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Thursday Friday

Coffee Break

Bazaar of Ideas and Practices: Third Parallel Sessions

Closing Session

Panel Discussion: Catalyzing Movements for Change: Civic

Engagement and Action in the Twenty-first Century

16:00 - 17:00

14:00 - 15:00Launch of the SoACR

Lunch

Transport to FCCT

Sub-regional Focus Groups (continued)

Coffee Break

08:00 - 09:00

09:00 - 10:00

10:00 - 11:00

11:00 - 12:00

12:00 - 13:00

13:00 - 14:00

Urban Documentary Night & Buffet

Welcome reception

Exhibition Visit Side Events

Panel Discussion: Financing and Governance Approaches as Key Drivers

for Change

17:00 - 18:00

18:00 - 19:00

19:00 - 20:00

20:00 - 21:00

15:00 - 16:00

Wednesday

Outcomes of the Sub-regional Focus Groups and Discussions on Regional

Support Mechanisms and Actions

Registration

Opening Session

Coffee Break

"Hawking the Wares"

High-level Panel Discussion: Overcoming Barriers: Towards an Inclusive and

Sustainable Urban Future

Registration

Coffee Break

"Hawking the Wares"

LunchLunch

Voices from the FloorBazaar of Ideas and Practices: Second

Parallel Sessions

Coffee Break Coffee Break

Bazaar of Ideas and Practices: First Parallel Sessions Sub-regional Focus Groups


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PROGRAMME 1

Monday 20 June 2011 1Tuesday 21 June 2011 2Wednesday 22 June 2011 4Thursday 23 June 2011 8Friday 24 June 2011 13Saturday 25 June 2011 16Bazaar Sessions 1 17Bazaar Sessions 2 23Bazaar Sessions 3 26Bazaar Sessions 4 30Side Events 35Associated Events 38Field Visits 43

APUF-5 ORGANIZER 45

APUF-5 PARTNERS 46

APUF-5 Supporters 46United Nations Agencies 48Regional Networks, Institutions and Programmes 54Bilateral Organizations 59International Non-Governmental Organizations 60

GENERAL INFORMATION FOR PARTICIPANTS 65

The majority of the world’s population now lives in urban areas. The Asia-Pacific region will reach this milestone around 2025, by which time we would not only have to provide for the needs of existing urban populations but also for an additional 700 million people. The challenge facing us is indeed daunting and to some may appear impossible to meet.

But rapid urbanization is an unprecedented opportunity to move towards a more inclusive and sustainable future. As the theme of the Fifth Asia-Pacific Urban Forum, “Cities of Opportunity: Partnerships for an Inclusive and Sustainable Future” highlights, cities have been at the forefront of the region’s economic, social, technological and cultural development. It is in our cities that we will find the solutions to the challenges of sustaining economic and social development, environmental sustainability, inclusiveness and resilience that the region faces.

FOREWORD

Forging an inclusive and sustainable future will require partnerships between governments, the private sector, civil society organizations and academic, research and training institutions. Partnerships within countries and between countries will also be crucial for success. Indeed, partnership has been the key to organizing the Fifth Asia-Pacific Urban Forum. Without our 30 partners, we at ESCAP could not have made the Forum a platform for exchanging such rich and diverse ideas.

Making cities inclusive and sustainable will not be easy. We will need to adopt more participatory, integrated and adaptive approaches towards urban governance and management. We will need to learn from each other, share our policies, strategies and our best practices.

I am pleased to note that the Fifth Asia-Pacific Urban Forum provides opportunities to discuss critical and emerging urban issues in the plenary and in sub-regional focus group discussions. The Forum also allows for an exchange of innovative policies and practices in the “Bazaar of Ideas and Practices” sessions. Indeed the Forum contributes to my vision of ESCAP as the regional hub that drives inclusive and sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific. I hope the Forum will result in fruitful exchanges and in partnerships that will continue well after the Forum itself.

Noeleen HeyzerUnder-Secretary-General of the United Nations

and Executive Secretary of ESCAP

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PROGRAMME

Monday 20 June 2011

Regional seminar on South-East Asia Emerging Cities and UrbanizationPlace: Vientiane, Lao PDR

Jointly organized by: French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Laotian Ministry of Public Works and Transportation, IRD (French Institute of Research and Development), supported by UN-HABITAT and UNESCO.

For more information see: page 38

Asia-Pacific Urban Poor ForumPlace: Prince Palace HotelOrganized by: ACHR


Internal Meeting on Gender and Field Operations in Asia-PacificTime: 08:30-17:30Place: Meeting room DJointly organized by: UN-HABITAT Gender Mainstreaming Unit and Regional Office for Asia-Pacific


Associated Events

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Tuesday 21 June 2011

Regional seminar on Southeast Asia Emerging Cities and Urbanization (continued)Place: Vientiane, Lao PDR



Asia-Pacific Urban Poor Forum (continued)Place: Prince Palace HotelOrganized by: ACHR


Internal Meeting on Gender and Field Operations in Asia-Pacific (continued)Time: 08:30-17:30Place: Meeting Room DJointly organized by: UN-HABITAT


Ministerial Dialogue on Citywide Upgrading in Asian Cities

Organized by: ACHR, CODI, ESCAP


Associated Events

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Let’s Do It! World Cleanup 2012 ConferenceTime: 08:30-17:00Place: Meeting Room EOrganized by: Let’s Do It! World


LOGOTRI 7th General Council Meeting Time: 13:00–16:30 Place: Meeting Room GOrganized by: LOGOTRI


Inception Workshop of the ASEAN ESC Model Cities Programme Time: 08:30-16:30Place: Meeting Room HOrganized by: IGES, ESCAP, ASEAN Secretariat (tbc)


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Wednesday 22 June 2011

Registration08:00-09:00Ground Floor

Opening session 09:00-10:00ESCAP Hall

Welcome AddressDr. Noeleen Heyzer, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of ESCAP

Opening AddressH.E. Mr. Abhisit Vejjajiva, Prime Minister of Thailand

Keynote AddressProfessor Dr. Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn Mahidol

Opening of the exhibition H.E. Mr. Abhisit Vejjajiva, Prime Minister of Thailand (tbc)Dr. Noeleen Heyzer, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of ESCAP

Coffee Break10:00-10:30Second Floor

High-level panel discussion: “Overcoming Barriers: Towards an Inclusive and Sustainable Urban Future”10:30-12:20Conference Room 1

The scale and pace of urbanization in Asia and the Pacific is unprecedented in history. Cities and towns of the region are engines of economic growth and centres of its cultures and creativity, accounting for around 80 percent of the region’s GDP. How the region’s cities and towns develop and function will most likely shape the future of not just Asia and the Pacific but the whole world. In their drive to achieve economic development countries of the region have tended

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to externalize environmental and social costs. As a result urban centres in Asia-Pacific now face interconnected challenges related to environmental sustainability, poverty and disparities and increasing vulnerability to climate change and other natural and man-made disasters and crises. Moving towards a more inclusive and sustainable future would mean that cities and towns in the region become more eco-efficient and green, more equitable and inclusive and more resilient to climate change and other disasters. Development gaps related to legal and fiscal frameworks, urban planning and design approaches, technologies, financing and human and institutional capacities would need to be bridged through more integrated, participatory and adaptive approaches to urban governance and management. The panel will discuss strategies and approaches through which these gaps to could be bridged.

Moderator

Prof. Nay HtunDirector International Programmes, Advanced Energy Center, State University of New York and former Assistant Secretary-General at the UNEP and UNDP

Panelists: H.E. Mr. Jesse Robredo •Secretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government of the Philippines

H.E. Mr. Colonel Samuela Saumatua •Minister for Local Government, Urban Development, Housing and Environment

H.E. Ms. Liana Bratasida •Assistant Minister for Global Environmental Affairs and International Cooperation of Indonesia and chair of the ASEAN working group on Environmentally Sustainable Cities

Ms. Ofelia Bagotlo •National President of Homeless Peoples Federation of the Philippines

Dr. Shobhakar Dhakal •Coordinating lead author IPCC Fifth Assessment Report for chapter on Human Settlements, Infrastructure and Spatial Planning

Mr. Amitabh Kant •CEO and Managing Director of Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation

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Introduction to the Bazaar of Ideas and Practices: “Hawking the Wares”12:20-12:50Conference Room 1

To assist APUF-5 participants in deciding which parallel session to attend, the organizers of the Bazaar of Ideas and Practices sessions of Wednesday present their respective events in two minutes.

Lunch12:50–14:00First Floor Dining Room

Bazaar of Ideas and Practices14:00-15:30 First Parallel SessionsBreak-out Rooms

Meeting Room A

Meeting Room D

Meeting Room E

Meeting Room F

Meeting Room G

Meeting Room H

Session 1 Climate Change

Resilience for Sustainable

Cities

(LOGOTRI, UN-HABITAT,

UNDP, ICLEI, RF, UNEP, ESCAP,

UNICEF)

The Urban Planning Café (UN-HABITAT,

CITYNET)

Sustainable Urban

Transport, Financing and Urban Freight (GIZ, ESCAP)

Launch of the ASEAN ESC

Model Cities Programme (AWGESC,

IGES, ESCAP) Innovative Approaches to Improving Solid Waste

Management in Asia

(UNEP, ESCAP)

Women in Cities

(UN-HABITAT, SFWF-Seoul

Metropolitan Government,

Huairou Commission,

WIEGO) Session 2

Mitigating Future

Housing Bubbles with

Housing Information

Systems (GHB,

Asia-Pacific Housing Journal)

Green Infrastructure and Buildings

(AIT)

Mayors Round Table on MDG Challenges & Way Forward

(CITYNET, UCLG-ASPAC,

UNMC)

For more information on the First Parallel Sessions of the Bazaar of Ideas and Practices, go to page 17-22

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Coffee Break15:30-16:00First floor

Bazaar of Ideas and Practices16:00-17:30 Second Parallel SessionsBreak-out Rooms

For more information on the Second Parallel Sessions of the Bazaar of Ideas and Practices, go to page 23-25

Exhibition Hour17:30–18:30Ground, First and Second Floor

While the exhibition will be open for visitors all day Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, on Wednesday from 17:30 to 18:30, all exhibitors will be present in their booths to answer questions.

Side Events 17:45–18:30Break-out Rooms

Meeting Room A Meeting Room F Meeting Room G Meeting Room H

Side events

Community Practitioners’ Platform

(Huairou Commission)

Operationalizing the two sets of International Guidelines on

Decentralization and Access to Basic

Services (UN-HABITAT)

Astana “Green Bridge” Initiative

(ESCAP, GBO)

Handbook on Adaptation in Cities

(World Bank)

For more information on the Side Events, go to page 35-37

Welcome Reception and Networking Event, supported by the Government of France

18:30-20:00First Floor Dining Room

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Thursday 23 June 2011

Registration08:00-09:00Ground Floor

Panel Discussion: “Financing and Governance Approaches as Key Drivers for Change”09:00-10:50Conference Room 2

Finance and governance can either move cities to an inclusive and sustainable development path, or be barriers. While this topic spans a wide continuum of issues, this panel will zoom in on a number of key issues. These include decentralization and horizontal and vertical coordination within government and partnerships with other stakeholders, particularly the private sector, civil society and communities. The panel will also discuss regulatory and financial frameworks that could provide the right incentives to drive change, as well as innovative approaches to financing urban development including public-private partnerships and linkages between formal financial markets and informal markets that reach the “bottom of the pyramid”, such as urban poor funds and community savings groups. The panel will also discuss how to make a business case for incorporating sustainable and inclusive development principles in the financing of infrastructure.

