The City Resilience Training (CRT) platform is a free online program created by the Centre to help build skills in urban sustainability. All courses are free. Check it out!
The platform shows international teamwork in urban governance, with support from various UN groups like UN-Habitat’s City Resilience Global Programme and Regional Economic Commissions (UNECE, ESCAP, UNECA, ESCWA, ECLAC).
Its main goal is strengthening urban economic resilience through training and knowledge sharing. CRT offers free, self-paced courses for local government staff, resilience experts, and civil society groups to learn how to make cities more sustainable, inclusive, and resilient. It comes from UNECE’s mission to promote compact, inclusive, circular, resilient, smart, and sustainable cities, along with affordable, climate-friendly housing.
Economic Resilience is the foundation, with courses that teach urban economic resilience ideas, assessment tools, and planning methods. Key courses cover the Urban Economic Resilience Diagnostic and Planning Tool (DPT) and help cities create Economic Resilience Building Plans (ERBP).
SDGs Localization helps cities apply the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals locally, especially through Voluntary Local Reviews (VLR) showing how cities support national SDG progress.
Informal Settlements focuses on key urban challenges, offering guidance on formalization strategies and COVID-19 recovery plans for vulnerable communities.
Urban Transitions covers broader changes, working with groups like the World Smart Sustainable Cities Organization (WeGO) to support smart city growth and sustainable infrastructure. One course trains young urban leaders.
Many courses are available in English, Spanish, and Russian for multilingual access.
CRT reflects the Centre’s goal of promoting knowledge-based urban change. By combining theory, tools, and real cases, it helps local governments and urban workers build cities that are more resilient, sustainable, and inclusive, ready to face future challenges and support sustainable development goals.