Draft Agenda
(as of 1 September 2023)
Item 1. Opening and welcome
The Chair of the Forum of Mayors Bureau as well as other relevant UN representatives will open
the meeting.
Item 2. Keynote speech
A keynote speech will be delivered by the Advocate of the 2023 Forum of Mayors.
Item 3. Adoption of the Agenda
The Chair of the Forum of Mayors Bureau will present the agenda, prepared in consultation with
the Bureau, for adoption. The Forum of Mayors will be invited to adopt the agenda.
Item 4. Interregional Segment
An Interregional segment on Urban Regeneration will be organized in collaboration with Geneva
Cities Hub and other UN Regional Commissions. This session will consist of two roundtables and
include mayors from the ECE region and outside the ECE region. The Forum of Mayors will be
invited to take note of the outcomes of the roundtable discussion.
Item 5. Projects for Urban Regeneration
A segment on Urban Regeneration will be organized and will consist of one roundtable. The Forum
of Mayors will be invited to take note of the outcomes of the roundtables’ discussions.
Item 6. Regeneration towards sustainable and resilient urban environments
A segment on Urban Regeneration and Resilience will be organized and will consist of two
roundtables. The Forum of Mayors will be invited to take note of the outcomes of the roundtables’
discussions.
Item 7. Localizing the SDGs and Urban Regeneration
A segment on Voluntary Local Reviews and City Profiles will be organized and will consist of
one roundtable. The Forum of Mayors will be invited to take note of the outcomes of the roundtable
discussion.
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Item 8. Approval of the Recommendations from the Forum of Mayors
The Recommendations from the Forum of Mayors to mayors and to the CUDHLM will be
presented. The Forum of Mayors will be invited to approve the Recommendations.
Item 9. Elections of the next session Chairpersons
The Forum of Mayors is expected to elect Bureau members, including its Chair and two Vice-
Chairs, who will hold office until the end of next session.
Item 10. Closing
The secretariat will summarize the major decisions taken by the Forum of Mayors. The Chair or
his representative will close the meeting.
A detailed programme of the Forum of Mayors is annexed.
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Urban Regeneration Towards 2030
Detailed Draft Programme
(as of 1 September 2023)
02 - 03 October 2023, 10:00-18:00 CET, Room XVII, Palais des Nations (Geneva)
02 October 2023
08:30 - 09:45 Breakfast Reception (tbc)
08:00 - 10:00 Registration
Opening and welcome
Opening of the meeting
Mr. Sami Kanaan, Chair, 2023 Forum of Mayors Bureau,
Mayor of Geneva, Switzerland, President of Geneva Cities
10:00 - 10:20
Hub
Welcome Speeches
Ms. Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the UNOG
Ms. Tatiana Molcean, UNECE Executive Secretary
Keynote speech by Lord Norman Foster, Advocate of the
10:20 - 10:50
2023 Forum of Mayors
10:50 - 11:00 Adoption of the agenda
Segment One:
Interregional segment
Moderator: TBC
11:00 - 13:00
Speakers:
Mr. Yousuf Shawarbeh, Mayor of Amman, Jordan
Mr. Davis Mwamfupe, Mayor of Dodoma, Tanzania
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Ms. Susan Aitken, City Leader of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Mr. Nelson Legacion, Mayor of Naga, The Philippines
Mr. Santiago Maggiotti, Mayor of Navarro, Argentina
Ms. Asmaa Rhlalou, Mayor of Rabat, Morocco
Mr. Roberto Gualtieri, Mayor of Rome, Italy
Mr. Prudence Rubingisa, Mayor of Kigali, Rwanda (tbc)
Toronto (tbc)
Side Event – Room XVII, Palais des Nations
Woman and Mayor: A Gender Perspective on Challenges and
13:15 - 14:45 Visions for Cities
(UNECE, Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations in
Geneva)
Segment One (continued):
Interregional Segment
Moderators: TBC
Speakers:
Mr. Ernst Woller, First President of Vienna Provincial
Parliament, Austria
Mr. Eldar Azizov, Head of the Baku City Executive Power,
15:00 - 16:30 Azerbaijan
Mr. Luc Sétondji Atrokpo, Mayor of Cotonou, Benin
