More than 20,000 people will come to Azerbaijan next year to participate in the World Urban Forum, Anna Soave, the head of the UN-Habitat Program in Azerbaijan, told reporters, APA-Economics reports.
She noted that the World Urban Forum is one of the largest such events in the world:
"This is definitely the largest event focused on the topic of cities: We hope that more than 20,000 people will come to Baku next year."
She said that a number of initiatives are planned with partners in the lead-up to this event: "Today, the focus of the presentation was on the Azerbaijan Urban Planning Campaign. We explained which stakeholders we expect to work with. These include government members, national decision-makers, local governments, parliamentarians, youth, women, civil society, think tanks, charities, research institutes, academia and people with disabilities. We hope that we will be able to encourage these partners to come up with initiatives related to the urban environment, how we live in cities, how we improve our housing and open spaces."
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