GLOBAL STATE OF NATIONAL URBAN POLICY 2021 : achieving sustainable development goals and... delivering climate action.

Preface
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Table of contents
Abbreviations and acronyms
Executive summary
	Key findings
	The 10 key recommendations
	Résumé
	Principales conclusions
	Les dix principales recommandations contenues dans le rapport
1 Introduction and methodology
	Global monitoring of national urban policy: The context
	Objectives of the report
	Methodology
		Overview
		NUP country survey
		Definitions
			NUP
			Form of NUP
			Characteristics of NUP
			Stage of development of NUP
			Thematic scope of NUP
			Sub-national government engagement/contribution in NUP
			Stakeholder engagement in the NUP process
		Country coverage
	References
	Note
2 Perception of NUPs in today’s policy environment
	National definitions of NUP
	Expected outcomes of NUP
	Institutional context for NUPs
	Urban policies at different levels of government
		Sub-national urban policies
		Supra-national urban policies
	Emerging policy needs for NUP
		The contribution of NUP to rebuilding cities after COVID-19
		NUP contribution to global and regional urban agendas
		NUP contribution to balanced urbanisation and urban-rural linkages
	Ways forward
	References
3 Key trends and characteristics of NUP
	Forms of NUP
	Characteristics of NUP
		Explicit NUPs
		NUPs in non-explicit forms
	Stage of development of NUP
	Thematic scope of NUP
	Institutions leading the NUP process
	Ways forward
	Annex 3.A. List of NUP
	References
	Notes
4 Factors for successful NUP processes
	Aligning policies among and across levels of government
		Horizontal co-ordination at the national level
		Vertical coordination between national and sub-national governments
		Horizontal co-ordination within and between urban areas
	Working together with stakeholders
		Engaging sub-national governments
		Engaging non-governmental stakeholder groups
		Inclusion of vulnerable urban populations
	Increasing implementation capacity
		Major implementation mechanisms
		Implementation challenges for national governments
		Implementation challenges for sub-national governments
		Financing NUP implementation
	Measuring enabling environment for cities
	Ways forward
	References
5 Data, monitoring and evaluation of NUP
	Data in the NUP process
	Types of monitoring and evaluation frameworks
	Designing NUP monitoring and evaluation to serve broader purposes
	Developing a more robust urban monitoring framework
		Applying a harmonised definition of cities, rural and urban areas
		Selecting appropriate geographical scale for measuring policy impacts
		Defining localised yet comparable indicator frameworks
	Ways forward
	References
6 Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals and global agendas through NUP
	The role of NUP in advancing and localising global agendas
		NUP and global agendas
	Monitoring the progress of SDG 11.a through NUP
	Linking the 17 SDGs through NUP
	Co-ordinating between NUP and SDGs implementation
		Institutions leading NUP and SDGs implementation
		Integrating NUP targets and indicators with SDGs
	Ways forward
	Annex 6.A. Measuring how NUPs fulfil SDG 11.a.1 qualifiers and contribute to global agendas
	References
7 Driving the zero-carbon transition and climate resilience through NUP
	Urgent need for climate action in cities
	Traction for climate resilience and the low-carbon transition
	Expertise and co-ordination to integrate climate change and urban policy
	Recognising benefits from mainstreaming climate action
	Delivering mitigation targets through traditional and new approaches
	Reinforced climate resilience through risk reduction
	Co-ordination mechanisms to embed climate action in NUP
		Mechanisms need improvement and attention to financing
		Regulatory mechanisms commonly employed
	Improving the climate resilience of vulnerable urban populations
	Ways forward
	Annex 7.A. Assessing how NUPs address climate change
	References