The document summarizes key findings from the OECD's 2021 Global State of National Urban Policy report. It finds that while over half of countries now have explicit national urban policies, implementation faces challenges like lack of funding, expertise, and coordination. National urban policies can help integrate climate and development goals, but bridging resource and knowledge gaps is still a persistent challenge. The report provides 10 recommendations to strengthen national urban policies going forward, such as enhancing financing, aligning with global agendas, and promoting knowledge sharing.
Intro: The GSNUP 2020 set out on a more substantial analysis of what constitutes an NUP (through additional questions on: national definition, expected outcomes, characteristics)
Comments on the slide:
Expected outcomes reveal that countries expect NUPs to work as instruments to define a national vision for urban development and to facilitate sectoral coordination and territorial integration.
Additional information:
Explicit NUPs effectively fulfil this desired role
characteristics of explicit NUPs: vision (91%), integrated sectoral policies and integrated territorial perspective (85%), coordination mechanisms across government level and engagement of subnational governments and stakeholders (78%)
Some national definitions of NUPs emphasize the need for collaborative governance:
Many OECD countries focused on their role as processes and platforms for coordinated and collaborative action. (e.g. Finland, Germany, Portugal)
From previous notes: Context:
Diverse global urban challenges (e.g. need for long-term prosperity/well-being, social and environmental concerns) call for an effective NUP.
More and more actors are working on urban policy, which increase the need for multi-level coordination.
Coordination with supra-national agendas (e.g. new Leipzig charter)
Intro: The GSNUP 2020 set out on a more substantial analysis of what constitutes an NUP (through additional questions on: national definition, expected outcomes, characteristics)
Comments on the slide:
Expected outcomes reveal that countries expect NUPs to work as instruments to define a national vision for urban development and to facilitate sectoral coordination and territorial integration.
Additional information:
Explicit NUPs effectively fulfil this desired role
characteristics of explicit NUPs: vision (91%), integrated sectoral policies and integrated territorial perspective (85%), coordination mechanisms across government level and engagement of subnational governments and stakeholders (78%)
Some national definitions of NUPs emphasize the need for collaborative governance:
Many OECD countries focused on their role as processes and platforms for coordinated and collaborative action. (e.g. Finland, Germany, Portugal)
From previous notes: Context:
Diverse global urban challenges (e.g. need for long-term prosperity/well-being, social and environmental concerns) call for an effective NUP.
More and more actors are working on urban policy, which increase the need for multi-level coordination.
Coordination with supra-national agendas (e.g. new Leipzig charter)
Since the 1st edition of the global monitoring of NUP in 2018, NUPs have deployed more explicit forms (from 51% to 56%), many NUPs advanced from diagnosis to formation stages (i.e. closer to implementation) and embraced wider objectives including environmental sustainability (54% to 59%) and climate resilience (29% to 46%).
Intro: The GSNUP 2020 set out on a more substantial analysis of what constitutes an NUP (through additional questions on: national definition, expected outcomes, characteristics)
Comments on the slide:
Expected outcomes reveal that countries expect NUPs to work as instruments to define a national vision for urban development and to facilitate sectoral coordination and territorial integration.
Additional information:
Explicit NUPs effectively fulfil this desired role
characteristics of explicit NUPs: vision (91%), integrated sectoral policies and integrated territorial perspective (85%), coordination mechanisms across government level and engagement of subnational governments and stakeholders (78%)
Some national definitions of NUPs emphasize the need for collaborative governance:
Many OECD countries focused on their role as processes and platforms for coordinated and collaborative action. (e.g. Finland, Germany, Portugal)
From previous notes: Context:
Diverse global urban challenges (e.g. need for long-term prosperity/well-being, social and environmental concerns) call for an effective NUP.
More and more actors are working on urban policy, which increase the need for multi-level coordination.
Coordination with supra-national agendas (e.g. new Leipzig charter)
Intro: The GSNUP 2020 set out on a more substantial analysis of what constitutes an NUP (through additional questions on: national definition, expected outcomes, characteristics)
Comments on the slide:
Expected outcomes reveal that countries expect NUPs to work as instruments to define a national vision for urban development and to facilitate sectoral coordination and territorial integration.
Additional information:
Explicit NUPs effectively fulfil this desired role
characteristics of explicit NUPs: vision (91%), integrated sectoral policies and integrated territorial perspective (85%), coordination mechanisms across government level and engagement of subnational governments and stakeholders (78%)
Some national definitions of NUPs emphasize the need for collaborative governance:
Many OECD countries focused on their role as processes and platforms for coordinated and collaborative action. (e.g. Finland, Germany, Portugal)
From previous notes: Context:
Diverse global urban challenges (e.g. need for long-term prosperity/well-being, social and environmental concerns) call for an effective NUP.
More and more actors are working on urban policy, which increase the need for multi-level coordination.
Coordination with supra-national agendas (e.g. new Leipzig charter)
Intro: The GSNUP 2020 set out on a more substantial analysis of what constitutes an NUP (through additional questions on: national definition, expected outcomes, characteristics)
Comments on the slide:
Expected outcomes reveal that countries expect NUPs to work as instruments to define a national vision for urban development and to facilitate sectoral coordination and territorial integration.
Additional information:
Explicit NUPs effectively fulfil this desired role
characteristics of explicit NUPs: vision (91%), integrated sectoral policies and integrated territorial perspective (85%), coordination mechanisms across government level and engagement of subnational governments and stakeholders (78%)
Some national definitions of NUPs emphasize the need for collaborative governance:
Many OECD countries focused on their role as processes and platforms for coordinated and collaborative action. (e.g. Finland, Germany, Portugal)
From previous notes: Context:
Diverse global urban challenges (e.g. need for long-term prosperity/well-being, social and environmental concerns) call for an effective NUP.
More and more actors are working on urban policy, which increase the need for multi-level coordination.
Coordination with supra-national agendas (e.g. new Leipzig charter)
Intro: The GSNUP 2020 set out on a more substantial analysis of what constitutes an NUP (through additional questions on: national definition, expected outcomes, characteristics)
Comments on the slide:
Expected outcomes reveal that countries expect NUPs to work as instruments to define a national vision for urban development and to facilitate sectoral coordination and territorial integration.
Additional information:
Explicit NUPs effectively fulfil this desired role
characteristics of explicit NUPs: vision (91%), integrated sectoral policies and integrated territorial perspective (85%), coordination mechanisms across government level and engagement of subnational governments and stakeholders (78%)
Some national definitions of NUPs emphasize the need for collaborative governance:
Many OECD countries focused on their role as processes and platforms for coordinated and collaborative action. (e.g. Finland, Germany, Portugal)
From previous notes: Context:
Diverse global urban challenges (e.g. need for long-term prosperity/well-being, social and environmental concerns) call for an effective NUP.
More and more actors are working on urban policy, which increase the need for multi-level coordination.
Coordination with supra-national agendas (e.g. new Leipzig charter)