Ms. Manal Awad, Governor of Damietta, Egypt
Mr. Kedir Juhar, Mayor of Dire Dawa, Ethiopia (tbc)
Mr. Kanop Ketchart, Mayor of Nakhon Si Thammarat,
Thailand
Ms. Anabel Hermosa, Mayor of Otavalo, Ecuador
Mr. Dagur Bergthoruson Eggertsson, Mayor of Reykjavik,
Iceland
Mr. Erion Veliaj, Mayor of Tirana, Albania
Segment Two:
Projects for Urban Regeneration
16:30 - 18:00
Moderator: TBC
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Speakers:
Ms. Vesna Vidović, Deputy Mayor of Belgrade, Serbia
Mr. Mirlan Baigonchokov, First Vice Mayor of Bishkek,
Kyrgyz Republic
Ms. Alison Gilliland, Councillor and Former Lord Mayor of
Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Mr. Mathias De Clercq, Mayor of Ghent, Belgium
Ms. Anni Sinnemäki, Deputy Mayor of Helsinki, Finland
Mr. Olivera Injac, Mayor of Podgorica, Montenegro
Mr. Petr Hlaváček, Deputy Mayor of Prague, Czech
Republic
Mr. Tiit Terik, Deputy Mayor of Tallinn, Estonia
Cocktail Reception – Bar Serpent, Palais des Nations
18:00 - 20:00 (The City of Geneva, the Canton of Geneva and the Permanent
Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations in Geneva)
03 October 2023
Side Event – Room H 207/8/9, Palais des Nations & Online
Local communities leading the way towards a sustainable global
08:30 - 09:45 food system
(City of Ghent, Permanent Mission of Belgium to the United Nations
in Geneva and Geneva Cities Hub)
Opening of the Second Day by the Vice-Chairs of the 2023
Forum of Mayors
10:00 - 10:10 Mr. Ihor Terekhov, Mayor of Kharkiv, Ukraine
Ms. Melanie Grabowy, Deputy Mayor of Bonn, Germany
(video message)
Information from partner organisations
Mr. Michal Mlynar, Deputy Executive Director, UN-Habitat
10:10 - 10:20
Mr. Mathieu Mori, Secretary General of the Congress of Local
and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe
Segment Three:
Regeneration towards sustainable and resilient urban
10:20 - 13:00 environments
Moderators: TBC
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Speakers:
Roundtable One:
Ms. Fatma Şahin, Mayor of Gaziantep, Türkiye
Mr. Grégoire Junod, Mayor of Lausanne, Switzerland
Ms. Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh, Mayor of Malmö, Sweden
Mr. Oleksandr Sienkevych, Mayor of Mykolaiv, Ukraine
Ms. Danela Arsovska, Mayor of Skopje, North Macedonia
Mr. Ivica Puljak, Mayor of Split, Croatia
Mr. Lucjusz Nadbereżny, Mayor of Stalowa Wola, Poland
Riga (tbc)
Roundtable 2:
Mr. Tassos Kriekoukis, Representative of the Mayor’s
Office in Athens, Greece
Mr. Abdurahmonzoda Abdurahmon Safarali, Deputy
Mayor of Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Mr. Arthur Chagharyan, Mayor of Ijevan, Armenia
Mr. Kubanychbek Imanaliev, First Deputy Mayor of Jalal-
Abad, Kyrgyz Republic
Mr. Ilsur Metshin, Mayor of Kazan, Russian Federation
Mr. Zoran Janković, Mayor of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Mr. Constantinos Yiorkadjis, Mayor of Nicosia, Cyprus
Mr. Gyula Porga, Mayor of Veszprém, Hungary
Side Event – Room H200, Palais des Nations & Online
Urban Peace Dialogues: When Mayors Become Architects of
13:15 - 14:45
Peace
(City Diplomacy Lab - Columbia Global Centers | Paris)
Segment Four:
Localizing the SDGs and Urban Regeneration
15:00 - 17:00 Moderator: TBC
Speakers:
Mr. David Astrié Padilla, Mayor of Andorra La Vella, Andorra
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Mr. Ricardo Rio, Mayor of Braga, Portugal
Ms. Lenka Antalová Plavúchová, Deputy Mayor of
Bratislava, Slovakia
Mr. Adrian Teban, Mayor of Cugir city, Alba County, Romania
Mr. Mindaugas Sinkevičius, Mayor of Jonava, Lithuania
Mr. Tomaso Rossini, Captain of the Castle, of San Marino,
San Marino
Mr. Max Zammit, Mayor of Ta’ Xbiex, Malta
Mr. Vakhtang Lomjaria, Head of Municipal Department of
Economic Development, Tbilisi, Georgia
Approval of the Recommendations to mayors and to the
17:00 - 17:15
CUDHLM by Mayors
Elections of the next Chairpersons
As per Terms of Reference of the Forum of Mayors, “the next session
17:15 - 17:50
Chairpersons will be elected by the Forum of Mayors until the end of
the following session.”
