This Sunday, we join the global celebration of World Cities Day, highlighting the promotion of sustainable urbanization and international cooperation in tackling shared urban challenges. As we mark this anniversary alongside the United Nations Conference on Climate Change in 2021, we dedicate this blog to addressing the key urban threats faced by our region, with a particular … [Read more...] about World Cities Day: challenges and strategies for sustainable and resilient urbanism
An Urban Perspective on Gender and Diversity for the 2030 Agenda
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a milestone in human history: a global compact to create a future that leaves no one behind. The 17 SDGs were adopted by the 193 UN member countries at the UN General Assembly almost six years ago, on September 25, 2015. As COVID pandemic had created new challenges in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region, we need … [Read more...] about An Urban Perspective on Gender and Diversity for the 2030 Agenda
Urban indigenous women: The challenge of creating fairer cities with cultural identity
Migrating to cities does not always bring greater opportunities, at least not for indigenous women. Their transfer from rural to urban areas marks in them a triple condition of vulnerability: being women, being indigenous and being migrants. Racial discrimination, unequal access to decent work or basic public services, as well as residence in informal settlements vulnerable to … [Read more...] about Urban indigenous women: The challenge of creating fairer cities with cultural identity
Govtech Ecosystems in Latin America: innovation focused on improving services to citizens
Govtech ecosystems, defined as ecosystems composed of startups, scale-ups and digital SMEs with solutions developed for public institutions, are already a reality in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). These governments need innovation, technology, and new ideas to be able to respond to the expectations of their citizens, an especially urgently need in the current pandemic … [Read more...] about Govtech Ecosystems in Latin America: innovation focused on improving services to citizens
How can Artificial Intelligence give a voice to vulnerable populations?
It seems clear that the Covid-19 pandemic has created great challenges in the life and governance of our cities. However, these challenges are not the same for all the inhabitants of Latin America and the Caribbean. The pandemic has hit the most vulnerable in particular. A part of the population of our cities, which sometimes tends to be unnoticed, are migrants. Migrants … [Read more...] about How can Artificial Intelligence give a voice to vulnerable populations?