UNESCO Learning CityWarangalIndia
Warangal, located in India, was inducted into UNESCO’s Global Network of Learning Cities in 2022.
Ms Sudha Rani GunduMayor of Warangal
“Greater Warangal is the second largest city and culture capital of Telangana State. Our economic drivers of the city are agro-based trading hubs, textiles, mills, parks, and educational institutions of national repute. Heritage and tourism are being developed. Recently, Ramappa Temple added a UNESCO heritage tag.”
A rich cultural heritage
Warangal’s economy is primarily composed of agricultural, industrial and service sectors. The city has a rich cultural heritage and welcomes 3.2 million tourists every year, making it one of the major tourist attractions in India.
Ms Sudha Rani GunduMayor of Warangal
"Our main vision is to transform Warangal into a livable, green, inclusive, safe, citizen friendly, and ready-to-learn city.”
Lifelong learning as the path to a green and healthy city
Warangal views lifelong learning as the path to achieving a green and healthy living environment. Through its lifelong learning initiative, the city plants trees, develops more recreational areas, improves facilities and governance, and provides job opportunities for marginalized groups. The city also aims to promote social cohesion by hosting events, festivals and awareness campaigns to encourage citizens to participate in public activities.
Ms Sudha Rani GunduMayor of Warangal
“Our city’s main vision for promoting lifelong learning is to learn best practices from learning cities and build capacities, develop city policy focused on sustainable development and citizen participation, provide dedicated human resources and capital funds through separate budgets, collaborate with various entities like NGOs and government bodies for promoting and implementing lifelong learning strategies, institutionalize the advisory forum, develop and monitor lifelong learning performance indicators, and dedicate public outreach (being formed within the municipal corporation, we will introduce the latest IT and ICT technologies for improving e-governance).”
Strengthening healthy living
The city has developed a city-level urban policy framework that focuses on providing civic facilities and promoting healthy living. As part of this framework, learning spaces and platforms for citizens to participate in decision-making processes have been developed with incentives for participating and contributing to achieving the strategic goals.
Promoting equity and inclusion
Warangal has implemented several strategies to promote equity and inclusion, including the Women and Child Welfare policy, Urban Policy, and the creation of an advisory committee to monitor and evaluate the impact of initiatives on marginalized groups.
Ms Sudha Rani GunduMayor of Warangal
“A city-level advisory group has been formed; development plans, strategies, and monitoring changes have been taken up. The Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation has developed infant, toddler, and children friendly neighbourhoods, provided opportunities to the transgender community in the Greater Warangal Municipal Cooperation, and operational budgets for free education for all children has been provided."
Supporting economic development and reducing unemployment
The municipality has created skill development centres to identify training needs and provide training in those areas that will contribute to economic development and reduce unemployment. The collaborative approach between the city, the district, NGOs and educational institutions guarantees that resources are shared to promote entrepreneurship.
Warangal’s good practices Promoting healthy environments for children and caregivers
With the objective of making neighbourhoods safe and friendly, several initiatives have been implemented; these include renovating local schools, improving road safety, and providing interactive games for children.
Warangal’s good practices Free training for the transgender community
Free training leading to employment opportunities is provided to the transgender community. Training in maintenance and pharmaceutics are just two of the options available.
Warangal’s good practices Self-help groups
Over 125,000 citizens belong to various self-help groups throughout the city, which address women, people with disabilities, marginalized and vulnerable communities.
Ms Sudha Rani GunduMayor of Warangal
"Warangal City’s main motto is to spread lifelong learning concepts and experiences to other selected cities.”
The UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities
The UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC) supports and improves the practice of lifelong learning in member cities by promoting policy dialogue and peer learning, documenting effective strategies and good practice, fostering partnerships, providing capacity development, and developing tools and instruments to design, implement and monitor learning cities strategies.
UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities
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UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities
Image Credits: ePhotocorp/Getty Images; Yoke Fong Moey/Getty Images; City of Warangal; Kelly Images; nullplus/Getty Images; GCShutter/Getty Images; akshayapatra/Pixabay; Jacob Varghese/Studio India; Mehmet Turgut Kirkgoz/Pexels
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Warangal
Ms Sudha Rani Gundu
A rich cultural heritage
Ms Sudha Rani Gundu
Lifelong learning as the path to a green and healthy city
Ms Sudha Rani Gundu
Strengthening healthy living
Promoting equity and inclusion
Ms Sudha Rani Gundu
Supporting economic development and reducing unemployment
Promoting healthy environments for children and caregivers
Free training for the transgender community
Self-help groups
Ms Sudha Rani Gundu
The UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities