and its indicators, accessible to cities around the world.
    - Providing a collaboration platform for cities, with low and high progress relevant to SDG11, to engage and share solutions, success stories and lessons learned.
    - Providing a platform to match demand and supply of SDG11 specific solutions. The platform will help solution providers shape and prepare their solutions for access by financiers

    Partners
    UAE Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Authority, UAE Prime Minister Office, UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and Development, Organization for International Economic Relations, Connected Cities Lab, Igarapé Institute, Open & Agile Smart Cities, Mastercard, and World Council on City Data

    Goal 11

    Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

    Goal 11

    11.1

    By 2030, ensure access for all to adequate, safe and affordable housing and basic services and upgrade slums

    11.1.1

    Proportion of urban population living in slums, informal settlements or inadequate housing

    11.2

    By 2030, provide access to safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable transport systems for all, improving road safety, notably by expanding public transport, with special attention to the needs of those in vulnerable situations, women, children, persons with disabilities and older persons
    11.2.1

    Proportion of population that has convenient access to public transport, by sex, age and persons with disabilities

    11.3

    By 2030, enhance inclusive and sustainable urbanization and capacity for participatory, integrated and sustainable human settlement planning and management in all countries
    11.3.1

    Ratio of land consumption rate to population growth rate

    11.3.2

    Proportion of cities with a direct participation structure of civil society in urban planning and management that operate regularly and democratically

    11.4

    Strengthen efforts to protect and safeguard the world’s cultural and natural heritage

    11.4.1

    Total per capita expenditure on the preservation, protection and conservation of all cultural and natural heritage, by source of funding (public, private), type of heritage (cultural, natural) and level of government (national, regional, and local/municipal)

    11.5

    By 2030, significantly reduce the number of deaths and the number of people affected and substantially decrease the direct economic losses relative to global gross domestic product caused by disasters, including water-related disasters, with a focus on protecting the poor and people in vulnerable situations

    11.5.1

    Number of deaths, missing persons and directly affected persons attributed to disasters per 100,000 population

    11.5.2

    Direct economic loss attributed to disasters in relation to global domestic product (GDP)

    11.5.3

    (a) Damage to critical infrastructure and (b) number of disruptions to basic services, attributed to disasters

    11.6

    By 2030, reduce the adverse per capita environmental impact of cities, including by paying special attention to air quality and municipal and other waste management

    11.6.1

    Proportion of municipal solid waste collected and managed in controlled facilities out of total municipal waste generated, by cities

    11.6.2

    Annual mean levels of fine particulate matter (e.g. PM2.5 and PM10) in cities (population weighted)

    11.7

    By 2030, provide universal access to safe, inclusive and accessible, green and public spaces, in particular for women and children, older persons and persons with disabilities
    11.7.1

    Average share of the built-up area of cities that is open space for public use for all, by sex, age and persons with disabilities

    11.7.2

    Proportion of persons victim of non-sexual or sexual harassment, by sex, age, disability status and place of occurrence, in the previous 12 months

    11.a

    Support positive economic, social and environmental links between urban, peri-urban and rural areas by strengthening national and regional development planning

    11.a.1

    Number of countries that have national urban policies or regional development plans that (a) respond to population dynamics; (b) ensure balanced territorial development; and (c) increase local fiscal space

    11.b

    By 2020, substantially increase the number of cities and human settlements adopting and implementing integrated policies and plans towards inclusion, resource efficiency, mitigation and adaptation to climate change, resilience to disasters, and develop and implement, in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, holistic disaster risk management at all levels

    11.b.1

    Number of countries that adopt and implement national disaster risk reduction strategies in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030

    11.b.2

    Proportion of local governments that adopt and implement local disaster risk reduction strategies in line with national disaster risk reduction strategies

    11.c

    Support least developed countries, including through financial and technical assistance, in building sustainable and resilient buildings utilizing local materials

    Name Description
    SDG11 City Insights Report - The report utilizes actual city data, available from different sources, to provide an overview of the current standing and the gaps in cities relevant to SDG11
    The SDG11 Solutions Repository - will be a public platform to share guides to the implementation of solutions specific to the indicators within SDG11.
    The SDG11 Twinning Program - is a platform to couple low and high progressing, specifically on the indicators within SDG11, cities around the world.
    The SDG11 Financelerator - The accelerator will be a program to assist cities in formulating, shaping and prepare their SDG11 projects for access from financiers.
    Staff / Technical expertise
    Smart Dubai has dedicated staff to managing, coordinating and implementing the council's initiatives. Additionally, HE Dr.Aisha bin Bishr, Director General of Smart Dubai, is the chairwomen of the council.
    Financing (in USD)
    As it stands, all financial requirements for the council work is provided by Smart Dubai.
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    Timeline
    11 February 2018 (start date)
    31 December 2020 (date of completion)
    Entity
    Smart Dubai
    SDGs
    Region
    1. Global
    Geographical coverage
    Dubai, United Arab Emirates
    Other beneficiaries
    All cities around the world
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    Contact Information

    Mohamed Elimam, Project Manager