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The daily bulletins of the World Urban Forum are prepared by the International Institute for Sustainable Development.

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Kuala Lumpur Declaration

The international community's commitment to localize and scale up the implementation of the New Urban Agenda.

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WUF9 at a glance

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09:00 - 10:30 Joint Opening for the WUF9 Assemblies

Plenary Hall

10:30 - 17:30 Women's Assembly

Assemblies Ballroom 1

17:30 - 18:30 Assemblies conclusions

Plenary Hall

10:30 - 17:30 Business Assembly

Assemblies Banquet Hall

10:30 - 17:30 Youth Assembly

Assemblies Ballroom 2

10:30 - 17:30 Children Assembly

Assemblies Conference Hall 1
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09:00 - 10:00 Implementing the New Urban Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean

AFINUA Room

10:00 - 11:00 Launch of Global State of the National Urban Policy Report

Urban Library

11:00 - 14:30 Ministers Roundtable

High Level Roundtables Ballroom 1

15:00 - 17:00 Official Opening

Plenary Hall

17:00 - 18:00 Plenary Conclusions

Ballroom 1

09:00 - 11:00 Developing national and local frameworks for the implementation of the New Urban Agenda

Networking Events Room 304

11:00 - 14:30 World Assembly of Local and Regional Governments

Assemblies Ballroom 2

17:00 - 18:30 Cities contributing to the New Urban Agenda implementation through the international urban cooperation programme

AFINUA Room

09:00 - 11:00 Sustainable, inclusive urban prosperity through an evidence-based approach

Networking Events Room 305

11:00 - 14:30 Grassroots Assembly

Assemblies Conference Hall 2

17:00 - 18:00 Revitalising Cities Through Conservation

Side events Room 304

10:00 - 12:00 Atlas of Design Governance: Innovative Models of Implementation and Education to Deliver the New Urban Agenda

AFINUA Room

12:00 - 14:00 Cities need underground - Equity and equality opportunities for the NUA

AFINUA Room

14:00 - 15:00 Innovations in learning from urban best practices to implement the New Urban Agenda

AFINUA Room

17:00 - 18:00 Iskandar Malaysia Comprehensive Development Plans ii (CDP ii) to support Implementation of the New Urban Agenda

Side events Room 305

09:00 - 11:00 ASEAN City-Regions: The Implementing New Urban Agenda

Networking Events Room 306

11:00 - 13:00 Implementing Global and Regional Agendas for Sustainable Urbanization: The Role of UN Regional Commissions

One UN Room

13:00 - 14:00 Catalyzing the New Urban Agenda by Integrating Resources and Collaborative Governance

One UN Room

14:00 - 15:00 Partnerships for the Sustainable Development of Cities in the APEC Region

Urban Library

17:00 - 18:00 Competitive City: Learn To Compete At Global Stage

Side events Room 306

09:00 - 11:00 Implementing the New Urban Agenda through a global sustainable cities platform: the GPSC

Networking Events Room 307

11:30 - 12:30 Ocupa Tu Calle: Tools for the empowerment of citizens and the recovery of public spaces

Side events Room 304

13:00 - 14:00 Linking our common challenges: fostering resilience in tropical cities through urban planning

Side events Room 304

17:00 - 18:00 Innovative Practices on the Territory: Creo Antofagasta and the Chilean context

Side events Room 307

09:00 - 11:00 Technology for safer cities

Networking Events Room 401

11:30 - 12:30 Addressing Urban Resilience through Nature Based Solutions: What Works, What Doesn't

Side events Room 305

13:00 - 14:00 Gender responsive, inclusive and safe space for women for resilient and sustainable cities

Side events Room 305

17:00 - 18:00 Making Housing Affordable

Side events Room 401

09:00 - 11:00 Landscapes Making in Asia and the Pacific

Networking Events Room 402

11:30 - 12:30 Youth City: Creating an enabling environment for youth participation and development

Side events Room 306

13:00 - 14:00 Water to sustain a new urban future: on the road to the 5th International Conference of [...]

Side events Room 306

17:00 - 18:00 National Urban Policy and Digitalisation of Urban and Territorial Planning

Side events Room 402

09:00 - 11:00 Improving Urban Planning for Regenerative City Development - Experiences Sharing of One Belt One Road Country [...]

Networking Events Room 403

11:30 - 12:30 Estrategias territoriales de los gobiernos locales: Instrumentos para la implementación de la Nueva Agenda Urbana

Side events Room 401

13:00 - 14:00 Sinaloa 2030: Urban and Territorial Strategies and Actions

Side events Room 307

17:00 - 18:00 Urban Underground Spaces for the Cities of the Future

Side events Room 403

09:00 - 11:00 Improving Urban Humanitarian Response: How Far Have We Come? What’s Next on the Horizon?

Networking Events Room 404

11:30 - 12:30 Supporting the implementation of the New Urban Agenda: Pro-poor Local Approaches for Sustainable Urban Waste Management

Side events Room 402

13:00 - 14:00 Innovative Ways of Disseminating and Implementing the New Urban Agenda in the Balkans

Side events Room 401

17:00 - 18:00 Durable Solutions in Displacement Crises

Side events Room 404

09:00 - 11:00 Innovative models for Affordable Housing

Networking Events Room 405

11:30 - 12:30 Building Resilient Communities in Cities: Breaking Down Global Frameworks for Localized Resilience Action

Side events Room 403

13:00 - 14:00 One Planet Cities: Incentivizing sustainability action and citizen engagement for the New Urban Agenda

Side events Room 402

17:00 - 18:00 Use of technology to address sexual violence

Side events Room 405

09:00 - 11:00 Youth Action in Creating Sustainable Cities in the New Urban Agenda

Networking Events Room 406

11:30 - 12:30 Implementing the New Urban Agenda in Cuba

Side events Room 404

13:00 - 14:00 Reimagining the Future of Transportation: Sustainable Mobility.

Side events Room 403

17:00 - 18:00 GAP Plenary Aligning The New Urban Agenda and the SDGs: Partners' Contributions to the UN Development [...]

Side events Room 406

09:00 - 11:00 Housing for peace, prosperity and people in Arab Cities

Networking Events Room 407

11:30 - 12:30 Environmental and social impact assessment: what is its impact and effectiveness for the poor in African [...]

Side events Room 405

13:00 - 14:00 La implementación de la Nueva Agenda Urbana en los gobiernos subnacionales: experiencias en México [...]

Side events Room 404

17:00 - 18:00 Sustainable Urbanization in the Paris Agreement: multilevel governance and finance for urban adaptation

Side events Room 407

09:00 - 11:00 Breaking Through the Noise: How to Effectively Communicate the Impact of Resilience

Networking Events Room 408

11:30 - 12:30 Global models for safe and secure homes – learning from World Habitat Award winners

Side events Room 406

13:00 - 14:00 Natural Resource Management and Food Security in the Context of Urbanization – the Nexus

Side events Room 405

17:00 - 18:00 International Forum of Ecological Landscape and Livable City

Side events Room 408

09:00 - 11:00 Intergenerational Speed Networking: Developing Partnerships Between Youth and Multi-Stakeholders for the NUA

Networking Events Room 409

11:30 - 12:30 Land Tenure Security as a Catalyst to Implementing the New Urban Agenda

Side events Room 407

13:00 - 14:00 Improved Climate Resilience of Coastal Communities in Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana

Side events Room 406

17:00 - 18:00 National Urban Policy Review of Viet Nam and Actions

Side events Room 409

09:00 - 11:00 What Does Inclusive Transit-Oriented Development Mean to You?

Networking Events Room 410

11:30 - 12:30 Unlocking the potential of Youth through South-South Cooperation ( City-City learning and knowledge exchange

Side events Room 408

13:00 - 14:00 Towards Integrated Transportation in Cairo: A story of Partnership, Process and Piloting

Side events Room 407

17:00 - 18:00 How walkable Is your city ? New methods in measuring walkability at the city, neighborhood, and street [...]

Side events Room 410

11:30 - 12:30 Inclusive and sustainable development of metropolises: Case of Casablanca

Side events Room 409

13:00 - 14:00 Implementing the New Urban Agenda in Botswana: Promoting Inclusive Housing Solutions

Side events Room 408

17:00 - 18:00 Green is affordable: environmentally sustainable housing for all

Side events UN-Habitat in action room

11:30 - 12:30 Alliances towards the New Urban Agenda

Side events Room 410

13:00 - 14:00 The governance of urban land use

Side events Room 409

15:00 - 18:00 Australia Asia Smart Cities Forum’18

Parallel Events Ballroom 2 - Impiana KLCC Hotel

11:00 - 12:00 Earth Observations, Resilience and the New Urban Agenda

Urban Library

12:00 - 13:00 Citizen-Sourced Data: Participatory Technologies for Redeveloping Informal Settlements

Urban Library

13:00 - 14:00 Making the most of urban land: land use and planning for prosperous cities

Side events Room 410

13:00 - 14:00 Multidimensional Sustainability Benchmarking for Smart Cities and Regions

Urban Library
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08:00 - 09:00

Caucus Meetings Room 402

09:00 - 12:00 Cities for All and housing at the center

High Level Roundtables Plenary Hall

12:00 - 14:00 Cities and the SDGs: Leaving No One Behind

One UN Room

14:30 - 17:30 The Urban Dimension in Climate Change Action

High Level Roundtables Plenary Hall

18:00 - 19:00 Urban Forced Displacement: the New Normal

Listen to Cities room / Local Action Listen to Cities

19:00 - 20:00 Urban Talk on Municipal Finance

Urban Talks Plenary Hall

09:00 - 12:00 National Urban Policies

Dialogues Ballroom 1

12:30 - 14:30 National Urban Policy Partners Meeting

Parallel Events Mawar Room - Impiana Hotel

14:30 - 17:30 Governance and legislative frameworks

Dialogues Ballroom 1

18:00 - 19:00 SDG-5 and SDG-11 critical drivers of the Leave No one Behind aspiration of the 2030 Agenda for [...]

