URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 I Table of Contents

World Habitat Day’s Virtual Global Observance 1 Africa 4 Asia 8 Europe 15 Latin America and the Caribbean 17 North America 18 Oceania 20

World Cities Day’s Virtual Global Observance 22 Africa 24 Asia 28 Europe 38 Latin America and the Caribbean 40 North America 41 Oceania 44

Urban October Events 47 Africa 48 Asia 56 Europe 65 Latin America and the Caribbean 74 North America 104 Oceania 108

Statistics for World Habitat Day, World Cities Day and Urban October 109

List of World Habitat Day, World Cities Day and Urban October Celebrations around the world 110

II URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 III WORLD HABITAT DAY Events

IV URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 WORLD HABITAT DAY’S VIRTUAL GLOBAL OBSERVANCE IN SURABAYA, INDONESIA

World Habitat Day was celebrated on Monday 5 October 2020 with the theme Housing for All: A Better Urban Future. There were 69 events celebrated globally in 42 countries and 58 cities.

The Global Observance of World Habitat He said the Housing for All theme was said everyone now realised that “housing Day co-hosted this year by UN-Habitat “the right agenda for all of us” as globally is an important need and pre condition and the Government of Indonesia, came a house is a basic need, adding that the for properly accessing needs such as from Surabaya, Indonesia combining Indonesian Government was trying hard to education and health.” dynamic physical meetings with global ensure everyone had decent housing. online participation and video messages. UN-Habitat’s Regional Goodwill While Surabaya held a local gathering to In her statement the Executive Secretary of Ambassador for Arab States H.R.H. host the event, the pandemic prevented the UN Economic and Social Commission Princess Lamia Bint Majed AlSaud, thanked many people from travelling so instead they for Asia and the Pacific, Armida Salsiah UN-Habitat for its work supporting local joined online. Alisjahbana, said a quarter of world’s governments and for providing community population living in slums and informal driven solutions in informal settlements In his video message, the United Nations settlements were in the region. during the pandemic. Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, called for increased efforts to improve housing in “To realize a future vision of “cities The UN-Habitat Executive Director cities through promoting partnerships, pro- without slums” we need to make large- launched the Urban Agenda Platform poor policies and regulations. scale public investments in affordable explaining it was a space for Member and adequate housing and slum States to “share their voluntary reports on “As we strive to overcome the upgrading to ensure that marginalized progress in the implementation of the New pandemic, address the fragilities groups have access to shelter that Urban Agenda, and for all stakeholders to and inequalities it has exposed, and facilitates physical and mental health share what they are doing, and to make combat climate change, now is the during the pandemic and beyond,” she committed actions moving forward.” time to harness the transformative said. potential of urbanization for the She also launched the Housing for All benefit of people and planet,” he said. Mexico’s Undersecretary for Multilateral Campaign which will run for five weeks Affairs and Human Rights, Martha Delgado raising awarenss about the key role President Joko Widodo, of the Republic said the pandemic underlined that a house of housing, gathering solutions and of Indonesia, in a video message, said was much more than a place to sleep. Her encouraging global commitment. urbanization was a great opportunity to words were echoed by Indonesia’s Minister advance as cities were centres of creativity of National Development Planning/Head One of the highlights of the Global leading to economic growth and increased of Bappenas, Suharso Monoarfa, who Observance, was the awarding of the UN- livelihoods. Habitat Scroll of Honour Awards to the five winners.

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 1 UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif watches the Global Observance of World Habitat Day 2020 broadcast from Subang Jaya, Malaysia ©Subang Jaya Municipal Council

Colombia’s Minister of Housing, City and The founder of the fourth winner, Upcycle During the second day of the virtual Global Territory, Jonathan Malagón, said that his Africa, Johnmary Kavuma speaking from Observance the Urban Agenda Platform, Ministry, which was one of the winners, Uganda spoke about his own family’s was discussed in more depth during the was one of the youngest in Colombia but struggle to find decent housing when he first Roundtable on The launch of Urban they had achieved great results reducing was a child. His organization was awarded Agenda Platform: Reporting progress and the housing deficit and providing drinking the Scroll for transforming lives through sharing knowledge in the Decade of Action. water and subsidies for housing purchases. affordable housing provision, waste education and job opportunities. Ms. Emilia Saiz, Secretary General of the The Executive Director was in Subang Jaya, United Cities and Local Governments Malaysia where the Municipal Council The representative of the fifth winner, network (UCLG), who moderated the was given the award for its holistic and Mexico’s ECOCASA SHF, Dr. Jose David Roundtable said that “the New Urban integrated approach to affordable housing Alvarez, General Director of Promotion, Agenda is much more than SDG11, and community empowerment. The Mayor travelled to Surabaya to receive the award. but SDG11 is a building block and the of Subang Jaya, Noraini Roslan, said she He said his organization was committed cornerstone of all the other SDGs.” hoped their programme would inspire to offering sustainable financing solutions. Poland’s Minister of Development others around the world. ECOCASA SHF received the award for addressing energy efficient construction Funds and Regional Policy, Małgorzata Community Impact Nepal, from standards for housing, facilitating inclusive Jarosińska-Jedynak, said that the Agenda Kathmandu, Nepal was honoured for access to financial mechanisms and for Sustainable Development 2030 and empowering entrepreneurs to produce creating decent homes. the New Urban Agenda were important for eco-friendly constructions for families in her country in designing a National Urban substandard housing. Pratik Singh Parmar, The Executive Director congratulated all Policy and an Urban Policy. the Project Manager and Partnership the winners and called for everyone to join Developer, speaking from Nepal said: “if forces and share solutions. you want to make a real change never ever give up.”

2 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 “Poland is determined to implement said they were committed to working with According to Marissa Plouin, Directorate the 2030 Agenda and approaches other governments to find solutions to the for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs this programme as a long-term current pandemic. at the Organisation for Economic Co- investment,” she said. operation and Development: “COVID did During Roundtable Three on Housing at the not create a housing problem but it turned Rwanda’s Minister of Infrastructure, Claver centre of the COVID-19 response Mexico’s a lot of chronic housing challenges into Gatete, said that reporting progress on Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs and a housing crisis and they become much the implementation of the New Urban Human Rights, Martha Delgado, said the more visible and hard to ignore.” Agenda mattered to governments pandemic had highlighted the critical role because they could assess and evaluate of housing. From the European Investment Bank, their performance progress level against Senior Housing Specialist Grzegorz Gajda, “I firmly believe one of most commitments, goals, and indicators. said one key lesson from the pandemic outstanding opportunities during was the importance of public spending and In her opening remarks at Roundtable COVID-19 for both national and sub public services such as health. Two on Responding to resilient, inclusive, national goverments is to develop gender-equal and green economic recovery strong policies that not only ensure In her closing remarks, UN-Habitat in informal settlements, the Mayor of the adequate housing but help strengthen Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif host city, Surabaya, Tri Rismaharini said the urban sustainability and the resilience underscored the unique circumstances city aimed to protect the rights and dignity of communities in order to create a during which this year’s World Habitat Day of people living in informal settlements. new normality,” she said celebrations were held.

“The city has never encouraged Cities Alliance Regional Manager for “World Habitat Day 2020 is historic for demolition of informal settlements to Latin America and Caribbean, Anacláudia many reasons. For the first time since pave the way for new developments; Marinheiro Centeno Rossbach, said: “In the 1986, we held the Global Observance instead, we embarked on campaigns global south the informal settlements are in hybrid fashion,” she said. “For the to teach them on how to better their very prevalent and COVID has affected the first time, World Habitat Day is truly living conditions,” she said. financial capacity of families here so we global in its reach and scope.” have observed an increase in people living The Mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone, on the streets and an expansion of informal Yvonne Aki-Sawyer said that due to the settlements.” lack of development and planning control, they had 74 informal settlements across the city. She added that successful interventions needed everyone on board, including informal settlements’ residents.

Kenya’s State Department of Urban Development Principal Secretary, Charles Hinga, said that the right to adequate housing was enshrined in his country’s constitution and that the provision of housing was key in ensuring social justice.

In his address, the European Commission’s Lars Groenvald, Team Leader urban development, advocated for an all-inclusive plan for cities which included those living in informal settlements.

South Africa’s William Jiyana, Chief Director UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif presents the Scroll of Honour to Mayor Noraini Roslan of Subang Jaya Municipal Council during the Global Observance of World Habitat Day 2020 in the Department of Human Settlements, ©Subang Jaya Municipal Council

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 3 AFRICA

The celebrations presented an Cameroon Speaking from Addis Ababa, the Executive opportunity to recognize the winners and Secretary of UNECA, Dr Vera Songwe, Douala city hosted a lively World Habitat participants in the inaugural Real Estate stressed the need to prioritise the Day 2020 event with the presentation of Awards and the Clean City Competition. housing sector and ensure it takes the several awards recognizing developers aspirations of girls and young women into The Executive Director of UN-Habitat and city cleanliness and a virtual speech account. Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif, in a video at the Global Observance ceremony from message, encouraged participants to “As SDG 11 implies, we must continue Surabaya, Indonesia. continue the enthusiastic work of the to work to ensure that we build enough Under the patronage of the Prime Clean Cities Campaign. houses so that we can ensure our girls Minister represented by the Minister and young women study well. You need “I personally followed this of Housing and Urban Development, efficient and effective housing to be able mobilization for cleaner environment Célestine Ketcha-Courtès, the meeting to produce the rest of the resources that online through the WhatsApp group brought together cabinet ministers, society need,” she said. set up by the Minister last year. On representatives of ShelterAfrique, UN behalf of UN-Habitat, I thank the The African Union Commission, through agencies, the African Union Commission, people and mayors who decided to the Commissioner for Political Affairs, the UN Economic Commission for Africa take this opportunity to improve their Cessouma Minata Samata, sent a video (UNECA), the Minister of Housing and living condition and children’s well- message where she welcomed the Infrastructures of Burundi, UN-Habitat’s being,” she said. celebration and the link with the African senior officials and some 500 other Union’s 2063 Vision. participants both online and physically present. “The African Union Commission welcomes the choice of the theme for this year’s World Habitat Day, “Housing for All: A Better Urban Future”. In line with that theme, we will make sure that the drafting of the African Union Model Law on Housing and Urban Development pays particular attention to the issue of the right to decent and affordable housing for all,” she said.

The final keynote speaker read a message from the Minister of Infrastructure, Equipment and Social Housing from the Republic of Burundi and head of the STC8 sub-committee on housing, Déogratias Cameroon’s Minister of Housing and Urban development Célestine Ketcha-Courtes, speaking during Nsanganiyumwami. the press briefing in Douala, Cameroon on celebrations to mark World Habitat Day 2020 ©MINHDU

4 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 “The Government of Burundi will spare no initiative will be replicated in the coming Division, Nairobi, Kenya. Finally, the event effort to honour its commitments to the years in other cities in Cameroon to create was also featured in the World Habitat sustainable development of our country a pool of realistic and bankable projects Day celebrations hosted by the city of in particular, and the African continent in for local governments. Surabaya, Indonesia. general,” he said. “In conclusion, allow me to send my thanks to the Minister The human-rights based strategy is the of Housing and Urban Development of Egypt first in Egypt and the Arab countries and Cameroon for inviting me to participate is based on the recommendations of the Egypt Housing Strategy Global Housing Strategy, the Arab strategy in this celebration. My thanks also go to Launch Webinar UN-Habitat and its Executive Director. To for housing and urban development, and the African Union Commission and the In light of the World Habitat Day 2020’s comes in line with global and regional United Nations Economic Commission theme: “Housing For All: A better Urban requirements. It also comes in a time for Africa for their efforts to organize the Future”; The Egyptian Ministry of Housing, of global increase in urbanization rates coordinated development and visibility of Utilities and Urban Communities (Housing and the consequent increase in demand the continent.” and utilities sector) in partnership with for housing and basic urban services, UN-Habitat launched Egypt’s National and despite the development of urban The Minister linked up live to the Global Housing Strategy through a webinar policies in many countries, the population Observance of World Habitat Day which was attended by more than 150 of informal and poor areas in the world streaming from Surabaya, Indonesia. participants. has increased from 725 million in 2000 In her speech, Ms. Courtes highlighted to an estimated 889 million in 2020. that the Day had been widely celebrated The webinar was started with a This increase widened the gap between by many African States with national welcoming note from Erfan Ali, UN- social groups in urban communities and celebrations in Senegal, Benin, Habitat’s Regional Representative of elevated the vulnerability and deprivation Mozambique, Chad, Kenya, Comoros, Arab States (recorded message) and of the poor. Guinea, and Burundi. Rania Hedeya, UN-Habitat Programme Manager of Egypt’s Office to officially “I cannot conclude my message launch the strategy. The floor was then Ghana without calling for the examination given to Naffissa Hashem First Deputy of Ghana celebrates World Habitat and the launch of a Global Action the Minister, Head of Housing and Utilities for Decent and Affordable Housing Day and also launched Urban Sector, in the Ministry of Housing, Utilities October with a briefing in Accra for all in Africa (GADAHA). The and Urban Communities to present the Government of Cameroon under the key findings of the National Housing The celebrations for World Habitat upcoming framework of collaboration Strategy. Day were attended by the UN Resident with UN-Habitat and the Cameroon Coordinator, Mr Charles Abani, the Real Estate Corporation is keen This was followed by a moderated open Minister for Works and Housing, the to facilitate this process. I would discussion between the panel and the Minister for Sanitation and Water, the be delighted if the Government participants addressing the questions Minister for Science Technology and of Indonesia can be part of this received from the floor by Ms. Naffissa, Innovation and the Deputy Minister process,” said Ms. Courtès. Ms. Rania Hedeya and Mr. Ahmed Yousry for Local Government and Rural who led the final formulation of the Development and CSO representative. This year’s celebrations introduced an strategy. The webinar also promoted innovative competition calling on young Housing for All Campaign as it was The event was used to remind all professionals and students to submit presented by Giulia Lavagna, Associate stakeholders of the importance ideas for the “Resilient Urban Housing Human Settlement Officer, Land, Housing, of urbanization and how housing in the City of Douala” competition. This and Shelter Section | Global Solutions inadequacies may also increase the

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 5 vulnerability of women to violence and A Masterclass presented by Prof. Claudio among stakeholders, and (2) housing for abuse. Local and national governments Acioly, former Chief of the Housing unit all, in line with World Habitat Day 2020. were urged to move towards reducing at UN-Habitat, presented the global IT was organized by IDEAMAPS Network; inequalities and poverty levels . panorama of housing in the Portuguese- African Population and Health Research speaking world, its main challenges, and Center; University of Warwick - Institute Cities in Ghana were urged as a matter key principles to inclusive, accessible and for Global Sustainable Development; of good practice to make efforts to adequate housing. integrate the vulnerable, the poor who University of Lagos; University of Twente are usually excluded in overall city The masterclass was moderated by - ITC; George Washington University; development. The poor in cities, usually UN-Habitat’s Regional Office for Africa University of Chicago - Mansueto Institute living inadequate housing conditions - in and had a representative from each for Urban Innovation; University of York; slums and informal settlements - are hit Lusophone country in the debate, University of Southampton and UN- hardest during the COVID-19 crisis as is including experts. government officials Habitat. exemplified in the case of Ghana where and activists from Brazil (Inês Magalhães, the Greater Accra and Greater Kumasi former Minister), Angola (Ana Inglês, The IDEAMAPS Lounge Webinar Series Metropolitan areas were the main centres Housing department head), Cabo Verde is a relaxed environment for diverse local of occurrence. (Pedro Bettencourt, Head of Architecture and global stakeholders to exchange Association), Guinea-Bissau (Ildo Baticã. ideas, experiences, and approaches The UN Resident coordinator assured Housing director), Mozambique (Anselmo to mapping deprived urban areas. stakeholders of the UN’s support and Cani, Head of Architecture Association) The events are hosted as part of our reminded them of the need to work and São Tomé and Príncipe (Luis co-design of an IDEAMAPS Network together and share the best solutions Cassandra, Housing director). research and implementation agenda. as efficiently and widely as possible in Each webinar is 2 hours with short the country’s quest for more sustainable Organizations: UN-Habitat Regional presentations from multiple discussants, urban development in Ghana. Office for Africa, UN-Habitat Angola, UN- and plenty of time for Q&A and productive Habitat Brazil, UN-Habitat Cabo Verde, conversation.” UN-Habitat Guinea-Bissau, UN-Habitat Cape Verde, Guinea- Mozambique, UN-Habitat São Tomé and The Integrated Deprived Area Mapping Bissau, Mozambique, São Príncipe. System (IDEAMAPS) Network combines Tomé and Príncipe and citizen-generated, Earth Observation Equatorial Guinea Kenya (EO), census, survey, social media, World Habitat Day- Masterclass - web-scraped, and other data to produce Housing for All People from 21 countries joined the first a common, accurate map of deprived IDEAMAPS Lounge webinar on World urban areas so that all cities can become World Habitat Day 2020 was an Habitat Day. Six speakers looked at equitable, healthy, and prosperous opportunity for broad participation in a diverse approaches to mapping “slums” places to live. The IDEAMAPS Network global discussion on the transformational and informal settlements, though the was launched in 2020 by the IDEAMAPS impact of COVID-19 in the housing focus was ultimately on processes that Project and both grew out of workshops sector and how to explore better ways are inclusive of communities and local hosted by the African Population and to build our societies, leveraging the role authorities. Health Research Center, Slum Dwellers of housing as a catalyst to progressively International - Kenya, and UN-Habitat in guarantee human rights as a basis for The themes of the event were (1) Nairobi in 2019. people’s well-being. “exchange” of data, knowledge, and trust

6 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 The organizations involved were the During the event, students of the Institute Nigeria Association of City Managers in Nigeria, for Cooperation in Basic Habitability To celebrate World Habitat Day the Centre for Human Settlements and (ICHaB) from Universidad Politecnica Association of City Managers in Nigeria Urban Development, Federal University of de Madrid (UPM) presented a working (ACMAN) @ACMANNIGERIA organized a Technology Minna. paper on Flood Risk Analysis and Urban Twitter chat with Abubakar Sidiq Usman Resilience to the Local and Regional @MrAbuSidiq The Special Assistant on Government of Beledweyne and MOROCCO New Media to the Senate President of Hirshabelle State in Somalia and other Nigeria and Godswill Unekwuojo Musa Morocco celebrated World Habitat day stakeholders. @GUMSFather The Secretary General, with a webinar on “Housing for All” This working paper was developed under ACMAN, organized by the ministry of National Midnimo II (Unity) project - Support for Planning, Urban Planning, Housing and Contemporary issues of housing deficit, the Attainment of Durable Solutions in City Policy and attended by the Minister, housing affordability and way forward Areas Impacted by Displacement and representatives from UCLG, League of to achieve housing for all in Nigeria Returns in Galmudug and Hirshabelle Arab States and UN-Habitat. were discussed. The coverage reached States, funded by United Nations about 166,000 people within and outside Peacebuilding Fund. Nigeria. Somalia During the session, the Minister of Interior The event is on ACMAN Website here: Discussion session on Flood Risk and Local Government of Hirshabelle https://acman.org.ng/world-habitat- & Urban Resilience State, the Governor of Hiran Region, day-2020-twitter-chat-organized-by- the Mayor of Beledweyne together acman/. The twitter link to the chat UN-Habitat Somalia Programme with UN-Habitat Somalia programme is https://twitter.com/MrAbuSidiq/ organized an online discussion session on team and ICHaB members discussed status/1313147269051551744 Flood Risk Analysis and Urban Resilience long-term solutions to make the city of of Beledweyne, Somalia. Beledweyne, including its most vulnerable communities, more resilient to floods and other natural hazards. The recording is here https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=zgBekP3syuw

Organizations: UN-Habitat Somalia Programme; Ministry of Interior and Local Government, Hirshabelle State, Somalia; Instituto de Cooperación en Habitabilidad Básica, Madrid, Spain.

