Baku hosts Thirteenth session of the World Urban Forum
The World Urban Forum is the premier global conference on cities and sustainable urbanization, established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2001. Held every two years, it is convened by UN-Habitat, the United Nations entity promoting adequate housing and sustainable urbanization.
The thirteenth session of the World Urban Forum (WUF13) takes place in Baku from 17 to 22 May 2026. Co-organized with the Government of Azerbaijan, this is the first time the event is being held in the Central Asia and Caucasus region.
Theme of WUF13 is: Housing the world: Safe and resilient cities and communities.
For five days, WUF13 will host thousands of people from all parts of the world, taking part in what is the pre-eminent global platform for debating ideas on sustainable urban development. With its focus on “Housing the world: Safe and resilient cities and communities”, WUF13 is a response to the escalating global housing crisis and the urgent need to discuss ideas, approaches and solutions to this crisis. The forum will ask how do we make WUF13 a turning point in the housing crisis, and how do we learn from each other’s perspectives on housing and embrace new approaches? In addition to the six Dialogues, there will be hundreds of different events, an extended Urban Expo and many opportunities for networking and informal exchange on issues critical to advancing the SDGs and the New Urban Agenda. The forum will indeed be preceded by a high-level ministerial meeting on the role of housing in achieving the New Urban Agenda.
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