There will be altogether 12 roundtables which will provide a strategic communication platform for a whole range of partner groupings to articulate their views on sustainable urbanization and in particular to discuss matters of coordination and collaboration related to the theme of WUF5: the right to the city “ bridging the urban divide. It is important to note that the roundtables are run by the different partner groups and not by UN-Habitat. The findings and recommendations of each roundtable will be reflected in the WUF5 report which in turn will form a strategic input into the work of UN-HABITAT. The list of roundtables to be held at the Forum is the following: Roundtables Coordinator: Mr. Guenter Karl (Guenter.karl@unhabitat.org) | Roundtable | Focal point | Monday, 22 March 2010 | 13:30-16:00, W3-11 Ministers Roundtable | Mr. Alioune Badiane (alioune.badiane@unhabitat.org) | 16:30-19:00, W3-11 Mayors Roundtable | Mr. Thomas Melin (thomas.melin@unhabitat.org) | Tuesday, 23 March 2010 | 13:30-16:00, W3-11 Global Parliamentarians Roundtable Climate Change and Human Settlements | Mr. Markandey Rai (markandey.rai@unhabitat.org) | 16:30-19:00, W3-11 CSOs / NGOs Roundtable The Right to the City with Social Justice | Mr. Guenter Karl (guenter.karl@unhabitat.org) | 16:30-19:00, W3-7 Indigenous Peoples in Urban Areas Roundtable Indigenous Peoples, Sustainable Urban Development with Culture and Identity | Mr. Christophe Lalande (christophe.lalande@unhabitat.org) | Wednesday, 24 March 2010 | 13:30-16:00, W3- 7 Habitat Professionals Roundtable | Ms. Christine Auclair (christine.auclair@unhabitat.org) | 13:30-16:00, W3-11 University Roundtable | Mr. Kebede Gulelat (gulelat.kebede@unhabitat.org) | 16:30-19:00, W3-11 Gender and Women Roundtable Towards Safer Cities for Women | Ms. Lucia Kiwala (lucia.kiwala@unhabitat.org) | 16:30-19:00, W3-7 Urban Researchers Roundtable Bridging the Urban Transport Divide | Ms. Edlam Yemeru (edlam.yemeru@unhabitat.org) | Thursday, 25 March 2010 | 13:30-16:00, W3-11 Business Roundtable | Ms. Christine Auclair (christine.auclair@unhabitat.org) | 13:30-16:00, W3-7 Global Land Tool Network Roundtable Piloting of a GLTN Land Tool: A Practical Way to Ensure Gender Equality | Mr. Danilo Antonio (Danilo.antonio@unhabitat.org) | 16:30-19:00, W3-11 Youth Roundtable Empowering Youth through Sports in the Urban Environment | Ms. Mutinta Munyati (mutinta.munyati@unhabitat.org) | 16:30-19:00, W3-7 Roundtable TBD | TBD |
Ministers Roundtable The Ministers’ roundtable makes recommendations to the UN-HABITAT Governing Council, and the regional groups of housing ministers – AMCHUD in Africa, MINURVI in Latin America and the Caribbean, and APMCHUD in Asia and the Pacific, and others working to harmonize urbanization, especially with regard to social and environmental problems. They also seek to ensure national and local implementation of the Millennium Development Goals. Confirmed speakers: Chair: H. E. Mr. Marcio Fortes de Almeida, Minister of Cities, Brazil; Vice-Chairs: Hon. Shaun Donovan, Secretary-Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC, USA; Ms. Pamela Cox, Vice President for Latin America and the Caribbean - The World Bank, Washington, D.C.; Hon. Mrs. Grace Ekpiwhre, Minister of State- Federal Ministry of Works, Housing and Urban Development, Nigeria; H.E. Mr. Ji Qi, Deputy Minister of Housing and Urban Rural Development, China; Hon. H.E. Mr. Ali Nikzad Chairperson for 2nd APMCHUD (Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Housing and Urban Development) and Minister for Housing & Urban Development Islamic Republic of Ira, Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Tehran, Iran; Beatriz Corredor Sierra, Ministra de Vivienda, Spain; Mr. Luis Bontempo, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Argentina Mayors Roundtable
The panel will discuss how social inclusion and urban infrastructure can improve access and promote inclusive cities, taking into account the needs of all different urban actors. It builds on the Mayors Round Table at WUF4 on the role of mayors and local authorities to achieve harmonious urbanization, stressing the relevance of decentralization in promoting urban harmony and social inclusion. The session will draw on practises from cities promoting physical and social integration, examine criteria for success, identify common factors, and consider opportunities for developing effective integration policies and programmes for inclusive cities. It will also take stock of legislations, policies and bylaws on the