Political Sessions
SOU-33|THE AFRICAN FUND FOR SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL DECENTRALIZED COOPERATION OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES (FACDI): SHARING EXPERIENCE AND PRACTICES TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF AFRICAN LOCAL AUTHORITIES
18 May
14:30 to 18:00
Venue: Room 9
LEAD ORGANIZER
PRESENTATION OF THE SESSION
PANEL
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Chairperson
Mbarka Bouaida
President Regional Council of Guelmim-Oued Noun. (TBC)
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Rapporteur
Ms. Abir Achour
ALGA and Ms. Nedifa Adum Tchere, Director of Human Resources for the city of Ndjamena, Chad.
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Facilitator
Mr. Amine Idrissi Belkasmi
President of the MAJAL Federation, Morocco.
Programme
Summary
Speakers
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Charles Patsika
Director of Department of Networks Coordination, External Relations and Membership Development, UCLG Africa Secretariat
Charles PATSIKA is the Director of Membership Development, Networks Coordination and External Relations with United Cities and Local Governments – Africa. He has been engaged in the governance and public administration sector for more than thirty years. His background is in Human Resources Development with main competences in the area of institutional and human capacity development including peer reviewing and learning as well as project- and programme management, particularly in the sector of local governance.
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Jean Pierre Elong Mbassi
General Secretary of United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLG Africa)
Mr Jean Pierre Elong Mbassi has been the Secretary General of United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLG Africa) since 2007. He was Chairman of the Cities Alliance Interim Management Board until April 2016. He is also Co-Chairman of the World Cities Scientific Development Alliance (WCSDA), and Deputy Secretary General of the China-Africa Forum of Local Authorities. Mr Elong Mbassi is the man behind the Africities Summits, the most important event of African cities, regions and local authorities, which he has overseen since the first edition in 1998. Mr. Elong Mbassi has nearly 40 years of experience in urban development and land use planning, urban services, local economic development, local community governance, housing and slum restructuring. From 1996 to 1999, he was the very first Secretary General of the World Association of Cities and Local Authorities Coordination (WACLAC), at the same time as he was Secretary General of the Municipal Development Partnership (MDP) from 1992 to 2006. Previously, from 1981 to 1991, Mr. Elong Mbassi was the director of the first urban project co-financed by the World Bank in Cameroon, which focused on the restructuring and development of an unhealthy housing area of 300,000 inhabitants in the city of Douala. Mr. Elong Mbassi began his professional career in Paris, France, where he was a researcher and then a project manager at the Cooperation and Development Agency from 1973 to 1980.
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Mr. Khalid Safir
GALLERY
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- 14:30 to 18:00 SDA-02 |BUILDING, SAFER AND INCLUSIVE CITIES FOR WOMEN Venue: Room 2
- 14:30 to 18:00 SDA-03| AFRICAN YOUTH LEADERS: DRIVERS OF A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE IN INTERMEDIARY CITIES Venue: Room 3
- 14:00 to 18:00 SDA-05|SUBNATIONAL FINANCING FOR AFRICAN CITIES Venue: Room 5
- 14:30 to 18:00 SDA-06|THE CONTRIBUTION OF TRADITIONAL AUTHORITIES TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERMEDIARY CITIES IN AFRICA Venue: Room 6
- 14:00 to 18:00 SDA-07|TEN CRITICAL ACTIONS CITIES MUST TAKE TO TRANSFORM THEIR URBAN FOOD SYSTEMS Venue: Room 7
- 14:00 to 18:00 SDA-08|THE ROLE OF THE MEDIA IN THE PROMOTION AND BRANDING OF INTERMEDIARY CITIES: FOCUS ON THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL NETWORKS IN THE COMMUNICATION OF CITIES Venue: Room 8
- 14:00 to 18:00 SOU-40| BUILDING RESILIENT FOOD SYSTEMS IN INTERMEDIARY CITIES - THE ROLE OF URBAN AND PERI-URBAN AGRICULTURE IN CITY REGION FOOD SYSTEMS Venue: Room 9
- 14:00 to 18:00 SOU-42|THE AFRICAN NETWORK OF TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES Venue: Room 11
- 14:30 to 18:00 SOU-106 |RESPONDING TO URBAN CONFLICTS: SEMINAR ON EARLY WARNING AND CONFLICT PREVENTION Venue: Room 15
- 14:30 to 18:00 SOU-98|THE IMPACT ON THE FINANCIAL SITUATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS Venue: Room 17
- 14:30 to 18:00 SOU-10| PROMOTING AND INSTITUTIONALIZING SOCIAL DIALOGUE IN INTERMEDIARY CITIES IN AFRICA Venue: Room 18
- 14:00 to 17:30 SOU-20|MULTIPLYING THE EFFORTS AND REPORTS OF TERRITORIAL AUTHORITIES FOR THE “LOCALIZATION OF THE SDGs” (VLRS – VSRS) Venue: Room 19
- 14:30 to 18:00 SPO-13|STEERING COMMITTEE OF LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NETWORK OF AFRICA, LEDNA Venue: Room 19
- 14:30 to 18:00 SOU-59 SOLIDIFYING ACTION FOR CITIES AND URBAN AREAS – WORKING SIDE EVENTS AND SIGNING OF MoUs Venue: UCLG Africa Stand
- 9:00 to 18:00 ATIF-01| Africities Trade And Investment Forum (ATIF) Venue: Suisse Hotel