Our Purpose
GAP has a membership of 1,300 unique organizations and 400 additional individuals operating through 17 equal Partner Constituent Groups (PCGs). The PCGs represent nine major groups and eight others with deep interests in sustainable urban development, is an independent self-organized advocacy and implementation platform recognized by the United Nations in the New Urban Agenda.
It aims to ensure that PCG needs, desires, and contributions are part of the planning and management of an Increasingly urbanized world.
Originally created to support the preparations and execution of the Habitat III Conference (Quito, Ecuador, October 2016), GAP extended its mandate at Quito and now:
- Provides an official channel for multi-stakeholder engagement and collaboration with the implementation agencies of the New Urban Agenda and the urban‐focused elements of associated UN General Assembly approved agreements including, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Sendai Framework, the Paris Agreement and others, where appropriate.
- Contribute knowledge, capacity building, piloting of innovative projects, and monitoring to the implementation of the New Urban Agenda and other relevant agreements in accordance its operating document, Partnerships for the New Urban Agenda.
- Participates in World Urban Forums (WUF) and collaborates with member states and non-state actors in preparing the High Level Political Forum reviews of the Sustainable Development Goals with special attention to Goal 1 1.
- Aligns GAP activities with UN agency-based efforts to develop strong synergies in support of the implementation of the New Urban Agenda and the urban-focused elements of associated UN agreements where appropriate.
- Advocates for and publicizes any collective position that may emerge during the GAP participation in the implementation of the New Urban Agenda and the urban-focused elements of associated UN agreements.
