Global Civil Society & the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 11: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

Sustainable Cities & Communities


Goal 11 is about making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.

Cities represent the future of global living. The world’s population reached 8 billion on 2022 over half living in urban areas. This figure is only expected to rise, with 70 per cent of people expected to live in cities by 2050. Approximately 1.1 billion people currently live in slums or slum-like conditions in cities, with 2 billion more expected in the next 30 years.

However many of these cities are not ready for this rapid urbanisation, and it outpaces the development of housing, infrastructure and services, which led to a rise in slums or slum-like conditions.

Urban sprawl, air pollution and limited open public spaces persist in cities.

Good progress has been made since the implementation of the SDGs began in 2015, and now the number of countries with national and local disaster risk reduction strategies has doubled. But issues still remain and in 2022, only half of the urban population had convenient access to public transport.

Sustainable development cannot be achieved without significantly transforming the way urban spaces are built and managed.

Name Acronym Founded City HQ Country/Territory HQ Type I Type II

International Union of Veterinary Cyclists

IUVC Portland OR USA N

International Union of Wagon Keepers

1950 Brussels Belgium D t

International Union of Women Architects

IUWA 1963 Paris France B

International Union, Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America

SPFPA 1948 Roseville MI USA N t

International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America

UAW 1935 Detroit MI USA G

International Urban Development Association

INTA 1975 Paris France C

International Urban Food Network

IUFN 2012 Paris France G

International Urban Planning and Environment Association

IUPEA 1952 Seattle WA USA E

International Urban Symposium

IUS 2015 Canterbury UK C

International Veteran Cycle Association

IVCA 1986 Dresden Germany D

International Veterinary Biosafety Workgroup

IVBW C

International Village Meetings

IVM 1995 Buenos Aires Argentina N

International Visual Sociology Association

IVSA Pittsburgh PA USA G

International Waterski and Wakeboard Federation

IWWF 1946 Chertsey UK B

International Whales Network

IWN 2008 Paciano Italy K

International Wildlife Ranching and Conservation Alliance

IWRCA 2018 E

International Wildlife Rehabilitation Council, The

IWRC 1972 Eugene OR USA F

International Women's Coffee Alliance

IWCA 2003 G

International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation

IWIRC Fairfax VA USA G

International Wool Textile Organisation

IWTO 1929 Brussels Belgium C t

International Workshop on Security

IWSEC 2006 S c

International World Games Association

IWGA 1980 Lausanne Switzerland E y

International Young Christian Workers

IYCW 1945 Brussels Belgium B

International Young Nature Friends

IYNF 1975 Prague Czechia C

International Youth Council

IYC 2007 G

International Youth Reformation Organization

IOREF Ado-Ekiti Nigeria J

International Zinc Association

IZA 1990 Brussels Belgium C yt

Internationale Arbeitsgemeinschaft Kommunikation und Medien

IAKM Wiesbaden Germany N

Internationale Kommunikation und Kultur

INTERKOM Bonn Germany G

Internationaler Bustouristik Verband

RDA 1951 Cologne Germany G

InterPortPolice

1970 C

Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization

IFCO 1967 New York NY USA G f

Intersputnik

1971 Moscow Russia C g

Interuniversity Benelux Group of Transport Economists

1978 Ghent Belgium F

INTERVac - International Home Exchange Holiday Service

1953 Paris France F e

Invest Africa

2013 London UK J

ISEA Foundation

New York NY USA G f

Islamic Relief Worldwide

IRWW 1984 Birmingham UK F

Island Conservation

CI Santa Cruz CA USA G

Islands and Small States Institute, Malta

ISSI 1989 Msida Malta E j

Istituto di Sociologia Internazionale di Gorizia

ISIG 1968 Gorizia Italy G j

Istituto di Studi Giuridici Internazionali

ISGI Rome Italy G j

Istituto di Studi sul Mediterraneo

ISMed 1981 Naples Italy G j

Italian Association Amici di Raoul Follereau

AIFO 1961 Bologna Italy G

Italian Centre for Building Development in Emerging Nations

1972 Turin Italy G

ITF Enhancing Human Security

ITF 1998 Ljubljana Slovenia G f

ITS Asia-Pacific

ITS AP D

ITUC - Asia Pacific

ITUC-AP 1951 Singapore Singapore E t

IUCN WCPA Specialist Group on Cultural and Spiritual Values of Protected Areas

CSVPA 1998 Wageningen Netherlands E

Ivory For Elephants

IFE G

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