Time: 14:00 to 18:00

Venue: Conference Hall of the State Agency for Architecture, Construction and Housing under the Government of Kyrgyzstan

The United Nations Economic Commission of Europe, UN-Habitat, UNDP Kyrgyzstan, and representatives of local and national governments of Kyrgyzstan will discuss the role of evidence in developing sustainable housing and urban development policies in Kyrgyzstan and will map proposals for future cooperation in line with the requests received from the State Agency on Architecture, Construction and Communal Services and Bishkek City Council in 2018 and 2019. This roundtable is organized within the UNDA project “Smart Sustainable Cities for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable and the New Urban Agenda in the UNECE Region”, which is aimed to improve capacities among local and and national government officials to develop and implement sustainable urban policies, which will result from (i) evaluation of cities’ performance and (ii) capacity building activities to promote evidence-based policies and the vertical and horizontal coordination between different government agencies and with participation of cities’ inhabitants.