One UN Room

19:00 - 20:00 Meeting of UN-Habitat Executive Director with the Regional Office for Asia-Pacific

Parallel Events Jasmin Room - Impiana Hotel

09:00 - 11:00 Unlocking positive impacts of migration in cities

Special Sessions Ballroom 2

11:00 - 12:00 Plenary Conclusions

Conference Hall 2

12:00 - 13:00 Building Urban Resilience

Urban Library

13:30 - 14:30 Launch of The State of Indonesian Cities (SoIC) 2017

Urban Library

14:30 - 16:30 Leveraging diversity and culture, shaping the cities for all

Special Sessions Conference Hall 1

16:30 - 17:30 Plenary Conclusions

Conference Hall 2

17:30 - 18:30 Launch of Publication: Trends in Urban Resilience 2017

Urban Library

09:00 - 11:00 Security of tenure, land market and segregation

Special Sessions Banquet Hall

11:00 - 13:00 Future Saudi Cities program: a comprehensive approach towards the New Urban Agenda

AFINUA Room

14:30 - 16:30 Informal settlements and slum upgrading

Special Sessions Ballroom 2

17:00 - 19:00 IBSA-HS: Achieving Sustainable Urban Development through Integrated Housing Policies in India, Brazil and South Africa

AFINUA Room

09:00 - 11:00 Persons with disabilities

Stakeholders' Roundtables Conference Hall 1

11:00 - 13:00 Unlocking the Potential of Local Leadership for Sustainable Urban Development

Listen to Cities room / Local Action Listen to Cities

14:30 - 16:30 Civil Society Organizations

Stakeholders' Roundtables Banquet Hall

17:00 - 18:00 Urban Innovation in the Implementation of the Global Agendas

Listen to Cities room / Local Action Listen to Cities

09:00 - 11:00 Mayors Roundtable

Stakeholders' Roundtables Listen to Cities

11:00 - 12:00 Empowering Cities to Implement the 2030 Agenda and New Urban Agenda: Mobilising Finance for Sustainable Infrastructure in [...]

One UN Room

13:00 - 15:00 Women Mayors: Empowered Women Challenging the Norms

Listen to Cities room / Local Action Listen to Cities

15:00 - 17:00 Housing at the Centre of Urban Transformations: localizing the NUA and the SDG11 in cities of [...]

AFINUA Room

17:00 - 18:00 Mainstreaming migration into urban planning: a key success factor for leaving no one behind

One UN Room

09:00 - 11:00 Sustainable and Resilient Cities-The World Cities Day Forum 2018

AFINUA Room

11:00 - 14:00 BreatheLife/Urban Health Training: Building capacity to reduce air pollution through communications and technical tools

Training Events Room 304

14:00 - 15:00 Sustainable Neighborhood Labs: bottom-up approaches for low-carbon, resilient, resource-efficient cities

One UN Room

15:00 - 17:00 The city and the territory: the role of intermediary cities and the Territorial Approach to Local [...]

Listen to Cities room / Local Action Listen to Cities

17:00 - 18:00 Grassroots approaches in informal settlement upgrading in South Africa: the Isulabantu Project, in Durban (Informal Settlements [...]

Side events Room 304

09:00 - 11:00 Circular Economy in Cities

One UN Room

11:00 - 14:00 Massive Online Open Courses for advancing the implementation of the NUA

Training Events Room 305

14:00 - 15:00 The New Urban Agenda in the Tropics - research and design

Side events Room 304

15:00 - 17:00 Integrating Migrants in Cities: Challenges and Opportunities

One UN Room

17:00 - 18:00 Participatory Budgeting in Asian Cities: A Pathway Towards Achieving The New Urban Agenda

Side events Room 306

09:00 - 11:00 Community Focused Urban Regeneration

Networking Events Room 304

11:00 - 14:00 Ethical City projects: Principles and practices for developing cross-sectoral projects to implement NUA objectives

Training Events Room 306

14:00 - 15:00 Delivering sustainable urban mobility for all

Side events Room 305

15:00 - 17:00 Cities for All: Addressing forced evictions

Networking Events Room 304

17:00 - 18:00 Renforcer les capacités du Réseau des Institutions Africaines de Financement des Collectivités Locales

Side events Room 307

09:00 - 11:00 Planners For Climate Action: Urban and Territorial Planning As Means to Carbon Reduction and Community Resilience

Networking Events Room 305

11:00 - 14:00 Making Cities Safer for Girls: Curriculum-based workshop to change knowledge, attitudes, practices and skills of urban [...]

Training Events Room 307

14:00 - 15:00 Lessons from City Planning Institutes: How to Design Effective

Side events Room 306

15:00 - 17:00 The Affordable Metropolis: Turning Density into Prosperity

Networking Events Room 305

17:00 - 18:00 Urban Planning instruments for post-disaster recovery efforts: Comprehensive Urban Development plans for resilient Human Settlements

Side events Room 401

09:00 - 11:00 Just Add Water: Putting water on local action agendas to support the New Urban Agenda and [...]

Networking Events Room 306

11:00 - 14:00 The rules of the metropolitan game. A Discipline for an integrated approach to the metropolitan complexity

Training Events Room 401

14:00 - 15:00 Australian Solutions Towards New Urban Agenda

Side events Room 307

15:00 - 17:00 Global Home Network - Social & Affordable Housing the way forward

Networking Events Room 306

17:00 - 18:00 Redesiging a neighborhood after an earthquake: Tec de Monterrey study case (Mexico City)

Side events Room 402

09:00 - 11:00 Metropolitan Policies to Implement the Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda: Safe Cities for [...]

Networking Events Room 307

11:00 - 14:00 Placemaking Sandbox Studio: co-creating sustainable and inclusive places for all

Training Events Room 402

14:00 - 15:00 Panel Discussion - Then & Now: Stimulating Urban Life

Side events Room 401

15:00 - 17:00 Scaling up sustainable housing to implement the New Urban Agenda

Networking Events Room 307

17:00 - 18:00 Ecosystem of Funds for Sustainable Urbanisation in Latin America and the Caribbean

Side events Room 403

09:00 - 11:00 The Role of Cities for the Localisation of the SDGs

Networking Events Room 401

11:00 - 14:00 Building Resilient Cities and Communities after Disasters: Lessons in Humanitarian Assistance, Recovery, Partnerships and Policies

Training Events Room 403

14:00 - 15:00 Local Pathways Fellowship: Empowering Youth to Implement the New Urban Agenda in Their Cities

Side events Room 402

15:00 - 17:00 Future Mobility Dialogue

Networking Events Room 401

17:00 - 18:00 Implementing the New Urban Agenda through establishment of the Spatial Planning Platform

Side events Room 404

09:00 - 11:00 Aligning urban commitments and expectations to achieve SDGs and the New Urban Agenda

Networking Events Room 402

11:00 - 14:00 Strategic planning tools for urban resilience: city-to-city exchange on local resilience planning

Training Events Room 404

14:00 - 15:00 Territories of Collective empowerment

Side events Room 403

15:00 - 17:00 Localizing the SDGs and the NUA: Are we on the right track?

Networking Events Room 402

17:00 - 18:00 The need for new alliances between urban, peri-urban and rural areas ? Towards integrated territorial planning

Side events Room 405

09:00 - 11:00 Global development is coming to town - Local action for the implementation of the SDGs and [...]

Networking Events Room 403

11:00 - 14:00 Implementing Local and Territorial Economic Development: Towards Competitive Cities

Training Events Room 405

14:00 - 15:00 Indian Cities Perspective on New Urban Agenda & SDGs

Side events Room 404

15:00 - 17:00 Sustainable Urban Development in the International Climate Initiative (IKI)

Networking Events Room 403

17:00 - 18:00 Polycentric Approaches to Managing Urban Water Resources in Southeast Asia - Localizing the Sustainable Goals of [...]

Side events Room 406

09:00 - 11:00 Urban Transformation in Russian Cities in times of Mega-events and Economic Transition: learning from the adoption [...]

Networking Events Room 404

11:00 - 14:00 Promoting decent work and livelihood opportunities, and supporting inclusive economies in Cities for All

Training Events Room 406

14:00 - 15:00 Reintegration of displaced populations through land tenure and housing in Afghanistan

Side events Room 405

15:00 - 17:00 Show Me the Numbers: IFHP Social Cities Index

Networking Events Room 404

17:00 - 18:00 Living the City: Affordable housing development

Side events Room 407

09:00 - 11:00 Achieving slower cities towards the new urban agenda

Networking Events Room 405

11:00 - 14:00 How do I implement Global Agendas in my city? – Examples and entry points for actions

Training Events Room 407

14:00 - 15:00 Women as Community Mobilizers in Meeting Slum Upgrading Goals: Learnings from India

Side events Room 406

15:00 - 17:00 Women’s visions and practices for the implementation of the New Urban Agenda: inclusive, equal and [...]

Networking Events Room 405

17:00 - 18:00 The Habitat Commitment Index 2.0: Monitoring and Evaluating City Performance in the light of the SDGs and [...]

Side events Room 408

09:00 - 11:00 Networking for Knowledge Sharing on Outcome of Good Practice in Bangladesh

Networking Events Room 407

11:00 - 14:00 Urban Practitioners’ Networks for Better Urban Services – The Cases of Urban Mobility and Urban Renewal

Training Events Room 408

14:00 - 15:00 Smart Cities Behing the Scenes: Governance, Viability & Capacities

Side events Room 407

15:00 - 17:00 Cities in Crises/Crisis in Cities

Networking Events Room 406

17:00 - 18:00 Science to Action (S2A) as a Paradigm for Enabling Sustainable, Low Carbon Communities in Southeast [...]

Side events Room 409

09:00 - 11:00 Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for Implementing the New Urban Agenda's Goals on Slum Upgrading and Prevention [...]