World Habitat Day Nigeria ©UN-HABITAT

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 7 ASIA

Chief Guest on this occasion was Prof. to identify and give adequate shelter to India Subodh Shankar, an eminent architect humanity’s basic right to proper housing. Urban Innovation Action Lab and Urban Planner, Former Chief Architect Also development of safe and healthy Planner of Uttar Pradesh Housing & living environment for all, adequate UN-Habitat’s 40 days safer cities Development Board and Former Dean, and sustainable transport and energy, challenge: Faculty of Architecture, Integral University. greenery and plantation in urban areas, He said that global housing problem was pure and safe drinking water system as World Habitat Day in New Delhi was extremely alarming and as a result of the well as hygiene, fresh and pollution free marked with UTC 5.0 - Citizen Action COVID-19 pandemic, the crisis has also to breathe The system of improvement of Lab for Safe and Inclusive Cities which become much more challenging requiring living standards of air, slum dwellers and identified existing indicators and highly thoughtful and innovative solutions. better management of garbage disposal crowdsourced citizen indicators for safe are also part of the habitat, which is also and inclusive communities. Based on this Prof. Shankar put forward the views the goal of this day. citizens were invited to share their action of Mahatma Gandhi that in India, the for safe and Inclusive Cities. concept of such development was laid At the beginning of the programme, down 100 years ago when Mahatma Chairman of the State Centre, Mr. RK The Panel on Urban Innovation for Safe Gandhi said that “The world has enough Trivedi welcomed all the guests. At the and Inclusive Cities included ElsaMarie for everyone’s need, but not enough for end of the programme, Mr. Prabhat Kiran D’Silva, founder and CEO of Red Dot everyone’s greed.” Chaurasia, Honorary Secretary thanked Foundatio as the moderator. Speakers all the participants. A large number of included Juma Assiago of Safer Cities He said Mahatma Gandhi also used to senior engineers and architects from Project, Dr. Sangita Hasnale, assistant emphasize more on the development of various departments participated in the commissioner of Municipal corporation villages rather than the cities. In Corona programme. of Greater Mumbai, Barbara Mueller of Era, the importance of this thinking Connect Asia, BMW Foundation, Naim of Gandhi has become more relevant Keruwala CITIES Programme Manager, now. Gandhi had advocated for local Indonesia NIUA and Prathima Manohar, Founder & development with availability of all CEO, The Urban Vision essential items and today the need for Sharing on Urban Development: this thinking is being felt again. Prof. Learning from Cities Around the Organizations: Red Dot Foundatiion, BMW Shankar, while presenting the example of World in Response to COVID-19 Foundation- Herbert Quandt, World Urban Dayalbagh Sub -City in Agra, said India Campaign, The Urban Vision, National already has a model of self-sustainable Kemitraan Habitat Indonesia and Institute of urban Affairs, Catalan Agency developmentit take inspiration from the Regional Infrastructure Development for Development Cooperation country’s thinkers and existing models Agency – Ministry of Public Work and and present these sustainable models to Housing have a partnership programme Webinar by India’s Institution the whole world. to support the formulation of Urban of Engineers Development Policies and Strategies in The National Council Member of the Indonesia, especially for the Metropolitan World Habitat Day-2020, a Webinar was Institution of Engineers and Convener of of Mamminasata dan Bimindo in organized by the Institution of Engineers the programme, Mr. V.B. Singh said the Sulawesi. Since the COVID-19 outbroke, (India), Uttar Pradesh State Centre The primary purpose of World Habitat Day is urban health should be a consideration

8 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 for Urban Development Policies and water becomes more important because The UN-Habitat staff members reported Strategies in Indonesia. people to clean their hands more often. that people in Sudan were devastated Some 120 participants took part in the by other disasters such as flood and The partnership collaborated with UN- discussion. economic crisis rather than COVID-19 Habitat and the Embassy of the Republic crisis and that people living in refugee of Indonesia in two cities that practice As a conclusion, The Urban Development camps in Kenya and Myanmar are living in good examples in response to COVID-19 Policies and Strategies in Indonesia, harsh environment and that they are not which are Singapore and Wellington, New especially Metropolitan Mamminasata connected to clean water and sanitary Zealand to organize a Webinar Knowledge and Bimindo need to consider urban services which are needed to prevent Sharing on Urban Development: Learning health and learn how to develop strategies infection arising from COVID-19. from Cities Around the World in Response in the pandemic era from Singapore to COVID-19. and Wellington, New Zealand such as The professor from Kyushu university integrated planning, healthy and green graduate school said that we need to The event, which took place on 23 city and the use of technology” accelerate to build a smart and compact September hosted from Jakarta that city in Japan on that next stage based on went on for over two hours began with Organizations: Kemitraan Habitat preventing the spread of the coronavirus. Mr. Bruno Dercon from UN-Habitat Indonesia (Indonesia Habitat Partnership), sharing about the importance of taking Regional Infrastructure Development Finally, the doctor from WHO Kobe Centre planning for healthy cities and territories Agency – Ministry of Public Work and said that he wanted everyone to take into account in the era.. Soon after, Mr. Housing of the Republic of Indonesia; good care to act daily life with three key Hadi from the Regional Infrastructure UN-Habitat ROAP; the Embassy of the words; “Be safe, Be kind and Be smart”. Development Agency shared about how Republic of Indonesia in Singapore; the The event was organized by the UN- the Government of Indonesia responds to Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Habitat Regional Office for Asia and the COVID-19 in terms of COVID-19 response, Wellington, New Zealand Pacific, Kyushu University and WHO. Mitigation of Economic impact, and New Normal Adaptation in the workspace. The COVID-19 response such as through Japan Lao People’s the construction of New Hospital. The Approximately 100 participants joined Democratic Republic Mitigation of Economic impact such a virtual World Habitat Day event in as Padat Karya (Cash for Work). After Vientiane, Lao PDR, 8 October 2020 Fukuoka City to discuss what should that, Mr. Didik from the Embassy of the - World Habitat Day in Lao PDR was as companies, local governments and Republic of Indonesia in Singapore shared organized by the Ministry of Public Works individuals do in the corona era. about how Singapore built integrated and Transport (MPWT) and Vientiane Mayor’s Office with UN-Habitat in the planning for each sector such as water, The event organizers invited six guest capital. It was attended by some 150 wastewater, spatial planning, the use speakers from Japan and overseas. They representatives from ministries and of technology for mobility tracking, etc. were a representative of MLIT(Ministry departments including the Department of that support Singapore to respond to of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Housing and Urban Planning (DHUP) and COVID-19. Last but not least, Mr. Panca Tourism), a professor of Kyushu university Information Bureau of Central Committee from the Embassy of the Republic of graduate school, a doctor from WHO Kobe Party. Indonesia in Wellington shared how New centre (World Health Organization Centre Zealand stamped out the COVID-19 for Health Development) and UN-Habitat An additional 250 provincial government pandemic though restriction, closing staff members from Sudan, Kenya and officials also participated virtually from border and lockdown, the stimulus Myanmar. their respective offices through a video package, and also water management conference call. and waste water management since

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 9 Organizations: UN-Habitat, Government of Palestine represented by Ministry of Local Government

Pakistan

Islamabad – Housing for all: A better Urban Future

5 October 2020 – The first Urban October event 2020 commenced with a Webinar on “Housing For All: A Better Urban Future” to celebrate the World Habitat Day A group photo with Government representatives and UN-Habitat in Vientiane. ©UN-HABITAT The webinar was held in collaboration with the Ministry of Climate Change and the Generating Global Environmental The Minister of MPWT chaired the Benefits, GEF Project of UNDP. meeting and consultations on this year’s Palestine, State of theme, “Housing For All: A Better Urban Ramallah The Chief Guest of the webinar was the Future”. The meeting was co-chaired by Advisor to the Prime Minister for Climate Vice Mayor of Vientiane Capital City and UN-Habitat and the Government of Change, Mr. Malik Amin Aslam. UN-Habitat. Palestine renew their collaboration for 3 The Webinar was opened by Mr. Malik more years towards achieving sustainable UN-Habitat shared the Executive Amin Aslam who highlighted that the and inclusive urban development Director’s message and delivered Government of Pakistan was committed presentations on “Housing for All” In celebration of the World Habitat to make housing accessible to all through principles and ongoing shelter projects in Day 2020, the Ministry of Local Prime Ministers’ Five Million Naya Lao PDR. Government (MoLG) and the Special Pakistan Programme. This programme In addition, Lao National Urban Forum Human Settlements Programme for particularly focuses on providing low cost (LNUF) was launched by the Minister the Palestinian People, UN-Habitat housing for people who cannot afford to of MPWT. The preparatory work on the Palestine renewed the Memorandum of buy or build a house in open market. The LNUF was led by UN-Habitat and DHUP Understanding (MoU) for 3 years until panelists emphasized that housing is a (MPWT). 30 September 2023. The MoU outlines fundamental human right but, access to the scope of interventions agreed affordable housing is a great challenge; under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable yet it offers, unique opportunities too. Myanmar Development and the New Urban Agenda Ms. Lari emphasized on how housing can in Palestine with a focus on spatial In Myanmar, events could not be held be made affordable by using indigenous planning, local governance, urban basic due to the lockdown placed by the building materials such as bamboo, lime services, and urban management, with Government; however, UN-Habitat and mud to make housing accessible to a special attention to advocacy work to Myanmar produced a video, HOUSING urban poor and thus reduce the carbon defend the building, planning, and land FOR ALL - WHD 5 OCT 2020 which was footprint. rights of Palestinian communities, across promoted through SNS. the Gaza Strip, and West Bank, including Mr. Houvila drew attention on the occupied East Jerusalem. approach of the One Planet Sustainable

10 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 Building and Construction Programme out a certain price which is a market He suggested that there must be a land (SBC). The programme works towards phenomenon and in Pakistan this market ceiling act to make housing affordable for all. circular built environment aiming at phenomenon is set at a very high level reducing waste and a global 30 percent which is affordable only by the upper Densification is a new phenomenon in recovery rate of construction and middle and high classes. For housing Pakistan which is demand driven by the demolition waste. It focuses towards for all the government needs to provide community to stay close to their work affordable and resilient built environment policy interventions for making housing so there is a market for these high rise supporting 10 countries with social affordable like promote rental market, buildings. housing/reconstruction programme. revise building regulations and land use policies. Professor ul Abedin highlighted the Housing sector accounts role of academia in facilitating access Mr. Khan, Habitat Programme Manager, for 40% of the energy to housing as one of the basic human UN-Habitat emphasised that UN- use, 30% of landfill needs. Universities are like a cauldron Habitat has pursued urbanization as the waste,30-40% of carbon where students come from far and wide engine of development, a transformative dioxide emissions and and thus academics have access to grass force which can potentially lead to 12-15% of the water root society and its problems. Academia sustainability. Housing at the centre aims consumption. can create a hub for linkages of all to shift the focus from simply building stakeholders to suggest realistic options houses to a holistic framework for and priorities to the government and housing development placing people and guide the industry on availability of new human rights at the forefront of urban Philippines technologies. sustainable development. Cities can build better futures through their housing Quezon City – The Right to Stay Dr. Janjua, explained how housing policies, by identifying broad policy Home: Forced Evictions in the can play its role in promoting global goals and principles to guide housing Time of COVID-19 environmental benefits. Traditionally investment decisions, and laying out An online discussion was organised and in the past, the expansion of housing specific strategies and programs that can facilitated by Karapatan ang Tahanan, sector had generally adverse impacts on be effective in building the local housing a platform for advocating housing and environment. Housing sector accounts market, and creating neighborhoods of urban poor issues. The discussion was for 40 percent of the energy use, 30 choice. percent of landfill waste,30-40 percent open to the public and was attended of carbon dioxide emissions and 12- Mr. Arif Hassan, architect and planner by more than 100 persons (Zoom 15 percent of the water consumption. said that the land issue is crucial to and Facebook). Speakers included But with the use of green building the whole housing policy and housing representatives from Joly Homes concepts and triple bottom line delivery systems. Land use in Pakistan Foundation who spoke about the right approach of sustainability can reduce is determined by land value and its to the city, Urban Poor Associates who the impact on the negative environment. location. Hence there is a need to define presented their 2018 Eviction Report Implementation of new concepts requires land use by social and environmental including demolitions that took place site planning, community engagement considerations. during the pandemic. A child leader as well as sustainable transportation shared his experience as his home and infrastructure to address housing He also emphasized on the urgent need of was demolished, and no relocation affordability issues. urban land reforms and levy of land non was offered. SALIGAN presented the utilization fee, to accelerate the pace of Dr. Javed explained that 90 percent housing development leading to reduction of housing is provided by the private housing backlog and urban footprint. sector. Supply and demand balance

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 11 proposed bills entitled Just and Humane Resettlement Act (JAHRA) and Least Displacement of Informal Settler Families Act (LISA). The proposed bills will give extra protection to informal settler families against illegal and violent evictions and demolitions and will put People’s Planning at the centre of any housing strategy. Law makers - Sen Tolention, Sen. De Lima, Rep. Vargas, and Rep. Benitez also sent their messages of support to the groups’ advocacies. World Habitat Day Local Observation in Seoul The Seoul Housing & Communities Corporation ©SHCC Organizations: Karapatan Ang Tahanan of Korea Agency for Infrastructure SALIGAN; Urban Poor Associates; Community Technology Advancement), Hyunsoo Tajikistan Organizers Multiversity; Joly Homes Kang (President of Korea Research Foundation; Save the Children Philippines Khorog Institute for Human Settlements, In the Philippines, a video Housing KRIHS),Wangjin Seo (President of The To mark World Habitat Day a meeting as a Shared Responsibility: A Look Seoul Institute) among others. was held on 7 October to initiate the into the Rebuilding Marawi Project on Integrated Spatial Plan for Environmental Dr. Hye-kyung Yoon of the University #WorldHabitatDay was produced and and Socio-Economic Resilience project of Korea and Hye-jung Kim, director of featured on Housing for All Campaign site. in Khorog. This is the first collaboration the SH Space Welfare Strategy Office, between UN-Habitat’s Urban Planning presented their visions for future housing and Design Lab (Urban Lab), and the Aga under the themes of “Housing and Urban Republic of Korea Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH), a subset Environment Welfare for Everyone” and of the Aga Khan Development Agency “Housing Welfare go beyond space World Habitat Day Local (AKDN). It is the Urban Lab’s first project welfare.” Observation in Seoul in Tajikistan. To commemorate World Habitat Day To keep with COVID-19 protocols, the The project was launched at an online 2020, Korean National Committee for event was held on a small scale with forum attended by Governor Fayzov UN-Habitat and The Seoul Housing and only 50 on-site participants and 40 of Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Communities Corporation(SH) hosted online participants through a live online Oblast (GBAO), Mayor Shamiri of Khorog, local. broadcast Christine Knudsen, UN-Habitat’s Director The event was attended by researchers, of External Relations, Strategy, Knowledge representatives of private sectors, youth Sri Lanka and Innovation, Sezin Sinanoglu, UN and other stakeholder including Soohyun Resident Coordinator in Tajikistan and Park (President of Korean National The World Habitat Day celebration Onno Ruhl, the Aga Khan Agency for Committee for UN-Habitat, (KNCUNH), was cancelled due to the escalation Habitat General Manger. Seyong Kim (CEO of Seoul Housing & of COVID-19; but, the article Towards Governor Fayzov noted the importance Communities Corporation, SH), Heeseon ‘housing for all’ through peoples’ of this project for the city, with particular Jin (Former Deputy Mayor of the city of participatory process was issued by emphasis on the need to facilitate long- Seoul), Donyun Kim (Professor of Smart Sunday Times on 4 October 2020. term, sustainable development in a fast Green City Lab), Bongsoo Son (President changing context.

