5th meeting of the UfM Permanent Working Group on Evaluation, Monitoring and Reporting Systems on Sustainable Urban Development,

04-July, Online-The 5th meeting of the UfM Permanent Working Group on Evaluation, Monitoring and Reporting Systems on Sustainable Urban Development will take place on the 4th of  July in an online format.  the meeting will resume the discussions held at the 4th Meeting of the Working Group, on 24 March 2022.

In its 51st session, the United Nations Statistical Commission endorsed the methodology for delineation of cities and urban and rural areas for international and regional statistical comparison purposes. The Working Group will continue to deliberate on how to put the new global definition of cities, urban and rural areas into practice at a regional level, in particular by developing at the national level a population grid with the tools offered by the European Commission. The experience of Lebanon to this end and the latest information offered by the Copernicus programe will be showcased at the meeting.