Networking Events Room 408

11:00 - 14:00 Map Your City: Using OpenStreetMap for Urban Resilience

Training Events Room 409

14:00 - 15:00 Addressing socio-spatial fragmentation in LAC and Europe: shared challenges, shared views

Side events Room 408

15:00 - 17:00 Operationalizing Territorial and Local Economic Development

Networking Events Room 407

17:00 - 18:00 Implementing the New Urban Agenda in Africa: Policy & Implementation Priorities

Side events Room 410

09:00 - 11:00 Who is Aiding Whom? Redirecting Climate Finance to Grassroots Organizations Leading Resilient Development

Networking Events Room 409

11:00 - 14:00 Participatory Approaches in Urban Planning and Development: Learning from Indonesian Cities

Training Events Room 410

14:00 - 15:00 Urban Governance for Resilience Building – perspectives, tools and processes for governing cities for a resilient future

Side events Room 409

15:00 - 17:00 Housing at the Center in Lusophone Countries: Implementing the New Urban Agenda and the SDG 11

Networking Events Room 408

09:00 - 11:00 Sustainable Urban Development in the Netherlands

Networking Events Room 410

11:00 - 12:00 Towards ‘New Urban Success' with SDG 11 and the NUA - Challenges in Kampung and Slum Upgrading [...]

Urban Library

14:00 - 15:00 Urbanisation in Malaysia - Learning from the experience

Side events Room 410

15:00 - 17:00 Horizontal and vertical partnerships to implement the New Urban Agenda, particularly around its calls for safe [...]

Networking Events Room 409

10:30 - 12:00 League of Arab States

Parallel Events Mawar Room - Impiana Hotel

12:15 - 15:00 UN-Habitat Stakeholder’s Collaborative Implementation Framework

Parallel Events Jasmin Room - Impiana Hotel

15:00 - 17:00 Towards the City That Leaves No One Behind ? Perspectives on Inclusive Urban Governance

Networking Events Room 410

15:00 - 17:00 Cities and Water: The role of Water Utilities in the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda [...]

Networking Events UN-Habitat in action room

14:30 - 16:30 Shelter and Settlement Responses to Crises: Learning from the Past

Urban Library

16:30 - 18:00 Collaborative Framework for the UN

Parallel Events Jasmin Room - Impiana Hotel

16:30 - 17:30 Quick Guide of New Urban Agenda: First Step to Implementing New Urban Agenda in Indonesia

Urban Library
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08:00 - 09:00 UN-Habitat Regional Office for Asia-Pacific Meeting

Parallel Events Mawar Room - Impiana Hotel

09:00 - 12:00 Urbanization and Development: investing in the transformative force of cities

High Level Roundtables Plenary Hall

12:00 - 13:00 Affordable Housing Programme in Africa

UN-Habitat in Action Room

13:00 - 14:00 Towards Social and Urban Integration of Slums and Precarious Settlements: Implementing the Law for Fair Access [...]

Listen to Cities room / Local Action Listen to Cities

14:30 - 16:00 Informal Settlements in Asia Good practices and Way forward

UN-Habitat in Action Room

16:30 - 17:30 Plenary Conclusions

Conference Hall 2

18:00 - 19:00 Culture, the SDGs and the New Urban Agenda: A Guide for Local Action

Listen to Cities room / Local Action Listen to Cities

19:00 - 20:00 Creativity and Innovation in Cities

Urban Talks One UN Room

20:00 - 21:00 The International Transport Community (SLOCAT partnership)

Parallel Events Jasmin Room - Impiana Hotel

08:00 - 09:00

Caucus Meetings Room 402

09:00 - 12:00 Addressing urban complex crisis and conflict

Dialogues Ballroom 1

12:00 - 13:00 Urban Communities: Building A City for All

One UN Room

13:00 - 14:00 Reviving the US-Malaysia Sister City Initiative (2014) through Civil Society Participation

Urban Library

14:30 - 17:30 An integrated territorial approach to sustainable development

High Level Roundtables Plenary Hall

09:00 - 11:00 Local economic development, productivity and youth employment in cities

Special Sessions Ballroom 2

11:00 - 12:00 Plenary Conclusions

Conference Hall 2

12:00 - 13:00 “COPE” a Children DRR Story Book Series

Urban Library

14:30 - 17:30 Making resilient cities

Dialogues Ballroom 1

09:00 - 11:00 Urban labs for urban extension and urban renewal

Special Sessions Conference Hall 2

11:00 - 13:00 The role of youth in reconstruction and development of arab cities

AFINUA Room

14:30 - 16:30 Creative investment and financing mechanism for local government

Special Sessions Banquet Hall

17:00 - 19:00 Public Space in the New Urban Agenda: Research Into Implementation

AFINUA Room

09:00 - 11:00 Research and Academia

Stakeholders' Roundtables Banquet Hall

11:00 - 13:00 Fostering Local Leadership for Urban Climate Resilience in Asian Cities

Listen to Cities room / Local Action Listen to Cities

14:30 - 16:30 Affordable housing for all (diverse income and multi-generational cities)

Special Sessions Ballroom 2

17:00 - 18:00 Quantifying the commons

Listen to Cities room / Local Action Listen to Cities

09:00 - 11:00 Older persons

Stakeholders' Roundtables Conference Hall 1

11:00 - 12:00 Physical inactivity and Rising Non-Communicable Diseases: How creating space for sport can support the implementation of [...]

One UN Room

14:30 - 16:30 Access to basic services for all

Special Sessions Conference Hall 2

17:00 - 19:00 Growing Partnerships for Sustainable Urban Food Systems

One UN Room

09:00 - 11:00 Cases on Improving Urban Public Space

AFINUA Room

11:00 - 13:00 Celebrating Tripartite Partnership and Launch of PSUP III

Networking Events Press Conference Room

14:30 - 16:30 Parliamentarians

Stakeholders' Roundtables Conference Hall 1

17:00 - 18:00 Asia's Solutions to Asia's Urban Challenges: Delivering the NUA through South South Cooperation

Side events Room 304

09:00 - 11:00 Local and regional governments localizing the global goals

Listen to Cities room / Local Action Listen to Cities

11:00 - 12:00 Making Hong Kong a Resilient City Report and “COPE” a Children DRR Story Book Series

Urban Library

13:00 - 15:00 Rapid Planning - Introducing new approaches to planning and financing urban supply and disposal infrastructure

AFINUA Room

15:00 - 17:00 Developing a Global, People-based Definition of Cities and Settlements: A Progress Report

AFINUA Room

17:00 - 18:00 Ten years of architecture movement for equitable cities and resilient communities; grounding experiences, expanding new horizon

Side events Room 305

09:00 - 10:00 The New Urban Agenda in Action – the Role of Infrastructure for Sustainable Development

One UN Room

10:00 - 11:00 Building peaceful, just and inclusive urban societies

One UN Room

11:00 - 14:00 Addressing inclusionary housing in SDG 11:Land management strategies to supply affordable housing at scale

Training Events Room 304

14:00 - 15:00 GPM as a Multiplier- Scaling the Mannheim Model of Implementing the SDGs and the New Urban [...]

Listen to Cities room / Local Action Listen to Cities

15:00 - 16:00 Climate Positive Development and Reinventing Cities: Delivering the new urban agenda district by district

Listen to Cities room / Local Action Listen to Cities

16:00 - 17:00 The NUA in Intermediary Cities, key to implementing the SDGs: Building up to the World Forum [...]

Listen to Cities room / Local Action Listen to Cities

17:00 - 18:00 The Secret Life of the Streets of Hong Kong - Review on urban liveability and the [...]

Side events Room 306

09:00 - 11:00 Right of The City: Land Value Sharing

Networking Events Room 304

13:00 - 15:00 Culture, Recovery and Reconstruction: Sustainable Development Policies

One UN Room

15:00 - 16:00 The Shift – Shifting the way we view housing and home

One UN Room

16:00 - 17:00 Environmental and Social Impact Assessments in Urban Development - Ways to Improve their Effectiveness

Side events Press Conference Room

17:00 - 18:00 Strengthening multi-level governmental coordination to accelerate subnational actions

Side events Room 307

09:00 - 11:00 Laying the foundation for robust housing microfinance ecosystems

Networking Events Room 305

11:00 - 14:00 Integrating Climate Change into Municipal Land Use Planning and Development

Training Events Room 305

14:00 - 15:00 Promoting Sustainable Urbanization as a strategy for social inclusion and environmental recovery of the Matanza-Riachuelo River [...]

Side events Room 304

15:00 - 17:00 The New Urban Agenda for the CIS countries

Networking Events Room 410

17:00 - 18:00 Sustainable, Inclusive and Evidence-based National Urban Policy ? Regional and Country Experience

Side events Room 401

09:00 - 11:00 This is Know Your City: Using community-collected data for successful implementation of the New Urban Agenda

Networking Events Room 306

11:00 - 14:00 Rapid Care Analysis for Urban Development, Economic Empowerment, and Markets Programmes

Training Events Room 306

14:00 - 15:00 Capacity Building for the New Urban Agenda: Education of Planners

Side events Room 305

15:00 - 17:00 Latin American Urban Learning Network

Networking Events Room 305

17:00 - 18:00 Achieving Resilient, Sustainable and Healthy Communities in the Face ff Rapid Urbanisation: Learning From Asia Pacific [...]

Side events Room 402

09:00 - 11:00 Urban Housing Practitioners Hub: A Network to Improve Housing Conditions in Latin America ? and Beyond

Networking Events Room 307

11:00 - 14:00 JRC Open Data and Tools for the New Urban Agenda

Training Events Room 307

14:00 - 15:00 The Power of Community: Transformation and Movement for Slum Upgrading Program in Indonesia

Side events Room 306

15:00 - 17:00 Give Us Space! Augmented public space geographies in the changing public/private relationships

Networking Events Room 306

17:00 - 18:00 Culture, Nature, Heritage, Cities: Case Studies on Localizing the SDGS

Side events Room 403

09:00 - 11:00 Gender, urban land tenure and access to public spaces

Networking Events Room 401

11:00 - 14:00 A Global Strategy for Cities

Training Events Room 401

14:00 - 15:00 Citizen-City Collaboration in Contested Spaces: from Theory to Practice. Real-World Examples for implementing the New Urban [...]

Side events Room 307

15:00 - 17:00 Strengthening urban-rural land coalitions towards implementing the New Urban Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals in the [...]

