Communitas Colaition side event UN HQ Committee Room B Thursday 26th 115-245
The Communitas Coalition and its core partners ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability, Tellus Institute, UN-‐Habitat and the Network of Regional Governments for Sustainable Development
nrg4SD are delighted to convene this discussion in
collaboration with the Group of Member States Friends
of Sustainable
Cities, the
World Urban
Campaign,
the Urban
SDG Campaign and the Ford Foundation. Our panel of urbanisation practitioners and governments will outline the challenges
and the opportunities
that lie behind measuring progress on SDG11. They will also present their ongoing experience
on indicators and monitoring frameworks
for urban sustainability and balanced territorial development at all geographical scales. Last but not
least, they
will discuss
specific proposals
for indicators
for the
SDG on
Cities and
Human
Settlements
-‐ particularly
on human planning and management (11.3), green and public space (11.7) and rural urban-‐linkages (11.a) – and how geospatial technology can help
with these targets.
13:15 Welcome and Introduction
Moderator: Ms. Maruxa Cardama, Executive Coordinator & Co-‐Founder,
Communitas
Coalition
13:20 What are
the
critical
elements
to
be
measured
across
SDG11
targets?
What
are
the
challenges
and
the opportunities?
Dr. Eugenie L. Birch -‐ Nussdorf Professor of Urban Research | Chair, World Urban Campaign |Chair, Graduate Group in City & Regional Planning
and Co-‐Director, Penn Institute for
Urban
Research, University of
Pennsylvania
Mr. Raf Tuts
-‐ Coordinator, Urban Planning and Design Branch and Acting Coordinator, Housing and Slum Upgrading Branch,
United Nations Human
Settlements
Programme
UN-‐Habitat
Mr. Zak Bleicher
– Liaison Officer,
New York Office,
International Fund for Agriculture Development, IFAD Ms. Francesca Perucci
– Chief, Statistical Services Branch, UN DESA Statistics Division
13:50 What lessons
can be learnt from current
indicators and monitoring mechanisms applied by governments? How are governments
preparing for measuring
and monitoring SDG11? How can geospatial technology
help crafting targets and monitoring their progress – particularly targets
11.3 on planning and management, 11.7 on public and green space
and 11.a on rural urban linkages?
Ms. Mireia Cañellas
Grifoll -‐ Head, Sustainability Unit, Territory & Sustainability Department, Government of Catalonia
Representative of the European
Commission -‐
Ms. Seema Parkah – First Secretary, Mission of the Republic of Singapore to the United Nations – On behalf Co-‐ Chair,
Group of Friends for Sustainable Cities
Ms. Marcela Ordoñez -‐ Minister Counsellor, Permanent Mission
of Colombia to the United
Nations 14:20 Q&A Session
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