The Guiding Principles and Framework for Action project build on a growing understanding of how urbanization is reshaping the world’s urban and rural landscapes. While urbanization has brought prosperity to many regions there is also a growing and increasingly severe development gap between urban and rural areas which demands new integrated policy and action. UN-Habitat has initiated and convened the process to develop “Guiding Principles for Urban-Rural Linkages”, convening diverse actors ranging from experts working in the field of urban, rural, and territorial development, as well as representatives of national and sub-national governments, development partners, think tanks, academia and intergovernmental organizations. Over 125 organizations and individuals have been participating to date and are invited to register for this global consultation through the end of May 2018 in the “contact” page of this website.