Moderator Ms. Veronica Pedrosa (tbc)Lead News Presenter, Al Jazeera English

PresenterProf. Amitabh Kundu Centre for the Study of Regional Development and Dean of the School of Social Sciences at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

Panelists

Prof. Xuemei Bai • Professor, Human Ecology Program, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University

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Mr. Rae Kwon Chung •Director, Environment and Development Division, ESCAP

Mr. Michael Lindfield (tbc) •Senior Urban Specialist, Asian Development Bank

Ms. Sylvie Margat •Deputy Country Director Thailand, Agence Francaise de Developpement

Ms. Thipparat Noppaladarom •Director, Community Organizations Development Institute

Ms. Mary Jane Ortega •Secretary General, CITYNET

Coffee Break10:50-11:20Second Floor

Panel Discussion: “Catalyzing Movements for Change: Civic Engagement and Action in the Twenty-first Century”11:20-12:50Conference Room 2

Movements promoting civic engagement and actions have proven to be vital to push for change in cities in the twenty-first century. Such movements have made use of various means and media. Informal networks and planned campaigns, educational drives for children and exhibitions aimed at professionals can all serve the same goal: change the city for the better. Their scale varies just as much: from city-scale social and environmental activism via multi-stakeholder urban forums to international campaigns for rights-based development and environmentally and socially conscious investments. Information and communication technologies provide new media for catalyzing social movements for change through social media such as Twitter and Facebook, which have recently come into the international spotlight.

The panel will explore how different types of movements can be galvanized to move the inclusive and sustainable urban development agenda forward. It will discuss both advantages and disadvantages of bottom up initiatives for social change and will look into ways to create an environment in which these movements thrive.

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Moderator

Veronica Pedrosa (tbc)Lead News Presenter, Al Jazeera English

Presenter

Mr. Larry Jagan •Freelance Journalist, former BBC World Service regional news and current affairs editor for the Asia-Pacific region

Panelists

Ms. Somsook Boonyabancha •Secretary General, Asian Coalition for Housing Rights

Mr. Arif Hasan •Chairman, Urban Resource Center, Karachi, Pakistan

Ms. Yevgenia Kozyreva •President, Feminist League of Kazakhstan

Ms. Sunita Narain •Director, Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi, India


Asia-Pacific Launch of The State of Asian Cities 2010/11 Report14:00-14:30Conference Room 2

This first-ever State of Asian Cities Report is a result of the collaborative effort of UN-HABITAT and ESCAP and their partners UN Environment Programme (UNEP), and the United Cities and Local Governments – the first-ever State of Asian Cities Report is the result of the collaborative effort of UN-HABITAT and ESCAP and their partners UNEP and UCLG-ASPAC.

The State of Asian Cities 2010/2011 reviews and documents the trends in inclusive and sustainable urban development throughout the Asia-Pacific region. It covers a broad range of urbanization related issues, including the economic role of cities, poverty and inequality, environment and climate change and governance, management and finance in Asian cities. The preparation of the report drew on the latest data, good practices and examples, the rich knowledge of a broad range of

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specialists, and peer reviews by experts. Hard copies of the report will be available for APUF participants.

Sub-regional Focus Groups14:30-15:30Break-out Rooms

Five sub-regional break-out sessions (for South-East Asia, South Asia, North-East Asia, Central Asia and the Pacific) will take place as parallel sessions. The objective of these sessions is to facilitate and focus discussion on urban issues of particular importance to the sub-region. A discussion paper for each sub-region will be presented by an eminent urban expert.

During these discussions, participants will:

Identify and discuss urban issues of particular importance to the sub-region•Discuss strategies and policies needed to address these issues •Indentify and review existing partnerships, initiatives, programmes and sub-•regional institutions that can further these strategies

Discuss regional actions, partnerships and support mechanisms needed to •address these issues at the sub-regional and country levels.

Meeting Room B Meeting Room E Meeting Room F Meeting Room G Meeting Room H

PacificNorth and

Central AsiaSouth-East Asia

South and South-West Asia

East and North-East Asia

Coffee Break15:30-16:00First floor

Sub-regional Focus Groups (continued)16:00–17:30Break-out Rooms

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Urban Documentary Night and Buffet, supported by the Rockefeller Foundation18:30–21:00Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand

The Rockefeller Foundation will host a Buffet and Urban Documentary Night at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand. The Documentary Night will give participants a different view of cities and urbanization. An interesting and entertaining programme with a mix of longer and shorter items will be shown. During this evening, a photo exhibition on work and life of waste pickers and there is ample opportunity for networking during the evening in Bangladesh, Cambodia and Sri Lanka will be opened.

Buses will leave from the front of the UNCC at 17:30 for the Foreign Correspondents’ Club. After the function, the buses will drive participants back to the UNCC and nearby hotels. The space is limited to 100 persons. APUF-5 participants are invited to join on a first come, first serve basis

Local Urban Forums (LUFs)09:00-17:30Cities in the Asia-Pacific region

To enable more people to be directly involved in the discussions of APUF-5 and contribute to its outcomes, Local Urban Forums (LUFs) are being organized in several cities across the Asia-Pacific region.

In each LUF, people come together to discuss emerging urban issues in their city. LUF participants will watch the two plenary sessions on Wednesday and the launch of the State of Asian Cities 2010/11 report live through a webcast. They will post their comments and questions in Real time over Twitter. In the plenary conference room, a Twitter wall will show these comments, allowing the panel moderators to use them as inputs to the discussions.

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Friday 24 June 2011

Plenary Session: Outcomes of the Sub-regional Focus Groups and Discussions on Regional Support Mechanisms and Actions 09:00-10:30Conference Room 2

Outcomes of each Sub-Regional Focus Group will be presented and discussed at this session. Discussants will focus on commonalities among the sub-regions, recommendations for follow-up actions and support mechanisms and partnerships needed at the regional level to promote actions at the national and sub-regional levels. This will be followed by open discussion.

Moderator

Mr. Adnan Hameed Aliani, Chief, Sustainable Urban Development Section, Environment and Development Division, ESCAP

Discussants

Professor Xuemei Bai •Professor, Human Ecology Program, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University

Professor Amitabh Kundu •Centre for the Study of Regional Development and Dean of the School of Social Sciences at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Professor Edsel Sajor •AIT School of Urban Environmental Management

Introduction to the Bazaar of Ideas and Practices: “Hawking the Wares”10:30-10:50Conference Room 2

To assist APUF-5 participants in deciding which parallel session to attend, the organizers of the Bazaar of Ideas and Practices sessions of Friday present their respective events in two minutes.

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Coffee Break10:50-11:20 Second Floor

Bazaar of Ideas and Practices11:20–12:50 Third Parallel SessionsBreak-out Rooms

Meeting Room A Meeting Room E Meeting Room F Meeting Room G Meeting Room H

Session 3

A Business Case for Incorporating

Sustainable and Inclusive Development

Principles within Strategic Urban Infrastructure Investments

(CDIA)

Urban Water and Sanitation in Asia

and the Pacific (UN-HABITAT)

New Community Finance Systems

for Citywide Upgrading by

the Urban Poor (ACHR)

Urban Health Matters (WHO)

Alternative Building Materials, Technologies and Designs to House

the Urban Poor (HfHI, ESCAP,

UNESCO)

Session 4

Dialogue with Private Sector

Representatives on Sustainable

Urban Development

(French Embassy, UNDP, ESCAP,

CITYNET)

Housing Profiles & the Global

Housing Strategy (UN-HABITAT)

Human Security, Governance and Social Inclusion in Asian Cities (UN-HABITAT,

CITYNET, Huairou Commission,

SFWF)

Eco-efficient and Inclusive Urban Infrastructure

(ESCAP)

Complex Urban Disasters - Are We

Ready? (ESCAP, UN-

HABITAT, CITYNET, ADPC, ISDR)

For more information on the Third Parallel Sessions of the Bazaar of Ideas and Practices, go to page 26-30


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Bazaar of Ideas and Practices14:00-15:30 Fourth Parallel SessionsBreak-out Rooms

For more information on the Fourth Parallel Sessions of the Bazaar of Ideas and Practices, go to page 30-44

Coffee Break15:30-16:00First Floor

Plenary Session: Voices from the Floor; Reflections on the Forum and the Way Forward16:00-16:45Conference Room 2

Participants are encouraged to share their views on the APUF-5 and inform other participants of initiatives they’ve learnt about, partnerships they’ve built, insights they will take home and actions they will take.

Moderator

Mr. Adnan H. Aliani, Chief, Sustainable Urban Development Section, Environment and Development Section, ESCAP

Closing session16:45-17:00Conference Room 2

Moderator

Mr. Adnan H. Aliani, Chief, Sustainable Urban Development Section, Environment and Development Section, ESCAP

Closing Remarks: Mr. Rae Kwon Chung, Director, Environment and Development Division, ESCAP

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Saturday 25 June 2011

Field Visit to Baan Mankong Upgraded Communities, BangkokTime: 09:00–13:00Place: Vans will pick up participants from designated hotel lobbies.

Organized by: CODI


Field Visit to Centre of Excellence in Water Management, Lopburi Time: 7:00–14:00Place: Vans will pick up participants from designated hotel lobbies.

Organized by: Society for Preservation of Water, UN-HABITAT


Field Visits

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Bazaar Sessions 1

Climate Change Resilience for Sustainable CitiesTime: 22 June, 14:00-17:30 (Double Session)Place: Meeting Room A

Jointly organized by: LOGOTRI, UN-HABITAT and UNDP, in partnership with ICLEI, The Rockefeller Foundation, UNEP, ESCAP and UNICEF

Open to: All participants who are concerned with cities and climate change, including representatives of local governments, civil society organizations, academia/research institutes and business/private sector and donor community/aid/UN agencies.

Outline: In the Asia-Pacific region, urbanization and climate change are intertwined challenges that need to be addressed by national sub-national and local governments in partnership with a range of non-state stakeholders: civil society organizations, business, academic/research/training institutions and donor/aid/UN agencies. This session will bring together representatives of all key constituencies who will deliberate on developing sustainable solutions to climate change challenges faced by cities and towns in the Asia-Pacific region with a focus on poor and vulnerable communities. The panellists and participants will share good practices, policy messages, lessons learnt and related gaps in institutional and partnership capacities with regard to developing local capacities and strategies to help make cities climate change resilient in order to enable them to work towards sustainable urban development.

Speakers: Leading representatives of local governments, civil society organizations, business, academic institutions, LOGOTRI, UN-HABITAT, UNDP, the Rockefeller Foundation, UNEP, ICLEI and UNICEF.

Contact Persons: Dir. Marivel C. Sacendoncillo, Lead Coordinator, LOGOTRI Secretariat [email protected], Ms. Jean de Pano, Coordinator, LOGOTRI Secretariat [email protected] and [email protected], Mr. Bharat Dahiya, Human Settlements Officer, UN-HABITAT Bangkok Office [email protected], Mr. Bernhard Barth, Human Settlements Officer, UN-HABITAT HQ, Nairobi [email protected], Mr. Omar Siddique, Programme Specialist, Human Development Report Unit, UNDP APRC Bangkok [email protected], Ms. Diana Brandes – van Dorresteijn, Programme Specialist, Public Private Partnership for Service Delivery, UNDP APRC Bangkok [email protected]

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The Urban Planning CaféTime: 22 June, 14:00-15:30Place: Meeting Room D

Jointly organized by: UN-HABITAT & CITYNET

Open to: all, targeting National government officials, Local government officials, NGOs, Community organizations, International organizations, Urban Planners and Architects, Donor governments, Business community, Academia

Outline: Our cities have never been more complex. We depend upon local leaders to design economically vibrant, environmentally accountable and culturally appropriate cities. The evidence is clear: good design depends upon good decision-making. But how is the average leader meant to develop this critical skill?

This session will provide an environment whereby mayors and senior policy makers can meet to discuss ways of improving planning in our cities. Building on experiences from across Asia, we will address how to tackle the most complex problems of the day, including: congestion, unemployment, slums, rising inequality, crumbling infrastructure and week urban economies.

The event will be highly interactive and will utilize a “World Café” format which involves a facilitated and progressive discussion among participants.

Learn• new approaches to planning as a key tool to deliver sustainable development and economic growth.

Discover• how to meet training needs in local government urban planning.

