Inês Ulbrich and Jörn Springer from the City Planning Office, together with Ulrike Nauroth from the Department of International Affairs and Global Sustainability, were happy to welcome the guests, offering a view over the roofs of Bonn from the top of Bonn’s City Hall.  Inês Ulbrich and Jörn Springer then shared their professional knowledge on the Bonn Building Land Model and sustainable urban land use planning in the city.  Bonn’s city staff highly appreciated the interesting lecture of Deputy Director Lim Teng Leng, who provided some insights into urban planning in Singapore, with a focus on public housing in the city state.  

As the UNESCO Center for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), UNESCO-UNEVOC supports UNESCO Member States in their efforts to strengthen and improve their TVET institutions. UNESCO-UNEVOC promotes opportunities for sustainable livelihoods, self-determined and independent living, and socio-economic development, especially for youth, women and disadvantaged groups. Through its innovative projects, capacity-building programs and collaboration with more than 250 UNEVOC centers around the world, UNESCO-UNEVOC is advocating equal access to quality education and development for all. The UNESCO-UNEVOC conference took place in Bonn on October 25 and 26, 2022, and served to present the new UNESCO strategy 2022-2029 for ‘Transforming Technical and Vocational Education and Training for Successful and Just Transitions’.