An urban thinkers campus is planned in Kuching, Malaysia, from 24 to 27 January 2016 on the theme: Health and Wellness: the city we need. It is organized at the library in the capital city of the state of Sarawak, declared a 'healthy town' by the 'Who'. The seminar will bring together 25 urban experts to examine all the aspects that contribute to making a city a place for development, that offers the necessary elements for the health of its inhabitants: air quality, green spaces, mobility, heritage and housing. UIA Representatives will participate in the campus. 

This Urban Thinkers Campus (UTC) in Malaysia is a global event to re-imagine sustainable urban development in the interest of human health and environmental wellbeing. To achieve this ambitious goal, we would like to involve a wide variety of stakeholders such as civil society, grass roots, and professionals from health, planning, architecture, businesses, women’s and children’s groups, and more.

Before the UTC, we encourage interested parties to discuss urban health and wellbeing issues virtually so that more voices can be heard, the carbon footprint is reduced, and the three-day event can devote more time to exploring solutions. To inspire creative thinking, participants can begin engaging now, through artwork and the bold ideas collected from leading Urban Thinkers for this event. Check out participate now to learn about the issues and to make your voice heard.

UTCs are an initiative of UN-Habitat, conceived as an open space for critical exchange between urban actors who believe that urbanization is an opportunity and can lead to positive urban transformations. Organized under the aegis of the World Urban Campaign (WUC) in the context of the 3rd United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III ) in 2016, the UTCs will contribute to the New Urban Agenda, which will frame global urban development in the critical decades to come.

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