implementation of the Habitat Agenda and achieving MDGs. It presents an ideal opportunity for partnership and networking to replicate living practices for sustainable urbanization and creating inclusive cities without slums. Confirmed speakers: Moderator: Mr. Martim Oscar Smolka, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy; Conveners: Ms. Inga Bjork-Klevby, Deputy Executive Director, UN-HABITAT; Mr. Anders Knape, President UNACLA; Ms. Elisabeth Gateau, President UCLG; Chair: Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Mr. Eduardo Paes; Keynote Speaker: Under Secretariat for Federative Affairs, Mr. Olavo Noleto Secretariat for Institutional Relations, Brazil; Youth Representatives: Ms. Diana Katerine Ortega, La Familia Ayara, Colombia; Mr. Joao Felipe Scarpelini, Peace Child International, Brazil; Infrastructure: Mayor of Rosario Mr. Miguel Lifschitz, Argentina; Chief Executive of Lilongwe, H.K. Mmangisa, Malawi; County Executive, National Association of Counties, Ms. Valerie Brown, USA; Social Inclusion: Mayor of Quito Mr. Augusto Barrera, Ecuador (tbc); Mayor of Dakar Khalifa A. Sall, Senegal (tbc); Mayor of Malmö, Mr. Ilmar Reepalu Sweden; President of Bangladesh Municipal Association, Mr. Azmat Ullah Khan; Special respondents: World Bank, Ms. Zoubida Allaoua, Director of the Finance, Economics and Urban Department; Habitat 100 City Initiative, Mayor of Alicante Ms. Sonia Castedo Ramos; South African Cities Network, SACN, Mr. Sithole Mbanga, Chief Executive Officer; UCLG-Africa, Mr. Tarayia Kores, President of UCLG-A and ALGAK, City-net; FLACMA, (UCLG Latin America); Mayor of Manaos, Vice President of FLACMA; Arab Towns Organization, Eng. Ahmed Al-Adsani, Assistant Secretary General; European Forum for Urban Safety, Mayor of Lisbon M. Pinto Guillerm Global Parliamentarians Roundtable "Climate Change and Human Settlements"
Lead partners: Global Parliamentarians on Habitat (GPH), Government of Brazil
The panel will discuss the link between the climate change and human settlements as continuity to the last round table on the Cities and the Climate Change. This session will provide opportunity to take stock of legislations, policies and bylaws passed, discussed, debated or in the pipeline in various parliaments on the implementation of the Habitat Agenda and achieving MDG’s. This will be an ideal opportunity for partnership and networking to replicate the best practices for sustainable urbanization and making cities without slums. Confirmed speakers: Chair: Hon. Peter Goetz, MP, President of Global Parliamentarians on Habitat (GPH); the Panel: Hon. Eliomar Coelho, Deputy of Rio de Janeiro, Member of the Board of Directors GPH-Americas; Hon. Paulo Teixeira, Federal Deputy for the São Paulo State; Hon. Carlos Abicalil, Federal Deputy, Mato Grosso State about the indigenous people; Hon. Margaret Zziwa, Vice President GPH, MP EALA, Uganda, representing Africa; Hon. Mariam Nalubega, Alternate Vice President GPH, MP from Uganda, representing Africa; Hon. Gregorio b. Honasan II, Senator of Philippines, representing GPH Vice President from Asia-Pacific; H.E. Mr. Ali Nikzad, Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Iran, Chair 2nd Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Housing and Urban Development, representing Asia-Pacific; Hon. Kumari Selja, Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Minister of Tourism, Government of India, representing Asia-Pacific; Hon. Constantin Traian Igas, Vice President GPH, Senator from Romania, representing Europe; Hon. Yves Dauge, Senator from France, representing Europe; Hon. Senator Eloy Cantu Segovia, Vice President GPH, Senator from Mexico, representing Latin America CSOs / NGOs Roundtable
"The Right to the City with Social Justice" The preparation of the roundtable has been coordinated by COHRE, FNRU, HIC and IAI as part of a global strategy for the recognition of the social movements and organizations involved in actualizing the right to the city all over the world. The roundtable will explore the development of the right to the city with a special focus on social justice and human rights. Speakers at the roundtable will be expected to make 10-minute presentations about the following topics: (1) concept and background; (2) examples of political and legal implementation; and, (3) proposals for a global strategy to take the right to the city forward. The roundtable will be chaired by Davinder Lamba, HIC President, and co-chaired by Regina Ferreira, Coordinator of FNRU, with an introduction by Guenter Karl, UN-Habitat.