Networking Events Room 307

17:00 - 18:00 Implementing Global and National Climate Action in Cities - the Localisation of the NDCs

Side events Room 404

09:00 - 11:00 Creative Cities are Vibrant Cities

Networking Events Room 402

11:00 - 14:00 Cultural Intelligence for Diverse Globalized Urban Environments - for Productive Engagement with People from Different Cultures

Training Events Room 402

14:00 - 15:00 Expo 2020 Dubai: Mega-events as Catalysts for New Urban Development Models

Side events Room 401

15:00 - 17:00 Sunway City - Wasteland to Wonderland (ST3: Climate Responsive Cities)

Networking Events Room 401

17:00 - 18:00 Implementing the New Urban Agenda through National Spatial Planning Policy and Urban Design Guidance

Side events Room 405

09:00 - 11:00 Localising the Sustainable Development Goals by implementing the New Urban Agenda: A call for decentralized governmental [...]

Networking Events Room 403

11:00 - 14:00 Saving the planet by desing: Making urbanisation sustainable by creating humane urban space

Training Events Room 403

14:00 - 15:00 Financing and Implementing Sustainable Cities

Side events Room 402

15:00 - 17:00 PASSA Youth Launch in Asia-Pacific: Leveraging youth engagement and technological innovations for participatory urban planning

Networking Events Room 402

17:00 - 18:00 Women's Economic Empowerment in Cities

Side events Room 406

09:00 - 11:00 Towards implementing the New Urban Agenda in the Euro-Mediterranean Region

Networking Events Room 404

11:00 - 14:00 Implementing the Right to the City on the Ground: Theory, Tools and Real-life Examples

Training Events Room 404

14:00 - 15:00 Implementing the New Urban Agenda in the Arab Region

Side events Room 403

15:00 - 17:00 Making Cities Work for Babies, Children, Youth and Girls

Networking Events Room 403

17:00 - 18:00 The European External Investment Plan - Funding Sustainable Urban Development

Side events Room 410

09:00 - 11:00 Making Room for Urban Expansion: Planned Extensions as an antidote to disorder and sprawl

Networking Events Room 405

11:00 - 14:00 Co-design, training on participatory change processes and urban form as enablers for social inclusion

Training Events Room 406

14:00 - 15:00 Localizing the SDG’s For the Successful Implementation of the New Urban Agenda – Implementation, Monitoring, and [...]

Side events Room 404

15:00 - 17:00 Women in Waste Management: an Opportunity

Networking Events Room 404

17:00 - 18:00 Cities of Refuge in the Middle East: Bringing an Urban Lens to the Forced Displacement Challenge

Side events Room 408

09:00 - 11:00 From Theory to Reality: Using Data to Move the Bar on Property Rights for Women and [...]

Networking Events Room 406

11:00 - 14:00 Sustainable Urban Infrastructure Transitions and the New Urban Agenda

Training Events Room 407

14:00 - 15:00 Supporting Civil Society to Achieve SDG 11 & the New Urban Agenda: What is Philanthropy's Role?

Side events Room 405

15:00 - 17:00 Connecting the Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda Implementation through Right to the City [...]

Networking Events Room 405

17:00 - 18:00 #EveryLife - delivering the New Urban Agenda priority of safe & healthy journeys for every child

Side events Room 409

09:00 - 11:00 Building Citizen Trust through Openness and Transparency

Networking Events Room 407

11:00 - 14:00 Public Space for City Leaders

Training Events Room 408

14:00 - 15:00 Sustainable Urban Transformation: Challenges and Opportunities for India

Side events Room 406

15:00 - 17:00 Collective Housing: Building active people and engaged communities

Networking Events Room 406

17:00 - 18:00 Speed Dating on Housing Community

Parallel Events Mawar Room - Impiana Hotel

09:00 - 11:00 Supporting the Urban Dimension of the Development Cooperation

Networking Events Room 408

11:00 - 14:00 Technological tools for youth-led community participation and urban data collection

Training Events Room 409

14:00 - 15:00 GrEEEn City Action Plans (GCAP): Relevance and Success in Melaka city, Malaysia

Side events Room 407

15:00 - 17:00 Displacement in Cities: better evidence for better solutions

Networking Events Room 407

09:00 - 11:00 Public Space- A Multi Faceted approach to Implementing the SDG's

Networking Events Room 409

11:00 - 14:00 Localizing SDGs: integrated territorial planning with the SDGs in medium sized cities

Training Events Room 410

14:00 - 15:00 Steering the Metropolis - Metropolitan Governance for Sustainable Urban Development

Side events Room 408

15:00 - 17:00 Public-social alliances from the territory: Data produced from local governments, social organizations and communities for the [...]

Networking Events Room 408

09:00 - 11:00 Local Implementation of Global Agendas - Nordic Capacity Building Platform

Networking Events Room 410

11:00 - 14:00 Leveraging Land: Land-based finance in building cities for all

Training Events Jasmin Room - Impiana Hotel

14:00 - 15:00 Social inclusion of Bottom 40% communities living in high rise low cost flats in urban centres in [...]

Side events Room 409

15:00 - 17:00 Good Planning and Good Governance: examples to implement the New Urban Agenda

Networking Events Room 409

09:00 - 11:00 Implementing the New Urban Agenda in Small Island Developing States: Promoting the role of cities in [...]

Networking Events UN-Habitat in action room

11:00 - 14:00 Land Training Event / Finance in building cities

Parallel Events Jasmin Room - Impiana Hotel

14:00 - 15:00 Urbanization and Ghana's new Industrialization Drive in Cities & Towns: A Catalyst for implementing the New [...]

Side events Room 410

15:00 - 17:00 Towards a New Urban Governance Observatory

Networking Events Room 304

08:30 - 10:00 ARTIC Breakfast

Parallel Events Jasmin Room - Impiana Hotel

14:00 - 17:00 International Society of City and Regional Planners / The Habitat Professionals Forum Joint Meeting

Parallel Events Mawar Room - Impiana Hotel

09:30 - 12:00 Working Sessions on the guiding principles for URL

Parallel Events Mawar Room - Impiana Hotel

14:00 - 15:00 Cities for All: Popularizing the New Urban Agenda

Urban Library

15:00 - 16:00 People's Vision of the City

Urban Library

16:00 - 19:00 Perception Matters: People Make Prosperous Cities

Parallel Events Pearl Room (Mandarin Orient Hotel)

16:00 - 18:00 United Nations Resident Coordinator

Parallel Events Jasmin Room - Impiana Hotel

16:00 - 18:00 Cities 2030 – Cities for All: Ageing Cities and the New Urban Agenda

Urban Library
08:00 08:15 08:30 08:45 09:00 09:15 09:30 09:45 10:00 10:15 10:30 10:45 11:00 11:15 11:30 11:45 12:00 12:15 12:30 12:45 13:00 13:15 13:30 13:45 14:00 14:15 14:30 14:45 15:00 15:15 15:30 15:45 16:00 16:15 16:30 16:45 17:00 17:15 17:30 17:45 18:00 18:15 18:30 18:45 19:00 19:15 19:30 19:45 20:00 20:15 20:30

08:00 - 09:00 Round Table

Parallel Events Mawar Room - Impiana Hotel

09:00 - 12:00 Innovative governance for open and inclusive cities

High Level Roundtables Plenary Hall

12:00 - 13:00 Implementing SDG 11 and the New Urban Agenda: Key Issues in the Transformation Towards Sustainable and Resilient [...]

One UN Room

13:00 - 14:00 Integrated and Participatory Neighbourhood Upgrading Methodology for the outskirts of urban areas.

Listen to Cities room / Local Action Listen to Cities

14:30 - 17:30 Sustainable urban development for peace and security

High Level Roundtables Plenary Hall

18:00 - 19:00 Caring Government-Caring Community: A Top Down-Bottom Up partnership towards achieving the SDG

Listen to Cities room / Local Action Listen to Cities

19:00 - 20:00 Cities of Jane Jacobs: Urbanization in 21st Century

Urban Talks Plenary Hall

08:00 - 09:00 Roundtable on Inclusive and Participatory Policy Making Aligned to the UN-Habitat Housing at the Center Approach

Parallel Events UN-Habitat in action room

09:00 - 12:00 Urban planning and design for local implementation

Dialogues Ballroom 1

12:00 - 13:00 Effective city to city collaboration modality to achieve SDG 11 and beyond: case of Cities Partnership Programme [...]

Urban Library

13:00 - 14:00 Engaging young men and women in city planning: The Saudi Experience

Urban Library

14:30 - 17:30 Urban economies, productive cities and municipal finance

Dialogues Ballroom 1

18:00 - 19:00 Linking health to urban innovation for sustainable development: a cross-sectoral dialogue

One UN Room

08:00 - 09:00

Caucus Meetings Room 402

09:00 - 11:00 Smart Cities and the growing role of frontier technologies in sustainable urbanization

Special Sessions Conference Hall 2

11:00 - 12:00 Plenary Conclusions

Conference Hall 2

14:30 - 16:30 Urban Data

Special Sessions Ballroom 2

16:30 - 17:30 Plenary Conclusions

Conference Hall 2

09:00 - 11:00 Restoring hope: Building back cities and communities together after disaster

Special Sessions Ballroom 2

11:00 - 13:00 Urban Pathways: Supporting Low Carbon Plans for Urban Basic Services in the context of the New [...]

