Centre for Liveable Cities & UN Development Programme partner to enhance sustainable urban development in Singapore

The Centre and the agency will build on the exchange of best ideas and practices to support efforts towards liveable cities that are dynamic, vibrant, cohesive, and sustainable.

Singapore’s Centre for Liveable Cities (CLC) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together on leveraging urban technologies and innovation, to address sustainable urban development challenges around the world.

Signed by Hugh Lim, Executive Director of CLC, and Marcos Neto, UN Assistant Secretary-General and Director of the Bureau for Policy and Programme Support, this agreement marks the first official partnership between the two organisations. It builds on their ongoing collaboration and aims to strengthen partnership by tapping on CLC’s expertise and networks in the urban sector and UNDP’s global presence, to enhance sustainable urban development.

Under the MoU, CLC and UNDP will facilitate the exchange of best practices and insights to promote urban sustainability. This includes promoting sustainable urban development through knowledge sharing sessions, external symposiums, conferences and other national or global platforms and key events will include the World Cities Summit 2026, CLC’s Lecture Series and Science of Cities Symposium.

Both organisations will also build upon existing research and frameworks, including CLC’s refreshed Liveability Framework, launched at the World Cities Summit 2024 in Singapore. The partnership will further explore key urban challenges such as climate resilience, health, and wellbeing.

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