The main purpose of the meeting is to reflect on partners collective ability to transform the innovations promoted through SCP and LA21 into significant changes at the local, national and global levels, thus contributing to improved urban governance and ultimately to poverty reduction strategies and interventions.

The objectives of the meeting are:

• To review EPM approach and tools in order to ensure mainstreaming of innovations into positive changes
• To strengthen the strategy for anchoring EPM capacities in national and regional institutions to improve urban governance.

The specific objectives are:

• To clarify what is meant by mainstreaming, and how to know when it has being achieved
• To identify experiences, challenges and good practices in mainstreaming the EPM approach and lessons of experience at local, national and global levels;
• To compare and contrast the EPM approach with other methodologies and assess complementarity.
• To assess the extent to which the good urban governance dimensions of EPM are being supported by necessary changes in the institutional, policy and legal environment.
• To provide a platform for exchange of knowledge, expertise and experiences in EPM implementation, particularly in basic urban services (BUS), sustainable urban mobility (SUM) and Environment Management Information System (EMIS) initiatives.