The World Urban Forum is a non-legislative technical forum convened by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) since 2002. It is recognized as the foremost global arena for discussions in the field of sustainable urban development and human settlements. WUF11 will be organized jointly with the Government of Poland represented by the Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy and the City of Katowice. The theme of WUF11, Transforming Our Cities for a