Sessions on the Transition
SOU-82 | METROPOLISES AS A DRIVING FORCE FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
19 May
19 May
9:00 to 12:30
Venue: Room 3
LEAD ORGANIZER
PRESENTATION OF THE SESSION
FNAU/MTPA
| Metropolises are a driving force for national development. They have a specific role as they absorb a large area both urban and rural structured in several urban centralities. They contribute to networking different areas in a wider territory, also impulse the dynamism of regions and contribute to the development of intermediary cities and rural area that are placed in their living areas. Urban planning agencies lean on local actors to elaborate local policies and strategies based on a strong knowledge of local dynamics and a strong capacity of pluri-disciplinary expertise. The African network of the Metropolitan and Territorial Planning Agency global network support metropolis and regions to develop their capacities in local engineering, essential to support civil society and local decision makers to better manage their territories. Rationale of the session: why the session is organized, why now in the framework of the Africities Summit? This event, through several thematic, aims to highlight and to define recommendations on the part of the metropolis and urban engineering for the construction of a balanced relationship between urban center and greater territories. What are the main issues to be addressed and the debates surrounding these issues at local, national, continental and international levels (as appropriate)? Several themes and challenges will be addressed as planning big metropolises, metropolitan heritage, urban agencies, role of urban planners, metropolises and intermediary relationships, metropolises, and climate change. Goals of the session The event aims to over cross the debate that opposes small and big cities, the urban and rural areas, in order to show interrelationships and co-profits that we can have from a territorial approach at the metropolitan scale. How will the session be meeting the aforementioned goals ? This event tackles big African challenges and international networks that focus on urban and territorial challenges to underline positive relationships between metropolises and intermediary cities. |
PANEL
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Chairperson
David Andre
Mayor of Victoria, Seychelles Vice-President of UCLG Africa, East Africa Region
Programme
Summary
Speakers
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Amine Idrissi Belkasmi
director of MAJAL
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Koffi Attahi
Director General of the Urban Planning Agency of the Greater Abidjan
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Luc Gnacadja
Founder and President of GPS-Dev, Former Executive Secretary UNCCD & Minister of Environment in Bénin, Member of Climate Chance Association
Mr Gnacadja has over 20 years of experience in environmental and urban development. During his rich and diversed career path he has performed as Minister of Environment, Habitat, Urban and Regional Development, Special Representative of the LoCAL Programme Board, Chairperson of the Strategic Council of the Sahara and Sahel Observatory. He is also Founder and President of GPS-DEV, a think tank involved in transforming governance for sustainability in developing countries. Since becoming UN Assistant-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the UNCCD in October 2007, Mr. Gnacadja has dedicated himself to mobilizing political will for the fight against desertification, land degradation and to mitigate the effects of drought.
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Mahamoudou Wadidie
Director of the Development Agency of Bamako, Mali
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Robert Luzolanu
Director of Urban Development Unit of Kinshasa, Congo
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Romain Crouzet
director of programs of Climate Chance
KEY QUESTIONS TO BE DEBATED
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BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS
GALLERY
Parallel Sessions
- 9:00 to 12:30 YOUTH SESSION / JOU-07 / ROOM B INTERMEDIARY AND INCLUSIVE CITIES: WHAT PLACES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Venue:
- 9:00 to 12:30 SOU-82 | METROPOLISES AS A DRIVING FORCE FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Venue: Room 3
- 9:00 to 12:30 SOU-49 | INVEST IN KISUMU Venue: HALL D
- 9:00 to 12:30 JOU-02-C | Climate Day– CoM SSA Venue: Room C
- 9:30 to 12:00 SOU-63|UN-HABITAT INVESTMENT ROUNDTABLE: UNLOCKING RESOURCES TO FINANCE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Venue: Room 6
- 11:00 to 12:30 SOU-57 | THE CITY WE NEED NOW ! THE ROLE OF INTERMEDIARY CITIES Venue: Room 9
- 9:00 to 12:30 SOU-54 | CITY TO CITY, PEER LEARNING FORUM- (THE AFRICAN EXPERIENCE) Venue: Room 10
- 9:00 to 12:30 SOU-02| THE LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IN KISUMU, KENYA Venue: Room 19
- 9:00 to 12:30 SOU-60| AFRICAN INTERMEDIARY CITIES: AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MASS PRODUCTION OF DECENT HOUSING Venue: Room 13
- 9:00 to 12:30 SOU-17| CENTRALIZATION AND PROCESSING OF LOCAL AUTHORITY FINANCIAL DATA Venue: Room 14
- 9:00 to 12:30 SOU-80 | MAKING CITIES RESILIENT 2030: LEVERAGING PARTNERSHIPS FOR RESILIENCE BUILDING Venue: Room 15
- 9:00 to 12:30 SOU-64 | THE CATALYTIC ROLE OF FINANCIAL ACCESS FOR MSMES OWNED BY WOMEN, YOUTH AND OTHER VULNERABLE GROUPS ON THE EVOLUTION OF SUSTAINABLE INTERMEDIARY CITIES OF AFRICA Venue: Room 16
- 9:00 to 12:30 SOU-29 | ASSESSMENT AND PROSPECTS OF TRANSFERS OF POWERS AND RESOURCES FROM THE STATE TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN MALI Venue: Room 17
- 9:00 to 12:30 SOU-100 | FOSTERING COLLLECTIVE CLIMATE ACTION AND CITY RESILIENCE IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT Venue: Room 19
- 9:30 to 12:00 SOU-12 |AFFORDABLE HOUSING FINANCE IN INTERMEDIARY CITIES Venue: Room 20
- 9:00 to 12:30 SOU-04 | THE PLACE OF THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND WASTE MANAGEMENT IN THE ECOLOGICAL TRANSITION OF INTERMEDIARY CITIES Venue: UCLG AFRICA/ALGA booth
- 9:00 to 12:30 SOU-67 | DIGITALIZATION OF HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVED PLANNING, RESPONSE AND HEALTH OUTCOMES Venue: Room 2
- 9:00 to 12:30 SOU-71 | KENYA’S DEVOLVED GOVERNANCE: PROMOTING NATIONAL UNITY THROUGH PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND INCLUSIVITY IN URBAN MANAGEMENT Venue: Room 4
- 9:00 to 10:30 SOU-57 | OWN SOURCE REVENUE OPTIMIZATION: THE ROLE OF REFORM INCENTIVES AND HOW THEY CAN STRENGTHENED Venue: Room 9
- 9:00 to 12:30 SOU-77 |CHAMPIONING SAFE AND GREEN MOBILITY IN AFRICA’S CITIES Venue: Room 1
- 9:00 to 12:30 DOU-06 |Women's Day Intermediary Cities Facing Gender Challenges: African Women’s Right To Land Ownership As A Critical Factor For Her Economic Empowerment Venue: Hall A