Confirmed speakers: Mr. Sebastian Tedeschi, Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions - America, Argentina; Mr. Arif Hassan, Urban Resource Centre, Pakistan; Mr. Bola Fajemirokun, Development Iniatives Network, Nigeria; Mr. Serge Allou, Groupe de Recherche et d'Echange Technologiques, France; Ms. Mirjam van Donk, Isandla Institute, South Africa; Mr. Donizete Fernandes, Uniao Nacional por Moradia Popular, Brazil; Mr. Rodolfo Ramirez, Habitat for Humanity Latin America, Costa Rica; Ms. Cristina Almazan, International Alliance of Inhabitants, Latin America, Mexico Indigenous Peoples in Urban Areas Roundtable "Indigenous Peoples, Sustainable Urban Development with Culture and Identity"
The Urban Indigenous Peoples roundtable aims to bring together Indigenous Peoples’ representatives, governments, UN agencies, academics, NGOs and CSOs to discuss the role of national governments and local authorities towards sustainable urban development, in addressing challenges facing Indigenous Peoples in cities, and affecting their well-being, culture and identity. The main objective of this roundtable is to reach a common understanding on how to improve the living conditions of Indigenous Peoples in cities, and to generate discussions on sustainable urban development that promotes culture and identity. The recommendations of this roundtable will strengthen urban Indigenous Peoples’ perspectives in the discussion on development with culture and identity, and will directly contribute to theme of the upcoming 9th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. Click here to see the publication | Urban indigenous peoples: Sustainable urban development with culture and identity |
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| Urban povos indigenas: Desenvolvimento u rbano su stentave l com a cultura e identitad |
| Urban Indigenous Peoples and Migration Presentation at the World Urban Forum |
Habitat Professionals Roundtable
The Habitat Professionals Roundtable coordinated by the Habitat Professionals Forum (HPF) will bring together human settlements professionals to address the issue of professional practices’ steps towards bridging the urban divide. The world is experiencing a surge of urban growth on a scale never seen before. Better management of this growth is fundamental to international attempts to grapple with CO2 emissions, the consequences of climate change, and threats to food security through loss or farmland. Huge urban growth is inevitable, but the way we managed that growth is not. The skills of professionals matter more than ever – planners, architects, surveyors and engineers can make a difference. But they need to work together and as partners with governments, communities and UN-Habitat. The objective of this roundtable is to debate and highlight best professional practices and core principles for achieving urban sustainability. The Habitat Professionals roundtable will debate and present the 2010 Rio HPF Charter: Vision for our Future, Bridging Urban Gaps. Confirmed speakers: Chair: Mrs. Louise Cox, President, International Union of Architects (UIA); the Panel: Ms. Désirée Martinez, Secretary General for the Americas, International Federation of Landscape Architects; Mr. Nicolas Buchoud, Advisor, Ile de France Region, France; Mr. Pablo Vaggione, Secretary General, International Society of city and Regional Planners (ISOCARP); Mr. Professor Stig Enemark, President, International Federation of Surveyors (FIG); Mr. Xavier Crépin, Director, Institut des Sciences et des Techniques de l'Equipement et de l'Environnement pour le Développement (ISTED), France; Mrs. Christine Platt, President, Commonwealth Association of Planners; Ms. Alison Brown, Expert and Planning Advisor, Women in Informal Employment Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO); Ms. Désirée Martinez, Secretary General for the Americas, International Federation of Landscape Architects; Mrs. Christine Platt, President, Commonwealth Association of Planners; Mr. Derek Martin, Secretary General, International Federation for Housing and Planning (IFHP) | Habitat Professionals Roundtable: What role for Urban Professionals in the World Urban Campaign? |
University Roundtable
"Bridging the gap between research and action at city level - the role of universities"
