Urban October 2026
Event programme

ISCN Global Mixer Measuring and Implementing Digital Sovereignty in the City of Munich

ORGANISER: International Smart Cities Network (ISCN)

Grounded Urbanism: E4P Stories from Implementation

ORGANISER: FKPW/E4P - Expert fund for municipal partnerships worldwide

Closing the Gap: When Data Hits the Streets. Read the Climate. Shape the City.

ORGANISER: Urban-Act Projec (GIZ Thailand), Co-hosting in partnership wih URBAN project, IUCN as part of IKI-supported urban development initatives in Thailand

Arrival cities in times of disasters - How do Arrival cities include migrants in their disaster risk management? Challenges and solutions.

ORGANISER: Sector Programme Cities (GIZ) & Global Programme Human Mobility in the Context of Climate Change (HMCCC)

Reading Asia´s Urban Portfolio: Trends, Partners and the Case for a Joint Push on SDG 11

ORGANISER: turboclic - Transformation, Urban Opportunities, climate Change (joint working group of the Sector Networks TUEWAS - Transport, Environment, Energy, Water in asia and SNGA - Governance in Asia)

Risk Informed Urban Investments: The case for Mombasa and Nakuru Cities

ORGANISER: Covenant of Mayors in Sub Sahara Africa (CoMSSA) & Resilience Initiative Africa (RIA)

Urban October Opening Session - Next Level: GIZ x UN-Habitat Partnership

ORGANISER: Partnership Managers GIZ & UN-Habitat

ISCN Global Mixer Smart Disaster Risk Management with Copernicus: Satellite Intelligence for Better Decision-making

ORGANISER: International Smart Cities Network (GIZ)

From Water Stress to Water Security: Building Climate-Resilient Urban Water Services in Lebanon

ORGANISER: Enhancing Water Resource Management WAMA+ project in collaboration with Promoting Gender-Responsive and Inclusive Politics and Economy in the MENA Region (WoMENA II)

Challenges and approaches for Nature-Based Solution projects in informal urban areas

ORGANISER: Sector Programme Agenda 2030, Poverty and Inequality (GIZ); Sector Programme Cities (GIZ); Cidade Presente - DUS III

From Evidence to Action: Decentralised Development Co-operation for Local Governance and the SDGs - Findings and Recommendations from an OECD Study

ORGANISER: KommuNE (Kommunale Zusammenarbeit für eine global nachhaltige Entwicklung); OECD

Digital Cities, Democratic Futures: Ethical Urban Planning in the age of surveillance technology and digital governance

ORGANISER: Sector Programme Cities (GIZ), Sector Programme Governance (GIZ)

Local Action for Healthy Food Environments: City-led Solutions from Around the World

ORGANISER: ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability e.V.

PROJECT: Strengthening urban food markets for healthier food environments within planetary boundaries

ISCN Global Mixer I Building a Knowledge Ecosystem for Smart Disaster Risk Management

ORGANISER: International Smart Cities Network (GIZ)

ISCN Global Mixer I Building a Knowledge Ecosystem for Smart Disaster Risk Management

ORGANISER: International Smart Cities Network (GIZ)

Launch & Exchange: Stories of Urban Change – Feminist Pathways to Cities for All

ORGANISER: Sector Programme Cities (GIZ)

Science as a catalyst: Engaging African knowledge partners for translation, dissemination and uptake of the upcoming IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Cities

ORGANISER: Sector Programme Cities; Knowledge for Transformation (K4T) in Africa

Closing the Urban WASH Gap: Inclusive Services for Informal Settlements

ORGANISER: Sector Programme Cities (GIZ); Cities Alliance

From Dialogue to Practice: Perspectives on Gender-Resposnive, City-Centric Human Mobility in the Context of Climate Change

ORGANISER: Global Programme Human Mobility in the context of Climate Change SLYCAN Trust