Closing
17:50 - 18:00 Ms. Paola Deda, Director, UNECE Forests, Land and Housing
Division
Side Event, Drinks Reception & Dinner – Villa Rigot, Avenue
de la Paix 9
18:30 - 21:00 VNR-VLR studio “Evidence-based approaches to the
development of the Voluntary Local Reviews: experiences and
best practices”
(UNECE, UN DESA, UN-Habitat, UCLG, Geneva Cities Hub)
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Eighty-fourth session of the Committee on Urban Development,
Housing and Land Management
4 - 6 October 2023
Conference Room Tempus, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
(In-person participation with broadcasting at UN TV)
Draft detailed programme (as of 4 September 2023)
The detailed programme provides information on the schedule and speakers of the 84th session of the
UNECE Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management. Annotations are
available in the draft annotated provisional agenda for the 84th session (ECE/HBP/218). Information
on the session and the registration link are at https://unece.org/housing/events/cudhlm-session84.
4 October 2023, Wednesday
Time (CET) Agenda items/ titles of the session
10:00-10:15 1. Opening of the meeting and adoption of the agenda
• Doris Andoni (Albania) - Chair, UNECE Committee on Urban Development,
Housing and Land Management
• Dmitry Mariyasin - Deputy Executive Secretary, UNECE
• Michal Mlynar - Deputy Executive Director, United Nations Human
Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)
10:15-10:30 2. Report on the outcomes of the Third Forum of Mayors and related
recommendations
• Report on the Third Forum of Mayors and its recommendations to the
Committee - Sami Kanaan - Chair, Forum of Mayors and Deputy-Mayor,
Canton of Geneva (Switzerland)
Deliberations and decisions by the Committee
10:30–11:00 3. Follow-up to the adoption of the San Marino Declaration on principles for
sustainable and inclusive urban design and architecture
• Didier Vancutsem - Vice-President, International Federation of Landscape
Architects (IFLA Europe), Brussels, Belgium and Director, ISOCARP Institute,
The Hague, The Netherlands
• Sustainable and inclusive design in Geneva: examples of the Plage des Eaux-
Vives and “Health Protection/Refreshing Spaces“ for seniors - Alexandre B.
Hedjazi - Deputy Director, International Affairs; and Senior Lecturer, Institute
for Environmental Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
• Hélène Chartier - Director, Urban Planning and Design, C40 Cities – tbc
• Naming the public space: a tool for cities to achieve gender inclusion - Frédéric
Giraut - Professor and UNESCO Chair, “Naming the World”, University of
Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Deliberations and decisions by the Committee
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11:00-13:00 4. Update on the implementation of the Place and Life in the ECE –
A Regional Action Plan 2030
Panel discussion on the implementation of the Regional Action Plan: how countries,
cities and other stakeholders support achieving affordable decent housing in an
urban context.
Introduction - Mr. Brian Evans - Professor of Urbanism and Landscape and Head
of Urbanism, Mackintosh School of Architecture, The Glasgow School of Art,
Glasgow, UK
Panellists:
• Stephanie Fürer - Scientific Associate, Swiss Federal Office for Housing,
Switzerland
• Veronika Reháková - Head, Housing Policy Unit, Ministry of Transport and
Construction, Slovakia
• Nuria Matarredona - Director General, Urban Agenda and Architecture,
Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, Madrid, Spain
• Peter Kahn - Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Policy
Development, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, USA – tbc
• Andres Jaadla - Estonian Union of Co-operative Housing Associations, Tallinn,
Estonia
• Diego Aulestia - Head, Human Settlements Unit, United Nations Economic
Commission for Latin American and Caribbean (ECLAC)
• Biljana Filipović Đušić - Chair, THE PEP Steering Committee, Serbia
• Roel Janssens - Secretary to the Working Party on Transport Trends and
Economics, Sustainable Transport Division, UNECE
Deliberations and decisions by the Committee
13:00-15:00 Lunch break
13:15-14:45 Side event on “Supporting cities in urban resilience building for inclusive
responses and recovery”. The side event is organized by the five UN regional
economic commissions, UN-Habitat, the Geneva Cities and Making Cities
Resilience 2030 Initiative. The side event is in person at Tempus Conference Hall
and online in WebEx (the link will be sent to registered participants).
