UfM Urban Declaration.pdf

Ministers of the Union for the Mediterranean met in Zagreb, Croatia on 4 May 2023, recalling key framework documents guiding strategic actions in the Euro-Mediterranean region, including the UN 2030 Agenda, the New Urban Agenda, and the Mediterranean Strategy for Sustainable Development. They considered global objectives for accelerating sustainable development, such as the "Decade of Action" for achieving the SDGs and upcoming international gatherings reviewing the implementation of sustainable urban development. The ministers affirmed their engagement to boost sustainable, resilient, safe, and integrated urban development, and their conviction of the necessity to deploy and monitor urban cooperation by accelerating efforts to implement the UfM Strategic Action Plan. They welcomed the progress achieved under the UfM umbrella and underlined the need for a more integrated, coordinated, and multi-level governance approach in the Euro-Mediterranean countries.