12 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 Khorog, the administrative and cultural There was also an awards ceremony, centre of the Gorno-Badakhshan Thailand acknowledging best practices across Autonomous Oblast (GBAO), is one of the Thailand, officiated by Mr. Maitri Bangkok - UN-Habitat joins highest-altitude peri-urban settlements Inthusut, Chair of the Board, CODI. the 20th Anniversary of the in Central Asia, and was planned for a Under the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Community Organizations population of 15,000. As the currently the population in both urban and rural Development Institute (CODI) population is double that number, new areas of Thailand have confronted and commemoration residents are at risk from natural hazards overcome significant challenges with support received from CODI. and have limited access to municipal 27 October 2020 –UN-Habitat took services. part in activities commemorating the Jointly celebrating World Habitat Day 20th Anniversary of the Community The project aims to increase the resilience 2020 with the theme of “Housing for All: A Organizations Development Institute of Khorog, to strengthen its potential for better urban future”, the work of CODI over (CODI), which was marked with economic development and to position the past 20 years has helped to provide community exhibition, and consultations the city as a model for resilient economic adequate shelter and housing being with local leaders including former Prime growth in a dynamic urban planning recognized as a fundamental human Minister, Mr. Abhisit Vejjajiva. environment while enhancing social right and the foundation to prosperous stability.

UN-Habitat aims to increase its technical support capacity in the Commonwealth of Independent States, as part of its Strategic Plan 2020-23. The work involved promotes the Sustainable Development Goals in Tajikistan through the reinforced partnership between the Government and the United Nations Country Team.

The project will take place within the framework of the Khorog Urban Resilience Programme (KURP), funded by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic 20th Anniversary of the Community Organizations Development Institute (CODI) commemoration Affairs (SECO), and will draw from global Bangkok Thailand expertise, lessons learned, best practices and tools from UN-Habitat and other United Nations agencies such as the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction Framework. It will guide spatial strategy, improve capacity and facilitate participatory, local development, with a forward-looking approach, to guide safe and resilient development for years to come. For more information see this article and short film, from AKDN.

World Habitat Day Thailand ©UN-HABITAT

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 13 lives and equitable societies. Through Aden, 5 October 2020 - UN-Habitat’s The Prime Minister of Yemen, Dr. initiatives such as “Baan Mankong”, “Baan team in Yemen, along with the Ministry Maeen Abdulmalek, sent a video Por Pieng” and, many others providing of Public Works and Highways, marked message referring to the challenges citywide housing for all, community World Habitat Day with a workshop on and catastrophic consequences of the savings and loan initiatives, CODI is urban development challenges in the protracted conflict, natural disasters, supporting over 2.7 million vulnerable and country. and the related displacement of over homeless in Thailand. three million people. He mentioned Participants, including government that the Yemeni Government signed a Organizations: UN-Habitat, Community representatives and urban planning Memorandum of Understanding with UN- Organizations Development Institute (CODI) experts, discussed several papers on Habitat in 2019, launching a new phase housing policy and the Sustainable of partnership to enhance the capacities Development Goals as well as land use of local and central institutions on urban Yemen and slums in Aden, and the need to deal planning and contribute to the recovery with the damage caused by war and Yemen marks World Habitat process at national and local levels. natural disasters. Day with a workshop on Urban In his video message, the Director of UN- Development Challenges Habitat’s Regional Office for Arab States, Erfan Ali, said UN-Habitat in cooperation with various national and local government agencies, was responding to the essential needs of Yemen by focusing on urban planning, rehabilitating water and sanitation facilities, and protecting and promoting housing, land and property rights.

UN-Habitat’s representative in Aden, Mohammed Zain, provided an overview of the work that had been implemented since the start of the UN-Habitat Programme in Yemen, as well as future planned projects.

UN-Habitat’s team in Yemen and the Ministry of Works and Highways marked World Habitat Day with a workshop on urban development challenges. ©UN-HABITAT

14 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 EUROPE

It has been estimated that around 60 per The UN-Habitat Executive Director, Norway cent of people in Africa living in urban Maimunah Mohd Sharif told the meeting: areas are in informal settlements. At UN-Habitat aims to use plastic “Cities must be better planned, managed the same time between 1990 and 2017 waste to support housing for all and financed to improve resilience and African countries imported around 230 meet citizens’ needs, leaving no-one UN-Habitat in partnership with Othalo, a metric tonnes of plastic which mostly behind. Having cities like Barcelona to Norwegian start-up company is working ended up in dump sites creating a lead urban innovation and support others on producing homes from plastic waste massive environmental challenge. is living proof that the change is possible.” to tackle the housing deficit in Africa. The deputy mayor for the 2030 Agenda, “As we celebrate this year World Habitat Spain Digital Transition, Sports and Territorial Day, UN-Habitat is partnering with Othalo and Metropolitan Coordination of to promote adequate, sustainable and Barcelona and UN-Habitat mark Barcelona City Council, Laia Bonet stated: affordable housing for all,” said UN- World Habitat Day with hybrid “The pandemic has been a stress test Habitat Deputy Executive Director, Victor urban resilience event that has shown us that we must build Kisob more resilient cities at a social, ecological, To mark World Habitat Day 2020, the urban and digital level. This means Barcelona City Council and UN-Habitat’s Following successful laboratory tests, responding to the social emergency; City Resilience Global Programme Othalo’s factory in Estonia has started addressing the digital divide through organized an in-person event with the production of components to build digital inclusion policies, and accelerating virtual participation to announce their three demonstration homes for Nairobi the ecological transition to a healthier and commitment to create more resilient (Kenya), Yaoundé (Cameroon) and Dakar more democratic urban model.” (Senegal) and have put out a video about cities during the COVID-19 pandemic. the work https://youtu.be/uu0inpxmCzw This new agreement provides an The collaboration between Barcelona and opportunity to revisit goals and to focus UN-Habitat, during the next four years, The first factory for producing the building on current realities: providing high quality is aimed at delivering the United Nations elements such as partitions for walls, technical expertise and provision of operational urban resilience projects, ceiling, roofs and floors using recycled innovative solutions in areas related to contributing to the achievement of global plastic will be built in Kenya next year. urban resilience; and facilitating access agendas (Agenda 2030 and Sustainable to field experiences, tools, knowledge, and During the process, plastic waste is Development Goals, New Urban Agenda, current capacity development and training shredded and mixed with other elements Paris Agreement on Climate Change methodologies, with a special focus on including non-flammable materials and and Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk COVID-19 response and recovery. used to produce building components Reduction), sharing innovative practices such as walls, floors and roofs. This can from Barcelona globally and linking As a follow up of to this agreement, be used to build up to four floors and a Barcelona with global initiatives such as during Urban October, Barcelona City, 60 square metre home will need 8 ton the Making Cities Resilient 2030 and the UN-Habitat and local partners SUEZ and of recycled plastic. A factory with one World Urban Forum. Cetaqua, organised the Urban Resilience production line produces 2800 housing in a context of Climate Change (URCC) units annually. conference on October 20 and 21.

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 15 This online meeting was open to all Housing for all: a perspective Organizations: UN-Habitat office in and brought together participants from from the international Spain; Andalusian Agency of International academia, administrations, companies cooperation Cooperation for Development (AACID) and local communities to exchange 5 October: Entreplanos 4: movies. city. knowledge and share challenges and Within the framework of Urban October architecture - The Contemporary solutions in cities, with a special focus on and World Habitat Day, UN-Habitat and Architecture Foundation realized the European urban areas. the Andalusian Agency of International Cooperation for Development jointly fourth edition of the Entreplanos urban Barcelona City is recognized as a organised a virtual discussion open to the audiovisual contest, a participatory centre for promoting research in public, which included the participation activity to celebrate World Habitat Day. urban sustainable planning, urban of experts from UN-Habitat, Ministry of Any person or group could participate in governance and risk management, Development, Infrastructure and Land Entreplanos, since no specific training as a leader in urban innovation and Management of the Junta de Andalucía, was required. Participants had to send a digital transformation and a reference the Andalusian Fund of Municipalities 2-minute video recorded with their mobile for other municipalities. It supports for International Solidarity (FAMSI) phone. cities in developing countries (city- represented by EMVISESA and experts to-city cooperation), such as Maputo from civil society. The discussion (Mozambique) and Dakar (Senegal) in addressed, from the perspective of expanding their capacity to implement international cooperation, the role of actions for resilience. Initial years of housing as a catalyst for the progressive collaboration made possible to advocate delivery of human rights and as a basis for more resilient cities through the for people’s well-being. Barcelona Resilience Week.

16 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

Secretariat for Social Inclusion of the regularization and socio-economic Ecuador Metropolitan District of Quito. inclusion in our cities and raise awareness of the opportunities that migration brings Quito – Improving awareness The objective of these virtual workshops to cities. and training on Human Mobility, developed during four days was to raise Protection and the Right to awareness among local government Among the challenges faced, the right to Housing officials in the Ecuadorian capital about adequate housing was contextualised, the main challenges faced by refugees which must ensure their safety and 5 October 2020 – Under the framework of and migrants in the country. It also helps facilitate their inclusion and socio- the project “Fostering local communities understanding the considerations and economic integration. It was emphasized of solidarity for migrants and refugees principles of humanitarian protection, and at the close of the workshops that from Venezuela”, the UN Refugee Agency how to address people in situations of “Housing is a fundamental human right, (UNHCR), the International Organization human mobility. a catalyst for access to human rights for Migration (IOM) and UN-Habitat, and the basis of the well-being of people supported by the European Union, In addition, there was an opportunity to especially for the most vulnerable developed four virtual webinars (5, 8, contextualise the migration process of population, such as the population in 12 and 15 of October) on “Improving Venezuelan citizens, as well as refugees situations of human mobility, the central awareness and training on Human who have arrived in Ecuador. Deepen axis of our work with the Municipality.” Mobility, Protection and the Right to understanding of human mobility, the Housing”, addressed to staff of the challenges faced in the process of

BOLIVIA

Bolivia presents its Cities Policy on World Habitat Day 2020 in La Paz.

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 17 NORTH AMERICA

participants discussed the experience, The provision of adequate infrastructure Canada challenges and opportunities in a world catering to all citizens was emphasised impacted by COVID-19. along with an encouragement to Toronto – Urban Economy Forum ensure social inclusion and cohesion 2020 Lieutenant Governor of Ontario Elizabeth through mixed income housing and Dowdeswell applauded participants’ The Second “Urban Economy Forum neighbourhood development. virtual engagement amidst a global 2020” (UEF 2020) was held virtually on pandemic and said that it was a Homelessness was brought into the October 5 and 6, 2020 on occasion of “recognition that adequate, safe and discussion by Mayor Don Iveson of City World Habitat Day and the 75 Anniversary affordable housing is critical for the of Edmonton, who supported ending of United Nations. The Forum was health and wellbeing of individuals and homelessness in Edmonton and called inaugurated with a message from the communities from around the world”. for other cities to join this goal to build a Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau better urban future. highlighting the importance of UEF2020, Her message was reiterated by the which “brings together community Canadian Federal Minister of Youth, Participants engaged in topics such as leaders and financial stakeholders Families and Social Development Ahmed urban economy theories and action, to monitor, assess and improve the Hussen who highlighted the opportunities sustainable municipal finance, urban sustainable development of urban that COVID-19 has given rise to and assessment, data and technology, economies”. that now it is time for everyone to come shifting paradigms in urbanism, housing together to build a stronger and more and real estate, public participation and Hundreds of speakers and participants resilient country and world. social inclusion, and environment and joined UEF2020 throughout the 2-day sustainable resources. program. Several representatives from UN Reinforcing housing as a crucial urban and UN Agencies, such as UN-Habitat, resource at the centre of cities and Several recurring themes were drawn UNESCO, UNYOUTH, UNEP and UNICEF, communities, Rafael Tuts, Director of out during the course of the two days. joined the forum to share their evaluation Global Solutions Division, UN-Habitat COVID-19 and the negative impacts it has of sustainable urbanism to achieve the emphasised the importance of reflecting had on the financial sustainability of cities urban SDG. Mayors, city leaders, urban on the moral aspects of humanity to was examined closely, including how practitioners, and academics from create positive economic impacts for these impacts have affected the most dozens of countries also provided their housing and sustainability. vulnerable populations disproportionately. perspectives and practical approaches Mayor of Helsinki, Jan Vapaavuori, that others could take back home. On housing, speakers supported the highlighted this as an opportunity for the effective regulation by urban authorities of world and called on everyone to “make The forum launched with video messages urban land and property markets through the cities of the future work better for the from the Secretary General of UN and the formulation and enforcement of policy people”. Juliano De Oliveira, Research and Executive Director of UN-Habitat, who instruments such as land value capture, Policy Specialist at UNICEF, emphasized shared their remarks about this year’s sale of development rights, developer the importance of strengthening the World Habitat Day theme “Housing charges and impact fees, land pooling capacity of local governments to deliver for All: A Better Urban Future”. The or land readjustment and inclusionary results for children and youth. He stated theme was a major topic of discussion zoning amongst other measures to that “our cities must have strong focus on throughout the 2-day forum as improve access to affordable and child rights, inclusion and participation”. sustainable housing.

18 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 To achieve this, creativity and innovation The forum closed with participants will play a crucial role, said Eduardo drafting the UEF 2020 Resolution, United States of Moreno, Head of Knowledge and including: America Innovation, UN-Habitat and Honorary Chair of UEF 2020. Participants “Financing the growth of cities Honolulu, Hawaii – Inclusive, emphasised the need to build back better and their inhabitants’ livelihoods Vibrant Neighbourhoods and and work toward low carbon growth. are among the most significant Communities - Actions to Investments in affordable and sustainable challenges facing leaders worldwide. Address Spatial Inequality housing, civil society participation, low Creative approaches are required The FIABCI-USA Hawaii Council carbon transportation, local and circular to build awareness across finance celebrated World Habitat Day for the economies, making cities food secure and and government sectors to better third year in spite of the challenges. The expanding sustainable urban farming are design, build, and finance our cities’ two-part webinar focused on spatial just some key elements discussed. agents of development regarding the urban SDGs, such as encouraging inequality and the need to provide quality Professor Jyoti Hosagrahar, Deputy cooperatives and circular public spaces, affordable housing and Director, World Heritage Centre, UNESCO, economies.” livelihood opportunities to everyone. called for support to the leveraging of The first session showcased the City cultural heritage, including those of the UEF 2020 continues to provide an and County of Honolulu’s successful Indigenous Peoples, for sustainable interactive platform for city leaders, urban urban regeneration projects including urban development and recognise its development organisations, financial SALT at Our Kaka’ako, a project that role in stimulating participation and institutes, and academics to exchange transformed a vacant industrial block to responsibility. She emphasised the need best practices to achieve the NUA and a vibrant, mixed-use neighborhood with to promote the integration of heritage SDGs, and aims to establish Toronto, shops, open spaces and multiple housing protection with innovative and appropriate Canada, as a global hub for sustainable options. The session also included a use of heritage and the historic fabric urbanism. Municipalities are encouraged report from Hawaii Green Growth on in its larger setting, with the intention to join the SDGs Cities Initiative as they Hawaii’s Voluntary Local Review on of value creation, through respectful work toward the SDGs. progress to meet the SDGs and a panel on the recipe for building affordable conservation and adaptive reuse, as well One of the major outputs of Urban housing which includes working with as regeneration of housing. Economy Forum is the Regent Park the government, financial providers and World Urban Pavilion by UN-Habitat Collaboration was a common thread in the construction industry to bring costs (The Pavilion), a collaboration between the discussions. Cities and people need down. to work in cohesion at the local, national, the Urban Economy Forum, UN-Habitat and global levels to achieve the SDGs. and the Government of Canada. The The second session began with a Sharing evidence-based challenges and Pavilion will be a global knowledge and look at the emerging Transit Oriented opportunities from past experiences is innovation exchange hub that will pilot Development around the new light rail an important mechanism to ensure that innovative and creative programs related stations in Honolulu that will include limited urban resources are invested to sustainable urbanism. Many cities are affordable housing and new public in the most impactful policies and already involved in demonstrating their spaces. Then the featured speaker City programs. Chris Williams, Head of New innovations through this platform. Council Member Kimberly Pine discussed her years-long work to improve the York Office, UN-Habitat encouraged all Organizations: Urban Economy Forum, lives of the homeless community. The participants to interact with the New UN-Habitat Urban Agenda Platform, as an important programme concluded with a discussion tool for academics and practitioners to of PUSH the Film, a documentary that exchange knowledge and track progress follows UN Special Rapporteur on towards achieving the SDGs.