15:00-15:30 5. Matters arising since the last Committee session
• Outcomes of the UNECE Commission session (Geneva, 18-19 April 2023),
including its high-level segment “Digital and green transformations for
sustainable development in the region of the Economic Commission for
Europe”; the Regional Forum on Sustainable Development for the ECE
Region (Geneva, 29-30 March 2023); and UNECE engagement in the High-
Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (New York, 10-19 July
2023). Planning participation in the 2023 United Nations Climate Change
Conference or Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP28) – Paola
Deda - Director, Forests, Land and Housing Division, UNECE
• Information on the planning of the Eighth Asia-Pacific Urban Forum
convened by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia
and the Pacific (ESCAP) (Suwon City, South Korea, 22-26 October 2023) -
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Curt Garrigan - Chief, Sustainable Urban Development Section, Environment
and Development Division, UN ESCAP, Bangkok, Thailand
• Outcomes of the Second United Nations Habitat Assembly (Nairobi, Kenya,
5-9 June 2023) and information on the Twelfth Session of the World Urban
Forum (WUF12) (Cairo, November 2024) and possible engagement of the
Committee in WUF12 events – Graham Alabaster - UN-Habitat Geneva
office
Deliberations and decisions by the Committee
15:30-16:00 6. Review of the implementation of the programmes of work 2022 and 2023:
(a) Implementation of the United for Smart Sustainable Cities Initiative
• Activities of the United for Smart Sustainable Cities (U4SSC) initiative -
Mythili Menon - International Telecommunication Union, U4SSC secretariat
Information on UNECE activities as part of the U4SSC initiative:
• Building on the recommendations of the smart sustainable cities Profile
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, by upgrading informal settlements - Mirlanbek
Baigonchokov - First Deputy-Mayor, City of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
• Key outcomes and recommendations of the draft Smart Sustainable Cities
Profile: Podgorica, Montenegro – Olivera Injac - Mayor, City of Podgorica,
Montenegro
• Key outcomes and recommendations of the draft Smart Sustainable Cities
Profile: Almaty, Kazakhstan – Almaty City representative - tbc
• Comments on the U4SSC activities and experiences in supporting smart
sustainable cities in the ESCWA region – Sukaina Abdul Ilah Al-Nasrawi -
Social Affairs Officer, Sustainable Urban Development Lead, Gender Justice,
Population and Inclusive Development, ESCWA, Beirut, Lebanon
Deliberations and decisions by the Committee
16:00-17:00 6 (b) Building urban resilience through action plans, nature-based solutions,
innovative and green financing
Tools and case studies to support urban resilience building:
• Urban greening and nature-based solutions in cities - Liliana Annovazzi-Jakab -
Chief of the joint ECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section, Forests, Land and
Housing Division, UNECE
• Principles for Green Financing for Sustainable Real Estate, Infrastructure and
Urban Transformation Projects – Mr. Giampiero Bambagioni - Urban
Economist, Head of Scientific and International Activities, Tecnoborsa Scpa;
Lecturer, Faculty of Architecture, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
• Promoting inclusive urban regeneration - Javier Torner - Lead, Planning,
Finance and Economy Section, Global Solutions Division, UN-Habitat - tbc
• Urban Charter of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities - Christina
Binder - Bundeswehr University of Munich, Germany; and member of the
Congress Group of Independent Experts on the European Charter of Local Self-
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Government, the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, Council of
Europe
• Outcomes of the joint side event “Supporting cities in urban resilience
building for inclusive responses and recovery from natural, man-made
disasters, internal and external shocks” and next steps in the cooperation of
the UN Regional Economic Commissions to promote urban resilience - Jalal
Abdel-Latif - Acting Section Chief, Urban Development Section, United
Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Deliberations and decisions by the Committee
17:00-18:00 6 (c) Sustainable Development Goals Voluntary Local Reviews: measuring
progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals at the local level
• Information on the Local2030 Initiative and opportunities for the support to
the localization of the SDGs in ECE member States - Shipra Narang Suri -
Chief, Urban Practices Branch, Global Solutions Division, UN-Habitat and
Chair of the Local2030 Initiative
• Update on the implementation of the UNDA project “Voluntary local reviews:
evidence for greener, resilient, and sustainable urban recovery in Eastern
European and Central Asian countries in transition” - Martino Miraglia -
Project Coordinator, UN-Habitat
• OECD work on SDG Voluntary Local Reviews - Stefano Marta -
Coordinator, Territorial Approach to the SDGs, Cities, Urban Policies and
Sustainable Development Division, Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs,
Regions and Cities, Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD), Paris, France
• Preliminary outcomes of the testing of the Guidelines for the Development of
Voluntary Local Reviews in the ECE Region within the project, information
on capacity building activities and recommendations for UNECE activities in
the future – Gulnara Roll - Secretary to the Committee on Urban
Development, Housing and Land Management, UNECE and Matteo
Tarantino - Senior Researcher, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Deliberations and decisions by the Committee
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5 October 2023, Thursday
10:00-12:30 6 (d) Anticipating future housing challenges in the ECE Region and developing
tools to support affordable and decent housing for all
This interactive panel discussion is organized by the network of the Geneva UN
Charter Centres for Sustainable Housing and Smart Sustainable Cities 1, the Real
Estate Market Advisory Group for Sustainable, Climate-Neutral and Energy-
Efficient Buildings and Cities (REM) in cooperation with partners. Anticipating
future housing challenges involves considering a range of factors, including
population growth, urbanization trends, economic, social and environmental
conditions, and technological advancements. The panel is aimed at improving
knowledge base and supporting foresight for affordable decent housing and
sustainable urban development in the UNECE region. It will support developing
joint activities between the centres of excellence in the future.
