it recognizes that funding from all sources public and private bilateral and multilateral domestic and international as well as alternative sources will need to be tapped into to effectively exploit the benefits of cities for example the african union au in collaboration with the economic commission for africa and unflabitat is developing a regional framework aligned with africa agenda the sdgs the paris agreement among others in europe the regional urban agenda has been further aligned with the global urban agendas through action plans and linked directly with the urban related sdgs targets