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 19 Adequate Housing Leilani Farha around Cities: Planning for the next 2.5 Billion in ensuring that cities not only have the the world to examine how housing has Residents.” The event highlighted that capacity to absorb an influx of people but become a commodity driving prices up pandemics have historically played also the ability to integrate newcomers as and people out. a unique role in shaping cities and productive members of society. COVID-19 presents us with a unique New York opportunity to reimagine the way cities are designed and planned. Planning UN-Habitat New York Office organized a and design have a critical role to play virtual conference titled “Post Pandemic

OCEANIA

and the founder of the REDBRIC Hong world. The empirical results show that the New Zealand Kong. The e-Lecture was streamed on problem of SDU is not only on its small REDBRIC’s YouTube channel at https:// Auckand – The Most size but also on the rental premium if a youtu.be/yxmULwjQFio. Unaffordable Informal window and/or an independent toilet is preferred. Housing in the Most Unaffordable It shows why housing is unaffordable in City Hong Kong and how poor households are Organizations: Department of Property surviving the high cost of living by living University of Auckland Business School An e-Lecture on the Most Unaffordable in subdivided units (SDUs), a common Informal Housing in the Most type of informal housing in Hong Kong. Unaffordable City was presented by Dr The unit rent of SDUs can be twice as Edward Yiu, an Associate Professor of the most expensive apartment in the the University of Auckland, New Zealand,

20 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 WORLD CITIES DAY Events

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 21 World Cities Day GLOBAL OBSERVANCE IN NAKURU, KENYA

World Cities Day took place on 31 October under the sub theme Valuing our communities and cities. There were 78 events in 39 countries and 70 cities.

of decent housing, a strain on public grassroots communities who were Nakuru, Kenya services, environmental degradation, supplementing government efforts in combating the COVID-19 pandemic. Hundreds of people attended the first increased crime and an upsurge in urban disasters. hybrid Global Observance of World Cities Nakuru’s Governor Lee Kinyanjui said the Day which took place online with live links “We must find a better and more dynamic pandemic had shown that cities need to to events in the host country Kenya as way to support developing nations in forge partnerships within the country and well as China and Malaysia. their quest to improve housing and urban with the rest of the world development,” he said calling for citizens Kenya’s Nakuru County was the in- “Cities have the potential to make country host of this year’s event with the to be “the driving force in shaping their living conditions and amenities.” their economies recover and thrive by support of the County Government of leveraging on enormous opportunities Kisumu and the County Government of Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Transport, that can grant the current generation Uasin Gishu. Infrastructure, Housing, Urban economic and social renewal,” he said. In his keynote video address, Kenya’s Development and Public Works, MR James Macharia who attended a small UN-Habitat Executive Director Ms. President Uhuru Kenyatta spoke of the Maimunah Mohd Sharif spoke of the challenges of preventing the spread of event at the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON) where UN-Habitat has importance of appreciating communities COVID-19 which, he said, had focused and cities. attention on the importance of improving its headquarters, said densely populated conditions for all urban residents. urban centres had been the epicentres of She said it was in cities like Nakuru, the spread of COVID-19. where the bond between urban and He called for UN-Habitat, the co-host of “The fear of contagion has made many rural communities was strongest, that World Cities Day, to “leverage its global the world would find the best model for mandate as well as its vast experience weary of crowded cities, and more and more people are moving to less crowded the socio-economic recovery from the in urbanization and human settlement pandemic. matters to continue taking a lead role in suburbs and rural areas,” he said. addressing urban-centric challenges.” In his video speech, UN Secretary General The live link up to celebrations in Antonio Guterres spoke of the World Cities Shanghai included the launch of the He mentioned that many African Shanghai Manual 2020, virtually by the countries, including Kenya continued Day theme – Valuing our Communities and Cities - saying the United Nations Executive Director and in person by the to contend with the negative effects of Shanghai Party Secretary Li Qiang. rapid urbanization including a shortage recognized the contributions of

22 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 Mayor Alexander Vysokinsky of Russia’s Ms. Lyazzat Kaltayeva, Chair, Association affirmed that “well-planned, well managed Ekaterinburg City, last year’s host of of Women with Disabilities “Shyrak”, and well financed cities and towns create World Cities Day, said the theme of this Kazakhstan called for more support for economic, social, environmental and year’s celebrations was in line with the people living with disabilities particularly other unquantifiable value that can vastly philosophy of his city’s administration. during the pandemic. improve the quality of life.”

UN-Habitat Deputy Executive Director The occasion also saw the launch of The Opening Ceremony, attended by Victor Kisob said it was historic that the UN-Habitat’s World Cities Report 2020 around 600 participants online with many Global Observance World Cities Day was on the theme of the Value of Sustainable more following on a live link, was followed being held in Africa for the first time. Urbanization. Minister Macharia, who by four Roundtables on different aspects launched the Report on behalf of of the day’s theme and on the World Cities President Kenyatta, said the Report Report.

World Cities Day on 31 October 31, 2020 in Nairobi, Kenya © UN-Habitat

UN-Habitat Deputy Executive Director, Mr. Victor Kisob with Cabinet Secretary, World Cities Day 2020 UN-Habitat Executive Director in Penang Malaysia Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing, Urban Development and public ©UN-Habitat works, Republic of Kenya, Mr. James Macharia launching the World Cities Report in Nairobi, Kenya 2020 © UN-Habitat

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The overall objective of the second edition urgent needs for public service delivery Cape Verde of the “Salon Ville et Toits du Cameroun” with experiences from Egypt, Morocco, was to promote the contributions of Lebanon, Jordan, Yemen and Kuwait. Praia – Think Smart Cities and working-class neighbourhoods in Communities in Cape Verde achieving SDG 11. The meeting was Organizations: UN-Habitat Regional Office for Arab States; UCLG MEWA Considering the global trends of organized by CODAS CARITAS DOUALA; promoting smart cities, the Smart Platform of Organisations for the Cities Foundation has on its agenda the Promotion of the Right to Decent Housing Ghana promotion of smart cities in Cape Verde, (PLAFODAL) - District Municipalities of has been developing several initiatives the city of Douala. Local authorities share and projects. experiences

A digital forum was held in Praia, involving Egypt Accra, 28 October 2020-- World Cities as many people as possible, to raise Day was celebrated on October 28 and awareness and encourage the general Cairo – Empowering Local saw the local authorities share their population, to think and act smartly, so Communities for Inclusive experiences regarding their work in the that our cities can be smart. COVID-19 Recovery communities. UN-Habitat urged national and local governments to embark on The activity was carried out to United Cities and Local Governments mapping and profiling in the slums/ commemorate the World of Cities within Middle East and West Asia Section informal settlements to ensure adequate the framework of the various activities of (UCLG-MEWA) and UN-Habitat Regional data for proper planning in the various the Urban October held in the country. Office for the Arab States (ROAS) organized a session for sharing visions Metropolitan and Municipal Assemblies. Organizations: UN-Habitat; Smart City and insights in solving region-specific Cities also maintained the need value Foundation Cabo Verde; UN-Habitat challenges local governments face in communities beyond the COVID-19 Cabo Verde the COVID-19 pandemic in their quest pandemic and pursue programmes with to achieve Better City, Better Life. As the strong ownership and leadership of the second edition of the webinar series community members. Cameroon co-organised by UCLG-MEWA and UN- Habitat ROAS, the session provided a Douala – Douala hosts ‘Roofs of platform for the exchange of knowledge, Guinea Bissau Cameroon’ Exhibition local experiences, and peer learning. Urban Fridays: Supporting local In the lead up to World Cities Day, the This session marked the Arab region’s governments for Sustainable second edition of the “City and Roofs observance of the World Cities Day Development Plans 2030 of Cameroon Exhibition” took place aiming to shed light on the role of local featuring a day of activities on the Bissau, 30 October 2020 – The “”Urban communities in building cities’ resilience theme: Deconstructing Negative and Fridays”” were consisted in five meetings and planning for post-COVID-19 Discriminatory Perceptions of Popular held at the Urban Circuit 2020 with response. The session also highlighted Neighbourhoods: Contributions and the purpose of disseminating tools, how local governments can engage Challenges in Achieving SDG 11. methodologies and projects implemented local communities to address the by the UN-Habitat offices in Brazil and in

24 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 Portuguese-speaking African countries. tomorrow in a greener, more inclusive Owerri, Nigeria to brainstorm, innovate The meetings will address several topics, and sustainable manner. The event was and create new solutions to pressing such as: mapping and data production, attended by Prime Minister of Morocco, problems found in our cities. urban resilience, urbanization policy Morocco Minister of National Planning, and financing, spatial development Urban Planning, Housing and City Policy, This year, the focus was on “”Positioning frameworks and Development Plans for UCLG President, UN Resident Coordinator for Opportunities in Digital Era”” 2030. in the Kingdom Some of the highlights of the event The fifth meeting, entitled “Urban Fridays: included conversations centred around Supporting local governments for Nigeria Decent Jobs and Economic Growth; Sustainable Development Plans 2030”, development of key digital skills needed presented: Owerri, Imo State – Urbanize to stay relevant in the work place, digital Africa Summit 2020 analysis, digital designs, Excel, Qlick, (i) Incremental Participatory Urban Power BI, the United Nations Sustainable Planning (PIUP): tool that presents “Urbanize Africa” is a youth led non-profit Development Goals, Volunteerism, the step by step to diagnose, plan, organisation committed to sustainable Personal Branding, Starting Up a new operationalize and implement urbanization, inclusive prosperity and Business, and many more. participatory planning processes creating economic opportunity for all. in cities with limited capacity and This event was relevant because the resources; and On the 29 October 2020, Urbanize Africa digital era has far-reaching impacts on gathered young African leaders and urbanization and inclusive economic (ii) Public Liability Systems in Latin professionals aged 18- 35 in the city of growth in the region. America and the support of UN- Habitat for the preparation of the Sustainable Development Plan for the City of Rio de Janeiro.”

Organizations: UN-Habitat Guinea- Bissau; UN-Habitat Angola; UN-Habitat Brazil; UN-Habitat Cabo Verde; UN- Habitat Mozambique; UN-Habitat São Tomé and Príncipe

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In celebration of World Cities Day, the Ministry of Planning, Housing and City Policy in Morocco organized a Webinar bringing together a large and diverse panel of national and international experts and stakeholders. The event “Thinking and Designing the City of Tomorrow” aims to draw the broadlines of innovative territorial planning approach allowing us to think and conceive the cities of

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URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 25 Lagos – Valuing communities categories of problems at this point is The presentation further recommended and cities in Nigeria the design of strategic solutions. The that; In order to have a safe, valuable presentation was concluded with the and sustainable cities, poverty should The Association of City managers in recommendations that the approach to be fought using social capital where city Nigeria (ACMAN held a webinar to urban development should include the dwellers can be on the driver’s seat to celebrate World Cities Day with the following: direct the affairs of their lives through theme:“Valuing our Communities and associations and social interactions. Cities in Nigeria”. i Political leaders must bear the responsibilities of urban and Visit: https://acman.org.ng/ Godswill Unekwuojo Musa, the Secretary rural planning as part of their General of ACMAN and the Moderator of development templates. the event emphasized that ACMAN is a Uganda membership-based association of City ii Town planning regulations must Managers that include individuals of the an integral part for any form of Kampala and Jinja – Uganda built environment and those that have development the government World Cities Day celebrations a effectively promoted city management maybe contemplating. collaborative effort in: planning, financing, development, and iii Leaders must be viewed from The Commemoration of World Cities Day governance (urban and local), towards the lens of clarity of vision and 2020 for Uganda was an opportunity to equitable, liveable, and sustainable cities. accountability. reflect on the implementation of SDG11 and interesting both state and not state 2. Technical Session iv Clarity of commitment actors to focus on improving resilience from stakeholders in the The technical session had four types and sustainability by relating to the theme implementation of development of presentations by the distinguished “”Valuing our Cities and Communities””. professors and experts. is an essential factor suitability. Being Urban October it was important v Consideration of multiple window Prof. Mustapha Zubairu suggested to collaborate with the Ministry of for infrastructural development Nigeria should emulate Singapore’s global Lands, Housing and Urban Development opportunities. development model of: meritocracy, (MoLHUD) of Uganda. Gearing up to the pragmatism and honesty. vi Community engagement should commemoration of World Cities Day on 31st October, 2020, a series of activities Prof. M. B. Nuhu said the theme of the be considered as a key driver were been planned for by TEENS Uganda event Valuing our communities and Cities towards achieving an all- with support from the MoLHUD, the in Nigeria, is very important topical issue inclusive strategic approach. Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) in not just in Nigeria but also in Africa. The Dr. Valda Martins said effects of poverty and development partners to hold a governance system of Nigeria stipulates in cities include: homelessness, unsafe conversation on the theme of WCD; three tiers of government. A lot of land neighbourhoods, rape, lack of access ‘Valuing our Communities and Cities’. ownership in Nigerian cities today comes to adequate healthcare, food insecurity from communities or traditional rulers, and that allthese affect city dwellers and For World Habitat Day there was a clean and these are issues that bothers orderly the value they place on their cities. A up exercise in Kampala at Kawaala Village safe and crisis free development. great city is an environment that is safe, zone 1 and central under Kasubi Parish focusing on sorted waste management Mr. Bello Bawa Bwari, said that the liveable, open to everybody and provide awareness and collection for Kavera, problems of our cities are multifaceted an enabling environment for people to spraying of bed-bags for over 40 and be considered in various categories. interact and enjoy the dividend of their households and de silting one drainage Consequent to this, he identified that interaction or association. water way. the most critical approach to all the

26 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 Several online dialogues were to focus to demonstrate the need to align • Citizens participating in cultural and more on youth engagement. designing for safety, accessibility and social events, leading to an equal comfort in growing towns and cities. citizen of their city with access to Organized a media awareness workshop every service, regardless of ethnic focusing on active mobility in Kampala • Recognition the role of CSOs origin, religion, income, gender or and the current use of NMT pilot corridor (including UNUF) in policy planning, disability held on Friday, 30th October 2020, at the research support and technical Holiday Express Hotel, Luwum Street, competence in implementation A ministerial statement on the world Kampala. of policies leading to universal Cities Day by the Minister for State Urban design principles that ensure there development. Mr. Isaac Musumba about Opens Streets Jinja was a half day activity is appropriate pedestrian access World Cities Day 2020. hosted along a closed 400 metres Jinja for everyone, including the elderly, Main Street open to pedestrians, cyclists, children and PWDs, including mobility A series of sessions (29th and 30th city enthusiasts, artists, scatters, and the problems and visual impairment, oct) on topical issues for the cities general public. Among other key activities were organized by MLHUD using virtual undertaken included; hosting of online • Local Government in implementing platforms in line with the theme for WCD meetings (sessions) with state and not the NMT policy and to further 2020. state actors cycling in an enclosed 400 guide its implementing agencies/ meters along main street, book reading, authorities to generate synergy Organisations: Training, Education cycling, aerobics, some exhibitions of Art, design and in performing its mandate and Empowerment for Neighborhood skipping ropes, skating, street soccer, etc. to achieve common objective in city Sustainability (TEENS); Ministry of development. Lands, Hosuing and Urban Development Outcomes: (MoLHUD); Shelter & Settlement • Inclusive planning in Cities though Alternatives (SSA); First Africa Bicylce • Improved infrastructural implementation of Open Streets in Information organization (FABIO); Global development, housing and human their own towns by demonstrating Green Growth Institute (GGGI); European settlement with urban and Physical the need for opening streets to the Union (EU); Uganda Sustainable Planning opportunities for citizens people for walk and cycle. Transport Newtork (UST-network); World in highly urbanizing zones (Cities, Cycling Alliance (WCA); Africa Youth Municipalities & Town Councils • Provide for co-existence with Development link (AYDL); Mengo Youth like Jinja) with a smart city and natural environment as urban Development Link (MYDEL); Girls for sustainable communities concept. wetlands, forests and other green Climate (G4C) spaces for plants and animals, • Open streets Jinja enabling NMT enabling livelihood in an unpolluted Policy through Critical mass environment, Open Street campaign activities

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He emphasized that China was willing to Dejin, Vice Governor of Fujian Province, China deepen cooperation with other countries and video messages from Mr. António in the field of housing and urban-rural Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Fuzhou development, exchange practical Nations and Mr. Nikita Stasishin, Deputy Online viewers watch China’s national experience and innovative measures to Minister of Construction, Housing and observance of World Cities Day 2020 in value our communities and cities, and Utilities of the Russian Federation. Fuzhou jointly address the various challenges of urbanization. In his keynote speech, Mr. Benedict China’s national observance of World Arimah, Chief of UN-Habitat’s Global Cities Day 2020 was held in Fuzhou In her video message, Ms. Maimunah Reports and Trends Unit introduced city, capital of the southeastern Fujian Mohd Sharif, Executive Director of UN- the newly launched World Cities Report province, organized by the national Habitat, thanked China for its efforts in 2020. Mr. Yang Baojun, Chief Economist Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural organizing World Cities Day activities. “We of MOHURD, highlighted the need for Development (MOHURD), the Provincial are keen to collaborate with more Chinese reshaping the value of communities Government and UN-Habitat. cities for a people-centred, healthy urban and China’s commitment to building future”, she said. adequately serviced communities. Government officials, experts, scholars Mr. Karsten Sach, Director General and community representatives from “The theme of World Cities Day 2020, for International and European Policy, China, Russia, Germany and other Valuing Our Communities and Cities, Climate Policy, Federal Ministry for countries, regions and international is a call to engage all stakeholders, the Environment, Nature Conservation organizations shared their experiences to move from commitment to action, and Nuclear Safety (BMU) of Germany, and best practices in promoting across the full reach of economic introduced the efforts of Germany and EU sustainable urban development and development, social progress, in promoting ambitious NDCs on a path improving the living environment focusing environmental sustainability and towards climate neutrality by 2050. on the theme of Valuing Our Communities innovation,” she added. and Cities. The Chinese Urban Development Best Representatives from over 40 cities Practices Exhibition presented case Mr. Jiang Wanrong, Vice Minister of signed the Fuzhou Initiative to express studies of Chinese cities responding to MOHURD said that World Cities Day their common recognition of the sustainable development challenges had made a great impact and played an significance of smart cities, communities, with innovative solutions. The event was important role in promoting sustainable ecology, culture and safety in urban livestreamed by Xinhua News Agency urban development, the implementation governance, and to call for building smart, and attracted more than 2.1 million online of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable eco-friendly, and people-centred cities viewers. It can be seen here https:// Development and the New Urban Agenda that integrate traditional and modern live.xinhuaapp.com/xcy/reportlist. globally since its first observance. culture in a participatory way. html?liveId=1603675001519373.

