Global Civil Society & the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 11: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
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 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 |
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Village Earth |
1993 | Fort Collins CO | USA | G | ||
Village Enterprise |
1987 | San Carlos CA | USA | N | f | |
Village Ministries International |
Oklahoma City OK | USA | N | |||
Village Monde |
2010 | Québec QC | Canada | G | ||
VillageReach |
2000 | Seattle WA | USA | G | ||
Villages of Hope-Africa |
1999 | Mississauga ON | Canada | G | ||
Villages Unis |
2011 | Geneva | Switzerland | J | ||
Vintage Thunderbird Club International |
1968 | Dearborn MI | USA | N | ||
Virtual Biosecurity Centre |
VBC | 2011 | Washington DC | USA | J | y |
VIVAT International |
2000 | New York NY | USA | E | ||
Volubilis - Réseau euro-méditerranéen pour la ville et les paysages |
Volubilis | 1998 | Avignon | France | G | |
Volunteer Africa |
2001 | Bakewell | UK | G | ||
W K Kellogg Foundation |
WKKF | 1930 | Battle Creek MI | USA | G | f |
Walk21 Foundation |
Walk21 | 2000 | Cheltenham | UK | F | f |
WASH United |
2010 | Berlin | Germany | G | ||
WASTE |
1983 | The Hague | Netherlands | G | ||
WATA |
1949 | La Rippe | Switzerland | F | ||
Water and Sanitation for Africa |
WSA | 1988 | Ouagadougou | Burkina Faso | E | |
Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor |
WSUP | 2004 | London | UK | G | y |
Water Engineers for the Americas |
WEFTA | 2002 | Santa Fe NM | USA | G | |
Water Europe |
WE | 2004 | Brussels | Belgium | E | y |
Water, Engineering and Development Centre |
WEDC | 1972 | Loughborough | UK | G | |
WAVE Trust - Worldwide Alternatives to Violence |
1996 | Croydon | UK | G | ||
We Effect |
1968 | Stockholm | Sweden | G | ||
We Move Europe |
WeMove.EU | Berlin | Germany | F | ||
WEC International |
WEC | 1913 | Coventry | UK | F | v |
Wellbeing Economy Alliance |
WEAll | C | y | |||
Wellbeing Foundation Africa |
ABFA | 2004 | G | f | ||
Weltfriedensdienst |
WFD | 1959 | Berlin | Germany | G | |
West Africa Road Transport Union |
WARTU | 1989 | Lagos | Nigeria | D | |
West African Museums Programme |
WAMP | 1982 | Ouagadougou | Burkina Faso | F | v |
West African Network on Security and Democratic Governance |
WANSED | Abuja | Nigeria | F | ||
West African Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives |
WARBICA | 1977 | Conakry | Guinea | K | |
West African Road Safety Organisation |
WARSO | 2008 | D | |||
West African Women's Association |
WAWA | 1984 | Dakar | Senegal | E | |
West and Central Africa Human Rights Training Institute |
WACAHRI | 2004 | E | j | ||
West-East Bridges Foundation |
2011 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | F | f | |
Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission |
WECAFC | 1973 | Bridgetown | Barbados | E | g |
Wetlands International |
1995 | Wageningen | Netherlands | B | ||
WFO - Pan-African Regional Office |
1977 | Tunis | Tunisia | K | ||
WFTO-Europe |
Brussels | Belgium | D | |||
Whale and Dolphin Conservation |
WDC | Chippenham | UK | G | ||
Wheat Initiative |
2001 | Berlin | Germany | E | ||
White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood |
WRA | Washington DC | USA | F | ||
Whitney R Harris World Ecology Center |
1990 | St Louis MO | USA | G | ||
WHO European Healthy Cities Network |
WHO Healthy Cities | 1988 | Copenhagen | Denmark | E | |
WHO Global Network for Age-friendly Cities and Communities |
GNAFCC | 2010 | Geneva | Switzerland | F | y |
WildAid |
San Francisco CA | USA | G | |||
Wildcare Africa Trust |
1986 | Lynn East | South Africa | G | ||
Wildcat Foundation |
Alexandria VA | USA | G | f |