AFINUA Room

14:30 - 16:30 Urban mobility and safe and accessible transport for all

Special Sessions Conference Hall 2

17:00 - 18:00 Meeting the challenge of informal city businesses through partnership in Sekondi-Takoradi

Listen to Cities room / Local Action Listen to Cities

09:00 - 11:00 Professionals

Stakeholders' Roundtables Banquet Hall

11:00 - 13:00 Subnational Government Global Observatories and the implementation of the Global Agendas

Listen to Cities room / Local Action Listen to Cities

14:30 - 16:30 Foundations and philanthropies

Stakeholders' Roundtables Conference Hall 1

17:00 - 18:00 Sustainable Cities: Hubs of Innovation, Low Carbon Industrialization, and Climate Action

One UN Room

09:00 - 11:00 Indigenous Peoples

Stakeholders' Roundtables Conference Hall 1

11:00 - 12:00 The Role of Cities in the 2018 High-Level Political Forum: Transformation Towards Sustainable and Resilient Societies

One UN Room

14:30 - 16:30 Trade Unions and workers

Stakeholders' Roundtables Banquet Hall

17:00 - 19:00 Multi-Lateral Development Banks’ Regional and Thematic Initiatives toward the NUA

Networking Events Conference Hall 1

09:00 - 11:00 Enhancing City Resilience through International Collaboration

AFINUA Room

11:00 - 12:00 The Urban Biodiversity Hub: A City-to-City Web Tool and Interactive Database

Urban Library

13:00 - 15:00 Strengthening Partnerships for inclusive implementation of the New Urban Agenda in advancing Agenda 2030

AFINUA Room

15:00 - 17:00 Participatory upgrading of slums and informal settlements through partnerships between government and grassroots organisations

AFINUA Room

17:00 - 18:00 Brazilian cities and the role of civil society organizations

Side events Room 304

09:00 - 11:00 CITIESIPCC: Advancing science to accelerate effective climate action in human settlements

Listen to Cities room / Local Action Listen to Cities

11:00 - 14:00 City Energy and Climate Action Plans: How to set Targets and Develop a Plan

Training Events Room 304

14:00 - 15:00 SDG Indicators Brought to the Local Level

Listen to Cities room / Local Action Listen to Cities

15:00 - 16:00 Iskandar Malaysia Urban Observatory - Celebrating Partnerships

Listen to Cities room / Local Action Listen to Cities

16:00 - 17:00 Analysing the past and exploring the future: the leverage of data and scenario making in the [...]

Listen to Cities room / Local Action Listen to Cities

17:00 - 18:00 UnSlumming MINNA: 4P Urban Governance (Public-Private-People Partnerships)

Side events Room 305

09:00 - 11:00 Integrating accountability into implementing the SDGs and the New Urban Agenda: innovation in monitoring new agendas [...]

One UN Room

13:00 - 15:00 Towards a new and combined urban agenda on labour markets and housing markets

One UN Room

15:00 - 17:00 Best practices in building capacity in countries with economies in transition in housing and urban development

One UN Room

17:00 - 18:00 An adequate habitat for Cuna de la Paz: Right to the city and local development in [...]

Side events Room 306

09:00 - 11:00 Unlocking Cities for All in Afghanistan: Linking Land, Finance and Planning Systems

Networking Events Room 306

11:00 - 14:00 The management of multi-apartment high rise housing stock: localizing SDG 11 and the NUA

Training Events Room 305

14:00 - 15:00 Civil Society and Sustainable Cities

Side events Room 304

15:00 - 17:00 Good Design, Good Planning: Aligning practice, communities and education in the implementation of Agenda 2030

Networking Events Room 305

17:00 - 18:00 Strengthening City Resilience

Side events Room 307

09:00 - 11:00 Urban culture and heritage partnerships towards achieving the UN SDG and NUA

Networking Events Room 304

11:00 - 14:00 Get Projects Ready to Match Global Agenda Financing Criteria

Training Events Room 306

14:00 - 15:00 Community collected data and partnerships to attract and assure inclusive private sector investments

Side events Room 305

15:00 - 17:00 Knowledge from and for All: Mobilizing Academia and Research for Environmentally Sustainable, Prosperous, and Resilient Urban [...]

Networking Events Room 304

17:00 - 18:00 Housing at the center of compliance of the Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda

Side events Room 401

09:00 - 11:00 Capacity building to deliver sustainable urban mobility for all

Networking Events Room 305

11:00 - 14:00 PASSA Youth - Participate, Innovate and Design Safer Communities

Training Events Room 307

14:00 - 15:00 Decent Housing for Sustainable Urbanization: The Kibera, Mukuru Relocation Action Plan Success Story

Side events Room 306

15:00 - 17:00 Equity and Gender Equality in Senegal's New Economic and Social Development Strategy: Which Effective Means [...]

Networking Events Room 306

17:00 - 18:00 Spatial Development for Sustainable Urbanisation

Side events Room 402

09:00 - 11:00 Challenges and opportunities in the implementation of a National Urban Agenda: The Ecuadorian experience

Networking Events Room 307

11:00 - 14:00 Engendering PB. How to generate more gender sensitive participatory budgeting: Learning from local experience

Training Events Room 401

14:00 - 15:00 Promotion de l'économie locale et bonnes pratiques des Collectivités locales Africaines

Side events Room 307

15:00 - 17:00 Measurements on City Safety Approaches

Networking Events Room 307

17:00 - 18:00 Achieving Sustainability, Inclusivity and Resilience through designing Responsible Architecture and human settlements

Side events Room 404

09:00 - 11:00 Walking the Talk of Holistic and Inclusive Urban Development: Lessons from SymbioCity on four continents

Networking Events Room 401

11:00 - 14:00 UAVs, Land Use Planning and Community Engagement: The Potential of Drones to Implement the New Urban [...]

Training Events Room 402

14:00 - 15:00 Advancing Climate-Resilient and Low Carbon Development in Asian Cities through Transformative Actions

Side events Room 401

15:00 - 17:00 Empowering Women In Crisis and Post-Conflict Situations: Building Community Resilience

Networking Events Room 401

17:00 - 18:00 National Policies for Strengthening the Role and Resilience of Local Authorities towards implementing Global Development Frameworks [...]

Side events Room 405

09:00 - 11:00 Circular economy in built environment

Networking Events Room 402

11:00 - 14:00 Resilience Accelerator: Incorporating Resilience in Urban Project Design

Training Events Room 403

14:00 - 15:00 Towards Implementation of the New Urban Agenda in Context of the Most Vulnerable Country, Bangladesh: Problems [...]

Side events Room 402

15:00 - 17:00 We the public space: strategies to deal with inequalities in order to achieve inclusive and sustainable [...]

Networking Events Room 402

17:00 - 18:00 Urban Recovery from Crisis and Rehabilitation Strategies in the context of National Urban Policies.

Side events Room 406

09:00 - 11:00 Prosperity for all: Enabling the Informal Economy through Participatory Slum Upgrading

Networking Events Room 403

11:00 - 14:00 Building Smart, Healthy Cities – Tools for embedding health considerations into urban planning

Training Events Room 404

14:00 - 15:00 Big Gains in Small Towns: Helping Advance NUA and SDG Goals

Side events Room 404

15:00 - 17:00 Partnerships for sustainable growth through integrated community action and flood mitigation: lessons from Indonesia and Australia

Networking Events Room 403

17:00 - 18:00 THE 500 Mile City

Side events Room 407

09:00 - 11:00 Urban Economics: What's growth got to do with it?

Networking Events Room 404

11:00 - 14:00 SHERPA app: Towards Sustainable Housing Projects

Training Events Room 405

14:00 - 15:00 Latin America and the Caribbean Road to Urban Sustainability. Reflections and Action on the New Urban [...]

Side events Room 405

15:00 - 17:00 Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships and the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda

Networking Events Room 404

17:00 - 18:00 Implementing Universal Accessibility at the Local Level - Practical Actions for Realizing an Inclusive New Urban [...]

Side events Room 408

09:00 - 11:00 Youths as Change-makers and Drivers for the Sustainable Urban Development for Social Inclusion and Ending Poverty

Networking Events Room 405

11:00 - 14:00 Building skills to design good urban policies and legislation

Training Events Room 406

14:00 - 15:00 Towards Implementing the New Urban Agenda in Australasia and the Pacific Region. Project 2021: The First Five [...]

Side events Room 406

15:00 - 17:00 Scaling up participatory budgeting for fostering resilience and prosperity of urban and regional development

Networking Events Room 405

17:00 - 18:00 The Public Realm for Equity, Inclusion, and Sustainability

Side events Room 409

09:00 - 11:00 Shaping healthy cities for and with children

Networking Events Room 406

11:00 - 14:00 Innovative clean transport business models: training for public officials

Training Events Room 407

14:00 - 15:00 NUP for consensus building: National Urban and Habitat Policy in Argentina

Side events Room 407

15:00 - 17:00 Building People-Public-Private Partnerships for Urban Development, Integration and Systemic Change

Networking Events Room 406

17:00 - 18:00 Social Production of Habitat: Building the African Case in the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda

Side events Room 410

09:00 - 11:00 SDG and New Urban Agenda implementation on the African continent: Networking for new approaches to build [...]

Networking Events Room 408

11:00 - 14:00 Addressing Food Systems Through Urban Policy, Planning and Action

Training Events Room 408

14:00 - 15:00 The Urban Dimension of Climate Change: lessons from the Commonwealth

Side events Room 408

15:00 - 17:00 Smart and Green Development

Networking Events Room 407

17:00 - 18:00 Urban Planning for City Leaders: A Handbook for Kenya

Urban Library

09:00 - 11:00 The value of City-City Partnerships for Implementing the New Urban Agenda

Networking Events Room 409

11:00 - 14:00 The Deep Place Method for Economic, Social and Cultural Sustainability

Training Events Room 409

14:00 - 15:00 Using Innovative and Participatory Tools to increase Girls' Safety and Inclusion in Cities

Side events Room 409

15:00 - 17:00 Networking Event on SUC Initiative on Sustainable New Cities and Communities: building new cities and communities [...]

