Nurturing Neighbourhoods 2.0 Launch Workshop

The Nurturing Neighbourhoods 2.0 (NN 2.0) was launched by Rahul Kapoor, Joint Secretary, Smart Cities Mission, Ministry of Housing Urban Affairs (MoHUA) in Delhi. The launch workshop brought together leaders and city officials from 2 state authorities and 18 cities as well as experts working in this space who emphasized the importance of equity, vulnerability and climate for the holistic improvement of neighbourhoods across cities. City offcials shared their plans for scaling the learnings from NNC, and these peer-to-peer learnings that will pave the way for the new phase.

Highlights from the session –

• Achievements of Nurturing Neighbourhoods Challenge (NNC) cities and their on-ground impact were celebrated.
• All 10 NNC cities were awarded a Certificate of Excellence for the exemplary work done in ensuring young children and caregiver friendly public spaces in their respective cities. 
• Series of guidance documents for creating infant, toddler and caregiver-friendly neighbourhoods were launched which will serve as a resource kit for Indian cities looking to apply this lens in urban development.