“China has made prominent and The event was opened by Mr Wang Ning, historic achievements in promoting Governor of Fujian Province. There were urbanization since its reform and also messages at the opening ceremony opening up while many challenges from Mr. Lin Baojin, Secretary of the emerged and shall not be ignored in Fuzhou Municipal Committee of the the process,” he said. Communist Party of China (CPC), Mr. Li

28 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 Mr. WANG Ning, Governor of Fujian Province, announcing the opening of the World Opening speech by H.E. Mr. JIANG Wanrong, Vice Minister of MOHURD ©Xinhua Cities Day event ©Xinhua News Agency News Agency

H.E. Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif, Executive Director of UN-Habitat, delivering a Mr. Yang Rong, Officer-in-Charge of UN-Habitat Regional Programme Division video message to the World Cities Day Observance in China ©UN-Habitat and Mr. ZHANG Zheng, Deputy Director of the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban-Rural Development launching the Chinese version of Shanghai Manual Annual Report for 2020 ©Xinhua News Agency

Mr. YOU Mengjun, Mayor of Fuzhou, releases the Fuzhou Initiative. Representatives from over 40 cities signed Fuzhou Initiative at the event ©Xinhua News Agency

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 29 Shanghai of the Board of Directors of Shanghai Global Cities Forum World Expo Museum and Deputy Director Opening Ceremony of World Cities Day of the Standing Committee of the 14th On November 1, the 2020 Global Cities Shanghai Observance Municipal People’s Congress. The title of Forum, co-organized by the Development his speech was “From Shanghai World Research Center of Shanghai Municipal The opening ceremony of 2020 World Expo to World Cities Day: The Impact People’s Government, Shanghai Municipal Cities Day Shanghai Observance and of Large-scale International Events on Commission of Housing and Urban-Rural Global Cities Forum was held in Shanghai Sustainable Urban Development”. Development and Management, Shanghai Tower. The agenda included: the global Emergency Management Bureau, release ceremony of the English version The second speaker was Qiao Jie, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, United of Shanghai Manual: 2020 Annual Report, Academician of the Chinese Academy Nations Human Settlements Programme speeches by guests, keynote speeches of Engineering and President of Peking (UN-Habitat) and the World Bank, was and other segments. A series of ad University Third Hospital, whose topic held in Shanghai Jiao Tong University. campaigns and promotional events were was “Healthy City Construction under the Representatives from Shanghai Municipal carried out around the theme of World Background of Normalization of Epidemic People’s Government, UN-Habitat, World Cities Day this year. Prevention and Control”. In the fight Bank, Shanghai Jiao Tong University against COVID-19 this year, President The Shanghai Manual: 2020 Annual and other institutions, as well as the Qiao led the Peking University medical Report (English version) was released on guests from academic, political and team in Hubei, and made a remarkable the cloud by Li Qiang, Secretary of the industrial circles from countries and contribution to the protection of Wuhan. CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee and regions including China, USA, France, UK, Lastly, Zheng Yongnian, Honorary Dean of remotely by Maimunah Sharif, Executive Japan, South Korea, Australia, Singapore, the Institution of Politics and Economics Director of UN-Habitat. Canada, Denmark and HKSAR attended. of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Gong Zheng, Deputy Secretary of the delivered a speech entitled “Global The award ceremony for the first “Best CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee and Economic and Social Development Trends Practice for Shanghai Urban Governance” Mayor of Shanghai, delivered a speech and China’s Urbanization Process”. was held at the Forum. After a five- at the opening ceremony of 2020 World month process of case collection, initial There were nearly 20 influential top-level, Cities Day Shanghai Observance and the evaluation, on-site investigation and final large-scale World Cities Day themed Global Cities Forum, and he gave a brief evaluation, 10 Best Practice cases and and series activities. In addition to summary of the Shanghai Manual: 2020 eight Excellent cases were finally selected Shanghai, five activities were held in the Annual Report. from the over 100 submitted cases. Yangtze River Delta, including 17 forums Desmond Lee, Minister for National (conferences), one exposition, and two After that, the awarding ceremony for the Development of Singapore, Jiang promotional activities. Representatives 6th National College Students Case Study Wanrong, Vice Minister of Housing and from countries including Germany, Competition of City Governance(2020) Urban-Rural Development of the People’s Canada, Singapore, Kenya and Japan was held on the Forum, 81 teams Republic of China, António Guterres, attended World Cities Day themed and from nearly 70 universities nationwide Secretary-General of the United Nations activities such as the “2020 Global including Shanghai Jiao Tong University, all delivered online speeches. Cities Forum” and the “2020 Shanghai Tsinghua University, Hong Kong Summit on Global Urban Underground University of Science and Technology, The keynote speech segment was Space Development and Utilization” . University of Macau, Zhejiang University, hosted by Jiang Sixian, President of 115 organization/institutions acted as Renmin University of China and Nanjing China Institute for Urban Governance, organizers responsible for the activities of University attended the competition. 15 Shanghai Jiao Tong University and World Cities Day, and took an active part teams entered the finals to demonstrate former Secretary of the Party Committee in preparations. The participants were their case studies. Oral defence to the of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. The estimated to be more than 100,000 first speaker was Hong Hao, Chairman

30 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 The Audience at World Cities Day Shanghai watch a video message by 2020 Launch of Shanghai Manual at World Cities Day in Shanghai ©Xinhua the UN Secretary-General ©Xinhua News Agency News Agency

evaluation committee members and enhance the capabilities of community In three days, many forums such as the answering inquiries from the audience and urban governance around the global Healthy Building Development Forum, the were conducted, discussion of the urbanization trend and characteristics Smart Gas Forum, the Urban Smart Water evaluation committee and public voting, 3 in the post-epidemic era, The exhibition Supply and Water Conservation Forum, teams were awarded the first-class prize, area of the “City Expo” was nearly the Summit Forum on the Reconstruction second-class prize and third-class prize, 50,000 square metres, and was open to of Old Residential Buildings, and the and 6 participants were awarded with the professional from all industries and the Innovation and Development Technology “Popular Participant Prize”. public. Together with the expo, nearly Exchange Meeting for the Integration 30 series of forums were held, focusing of Tunnels and Underground Space Shanghai International City and on topics of urban construction and took place, allowing professionals Architecture Expo 2020 development. to communicate on the trending technologies, and enterprises to seek From November 25 to 27, the Shanghai At the opening ceremony of the “City business opportunities. International City and Architecture Expo Expo” held on 25 November , Li Zhe, or City Expo was held in the National Second-level Inspector of the Planning, To construct the “Yangtze River Delta Exhibition and Convention Center Finance and Foreign Affairs Department Integrated Ecological and Green (Shanghai). It was jointly sponsored by of the Ministry of Housing and Urban- Development Demonstration Zone”, the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Rural Development of the People’s Shanghai Green Building Council has Housing and Urban-Rural Development Republic of China, other leaders of launched a “Future City in Children’s and Management and UN-Habitat, co- relevant commissions attended the Eyes” painting exhibition by encouraging organized by Shanghai Coordination opening ceremony. the children to paint about life in the city, Center of World Cities Day and undertaken water towns south of the Yangtze River by the Shanghai Green Building Council. This year’s “City Expo” continued the and “People from the Yangtze River tradition of holding an exhibition and Delta”. More than 1,600 paintings were The overall design was “1 theme, 5 forum at the same time. While the City collected. aspects and 15 exhibition areas”. A Expo was on, the “10th Green Building total of 15 exhibition areas were set Alliance Conference in Hot Summer and up to showcase the achievements and Cold Winter Zones” was also held. experience of city construction, and

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 31 2020 World Cities Day Youth to pay full attention to the effect of the with underground space gather together, Series – Smart City, Youth Expo’s cultural heritage as a platform, focusing on the discussion about super Innovation Carnival and to make great efforts in increasing resilience of deep underground space and studies and promotion on Shikumen, the on hotspots involving surface climate, The Shanghai Coordination Center of Shanghai-style residence, finally leading geotherm, transportation, utilization in World Cities Day and Shanghai Overseas to perpetual inheritance of the Expo’s underground space, comprehensive Chinese Public Welfare Development philosophies. detection of space, as well as intelligent Service Center jointly established a “World operation and maintenance. Cities Day Youth Public Welfare Base” to The Second Shanghai Summit on create a public welfare platform for World Global Urban Underground Space Cities Day and expanded the annual World Development and Utilization India Cities Day youth series activities. On October 31, the Shanghai Summit Amritsar – Valuing our At the celebration of “2020 World Cities on Global Urban Underground Space Communities and Cities Day Youth Series–Smart City, Youth Development and Utilization, sponsored Innovation Carnival” held on World Cities jointly by UN-Habitat, ACUUS, and the 29 October 2020 -- Centre for Day, hundreds of drawings, programmes, Science and Technology Committee Sustainable Habitat , Guru Nanak Dev handicrafts and English speeches from of Shanghai Municipal Commission of University, Amritsar celebrated World more than 10 domestic cities, including Housing and Urban-Rural Development, Cities Day 2020 through an International Beijing, Guangzhou, Hangzhou and was organized in the Shanghai Science Webinar on the topic Valuing Our Harbin, and 40 youth paintings from 40 Hall. Communities and Cities. cities around the world, as well as robot Differentials in the structure, growth and competitive performances and unmanned In the cloud round-table meeting, experts development of cities are reflections aerial vehicle zones appeared on the event and scholars from different countries of man’s creative urges presenting the site, pushing the year-round youth series expressed individual views and discussed needs, thoughts, ideas and well-being to a climax. the underground space development, finally coming to a consensus on which of their inhabitants. The United Nations The 10th Anniversary of Shanghai they issued “the Program of Action [2020] has viewed that ‘urbanization has World Expo & Shikumen Urban for International Underground Space the potential to create opportunities for Renewal Forum 2020 Exploitation and Development” that a better life, provide pathways out of points out the direction for solutions poverty and act as an engine of economic “The 10th Anniversary of Shanghai to challenges in traffic, municipal growth. It is clear that communities are World Expo & Shikumen Urban Renewal administration, safety and environment the lifeblood for cities and provide the Forum 2020” sponsored by Shanghai that are caused by high-intensity economic, environmental and social Coordination Center of World Cities Day exploitation and for scientific and effective value that leads to an improved quality and CPPCC in Shanghai districts invited utilization of underground resources, of life for all’. COVID-19 has changed Zhou Hanmin, Member of the CPPCC providing powerful support to advance the city life dramatically to adopt a new Standing Committee and Vice Chairman the coordination between surface and normal for the survival of its inhabitants. of Shanghai CPPCC Committee, to underground space as well as economic The role and value of communities look at the route of China bidding for sustainable development. has become increasingly important of the Expo, showing the importance to local actions for urban resilience and urban regeneration and development of The Summit, with “safe and sound recovery. It is rightly recognized by the Shikumen as the city’s spiritual carrier, underground travel” as its theme, was United Nations that ‘the pandemic has cultural milestone and symbol. During the held online and offline together for the highlighted the core weaknesses in many Forum, 2020 Shikumen Forum Initiative first time. In the cloud-venue, experts urban systems, such as economies that was issued to call for all sectors of society at home and abroad who are occupied rely too heavily on global and national

32 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 markets, without sufficient recognition of around us. This was the part of the World Cities Day the contribution and significance of local, 2020 global celebration. The event was social and economic actors and networks. Every week, the team shares inspiration attended by experts from United Nations Communities are innovative, creative, with a growing family of children, parents agencies, governments, academia, civil resilient and pro-active in terms of finding and friends all over the world, to help us society, private sector and scholarly solutions particularly during crises. How remain connected in spirit and heart even students. The panelists and experts were cities manage to mobilize their various as we stay safe and physically apart. from across the globe. This enabled the communities, in terms of different identity The Nirmal Bhartia School was discussion to incorporate the diversity groups, location and economic status, to established in 2006 as a Community of theory and practice from all over the address challenges like COVID-19, climate School with a mission of creating a world. and inequality, will contribute to their pioneering educational institution for successes. children, where education was not just Iran (Islamic Organisations: Centre for Sustainable a preparation for life; but a continuous Habitat, Guru Nanak Dev University, process of engaging with life and learning; Republic of) Amritsarc(India); Institute of Spatial where each moment-replete in all its diversity and wholeness, was recognized Tehran – International Youth Planning & Environment Research, Dialogue for Sustainable Cities Panchkula (India;Cities Forum, as a learning opportunity. Integral to this founding mission was the imperative that on the occasion of World Cities London;Institute for Housing Day 2020 & Urban Development Studies, even as the School attempted to introduce new educational thought and practice, its Erasmus University, Rotterdam Western Asian Development Institute in systems and approaches would continue (Netherlands);Centre for Science and collaboration with Municipality of Tehran to be deeply integrated with the culture Environment, N. Delhi (India) organised International Youth Dialogue and heritage of the community of which it for Sustainable Cities on the occasion of was a part. New Delhi – A sustainable road World Cities Day 2020. In addition to a from our Organization: Nirmal Bhartia School, scientific multi-disciplinary discussion, roots to our cities India participants got a chance to meet keynote speakers from Iranian municipalities. The Nirmal Bhartia School, New Delhi, Global: Building Back Better: India celebrated World Cities Day through The speakers were : Ms. Niina Rinne, Covid-19 crisis an opportunity . SMILE, Together We Can which is a Municipality of Vantaa, Finland; Dr. Andrei to build safe, sustainable and unique wellbeing initiative inspired by this Bezruchonak, Belarusian State University, resilient cities very Power of Community. Belarus; Ms. Jieling Liu, University of Lisbon, Portugal; Dr. Viktorija Mangaroska, It was launched in April 2020 when the The Global Policy Insights (GPI) in International Balkan University, Northern participants came together to re-invent partnership with UN Habitat organised Macedonia; Dr. Zoheir, Sabaghpour, teaching and learning for the very first an Urban Breakfast event to celebrate Deputy of International Affairs, time on a distance learning platform. The World Cities Day. The event featured a Municipality of Tehran, Iran. initiative seeks to reach out to children, discussion on “Building Back Better: Covid -19 crisis an opportunity to build parents, and families all over the world More than 95 participants from 35 safe, sustainable, and resilient cities”. The helping them navigate trying times with a different countries joined the webinar. sense of hope, belief, heart, and holism. It speakers were is an initiative started to counter the dark Global Policy, Diplomacy, and clouds of the pandemic and the lock down Sustainability (GPODS) fellows who and intends to unlock this monumental discussed urban issues and sustainable and miraculous Power of Community, development. both within ourselves and in the world

