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Use case · 2026 · Azerbaijan

At World Urban Forum 13

For UN-Habitat’s World Urban Forum 13 in Baku, 17–22 May 2026 — around 2,000 participants from more than 130 countries under the theme of safe and resilient housing — A demonstration kiosk was prepared with GIZ Connective Cities: scannable QR codes opening guest-mode project workspaces for seven real partner locations, including Huye in Rwanda, Nairobi’s Mji wa Huruma, Mariental in Namibia, Hebron, Berlin and Sharqia in Egypt.

Street map of Baku, Azerbaijan.

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Who took part

World Urban Forum attendees and the GIZ Connective Cities partner-city network.

What the tool did

Guest-access workspaces per partner city, letting forum visitors step directly into a live co-design environment from a QR code.

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