Speakers:

Pablo Vagione, Urban Planner•Ms. Maemuna, Mayor of Sebrang Perai, Malaysia•Mr. Dilan Fernando Pulle, Director, Sri Lanka Institute of Local Governance •(SLIG)

Ms. Linda P. Gonzalez, Mayor of Ligao City, Philippines•Moderated by: John Hogan, UN-Habitat

Contact Person: John Hogan, UN-Habitat, [email protected]

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Sustainable Urban Transport, Financing and Urban FreightTime: 22 June, 14:00-15:30Place: Meeting Room E

Jointly organized by: GIZ, ESCAP

Open to: all, targeting national government officials, local government officials, NGOs, Community organizations, international organizations, academia, young professionals, press/journalists

Outline: Due to the growing demand for addressing the urban issues like traffic congestion, air pollution and climate change, there is an immediate need to bring forward a new perspective for the solution. The traditional method of “predict-and-provide” has been proven to be unsuccessful. Concentrating on the providing more infrastructure favouring personal automobiles has on worsened the situation in the social, economic and environmental sectors of the city. The new paradigm is to shift the focus on modes such as public transport and non-motorised transport, building our cities “intelligently” so that they are dense, accessible and economically friendly is the way forward.

This event will bring to you the overall concept of sustainable transportation, will give you information on how your city can finance its sustainable transport without greatly depending on external financial sources and also how the city can manage the growing issue of urban freight which take a major share of urban vehicular emissions.

Contact Person: Mr Santosh Kodukula, Senior Project Officer GIZ, [email protected]

Launch of the ASEAN ESC Model Cities ProgrammeTime: 22 June, 14:00-15:30Place: Meeting Room F

Jointly organized by: AWGESC, IGES, ESCAP

Open to: all, targeting national government officials, local government officials, international organizations and donor governments

Outline: The ASEAN ESC Model Cities Programme, funded by the Japan-ASEAN Integration Fund (JAIF), is a concrete output of the 1st and 2nd High Level Seminar on Environmentally Sustainable Cities (HLS ESC) held under the framework of the East Asia Summit Environment Ministers Meeting (EAS EMM). This new regional

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programme will provide support for demand-driven capacity-building and training for local government officers, as well as promote local actions and the replication of good practices in the region via country-based programmes.

This session utilises the strategic forum provided by the APUF to: 1) officially launch the ESC Model Cities Programme and; 2) have national and local governments of involved countries to present their framework and plans for sustainable city development. Expected participants are ASEAN bodies, national and local governments as well supporting organisations working on the sustainable city agenda, including donors, development agencies, city networks and academic institutions.

Speakers:

Ms. Liana Bratasida (Chair, Working Group on Environmentally Sustainable •Cities)

Dr. Raman Letchumanan (Head, Environment Division, ASEAN Secretariat)•Mr. Toshizo Maeda (Acting Director, IGES KUC)•ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting Focal Points •Local Governments•

Contact person: Ms Shom Teoh, Associate Researcher, IGES KUC, [email protected]

Innovative Approaches to Improving Solid Waste Management in AsiaTime: 22 June, 14:00-17:30 (Double Session)Place: Meeting Room G

Jointly organized by: UNEP, ESCAP

Open to: all

Outline: Increased economic growth and prosperity in the region comes together with increasing generation of solid wastes. Governments face increasing costs for collection and disposal while untreated solid wastes threaten public health and the environment. At the same time, the sector holds immense opportunities to create business opportunities for local entrepreneurs and green jobs for the urban poor. The session will look at waste as a resource and discuss opportunities for building new partnerships.

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The session will:Discuss new and emerging challenges of waste management from the •perspective of different stakeholders.

Provide an opportunity to present, share and discuss experiences and •innovative practices from around the region.

Introduce carbon financing options for replicating and up-scaling community-•based solid waste management approaches.

Present mechanisms for sharing experiences and promoting sustainable •practices: introducing UNEP’s Global Partnership on Waste Management.

Speakers:Session 1

Ms. Mary Jane Ortega, Secretary General of Citynet and President of the Solid •Waste Management Association of the Philippines (SWAPP).

Ms. Lakshmi Narayan, General Secretary, Secretariat for Alliance of Indian •Wastepickers

Mr. Matthias Börner, Vice President, KfW Carbon Fund•Adnan Aliani, Chief, Sustainable Urban Development Section, ESCAP•

Moderator: Musthaq Memon, UNEP IETC

Session 2

Mr. Iftekhar Enayatullah, Founder, Waste Concern•Mr. Jayaratne Kananke, President, Sevanatha Urban Resource Centre,•Ms. Lakshmi Narayan, General Secretary, Secretariat for Alliance of Indian •Wastepickers

Mr. Khai Van Doan, ENDA Viet Nam•Contact Person: Karin Andersson, ESCAP, [email protected]

Women in Cities: Key Issues, Policy Implications and Strategies for ActionTime: 22 June, 14:00-17:30 (Double Session)Place: Meeting Room H

Jointly organized by: UN-HABITAT, SFWF-Seoul Metropolitan Government, Huairou Commission, WIEGO

Open to: all, targeting cities and local government, development partners, NGO’s, private sector, academics, women and men.

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Outline: As the Asia and Pacific regions rapidly urbanize, so is the growing need for cities and local authorities to promote gender equality and equity and empowerment of women as critical elements of sustainable urban development. Special measures are needed in order to increase women’s participation in sustainable urban development and, to promote gender awareness and competence among women and men in the political arena and planning practice. The women in cities event aims to bring together practitioners, policy-makers, academics, women’s organizations, grassroots women, representatives of cities and local authorities, UN agencies and development partners to discuss measures to increase actions for gender equality and empowerment of women at city and local government level. The event will hightlight key issues and policy implications, examine what works and what does not work in influencing urban policies and programmes, present best practices, identify challenges, strategies for action, and make recommendations for target groups.

Speakers:

Moderator: Ms Rhonda Douglas M M: Global Projects Director, Women in •Informal Employment Globalizing and Organising (WIEGO)

Dr Bernadette P. Resurreccion, Associate Professor, Coordinator, Gender & •Development Studies

School of Environment, Resources & Development, Asian Institute of •Technology, Thailand

Ms. Hyun Kyung Park, President of Seoul Foundation of Women and Family, •Seoul Metropolitan Government

Ms. Ranu Daweloa, Informal Sector Network, Thailand•Ms. Ankita Upreti, Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), India•Ms Suneeta Dhar, Director, Jogori, India•Representative of Department of Children and Women’s Welfare, Delhi •Government, India (tbc)

Grassroots women representatives of the Huairou Commission (tbc)•Contact person: Lucia Kiwala, UN-HABITAT, [email protected]

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Bazaar Sessions 2

Mitigating Future Housing Bubbles with Housing Information SystemsTime: 22 June, 16:00-17:30Place: Meeting Room D

Jointly organized by: Government Housing Bank, Thailand and the Asia Pacific Housing Journal

Open to: all, targeting government officials, politicians, bankers, real estate industry officials, NGOs and all housing organizations

Outline: The discussion will highlight useful information for mitigating housing bubbles. This break-out session will also help participants to understand how various jurisdictions have used housing information to forewarn oncoming housing bubbles. In addition, the discussion will explore the policy decisions that must be taken by governments to mitigate potential crises.

Speakers:

Mr. Ballobh Kritayanavaj, Senior VP, G H Bank •Mr. Leland Sun, CEO Pan Asia Mortgage Corp. Hong Kong, •Guest speaker from Singapore•Leading real estate developers (to be named later). •Bank of Thailand officials•Mr. K I Woo, panel chair and editorial advisor, Asia Pacific Housing Journal.•

Contact Person: Mr. Surachai Fangchanda, GH Bank [email protected]

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Green Infrastructure and Buildings: Ensuring sustainability of Small and Medium Scale CitiesTime: 22 June, 16:00-17:30Place: Meeting Room E

Organized by: AIT

Open to: all

Outline: Although many of the small and medium scale cities today are not major resource users and polluters, these cities in developing countries follow the same unsustainable urban development pattern of big cities. Thus, proactive measures are needed to guide their urban development towards sustainability in the future.

This session will emphasize the proactive action needed to guide small and medium scale cities toward sustainable urban development. After three presentations focusing on Green Infrastructure, Sustainable Transport and Green Buildings, there will be a panel discussion by three invited experts that will be followed by an interactive discussion with the audience.

The three stakeholder group that will be represented in the discussion are academia, civil society and the business community. The output of this session will be the enhancement of acknowledgement among the participants regarding the importance of proactive measures to guide the development of small and medium cities towards sustainable urban development.

Speakers:

Need of Green Infrastructure and Buildings for Achieving Low Carbon •Societies in Asia: An Overview. Dr. Ranjith Perera, AIT

Transport Related Emissions and Mitigation Measures Appropriate for Small & •Medium Cities. Mr. Gamini Senanayake, AIT

Initiating the Development of Building Codes for Greener Cities •Dr. Naveed Anwar, AIT•

Contact person: Dr. Ranjith Perera, AIT, [email protected]

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Mayors’ Round Table on the MDGs Challenges and the Way ForwardTime: 22 June, 16:00-17:30Place: Meeting Room F

Jointly organized by: CITYNET, UCLG-ASPAC and UN Millennium Campaign

Open to: all, targeting national government officials, local government officials, international organizations, donor governmentsand municipal associations

Outline: According to the Annual UNDP Regional MDG Report for Asia Pacific 2010-2011 “Paths to 2015 – MDGs Priorities in Asia and the Pacific”, Asia-Pacific has made striking progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Despite these great strides, many cities are “off-track” or making slow progress. The Mayors’ Round Table will harness momentum, which is crucial considering that the 2015 deadline just around the corner. Organised by CITYNET, UCLG ASPAC and the UN Millennium Campaign, the session provides a forum for mayors and local government leaders to share challenges, develop strategies and practical ways forward.

Session Goals:review existing policies : what has worked/not worked?•identify key opportunities for rapid progress •an MDG’s regional roadmap up to 2015•a clear indication of the roles of city networks and internationalorganisations •and how they can can work hand in hand to support actions for achieving the MDGs.

Speakers: Mary Jane C. Ortega (Secretary General, CITYNET)•Krishna Prasad Jaishi (UCLG ASPAC Co-President/Spokesperson of ADDCN)•Minar Pimple (Regional Director, UN Millennium Campaign)•Methsiri De Silva (Mayor of Galle Municipality, Sri Lanka)•Hugua (Regent Mayor of Wakatobi Regency, Indonesia)•Dr. Premrudee Charmpoonod (Mayor of Phitsanulok Municipality,Thailand)•Linda Gonzales (Mayor of Ligao, Philippines)•Pablo C. Ortega (Mayor, San Fernando La Union, Philippines - Lead City of •CITYNET’s MDGs Cluster)

Contact person: Dr. Bernadia Tjandradewi, Programme Director, [email protected]

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Bazaar Sessions 3

A Business Case for Incorporating Sustainable and Inclusive Development Principles within Strategic Urban Infrastructure InvestmentsTime: 24 June, 11:20-12:50 Place: Meeting Room A

Organized by: CDIA

Open to: all, targeting National government officials, Local government officials, Project financiers

Outline: The session will be a moderated forum exchanging perspectives from panelists on the thematic area of identifying incentives leading to building a business case for incorporating sustainable and inclusive development principles within strategic urban infrastructure investments.

This looks to build upon discussions initiated in Shanghai at the CDIA conference on “Linking Cities to Finance” that focused on identifying ‘bottlenecks to financing’ and is seeking to examine how incentives can be structured and promoted (from different perspectives) that will encourage local policy-makers to take action to incorporate these aspects in project formulation.

