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In support of the action plan of the Global Alliance for Urban Crises, UN-Habitat commits to build the evidence base on the specific characteristics of protracted displacement in urban areas, and contribute to the design of appropriate and cost-effective responses, with particular regard to protection of vulnerable people, shelter and basic services and infrastructure. This includes tailoring its three-pronged approach to sustainable urbanisation and engaging with key international, national and urban actors to plan and design temporarily settlement forthose displaced.

In support of the action plan of the Global Alliance for Urban Crises, UN-Habitat commits to ensure initiatives focused on building urban resilience incorporate components on resilient response and recovery from crises, and leverage greatest impact in cities most at risk of humanitarian emergencies. This includes its commitment to develop with its partners a Flagship Urban Resilience Programme.

UN-Habitat commits to further develop its '€œPeople'€™s Process' approach - which seeks to empower households and communities in partnership with local authorities to plan and implement recovery, while contributing to restoring livelihoods -upscaling it up to the city level, in view working more effectively with affected populations during a humanitarian response.

UN-Habitat will advocate for more support to cities at high risk of humanitarian crises, including through the development of Resilience Action Plans, allowing them to take early action in order to minimize the impact and frequency of known risks and hazards on people, public and private assets, and the continuity of functions and processes in all cities at risk. The presence of policy enabling the integration of resilience-based urban planning and design is central to anticipatory action. This work will include: (a) preparation of advocacy, guidelines and technical support for delivery of resilience-based national, sub-national and local policies in countries and cities at risk and (b) work with 50 cities to incorporate risk reduction and sound urban planning and design principles which increase resilience in urban plans (including urban extensions).

In support of the action plan of the Global Alliance for Urban Crises, UN-Habitat commits to develop or work with existing global, regional and national rosters to facilitate the deployment of urban leaders, managers and technical experts. UN-Habitat will support the development of a global urban crises support roster that brings together expert networks from a wide variety of urban and local government professional associations focusing on training and qualitative support. It will develop methodologies and protocols for the use of urban planning and design during crises response in support of national and local governments, drawing from its Urban Planning and Design Labs.

In support of the action plan of the Global Alliance for Urban Crises, UN-Habitat commits to tailor humanitarian response to the urban context by developing shared assessment and profiling tools, promoting joint analysis, and adapting coordination mechanisms. UN-Habitat, working closely with partners, will scale up and adjust its city profiling tools so it can be used in different urban settings, working closely with UN-OCHA to adapt the humanitarian programming cycle to urban areas. UN-Habitat will work with other Alliance partners, and UN-OCHA in particular, to set out options for improved coordination mechanisms in urban areas.

UN-Habitat commits to the principles outlined in the Urban Crisis Charter and to be a member and partner in the Global Alliance for Urban Crises, and play a key role in developing it further.

UN-Habitat commits to work with other partners to develop new initiatives that will operationalize the urban recommendations developed for the WHS.

UN-Habitat intends to strengthen its institutional set up, capacity and programming in order to contribute more effectively towards the goal of improved prevention, preparedness and response to urban humanitarian crises.

UN-Habitat will update its Strategic Policy on Human Settlements in Crisis and its Sustainable Relief and Reconstruction framework to provide guidance on how the humanitarian - development divide can be best transcended in urban areas and to align it with the New Urban Agenda (to be adopted in Habitat III - Quito), and seek its endorsement at UN-Habitat's next Governing Council.