Introducing use:newsroom

The use platform continues to position itself as a useful and easy-to-access online resource for sustainable urban development. The news section has been renamed newsroom to reflect the expansion of the content presented in this section of the platform. 

 

The following new formats are now available in the newsroom:

use:topic 

Each calendar quarter, the use platform editorial team selects a priority theme relating to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). An expert in the priority theme will be invited to contribute an essay to generate conversation and knowledge exchange in the use community. Commencing March 22, the priority theme is Just Cities and the Common Good.

Read the first essay in the use:topic series contributed by Mennatullah Hendawy from Technische Universität Berlin: https://use.metropolis.org/topics/just-cities/just-cities

 

use:picks presents recommendations from use community members, institutional partners and  the use team. Funding opportunities, awards, publications, events and other actions relating to sustainable urban development will be featured.

Read the first recommendation in the use:picks series on the New Leipzig Charter: https://use.metropolis.org/newsroom/the-new-leipzig-charter-explained

If you would like to contribute to use:picks, please contact use.community@metropolis.org.

 

use:revisited examines a case study that has been previously published on the platform. In this format, we interview key local stakeholders and ask them to share with the use.community updates on their project and lessons learned.

The first interview will be published in April and is with Nazat Chowdhury, IT Manager at Save the Children, Bangladesh on the Kolorob mobile app project.

 

The platform’s existing communication formats will continue:

use:positions

A series of short interviews featuring citymakers from the global use community responding to current sustainability issues and global events.

Click here to watch the latest use: positions with urban communications specialist, Natalia Perez-Bobadilla.

 

five approaches to

Focuses on topics that support the localization of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with links to five case studies published on the use platform that promote practical and integrated approaches to each topic.

Click here to read the latest five approaches article on Housing.

 

spotlight on

Acknowledges a local government that is active on the use platform and implementing practical solutions for improving the management of their city by providing long-term pathways for sustainable urban development.

Click here to read the current spotlight article on Guangzhou.

 

use:news

Reports on global sustainability initiatives, upcoming conferences, workshops, events, webinars, international days of celebration, funding opportunities, urban awards and important milestones in the United Nation’s 2030 Agenda, the localization of the SDGS and other international charters.

Click here to read contributions from the use:news series.

 

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The use team looks forward to expanding our communication with the global use.community to effect positive sustainable change!