Speakers:

Moderator: Emiel Wegelin, GIZ-CDIA Program Coordinator•Multilateral bank: Michael Lindfield, ADB•Bilateral development agency: confirmation pending•Local government association: confirmation pending•Private sector: confirmation pending•

Contact Person: Mr. David Villeneuve, Urban networking specialist, [email protected]

Urban Water and Sanitation in Asia and the PacificTime: 24 June, 11:20-12:50Place: Meeting room E

Organized by: UN-HABITAT

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Open to: all

Outline: Water in the Asia and Pacific region is a big multifaceted issue. There is scarcity, waste, pollution, inadequate service levels, increasing and competing demands to name a few. Causes are many as are water agencies. There are doable solution choices and needed urgency to give water higher priority in development plans and investment. In Asian Cities efficiency is the key to provide the water needs of their ballooning populations- choices to decrease water losses, manage demands, improve bankable utilities, and slash energy costs to reduce climate change impacts.

The region may achieve the MDG relating to water but not relating to Sanitation. The proposed session shall discuss mechanisms to make it doable and achievable in the next four years by discussing various options and share successful experiences from the region.

Speakers: Prof. Amitabh Kundu, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, Mr. Noupheuak Birabouth, Dr. Kulwant Singh, Mr. Ravi Narayanan

Contact person: Dr. Kulwant Singh, advisor UN-HABITAT, [email protected], [email protected]

New Community Finance Systems for Citywide Upgrading by the Urban PoorTime: 24 June, 11:20-12:50Place: Meeting Room F

Organized by: ACHR

Open to: all, targeting national government officials, local government officials, NGOs, community organizations, international organizations, donor governments, business community, academia, young professionals, press/journalists.

Outline: When urban poor groups play an active role in savings, surveying, planning, and working with city authorities, large-scale citywide upgrading becomes a possibility. This is happening in over 10 Asian countries and represents an important shift in the role of the urban poor in improving their land and housing situation. Underpinning this, new financial systems linking community savings into larger city and national development funds, allow upgrading to happen on a large scale. The emphasis is on flexible finance, giving community groups the freedom to plan, to implement and to use those funds to solve housing and land problems. This holistic approach to urban poverty develops community networks, and builds partnerships with local authorities, bringing change on a large scale.

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This session will highlight the work of different Asian community organizations and demonstrate the process of community-led financial management from the community level up to city and national levels, with the participation of community representatives.

Speakers:

Mr. Kitti Pipatpongphiboon, Chairman for National Housing Finance •Association of Thailand

Community representatives from Thailand, Sri Lanka, Philippines •Facilitated by Celine D’Cruz

Contact Person: Ms. Diane Archer, Project coordinator ACHR, [email protected]

Urban Health Matters: Towards an Integrated and Coordinated ApproachTime: 24 June, 11:20-12:50Place: Meeting Room G

Organized by: WHO (SEARO & WPRO)

Open to: all, targeting National government officials, Local government officials, NGOs, Community organizations, Donor governments, Business community, Academia, Young professionals, Press/journalists

Outline: Urban conditions are significant part of determinants of health of people living in cities. Urbanization grows rapidly where people migrated for social and economic purposes. Urban life-style however is not always healthy for majority of people, especially the poor. Urban development brings opportunities and challenges where skylines emerged along with crowded slums, uncontrollable flow of populations, and needs for pollution controls and waste management. People living in cities, close to modern technologies and medicine, however have no guarantees of access to health services because of their prices and other social and economic obstacles; no guarantee to clean and safe drinking water and sanitation; no guarantee to access to adequate and healthy diets, or physical activities since people focus their time on earning for living. To address health of urban population, one must think of city beyond a material environment and container for livelihood, but of the people living in it. Multi-sectoral interventions and coordination are important to ensure health of urban populations.

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Speakers:

Dr. Abdul Sattar Yoosuf (Assistant Regional Director of WHO South-East Asia •Regional Office) as Chair person of the session and speaker

Dr. Han Tieru (Director of Building Healthy Communities and Populations, •WHO Pacific Regional Office) as Co-chair of the session and speaker

Dr. Malinee Sukkavejworakij (Deputy Governor of Bangkok Metropolitan •Administration Office), as speaker

Dr. Siddharth Agarwal (Executive Director of Urban Health Resource Centre, •India), as speaker

Prof. Fu Hua (School of Public Health, Fu Dan University, Sanghai) as speaker•Contact Person: Dr. Khalilur Rahman, WHO Liaison Officer with ESCAP, [email protected]

Alternative Building Materials, Technologies and Designs to House the Urban PoorTime: 24 June, 11:20-12:50Place: Meeting Room H

Jointly organized by: HfHI, ESCAP, UNESCO

Open to: all, targeting National government officials, Local government officials, NGOs, Community organizations, International organizations, Donor governments, Business community, Academia

Outline: This break-out session, which is jointly organized by Habitat for Humanity International, ESCAP and UNESCO will discuss alternative building materials, technologies and shelter designs both in the contexts of local tangible and intangible heritage and their modern, sustainable applicability at mass scale. While particularly highlighting bamboo products and compressed earth and stabilized adobe blocks, the session will also discuss the overall qualities and potential of alternative materials and technologies as related to a) affordable housing and income generation for the poor, b) multi-hazard disaster-resilience and environmental impact over the life cycle, and c) reducing the general housing backlog in an environmentally sound manner across different income groups. The session will particularly ask how to increase incentives and overcome barriers to the mass-scale application of appropriate building materials, technologies and designs in the region.

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Speakers: Montira Horayangura Unakul, Culture Programme Officer, UNESCO Bangkok, Ms. Corinna Salzer, Master Student, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, Arch. Fernando Morales and Mr. Aruna Paul Simittrarachchi (Habitat for Humanity)

Contact person: Mr. Charlie Ayco, Director, Program Development and Support, Habitat for Humanity International (Asia Pacific Office) [email protected], Ms. Natalja Wehmer, Sustainable Urban Development Section, EDD-ESCAP [email protected]

Bazaar Sessions 4

Dialogue with Private Sector Representatives on Sustainable Urban Development: Moving from Vulnerability to Human DevelopmentTime: 24 June, 14:00-15:30Place: Meeting Room A

Organized by: Embassy of France in Thailand, UNDP Asia-Pacific Regional Centre, ESCAP and CITYNET

Open to: all, targeting representatives from the private sector, business associations, governments and other stakeholders

Outline: The private sector has two faces. “Business as usual” behaviour, contributing to green house gas emissions, threatens Asia-Pacific’s prospects for inclusive and sustainable urban development, especially for the poor and vulnerable. On the other hand, by developing innovative technologies and providing vital investment, the private sector is also part of the solution.

As Asia-Pacific drives the global economic recovery, how can we strengthen responsible corporate behaviour? Is business doing enough to balance short and long term threats and opportunities in the context of climate change? How can we balance incentives with regulation? Are current Public Private Partnerships and Corporate Social Responsibility frameworks adequate to meet urban challenges?

Existing development strategies often do not take into account the critical role of the private sector. This forum provides an opportunity to dialogue with industry leaders and to also inform the forthcoming Asia-Pacific Human Development Report on Climate Change, a flagship policy document from UNDP.

Speakers: Dr. Anuradha Rajivan, Team Leader, Human Development Report Unit /

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Poverty Reduction and MDGs practice, UNDP Asia-Pacific Regional Centre; Speaker from Embassy of France in Thailand or representative of Government of France.

Contact persons: Omar Siddique, Programme Specialist, Human Development Report Unit, UNDP APRC, [email protected], Diana Brandes - van Dorresteijn, Programme Specialist PPPSD, UNDP APRC, [email protected], Cecile Faraud, Regional Cooperation Policy Officer, Embassy of France in Thailand [email protected]

Housing Profiles and the Global Housing StrategyTime: 24 June, 14:00-15:30Place: Meeting Room E

Organized by: UN-HABITAT

Open to: all. Those interested in housing delivery systems and equal access to affordable housing will find the session extremely useful.

Outline: The main objective of the session is to discuss the future of housing in a planet of cities and stimulate a discussion about the need for a paradigm shift in housing policy and practice. UN-HABITAT has been mandated to initiate a local, national and global debate on a global housing strategy which amongst other things should trigger institutional and policy reforms that can change current trends of slum formation and informal urbanization in various parts of the world. UN-HABITAT’s experience with Housing Profiles in a number of countries helps to unfold critical bottlenecks hindering access to affordable and adequate housing by the different social groups of society. Participants of the session will develop skills and knowledge about the evolution of housing policies, get acquainted with the participatory action-oriented housing profile tool and develop an overview of the challenges facing national and global housing strategy.

Speakers:

Claudio Acioly jr, senior housing expert, Chief Housing Policy UN-HABITAT •Lowie Rosales, senior human settlements officer and Programme manager •for Vietnam, Nepal, Laos.

Contact person:

Claudio Acioly Jr., Chief, Housing Policy UN-HABITAT & Coordinator UN •Housing Rights Programme, [email protected]

Lowie Rosales, Human Settlements Officer & Programme Manager, UN-•HABITAT Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, [email protected]

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Human Security, Governance and Social Inclusion in Asian CitiesTime: 24 June, 14:00-15:30Place: Meeting Room F

Jointly organized by: UN-HABITAT, CITYNET, Huairou Commission, Seoul Foundation of Women and Family

Open to: all, targeting National government officials, Local government officials, NGOs, Community organizations, International organizations, Donor governments, Business community, Academia

Outline: Increasingly, insecurity and rising social exclusion continue to challenge the effective functioning of and the social wellbeing in cities. The innovative approach on urban safety which is being developed in Asia/Pacific focuses on reducing risk at community level, inclusive of crime and violence, disaster, flooding, fire, land conflict, etc. This offers an important lead into community organizing, participatory planning and strategies which prevent vulnerability and strengthen resilience. The Human Security, Governance and Social Inclusion in Asian Cities session will provide an opportunity to share experiences and lessons learnt in the region.

The roundtable session will result in the identification of priority areas for an integrated programmatic framework for the region which will include consolidating local and regional approaches to building human security, governance and inclusive cities, enhancing knowledge, identifying priority actions and implementation strategies.

Speakers: Mr• . Del de Guzman, Mayor of Marikina, Philippines

Ms. Maimunah Shariff, President of Seberang Prai municipality, Malaysia •Mr. Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Chief Executive Officer, Dhaka or Mr. Mahendra •Kumar Khamyahang, Executive Officer, Dhankuta, Nepal

Mr. Rajendra Vale, Deputy Municipal Commissioner, Mumbai, India•Ms. Aisa Tobing, Assistant to Governor/ Urban planner, Jakarta, Indonesia •(TBC)

Representative, Thai Government (TBC)•Ms. Sri Sofjan, Huairou Commission (or grassroots woman leader)•Jung Ja Kim, Chair of Seoul Foundation of Women and Family•

Moderated by: Mohamed Halfani, Chief, Urban Development Branch, UN-HABITAT Closing remarks, Ms. Mary Jane C. Ortega, Secretary General, CITYNET

Contact person: Ms Cecilia Andersson, Safer Cities Programme, UN-HABITAT [email protected], Ms. Bernadia Irawati Tjandradewi, Programme Director, CITYNET, [email protected]

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Build Lives, not just Infrastructure: Eco-Efficient and Inclusive Infrastructure

Time: 24 June, 14:00-15:30Place: Meeting Room G

Organized by: ESCAP

Open to: all, targeting city politicians, planners and officials responsible for urban infrastructure development

Outline: Deliver services to all people, reduce costs and environmental problemsApplied to infrastructure, the concept of Eco-efficiency is concerned with expanding the access to and quality of services, such as housing, mobility, energy, water and waste treatment, while reducing costs and environmental problems such as, inefficient energy use, pollution and traffic congestion.Win-win situation; learn how to achieve them

Participants will be introduced to the guidelines which explain how to develop a city for people in a cost effective and environmentally healthy way:

Lead, Design, Plan and Development strategies•Identify and prioritize policies with multiple benefits•Make the business case•Get inspired by good practices•Assess environmental, economic and social impacts•

Get inspired by examples from Singapore (water for all), Ulsan in the Republic of Korea (3R waste) and Rodriguez in the Philippines (pro-poor eco-settlement) and take home concrete ideas and tools to construct lives, not just infrastructure.