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 33 future collaboration with different interest celebrated “World Cities Day”. The Event Malaysia groups and associations, including the was successfully held on Friday 30 Malaysian Institute of Planners (MIP). October 2020 on a zoom virtual platform. George Town – A webinar on Navigating Malaysian Cities: Ipoh – UrbanXFest 2020: World The event was graced by the presence Walking during Covid-19 Cities Day 2020 of U Han Zaw, the Union Minister of the Ministry of Construction, members of 31 October 2020 – The pandemic has In conjunction with World Cities Day the National Urban Committee; senior brought about an idea among three 2020, UrbanXHub hosted a hybrid digital officials from Department of Urban young, female urbanists in Malaysia conference titled UrbanXFest 2020 on the and Housing Development (DUHD); to talk about how the pandemic has 31st of October 2020. It was streamed DUHD advisors; development partners; changed everything about the world, most live on UrbanXhub YouTube page of representatives from embassies, UN visibly the cities. It is a topic that has which the public had free access to the agencies; professional associations not been explored enough from a non- sessions and engaged with the host on and urban professionals. A total of 98 technical, everyday perspective of the city the platform to share their thoughts and participants attended the online forum. life and the intention is to engage with the ideas. The event had four professional public and start the conversation about speakers from France, Bosnia, Singapore Mr. Han Zaw, the Union Minister of how we articulate the future direction of and Israel. All speakers presented Construction, delivered the opening our cities, and whether we could go back remarkable sessions with topics ranging remarks in which he took the opportunity to how it was before, and more crucially – from smart city innovation to smart public to relay to the participants a decade of what is the new normal. transportation system and the future of strong collaboration with UN-Habitat in joint efforts in creating a better In conjunction of World Cities Day, this IoT to healthier cities. For more details or urban future for Myanmar. He noted webinar was the first of the “Navigating interested to watch the digital conference, that World Cities Day 2020 reflects Malaysian Cities” series, where experts please visit www.urbanxhub.com/ commitment towards building inclusive and people alike could come together and urbanxfest/ and environmentally sustainable cities exchange their views and ideas about in Myanmar, and given the lessons of what they want in the city, with the hope COVID-19 pandemic, the compulsion of to open more doors to future engagement communities and relevant stakeholders and collaboration to materialise a to come together to build resilient truly sustainable and inclusive urban cities. He noted that cities are centers development. The webinar also featured of democracy, innovation, economic Jane’s Walk KL and its experience in development, and culture, thus, making engaging with the local communities UrbanXFest 2020 ©UrbanXHuba them drivers of sustainable development. as they walk the city before, and in the midst of the pandemic – including how Communities are engaged in policy and neighbourhoods are coping with the decision making, and empowered with tremendous change in the social and Myanmar financial resources, the results are more economic life. The webinar also saw the inclusive and durable. launching of Jane’s Walk George Town Nay Pyi Taw /Yangon – “World at the end of the session. The one-hour Cities Day” event jointly held by UN-Habitat Country Programme Manager webinar that was streamed on Facebook Ministry of Construction and UN- Bijay Karmacharya, recalled the dramatic Live was well attended by around 50 Habitat change of city life during the year as a consequence of the COVID-19 where people from all over Malaysia (the event UN-Habitat in partnership with the urban areas are the epicenter of the was viewed by over 670 Facebook users), Department of Urban Housing and pandemic globally. He highlighted that in with a very lively discussion taking place Development (DUHD) of the Ministry Myanmar, the city of Yangon accounted in the chat section, with prospects of of Construction (MoC) of Myanmar

34 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 World Cities Day event ©Ministry of Construction of Myanmar/UN-Habitat for 70 percent of all recorded cases of solutions to informal settlements, the joint housing scheme loans, and creation COVID-19. He noted that the theme presentation pointed to the need to of public housing, the presentation made of the event- “Reflecting on Informal counter prevailing stereotypes about the case for revisiting past experiences to Settlements”- is central to the work of residents of informal settlements through solve the housing problems of today UN-Habitat. The following presentations positive representation in the media were made: and efforts to recognize their economic The presentations were followed by contribution to the city. Q&A session and concluding remarks Vishnu Prasad, Field Programme by Director General U Min Htein of the Manager, UN-Habitat Myanmar, made Ms. Helene Maria Kyed, Senior Department of Urban and Housing a presentation focused on the theme Researcher, Danish Institute for Development of the Ministry. The of World Habitat Day “Housing for all” International Studies, presented on Director General said that World Cities and the enduring relevance of the New Informal Settlements and Migrant Day 2020 had given an opportunity to Urban Agenda in finding solutions to the Challenges in Yangon. reflect on the state of cities in Myanmar, pandemic. Specifically, the presentation especially amidst the effects of the COVID highlighted the global nature of tenure The presentation highlighted the growing 19 pandemic on cities in Myanmar. insecurity, exacerbated by COVID-19. phenomenon of securitization of informal He considered this year’s theme to be Finding solutions in the New Urban residents and migrants in Yangon. The timely and pertinent as the efforts to Agenda, the presentation offered ways presentation showed that informal deal with the pandemic, whilst moving to prevent evictions and strengthen migrants are left in a precarious position, forward to a more sustainable future security of tenure for all urban residents often at the mercy of local power brokers. was complemented by the exertions and residents of informal settlements, in Elizabeth Rhoads, Post-Doctoral Fellow, of the urban poor and their community particular. Lund University/University College ties of resilience, creativity, and resolve, thus leading to the awareness that Thibaut Bara, Country Director, Green London focused on the history of housing policy interventions in Myanmar, the cooperation of these communities Lotu)underscored the dynamics of is essential for building the aspired urban migration to cities in Myanmar, specifically highlighting the salience accorded to housing in the Pyidawtha urban future. On behalf of the Ministry specifically highlighting the role of and Department , the Director General disasters and climate change as a key Plan, an economic development plan established by the Union Government thanked the UN System and UN-Habitat driver of migration to cities. He remarked in particular for the long standing that the dominant narrative around in 1952. Pointing to the specific post- independence housing experiments in cooperation, and expressed confidence informal settlements were tied to ideas that the joint efforts will make significant of criminality and illegality. In finding Myanmar including cooperative housing,

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 35 strides towards the achievement of Padma Kumar Mainalee, Dy. Director Maniram Gelal, DG of DUDBC said that the Sustainable Development Goals, of DUDBC stated that the collaborative most areas in Nepal are sub- urban. particularly Goal 11 and the objectives of effort is demanded to address the new The core urban area is a major source the New Urban Agenda. challenges of this sector. of economic activities so that each individual should value the cities and PS Joshi, Program Manager of UN Habitat urban areas. The pandemic of COVID- Nepal Nepal shared his views on essence for 19 also compelled to decentralize the redefining rural and urban development. development paradigm to urban, sub Kathmandu The sustainable development of urban urban and rural areas. As a leading areas should be focused on a livable entity of the Nepal Government to carry DUDBC organizes first event to celebrate environment to mankind. The three tier on infrastructure development, DUDBC World Cities Day 2020 governments must invest on connectivity is utilizing the resources to develop new Nepal organizes the first event/ and linkage to the rural-urban market corridors, industrial zones, integrated webinar to celebrate World Cities aiming to foster economic activities. development and developing livable zones Day 2020. At the same time he shared the video for people message from Antonio Guterres, Aiming to mainstream the current Bidya Sundar Shakya, Mayor of KMC Secretary-General of the United Nations issues of urbanization, the Department has committed to manage the core and Maimunah Mohd Sharif, chief of UN of Urban Development and Building area of Kathmandu valley emphasizing Habitat regarding the need for better Construction (DUDBC) joined hands with the cultural, environmental, social and livable cities. UN Habitat Nepal and other line agencies economic dimension to enrich the urban to organize the program. It aims to Shankar Sharma, keynote speaker/ former value. We are defining the criteria of encourage cooperation among countries vice chairperson of National Planning smart cities and requesting other local in meeting opportunities and addressing Commission stated that the entire governments to invest on physical, urban challenges towards sustainable population will move to a comparatively environmental and social development. development. Under the overarching developed area for their quality life. It’s State Minister Ram Bir Manandhar, of theme of Better City, Better Life, the theme time to talk about urban areas, semi- MoUD highlighted that the government of 2020 is Valuing our Communities and urban and rural area defining the crystal is prioritizing the quality outcome on Cities. clear concept of development. development activities like international airport, tunnel way, fast track and other road connectivity.

Minister of Urban Development Krishna Gopal Shrestha stated that we have 293 municipalities with around 60 percent of population in urban area at present. We need to rethink on fostering the construction and development activities in sustainable and durable way. Over half the Nepal’s population lives in urban areas and this figure is expected to increase in coming days. He further said that the ministry has formulated and endorsed Urban Development Policy and Strategy

World Cities Day in Nepal ©Department of Urban Development and Building Construction (DUDBC)/ UN-Habitat Nepal

36 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 and set the legal ground targeting the Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic SWM also contributed to this event by better cities. He informed that ministry and Provision of Sanitation and Hygiene holding several voluntary street cleaning is carrying different studies (DPR) in in Public Spaces in Bethlehem Area, West campaigns across the governorate, consultation with private entities to define Bank, Palestine” the project is funded by in which male and female students the demographic composition, figures and Al Waleed Philanthropies. volunteered and participated in. distribution channels, and requirement. UN-Habitat Palestine and partners Organizations: UN-Habitat; Bethlehem Dr Ramesh Prasad Singh challenged all organised the project launch ceremony, Municipality; Beit Jala Municipality; Beit to contribute the technical knowledge specifically aimed at signing the four Sahour Municipality; Al Doha Municipality; and collaborative effort in development letters of intents with the partner Bethlehem Governor Office activities. He requested to utilize the municipalities and presenting the technical resources, skills and knowledge awareness-raising plan. for a better living environment. Thailand In Palestine, the overall goal of the In the technical session, Dr. Sangita programme is to supplement UN Bangkok Singh presented a paper and stated that agencies, the Joint Services Council for it is the right time after the devastating Solid Waste Management of Bethlehem UNESCAP organised the Virtual Expert earthquake of 2015 to carry on the Governorate (JSC SWM), and Camp Group Meeting: Vertical Integration of infrastructure development in proper Service Committees’ (CSC) efforts to Climate Action in Asia and the Pacific manner. She added to reshape our pre- support Solid Waste Management (SWM) which commemorates WCD. occupied mind set of development and preparedness and response to the advised the local government for keeping COVID-19 pandemic to further stabilize the traditional values of any site during the community and strengthen the construction time. integration between refugees and host community in Bethlehem area Palestine, State of The event was hosted at Bethlehem Municipality, during which the mayor of Bethlehem – Sustainable, clean, Bethlehem also expressed their support green, and healthy Bethlehem to this project, specifically the joint project launched implementation of the handwashing units activity. Mayors of Beit Jala, Beit Sustainable, clean, and healthy Bethlehem Sahour, and Al Doha cities attended the was launched as part of World Cities event. Furthermore, the communication Day celebrations. Titled “Support Solid and awareness-raising plan on COVID-19 Waste Management Preparedness and was also presented. Finally, the JSW

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right contact and associated procedure, originated from a group of citizens who Italy understanding and following the are members of the Advisory Council instructions and procedure in the proper that participated in the development of Rome - AI4Citizen takes manner and making the right decision the Strategic Plan “”Q500”” named after part in World Cities Day when several alternatives exist is not its planning horizon to the year 2031 celebrations straightforward. which marks the 500th anniversary of the AI4Citizen is a Pilot Demonstration project founding of the city of Queretaro. While this is difficult for adults, it is under the AI4EU project wich aims to becoming even more challenging for Their mission is to promote the Plan bring a cohesive and complex AI policies, teenagers that discover for the first time among citizens in order to achieve, tools and solutions to Europe. Ai4Citizen a complex procedure involving not only with the support of society, that the participated in the World Cities Day to their school but also a strange world: the development objectives and proposals showcase how AI can help citizens to deal business world. of the Q500 are incorporated into the with various topics and issues, in this Pilot public agenda and the planning system, to primarily with topics of education and AI4Citizen pilot choose to focus on the ensure its implementation and continuity. internships for students. newly established Italian scheme called Therefore, they seek to cooperate with Aternanza Scuola Lavoro (ie. school-work Description of the AI4Citizen the business, social, academic and media alternation – ASL) that involves circa 1.5 Demonstration Pilot: https://www.ai4eu. sectors, through the management of million of 15 to 19 years-old pupils for eu/ai4citizen multi-stakeholder partnerships. 200-400 hours over three years through The AI4Citizen pilot shows how several AI practical experience to help to consolidate The Q500 Plan is the roadmap and action powered technologies can be assembled the knowledge acquired at school and plan, with a metropolitan perspective and to provide a better user experience. It to test the attitudes of students and long-term vision, to make Querétaro a aims to enable students to interact in a students on the field, to enrich their municipality with sustainable, prosperous, more natural way with the system and training and guide their study path and, equitable, inclusive, resilient, safe, lower the number of repetitive tasks to the ultimately, to help them to choose their governance and quality of life for all its teachers so he can dedicate more time to future work. inhabitants, in accordance with the UN talk with students and companies. Agenda 2030 deadline.

The team formation solves in minutes Monaco This year 2020 marks the beginning of what used to be a major burden to the the UN’s so-called “”Decade of Action””, teachers with a measurable metric while Querataro - Citizen collective a period that requires accelerating taking as much as possible into account “Q500 Promoters” holds a sustainable solutions in order to achieve student profile and wishes. Real life Facebook Live event the Sustainable Development Goals, experimentation foreseen in the second which is why the Promoters are seeking The citizen collective “”Q500 Promoters”” part of the project will enable to measure to make Q500 part of the government’s made its presentation on Facebook Live these achievements. agenda and have its goals and proposals as part of World Cities Day celebrations. integrated into subsequent Municipal Citizens are routinely engaging with the Development Plans, calling for social This collective, non-partisan, plural, public sector in a variety of domains participation and political will. multidisciplinary and intergenerational, and for different needs. Finding the

38 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 In the event, the philosophy and supported by community members and objectives of the Q500 Promoters were Russian Federation local businesses were presented presented, the main characteristics and Tolyatti - On The Way to Art strengths of the Q500 Plan were explained The project was submitted to participatory budget initiative and the group of citizen promoters shared 31 October 2021 – Community meeting “”SODeistvie”” in order to receive USD individually their motivation to be part of was held to support public renovation 13,240 to restore the open space in front this group and their interest as citizens of project of one of the most prominent of the Philharmonic Hall. this city to support the Q500 Plan. areas of Togliatti - Arts’ Square.

Organizations: Promotores Q500; Foro Citizen-driven ideas about making this Intergremial Querétaro Planeado place greener, safer and healthier were

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sustainable development potential and perspective of urban vulnerability Ecuador that it is important to achieve inclusive to natural, social and technological local development based on the tangible disasters. Cuenca and intangible assets of communities, The panelists addressed the subject in Webinar: The Contribution of cities and territories. a broad and practical way through the Intermediate Cities to Sustainable Urban This virtual event had an audience of items: Development more than 120 participants who allowed - Progress on the SDGs and the New 28 October 2020– “Webinar: The to analyze the application super-block Urban Agenda in Latin American cities Contribution of Intermediate Cities to model in order to improve the connectivity Sustainable Urban Development was zones and enhance the various activities - Urban vulnerability to understand how organized in the city of Cuenca, by the generated in the intermediate cities, such we achieve sustainability in our cities mayor CIDEU and UN-Habitat Andean as Cuenca. The speakers mentioned that Countries HUB, commemorating this is a process that requires community - Co-responsibility and commitment to World City Day in the framework of participation and that is also important to achieve sustainability. Practical initiatives Urban October, and the 5th anniversary introduce gradually temporary changes, on risk reduction. Thematic Conference prior to Habitat III. in order the process have a better acceptation by communities that will The path to sustainable development The Webinar had the participation of allow it to function over time. inevitably passes through interdisciplinary Carlota López Rubio, Urban Strategist work. Risk management should not be of CIDEU, who together with Javier separated from the planning, design González, technical coordinator Municipal Venezuela and construction processes of the Foundation “”El Barranco””, addressed city, as a direction alien to day-to-day issues of planning super-blocks, as Bolivarian Republic of Caracas urban decisions. It must be an issue an articulating element and creator of treated transversally to the rest of Webinar held to celebrate public space for intermediate cities. Roi the components that sustain the city World Cities Day Chiti, Coordinator of UN-Habitat Andean because they all impact on the increase or reduction of urban vulnerability and, Countries, said that intermediate cities NOUCITY celebrated World Cities Day finally, governance is a key element for play an important role in the formation by talking about urban vulnerability in decision-making that will lead us towards city system due to the formation is the the webinar entitled ¨Reduce Urban sustainability.” result “”... role they play as intermediaries Vulnerability to gain more Sustainability¨. in a territorial system, interacting with large cities, towns and other human The objective of this meeting was to settlements, and which more effectively analyse the challenges and opportunities articulate urban-rural links.”” He also faced by Latin American and Venezuelan mentioned that there is a high diversity cities to achieve SDG 11 on sustainable of intermediate cities and wasted cities and communities, from the

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are seen to be affected like many other live within the city, including commuters, Canada communities in poverty, where the poorer traders, and even tourists. Ward they are the farther away they are from understands that our tangible and even Toronto - Urban Economy Forum necessities like clean water. subtle urban lives are reflected within hosts webinar “Urban Values: An streets and buildings which demonstrates Untapped Urban Resource” Although these encampments are not a the urban values we inhabit, yet they desirable or sustainable means of living, Urban Economy Forum’s Secretary become so familiar they lose our notice. they provide a critical insight for city General Anantha Krishnan opened this For example, football teams brought values. Additionally, to examine how the year’s virtual discussion Urban Values: An fans together and created communities clusters operate together with minimal Untapped Urban Resource on World Cities which exhibited fans values. Now, football resources. COVID-19 has given us the Day 2020, recognizing cities key role in teams are being bought and renamed opportunity to look deeper into the culture the creation of values. This year, leaders after large corporations for profit. Ward of our cities to remodel and serve a civic worldwide virtually gathered to discuss shares this as one of many examples purpose. We need to lean in and organize solutions on the themes of how urban where those with economic and political our cities and societies to blossom which values can be developed within cities, and power have prevailed within our urban begins with the natural inclination for how do we create interaction between environments. These inequalities create people to collect. Vaughan stresses that society and urban values to promote slums, gated communities, distancing, cities are a place to share and lean on one public participation. Krishnan notes and distinguishing groups of people by another, similarly to what these clusters that it is vital more than ever for cities different socio-economic status. Though, do. to rethink their values with the rise of Ward believes if all sections of society pollution, migration, and climate change. Cities are the most complex place to worked together to blur the lines between Specifically, cities need to collaborate present a foundation, yet they are what communities and their interactions by and reinstall values as they are principals builds us, says Chair of UEF and Architect creating a diverse opening, it will be the of behaviour and create directions on Reza Pourvaziry. When discussing most economically successful. feelings and actions for the public. urban values, city leaders need to Ward spoke on a resolution for public rethink how to create an interpersonal “As someone who’s life revolves around participation within urban values with and comprehensible dialog to increase how we build, create, and share cities, it’s the idea of creating greenhouses for and motivate public participation. City always a good day to talk about urban entrepreneurship. She recognizes there leaders need to rethink and elevate city affairs,” says Adam Vaughan, Member of is a large intensity and focus within the values through clear dialog to increase Canadian Parliament and Parliamentary minds of youth, artists, and those with a public participation. When there is a clear Secretary of the Minister of Families, lower socio-economic status and urban understanding between leaders and Children, and Social Development. values should embody these ideas. To the public, Pourvaziry believes people Vaughan underlines a unique approach on create space for these minds, Ward will become more involved and have an creating interaction between city values states there needs to be a new culture of increase in motivation to build and work and people, by learning from individuals openness, collaboration, and space. Many within the city for its future benefit. who live off minimal resources. of which, do not require large budgets or Since COVID-19, encampments have Co-Chair of Urban Economy Forum and resources. These minds could use spaces dramatically increased within Toronto Former British Member of European that are abandoned such as docks where Canada’s parks, creating clusters or “mini Parliament Julie Ward understands that boats no longer land on, empty factories cities” within the city. These clusters urban values should reflect all lives who and buildings. Not only could these