Partners: Brazilian Association of Postgraduate Programmes and Research in Urban and Regional Planning (ANPUR), Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF) Rio de Janeiro, and the University of Auckland, (UoA), New Zealand The University Roundtable at the fifth session of the World Urban Forum will (a) discuss the opportunities and challenges for universities in advancing sustainable urban development through education, research, fieldwork and bridging any research, policy and implementation gaps; and (b) establish a broad set of principles that underpin the efforts and strategies universities use in their role in advancing sustainable urban development. Over 100 university leaders, scholars, researchers and other partners in the field of urban sustainability will attend the roundtable. Gender and Women Roundtable The Gender and Women Roundtable will bring together a diversity of people including politicians and policy-makers, researchers, community representatives and activists from around the world, to explore integrated women’s safety strategies and programmes. The consultations, which will provide impetus to the dialogues on urban themes, will serve as a platform for a rich exchange of experiences around making cities safer for women. The objective of the roundtable is to recognize past successes on the topic of gender-inclusive cities, and to discuss present and future challenges. In addition, this roundtable will discuss the actual creation of safe, gender- and women-inclusive communities. Confirmed speakers: Moderator: Professor Ana Falu, Director of the Housing and Habitat Research Institute of Architecture, National University of Cordoba, Argentina; Speakers: Dr. Anna Tibaijuka, Executive Director, UN-HABITAT; Hon. Ms. Nilcéa Freire, Minister of the Special Secretariat of Policies for Women of the Presidency of the Republic – Brazil; Professor Caroline Andrew, School of Political Studies, University of Ottawa. Member, Women and Cities International, Canada; Ms. Liliana Raneiro, Coordinator Women and Habitat Network Latin America, Argentina; Ms. Arlene Bailey Fletchers, President, Land Parenting Association, Huairou Commission & GROOTS International, Jamaica; Ms. Rebecca Reichmann Tavares, Director, South Cone UNIFEM, Brazil Urban Researchers Roundtable
"Bridging the Urban Transport Divide" A major challenge for 21st century cities is to meet the transport and mobility needs of their residents in an economically efficient, environmentally and socially sustainable manner. However, a complex set of financial, structural, environmental and political factors constrain the provision of adequate, efficient and safe transport infrastructure and services in urban areas. In turn, this has led to severe inequities and disadvantages in terms of access to transport infrastructure and services and therefore access to employment opportunities, housing and basic services, especially for the urban poor. This inequity represents ‘the urban transport divide’ and is the focus of the Urban Researchers Roundtable. The state of the current urban transport divide in both developing and developed countries and innovative practices and policies to bridge this gap will be discussed. Confirmed speakers: Professor Leila Christina Dias, Brazilian Association of Postgraduate Programmes and Research in Urban and Regional Planning and UFSC, Brazil; Professor Oyebanji Oyeyinka, Monitoring and Research Division, UN-HABITAT; Mr. Jerome Pourbaix, International Union of Public Transport (UITP); Professor Eduardo Vasconcellos, National Association of Public Transportation, Brazil; Mr. Michael Replogle, Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, USA; Professor Peter Wilkinson, University of Cape Town, South Africa; Ms. Maria Renny Herdanti, Institute for Transportation Studies, Indonesia; Mr. Xavier Godard, Advisor, Cooperation for Urban Mobility in the Developing World (CODATU); Professor Fabio Duarte, Catholic Pontifical University of Curitiba, Brazil Business Roundtable
The Business Roundtable aims to bring together leaders from the business and industry, policy experts, representatives of communities and other stakeholders working with the business sector committed to affordable solutions contributing to bridging the urban divide towards sustainable cities. Given the challenges of urban poverty and climate change, the private sector is not merely a part of the solution, but instead is a vital partner that must be engaged if the world’s cities are to achieve sustainability. The roundtable will build from urban sustainability issues have already been debated during the last World Urban Fora, as well as the last Habitat Business Forum. The objective is to debate and highlight best steps for improving the contribution to the urban poor through bottom-of-the-pyramid market approaches, innovation, good local governance, and agree on core business principles for sustainable urbanization. The Business Roundtable will use the recommendations of established UN-Habitat private sector working groups and their proposal of ‘Core business principles to corporate responsibility for sustainable urbanization’ to be debated and adopted during the meeting. Confirmed speakers: Chair: Mr. Gordon Feller, Chief Executive Officer, Urban Age Institute, USA; the Panel: Mr. Augusto Rodrigues, Director of Communication, CPFL Energia, Brazil; Mr. Darin Gunasekaran, Director, Wiros Lokh Institute, Sri Lanka; Mr. Dominique Héron, Vice-President for Partnerships, Veolia Environment, France; Mr. Julian Lighton, Vice President of Strategy and Business Development for Emerging Markets, CISCO, USA; Mr. Niranjan Hiranandani, Chairman, Real Estate Committee, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FICCI), India; Mr. Stéphane Quéré, Senior Vice President, Sustainable Urbanization, GDFSUEZ, France; Mr. Christian Kornevall, Coordinator, Urban Infrastructure Initiative, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) | Business Roundtable: Business and Innovation Bridging the Urban Divide |