Speakers:Mr. Lorenzo Santucci, Environmental officer UN ESCAP•Mrs. Lai Choo Malone-Lee, Director Centre for sustainable cities, Singapore•Mr. Chanki Kwon, Senior Research Fellow, Ulsan Development Institute, •Republic of Korea

Mr. Cecilio Hernandez, mayor of Rodriguez, the Philippines•Mr. Carmelo Sta. Isabel, councillor of Rodriguez, the Philippines•Mrs. Ruby Papeleras, Luzon coordinator, Homeless Peoples Federation •Philippines, Inc. (HPFPI)

Contact person: Mr. Joris Oele, Project consultant, [email protected]

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Complex Urban Disasters – Are We Ready?Time: 24 June, 14:00-15:30Place: Meeting Room H

Jointly organized by: ESCAP, UN-HABITAT, CITYNET, ADPC, UNISDR

Open to: all, targeting practitioners in local and national government

Outline: How can cities better prepare for and manage risks arising out of multiple disasters, such as an earthquake followed by a tsunami, resulting in fires, chemical spills and nuclear power accidents?The magnitude 9.0 mega-earthquake and associated tsunamis which struck the northeastern coast of Japan on 11 March 2011 was a painful reminder that no city is ready enough to face complex disasters. Urban vulnerability to disasters is increasing rapidly across the world as a result of rapid urban population growth and migration, industry concentration, growth of slums and informal settlements, environmental degradation, poverty and inequality, placing vulnerable groups on higher risk areas of cities.

The objectives of the session are:Define the concept of ‘complex urban disaster management’•Identify challenges facing cities•Question the readiness of cities in Asia Pacific for complex urban disasters, •and call for a reassessment of the current plan for better preparedness.

Participants can expect an interactive session with engaging discussion on what natural disasters mean in an urban, complex environment, and some lessons for improving the status quo of cities.

Speakers:

Mr. Sadeque Hossain KhokaMayor of Dhaka City Corporation, Dhaka, •Bangladesh (tbc)

Prof. Rajib Shaw, University of Kyoto, Chair of Regional Task Focus on Urban •Risk Reduction (RTF-URR)

Mayor of Yokohama, Japan (tbc)•Mr Cheng Xiaotao, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower •Research, from Urban Flood Risk Project in Typhoon Committee

Srinivasa Popuri, Country Programme Manager, Myanmar, UN-HABITAT•

Contact Person: Ms. Mari Sawai, Associate Economic Affairs Officer, Disaster Risk Reduction, IDD, [email protected]

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Side Events

Community Practitioners’ PlatformTime: 22 June, 17:45-18:30Place: Meeting room A

Organized by: Huairou Commission

Open to: all

Outline: The Community Practitioners Platform for Resilience is a formal space for grassroots communities vulnerable to disasters and climate change to demonstrate and teach their practices while building alliances with policymakers in order to strategically impact policies and programs on disaster. The UN ISDR mandate to create the Community Practitioners Platform signifies an institutional recognition of importance of giving community based groups and grassroots women's organizations access to the decision making processes. In the short time that it has been operational the Community Practitioners Platform has been community leaders and grassroots women to share their practices with peers, link with institutional partners and directly represent their concerns at policy forums. This event will convene grassroots women leaders with partners who will discuss the challenges faced by grassroots women and how linkages, dialogue with partners nurtured by the Platform are empowering women to build more urban resilient communities.

Speakers:

Josephine Castillo, Organizer frrom Philippines •Sobina Lama from Lumanti Nepal •Grassroots leader from Makasar, Indonesia •Government Official leader from Makassar, Indonesia•

Closing remarks: Ms. Corazon Juliano Soliman, Secretary, Department of Social Welfare and Development, Govt of the Philippines (TBC)

Moderated by: Suranjana Gupta, Senior Policy Advisor & Community Resilience Expert, Huairou Commission-GROOTS

Contact person: Ms Sri Husnaini Sofjan, Huairou Commission; [email protected], Ms. Suranjana Gupta, Senior Policy Advisor & Community Resilience Expert, Huairou Commission-GROOTS; [email protected]

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Operationalizing the two sets of International Guidelines on Decentralization and Access to Basic Services

Time: 22 June, 17:45-18:30Place: Meeting room F

Jointly organized by: UN-HABITAT, Government of France

Open to: all

Outline: Presentation of key principles contained in the International Guidelines on Decentralization and Access to Basic Services, respectively adopted by UN Member States in 2007 and 2009, with the recommendation to adapt it to national contexts for coordinated implementation. France has spearheaded these initiatives jointly with UN-HABITAT within their policy on decentralized cooperation. Discussions on regional and national perspectives and road map in the Asian and Pacific Region, based on the handbook for supporting the adaptation process at country level and ongoing initiatives from partners. The copies of the guidelines will be made available.

Speaker: Jean-Yves Barcelo, Inter-regional Adviser, UN-HABITAT Geneva, [email protected], a representative from France

Contact Person: Jean-Yves Barcelo, Inter-regional Adviser, UN-HABITAT, [email protected], Ms Cecile Faraud, Regional Cooperation Policy Officer, Embassy of France in Thailand, [email protected]

Astana “Green Bridge” Initiative: Europe-Asia-Pacific Partnership Programme for Green Growth, Opportunities to bridge cities on Green GrowthTime: 22 June, 17:45-18:30Place: Meeting Room G

Organized by: GBO

Open to: all

Outline: The Astana Green Bridge Initiative aims to stimulate trans-regional cooperation through the green growth policy framework to enable the transition to a green economy, mainly by ensuring access to green technologies and developing framework mechanisms to stimulate their implementation in several key areas using a wide range of approaches.

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A draft document of the Europe-Asia-Pacific Partnership Programme (EAP PP) has been prepared by Kazakhstan to implement the Astana “Green Bridge” Initiative from 2011- 2020.

The overarching goal of the Partnership Program is to create the necessary conditions for a partnership between countries and sectors of the Europe and Asia-Pacific regions for achieving sustainable development through “green growth” policy tools to enable the green economy. This will involve the sharing of experiences and best-practices, technologies, and other resources through both new and enhanced networks at the intersectoral, national, regional, and interregional levels.

Speakers:Dr. Shavanova Lyudmila Vladimirovna, Deputy General Director of RSE “The •information-analytical centre of preservation of the environment” and Head of the “Green Bridge” Office

Dr. Aida Karazhanova, and Mr. Justin Alick, Consultants of Green Bridge •Office

ESCAP (TBC)•Contact person: Dr. Aida Karazhanova, consultant, Green Bridge Office, [email protected]

Handbook on Adaptation in CitiesTime: 22 June, 17:45-18:30Place: Meeting Room H

Organized by: the World Bank

Open to: all

Outline: The Handbook on Adaptation in Cities is a forthcoming knowledge product of the World Bank, produced through the World Bank – UNEP – UN-HABITAT Joint Work Program on Cities and Climate Change, supported by the Cities Alliance. The objective of the Handbook is to provide a practical guide on responding to the challenges of adaptation in cities, with the principal intended audience being mayors and other city officials in developing countries. The Handbook is global in scope, provides examples of good practices from cities around the world, and summarizes various available tools and resources. The extended author team includes contributors from ICLEI and MIT. The side event on the Handbook will feature key messages from the executive summary, and seek to engage potential users in discussions on how the Handbook can be used as part of adaptation actions in their cities.

Contact person: Marcus Lee, World Bank, [email protected]

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Associated Events

Regional seminar on Southeast Asia Emerging Cities and UrbanizationTime: Monday 20 and Tuesday 21 JunePlace: Vientiane, Lao PDR

Open to: all, targeting National government officials, Local government officials, experts and researchers, Academia, students, Young professionals, NGOs, Civil society groups, International organizations and media.


Outline: Given the diversity of urban dynamics in ASEAN countries, the Seminar aims to shed lights on some of the distinct characteristics of urbanization processes faced by emerging smaller and medium size cities in the sub-region, which provide new opportunities for integration into the regional economic system. Realising sustainable urbanization, that is ecologically balanced and economically productive with a view to promote inclusive cities by addressing prevailing “urban divide” for social equity, is a challenging task for these emerging cities.

Debate by a wide range of experts of urban stakeholders at all levels allows for effective knowledge sharing, including tools and best practices, that could inspire urban policies and their concrete implementation.

Four topics will be discussed: urban governance, urban land (tenure security, redistribution), environmental management (ecological footprint and resource management), urban heritage.

The two GA adopted international Guidelines on Decentralization and Access to Basic Services, will also be introduced to explore the implementation of the Guidelines at sub-regional level. The deliberations of the Seminar will also be shared at the sub-regional sessions during APUF.

Speakers: Representatives from the governments of Laos and France (national and local levels), urban specialists and researchers from France and ASEAN countries, experts from UN agencies.

Please check the complete list of speakers on APUF website related to associated events.

Contact person: Ms Cecile Faraud, Regional Cooperation Policy Officer, Embassy of France in Thailand, [email protected]

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Asia-Pacific Urban Poor ForumTime: Monday 20 and Tuesday 21 JunePlace: Conference Room 4

Organized by: ACHR

Open to: this workshop will be mainly joined by community representatives, but other groups are welcome to participate during APUF.

Outline: ACHR is a regional coalition supporting community organisations to be the main actors for change throughout Asia. ACHR actively facilitates community exchanges, supports advocacy and assists with the necessary resources for community-driven upgrading. Through the Asian Coalition for Community Action (ACCA) program, ACHR has supported citywide upgrading in around 120 Asian cities, and linked community organisations in these cities into networks for savings, surveying, and implementing housing and upgrading projects. In several countries, communities have formed networks from the city to the national levels, meeting regularly to share, learn and negotiate with the relevant organisations. The Urban Poor Forum is an opportunity for these Asian community networks to meet, exchange, and plan the role of urban poor communities as strong partners for city development in the region. As well as being an international community forum, the participants will participate in a discussion at the Ministerial Dialogue, as well as in APUF events.

Contact person: Ms Diane Archer, [email protected]

Inception Workshop of the ASEAN ESC Model Cities Programme Time: Tuesday 21 June, 8:30-16:30 Place: Meeting room H

Organized by: IGES, ESCAP, ASEAN Secretariat (tbc)

Participation: by special invitation

Outline: This is an internal preparatory meeting for the session 'Official Launch of ASEAN ESC Model Cities Programme’ held on the following day (22 June). The aim is evaluate proposals submitted by governments under the programme and discuss implementation issue, as well as also matters related to the organizing of the session 'Official Launch of ASEAN ESC Model Cities Programme’ on the subsequent day.

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Speakers:

Ms. Liana Bratasida (Chair, ASEAN Working Group on Environmentally •Sustainable Cities)

Dr. Raman Letchumanan (Head, Environment Division, ASEAN Secretariat)•Members of ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Environment•

Contact Person: Ms Shom Teoh, Associate Researcher, [email protected]

Internal Meeting on Gender and Field Operations in Asia-PacificDate: Monday 20 June and Tuesday 21 June, 8:30-17:30Place: Meeting room D

Jointly organized by: UN-HABITAT Gender Mainstreaming Unit and Regional Office for Asia-Pacific


Outline: This internal meeting aims to strengthen gender mainstreaming in UN-HABITAT normative and operational work through capacity development and provision of practical tools, methodologies and best practices. It responds to the demand by staff for practical tools that can illustrate how to mainstream gender in their focus areas. It builds on lessons learned in mainstreaming gender in field operations, particularly in post-conflict and post-disaster work, which constitutes more than 85 percent of technical cooperation work in Asia It will support implementation of ENOF, the Gender Equality Action Plan and the MTSIP at the regional and country levels.

Review of project portfolios and country level activities in Afghanistan, Myanmar, 1. Nepal and Pakistan where UN-Habitat has a variety of post-conflict and post-disaster projects.