Networking Events Room 408

09:00 - 11:00 Housing in the New Urban Agenda

Networking Events Room 410

11:00 - 14:00 Uclg Role play about circular economy: the case of waste management

Training Events Room 410

14:00 - 15:00 Migration, Displacement and Inclusive cities: Challenges and Opportunities for Local Governments in the Arab region

Side events Room 410

15:00 - 17:00 Toward a More Inclusive and Equitable City: International Case Studies

Networking Events Room 409

09:00 - 11:00 Repositioning Nigerian Cities Towards the Achievement of the New Urban Agenda

Networking Events Room 407

11:00 - 14:00 Citywide Slum Upgrading and Prevention: How to achieve scale with Innovative Financing Strategies

Training Events UN-Habitat in action room

14:00 - 15:00 City Enabling Environment for the implementation of NUA

Urban Library

15:00 - 17:00 Accelerating investments in urban transition through project preparation for local sustainable infrastructure

Networking Events Room 410

08:00 - 11:00 Learning exchange on Safer Cities

Training Events UN-Habitat in action room

15:00 - 17:00 Bankable projects for Sustainable Development

Networking Events UN-Habitat in action room

09:00 - 13:00 WUC Steering Committee

Parallel Events Jasmin Room - Impiana Hotel

13:00 - 20:45 Thriving cities, prosperous countries: From Agenda to Implementation

Parallel Events Salon One (Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur)

09:00 - 10:00 O-live, community hub

Urban Library

10:00 - 11:00 Book launch : Quito Papers and the New Urban Agenda

Urban Library

12:30 - 18:00 Cities and climate Change initiative advisory meeting

Parallel Events Mawar Room - Impiana Hotel

14:00 - 16:30 Urban Thinkers

Parallel Events Jasmin Room - Impiana Hotel

15:00 - 16:00 The City of the Future: People First

Urban Library
08:00 08:15 08:30 08:45 09:00 09:15 09:30 09:45 10:00 10:15 10:30 10:45 11:00 11:15 11:30 11:45 12:00 12:15 12:30 12:45 13:00 13:15 13:30 13:45 14:00 14:15 14:30 14:45 15:00 15:15 15:30 15:45 16:00 16:15 16:30 16:45 17:00 17:15 17:30 17:45 18:00 18:15 18:30 18:45 19:00 19:15 19:30 19:45 20:00 20:15

08:00 - 09:00

Caucus Meetings Room 402

09:00 - 12:00 Open and big data: measuring the urban reality

Dialogues Plenary Hall

12:00 - 13:00 Sustainable Urban Transport Index (SUTI)

Urban Library

14:30 - 16:30 Urban ecological landscapes: Achieving urban health addressing climate change

Special Sessions Ballroom 2

17:00 - 18:00 Assessing Planning Legal Frameworks — A UN-Habitat Methodology

UN-Habitat in Action Room

18:00 - 19:00 Participatory approach for sustainable urban development: how Italian cities are implementing NUA through URBACT

Listen to Cities room / Local Action Listen to Cities

08:00 - 09:00

Caucus Meetings Room 401

09:00 - 11:00 Inclusive Multi Stakeholders’ Partnerships

Special Sessions Conference Hall 2

11:00 - 12:00 Plenary Conclusions

Conference Hall 2

14:30 - 17:30 Transformative partnerships in urban management

Dialogues Plenary Hall

18:00 - 19:00 Support effective implementation of the New Urban Agenda to facilitate urban poverty mitigation through job creation [...]

One UN Room

09:00 - 11:00 Innovative Approaches to Settlements for Displaced Populations

Special Sessions Ballroom 2

11:00 - 13:00 Leading Change: Using the IG - UTP to implement the NUA

Listen to Cities room / Local Action Listen to Cities

14:30 - 16:30 Housing at the Centre, as a Vector for Socio-economic Inclusion

Special Sessions Conference Hall 2

16:30 - 17:30 Plenary Conclusions

Conference Hall 2

09:00 - 11:00 Urban-rural Linkages: Territorial Development and Food Security

Special Sessions Ballroom 1

11:00 - 13:00 Shock-Responsive Urban Safety Nets: a Foundation for Peaceful Cities

One UN Room

14:30 - 16:30 Civic engagement and participation

Special Sessions Ballroom 1

17:00 - 19:00 Network of Urban Labs

AFINUA Room

09:00 - 11:00 Business and Industries

Stakeholders' Roundtables Banquet Hall

11:00 - 14:00 Human Rights Based Approach to Women's Land and Property Rights in the Muslim World

Training Events Room 306

14:30 - 16:30 Children and Youth

Stakeholders' Roundtables Banquet Hall

17:00 - 18:00 Ensuring Equitable Through Innovative Neighborhood Development Plan and Implmentation Programs

Listen to Cities room / Local Action Listen to Cities

09:00 - 11:00 Women

Stakeholders' Roundtables Conference Hall 1

11:00 - 14:00 Aligning the New Urban Agenda - 2030 Agenda Implementation – Smart City Tools for Multi-level Governments and Partners

Training Events Room 304

14:30 - 16:30 Farmers

Stakeholders' Roundtables Conference Hall 1

17:00 - 18:00 Integrating Urbanization in National Development Planning in Africa

One UN Room

09:00 - 11:00 National Urban Policies in African Portuguese-speaking Countries: Implementing the New Urban Agenda and the SDG 11

AFINUA Room

11:00 - 12:00 Planning for Climate Action in Informal Settlements

Urban Library

13:00 - 15:00 Informal Settlement Upgrading using Safer Cities Approach

AFINUA Room

15:00 - 17:00 Forming inclusive partnership and sharing innovative tools towards citywide slum improvement and secure tenure rights for [...]

AFINUA Room

17:00 - 18:00 Public Goods and Services as Pathway to Equitable City Economies in Bangladesh: Lessons from Sylhet and [...]

Side events Room 304

09:00 - 11:00 Community of practice on local open governments: local actions for transparent and sustainable cities

Listen to Cities room / Local Action Listen to Cities

13:00 - 15:00 Innovative strategies for metropolitan development: Evidence from selected countries in Africa and Latin America

Listen to Cities room / Local Action Listen to Cities

15:00 - 16:00 Innovative financing mechanisms in Douala Metropolitan Council, Cameroon

Listen to Cities room / Local Action Listen to Cities

16:00 - 17:00 Turning urban shrinkage into opportunities for sustainable redevelopment. Reflection from the experience of the City of [...]

Listen to Cities room / Local Action Listen to Cities

17:00 - 18:00 Informal Sector Workers Driving Local Economies: Observations from the Pacific Region

Side events Room 305

09:00 - 10:00 Implementing resilience actions for urban sustainable development: Road for cities to achieve Target E of Sendai [...]

One UN Room

10:00 - 11:00 Collaborative vulnerability profiling for strengthening access to food and basic services of urban populations in need

One UN Room

13:00 - 15:00 Bridging the gap - Integrated strategies for inclusive urban-rural linkages

One UN Room

15:00 - 17:00 Joint Programme on Waste SDG Indicators - Global Monitoring and Capacity Development for Sustainable Cities and [...]

One UN Room

17:00 - 18:00 No Time to Waste: Housing Policy and Advancing the New Urban Agenda

Side events Room 306

09:00 - 11:00 Les dispositifs, pratiques et outils de gouvernance locale participative et d?inclusion sociale pour promouvoir les [...]

Networking Events Room 304

11:00 - 14:00 Creativity for Sustainable Cities: leveraging culture for social inclusion, economic development, and enhanced resilience

Training Events Room 305

14:00 - 15:00 Using Data and Technology to Build Inclusive Public Spaces in Cities

Side events Room 304

15:00 - 17:00 Navigating the Affordable Housing Market in Urban Cities

Networking Events Room 304

17:00 - 18:00 Delivering Priority Infrastructure, Improved Services and Planned Cities for Urban Management: An Inclusive Approach to implementing [...]

Side events Room 307

09:00 - 11:00 Multi-scalar governance for urban sustainability in resource constrained urban regions

Networking Events Room 305

11:00 - 14:00 3PA - How to make the New Urban Agenda a reality at local level

Training Events Room 307

14:00 - 15:00 Bridging the gap between local finances and urban investment: learning from land value capture instruments in [...]

Side events Room 305

15:00 - 17:00 Achieving Sustainability Through Inclusive Heritage Based Development in Asian Cities

Networking Events Room 305

17:00 - 18:00 Towards Decent Work in Inclusive Cities

Side events Room 401

09:00 - 11:00 Coordination, Cooperation and Planning to regulate the financialization of the city

Networking Events Room 306

11:00 - 14:00 Shaping urban mobility – An integrated approach by the TUMI initiative

Training Events Room 402

14:00 - 15:00 Leveraging Community Knowledge in Disaster Management and Resilience Planning in Cities

Side events Room 306

15:00 - 17:00 Dealing with Rapid Urbanisation - tools and experiences The rapid rates and scale of urbanisation around [...]

Networking Events Room 306

17:00 - 18:00 Habitat for Humanity's Commitment to Implementing the New Urban Agenda: A Progress Report

Side events Room 402

09:00 - 11:00 Science and the Future of Cities: Report from the UCL-Nature Sustainability Expert Panel

Networking Events Room 307

11:00 - 14:00 Design Sprint for Urban Innovation

Training Events Room 403

14:00 - 15:00 Experiences Applying Guiding Principles for City Climate Action Planning

Side events Room 307

15:00 - 17:00 Integrated Housing and Habitat Policy: An inclusive approach to territories, resilience and poverty reduction

Networking Events Room 307

17:00 - 18:00 The judiciary facing the New Urban Agenda: Urban Law, Acces to Justice and Human Rights Defense

Side events Room 403

09:00 - 11:00 Achieving energy efficient, zero-emission buildings for sustainable, pollution-free cities

Networking Events Room 401

11:00 - 14:00 Smart Cities 2030 - How to Build Smart Cities for All

Training Events Room 404

14:00 - 15:00 Measuring and managing expanding urban public transport in support of the New Urban Agenda and SDG 11.2

Side events Room 401

15:00 - 17:00 Smart Sustainable Cities

Networking Events Room 401

17:00 - 18:00 Civil society's role in creating public spaces for all

Side events Room 404

09:00 - 11:00 Smart urban services for a better social and territorial inclusion: creating international digital guidelines

Networking Events Room 402

11:00 - 14:00 Planning tools from planning to implementation and monitoring: A malaysian perspective

Training Events Room 405

14:00 - 15:00 A multidimensional view of the implementation of the New World Urban Agenda, from the micro-territory and [...]