Panellists:
• Nuria Matarredona - Director General, Urban Agenda and Architecture,
Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, Madrid, Spain
• Michele Lertora, Center on Finance for Growth and Innovation of LIUC
Business School, Castellanza, Italy
• Paloma Taltavull de la Paz, REM Chair
• Kat Grimsley, Visiting Professor, University of Alicante, Spain, REM member
Deliberations and decisions by the Committee
12:30-13:00 6 (e) Activities of the Real Estate Market Advisory Group for Sustainable,
Climate-Neutral and Energy-Efficient Buildings and Cities
• Presentation of activities of the Real Estate Market Advisory Group - Paloma
Taltavull de la Paz - Professor in Applied Economics, Department of Applied
Economic Analysis, University of Alicante, Spain and REM Chair
• Update on activities of the International Fire Safety Standards Coalition and
implementation of the ECE International Safety Standards 2 - Gary Strong -
Fire Safety Lead - Global Building Standards Director, RICS - Royal
Institution of Chartered Surveyors and Chair, International Fire Safety
Standards Coalition
Deliberations and decisions by the Committee
13:00-15:00 Lunch break
13:15-14:45 Side event on housing affordability. In-person in Tempus and online in WebEx.
15:00-16:00 Agenda item 6 (f) Carbon-neutral and energy-efficient housing in the ECE
region
• Activities of the UNECE Group of Experts on Energy Efficiency and UNECE
Joint Task Force on Energy Efficiency in Buildings - Igor Litvinyuk -
Economic Affairs Officer, Sustainable Energy Division, UNECE
1
https://unece.org/housing/charter-centres
2
https://unece.org/housing/standards
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• Activities of the Global Alliance for Building and Construction (GlobalABC) -
Jonathan Duwyn - Programme Management Officer, Buildings and
Construction and Acting Head, GlobalABC Secretariat - tbc
• CleanTech Bulgaria on joint project on refurbishment of multiapartment
buildings in Bulgaria and the Baltics - tbc
Deliberations and decisions by the Committee
16:00-17:00
6 (g) Land administration and management
• Report on the implementation of the Programme of Work 2022-2023 of the
Working Party on Land Administration (WPLA) and on outcomes of the WPLA
13th session - Victoria Abbot – Head of External Affairs, Customer and
Strategy Group, HM Land Registry, United Kingdom and WPLA Chair
• Recap of the keynote segment of the WPLA thirteenth session - Hartmut Müller
- Mainz University, Mainz, Germany and FIG representative
• Ecosystems in land administration - exploring how land authorities are adapting
their organizational and institutional arrangements to respond to the increased
complexity of ecosystems – Victoria Abbot - Head of External Affairs,
Customer and Strategy Group, HM Land Registry, United Kingdom and WPLA
Chair
• Capacity-building activities to support the implementation of the COVID-19
Recovery Action Plan for Informal Settlements in the ECE Region – Prof Dr
Chryssy Potsiou - School of Rural, Surveying & Geoinformatics Engineering,
National Technical University of Athens, Greece and WPLA Bureau member
• Planning of the WPLA workshop on ecosystems and security - Pilar Verdejo -
Land Property Registrar, Valencia, Spain and WPLA Bureau member
Deliberations and decisions by the Committee
17:00-18:00
6 (h) Country profiles on urban development, housing and land management
• Presentation of the draft Country Profile on Urban Development, Housing and
Land Management of Albania - Oleg Golubchikov - Lead writer and Professor
at Cardiff University, UK and Elena Szolgayova - UNECE expert
• Planning of the Country Profile on Urban Development, Housing and Land
Management of Montenegro – Government of Montenegro and CEB - tbc;
Elena Szolgayova - UNECE expert
• Planning of the Country Profile on Urban Development, Housing and Land
Management of Uzbekistan – Uzbekistan representative and Luigi Cipolla - UN
DESA urbanization consultant
Deliberations and decisions by the Committee
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6 October 2023, Friday
10:00-13:00 7. Update on technical cooperation activities
UN4UkrainianCities project
Introduction
• BMZ representative
• Gulnara Roll, Secretary to the Committee on Urban Development, Housing
and Management, UNECE
Housing policy and cadastre
• Representative of the Ministry of Restoration of Ukraine – name tbc
• Serhii Komnatnyi - Senior Housing Expert, UNECE
• Denys Nizalov - Associate Professor, De Montfort University, Leicester,
UK/Global Land Alliance - tbc
• Representatives of the governments of Finland and Germany on
cooperation.
