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An integrated territorial approach to sustainable development

High Level Roundtables Saturday 10 February 2018, 14:30 - 17:30

Plenary Hall

#### Speakers

- Abdessamad Sekkal Council of Rabat-Salé-Kénitra President Morocco
- 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
- Ani Dasgupta WRI Ross Center For Sustainable Cities Global Director United States of America
- Badelkhan Khavdislam Ministry of Construction and Urban Development, Mongolia Minister Mongolia
- Boediono Subambang Ministry of Home Affairs, Indonesia Director for Regions, Urban Affairs, and State Boundaries under the Directorate General of Regional Administration Indonesia
- Christine Platt Commonwealth Association of Planners South Africa
- Denitsa Nikolova Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works, Bulgaria Director of Regional Development Programming Bulgaria
- Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez World Bank Senior Director of Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice Hungary
- Edward Kyazze Ministry of Infrastructure, Rwanda Housing, Urbanization and Human Settlement Division manager Rwanda
- Eugenie Birch University of Pennsylvania, United States of America Professor of Urban Research United States of America
- Fatih Gökyurt Ministry of Development, Turkey Head of Department Turkey
- Franz Marré Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany Head of Division, Water, Urban Development and Mobility Germany
- Kim J. DeRidder The Asia Foundation Director, Environment Programs United States of America
- Kundhavi Kadiresan Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Assistant Director-General, Regional Representative for Asia and Pacific India
- Malavika Jain Bambawale Accenture Director / ASEAN Lead - Strategy & Sustainability Singapore
- Marcelo Cabrera City of Cuenca, Ecuador Mayor Ecuador
- Nicolas Buchoud Grand Paris Alliance for Metropolitan Development President France
- Partha Mukhopadhyay Center for Policy Research Senior Fellow India
- Raf Tuts United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) Director Programme Division Belgium
- Sameh Naguib Wahba World Bank Global Director for Urban and Territorial Development, Disaster Risk Management and Resilience Egypt
- Shi Nan Urban Planning Society, China Vice President and Secretary General China
- Thomas Silberhorn Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany Parliamentary State Secretary Germany

#### Description

A balanced approach to territorial development considers different scales of cities and human settlements, systemically connected among them and with their territories, thus ensuring reliable supply and value chains that connect urban and rural supply and demand, while contributing to food security and nutrition systems. Urban and territorial planning and management that puts housing at the centre, builds infrastructure and services, and facilitates trade should be at the basis of the quest towards sustainable development.

#### Objectives of the session

The High-Level Roundtable will demonstrate why policy-making should pay more attention to spatial dimensions. It will analyse how integrated territorial development approaches outlined in the New Urban Agenda, can be more effectively deployed nationally, regionally and locally as a means to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

The session will deepen the exchange on different territorial development approaches and how they can be implemented to achieve the sustainable urban development. Various concepts relating to “integration” will be unpacked, ranging from horizontal integration (sectors), to vertical integration (scales). Justifications for looking at different forms of urban areas as well as their linkages will be discussed.

At a policy level, the session will examine the conditions that make integrated territorial development a success, exploring enabling governance and financing mechanisms. In the end, participants will reflect on how they can introduce these lessons in their particular contexts.

#### Introduction of the topic

Three key dimensions of territorial integration are reflected in the New Urban Agenda:

- A territory is influenced by policies and strategies made at a higher government level. This therefore brings up the need for coordination among various ministries, government departments and planning levels for integration between various spatial strategies and sector policies (New Urban Agenda paragraph 92 – policy and planning processes).
- Activities and investments in a territory not only rewrite the geography of space but also relations in society, economy and environment. Territory is thus an organizing factor for both spatial and non-spatial relations. In particular spatial integration requires coordination across scales and effective urban-rural linkages (New Urban Agenda paragraph 136).
- Restructuring of space is a key tool to increase value and revenues from land. However, this requires effective integration between project design and implementation plan. Thus, a territorial strategy must be supported by governance and financing mechanisms (New Urban Agenda section – effective implementation).

#### Guiding questions

Q1: Why are countries looking at integrated territorial development approaches?

Q2: What are the different approaches to integrated territorial development both in theory and practice? What does integration entail, from which perspectives?

Q3: Which tools support coherence between spatial strategies and sector policies?

Q4: Governance: Who are the key stakeholders? How are the governance challenges being solved? Which partnerships can support the effective implementation of territorial development plans and policies? What specific capacities need to be developed?

Q5: Financing: How can integrated territorial development strategies be financed and by whom? What makes them attractive to various banks and other financing agencies and potential investors? What are the caveats?

Q6: Measuring Success: How do we measure success? What data and indicators exist and what needs to be developed for territorial development approaches?

#### Keywords

2030 Agenda, Climate Resilience, Effective Implementation, Green and Blue Infrastructure, Metropolitan Governance, National Urban Policies, New Urban Agenda, Regional Plannin, Small Towns, Sustainable Development Goals, Territorial Development, Urban Corridors, Urban Sustainability, Urban-Rural Linkages.

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