Side events Room 402

15:00 - 17:00 Data Informed Inclusion & Empowerment: Slums and Informal Settlements

Networking Events Room 402

17:00 - 18:00 Urban Cable Cars as a new dimension to sustainable urban transport

Side events Room 405

09:00 - 11:00 Urban Professionals and local authorities’ synergy in the process of implementation of New Urban Agenda

Networking Events Room 403

11:00 - 14:00 Training on “The Strategic Integration of Urbanization in National Development Planning in Africa”

Training Events Room 406

14:00 - 15:00 Kenya's Framework for Effective Implementation of the New Urban Agenda

Side events Room 403

15:00 - 17:00 Extractive Industries and Evictions: Echoes from Middle- East and African Regions

Networking Events Room 403

17:00 - 18:00 Informal settlements as the epicenter of the challenges for inclusive and sustainable cities

Side events Room 406

09:00 - 11:00 The Colombian Atlas of Urban Expansion: Remote sensing to promote evidenced based planning

Networking Events Room 404

11:00 - 14:00 How to Leverage Multi-Sector Tools and Partnerships to Increase Security of Tenure Globally

Training Events Room 407

14:00 - 15:00 Territorial Planning: Linking Cities Across Peninsula Malaysia

Side events Room 404

15:00 - 17:00 Data and Innovation: Addressing Risk in Urban Areas for Vulnerable Urban Population and Communities

Networking Events Room 404

17:00 - 18:00 Blueprint for Better

Side events Room 407

09:00 - 11:00 Towards climate resilient informal settlements: meeting basic needs in a climate changed era

Networking Events Room 405

11:00 - 14:00 The Use of Minecraft for Community Participation in Design of Public Space

Training Events Room 408

14:00 - 15:00 Leveraging the power of science to implement the New Urban Agenda: The role of Knowledge-Action Networks [...]

Side events Room 405

15:00 - 17:00 Strengthening resilience of human settlements after complex natural disasters and conflicts Lessons from Humanitarian Response and [...]

Networking Events Room 405

17:00 - 18:00 Women and the Urban: Synergies between SDG 5 and SDG 11

Side events Room 408

09:00 - 11:00 Spanish Urban Agenda and the implementation of Article 7 in Spain

Networking Events Room 406

11:00 - 14:00 Readiness for Change: A Psychosocial Support Module for Working With Urban Homeless Persons

Training Events Room 409

14:00 - 15:00 New frontiers for Humanitarians in Cities: Inclusive and sustainable urban recovery and reconstruction

Side events Room 406

15:00 - 17:00 Sustaining Peace through Urban Safety: Charting Key Lessons for the UN High-Level Forum

Networking Events Room 406

17:00 - 18:00 Women Friendly Cities Challenge: An International Collaborative Online Platform of Wise Practices

Side events Room 409

09:00 - 11:00 Urban health as a unifying framework for sustainable development in Latin American Cities

Networking Events Room 407

11:00 - 14:00 Making Productive Tourism and New Culture Destination

Training Events Room 410

14:00 - 15:00 Implementation of the 'Fukuoka Method' landfill and solid waste management system; a low cost and environmentally [...]

Side events Room 407

15:00 - 17:00 Public Space as driver of Equitable Economic Growth: Policy and Practise to Leverage a Key Asset [...]

Networking Events Room 407

17:00 - 18:00 Anatomy of Density: Why Tall Buildings Can't Solve the Problem of Urban Growth

Side events Room 410

09:00 - 11:00 Cities and Science: Leveraging the knowledge-action network approach to implement the New Urban Agenda

Networking Events Room 408

11:00 - 14:00 How resilient is your city? City Resilience Profiling Tool

Training Events UN-Habitat in action room

14:00 - 15:00 Enabling the implementation, follow-up and review of the global sustainability agendas in secondary cities

Side events Room 408

15:00 - 17:00 Metropolitan Thinkers meeting point: institutions and strategies

Networking Events Room 408

17:00 - 19:00 UN-Habitat Regional Office for Asia-Pacific Meeting 2

Parallel Events Mawar Room - Impiana Hotel

09:00 - 11:00 Habitat treaty for Latin America: Legal implementation of the New Urban Agenda

Networking Events Room 409

14:00 - 15:00 How the New Urban Agenda, SDG #11 and age friendly cities can improve lives of urban older [...]

Side events Room 409

15:00 - 17:00 SHERPA: Your Personal Guide for Sustainable Housing Projects

Networking Events Room 409

09:00 - 11:00 Resilient Futures: A Dialogue on African, Asian, and Latin American and Caribbean Cities

Networking Events Room 410

14:00 - 15:00 Land Administration & Planning from Islamic Lens - Empowerment to Women

Side events Room 410

15:00 - 17:00 Clean air, healthy citizens and equal societies: Making the case for ambitious, inclusive, climate action in [...]

Networking Events Room 410

09:00 - 11:00 The Role of Music in Achieving Our Sustainable Development Goals

Urban Library

13:00 - 15:00 Public Space, Peacebuilding and Social Cohesion

Urban Library

15:00 - 16:00 Launch of “Migration and Inclusive Cities: A Guide for Arab City Leaders”

Urban Library
08:00 08:15 08:30 08:45 09:00 09:15 09:30 09:45 10:00 10:15 10:30 10:45 11:00 11:15 11:30 11:45 12:00 12:15 12:30 12:45 13:00 13:15 13:30 13:45 14:00 14:15 14:30 14:45 15:00 15:15 15:30 15:45 16:00 16:15 16:30 16:45 17:00 17:15 17:30 17:45 18:00 18:15 18:30

08:00 - 09:00

Caucus Meetings Room 402

09:00 - 11:00 Low carbon and energy efficient cities

Special Sessions Conference Hall 2

11:00 - 12:00 Plenary Conclusions

Conference Hall 2

12:30 - 14:30 Official Closing

Plenary Hall

09:00 - 11:00 Urban Safety and Accessibility

Special Sessions Ballroom 1

11:00 - 12:00 Monitoring 40 years of global urban development in all cities of the planet with the open and [...]

AFINUA Room

09:00 - 11:00 Grassroots organizations

Stakeholders' Roundtables Conference Hall 1

11:00 - 12:00 Partnered Approach to Sustainable Urban Development – Leading Initiatives of United Nations Global Compact City Participants and [...]

One UN Room

09:00 - 11:00 Policies and city wide strategies creating well managed, inclusive, safe and accessible public space

Listen to Cities room / Local Action Listen to Cities

11:00 - 12:00 What can urban sustainability experiments do?

Side events Room 304

09:00 - 10:00 UN High Commissioner for Refugees - Cities of Solidarity initiative – Cities in the Americas take the [...]

One UN Room

10:00 - 11:00 IFSUD and the City Partnerships Challenge Launch

One UN Room

11:00 - 12:00 Emergency coordination in the city: Linking local authorities & humanitarian actors

Side events Room 305

09:00 - 11:00 Trans-Boundary Resilience: Promoting Collaborative Action to Build Inclusive Urban Resilience

Networking Events Room 304

11:00 - 12:00 Managing natural disaster risks in cities tomorrow: how can multilateral and bilateral financing institutions contribute to [...]

Side events Room 306

09:00 - 11:00 Up-scaling City Networks for Knowledge Exchange at Regional Level

Networking Events Room 305

11:00 - 12:00 Rights / City and Habitat: Better Legislations for implement the New Urban Agenda in Latin America

Side events Room 307

09:00 - 11:00 How the role of small Cities, as envisaged by the New Urban Agenda, can be realised?

Networking Events Room 306

11:00 - 12:00 East Africa's Air Pollution Scenarios in Low Income Countries: a debate facilitated by the "A [...]

Side events Room 401

09:00 - 11:00 Housing replacement after the earthquake in Mexico City: opportunities for fiscal innovation and improved urban resilience

Networking Events Room 307

11:00 - 12:00 Community-Based Urban Resilience: generating co-benefit from integrated action

Side events Room 402

09:00 - 11:00 Smart Financing for Smart Cities: Sharing experiences on financing options for smart urban development

Networking Events Room 402

11:00 - 12:00 Participatory Forum on Affordable Housing and Indoor Air Quality: Essential Elements for the New Urban Agenda

Side events Room 403

09:00 - 11:00 Maximising philanthropy's convening power to implement and monitor the NUA

Networking Events Room 403

11:00 - 12:00 Citizen participation in smart city: experience sharing

Side events Room 404

09:00 - 11:00 Urban Resilience: Challenges and Opportunities for Malaysian Cities

Networking Events Room 404

11:00 - 12:00 The Role of Grassroots Women in Building Urban Resilience

Side events Room 405

09:00 - 11:00 Rural-Urban Continuum – an Essential Approach to Sustainable Cities

Networking Events Room 405

11:00 - 12:00 Non-Communicable Diseases: Hidden Burden of Cities in Asia

Side events Room 406

09:00 - 11:00 New Urban Agenda implementation in Cities undergoing Crisis

Networking Events Room 406

11:00 - 12:00 Ericsson presentation and demo on the role that ICT and IoT can play in creating smart [...]

Side events Room 407

09:00 - 11:00 Role of non-State actors in the protection of urban green environment. Case study: Malaysia

Networking Events Room 407

11:00 - 12:00 Implementation of the New Urban Agenda and identification of SDGs in Quito one year after Habitat [...]

Side events Room 408

09:00 - 11:00 Metropolitan and Territorial Agencies mobilized for climate planning

Networking Events Room 408

11:00 - 12:00 The Role of Local Governments in the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda and Ensuring Sustainable [...]

Side events Room 409

09:00 - 11:00 Transformation of Green Infrastructures in City of Kuala Lumpur through Urban Solution and Innovation

Networking Events Room 409

11:00 - 12:00 Launching of TU DELFT Urban Thinkers Report: Education for the City We Need.

Side events Room 410

09:00 - 11:00 Measurement Index and Dashboards for measurement of progress and success towards achieving Sustainable Development Goals in [...]

