NATIONAL URBAN POLICY PACIFIC REGION REPORT

There is a growing consensus in the international community about the impact of the transformative power of urbanization. The Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development, containing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), consolidates our vision of urbanization as a tool, and an engine, for development, as reflected in SDG Goal 11: Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. The New Urban Agenda, the outcome document of the Third United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development held in Quito, Ecuador, 2016, identifies National Urban Policies as one of its key pillars, recognizing them as “drivers of change”.