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08/12/2025

✨ Next up in our Public Space E-Learnings series:
Minecraft & the Block by Block Methodology! 🎮🌿

How can a video game transform the way communities design their neighbourhoods? This course introduces UN-Habitat’s Block by Block Playbook, a practical methodology that uses Minecraft as a participatory urban design tool.

Learners will be guided through setting up Minecraft models, facilitating community co-design sessions, and translating in-game ideas into real urban improvements. You’ll gain the skills to use Minecraft to unlock creativity, strengthen engagement, and co-create inclusive public spaces that truly reflect community needs.

💻 Start learning today at unhabitat.learn.org and build your capacity to design public spaces with people — not just for them.

01/12/2025

✨ Next up in our Public Space E-Learnings series: Public Space Site-Specific Assessment! 🧭🌿 
How do we evaluate the quality, safety, and inclusivity of a single public space — and its surrounding area? This course introduces UN-Habitat’s Public Space Site-Specific Assessment (PSSA), a practical methodology designed to assess local public spaces through a participatory and evidence-based approach. 
Learners will be guided through data collection, community engagement, and spatial analysis to identify strengths, challenges, and opportunities for improvement. You’ll gain the skills to map, interpret, and translate findings into inclusive and context-sensitive design proposals that make public spaces truly work for everyone. 
💻 Start learning today at unhabitat.learn.org and build your capacity to create safer, more welcoming, and equitable public spaces. 

20/11/2025

Thanks so much to everyone who participated in today's Learning and Development Roundtable on "Getting motivated and building healthy habits (especially if you’re lagging and sagging)."

From tools to look inwards (your motivation style, mindset, and three G's) to looking outwards (your reaction to inner and outer expectations, 3D'ing it, and James Clear's wonderful insight on how to build healthy habits), we appreciate all of the enthusiastic participants.

And it was also fun to wish ourselves a happy 13th birthday! Yes, the Learning and Development Roundtable is 13 years old this month.

Learning and Development Roundtable members have already received the PowerPoint deck.

As usual, all the other resources will be sent out to Roundtable members early next week, including the workbook, recordings (audio and timestamped video), and more.

If you're not yet a member, you can join for free here: https://rockpaperscissorsinc.com/ -mailing-list

And please help grow our community by sending the membership link to two friends or colleagues right now. Thanks!

18/11/2025

Youth voices and priorities took center stage at UN-Habitat’s 2nd Global Stakeholder Dialogue with Executive Director Anacláudia Rossbach, as discussions moved toward WUF13 and the urgent need for inclusive, youth-responsive urban development.

Speaking in the dialogue, YAB alumnus and Executive Director of SERAC-Bangladesh SM Shaikat emphasized how young people across regions continue to raise critical issues around access to housing, land rights, basic services, sustainability, and the need for structured, continuous engagement- not just one-off consultations.

He also reflected on the recent Zero Waste Youth DeclarACTION, jointly delivered by SERAC-Bangladesh, the UN-Habitat Youth Advisory Board, and UNEP’s Children & Youth Major Group at the Zero Waste Forum in Istanbul- showcasing how youth are defining clear, action-driven commitments for circular and resilient cities.

Three proposals were shared to institutionalize youth engagement across UN-Habitat’s work:

• A Standing Youth & Civil Society Advisory Mechanism
• Scaling Urban Youth Councils globally to formalize youth–local government collaboration
• Integrating youth-generated evidence into UN-Habitat policy processes and WUF13 pathways

As youth continue to bring forward the realities and aspirations of their communities, the YAB remains committed to elevating these voices and strengthening their role in shaping sustainable, inclusive urban futures.

17/11/2025

✍ Have you registered for this week's Learning and Development Roundtable - Getting motivated and building healthy habits (especially if you’re lagging and sagging)?

We'll gather online Thursday, November 20th at 10 am EAT). It's the last one of 2025 until we resume in January.

🎁 BONUS: Did you know that when you register for a Learning and Development Roundtable, you automatically become a member, which means you'll begin receiving the monthly invitations, video/audio replays, and workbooks, plus you get access to all 13 years of Roundtable resources? All for free.

➡️ More information: https://rockpaperscissorsinc.com/event/learning-and-development-roundtable-27/

➡️ Grab your free spot here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqduiopjMrHdzOgtcF_2S39rLxw5Ym7iFl #/registration

14/11/2025

Our cities’ future depends on the health of today’s young people. 🧡 
Join us on 27 November, 15:00–16:15 EAT to explore fresh ideas, solutions, and youth-driven approaches to healthier cities.  ➡️ Register now and be part of the conversation.
🔗 Link in our highlights  

06/11/2025

🎵 When words heal, music leads the way.
From , young voices turned melodies into medicine- crafting hope, confidence, and community through “Talismán.” 🌈💛

Because a healthy city sings louder when its youth feel safe, seen, and inspired.

03/11/2025

From Istanbul to the world- youth have spoken loud and clear: the future is not disposable.

At the Zero Waste Forum 2025, young changemakers adopted the Youth DeclarACTION on Zero Waste Living- a global call for justice, inclusion, and circular innovation. Together with partners Children and Youth Major Group to UNEP and SERAC-Bangladesh, we’re proud to stand with youth leading the transition toward a waste-free and climate-resilient planet. ♻️

📄 Read the full Youth DeclarACTION: https://url-shortener.me/qr/8M4P

01/11/2025

To mark World Cities Day 2025, the Mymensingh Urban Youth Council and SERAC-Bangladesh launched an inspiring campaign that celebrates children’s imagination and creativity in shaping a sustainable, inclusive city and society.

The event, held in Mymensingh, Bangladesh, showcased how young minds can envision urban futures rooted in harmony, resilience, and shared responsibility.

23/10/2025

Next up in our Public Space E-Learnings series: City-Wide Public Space Assessment! 🏙️🌿

Ever wondered how cities measure the quality, accessibility, and inclusivity of their public spaces? This course takes you behind the scenes — from mapping city-wide networks using KoBo Toolbox and QGIS, to analyzing data that shapes better-connected, healthier, and more equitable urban systems.

💡 Learn how evidence-based assessments help cities plan for safety, sustainability, and inclusion — and how you can do it, too.

🧱 Perfect for urban planners, researchers, students, and changemakers eager to turn data into impact. 📍 Start learning now at unhabitat.learn.org

22/10/2025

✨ Urban October spotlight: Bargny! 🇸🇳

One space down, two to go — the first tactical placemaking intervention is here! 🌿🎨
 We’re so excited to share how youth, the municipality, and local partners are reimagining public spaces together — plus reflections from the Mayor and city officials on what this means for Bargny’s future. 💬🏙️

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