10 years of the Leipzig Charta: a model for the implementation of the New Urban Agenda and the SDGs?

By |2023-12-19T15:21:22+01:00June 14th 2017|Finance, Good Governance|

This year’s Federal Congress on National Urban Development Policy in Germany focuses on the Leipzig Charta’s 10th anniversary and future perspectives for sustainable cities in Europe. Timo Munzinger of the German Association of Cities (Deutscher Städtetag) discusses the relevance of the Leipzig Charta for the implementation of the New Urban Agenda, calling for the Leipzig Charta to be brought up to date to meet current urbanisation challenges.