Conduct gender gap analysis of operational tools and manuals used in the four 2. countries

Review existing gender policies and their implications to strengthening 3. operational activities within UN-Habitat

Craft the UN-Hbitat gender field manual with emphasis on the tools required to 4. increase capacities in gender mainstreaming and achieving gender equality in field operations

Contact persons: Ms. Lucia Kiwala, Chief, Gender Mainstreaming Unit , [email protected], Ms. Lowie Rosales, HSO, [email protected]

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Ministerial Dialogue on Citywide Upgrading in Asian CitiesTime: Tuesday 21 June and Wednesday 22 JunePlace: Wednesday afternoon: Conference Room 4

Organized by: ACHR, Community Organizations Development Institute, ESCAP


Outline: The Ministerial Dialogue on Citywide Upgrading targets Asian Ministers, policy-makers, mayors, community development workers and community leaders from countries which have demonstrated a willingness to address the housing problems of the urban poor.

It is hoped that the participants in this Ministerial Dialogue will have an opportunity to share their views directly with the Thai Prime Minister on the importance of supportive government policies. Thailand’s commitment to implement nationwide citywide slum upgrading in 250 cities, with urban poor communities and cities working together to build new partnerships for upgrading and housing development, provides an appropriate context to inspire the Ministers to discuss how such an approach can be applied throughout Asian countries, and become a regional agenda to be supported by national governments and regional development agencies. The Dialogue will include field visits to upgraded communities in Bangkok and an opportunity for meetings between the Ministers and community representatives from the Asia Pacific Urban Poor Forum.

Speakers: Prime Minister Abhisit Vejajjiva of Thailand (TBC)•Mr Issara Somchai, Minister for Social Development and Human Security•Ms Thipparat Nopaladarom, Director, CODI•Ms Somsook Boonyabancha, Board Member of CODI, Secretary of ACHR•

Contact person: Ms Pissinee, CODI, [email protected], Ms Diane Archer, [email protected]

Let’s Do It! World Cleanup 2012 ConferenceTime: Tuesday 21 June, 8:30-17:00Place: Meeting room E

Organized by: Let’s Do It! World

Participation: open to all, targeting National government officials, Local government officials, NGOs, Community organizations, International organizations

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Outline: The main purpose of our event is to spark up new initiatives. The existing cleanup experience will be shared through videos, talks and workshops so that new teams can form and start creating plans right away.The Let’s do it! model which has already proven to be successful in many different countries is simple, it needs only 2 things to make it work - a country troubled with illegal dumping and concerned people who decide to do something about it. From there on, it’s just three simple steps - mapping of the garbage, public communication and one day to come together and clean it all up!

Participants will learn how to organize a cleanup in their country – how to make plans, fundraise money, involve people. They will meet other organizers from different countries, learn more about different cleanup models and ways how to reach more people with the action.

Speakers: Ms. Birjo Must, Let’s Do It! World

Contact person: Ms. Birjo Must, World Cleanup 2012 Conference Responsible, [email protected]

LOGOTRI 7th General Council Meeting Time: Tuesday 21 June, 13:00–16:30 Place: Meeting room G

Organized by: LOGOTRI


Outline: The General Council Meeting (GCM) is an annual gathering of all LOGOTRI Asia Pacific member institutes to discuss programs and activities of the Network. The General Council also decides on policies, review and appraise activities of the Network and its annual work performance and finances. This year’s General Council Meeting aims to develop and approve the LOGOTRI work plan, discuss and assess previous programs and hold the elections.

Speakers:

Dr. Vinay Lall, Director-General, Society for Development Studies (SDS- India) •and President, LOGOTRI

Dir. Marivel Sacendoncillo, Executive Director, Local Government Academy •(LGA-Philippines), Lead Coordinator, LOGOTRI Secretariat

Contact Person: Ms. Marivel Sacendoncillo, Lead Coordinator and Ms. Jean de Pano, Coordinator, LOGOTRI Secretariat, [email protected]

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Field Visits

Field Visit to Baan Mankong Upgraded Communities, BangkokTime: Saturday 25 June, 09:00–13:00Place: Vans will pick up participants from designated hotel lobbies

Organized by: Community Organizations Development Institute

Open to: all

Outline: Since 2003, Thailand has been implementing a national slum upgrading program, known as Baan Mankong (secure housing), in cities around the country. This program has led to upgraded housing conditions for over 90,000 households around Thailand, and has strengthened communities in the process. Baan Mankong relies on community-driven processes, starting with the formation of community savings groups as a way of organizing communities. They have to negotiate for secure tenure, or find new land to relocate to, and can obtain a low-interest loan from the government, through the Community Organisations Development Institute (CODI). Communities form city-level networks to better work with local authorities and other stakeholders, and achieve upgrading on a city-wide scale.

This field trip will be an opportunity to visit two housing projects by community people, and to discuss directly with local community organisations about their experience of the participatory upgrading process.

Contact person: Ms Pissinee, CODI, [email protected]

Practical information: Please sign up through the participation confirmation form for APUF-5 or at the APUF-5 registration desk in the UNCC. Number of participants is limited to 30, and registration is done on a first come, first serve basis.

Field Visit to Centre of Excellence in Water Management, Lopburi Time: Saturday 25 June, 7:00–14:00Place: Vans will pick up participants from designated hotel lobbie

Organized by: Society for Preservation of Water, UN-HABITAT

Open to: all

Outline: Society for Preservation of Water (SPW) is promoting Human Values-based

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Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Education (HVWSHE) in schools in partnership with UN-HABITAT. It has established a Centre of Excellence in Water Management in Lopburi, Thailand. It has a dedicated classroom for water and sanitation for experiential learning by the students, which has been targetted at different levels. SPW also organises large number of capacity building programmes in water, sanitation and hygiene education for professionals of various countries in the region.

Participants shall learn the new approach of HVWSHE in schools so as to promote values-based water, sanitation and hygiene education in their cities and countries. HVWSHE is an innovative approach that not only seeks to impart information on water, sanitation, hygiene and the global issues concerning water, but also inspires and motivates learners to change their behaviour with a view to promote wise and sustainable use of water.

Contact person: Dr. Kulwant Singh, UN-HABITAT, [email protected]

Practical information: Please sign up through the participation confirmation form for APUF-5 or at the APUF-5 registration desk at the UNCC. Registration is done on a first come, first serve basis. Vans will pick up participants from designated hotel lobbies.

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APUF-5 ORGANIZER

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) is the regional development arm of the United Nations for the Asia-Pacific region. With a membership of 62 Governments, 58 of which are in the region, and a geographical scope that stretches from Turkey in the west to the Pacific island nation of Kiribati in the east, and from the Russian Federation in the north to New Zealand in the south, ESCAP is the most comprehensive of the United Nations five regional commissions. It is also the largest United Nations body serving the Asia-Pacific region with over 600 staff.

Established in 1947 with its headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, ESCAP seeks to overcome some of the region’s greatest challenges. It carries out work in the following areas: Macroeconomic Policy and Development, Statistics, Subregional activities for development, Trade and Investment, Transport, Environment and sustainable development, Information and Communications Technology and Disaster Risk Reduction and Social Development.

ESCAP focuses on issues that are most effectively addressed through regional cooperation, including:

Issues that all or a group of countries in the region face, for which it is necessary to •learn from each other;

Issues that benefit from regional or multi-country involvement; •Issues that are transboundary in nature, or that would benefit from collaborative •inter-country approaches;

Issues that are of a sensitive or emerging nature and require further advocacy and •negotiation.

The delivery of ESCAP’s programmes is supported by the regional institutions and the subregional offices.

Within ESCAP, the Sustainable Urban Development Section of the Environment and Development Division aims to serve as the regional hub of rich and diverse ideas, policy options, practices and south-south cooperation to achieve inclusive and sustainable development of urban areas in Asia and the Pacific.

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APUF-5 Supporters

France

French Ministry of European and Foreign Affairs

Urban governance figures among the French international action priorities, as it has been demonstrated in the French Cooperation Guidelines in support of urban governance published in 2009.

Bringing together the many actors involved in this field, the French Partnership for the city and territories mobilizes and coordinates the French expertise to present a common vision and a common assessment abroad, as it was the case at the 5th World Urban Forum in Rio de Janeiro (23-23 Mar. 2010) during which UN Habitat gave to France the lead for the implementation of guidelines on decentralization and access to basic services.

The French regional cooperation recognizes Southeast Asia as an excellent observation laboratory regarding urban issues. Their rapid growth, often uncontrolled, presents major challenges for social cohesion and spatial segregation, access to essential services and tenure. In addition to these sources of tensions, cities are exposed to greater risks generated by environmental degradation and recurrent natural hazards in the region. These issues enhance the relevance of urban policy issues, the necessity for developing specific planning tools for adaptation and mitigation, strengthening of local authorities and concerted participation and solidarity of all actors involved.

Therefore, relaying the official guidelines of the Ministry of European and Foreign Affaires via the network of the French

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embassies within the ASEAN countries, a cycle of regional seminars dedicated to urban issues has been initiated in 2010, in close partnership with national governments, French research institutes in the region, UN-Habitat and other relevant UN agencies.

The cycle began with the regional conference Southeast Asia Metropolises & Urbanization: Challenges and Tools in the Context of Climate Change that has been held in Jakarta on October 19 and 20 2010. In 2011, activities are associated to the 5th Regional Urban Forum (APUF-5), with for instance the organization of the regional seminar Emerging cities and Urbanization in Southeast Asia: tools for challenges and opportunities that will be held in Vientiane – Laos PDR, on June 20 and 21.

The Rockefeller Foundation (RF)

The Rockefeller Foundation supports work that expands opportunity and strengthens resilience to social, economic, health and environmental challenges—affirming its pioneering philanthropic mission since 1913 to promote the well-being of humanity. From its earliest years, the Foundation worked in Asia and it continues to do so today. To achieve our goal of the well-being of humanity through smart globalization, the Rockefeller Foundation funds a portfolio of interventions that link and interlink to achieve meaningful and measurable impact.

All our initiatives draw on the Foundation’s commitment to nurture innovation, pioneer new fields, expand access to and distribution of resources, empower beneficiaries to cultivate and spread progress in their countries, and, ultimately, generate sustainable impact on individuals, institutions, and communities.

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United Nations Agencies

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United Nations Development Programme, Asia-Pacific Regional Centre (UNDP)

UNDP is the UN’s global network to help people meet their development needs and build a better life. UNDP is on the ground in 166 countries, working as a trusted partner with governments, civil society and the private sector to help them build their own solutions to the challenges of Poverty Reduction, Democratic Governance, Crisis Prevention and Recovery, Environment and Energy and HIV/AIDS. UNDP’s network links and coordinates global and national efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. UNDP Asia-Pacific Regional Centre (APRC) provides policy expertise and advisory services to 24 UNDP Country Offices covering 37 countries in the region. APRC acts as a hub of development knowledge, an advocate for equitable human development and inclusive growth, a promoter of South-South cooperation, a facilitator of regional dialogues on sensitive and emerging development issues, a pioneer of innovative sustainable solutions and a broker of efficient development aid.

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

UNEP is the voice for the environment within the United Nations systems. UNEP’s mission is to be the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, that promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United nations system and that serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment.

Under UNEP’s six cross-cutting thematic priorities, UNEP’s objectives are to strengthen the ability of countries to integrate climate change responses into national development processes, minimize environmental threats to human well-being from conflicts and disasters, ensure that countries utilize the ecosystem approach to enhance human well-being, strengthen environmental governance at country,

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regional and global levels to address agreed environmental priorities, minimize the impact of harmful substances and hazardous waste on the environment and human beings, and ensure that natural resources are produced, processed and consumed in a more environmentally sustainable way.

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

UNESCO was established in 1946 to contribute to world peace and development by focusing on education, science, culture, and communication and information. Since 1961, UNESCO Bangkok, as Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education and Cluster Office for six countries: Thailand, Myanmar, Lao PDR, Singapore, Cambodia and Viet Nam, promotes peace and human development through education, sciences, culture, communication and information.

The diversity of the Asia-Pacific region, along with globalization and the dynamism and rapid evolution of the region bear great challenges for governments and societies. Closely with governments, National Commissions and other governmental and non-governmental partners, UNESCO Bangkok works on making development sustainable and profitable for everyone in a culture of peace and human rights.