Global Land Tool Network Roundtable
"Piloting a Pro-Poor Land Tool: A Practical Way to Ensure Gender Equality" The GLTN Roundtable offers a platform to discuss experiences and a way forward for developing ‘land tools’. Land tools facilitate the implementation of pro-poor land policies. The ‘gender evaluation criteria’ are used as a practical example in the discussion. Huairou Commission members: Espacio Feminista, LUMANTI and Grassroots Sisterhood Foundation used the criteria to evaluate gender-responsiveness of Master Planning in Brazil; the Land Reform Commission in Nepal, and the Land Administration Project in Ghana, respectively. Multi-stakeholders (civil society, government, academia, donors, land professionals, etc.) in the roundtable will discuss the way forward for land tool development, based on these experiences. Confirmed speakers: Moderator: Ambassador Agnes Kalibbala, Deputy Permanent Representative of Uganda to UN-HABITAT and UNEP, Uganda; Confirmed speakers: Ms. Elina Bernal, Chef de Gabinete, Ministry of Cities, Brazil; Ms. Fati Alhassan, Director, Grassroots Sisterhood Foundation, Ghana; Mr. Alhassan Issahaku Amadu, Chieftain, Ghana; Ms. Lajana Mandahar, Director, LUMANTI, Nepal; Mr. Raja Ram Chhatkuli, Director General of Survey Department, Nepal; Ms. Patricia Chaves, Director, Espacio Feminista, Brazil; Mr. Alexandre Zarias, Researcher from Federal Government Social Studies Foundation, Brazil; Ms. Janice Peterson, Founder and Chair, Huairou Commission (HC), USA; Mr. Stig Enemark, President, International Federation of Surveyors (FIG), Denmark; Mr. Alain Durand-Lasserve, Research Fellow, National Centre for Scientific Research, France; Dr. Ayman El-Hefnawi, Associate Professor, Housing and Building Research Center Cairo, Egypt; Mr. Siraj Sait, Senior Lecturer, University of East London, United Kingdom; Ms. Saskia Ruijsink, Urban Policy and Planning Expert, Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies, the Netherlands; Mr. Jack Makau, Coordinator, Pamoja Trust/Slum/Shack Dwellers International (SDI), Kenya; Ms. Esupat Ngulupa, Community Leader, Tanzania; Ms. Thipparat Noppaladarom, Director, Community Organisations Development Institute (CODI), Thailand Youth Roundtable
"Empowering Youth through Sports in the Urban Environment"
Partners: Kilimanjaro Initiative, UN office on Sport for Development and Peace, Philips Electronics Sport can contribute significantly to international, national and local efforts to give children a healthy start. Sport can equip youth with the information, skills, personal and social resources, and support needed to make key life transitions successfully. This Roundtable discussion will specifically focus on the role and potential of community sports programmes within the urban environment particularly for children and youth marginalized by poverty, gender, disability, family dissolution, ethno-cultural background and conflict. The Roundtable aims to identify the role that youth can play within sport for development and peace programmes and to reinforce the following hypothesis that sport provides: Positive adult role models to inform and guide their choices; Learning and skill-building opportunities that build the self-esteem and self-confidence necessary to their mental health; Sport training and team experiences to help develop effective social and communication skills, build positive relationships, make friends and find social support; Opportunities to express their needs and interests and exercise leadership on the sport field and in their communities; Life skills that increase their employability and chances of successfully transitioning into the labour market with opportunities for advancement; and Second chances for those engaged in delinquency, criminal gangs and armed conflict by offering a path to a positive alternative lifestyle. Confirmed speakers: Chair: Mr. Antoine Tardy, Programme Officer - Advocacy and Communications, United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace; the Panel: Mr. Luke Dowdney, Founder and Director, Fight for Peace, Brazil; Mr. Anantha Krishnan, Special Advisor, Youth Empowerment, UN-HABITAT; Ms. Solveig Straume, Student, School of Sport Sciences Norway; Ms. Christiane Paquelet, Director of Education and Cultural matters at the National Olympic Committee of Brazil; Mr. E. Berg, Senior Adviser, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Norway; Ms. Ana Moser, Volleyball Star, Brazil; Ms. Alice Gismonti, Programme Officer, Nike Foundation, Brazil; Mr. Luis Alberto Moreno, President, Inter-American Development Bank, USA (tbc) Back to top
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