The twelfth session of the World Urban Forum (WUF), organized by UN-Habitat, brought together over 24,000 participants from 182 countries and it held in Cairo, Egypt.
The Institute for Environment Research and Development (IERD) announced award winners during the “Voice from Cities” event, themed “Rejuvenation of Slums and Local Economic Interventions for Nigerian Cities.” The Executive Director, Prof. Adedeji Daramola, noted that the award initiative began in 2008 at the fourth WUF in Nanjing, China, and continued at the fifth WUF in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It has since become a biennial event assessing the quality of life in cities.
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