Networking Events Room 410

09:00 - 17:00 Expert Group Meeting on the Gender Strategy for Implementing Women’s Land Rights

Parallel Events Hotel Corus, Jalan Ampang, KL (near the WUF venue)

09:00 - 10:00 Global Prosperity Starts with Cities: Implementing a Child-Responsive New Urban Agenda

Urban Library

10:00 - 11:00 Lagoon - Life Line of South East Coast of India

Urban Library
08:00 08:15 08:30 08:45 09:00 09:15 09:30 09:45 10:00 10:15 10:30 10:45 11:00 11:15 11:30 11:45 12:00 12:15 12:30 12:45 13:00 13:15 13:30 13:45 14:00 14:15 14:30 14:45 15:00 15:15 15:30 15:45 16:00 16:15 16:30

## Speakers

- Abdelwahid Temmar

  Ministry of Housing, Planning and the City, Algeria

  Minister

  Algeria

- Abdul Baqi Popal

  Ministry of Municipalities, Afghanistan

  Deputy Minister

  Afghanistan

- Abdul Rahman Al Sheikh

  Ministry for Town Planning, Saudi Arabia

  Minister

  Saudi Arabia

- Adjei Boateng Kwasi

  Ministry of local government and rural development, Ghana

  Vice-Minister

  Ghana

- Aisa Kirabo Kacyira

  United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)

  Deputy Executive Director and Assistant Secretary-General

  Rwanda

- Amal Maouloud

  Ministry of Habitat, Urbanism and Land Management, Mauritania

  Minister

  Mauritania

- Ana Paula Chantre Luna de Carvalho

  Ministry of Spatial planning and Housing, Angola

  Minister

  Angola

- Andries Nel

  Ministry of Cooperative Governance of South Africa

  Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance, South Africa

  South Africa

- Ani Dasgupta

  WRI Ross Center For Sustainable Cities

  Global Director

  United States of America

- Anna Andrew Namathanga Kachikho

  Government of Malawi

  Minister

  Malawi

- Aysen Nikolaev

  City of Yakutsk

  Mayor

  Russian Federation

- Badelkhan Khavdislam

  Ministry of Construction and Urban Development, Mongolia

  Minister

  Mongolia

- Basuki Hadimuljono

  Ministry of Public Works and Housing

  Minister

  Indonesia

- Carola Gunnarsson

  City of Sala, Sweden

  Mayor

  Sweden

- Celestine Ketcha Courtes

  City of Bangangté

  Mayor

  Cameroon

- Clara Doe Mvogo

  City of Monrovia, Liberia

  Mayor

  Liberia

- Corina Cretu

  Directorate General for Regional and Urban policy (Regio), European Commission

  Commissioner

  Romania

- Dato Maimunah Mohd Sharif

  United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)

  Executive Director

  Malaysia

- Dato’ Sri Ahmad Shabery Cheek

  Ministry of Agriculture & Agro-Based Industry

  Minister

  Malaysia

- Dato’ Sri Hj. Mohammad Mentek

  Ministry of Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government, Malaysia

  Secretary General

  Malaysia

- Dato' Seri Haji Abdul Rahman Dahlan

  Government of Malaysia

  Minister in the Prime Minister's Department

  Malaysia

- Datuk Wira Halimah Binti Mohamed Sadique

  Ministry Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government, Malaysia

  Deputy Minister

  Malaysia

- David Simango

  City of Maputo, Mozambique

  Mayor

  Mozambique

- Desmond Lee Minister for Social and Family Development - Second Minister of National Development, Singapore

  Singapore

- Dorji Choden

  Ministry of Works and Human Settlement, Bhutan

  Cabinet Minister

  Bhutan

- Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez

  World Bank

  Senior Director of Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice

  Hungary

- Ellen O. Pratt

  Ministry For Industry, Liberia

  Minister

  Liberia

- Emilia Saiz

  UCLG - United Cities and Local Governments

  Secretary General

  Spain

- Erik Solheim

  UN Environment

  Executive Director

  Norway

- Eugenie Birch

  University of Pennsylvania, United States of America

  Professor of Urban Research

  United States of America

- Gunther Adler

  Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB), Germany

  State Secretary

  Germany

- Hajia Alima Mahama

  Ministry for Local Government and Rural Development, Ghana

  Minister

  Ghana

- Hardeep Singh Puri

  Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, India

  Union Minister of State (Independent Charge)

  India

- Hassan Abdelgadir Hilal

  Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources and Physical Development, Sudan

  Minister

  Sudan

- Henk Ovink

  United Nations

  Special Envoy for International Water Affairs

  Netherlands

- Isidoro Santana

  Ministry of Economy, Planning and Development, Dominican Republic

  Minister

  Dominican Republic

- Jean-Claude Mbwentchou

  Ministry Of Urban Development And Housing, Cameroon

  Minister

  Cameroon

- Jennifer Musisi

  Kampala Capital City Authority

  Executive Director

  Uganda

- Kobebe Taitai

  Ministry of Internal Affairs, Kiribati

  Minister

  Kiribati

- Lindiwe Sisulu

  Ministry of Human Settlements, South Africa

  Minister

  South Africa

- Lorna Eden

  Ministry for Finance, Public Service, Public Enterprise and Trade and Tourism

  Assistant Minister

  Fiji Islands

- Marcelo Cabrera

  City of Cuenca, Ecuador

  Mayor

  Ecuador

- Mariam Iddrisu

  Sagnarigu Municipal Assembly, Ghana

  Mayor

  Ghana

- Merola Virginio

  City of Bologna, Italy

  Mayor

  Italy

- Mohamed Sefiani

  City of Chefchaouen, Morocco

  Mayor

  Morocco

- Mohammed Adjei Sowah

  City of Accra, Ghana

  Mayor

  Ghana

- Mosharraf Hossain

  Ministry of Housing and Public Works, Bangladesh

  Minister

  Bangladesh

- Mostafa Kamal Madbouly

  Ministry of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities

  Minister

  Egypt

- Neal Rackleff

  Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), United States of America

  Assistant Secretary

  United States of America

- Nonofo Molefhi

  Ministry of Infrastructure and Housing Development, Botswana

  Minister

  Botswana

- Parks Tau

  UCLG - United Cities and Local Governments

  President

  South Africa

- Ramón Mestre

  City of Cordoba

  Mayor

  Argentina

- Reda Brandisauskiene

  Ministry for Environment, Lithuania

  Vice-Minister

  Lithuania

- Rosario Robles

  Ministry Of Agrarian Territorial And Urban Development, Mexico

  Minister

  Mexico

- Rose Molokoane

  Slum Dwellers International (SDI)

  President

  South Africa

- Sami Halaseh

  Ministry for Public Works & Housing, Jordan

  Minister

  Jordan

- Sigrid Kaag

  Ministry for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, Netherlands

  Minister

  Netherlands

- Siri Gasemyr Staalesen

  Parliament of Norway (Storting)

  Member

  Norway

- Soledad Núñez

  Ministry of Housing and Habitat, Paraguay

  Minister

  Paraguay

- Stephany Uy Tan

  City of Catbalogan, Philippines

  Mayor

  Philippines

- Tadeo Garcia Salazar

  City of Godoy Cruz, Argentina

  Mayor

  Argentina

- Tan Sri Noh Bin Haji Omar

  Government of Malaysia

  Minister of Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government

  Malaysia

- Victor Pineda

  World Enabled

  President

  United States of America

- William Cobbett

  Cities Alliance

  Director

  South Africa

- Zandile Gumede

  City of Durban, South Africa

  Mayor

  South Africa

## WUF9 Sessions

- High Level Roundtables

  The first and highest-level segment, featuring key decision makers and the most iconic figures, will deliberate a set of subjects that revolve around the key role of cities as transformative [...]

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- Dialogues

  Dialogues will be high-profile events to focus and debate on policy recommendations in the implementation of the New Urban Agenda. Those sessions will have a duration of three hours. Read [...]

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- Assemblies

  The WUF9 will feature Assemblies, created to give voice to key stakeholders groups from broader segments of the society, Read more particularly instrumental to support an inclusive and participatory decision [...]

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- Special Sessions

  Special Sessions will aim for in-depth discussions on specific issues on the implementation of the New Urban Agenda and the mechanisms for monitoring the implementation. Read more

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- Stakeholder’s Roundtables

  Various Partner Constituent Groups will hold an array of roundtable meetings. Read more These roundtables presented an opportunity for these key partners to present projects and research on the implementation [...]

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- UN-Habitat in Action Room
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- AFINUA Room

  The integrative nature of the implementation of the New Urban Agenda across the five key action areas will take into consideration national and local priorities and specificities. Read more This [...]

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- Listen to Cities room / Local Action

  The WUF9 will also be an opportunity to continue increasing the dialogue between national and subnational authorities on the New Urban Agenda implementation. Read more In this context, specific events [...]

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- One UN Room

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- Networking Events

  Networking events will have a duration of two hours long and should focus on strengthening partnerships, calling for new alliances or launching joint initiatives on the implementation of the New [...]

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- Side events

  Side events are one hour long and should focus on concrete examples of the implementation of the New Urban Agenda such as projects, research, data, etc. Read more They are [...]

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- Training Events

  Training events should focus on developing skills and knowledge of the WUF9 participants and targeted audiences, Read more by providing “how to” approach to development challenges with innovative tools, methodologies [...]

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- Urban Talks

  Urban talks will be a series of featured speeches and discussions with some of the world's most renowned urbanists, economists, sociologists, and thinkers. These are keynote sessions or dialogues that [...]

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- City events & WUF9 Village

  During the week of the Forum a wide range of cultural events will take place in Kuala Lumpur to enjoy the culture and traditions of the city, its music, dance [...]

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- Technical Visits

  The Technical Visits are a result of Malaysia's engagement with various urban stakeholders in the light of the WUF9 theme "Cities 2030 Cities for All: Implementing New Urban Agenda".

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- Parallel Events

  Beside networking, side and training events, a number of other events also take place within and outside the official venue.

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- Urban Library

  Designed to deepen the knowledge and build networks on the sustainable urbanization and urban solutions, Urban Library provides a space to complement responsibilities and launch commitments to the Cities 2030, Cities for All: Implementing the New Urban Agenda.

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- Caucus Meetings

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## Thematic Itineraries

- Climate Change
- Housing
- Humanitarian
- Land
- Local Economic Development
- Migration
- Mobility
- Municipal Finance
- National Urban Policy
- Public Space
- Risk Reduction and Resilience
- Slum Upgrading
- Urban Basic Services
- Urban Design
- Urban Legislation
- Urban Safety
- Women
- Youth

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