ISCN Global Mixer I Turning Heat Resilience into Action: Digital Solutions and Innovative Financing

ORGANISER: International Smart Cities Network (GIZ)

ISCN Global Mixer I Financing Smart Disaster Risk Management: Navigating EU Funding Opportunities

ORGANISER: International Smart Cities Network (GIZ)

Digital Tools for Urban Recovery: from Spatial Evidence to Recovery Planning

ORGANISER: UNITAC (United Nations Innovation and Technology Accelerator for Cities)

The Role of City Networks in Advancing Infrastructure Project Preparation and Finance

ORGANISER: City Climate Finance Gap Fund (GIZ)

Advancing Municipal Climate Action in Bhutan

ORGANISER: Connective Cities in cooperation with the Bhutan Ecological Society

ISCN Global Mixer I Digital assessment of urban resilience

ORGANISER: International Smart Cities Network (GIZ)

Making Climate Finance Work for Cities. Delivering the COP31 Agenda for Resilient Cities

ORGANISER: City Climate Finance Gap Fund

ISCN Online Advisory Programme 17 - Digitalising the analogue world - smarter planning with AI

ORGANISER: International Smart Cities Network (GIZ)

Governing nature-based solutions: Pathways from Sao Paulo and Belo Horizonte

ORGANISER: C40 Cities Finance Facility

Informal Settlement Improvements and Health: The significant gains on women’s health, and the way to get there

ORGANISER: Habitat for Humanity International; Sector Project Cities (GIZ)

Study around cooperation with private sector within development cooperation in cities

ORGANISER: Sector Programme Cities (GIZ)

Perspectives on the role of Cities in the Post-2030-Agenda

ORGANISER: Sector Programme Cities (GIZ); Sector Programme 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Poverty and Inequality (GIZ)

ISCN Global Mixer I Rolling out a digital recovery system of Ukraine

ORGANISER: International Smart Cities Network (GIZ)

Planning for inclusive urban centres: The experience of City of Harare´s accessible mobility audit

ORGANISER: GIZ Zimbabwe, Global Project Inclusion, City of Harare, Deaf Zimbabwe Trust

Spotlight on Innovative Approaches to Urban Informality - Celebrating Practice, Sharing Learning & Recognition

ORGANISER: Sector Programme Cities (GIZ)

Small Interventions, Big Impact: Community-led urban Improvements through Integrated Neighborhood development Planning (INDP)

ORGANISER: GIZ/ Climate-Sensitive Just Planning and Housing (CSPH) Project-rwanda; GIZ/Inclusive and Sustainable Urban development (ISUD) project-Namibia

ISCN Global Mixer I Creating digital urban cadastres

ORGANISER: International Smart Cities Network (GIZ)

Unlocking Urban Climate Finance: Project Preparation Support and Capacity Development Tools with CIVIC - CFF (Cities Finance Facility)

ORGANISER: CIVIC - Cities Finance Facility (CFF)

Webinario: Lanzamiento Caja de herramientas en Resilienica Urbana / Webinar: Launch of the urban resilience toolbox

ORGANISER: Working Group "Urban and territorial Governance" of Sector Network REDLAC; Ciudades Resilientes (CiRes), Ecuador

ISCN Global Mixer I Digital damage assessments of structures

ORGANISER: International Smart Cities Network (GIZ)

Young. Urban. Digital. Democratic? Research Insights Meet Practice in West Africa

ORGANISER: Sector Programme Cities (GIZ)

From Tradition to Innovation: Exploring Urban Cooling Solutions for Aswan

ORGANISER: Capacity Building through Urban Infrastructure Development 2 (CBUID 2)

Partners: Urban development Fund (UDF) Egypt, Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT)

Towards urban social cohesion and migrant inclusion

ORGANISER: Misereor, German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)

From the desk to the field: tool for multi-hazard risk analysis in drinking water systems of intermediate cities

ORGANISER: CiRes Program - GIZ/Ecuador