Cities’ master plans and pilot projects
• Alberto Cendoya and Diego Lopez Urruchi - Architects, Architecture, Design
and Technology Unit, Norman Foster Foundation, Madrid, Spain
• Ana Paez - Programme Manager, One Works, Milan, Italy
Promoting investments in urban infrastructure and housing at city level
• Olga Demianenko - Senior urban economy expert, UNECE
• Sara Lemniei - SLK Capital, Chief Executive Officer - tbc
• Vadym Lysenko - Coordinator, Municipal Investment Tracker, UNECE
Capacity-building activities planning
• Melanie Steinkemper - Coordinator, Capacity-Building,
UN4UkrainianCities project, UNECE
• Yegor Vlasenko - Project Coordinator, GIZ Office Ukraine, Integrated
Urban Development in Ukraine II
Other projects for urban development in Ukraine - presentations by partner
organizations
• Filiep Decorte - UN-Habitat
• UNDP representative
Conclusions and next steps
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• Paola Deda, Director, Forests, Land and Housing Division, UNECE
Deliberations and decisions by the Committee
13:00-15:00 Lunch break
15:00-15:15 Continuation of the Committee session
Reading the draft report of the Committee session.
15:15-16:30 8. Programmes of work of the housing and land management component
of the Housing, Land Management and Population subprogramme for
2024 and recommendations on key components of the programme of work
for 2025
Presentation of activities under the programme of work 2024 and of
publications planned for 2025 - Gulnara Roll, Secretary to the Committee on
Urban Development, Housing and Land Management, UNECE
Deliberations and decisions by the Committee
16:30-17:00 9. Election of the Bureau
Presentation of the list of Bureau candidates
Election of Bureau members
17:00-17:30 10. Other business
Any other issues may be raised by member States under this agenda item.
17:30-18:00 11. Adoption of the report and closing of the session.
The Chair will summarize the major decisions taken by the Committee. The
Committee is invited to agree on its report based on a draft prepared by the
secretariat. The secretariat will inform on the next steps for the adoption of the
report. The Chair will inform on the expected date for the next Committee
session. The Chair will close the session.
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Forum of Mayors 2023 84th session of the UNECE
Urban Regeneration towards
towards 2030 Committee on Urban Development,
02 - 03 October,
October, 2023
Housing and Land Management
04 - 06 October,
October, 2023
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2nd October, Day One SCHEDULE Preliminary Timetable (25/08/2023)
8:30 - 9:45 10:00 - 11:00 11:00 - 13:00 13:15 - 14:45 15:00 - 16:30 16:30 - 18:00 18:00 - 20:00
Breakfast Reception Opening and Welcome Segment One Side Event Segment One Segment Two Cocktail Reception
(TBC) Interregional Segment (continued) Projects for Urban
Keynote Speech by Woman and Interregional Regeneration The City of Geneva, the
Lord Norman Foster, Organized in collaboration Mayor: A Gender Segment Canton of Geneva and the
Advocate for the Forum with Geneva Cities Hub and Perspective on This session will be made Permanent Mission of
of Mayors other UN Regional Organized in collaboration up of two roundtables Switzerland to the United
Challenges and
Commissions, it will include with Geneva Cities Hub where cities will be given Nations in Geneva
Visions for Cities
Adoption of the also mayors from outside the and other UN Regional the opportunity to present
(UNECE, Permanent
Agenda ECE region Commissions, it will examples of successful
Mission of Italy to the
United Nations in include also mayors from Urban Regeneration
Geneva) outside the ECE region projects
3rd October, Day Two
8:30 - 9:45 10:00 - 10:15 10:15 - 13:00 13:15 - 14:45 15:00 - 17:00 17:00 - 18:00 18:30 - 21:00
Side Event Opening of the Segment Three Side Event Segment Four Approval of the Side Event, Drinks
Second Day Regeneration towards Localising the SDGs Recommendations to Reception & Dinner
Local communities sustainable and resilient urban Urban Peace and Urban mayors and to the
leading the way environments Dialogues: When Regeneration CUDHLM by Mayors VNR-VLR studio
towards a Mayors Become “Evidence-based
sustainable global This session will be made up of two Architects of This session will focus on Elections of the next approaches to the
food system roundtables where cities will discuss Peace how cities are using Chairpersons development of the
(City of Ghent, Permanent increasing resilience to conflict and (City Diplomacy Lab - Voluntary Local Reviews Voluntary Local
Mission of Belgium to the natural or human-made disasters Columbia Global or city profiles to evaluate Closing Reviews: experiences
United Nations in Geneva Centers | Paris) their progress towards and best practices”
and Geneva Cities Hub) (UNECE, UN DESA, UN-
SDGs and enhance urban
Habitat, UCLG, Geneva Cities
regeneration
Hub)
84th session of the UNECE
Committee on Urban Development,
Housing and Land Management
04 - 06 October, 2023
Conference Room Tempus,
Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
Wednesday 04 October 2023, Day One SCHEDULE Preliminary Timetable (08/08/2023)