UNESCO Bangkok covers all UNESCO mandates: education, sciences, culture, communication and information. It is responsible for the implementation of related programmes in the “Mekong” countries - directly in Thailand, Myanmar, Lao PDR, and Singapore, and indirectly in support of UNESCO country Offices in Hanoi and Phnom Penh.

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United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)

The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-HABITAT, is the United Nations agency for human settlements. Established in 1977 with headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, UN-HABITAT maintains operations in 87 countries through regional offices (Japan, Brazil, and Kenya).

It is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all, outlined in the Habitat Agenda adopted in Istanbul and Resolution 56/206.

The Regional Office for Asia-Pacific (ROAP) based in Fukuoka, Japan, manages 86 operational projects in 19 countries, with the current portfolio of US$ 259 millions, by providing technical assistance in the area of human settlements, including post-disaster and post-conflict recovery, slum upgrading, water and sanitation, climate change and cities, and risk reduction. ROAP recently opened its branch Office in Bangkok. The agency works with Habitat Agenda Partners, particularly national and local authorities.

United Nations Children’s Fund, East Asia and Pacific Regional Office (UNICEF)

The promotion and safeguarding of children’s rights is at the centre of UNICEF’s mandate. With programmes in young child survival and development, basic education and gender, HIV/AIDs, child protection and social policy, UNICEF’s work aims to advance and strengthen partnerships with local authorities and municipalities to ensure a systematic response to the needs of all children, especially those in underserved urban areas. A main component of UNICEF’s work is the Child Friendly Cities Initiative which aims to guide cities and other systems of local governance in the inclusion of children’s rights as a key component of policies, programmes and structures. Through various approaches, the Child Friendly Cities Initiative helps ensure that rights form the core of planning processes and

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that children have a say in all issues and decision-making processes affecting them. For examples of initiatives in which CFCI has been and is being implemented, please visit www.childfriendlycities.org.

United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, Asia Pacific Secretariat (UNISDR)

UNISDR is the secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR). It was created in December 1999 and is part of the UN Secretariat with the purpose of ensuring the implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction.

UNISDR’s mandate is to serve as the focal point in the United Nations system for the coordination of disaster reduction and to ensure synergies among disaster reduction activities.

The UN Millennium Campaign (UNMC)

The UN Millennium Campaign is an inter-agency initiative established by the former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in 2002, which encourages and supports citizens’ efforts to hold their governments to account for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It serves as the main campaigning and advocacy unit of the UN system on the MDGs. The purpose and mandate of the Millennium Campaign is to work with a wide range of partners beyond the UN – civil society organizations, media, youth groups, parliamentarians, central and local governments, and private sector – to build awareness and foster a movement to promote and sustain actions at the national and global levels to bring tangible benefits to poor people and for the realisation of the MDGs. The Millennium Campaign works in selected countries in Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America. In Asia, present focus countries are India and the Philippines.

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UN Women

The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) was created on 2 July 2010 by the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 64/289 and started its operations on 1 January 2011. UN Women consolidates the mandates and functions of the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, the Division of the Advancement of Women, the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women and the United Nations Development Fund for Women. UN Women has the added role of leading, coordinating and promoting the accountability of the UN system in its work on gender equality and the empowerment of women. UN Women’s work focuses on five priority areas:

Increasing women’s leadership and participation;•Ending violence against women and girls;•Engaging women in all aspects of peace and security •processes;

Enhancing women’s economic empowerment;•Making gender equality central to national development •planning and budgeting.

World Health Organization (WHO)

WHO plays major role on health issues of urban population in areas of disease control, health services, health system and health promotion. Urbanization is considered as a social determinant of health. On the World Health Day 2010, WHO marked the importantance of impact of urban development on health as an urgent public health concern particularly to the poor. Rapid urbanization brings both challenges and opportunities. The urban poor face illnesses and premature death from preventable diseases due to lack of safe drinking water, sanitation, health facilities, safety, security and health information. Multi-sectoral partnerships

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are required to address health issues emerging from complex socio-economic dynamics in urban areas. WHO recently organized the Regional Consultation on Health of the Urban Poor in South-East Asia in October 2010, Mumbai, India where countries experiences were shared. Urbanization and health is one of the WHO-SEARO flagship programs under the Department of Sustainable Development and Healthy Environments.

The World Bank

The World Bank provides financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. The Bank strives for lasting results for people and their environment by providing resources, sharing knowledge, building capacity and forging partnerships in the public and private sectors. In 2009, the Bank launched a new Urban and Local Government Strategy that reshapes the way we think about urban growth in developing countries. One of the Strategy’s five business lines, “Promoting a safe and sustainable urban environment”, underpins an active and innovative World Bank program on urban environment, climate change, and disaster management. It advocates a focus on urban form and design to achieve efficiency gains, reduce a city’s greenhouse gas emissions, and take advantage of the co-benefits of climate change mitigation and adaptation, while ensuring a continued focus on basic service delivery and the urban poor.

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Regional Networks, Institutions and Programmes

Asian Coalition for Housing Rights (ACHR)

ACHR is an action-oriented coalition of grassroots groups, NGOs and professionals in Asia. ACHR works on supporting housing rights, community-driven citywide upgrading, participatory city development processes, and community-managed disaster rehabilitation, around Asia. ACHR’s approach is to tackle problems of urban poverty at a city-wide level, with the poor people themselves as the key actors, assisted by local authorities, NGOs and professionals. ACHR supports community actions by:

Promoting community savings and credit, and seeding •community development funds (CDFs);

Promoting slum upgrading at a city-wide scale, by •providing funds for small and big upgrading projects, in the Asian Coalition for Community Action (ACCA) program, now in over 120 cities in 15 Asian countries;

Providing technical assistance from community •architects;

Organising community exchange visits on a national •and regional level;

Supporting people-driven disaster rehabilitation;•Supporting research on the drivers of change in •Asian cities, and information dissemination through publications, newsletters and video.

Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC)

ADPC is a leading regional resource center working towards the realization of disaster reduction for safer communities and sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific. Established in 1986, ADPC is a non-profit organization supporting the advancement of safer communities and sustainable development, by:

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Developing and enhancing sustainable institutional •disaster risk management capacities, frameworks and mechanisms, and supporting the development and implementation of government policies;

Facilitating the dissemination and exchange of •disaster risk management expertise, experience and information; and

Raising awareness and enhancing disaster risk •management knowledge and skills.

Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)

Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) promotes technological change and sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific region through higher education, research and outreach. Established in Bangkok in 1959, AIT is a leading regional postgraduate institution and is actively working with public and private sector partners throughout the region and with some of the top universities in the world.

AIT has completed over 800 research and consulting projects to a total value of 2.4 Billion Baht. The schools and Centers of AIT extend consulting services in each of their own areas of knowledge and expertise. AIT extends its consulting and research services to fulfill its professional and societal responsibilities related to sustainable development and green growth. Most of the projects conducted by AIT are in the Asian region.

The top disciplines based on the academic scope and outreach scope are: Environment/ Climate/ Environmental Technology, Wetlands, Management, Energy and Waste Management. While AIT has an urban specific academic discipline called Urban Environmental Management (UEM), many other academic disciplines are directly or indirectly related to the development in the urban sector.

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Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA)

CDIA is a regional initiative established in 2007 by the Asian Development Bank and the Government of Germany, with additional support of the governments of Sweden, Austria and Shanghai People’s Municipal Government (SMG) The Initiative provides assistance to medium-sized Asian cities to bridge the gap between their development plans and the implementation of their infrastructure investments. CDIA uses a demand driven approach to support the identification and development of urban investment projects in the framework of existing city development plans that emphasize environmental sustainability, pro-poor development, good governance, and climate change.

Citynet

For over 20 years, CITYNET has helped local governments across the Asia-Pacific improve the sustainability of their cities. As an international organisation connecting thousands of local governments and stakeholders, CITYNET is a unique focal point of partnerships and a hub to exchange expertise and experience across the region and the world. CITYNET believes that together we can work toward people-friendly cities. CITYNET does this by working alongside a wide range of urban stakeholders and helps cities to provide better services to citizens with the commitment to capacity building at the local level.

CITYNET fosters close partnerships with the United Nations and other bi- and multilateral organisations and agencies. In 1995, CITYNET was granted consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) at the United Nations.

In 2002 CITYNET was recognised by UN-HABITAT with the Scroll of Honour for its role in in facilitating city-to-city cooperation and networking in Asia.

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Green Bridge Office (GBO)

The Green Bridge Office (GBO) has been established by the Government of Kazakhstan at the national level. The Office facilitates regional dialogue, identifies priorities, strategies and policies for sustainable development, in preparation for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), to be held in May 2012, in Brazil. The GBO, in partnership with ESCAP and ECE, is responsible for:

Development of the Operational Mechanism (OM) of •the Europe-Asia-Pacific Partnership Programme (EAP PP) on Green Growth for the Astana “Green Bridge” Initiative;

Liaising with, establishing, and maintaining partnerships •between donors, recipients, partners, and the wider community on behalf of the OM;

Recognizing donors, providing project updates, and •disseminating information through a variety of media to the wider community on behalf of the EAP PP;

Conducting initial assessments of project proposals •and forwarding them with recommendations onto the International Coordination Council of the Operational Mechanism for formal assessment or the final approval;

Undertaking research and M&E for the OM as well as •donors, recipients, and partners;

Providing technical and capacity building support for •grants and investment projects;

Facilitating and sourcing national and international •expertise for projects;

General maintenance and support for the EAP PP not •already specified.

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LOGOTRI

LOGOTRI stands for the Network of Local Government Training and Research Institutes in Asia and the Pacific. Its members are composed of governmental, autonomous and private sector institutions and organizations involved primarily in local government training and research. LOGOTRI is a non-profit making international association established by the UNESCAP in 1999 to help improve public service delivery in the Region.

LOGOTRI focuses on building capacities of the local government training and research institutes in Asia and the Pacific to help them provide sound technical and managerial training and undertake researches that could local governments to be effective and efficient to meet the needs and aspirations of its people.

To achieve its objectives, the Network organizes advisory services, training workshops, study tours, research studies, documentation and information and staff exchanges. Most of its activities are undertaken on the basis of “technical cooperation among developing countries.”

United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG-ASPAC)

United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) is the peak International Local Government organisation dedicated to promoting the values, objectives and interests of cities, municipalities and all local governments across the globe. UCLG is the global voice of cities and the main local government partner of the United Nations.

United Cities and Local Governments Asia Pacific (UCLG ASPAC), the regional section of UCLG, is based in Jakarta, Indonesia. The organisation is the key knowledge management hub on local government issues in the region. The Asia and Pacific region is the biggest of the eight sections in UCLG with linkages to more than 7.000 local governments. It represents well over 3.76 billion people - more than half of the world population - and incorporates economically fast developing countries such as China, India and Indonesia.

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Bilateral Organizations

CityScapes Blog (Goethe Institut)

Dive deep into the underbelly of Auckland, Bangkok, Berlin, Hanoi, Istanbul, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Prague, Saigon, Singapore, and Sydney. What do you find? Different geography, different cultures, yet similar concerns and challenges.

12 cities•12 themes•12 months•36 artists•

Cityscapes is an online platform of diverse, fascinating and vibrant tales and images by young artists eager to express their views about their cities.

The kaleidoscope of impressions, opinions and ideas has embedded itself in an ever widening network of online media and cultural happenings. Now CityScapes has had the possibility to transform itself into a physical multimedia exhibition as well.

The Goethe-Institut invites you to take a journey around the CityScapes Blog. We promise it will leave you entertained, inspired, amused, fascinated, surprised… and some of the entries may simply put a smile on your face. www.blog.goethe.de/cityscapes

German Technical Cooperation (GIZ)

The Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP) Asia is a partnership between the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), CITYNET and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP). It aims to help developing world cities achieve their sustainable transport goals, through the

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dissemination of information about international experience, policy advice, training and capacity building and targeted work on sustainable transport projects within cities.

