We would like to thank the City of Barcelona and the Urban Forum of Cultures for providing us, free of charge, a magnificent venue with facilities to hold the World Urban Forum. The City of Barcelona has also provided almost US$210,000 to support the organization of this meeting and to assist Habitat Agenda partners, particularly from least developing countries, to attend the Forum.

We are grateful also to the governments of Austria, Canada, Italy, Norway, Sweden, the Kingdom of Thailand and the United Kingdom for their support towards the World Urban Forum.

Our aim is to make the World Urban Forum a truly inclusive event. Some of our partners, particularly those from least developed and developing countries may not be able to attend for lack of resources. You can help to make the Forum a crossroads of cultures inclusiveness and integration by contributing funds which will help us sponsor delegates from poorer countries. You may also choose to directly support a partner by contacting them directly or you can select a country and type of partner that you would like to support. The list of countries is available from Joseph.Mungai@unhabitat.org.