13:00 - 15:00
9:00 - 10:00 10:00 - 11:00 11:00 - 13:00 15:00 - 17:00 17:00 - 18:00 18:30 - 19:30
Lunch Break
Tempus Tempus Tempus H Building, Room 207/208 Tempus Tempus Tempus
& online on MS Teams
Registration Opening of the Update on the Matters arising since Sustainable Cocktail Reception
meeting and adoption implementation of Side Event: the last Committee Development Goals on the occasion of
of the agenda the Place and Life in “Supporting cities in Session Voluntary Local the World Habitat
the ECE – A urban resilience Reviews (VLRs): Day 2023
Report from the Regional Action building for inclusive Review of measuring progress
outcomes of the Third Plan 2030 responses and recovery implementation of the towards the
Forum of Mayors and from natural, man-made United for Smart Sustainable
related Panel discussion with disasters, internal and Sustainable Cities Development Goals
recommendations panellists from Czechia, external shocks”. Initiative (U4SSC) at the local level
Sweden, Georgia,
France, Slovakia, Spain, The side event is organized Presentation of tools
Follow up to the Uzbekistan and the USA. and case studies to
by the five UN regional
adoption of the San support urban
economic commissions, UN-
Marino Declaration on resilience building
principles for Habitat, the Geneva Cities through action plans,
sustainable and and Making Cities Resilience nature-based solutions,
inclusive urban design 2030 Initiative. innovative and green
and architecture financing
The meeting is organized in person with broadcasting on UN TV: https://media.un.org/en/webtv
Thursday 5 October 2023, Day Two
13:00 - 15:00
10:00 - 12:00 12:00 - 13:00 15:00 - 18:00
Lunch Break
Tempus Tempus H Building, Room 207/208 & Tempus
online on MS Teams
Activities of the network of Activities of the Real • Agenda item 6 (b): Affordable,
the Geneva UN Charter Estate Market Advisory Side Event on Housing carbon-neutral and energy-
Centres for Sustainable Group for Sustainable, Affordability: efficient housing in the ECE
Housing and Smart Climate-Neutral and Organized by REM, UNECE Centres region
Sustainable Cities Energy-Efficient Buildings of Excellence, Housing Europe and • Agenda item 6 (g): Land
and Cities administration and
UN-Habitat.
management
• Agenda item 6 (h): Country
profiles on urban
development, housing and
land management
Friday 6 October 2023, Day Three
13:00 - 15:00
10:00 - 13:00 15:00 - 18:00
Lunch Break
Tempus H Building Room 311 Tempus
Update on technical cooperation activities: Committee Bureau Meeting (closed meeting) Programme of work, including presentations by other sectoral
Presentation of the UN4UkrainianCities committees.
project activities
Bureau elections
Closing of the session and adoption of session report
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Teema: Invitation to the UNECE Urban Resilience Week: Forum of Mayors (2-3 October 2023)
and 84th session of the Committee on Urban, Development, Housing and Land Management (4-
6 October 2023)
Manused: image001.jpg; image002.png; 2023 FoM Programme 1 Sept.pdf; Draft detailed
programme UNECE 84 CUDHLM session v040923 rev ENG.pdf; Letter of invitation CUDHLM
84 session general.pdf; Urban Resilience Week Sched V20230829 rev FULL.pdf
Dear Colleagues,
We would like to invite you to nominate a representative of your country to participate in the UNECE
Urban Resilience Week: Forum of Mayors (2-3 October 2023) and 84th session of the Committee on
Urban, Development, Housing and Land Management (4-6 October 2023).
Best regards,
Maximilian Andreas
Dear Colleague,
We are pleased to invite you to participate in the events of the UNECE Urban Resilience Week 2023
organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, which will take place from 2 to 6
October 2023 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
The events will include:
- The Third Forum of Mayors and its side events (2-3 October), https://forumofmayors.unece.org/.
- The 84th session of the UNECE Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management
and its side events (4-6 October 2023), https://unece.org/housing/events/cudhlm-session84.
Please register for the events at the above links no later than 25 September 2023.
Please find attached with this message:
- An official invitation on behalf of the Director of the Forests, Land and Housing Division Paola
Deda
- The draft detailed programme of the Committee session
- The draft programme of the Forum of Mayors
- The draft schedule of the UNECE Urban Resilience Week.
Please let us know if you may require a personal invitation sent to your name. Thank you.
Kindly note that the the Forum of Mayors and the Committee Session will be held in person only. However,
side events for both meetings will be organized in a hybrid format, where in-person and virtual participation
will be possible.
Please let us know if you may have any questions. Do not hesitate to respond to me with cc to Ms. Gulnara
Roll, Secretary to the Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management, at
[email protected]. For queries regarding the Forum of Mayors, please contact Ms. Mia Alibegovic,
Secretary to the Forum of Mayors, at
[email protected] / +41 22 917 2148.
