7th World Urban Forum
The United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN-Habitat) will celebrate the 7th session of the World Urban Forum in the Colombian city of Medellín on 5-11 April under the overall theme “Urban Equity in Development – Cities for Life”.
Ghana will host a special Side Event during the week-long Forum on; Wednesday 9th April, 12:00-13:00 (Room 1, yellow pavilion): on the theme; Ghana Rising: Leveraging Urbanization for Inclusive and Equitable Development. The occasion shall be graced by H.E. John Dramani Mahama (President of Republic of Ghana).
Discussions at the Side Event will focus on the best approaches for an emerging lower-middle income economy to harness the dynamics of urbanization and channel its positive energies towards equitable development.