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 41 empty spaces create opportunities for development of affordable housing development strategies of communities imaginative ideas to grow, but they could around the world with The City We Need is and organizations. The event featured also be a place of value exchange where Affordable book series and the Chapter’s welcoming remarks from UN SG Antonio individuals can trade ideas, values, food, Grand Prix of Real Estate Awards. Guterres and UN-Habitat ED Maimunah and goods similarly like markets in urban Mohd Sharif. NYO Director Chris Williams centers. The next speaker, Mr. Wataru Kawasaki, opened the session and guided the Program & Planning Officer for UN- discussion, emphasizing the importance The Urban Values: An Untapped Urban Habitat in Japan delivered a live speech of global community networks, and Resource is an ongoing dialogue of Urban on the updates of the upcoming World place-based and people-centered urban Economy Forum 2021 that will be held Cities Day Celebration in Kenya and WUF resilience. virtually on October 4th and 5th, 2021. 11 in Poland in 2022. The Urban Values discussion is aimed to collaborate and focus on developing The first featured speaker was Mr. urban values within cities, and how to Chungha Cha, Co‐founder and Chair of create interaction and promote public Re‐Imagining Cities Foundation in Seoul, participation. With the rise of pollution, Korea who strive for the United Nations migration, and climate change it is vital Sustainable Development Goals and more than ever to rethink cities values to Climate Action through the accelerated generate directions and behaviours for development of smart, sustainable a sustainable future. If a new culture of communities and cities around the openness and collaboration were to be world. As part of his intervention, Mr. instilled, imagine what other concepts Chungha Cha shared a presentation on towards rethinking urban values could the Lakeview Village Project, in the city of be emphasized and circulated with the Mississauga, Canada. intention of public participation. The following speaker was from the City officials from Chengdu Municipal Foreign UN75 and World Cities Day Affairs Office, America-Oceania Division 30 October 2020 - The Permanent United States of Staff in China, who presented the latest Mission of Slovakia and the Permanent America development of Chengdu City and one Mission of Germany to the UN, NGO smart city program called “City Brain”. Honolulu, Hawaii Committee on Sustainable Development- Lastly, a City official from Lagos State NY and UN-Habitat collaborated on an 26 October - FIABCI-USA Hawaii Council Government, Nigeria shared their digital event, “Better City, Better Life: Valuing hosted the World Cities Day Celebration infrastructure in Lagos Smart City. our Communities & Cities” to highlight on “Building People - Focused Smart UN75 and World Cities Day. It addressed Cities – The Future is Now” with featured New York - Local Innovations, the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic speakers from Japan, Korea, China, and SDGs & COVID-19 on our communities and cities while Nigeria. Please read the concept note strengthening our resilience to build back here. 30 October 2020 - The New York better. It emphasized that while many Liaison Office of UN-Habitat hosted are utilizing innovative communication Ms. Eugenia Foxworth, FIABCI-USA a virtual World Cities Day Celebration platforms that allow for better President-Elect, made an opening which highlighted the interactions engagement to strengthen the resilience speech including updates on initiative between local innovations and the of their communities and cities, through and projects in New York. She also Sustainable Development Goals, and how the pandemic others without access are talked about FIABCI’s collaboration COVID-19 has changed the sustainable falling further behind. It was recognized with the United Nations supporting the that it is vitally important that we continue

42 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 our focus on the SDGs and 2030 SDG in the Global South by highlighting three Derrick Muyodi, co-founder of Ceriops agenda to build partnerships with case studies from India, Colombia, and Environmental Research Organisation, Member States, UN-Habitat, national and Kenya, to promote the mainstreaming presented a case study on mangrove local authorities as well as stakeholders of EbA approaches as a cornerstone of restoration in urban and peri-urban from civil society and the private sector climate adaptation in urban contexts. coastal areas in Kenya, emphasising in order to be better prepared to achieve Natalia Acero, Director of Water and Cities the need for urgent action and including the inclusive, safe, resilient and healthier at Conservation International in Colombia, community and stakeholder participation. future we want with the UN we need – to presented work illustrating the impact that “Leave No One Behind.” connecting the natural, peri-urban, and The keynote speaker, Kimberly Pope, urban areas of Bogota had on reducing Nature Action Agenda Lead on Nature- Washington, DC - Ecosystem- the city’s vulnerability to flooding. Positive Cities and Infrastructure at the based Adaptation in Cities: World Economic Forum, stressed that Ecosystem-based Adaptation Dr. Monalisa Sen, Programme Coordinator it is crucial to have a nature positive in Cities: People, Nature and (Biodiversity) at ICLEI-Local Governments transformation of our cities, especially in Justice - Practical examples from for Sustainability, South Asia, presented the wake of COVID-19 saying “We must the Global South three case studies from across various use this moment to reimagine cities all cities in India. Sen shared practical over the world to make them greener and 30 October 2020 - The Friends of examples to show how bringing together more inclusive.” Ecosystem-based Adaptation (FEBA) rural and urban communities’ knowledge Urban EbA Working Group, PlanAdapt, and is key to the design and successful Over 100 attendees tuned in from over the Green-Gray Community of Practice management of urban and natural assets. 22 countries, representing governments, co-hosted a webinar to showcase urban Dr Sen shared case studies from Kochi, international organisations, research Urban Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) Jaisalmer and Solapur in India. institutions, civil society organizations, and the private sector and echoed many points mentioned by speakers.

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participated in the training really saw the people living with disabilities. Through a FIJI value of the capacity building support. combination of interactive and inclusive However, these aspirations were often sports activities, a children’s art space, Suva - Local Economic challenged by a lack of sustainable dialogue sessions, live music and public Development in the Pacific funding and socioeconomic isolation of awareness information booths, the day Islands: Framework for a Blue many of the outer island communities. provided space for celebration as well as and Green Economy These are highlighted as key priorities for education and dialogue. 30 October 2020-- Strengthening the future economic development projects As the year also marks the 75th ability of local government to create in the Pacific Island region especially anniversary of the United Nations, UN- enabling environments for economic against a backdrop of COVID induced Habitat organized an interactive mapping development is vital to achieve the economic downturn. This webinar was exercise to engage the public in dialogue SDGs and implement the Pacific New presented by the Pacific Partnership for on ‘The future we want, the cities we Urban Agenda. This webinar shared the implementation of the New Urban need’. Participants were asked to provide the key outcomes of an action-based Agenda (PP-NUA). feedback on topics such as basic service training program that has been piloted Organizations: UNESCAP; provision, recreational activities, housing, by local governments in Kiribati, the Commonwealth Local Government and safety and security, all of which will Cook Islands and the Marshall Islands. Forum (CLGF Pacific); EAROPH Australia be used to inform future policy making Active discussion and contributions ; ICLEI Oceania; UN-Habitat; University of and programming. from Pacific partners highlighted some Melbourne; Delegation of the European of the key challenges and opportunities Union for the Pacific; Kiribati Local In a message, Hon. Premila Kumar, to accelerate economic development Government Association; Ministry of Minister for Local Government, Housing and explore how the pilot program Internal Affairs – Marshall Islands; and Community Development said may have relevance for other Pacific Office of the Prime Minister – Cook :“To show our appreciation for the Island communities. Overall the local Islands communities we serve, we dedicated a communities and governments who day to celebrate the partnership between all parts of our community in making our Fiji celebrates first ever World cities and towns great places to live, work Cities Day and play.”

31 October 2020 – This was the first UN Habitat Urban Resilience Team Leader time Fiji celebrated World Cities Day. UN- Inga Korte said the success of any city Habitat supported the Ministry of Local or town depends on the voices of all its Government and over twenty government members. “We put a special emphasis on and UN partners to promote and celebrate this because we see that building cities liveable, vibrant, sustainable and inclusive or making cities that are more inclusive communities and cities. The event was will be really important going forward. organized as a celebration open to We have many people here today with a the wider public and created space for disability and we’ll ask questions on what engagement with all segments of society, kind of cities they would like to see five in particular children and youth, as well as years from now”

44 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 A representative from the Fiji Association of the Deaf Leona Organizations: UN-Habitat; Ministry of Local Government; Suva Tamailai says the inclusion of different members of society gives City Council; Fiji National Sports Commission; Fiji Disabled them an opportunity to raise awareness as well as showcase Peoples Federation their talent.

“This programme is so good and so exciting and we hope that we’ll do more on this and we’ll be more into inclusive and even though we are disabled but we showcase what we are able to do” Local Government Minister Premila Kumar officially opened the event commending stakeholders and businesses for working together.

UN-Habitat team getting ready for the ‘feedback wall’ ©UN-HABITAT The Minister of Local Government as Chief Guest, Ms. Premila Kumar ©UN-HABITAT

Children drawing and colouring their favorite places in Suva ©UN-HABITAT

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 45 Participants in World Cities Day ©UN-HABITAT

Sitting volleyball – all sports activities were carried out in an inclusive way ©UN-HABITAT

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for sharing experiences, good practices aspire to be. In addition to a unique group Cape Verde and networking for participants. of professors and experts in the area of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Development of urban policies This panel addressed the following Mathematics (STEM). and mechanisms for financing objectives: urbanization 1. To analyze the regulatory Praia, 17 November 2020 – The rapid framework and the challenges ETHIOPIA increase in levels of urbanization of urban policies for the different Ethiopia organizes month long currently observed around the world, contexts of Portuguese-speaking activities in marking Urban the growth of cities, and the current countries; October concern about climate change, are some 2. Share experiences of policymaking of the most striking features of the 21st UN-Habitat Ethiopia held a range of and urbanization financing century. With the growth of human activities to mark this year’s Urban mechanisms; settlements, there are opportunities to October. The activities ranged from table improve social services, employment 3. Discuss the challenges associated discussion, webinars, urban dialogues, an options, better housing options, local with urban policies for specific exhibition, urban radio shows, seminars, economic development, and economic contexts." workshops, discussions, urban cinema, competitiveness. In contrast to the launches and an inauguration ceremony opportunities, there are urban challenges all held across six different cities. such as unemployment, the growth Egypt of informal settlements, the spread of These activities brough together diseases and the lack of basic services. Arab Urban Innovation public institutions, the civil society, Movement (AUIM) international organisations and different Much of these challenges have arisen stakeholders interested in the urban from uncontrolled urbanization, where Giza, Egypt 20 October 2020 – Arab development of Ethiopia. “In holding these territorial planning and urban policies Urban Innovation Movement (AUIM) team various event, the hope was to provide have failed to accommodate rapid growth and the Arab Science and Technology a good platform to raise awareness rates. Foundation (ASTF) convened a meeting of sustainable urbanization, share to plan for the AUIM initiative during the knowledge on effective urban solutions For this reason, more and more countries month of Urban October 2020. It aimed and best practices, highlight findings on must have urban policies that go to raise awareness, building capacity, effective COVID-19 response in cities and beyond traditional city boundaries, and and knowledge transfer of the urban ultimately enhance collaboration among governments must promote linkages innovation and technologies in the partners for sustainable urbanization” and partnerships at all levels of societies era of the 4th industrial revolution, on Aklilu Fikresillasie, the County manager, to be able to face the complex urban different levels of collaboration. Moreover, UN-Habitat Ethiopia. problems"". addressing the concept of smart One of the key highlights of the month In the framework of the Urban October, a sustainable cities and their crucial role in was the agreement made between the technical space meeting for discussion promoting the achievement of the 2030 Ministry of Urban Development and of the challenges associated with the agenda, Sustainable Development Goals Construction and UN-Habitat which will promotion of inclusive, safe, resilient and (SDGs), and the New Urban Agenda (NUA) see UN-Habitat implementing the regional sustainable cities and settlements for a in Egypt and the Arab States. Young development and spatial planning of 8 better urban future. It was also a space people are the heart of this movement, they are the future leaders of what we regional states in Ethiopia. The regional

48 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 spatial development plan will structure the First Neighbourhood Cleaning growth, development and prosperity of Guinea Bissau Championship in Guinea- the regions within the available resources, Bissau Urban Fridays: Promoting thereby achieving balanced development spatial planning and balanced of the regions. Bissau 31 October 2020 – The event urbanization through the Spatial “First Cleaning Championship between In the course of the month, UN- Habitat Development Framework Neighborhoods in Guinea-Bissau”, held 11-day exhibition at Addis hall in Bissau edition, appears as a way to Bissau, 23 October 2020 – The "Urban Addis Ababa town showcasing efforts improve the issue of basic sanitation Fridays" were five meetings held at the towards solid waste management and waste treatment in the city, a fact Urban Circuit 2020 with the purpose of through dumpsite rehabilitation and the that makes it very vulnerable to the disseminating tools, methodologies and display of recycled arts. The aim of the increase in cases of COVID-19. Therefore, projects implemented by UN-Habitat exhibition, which was open to the public it is a coordinated activity between the offices in Brazil and in Portuguese- was to showcase the progress made in different actors that should reinforce the speaking African countries. The rehabilitating the Koshe dumpsite which appropriation of the population of the meetings addressed several topics, collapsed in 2017 leading to the death of city's neighborhoods to solve the problem such as: mapping and data production, citizens. It was also a strategic display of cleaning, encouraging future activities urban resilience, urbanization policy to different stakeholders to further drive and actions to respond to COVID-19. The and financing, spatial development the conversation on waste management championship, which had its opening frameworks and Development Plans for considering what has been done so far day on World Day of Cities (October 2030. and what should be done in future. The 5th), counts on the participation of all exhibition was a joint project of Addis The fourth meeting, entitled “Urban districts of Bissau in competitions on Ababa city and UN-Habitat with the Fridays: Promoting spatial planning and the weekends, supported by awareness- financial support from the government of balanced urbanization through the Spatial raising activities and wide dissemination Japan. Development Framework”, presented: throughout the country through radio broadcasts and television, for example. A The culmination of these activities were (i) Spatial Development Framework video was produced and was broadcast marked on 31st October, during the World (SDF): tool designed to support the on October 31 (Urban Circuit) and the Cities Day, where UN-Habitat Ethiopia, decision-making processes of national, competition will end in December when in partnership with the Ministry of Urban regional and local governments, creating the winning neighborhoods will be Development and Construction launched a spatial understanding of territorial and awarded. the National Urban Lab. The lab will socio-economic conditions and defining create a platform where new ideas can a vision and strategy to maximize the Organizations: UN-Habitat/ be incubated and further developed into benefits of investments and to point Embaixadores Urbanos/ ONG GBVHN, reliable, inclusive and resilient urban out a more effective planning for its Embaixadores Urbanos;NGO Guiné solutions. implementation. The tool uses the Matrix Bissau Verde Homem Novo;Municipality of Functions (MoF) to provide evidence of Bissau;RENAJ;CNJ;Academia The success of these events was made from a simplified, fast and participatory Ubunto;National Government possible through the support and data collection methodology, in addition partnership with the Ministry of Urban to understanding the regional structure, Development and Construction, Ethiopian territorial dynamics and the roles that the Urban Planners Association, Association settlements assume in this structure. of Ethiopian Architects and the Urban Centre, the Embassy of Sweden, Swedish Organizations: UN-Habitat Guiné-Bissau, SIDA, Embassy of Japan and DFID. UN-Habitat Mozambique