Best regards,
Maximilian Andreas
Best regards
Maximilian Andreas
Maximilian Andreas
Intern to the Committee on Urban Development,
Housing and Land Management
Forests, Land and Housing Division
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
E-mail:
[email protected]
https://unece.org/housing
3 September 2023
UNECE Urban Resilience Week, Geneva, 2-6 October 2023
Third Forum of Mayors and 84th session of the UNECE Committee
on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management
Dear colleague,
I am honoured to invite you to participate in the events of the UNECE Urban Resilience Week 2023 organized
by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, which will take place from 2 to 6 October 2023 at the Palais
des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
The events will include:
- The Third Forum of Mayors and its side events (2-3 October), https://forumofmayors.unece.org/.
- The 84th session of the UNECE Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management and its side
events (4-6 October 2023), https://unece.org/housing/events/cudhlm-session84.
Please register for the events at the above links no later than 25 September 2023.
The 2023 Forum of Mayors will gather city leaders from the UNECE region and beyond, to share their city
strategic plans, actions and joint initiatives under the theme “Urban Regeneration towards 2030”. The proceedings of
the Forum will be reported to the Committee, its parent body.
The 84th session of the Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management will support the
regional exchange of experiences and good practices on promoting affordable, adequate and climate-neutral housing,
and inclusive, circular, smart and sustainable cities. The Committee session will discuss outcomes of the Forum of
Mayors, review implementation of the “Place and Life in the ECE – A Regional Action Plan 2030”, and the San Marino
Declaration.
Kindly note that the the Forum of Mayors and the Committee Session will be held in person only. However,
side events for both meetings will be organized in a hybrid format, where in-person and virtual participation will be
possible.
For any queries, kindly contact Ms. Gulnara Roll, Secretary to the Committee on Urban Development,
Housing and Land Management, at
[email protected] / +41 76 691 1659, and/or Ms. Mia Alibegovic, Secretary to
the Forum of Mayors, at
[email protected] / +41 22 917 2148.
Yours sincerely,
Paola Deda
Director
Forest, Land and Housing Division
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Palais des Nations, 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Telephone: +41 (0)22 917 25 53
Email:
[email protected]
Saatja: "Maximilian Otto Andreas" <
[email protected]>
Saaja: "RAM Info"
Teema: Invitation to the UNECE Urban Resilience Week: Forum of Mayors (2-3 October 2023) and 84th session of the Committee on Urban, Development, Housing and Land Management (4-6 October 2023)
Kuupäev: 2023-09-06 09:27
Dear Colleagues,
We would like to invite you to nominate a representative of your country
to participate in the UNECE Urban Resilience Week: Forum of Mayors (2-3
October 2023) and 84th session of the Committee on Urban, Development,
Housing and Land Management (4-6 October 2023).
Best regards,
Maximilian Andreas
Dear Colleague,
We are pleased to invite you to participate in the events of the UNECE
Urban Resilience Week 2023
<https://unece.org/info/Housing-and-Land-Management/events/378133>
organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, which will
take place from 2 to 6 October 2023 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva,
Switzerland.
The events will include:
- The Third Forum of Mayors and its side events (2-3 October),
<https://forumofmayors.unece.org/> https://forumofmayors.unece.org/.
- The 84th session of the UNECE Committee on Urban Development,
Housing and Land Management and its side events (4-6 October 2023),
<https://unece.org/housing/events/cudhlm-session84>
https://unece.org/housing/events/cudhlm-session84.
Please register for the events at the above links no later than 25
September 2023.
Please find attached with this message:
* An official invitation on behalf of the Director of the Forests,
Land and Housing Division Paola Deda
* The draft detailed programme of the Committee session
* The draft programme of the Forum of Mayors
* The draft schedule of the UNECE Urban Resilience Week.
Please let us know if you may require a personal invitation sent to your
name. Thank you.
Kindly note that the the Forum of Mayors and the Committee Session will be
held in person only. However, side events for both meetings will be
organized in a hybrid format, where in-person and virtual participation
will be possible.
Please let us know if you may have any questions. Do not hesitate to
respond to me with cc to Ms. Gulnara Roll, Secretary to the Committee on
Urban Development, Housing and Land Management, at
[email protected]
<mailto:
[email protected]> . For queries regarding the Forum of Mayors,
please contact Ms. Mia Alibegovic, Secretary to the Forum of Mayors, at
[email protected] <mailto:
[email protected]> / +41 22 917 2148.
Best regards,
Maximilian Andreas
Best regards
Maximilian Andreas
Maximilian Andreas
Intern to the Committee on Urban Development,
Housing and Land Management
Forests, Land and Housing Division
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
E-mail:
[email protected]
<https://unece.org/housing> https://unece.org/housing