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The COVID-19 pandemic has created the worst crisis in Asia and the Pacific since World War II. Across the Asia-Pacific region, as across the world, countries have suffered sudden economic contractions, along with interruptions to trade, broken supply chains, and the collapse of international tourism – leading to widespread job...

2020 was a challenging year. The global pandemic brought to the surface an immense resource gap between different countries around the world and the overall fragility of the world economy. Even then, the year also saw major gains for development cooperation, and saw the global South produce and share knowledge...

Between 3 and 6 November, 2020, mayors and deputy mayors of 35 mid-sized cities in Uzbekistan completed online training on Transforming Cities by Developing Business and Enhancing the Service Sector, supported by the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC), under its Cities Project framework. This one-week online training workshop...

Training Report: Making Cities Resilient Developing and Implementing Local DRR Strategy to Respond to COVID-19 and Better Prepare for the Future Background Jointly organized by the United Nations Office for Disaster and Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Global Education and Training Institute (GETI), the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC) under...

The COVID-19 pandemic is a massive challenge for cities and local administrations on the front lines, rich and poor alike. Cities are currently being tested to the extreme by this crisis, which lays bare how well cities are planned, managed, and coordinated. On the other hand, cities play a key...

The UNCCT is committed to the transparency of and the visibility in its work. This Annual Report provides a detailed account of the work of the Centre during the course of 2019, and is supplemented by the quarterly highlight reports issued by the Centre and made available through the UNCCT...