SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Make Cities Inclusive, Safe, Resilient and Sustainable

SDG 11 addresses the challenges cities will face in the future. This can be done by designing cities and human settlements in an inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable way. Everyone should be able to live well, healthy and sustainably and have access to basic facilities and safe and affordable housing. SDG 11 is also about reducing the environmental impact of cities.

SDG 11 Den Haag sustainable cities and communities

Policy, Initiatives and Organizations

How The Hague Contributes

In The Hague, the municipality as well as citizen initiatives and foundations are working proactively on strengthening the resilience of the city and its inhabitants. In addition, The Resilient The Hague team works on (and supports) various projects to make the city stronger and more resilient, with a focus on social issues. An integrated approach is used, with attention to both the physical environment (eg housing, mobility and public space) and social policy on youth, the elderly, welfare and education.

Initiatives in The Hague

Resilience Team Municipality of The Hague

The Resilience Team of The Hague works together with the inhabitants of the city to make them resilient. Read more about the Resilience Team here.

Conscious Kitchen

Conscious Kitchen is a team of idealists that fights food waste by rescuing would-be-wasted food and turning it into delicious meals for the community. Read more about Conscious Kitchen here.

Lekkernassûh

Lekkernassûh is a community of people working together with a vision of a fair, local food system in and around The Hague. Read more about Lekkernassûh here.

Living Lab Scheveningen

Living Lab Scheveningen is a test environment where the municipality, companies, residents and knowledge institutions work on smart and digital inventions to solve social problems. Its ultimate goal is making the environment more pleasant; think of safety, sustainability, social cohesion, economy and mobility. Read more about Living Lab Scheveningen here.

'Schoon, doen we toch gewoon' campaign

‘Schoon, doen we toch gewoon?’ is a campaign of the municipality of The Hague and organizes actions and campaigns to reach and educate as many citizens of The Hague as possible about a clean city. Read more about the campaign here.

News

The Hague Climate Neutral in 2030