List of Side events for Twenty‐sixth session of the Governing Council, UN‐Habitat
Monday, 8 May 2017
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Room 10
Room 11
Room 14
13:00 ‐ 13:45
Covenant of Mayors Office for Sub‐Saharan Africa
Promoting Sustainable Urbanization in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Region
UN‐Habitat Project Office in Moscow
Taking action to implement the New Urban Agenda through the Urban Thinkers Campuses
Arcadis Shelter program, Netherlands
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14:00 ‐ 14:45
Global Taskforce of local and regional governments, UCLG
Gender Forum: Achieving Gender Equality in a fast urbanizing world
UN‐Habitat
World Habitat Award Winners ‐ best housing practice & how to implement it
Building and Social Housing Foundation. United Kingdom
Urban and Territorial Planning Towards Urban and Territorial Planning: Towards a Healthy Environmenta healthy environment
Interventions for Healthy Environments, Department for Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of Health, Norway, World Health Organization, UN‐Habitat/RPMU
18:00 ‐ 19:30
Preparing for implementation of NUA in LAC
ECLAC, UN‐Habitat, MINURVI (tbc)
Developing a global, people‐based definition of cities and settlements
EU, FAO, OECD and the World Bank
The City Prosperity Initiative as a tool for measuring and monitoring the New Urban Agenda
UN-Habitat Research and Capacity Development Branch, UN-Habitat Colombia, UN-Habitat Mexico and the Metropolitan Area of Bucaramanga.
UN-Habitat
Tuesday, 9 May 2017
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Room 9
Room 10
Room 11
Room 14
13:00 ‐ 13:45
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Rehabilitation policy for post‐conflict Zones
Republic of Iraq
Présentation d'étape du processus préparation du Forum Ministériel Africain sur l'Habitat et le Développement urbain
Ministry of Urban Renewal Housing and Living Environment ‐ Direction Urbanisme et Architecture, Senegal and Ministry of National Planning, Urbanism, Habitat and City Policy, Morocco
Putting safety at the core local government development Agenda
Government of South Africa
14:00 ‐ 14:45
Implementing New Urban Agenda in Fragile and Conflict‐Affected Nations: Lessons from Afghanistan
Ministry of Urban Development and Housing (MUDH), Afghanistan
Urban Cable Cars ‐ a new dimension to sustainable urban mobility
Doppelmayr Seilbahnen GmbH, Austria
The Right to the City as a key paradigm for the implementation of the New Urban Agenda.
Global Platform for the Right to the City, Brazil
The fight against slums in Morocco
Ministry of National Planning, Urban Planning, Housing and Urban Policy of the Kingdom of Morroco and Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco Nairobi
18:00 ‐ 19:30
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Wednesday, 10 May 2017
Time
Room 9
Room 10
Room 11
Room 14
13:00 ‐ 13:45
Putting the Arab Urban Agenda into action
League of Arab States
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Effective Implementation of the New Urban Agenda in Collaboration with Habitat Agenda Partners
Republic of Kenya, Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development
The role of the real estate in planning for sustainable urbanization. City Prosperity Initiative to guide urban growth
FIABCI, International Real Estate Federation, France
14:00 ‐ 14:45
Promoting local governance and the good practices of African Local Authorities
Special Council Support Fund for Mutual Assistance (FEICOM)
Ensuring Access to Quality and Affordable Housing in Malaysia
Urbanice Malaysia (Urban Wellbeing Centre of Excellence)
Engendering the New Urban Agenda implementation
Huairou Commission, U.S.A.
A Hub for Housing: Leveraging Multi‐ Sectoral Partnerships for Knowledge Exchange
Habitat for Humanity ‐ Latin America and the Caribbean regional office, Costa Rica
18:00 ‐ 19:30
Implementation of the New Urban Agenda in Africa: A Harmonized Strategic Framework
UN‐Habitat, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and African Union Commission
Addressing the Causes and Solutions to Urban Migration
UN-Habitat/IOM
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Harnessing the value of land for a transformative urbanization
UN‐Habitat and the Global Land Tool Network
Thursday, 11 May 2017
Time
Room 9
Room 10
Room 11
Room 14
13:00 ‐ 13:45
Sustainable Urban Development Programme (SUDP) in Uganda ‐ Towards achieving SDG 11 in Uganda
Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Uganda
Urban Planning and Design Branch (UPDB), UN‐Habitat
Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, Germany
Engendering the SDGs and the NUA at the local level: Building gender‐responsive capacity and fostering female empowerment at the city and community levels
Cities Alliance, Belgium
14:00 ‐ 14:45
Shelter Afrique of the Future: Providing a Roadmap to Affordable Housing on the African continent
Shelter Afrique
GAP 2.0
University of Pennsylvania
Together for Urban Water and Sanitation
Global Water Partnership
UN-Habitat
18:00 ‐ 19:30
The Network of Urban Planning and Design LABs
The Urban Planning and Design LAB (UN-Habitat-Urban Planning and Design Branch, UPDB ‐ City Planning, Extension and Design Unit)
How (National) Urban Policies can Strengthen Urban‐Rural Linkages for poverty reduction
UN‐Habitat, External Relations Division and Regional and Metropolitan Planning Unit(RPMU)
UN-Habitat/UN-Environment
Making Human Rights in Cities a Reality: Tools and Practical Examples
UN-Habitat - Housing Unit
Friday, 12 May 2017
Time
Room 9
Room 10
Room 11
Room 14
13:00 ‐ 13:45
From Rhetoric to Action: The UN-Habitat Youth Advisory Board and the Berlin Declaration
UN-Habitat Youth Advisory Board
Global Alliance for Urban Crises Round Table: The Role of UN-Habitat in Crisis Settings
UN-Habitat City Resilience Profiling Programme
A Global Partnerships Fund to Implement the New Urban Agenda
UN-Habitat
Cycling towards more healthy, accessible and socially inclusive urban areas
University of Nairobi (UoN) – C4DLab – UoN’s Research and Start up Incubation Lab, Kenya
14:00 ‐ 14:45
Addressing Social Inequality and Climate Change through Urbanization
UN-Habitat
Promoting inclusivity through an adaptive settlements planning model in Kenya
Civil Society Urban Development Platform and Mazingira Institute
Launch of Reforming Urban Laws in Africa - a practical guide
UN‐Habitat; Cities Alliance, Belgium; African Centre for Cities at the Univesity of Cape Town South Africa
“Building youth as drivers for sustainable development”
SENA‐ National Training Service - Colombia
18:00 ‐ 19:30
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