The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) call explicitly for role and functions of all types of cities to be more clearly defined, and for systems of cities to be managed more efficiently.
Elevator Pitch - Mapping urban governance
Elevator Pitch - Mapping urban governance
12 october
18.00 to 19.30
Venue:
Network Hub
Description
The Urban Governance Survey is an initiative by LSE Cities, UN-Habitat and the UCLG Committee on Decentralization and Local-Self Government and supported by the MacArthur Foundation. These institutions have been working together since 2014 in an effort to identify trends in the way cities are governed. Local governments all around the world continue to face critical decisions about how to face current demands and plan for their immediate urbanfuture in a situation where urbanization rates are influencing development dynamics on a global scale, posing unprecedented challenges for urban governance.
The session will be a perfect opportunity to present the results of the urban governance survey and the features and usefulness of the platform, as well as to offer a space for cities to engage and discuss about current urban governance trends and challenges.
Moderator
Diana López
Head of Local Government and Decentralization Unit of UN-Habitat
Speakers
Josep Lluis
Alay
Commissioner for International Relations of Province of Barcelona
Emil
Elestianto Dardak
Regent Mayor of Trenggalek Regency
David
Lucas
Mayor of Mostoles, President of International Committee of Federation of Spanish Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP)
Christine
Norman
Mayor of Bentol
Philipp
Rode
Executive Director of LSE Cities
Rodrigo
Rollemberg
Governor of Brasilia
Clark
Somerville
President, Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM)
Parallel Sessions
18:00 to 19:30
Meeting of the African members of UCLG, in order to consult, coordinate and adopt the section’s policies towards UCLG.
27
18:00 to 19:30
Meeting of the Asia Pacific region members of UCLG, in order to consult, coordinate and adopt the section’s policies towards UCLG.
27
18:00 to 19:30
[UCLG’s Development Cooperation and City Diplomacy –DCCD- Committee and UCLG’s Capacity and Institution Building –CIB- Working Group]
20
18:00 to 19:30
Meeting of the Metropolis members of UCLG, in order to consult, coordinate and adopt the section’s policies towards UCLG.
27
18:00 to 19:30
Meeting of the North American members of UCLG, in order to consult, coordinate and adopt the section’s policies towards UCLG.
27
18:00 to 19:30
This session will aim to foresight the major changes that cities will face over the coming decades, as well as suggest how local governments will need to adapt to cope with them.
39
18:00 to 19:30
[Euro-Latin American Alliance for Cooperation between Cities (AL-LAs)]
20