Co-organized by the University of Technology, Jamaica, the Caribbean Network for Urban and Land Management (CNULM) and other regional and international organizations, the eighth Caribbean Urban Forum (CUF2018) will bring together land use practitioners, municipal managers, policy makers, academics and allied professionals in an effort to address urban issues in the region.

The theme of CUF2018 is: ‘Forming the Informal’. This theme aims to address the notion of informality, including as recognized by the New Urban Agenda (NUA), by SDG 8 (decent work and economic growth) and target 8.3.1 measuring the proportion of informal employment in non-agriculture employment, by sex, and by SDG 11 (sustainable cities and communities) and target 11.1.1 measuring the proportion of urban population living in slums, informal settlements or inadequate housing.

Presentations, workshops and discussions held during the Forum will seek to explore the evolution of cities and settlement in the Caribbean, examine the challenges and opportunities that arise from various modes of informality, and discuss methods of measuring formality and informality.

dates: 27-29 June 2018
location: Kingston, Jamaica
www: https://unhabitat.org/events/caribbean-urban-forum-8/
http://www.utech.edu.jm/FOBE_CONF/index.html