18th September side event at UN HQ From MDGs to SDGs: Towards a New Paradigm at Habitat III!

From MDGs to SDGs: Towards a New Paradigm at Habitat III!
Sustainable Cities & Human Settlements in the Post-2015 UN Development Agenda!
A side event at the 1st PrepCom for Habitat III | Room A - 18th September 2014 - 8:30-9:30am!


8:30! Welcome & Opening Remarks!

Dr. Eduardo Lopez Moreno, Director of Research & Capacity Development, UN-Habitat;!
Ms. Maruxa Cardama, Executive Coordinator & Co-Founder, Communitas Coalition;!

8:40! Looking Ahead: The Impact of a Sustainable Development Goal on Cities & Human Settlements!

Housing & Slums: Ms. Rose Molokoane, Deputy President, Slum/Shack Dwellers International (SDI); National Coordinator, Federation of the Urban & Rural Poor in South Africa and
Ms. Sonia Fadrigo, National Leader, Homeless People’s Federation of the Philippines; Coordinator for the Philippines, SDI
Planning & Design: Dr. Eugenie L. Birch, Chair, World Urban Campaign & Chair of the Graduate Group in City &
Regional Planning, University of Pennsylvania;!

Resilience:  Mr. Yunus Arikan, Manager, Cities Climate Center, and Head of Global Policy & Advocacy, ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability;!

Transport: Mr. Michael Replogle, Managing Director for Policy & Founder, Institute for Transportation & Development Policy (ITDP); SLoCaT Partnership on Sustainable Low Carbon Transport;!

Respondent: Ms. Janet de Luna Jiménez, Advisory Coordinator, Secretariat of Urban Development & Housing, Government of Mexico!

9:10! Q&A / Discussion from the Floor!

9:25! Wrap-up / Conclusions

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