PROGRAMME FINANCING AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR LOW INCOME GROUPS:INNOVATIVE FUNDING FOR URBAN HOUSING

In co-operation with

and the International Institute for Environment and Development, London Monday 18th – Friday 22nd May 2009 974th WILTON PARK CONFERENCE MONDAY 18 MAY 1500 - 1515 Welcome to Conference and Introduction to Wilton Park

Roger WILLIAMSON Programme Director, Sustainable Development, Wilton Park, Steyning

1515 – 1600 1 SETTING THE SCENE: THE INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT AND THE CHALLENGE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING Bert DIPHOORN Director, Human Settlements Financing Division, United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat, Nairobi

1600-1645 2 “ A ROOF OVER YOUR HEAD” - A BASIC NECESSITY: THE HOUSES FOR ALL AGENDA IN TANZANIA John Z CHILIGATI MP Minister of Housing and Human Settlements Development, Dar es Salaam

1645 – 1730 Conference Photograph followed by Tea/Coffee

1730 - 1830 3 AFFORDABLE HOUSING POLICY IN ENGLAND IN THE LIGHT OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC SITUATION Elizabeth SEALEY Head of Regulation/Social Rented Sector, Affordable Housing Division, Department for Communities and Local Government, London

1830 - 1900 4 THE CHALLENGE ON THE DOORSTEP: UN-HABITAT’S RESPONSE TO KIBERA, NAIROBI Joshua KAIGANAINE Project Manager, Water Sanitation and Infrastructure Branch, Human Settlements Financing Division, UN-Habitat, Nairobi

1930 Reception followed by Dinner

TUESDAY 19 MAY 0900-1030 5 SELF-ORGANISATION AND RESOURCE MOBILISATION: WHAT DO COMMUNITY

INITIATIVES AND MOVEMENTS WANT? AN INDIAN COMMUNITY ACTIVIST’S PERSPECTIVE Jockin ARPUTHAM President, Shack/Slum Dwellers International (SDI), Mumbai

1030-1100 Tea / Coffee

1100-1230 6 COUNTRY CASE STUDIES MEXICO Priscilla CONNOLLY Distinguished Professor; Head of Area, Urban Sociology, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico City CHILE Margarita GREENE Director of Research and Graduate Studies, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Santiago

1300 – 1430 Lunch

1430 - 1545 7 WHAT CAN CITIES DO FOR THEMSELVES Muchadeyi A MASUNDA Mayor, City of Harare Adam KIMBISA Mayor, City of Dar es Salaam

1545-1615 Tea / Coffee

1615-1715 8 INNOVATIVE APPROACHES BY FUNDERS AND FOUNDATIONS David SMITH Founder, Affordable Housing Institute; Founder and CEO, Recap Advisors (CAS Financial Services), Boston Bob BUCKLEY Managing Director, The Rockefeller Foundation, New York

1715-1900 9 FINANCING OPTIONS: THE PRIVATE SECTOR Gary LAWRENCE Principal, Urban Strategies Leader, ARUP, Seattle Barbara HEWSON Managing Director and Principal, Newline Capital Partners LLC, New York Chris VERMONT Head of Debt Capital Markets, GuarantCo, Frontier Markets Fund Managers, London

1930 Dinner

WEDNESDAY 20 MAY 0900-1000 1000-1100

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SELF-ORGANISATION AND RESOURCE MOBILISATION: WHAT DO COMMUNITY INITIATIVES AND MOVEMENTS WANT? NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL DIMENSIONS Somsook BOONYABANCHA Secretary General, Asian Coalition for Housing Rights, Bangkok AFRICAN CASE STUDIES ZIMBABWE Fidelis MHASHU MP Minister of National Housing & Social Amenities, Government of Zimbabwe, Harare DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Générose Loshiku MUYA Minister of Urban Planning and Housing, Kinshasa (unable to speak, last minute cancellation)

1100-1130 Coffee/Tea

1130-1230 12 THE HOUSING AND FINANCE CRISIS: WHAT HOPE FOR THE WORLD’S POOR? Anna TIBAIJUKA Under-Secretary General, United Nations ; and Executive-Director, UN-Habitat, Nairobi

1230-1330 Lunch

1330-1430 13 THE ROLE OF DEVELOPMENT BANKS AND PARTNERS Ophelie CHEVALIER Housing and Urban Development Specialist, Inter American Development Bank (IADB), Washington DC POSSIBILITIES FOR THE BANKING SECTOR Chandula ABEYWICKREMA Deputy General Manager – Personal Banking & Network Management, Hatton National Bank, Colombo

1430-1500 Tea/Coffee

1500/1515 1600-1800

Arrangement of seating for debate FILMING OF BBC WORLD TV DEBATE

1930 Dinner

THURSDAY 21 MAY 0900-1000

14 PERSPECTIVES OF A DEVELOPMENT PARTNER Thomas MELIN Lead Urban Specialist, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), Stockholm Irene VANCE External Consultant, Human Settlements, Managua

1000-1100

15 ADEQUATE HOUSING: A RIGHTS-BASED APPROACH TO THE CURRENT CRISIS Raquel ROLNIK Special Rapporteur for the Right to Adequate Housing for the United Nations - Human Rights Council, Geneva; Professor, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning - University of São Paulo

1100-1130 Coffee/Tea

1130-1230 16 BROADENING THE AGENDA Miloon KOTHARI Former Special Rapporteur for the Right to Adequate Housing for the United Nations - Human Rights Council, Geneva; Based in New Delhi

1300 Lunch

1430-1530 17 COORDINATING THE INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE AND INITIATIVES EXPERIMENTAL REIMBURSABLE SEEDING OPERATIONS Michael MUTTER Senior Adviser, Slum Upgrading Facility (SUF), Human Settlements Financing Division, UN-Habitat, Nairobi Christian SCHLOSSER Human Settlements Officer, United Nations, Home Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat, Nairobi COMMUNITY-LED INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE FACILITY (CLIFF): OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR COMMUNITY-DRIVEN SLUM UPGRADINGLarry ENGLISH Chief Executive, Homeless International, Coventry

1530-1600 Tea/Coffee

1600-1700 18 INTERNATIONAL INNOVATIONS ON FINANCING HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR LOW-INCOME GROUPS David SATTERTHWAITE Senior Fellow, Human Settlements, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), London

1700-1800 19 AN AGENDA FOR THE FUTURE Closing comments by Participants and Sponsoring Organisations

1900 1930

Drinks Reception Conference Dinner

FRIDAY 22 MAY 0915 Participants depart