International Learning and Cooperation Sample Clauses

International Learning and Cooperation. Continuing / strengthening networks with the African Forum on Urban Safety (AFUS) • Support to Africities as a key regional platform for showcasing South African cities approaches/activities • Inputs to the UN-HABITAT’s System-wide Safety Guidelines development process (adopted at the 1st UN-HABITAT Assembly in Nairobi). • Venturing beyond the global South and for the first time hosted a trilateral exchange with counterparts from the global North (Germany & Canada respectively) As indicated, the activities of the USRG in Phase III (2017 – 2019) were enabled through the funding support received from GIZ-VCP. There is a collective belief that the work has been valuable, and that the USRG shows great potential to make a meaningful contribution to the ability of the member cities to enhance their violence and crime prevention policies, practices, and capacities. Furthermore, through strengthened international networks and opportunities to share the South African cities experience, the USRG is emerging as an exemplary model, with the potential to make a contribution to long-term urban safety approaches in the Continent as well. As the Phase III funding agreement ended in 2019, the USRG therefore reaffirms the need for the continued existence of the USRG as a mechanism for peer-to-peer learning and collective knowledge generation, and requests the continued support of the GIZ to this end.