Event: UN Habitat
At the New School July 2018

CITIES AND THE GLOBAL AGENDA: ON THE ROAD TO THE U20 IN BUENOS AIRES

Burgess COMMENTARY

Peter Burgess

CITIES AND THE GLOBAL AGENDA: ON THE ROAD TO THE U20 IN BUENOS AIRES

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This conference will feature four panel discussions, investigating the role of cities in the High-Level Political Forum 2018 as well as the G20, in preparation of the Urban 20 (U20) this October in Buenos Aires. The speakers will reflect on official and alternative methods of measuring local performance in the SDGs, urban practices that help achieve the New Urban Agenda, ways of increasing capacity for implementation, and strategies for the U20.

SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF UN-HABITAT

David Simon DIRECTOR, MISTRA URBAN FUTURES, CHALMERS UNIVERSITY, GOTHENBURG

William Cobbett DIRECTOR, CITIES ALLIANCE

Eduardo Moreno DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AND CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT, UN-HABITAT

Antonella Contin PROFESSOR, POLITECNICO DI MILANO

Susan Parnell PROFESSOR OF GEOGRAPHY, UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN

Nelson Saule POLIS INSTITUTE, BRAZIL

Horacio Corti PUBLIC DEFENDER, CITY OF BUENOS AIRES

Martin Motta HOUSING INSTITUTE (IVC) CITY GOVERNMENT OF BUENOS AIRES

Jeb Brugmann VICE-PRESIDENT, SOLUTION DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION, 100 RESILIENT CITIES PROGRAM

Eugene Zapata-Garesché REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR LATIN AMERICA, ROCKEFELLER 100 RESILIENT CITIES

Guillermo Cabrera DEAN, SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN AND URBAN PLANNING, UNIVERSITY OF BUENOS AIRES

Francisco Mugaburu DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND COOPERATION, CITY GOVERNMENT OF BUENOS AIRES

Michael Cohen PROFESSOR, THE NEW SCHOOL

Margarita Gutman PROFESSOR, THE NEW SCHOOL
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PANEL 1: Assessing the Assessments

PANEL 2: New Urban Practices to Achieve a New Urban Agenda

PANEL 3: Building Capacity for Implementation

PANEL 4: Identifying Strategies for the U20

THIS EVENT IS HOSTED BY:
The New School, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Mistra Urban Futures & The Global Platform for the Right to the City

GPR2C activities during the HLPF:

http://www.righttothecityplatform.org.br/high-level-political-forum-2018/

I became interested in the role of PLACE in socio-enviro-economic progress back in the 1970s when I was doing consulting assignments for the United Nations and the World Bank. I realized that their conventional project approach with a single sector focus was failing because all the development issues were linked and came together at a PLACE. My post career work is all about the essential metrics for multi-dimension management. PeterB