Ethiopia to Host Global Forum on Human Settlements

#Ethiopia will host this Thursday and Friday the fourteenth edition of the Global Forum on Human Settlements (GFHS 2019), which for the first time will be organized in Africa, the Foreign Ministry reiterated here.
The United Nations Conference Centre in this capital will serve as the main venue for the annual event, whose guiding theme will be ‘Sustainable Development of Cities and Human Settlements in the Digital Era,’ notes the official communication.

GFHS 2019 will bring together more than 400 delegations from national and international institutions and organizations, and will support campaigns on smart localities and the use of digital technology for inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable cities on the African continent and beyond.

At the end of the event, the Addis Ababa Declaration will be presented, providing contributions to the World Urban Campaign and the World Urban Forum 2020, scheduled to be held in Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates, in February.

The Sustainable Cities and Human Settlements Awards Ceremony 2019 (SCAHSA 2019) will also be held, which recognizes the excellence of practices and innovations in this area and to which more than 300 projects from around the world aspire.

With the support of the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry, GFHS 2019 is organized by the Global Forum on Human Settlements, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, the International Telecommunication Union and the World Urban Campaign.