The Urban Assembly of Catalonia was set up on November 5th, formed by the Generalitat of Catalonia, civil society actors, local governments and observers. Its purpose is to draft a New Urban Agenda following the guidelines of the UN Habitat III, approved in Quito in 2016, that is to say, it aims to promote the environmental and economic sustainability of urban habitats, to guarantee healthy urban areas and the well-being of people, to foster economic prosperity and to accentuate the territorial dimension.
The UNESCO Housing Chair of University Rovira i Virgili takes part in the drafting of the Urban Agenda of Catalonia.
