The OCED Principles on Urban Policy consolidate lessons from the past 20+ years of work on cities and aim to help guide policymakers in building smart, sustainable and inclusive cities.

The OECD has developed 11 principles on urban policy which fall into three key areas: (1) Targeting an effective scale of policy action, (2) Adopting a coherent, integrated and effective strategy to build smart, sustainable and inclusive cities, (3) Engaging stakeholders in a co-designed, co-implemented, and co-monitored urban policy.

Principles include:

• Leverage the potential of cities of all sizes for advancing environmental quality and the transition to a low-carbon economy. [Principle 5]
• Foster a national and multi-level urban policy approach that sets incentives to align and integrate sectoral policies to jointly promote development and well-being in cities. [Principle 7]
• Harness adequate funding for effective implementation of responsibilities for urban policy at all levels of government. [Principle 8]
• Promote stakeholder engagement in the design and implementation of urban policy. [Principle 9]
• Foster monitoring, evaluation and accountability of urban governance and policy outcomes. [Principle 11]

The Principles were co-developed with a diverse range of stakeholders, including international organisations, development banks, networks of cities and local governments, research institutes and academia, and the private sector.

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