Local Strategies and Policies Sessions
SOU-73 | MAYORS FORUM ON AFRICAN CITIES FOR CLEAN AIR
19 May
14:30 to 18:00
Venue: Room 11
LEAD ORGANIZER
PRESENTATION OF THE SESSION
PANEL
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Chairperson
Coloma Edjang Mbengono
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Facilitator
Hastings Chikoko
Regional Director for Africa at C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group
Hastings Chikoko is the Regional Director for Africa at C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group. He serves on the Advisory Board for the African Centre for Cities (University of Cape Town). His work with local authorities started at the City of Blantyre and later at the Ministry of Local Government in Malawi working with Mchinji District Council. Prior to joining C40, Hastings had a long career with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) where he served in leadership roles in Zimbabwe, Kenya, South Africa and Switzerland; including being the Regional Director for East and Southern Africa (ad Interim) and Head of IUCN in South Africa. He has also been one of the International Development Research Center’s (IDRC) African Mentors for policy think-tanks in Africa; and a member of the Regional Technical Committee for the Global Water Partnership (Southern Africa). Besides an MSc degree in Cities from the London School of Economics (LSE Cities), he also holds an MSc degree in Strategic Management (University of Derby, UK), Postgraduate Diploma in Environmental Diplomacy - specializing in Green Economy (University of Geneva, Switzerland) and a BSc degree in Economics (University of Malawi). He has had focused training in Climate Change Diplomacy and Bilateral Diplomacy at the Diplo Foundation, Switzerland.
Programme
Summary
Speakers
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Governor Anne Kananu Mwenda
( Governor of Nairobi, TBC)
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Mayor Barthelemy Toye Dias
(Mayor of Dakar, TBC)
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Mayor Mpho Phalatse
(Mayor of Johannesburg-TBC)
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Mayor Mxollsi Kaunda
(Mayor of Durban-TBC)
GALLERY
Parallel Sessions
- 9:30 to 18:00 JOU-07 | Intermediary And Inclusive Cities: What Places For Young African People? Venue: Hall B
- 14:30 to 18:00 JOU-02-C | CLIMATE DAY – CoM SSA Venue: Room C
- 14:30 to 18:00 SPO-07| AFRICA FINET GENERAL ASSEMBLY Venue: Room 5
- 14:30 to 18:00 SOU-43 |INTEGRATED FRAMEWORKS TO ACHIEVE ALL INCLUSIVE INTERMEDIARY CITIES; POLICY AND LEGISLATION Venue: Room 1
- 14:30 to 18:00 SOU-93 | LAUNCH OF A NETWORK OF AFRICAN LOCAL AUTHORITIES COMMITTED TO THE RECOGNITION OF ON-SHELF SANITATION Venue: Room 3
- 14:30 to 18:00 SOU-84 | CARRYING OUT CROSS-BORDER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS OR PROJECTS WITH A CROSS-BORDER IMPACT WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES: THE INTEGRATED CROSS-BORDER DEVELOPMENT SCHEME (SATI) Venue: Room 4
- 14:30 to 18:00 SOU-14| PARTNERSHIPS FOR LOCAL DEMOCRACY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN SWEDEN AND AFRICA – STORIES AND OPPORTUNITIES Venue: Room 5
- 14:30 to 18:00 SOU-15 | PREVENTION OF CRIME AMONG YOUTH THROUGH LEVERAGING ON ALTERNATIVE LIVELIHOODS IN INTERMEDIARY CITIES Venue: Room 6
- 14:30 to 18:00 SOU-16 | RISK INFORMED URBAN DEVELOPMENT: TERRITORIAL GOVERNANCE SCHEMES FOR ADDRESSING SYSTEMIC RISKS IN INTERMEDIARY CITIES Venue: Room 7
- 14:30 to 18:00 SOU-01 | THE AFRICA TERRITORIAL AGENCY, VEHICLE FOR FINANCING CITIES AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN AFRICA Venue: Room 8
- 14:30 to 18:00 SOU-105 | IMPROVING THE RESILIENCE OF AFRICAN CITIES TO CLIMATE RISKS Venue: Room 9
- 14:30 to 18:00 SOU-75 | ACCESS TO SUSTAINABLE ENERGY IN AFRICAN CITIES Venue: Room 10
- 14:30 to 18:00 SOU-111 | VALUE CHAIN OPPORTUNITIES AT MUNICIPAL LEVEL Venue: Salon (Kisumu)
- 14:30 to 18:00 SOU-62 | SUSTAINABLE FINANCING OF BASIC SOCIAL SERVICES IN AFRICAN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS Venue: Room 12
- 14:30 to 16:00 SOU-65 | PUBLIC PRIVATE PEOPLE PARTNERSHIPS (PPPs) AND SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT AS VEHICLES FOR PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT IN INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS: PRESENTING AN INNOVATIVE PPPP FROM KISUMU, KENYA Venue: Room 13
- 14:30 to 18:00 SOU-65| QUALITY URBANIZATION AND HEALTH FOR ALL IN INTERMEDIARY CITIES IN AFRICA Venue: Room 12
- 14:30 to 18:00 SOU-115 | OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF THE CENTRE ON THE AFRICAN PUBLIC SPACES “INCLUSIVE, SAFE, ACCESSIBLE AND VIBRANT AFRICAN CITIES WITH QUALITY CONTEXT-SENSITIVE PUBLIC SPACES AT THE HEART OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT” Venue: Room 14
- 14:30 to 18:00 SOU-24| TERRITORIAL COACHING: A MOBILIZING AND EFFECTIVE APPROACH FOR HUMAN RESOURCES IN TERRITORIAL AUTHORITIES Venue: Room 15
- 14:30 to 18:00 SOU-28| EXPERIENCE OF COCODY AS A MODEL OF A COSMOPOLITAN COMMUNE Venue: Room 16
- 14:30 to 18:30 SOU-86-A | INCLUSIVE URBAN WASTE MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE Venue: Room 17
- 14:30 to 18:00 SOU-86-B | URBAN ECONOMIC GROWTH IN AFRICA: A CASE STUDY OF NAIROBI CITY, KENYA Venue: Room 17
- 14:30 to 18:00 SOU-11 | PROMOTION OF DOING GOOD AND VOLUNTEERING FOR SUSTAINABLE GROWTH OF AFRICA CITIES” & GOOD DEEDS DAY NETWORKING DINNER Venue: Room 18
- 14:30 to 18:00 SOU-68 | THE JUST CITY Venue: Room 19
- 14:30 to 18:00 SOU-96 | AFRICAN SOCIAL HOUSING FORUM: IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON ACCESS TO SOCIAL HOUSING Venue: Room 20
- 14:00 to 15:00 SOU-13 | AIR QUALITY IN AFRICAN CITIES PUBLICATION LAUNCH Venue: UN-Habitat
- 14:30 to 18:00 SOU-08 |TEST TRAINING ON THE INTRODUCTORY MODULE ON “THE ECOLOGICAL TRANSITION OF TERRITORIES” Venue: The UCLG Africa Stand
- 16:30 to 18:00 SOU-21 | TRIPARTITE PARTNERSHIP FOR NETWORKING FOR PSUP PARTNERSHIP TO ACHIEVE SDG 11 AND NEW URBAN AGENDA IN SLUMS AND INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS Venue: Exhibition
- 14:30 to 18:00 JOU-06/ SOU-78 | GENDER EQUALITY Venue: Hall A
- 9:30 to 18:00 JOU-01 | Urban Planning Day Venue: Room 3