Networking events are aimed at enabling our partners to meet a narrower more specialised audiences. They will be held at smaller venues that can accommodate either 75 or 150 participants. So far, the following events have been requested by partners.

NETWORKING EVENTS (Updated 1 September 2004) (671kb)

Monday, 13 September
Session Title	Themes	Room
11:30 - 14:30
Development and Management in African Cities		RM 123
Urban Sustainability Through Synergy		RM 122
15:00 - 18:00
Awards Systems Round Table		RM 125
Building Disaster Resilient Cities		RM 124
Building Human Rights Cities and Communities		RM 113
Communicating Urban Water		RM 130
From Marginalization to Citizenship		RM 134
Housing for All in the New Millenium		RM 129
Measuring Urban Governance		RM 122
Responsive Local Governance: Positioning Women to Lead		RM 132
Sustainable Communities and the Future Shape of Cities		RM 115
The Institute@WUF		RM 131
UNESCO: Roundtable of Experts on Social Sustainability in Historic Cities		RM 116
Urban Sector Profile Study for Policy Inputs for an Urban Poverty Reduction		RM 123
Youth and Employment		RM 120 - 121
Tuesday, September 14
Session Title	Themes	Room
10:00 - 13:00
Commission for Africa		RM 116
Global Networks for Local Government Capacity Building		RM 132
Global Youth Congress: Opening Ceremony/Emerging Partnerships in Urban Youth Development		RM 120 -121
Iberoamerican and Caribbean Forum of Best Practices		RM 123
Making Urban Safety Sustainable		RM 129
Slum Upgrading: How Public Finances Leverage Household and Commercial Finance		RM 125
Third Public-Private Partnerships Alliance Meeting		RM 115
UNESCO: Cities as World Heritage		RM 131
Urban Space and Security Policies		RM 130
15:00 - 18:00
City Diplomacy for Peacebuilding		RM 120 - 121
Financing Urban Housing and Infrastructure		RM 129
From Marginalization to Citizenship		RM 134
Gendering Governance through Local-to-Local Dialogues		RM 132
Housing for the Poor in Developing Countries		RM 122
Launching a South-North Forum on Networking, Research, Education and Training		RM 124
Launch of Millennium Partnership		RM 125
Porto Alegre Local Authorities Forum for Social Inclusion (FAL)		RM 116
The Institute@WUF		RM 130
Think Global, Act Local- A Challenge to Sustainable Development		RM 123
Third Public-Private Partnerships Alliance Meeting		RM 115
UNESCO: Rivers and Urban Culture		RM 131
Wednesday, September 15
Session Title	Themes	Room
10:00 - 13:00
Access to Basic Services for All		RM 123
Agenda 21 for Culture		RM 115
Civil or Civic Defense		RM 131
Fighting Forced Evictions		RM 116
Planning Practice in an Urbanizing World		RM 129
Property Rights and Sustainable Urban Development		RM 132
Safer Cities Through Youth Development and Inclusiveness		RM 120 - 121
The Institute@WUF		RM 122
Urban Inequities and GIS-Putting the Poor on the Map		RM 125
Urban Policies and Practices Addressing International Migration		RM 124
Urban Structure and Sustainable Transport		RM 130
15:00 - 18:00
Affordable and Accessible GIS for Local Governance		RM 125
Committed Cities: Women’s Inclusive Practices and Good Urban Policies		RM 132
Countrywide Slum Upgrading		RM 123
Cultural Heritage: A Tool for Urban Development		RM 116
From Marginalization to Citizenship		RM 134
Local Economy and Urban Form		RM 130
Participatory Budgeting, Urban Governance and Democracy		RM 115
Rental Housing: An Essential Option for the Urban Poor		RM 122
Spanish Best Practices/Bilbao facing the new century/Forum Barcelona		RM 124
Sustainable Cities and Villages: International Training for Local Authorities		RM 131
The Challenges of City Financing: Habitat’s Professionals Forum		RM 129
Youth and Urban Environment/ Roundtable on Youth and Local Government		RM 120 - 121
Thursday, September 16
Session Title	Themes	Room
09:00 - 13:00
Medcities Seminar on Air Quality and Mobility/Campaigning to Reform International Institutions		RM 113
10:00 - 13:00
Challenges Facing South African Local Government and Policy Responses		RM 115
Land and Urban Poverty		RM 131
Linkages between UN-HABITAT and CSD		RM 124
Local Economic Development		RM 125
Managing Information for Local Environments (MILES)		RM 132
Micro-Credit and Financing of Urban Agriculture		RM 116
Public-Private Partnership in Urban Revitalization		RM 123
The Community-Led Urban Finance Facility		RM 129
The Role of Cities in an Information Age		RM 114
Winter Cities		RM 130
Youth and Urban Space		RM 120 - 121
15:00 - 18:00
Citizen Participation and Urban Management		RM 113
ComHabitat: City-community partnerships in the Commonwealth		RM 124
First Global Hip-Hop Summit		RM 120 - 121
Knowledge for Urban Development		RM 130
Localizing the Habitat Agenda for Urban Poverty Reduction		RM 123
Planning for Long-Term Urban Sustainability		RM 132
Rebuilding Iraq		RM 114
The Institute@WUF		RM 131.
The Zero Evictions Campaign		RM 115
Tourism, Sustainable Urbanization and Poverty Alleviation		RM 116
Values-Based Water Education		RM 129
Friday, September 17
Session Title	Themes	Room
09:00 - 12:00
Building Bridges with the Grassroots		RM 125
Cities as Drivers of Sustainable Development		RM 116
Exploring How Cities Are Governed		RM 114
Good Urban Governance in an Environment of HIV/Aids		RM 115
Growing Up In Cities		RM 120 - 121
Indigenous Foods and Local Food Security		RM 131
Sanitation: The Most Difficult MDG to meet		RM 123
The Institute@WUF		RM 122
The Role of Urban Centres in Regional Development		RM 130
Urban Governance Diversity and Social Action in Cities of the South		RM 132
Urban Planning Revisited		RM 129

Themes

		City Management (Dialogue D on Urban Renaissance)
		Finance (Dialogue E on Urban Resources)
		Housing & Infrastructure (Dialogue I on Urban Poor), (Dialogue G on Urban Services)
		Sustainability (Dialogue B on Urban Realities) (Dialogue F on Sustainability)
		Inclusiveness (Dialogue A on Urban Cultures) (Dialogue C on Urban Governance)
		Risks (Dialogue H on Urban Disasters)