International Non-Governmental Organizations

Habitat for Humanity International (HfHI)

Habitat for Humanity International is a global non-government organization that welcomes to its work all people dedicated to the cause of eliminating poverty housing. Since its founding in 1976, Habitat has built, rehabilitated, repaired or improved more than 400,000 houses worldwide, providing simple, decent and affordable shelter for more than 2 million people.

Habitat for Humanity’s work involves more than building new single and multi-family dwellings. Habitat “housing solutions” include rehabilitating or repairing homes, as well as incremental building – upgrading a floor or adding a new roof until a family can afford more. As Habitat seeks to meet housing needs around the globe, the organization has become active in rebuilding following disasters, housing microfinance, advocacy, weather proofing, disaster mitigation and preparedness, technical training, environmentally-sustainable and low-cost construction technologies, and water and sanitation projects. For more information, or to donate or volunteer, visit habitat.org/asiapacific.

Huairou Commission

The Huairou Commission is a global membership and partnership coalition that empowers grassroots women’s organizations to enhance their community development practice and to exercise collective political power at the global level.

Driven by grassroots women’s organizations from around the world, the members and partners of the Huairou Commission believe it is in the best interest of local communities and

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the global development field for grassroots women leaders to expand their participation and leadership in community development work on the issues that affect their daily lives. Huairou Commission members and partners believe grassroots women’s participation in local to global decision-making is a reliable route to achieving gender equitable, pro-poor policies and investments.

The Huairou Commission is structured as a global membership coalition of women’s networks, non-governmental and grassroots women’s organizations in 54 countries. HC has institutional and individual partners who share our political vision and commit to concrete, ongoing work with the Huairou Commission, leveraging and sharing their credibility, information and resources to advance grassroots women’s position and priorities. HC establishes and models transformative partnerships between grassroots women and professionals. The majority of the Huairou Commission’s work takes place through four campaigns: AIDS, Community Resilience, Governance and Land & Housing.

ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability

ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability is an association of over 1220 local government Members who are committed to sustainable development. Our Members come from 70 different countries. ICLEI is an international association dedicated to building and serving a worldwide movement of active and committed local governments to achieve tangible improvements in global sustainability with special focus on environmental conditions through cumulative local actions. As a movement, we develop and run a broad range of campaigns and programs that address local sustainability while protecting global common goods and link local actions to internationally agreed goals and targets. Also, we provide technical consulting, training, information services to build capacity, share knowledge and support local government in the implementation of sustainable development at the local level. Our basic premise is that locally designed initiatives can provide an effective and cost-efficient way to achieve local, national, and global sustainability objectives.

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Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)

IGES Kitakyushu Urban Centre (KUC) produces cross-cutting research on sustainable urban development, covering critical sectors such as waste management, sanitation, pollution control and transportation. We specialize in research on the transfer of low-carbon city development policies and practices between Japan and Asian countries. Working closely with Kitakyushu City and Kitakyushu International Techno-cooperative Association (KITA), KUC manages the Kitakyushu Initiative inter-city network to facilitate the dissemination and replication of good urban environmental practices in the Asian region. Our research is enhanced by our close links with local and central governments, ASEAN and international organizations working on the sustainable city agenda, through our secretarial duties for the High Level Seminar on Environmentally Sustainable Cities, under the framework of the East Asia Summit Environment Ministers Meeting, as well as the ASEAN ESC Model Cities Programme.

Let’s Do It! World

Let’s do it! World is a civic movement, with ambition to invite 300 million volunteers to clean up all of the illegal garbage in 2012. The movement started in 2008 in the little Nordic country of Estonia where 50 000 people came together to clean all the country of illegal garbage in just one day! These people lifted together 10 000 tons of garbage in 5 hours and made the roadsides, forests and towns clean again. Since then, the movement has been spreading to Latvia, Lithuania, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, India, Brazil, Macedonia, Finland, Ukraine, Moldova and many more countries. 1,5 Million people have already participated in cleanup days in different countries - initiated and carried out by people like me and you.

We are joining the hands of 300 million volunteers all over the world to clean up 100 million tons of garbage in 2012! Have a look here: www.youtube.org/letsdoitworld.

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Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO)

Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO) is a global research-policy network that seeks to improve the status of the working poor, especially women, in the informal economy. It does so by highlighting the size, composition, characteristics, and contribution of the informal economy through improved statistics and research; by helping to strengthen member-based organizations informal workers; and by promoting policy dialogues and processes that include representatives of informal worker organizations. The common motivation for those who join the network is the relative lack of recognition, understanding, and support for the working poor in the informal economy, especially women, by policy makers, economic planners, and the international development community.

Country level organizations

Community Organizations Development Institute

Community Organizations Development Institute (CODI) is a public organization under the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security. It was established in 2000 by the integration of the Urban Community Development Office (UCDO) and Office of the Rural Development Fund of the National Economic and Social Development Board. Upon its inception, CODI was granted a capital fund of $85 million (USD.)

CODI’s mission is to strengthen community organizations and the civil society by coordinating power from all sectors. It works to support and assist community organizations in improving standard of living, income earning, housing and welfare of community members and to provide financial support to these organizations for such purposes. Some of the major projects known throughout the country are Bann Mankong Housing Program, Community Master Plan, Community Welfare, Community Organizations Council, etc.

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As a public organization, CODI is a government agency which is governed by Board of Directors, reporting directly to Minister of Social Development and Human Security. CODI Board comprises of 11 members from government offices, community leaders and experts. The Boards assume responsibility in formulating policy and monitoring CODI’s work and activities. While in each region, CODI has Regional Sub-committee to assist in managing and overseeing programs/projects conducted by community organizations.

Government Housing Bank, Thailand (GHB)

The Government Housing Bank, Thailand, 100 per cent owned by Thailand’s Ministry of Finance has been operating successfully for 57 years. It is Thailand’s largest individual mortgage lender with total assets of Bt685 billion ($US22.8 billion) and mortgage loans outstanding of Bt546 billion ($US18.2 billion).

Seoul Foundation of Women and Family (SFWF)

Since its establishment in 2002, Seoul Foundation of Women and Family has been committed in achieving its mission to promote women’s participation in society and a culture of gender equality. Recognizing the fast-paced changes, SFWF has outreach projects for women, family, childcare and adolescents. SFWF’s major activities includes ‘Development of women and family policies of the Seoul Metropolitan Government, Education for gender sensitivity and women empowerment, building a network with domestic /international organizations, supporting NGO activities and promoting women’s culture and art. SFWF also takes a role as a think tank in the Women Friendly City (WFC) Project of Seoul Metropolitan Government. Since 2007 Seoul has been implementing the WFC project in order to transform the city into a place where all women and families could enjoy great happiness. As a unique local policy, WFC project aims to incorporate women’s perspectives and experiences into a broad range of city planning areas to rid of the inconveniences and frustrations of everyday lives of Seoul.

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GENERAL INFORMATION FOR PARTICIPANTS

Registration

All participants are requested to register and obtain meeting badges at the registration counter upon their arrival at the UNCC, before going to the conference rooms. The registration counter is located on the ground floor of the UNCC. Only the names of duly pre-registered participants will be included in the list of participants.

For identification and security reasons, participants are requested to wear their meeting badges at all times during meetings and social functions in the United Nations complex. The loss of a meeting badge should be reported to the Conference Management Unit located on the ground floor of UNCC behind the registration counter, so that a new one can be issued immediately.

To pre-register, self-financed participants are kindly requested to register online at www.unescap.org/apuf-5 well in advance, but no later than June 1st, 2011, to facilitate smooth coordination of the issuance of name badges and compilation of the list of participants. Prior online registration is mandatory in line with the standard United Nations security procedures to facilitate security clearance.

Participants whose attendance is sponsored by ESCAP or an official APUF-5 partner are not required to register online. Their registration will be handled by the sponsoring partner.

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APUF-5 Secretariat Office

The office of the APUF-5 organization is located on the Second Floor, Executive Office Suite, and can be reached by extension 2397. The office of the organizers of the Asia-Pacific Urban Poor Forum can be found on the First Floor, OEO-1, next to Meeting Room H. OEO-1 can be contacted at extension number 1967 or 2344.

Banking Facilities

Banking services are available at the Siam Commercial Bank, United Nations Branch, located on the first floor of the Service Building, from 08:30 to 15:30 hours (telephone extensions 2168 and 2169). An ATM is available on the ground floor of the UNCC.

Catering Services

Coffee and tea will be served free of charge during coffee breaks. Participants are expected to pay for their own lunch. The UN Cafeteria, located on UNCC First Floor, serves lunch from 11:00 to 14:00 hours. The Rajapruek Lounge, located on the UNCC Ground Floor, is open from 07:00 to 17:00 hours on Monday through Thursday, and from 07:00 to 19:00 hours on Friday. The Thai canteen on the ground floor of the Service Building is open from 07:00 to 13:00 hours. In addition, a Coffee Corner serving sandwiches, pastries, coffee/tea and soft drinks, located on UNCC First Floor, is open from 07:00 to 17:00 hours.

Internet services

Eight PCs with high-speed Internet connection are available in the UNCC Internet Café on the First Floor, for the use of participants free of charge. In addition, free wireless internet access is also available in all conference and meeting rooms and public areas of the UNCC.

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Library Facilities

ESCAP Library facilities are available on the first floor, Service Building from 07:30 to 16:00 hours. For details on the use of the ESCAP Library facilities, please consult the staff on duty at the Library or call extensions 1330 and 1360. Further information about the ESCAP Library can be found at www.unescap.org/unis/library.

Photocopying Facilities

On the First Floor of UNCC, next to the elevators, photocopying facilities are available.

Rate charges:

Photocopy A4 1 baht/pagePrint A4 5 baht/pageScan to PC 10 baht/pageCopy or burn CD 50 baht

Postal Services

Postal services are available from 08:00 to 16:00 hours at the Post Office, United Nations Branch, located on the ground floor of UNCC. The Post Office can be contacted at extensions 1260 and 2114.

Souvenir Shop

The souvenir shop is located on the first floor of UNCC.

Travel Agent

American Express Travel office is located on the first floor, Service Building, next to the Siam Commercial Bank, and is open from 08:00 to 16:30 hours. The AMEX office can be contacted at extensions 2820, 2821, 2822, 2823 and 2824.

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Important phone numbers

ESCAP:

Emergency •0-2288-1100 (mobile: 081-8078471)

Security Control Centre •0-2288-1102 or 0-2288-1113

APUF-5 organization: • 0-2288-2397

Thai Emergency numbers:

Ambulance 66•Police 66•Fire 191•Tourist police 1155•

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Thursday Friday

Coffee Break


Closing Session

Panel Discussion: Catalyzing Movements for Change: Civic

Engagement and Action in the Twenty-first Century

16:00 - 17:00

14:00 - 15:00Launch of the SoACR

Lunch

Transport to FCCT

Sub-regional Focus Groups (continued)

Coffee Break

08:00 - 09:00

09:00 - 10:00

10:00 - 11:00

11:00 - 12:00

12:00 - 13:00

13:00 - 14:00

Urban Documentary Night & Buffet

Welcome reception

Exhibition Visit Side Events

Panel Discussion: Financing and Governance Approaches as Key Drivers

for Change

17:00 - 18:00

18:00 - 19:00

19:00 - 20:00

20:00 - 21:00

15:00 - 16:00

Wednesday

Outcomes of the Sub-regional Focus Groups and Discussions on Regional

Support Mechanisms and Actions

Registration

Opening Session

Coffee Break

"Hawking the Wares"

High-level Panel Discussion: Overcoming Barriers: Towards an Inclusive and

Sustainable Urban Future

Registration

Coffee Break

"Hawking the Wares"

LunchLunch

Voices from the FloorBazaar of Ideas and Practices: Second

Parallel Sessions

Coffee Break Coffee Break

Bazaar of Ideas and Practices: First Parallel Sessions Sub-regional Focus Groups


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