The southern Italian city of Naples has offered to host the sixth session of the World Urban Forum. Scheduled for the first week of September 2012, the theme of the Forum will be The Prosperity of cities: Balancing ecology, economy and equity.
The city’s councillor for culture, Mr. Nicola Oddati said the city has set aside a special venue for the event, which is expected to bring together UN-HABITAT and its thousands of partners in government, local authorities, business, the arts, academia and civil society organizations to chart the way forward for sustainable urbanization.