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 49 Ms. Daniela Bas, Director of the Division globally during the COVID-19 emergency Kenya for Inclusive Social Development of UN phase. According to her, during the DESA, further stressed the complex pandemic “208 countries have improved World Homelessness Day 2020: and global nature of homelessness in different ways their social protection Housing and Social Protection and how, she says, “it affects people systems, with 131 housing or basic at the Core of Homelessness from different ages, geographical areas services related measures in 86 different Prevention Strategies and backgrounds and this has become countries”. Nairobi, 12 October 2020 – On the increasingly visible today with the Mr. Freek Spinnewijn, Director, European occasion of World Homelessness Day, COVID19 pandemic”. According to Bas, Federation of National Organisations UN-Habitat hosted a webinar on the “we must build on the strong political Working with the Homeless (FEANTSA), theme “Housing and Social Protection will and the actions that have been taken addressed the issue of harmonising for all to End Homelessness”. The event, to address homelessness during the the definition of homelessness and jointly organized by the UN Department pandemic to recover from the COVID-19 presented the European Typology of of Economic and Social Affairs (UN crisis and build back better”. Homelessness and housing exclusion DESA) and UN-Habitat marked another Other leading voices in the field of (ETHOS). He said: “the ETHOS definition milestone in the collaboration between homelessness prevention discussed tries to capture homelessness as a the two agencies on the topic. strategies to better map and tackle the process and its features across different The event brought together high-level root-causes of homelessness and to scenarios. ETHOS does not promote technical experts to discuss the renewed support government in their effort to end hierarchy in gravity within categories of urgency of addressing homelessness homelessness forever. homelessness. It features collateral and within the context of a COVID-19 new indirectly related issues such as asylum Ms. Dame Louise Casey, Chair of the normal. and gender-based violence as well as Advisory Committee of Institute of long term solutions”. During the event, Mr. Robert Lewis- Global Homelessness (IGH), pointed out Lettington, Chief of UN-Habitat’s Land, that “a lot of funds have been spent on The webinar also served as a platform Housing and Shelter section, highlighted developing strategies to solve ‘symptoms’ for amplifying the voices of those who the fact that “as the United Nations of homelessness without addressing the experienced homelessness. Ms. Liz we must respect, protect and fulfil the root causes of the disease. To address Madden and Ms. Iris Bailey shared their rights of the most vulnerable. People homelessness, we must prevent the experiences on what it means to be experiencing homelessness are amongst recurrence of its driving factors”. She homeless and how they overcame this them. If we want to make our cities also stressed the importance of data for experience. Ms. Madden pointed out that sustainable and inclusive, we must devising evidence-based and effective “being given a home was just the first address homelessness”. policies. On this point, she said “if we do step toward ending her homelessness not count homelessness, we do not see situation. For many people homelessness At the end of his remarks, he launched homelessness and IGH is committed to is a state of mind that is hard to escape the new UN-Habitat Proceedings Report partner with any willing stakeholder to without experts’ support”. Ms. Bailey of the 2019 Expert Group Meeting on conduct a global homelessness survey”. shared the real-life stories of friends and “Affordable housing and social protection relatives who were left behind, suffered systems for all to address homelessness” Ms. Christina Behrendt, Head of ILO’s homelessness and lacked support to that took place in Nairobi 22 - 24 May Social Policy Unit, Social Protection change the situation. 2019. The report collects and analyses Department, discussed the need to the contribution of the experts who strengthen social protection systems Participants agreed that homelessness participated in the EGM and aims to and the delivery of affordable housing to is the result of a structural failure to broaden the understanding of the address homelessness, building on the respect, protect and fulfil human rights. complex causes of homelessness. positive initiatives taken by governments As Ms. Bailey said at the end of the event,

50 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 “everyone should have the right to say society, business, academics, the United The goal is children studying on Kolibri in ‘this is my mail and address’, ‘my home’, ‘I Nations) to take part in NUFs, contribute the classroom and seamlessly continuing am going home’ and ‘I live here’ ”. to urban policy discussions, and monitor their studies via their virtual Kolibri outcomes. In particular, they identified classroom from their home. This is an The role of National Urban the need for governments to formalize effective solution to a phased return to full Forums as multi-stakeholder relationships with civil society partners time learning. platforms to accelerate and for NUF hosts to actively think about implementation of the how to bring in urban actors, such as the Teachers can set up their real live Sustainable Development Goals urban poor and those living in informal classrooms as virtual classrooms in and the New Urban Agenda settlements, who typically fall outside Kolibri. Students can work at their own the “mainframe” of sustainable urban pace, even in class, and the platform Nairobi, 20 October 2020 – On 20-21 development." keeps track of usage and performance, October 2020 UN-Habitat, in collaboration individual and aggregate data. Multi- with the Israel Urban Forum and the Offline eLearning Innovation choice exams can easily be digitized and Ministry of Construction and Housing allotted a specific time for completion. of the state of Israel, held an online Kilifi, Kenya 23 October 2020 – It’s time The system does the corrections and Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on National to celebrate Urban October – a UN- provides results for the student and Urban Forums (NUFs) and their role Habitat initiative to highlight positive teacher. Teachers can set assignments in accelerating implementation of the urban development through sustainable to be done either in-class or at home Sustainable Development Goals and New action. and they can create and upload their Urban Agenda in the Decade of Action. own educational content in a variety Developed by US-based Learning Equality, of formats. The platform also comes A range of experts, many from member Kolibri is an edtech platform designed for with existing free open source content states with experience hosting NUFs, offline use especially in under-resourced which includes Khan Academy, African reaffirmed the value of the NUFs for environments. Elimu Resource Centre in Storybook Project and PhET Interactive creating and carrying forward a “common Malindi has been working with Kolibri in- Simulations interactive math and science vision” of sustainable urbanization, shared house and in the community since 2018. simulations. by multiple stakeholders and across levels of government. With the world still Kolibri was launched in a few schools in Malindi at the start of 2020. Then, with Growth of Local Communities in in the grips of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Country experts noted that this “common vision” the arrival of COVID-19 this year, Kolibri is critical for building back better and set about finding a solution that would Nairobi, 30 October 2020 — Enkaya developing cities that are inclusive, green, deliver our Kenya-specific educational Designs organized ‘Let us come Together and resilient to numerous challenges, content on Kolibri to learners in their in Building Local Communities as they including climate change and future homes. The innovation hosts the Kolibri Shape the Country`s Economy and pandemics. platform on a robust computer server and Sustainability’ gives access to the content to users in The EGM discussions highlighted the community via a mesh bridge network Organizations: Enkaya Designs, Patreon how NUFs play a fundamental role in set-up. This arrangement remains true to connecting local, regional and national the original offline design which does not governments, as well as civil society use the internet and does not require data and non-government partners. Experts bundles. It also protects children from highlighted the pivotal role of partnerships malicious internet sites and there is no and the importance of identifying and cost to the user to access the content. including relevant stakeholders (civil

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 51 by UCLG-Africa attempted to provide applications to guide the effective Morocco answers based on the experiences of transformation of markets for prevention different metropolises and the lessons of COVID -19 in all urban areas. The event World Metropolitan Day: learned from them by policy makers, seeks to discuss and present to other COVID-19 and Metropolitan professionals, researchers, private countries the experience and challenges Management: Lessons Learned sector entrepreneurs and civil society of implementing transformation from the Global Health Crisis organizations. interventions in Mozambique's markets. Rabat, 6 October 2020 – The celebration In addition, it is intended to exchange This webinar was be an opportunity to of World Metropolis Day offered an ideal good practices and collect inputs for share the lessons learned from the global opportunity for necessary introspection future adaptation and implementation of health crisis at the metropolitan level. and indispensable prospective reflection this document in other African cities and on: Organizations: UCLG Africa, Metropolis contexts.

• What is the new post-COVID normality Organizations: UN-Habitat Mozambique, we are moving towards? Mozambique UN-Habitat in Lusophone Countries • What are the pitfalls to be avoided? Spatial adaptation of markets Implementing the New Urban Agenda for strengthening of • How to prepare cities to face the next to prevent COVID-19 in urban areas Territorial Development - Leaving health or environmental crises? no one and no space behind Maputo, 15 October 2020 – In order • What innovations have emerged to reduce the impact of the COVID-19 Maputo, 28 October 2020 – An and how can they be promoted pandemic, the largest urban centers international initiative was launched in and supported to better prepare are adopting prevention and response 2019 as part of the project “Implementing metropolises to face health and measures in the medium and long term. the New Urban Agenda for strengthening environmental risks and crises? Public spaces and urban facilities of Development Territorial - Leaving no one • What directions should be taken so greater agglomeration, such as markets and no space behind ”implemented by that African metropolises are more and other businesses considered UN-Habitat, financed by Catalan Agency economically productive, more socially essential, are priority environments for for Cooperation and Development (ACCD), just and secure, more culturally adaptation. and aims to support the implementation rich because they are attentive to of the New Urban Agenda through In this context, UN-Habitat, through preserving and promoting diversity, territorial development and National the Urban Task Force formed by the and more ecologically sustainable? and Sub-National Urban Policies in central government and municipalities Mozambique, Burkina Faso and Senegal. • How can we ensure that metropolitan of Mozambique and in coordination with governance integrates citizen other partners, is providing technical The main objective of the Final Seminar participation? assistance in the context of the spatial is to present and discuss the results of transformation of the Markets to the the initiative at Mozambique level with • How can we increase the sense of Municipality of Maputo as a pilot the parties involved, and to analyze the belonging to the same metropolitan municipality. In this context, the “Task next steps in a particular and general way community and ensure that living Force for spatial adaptation of markets (municipalities, districts, metropolitan together will not be called into within the scope of COVID-19 prevention area, governments provincial and central). question in the post-COVID situation? in urban areas of Mozambique” was developed by the Urban Task Force, It is to this set of questions and to a Manual of good practices and many others that the webinar organized

52 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 Based on the objective outlined, the and sanitation in this area, as well as larger cities or metropolitan areas, seminar will focus on presenting the guaranteeing social distance. to plan and implement practical final report of the Function Matrix for actions to strengthen the resilience the Maputo Metropolitan Area and the The general objective of the Webinar is of their cities and towns; recommendations from the exercise to discuss and present to the national for national policies related to territorial and international public good practices, (ii) Experiences and challenges development. experiences and challenges from the in implementing CityRAP in Municipalities of the Metropolitan Area Mozambique, São Tomé and Organizations: UN-Habitat Mozambique; of Maputo on prevention and response Príncipe and Guinea-Bissau; and Catalan Agency for Cooperation and actions to COVID-19 in the scope of Development - ACCD; Ministry of State public transport. (iii) Teresina Urban Resilience Administration and Public Service of Programme and City Profile Mozambique Organizations: UN-Habitat Mozambique; (document prepared in the National Association of Mozambican framework of the UN-Habitat Good practices and challenges Municipalities - ANAMM; Metropolitan Global Resilient Cities Programme) for preventing and responding to Transport Agency of Mozambique - AMT Organizations: UN-Habitat; Sistema das COVID-19 in public transport Nações Unidas Maputo, 30 October 2020 – An Urban Sao Tome and Contributions to National Urban Task Force to combat COVID-19 in Principe urban areas of Mozambique was created Policy in March 2020 by the Government of Building urban resilience in São Tomé, 19 October 2020 – The Forum Mozambique and under the initiative of Lusophone countries aimed to collect subsidies for the creation UN-Habitat to support local governments of a National Housing Policy in Sao Tome São Tomé, 9 October 2020 – The "Urban with solutions for cities and informal and Principe, respecting the objectives Fridays" will be five meetings held at settlements, promote the exchange of of sustainable development, to meet the the Urban Circuit 2020 with the aim of good practices and lessons learned current demand for decent housing in disseminating tools, methodologies and and improve coordination in the scope the country, especially for the financially projects implemented by the UN-Habitat of activities to combat the pandemic vulnerable population. To point out ways offices in Brazil and the Portuguese- between Municipalities and with the to define and regulate the contribution of speaking African Countries. The meetings Central Government. The platform is the real estate sector in terms of housing will address several themes, such as: coordinated by Ministries and Institutions and to review the mechanisms to combat mapping and data production, urban of the Central Government (MAEFP, social injustice in access to housing. resilience, urban policy and financing, MOPHRH, MITA, INGC, ANAMM) and Several contributions were considered, spatial development frameworks and is composed of several governmental including a Proposal for a Land Use Plan, Development Plans for 2030. and autarchic entities and cooperation with emphasis on its steering function; partners. The second meeting, entitled "Building the planning and management of spaces In the context of the Urban Task Force, urban resilience in Portuguese-speaking for housing construction, allotment and many Municipalities presented various cities", will present: urbanization; the role of new construction experiences and best practices related technologies in the process of mass (i) City Resilience Action Planning Tool to COVID-19 prevention activities in production of "low-cost" and quality (CityRAP) which aims to support the context of public transport, as well housing; as well as the possibility of and guide local governments of as several challenges, to strengthen financing social housing projects by small to medium sized cities, risk communication and community banks as an alternative to the current or neighbourhoods/districts of engagement and access to water, hygiene model of state provision.

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 53 The general objective was to present the Technical Validation of the São current context of social housing in São Tomé Island Sustainable Urban South Africa Tome and Principe, given the challenges Development Framework-ST2030 World Urban Parks Regional already identified in the archipelago, Roundtable - Urban Parks, Urban including those imposed by the COVID-19 Sao Tome 22 October 2020 – The Futures: Insights from Africa pandemic, as well as to provide a debate Framework for Urban Development for São Tomé Island (São Tomé among experts on the factors that Cape Town, South Africa 20 October 2030) aims to provide a script for an most contribute to the creation of the 2020 – World Urban Parks convened a inclusive, sustainable and resilient aforementioned National Housing Policy. global expert panel to share knowledge urban development of São Tomé Island. and align messaging on the critical The Forum was opened by the Minister São Tomé 2030 was developed by the importance of urban green spaces, for Infrastructure and Natural Resources. Government of the Republic of São Tomé especially in light of the current global Cesaltino Fernandes, a UN-Habitat in collaboration with the Office of the pandemic and the subsequent increasing official for São Tomé and Príncipe, José United Nations Resident Coordinator need for a green recovery. This panel, Maria Barros, Chairman of the Board and technical assistance from the with support from global partners, of Directors of the National Housing United Nations Programme for Human including ICLEI and CitiesWithNature, and Real Estate Institute, as well as Settlements (UN-Habitat), with a focus on hosted a COVID-19 International Park representatives of the DOPU, Cadastro the engagement and active participation Expert Roundtable discussion in the and BISTP, also participated. of the most different actors, in order to form of a series of regional webinars better reflect both the problems faced The event was fully online on the Zoom under the theme Urban Parks, Urban on the island, The Validation Workshop platform, with the participation of the Futures. This webinar series culminated is a participatory consultation exercise proposed participants and was broadcast at the World Urban Parks Virtual Leaders with key experts from various relevant live to the Lusophone and international Forum, supported by the City of Tirana in institutions in the country to collect public. The language of the event was November 2020. contributions and validate the proposed Portuguese. structure of São Tomé 2030 (vision and ICLEI Africa and CitiesWithNature were Expected Results are: objectives) with the general public, and proud to host the discussion in Africa, to understand what the priority areas and as part of ICLEI Africa’s weekly webinar • Presentation of an overview of social projects for action are. series entitled “Building sustainable housing in S.Tomé and Príncipe. cities during and after a pandemic.” Organizations: UN-Habitat Sao Tome The webinar was an opportunity to • Presentation of factors that will and Principe; Câmara Municipal de discuss social constructs and catalytic contribute to the creation of a National Água-Grande;Sistema das Nações interventions related to green spaces and Housing Policy in São Tomé and Unidas parks in African cities in order to challenge Príncipe. the status quo of our urban landscapes Organizations: UN-Habitat, Instituto that COVID19 has brought to the forefront de Habitação e Imobiliário, Ministry of in Africa. Through addressing 3 key Infrastructure and Natural Resources; questions, the webinar contributed to the Directorate of Public Works and overarching theme of radical innovation Urbanism (DOPU); International Bank of for our urban parks and urban futures São Tomé and Príncipe (BISTP) landscape in relation to building greener cities in Africa that are fit for our post- COVID future.

54 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 Smarter Mobility Africa LIVE Utilising the latest virtual conferencing Smarter Mobility Africa LIVE supported supported by Alstom tools Smarter Mobility Africa LIVE by Alstom dives deep into the latest supported by Alstom brought together technologies, policies, case studies, Johannesburg, 27 October 2020 – mobility thought leaders from business business models, and the impact thereof Smarter Mobility Africa LIVE supported and government, to consolidate efforts on health and the environment to ensure by Alstom is a creative 3 day summit for accelerating the transition to electric that the right decisions can be made to including Walking, Cycling and Shared and smart mobility. The virtual summit take us into the new world of mobility. Transport, Public Transport and Electric highlighted the currently available Vehicles. They unpacked the smarter and future mobility solutions. Highly Organizations: Generation.e; UN-Habitat; mobility landscape in Africa, including effective networking and match making UNEP; Sustainable Transport Africa; the challenges and opportunities brought technologies are applied to ensure that AEMDA; ICLEI; African Mobility Month; about by COVID-19 and the progress of the most relevant stakeholders are Siemens Stiftung; Neckermann Strategic governments Green Economy & Smarter connecting. Advisors; RMI Mobility Strategies.

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institutions, lawyers, and judges around within the United Nations system was India the world. Undertaking country missions emphasized. The housing experts also has allowed the Special Rapporteurs to stressed the need to ensure that the right Discussion with UN Special interact with people on the ground and to housing is central to the COVID-19 Rapporteurs on Adequate expose the international community to recovery process. Housing local issues related to housing rights. The entire event can be watched New Delhi 14 October 2020 – On 14 The diminishing role of the United online at: https://www.youtube.com/ October 2020, Housing and Land Rights Nations in influencing national policies watch?v=XPw0EGqbUgg&feature=emb_ Network, India (HLRN) organized a has emerged as a major challenge for logo. historic event to commemorate 20 years the work of the Special Rapporteurs. of its founding as well as 20 years of The limited focus and priority given to the United Nations Housing Rapporteur economic, social, and cultural rights, Philippines Mandate. The event consisted of a including the right to housing, within panel discussion with all four Special UN institutions, and the lack of follow- #BetterMyCity Photo Contest Rapporteurs on the Human Right to up mechanisms has further limited the Adequate Housing (current and former) Manila 1 October 2020 – Cities role of the Rapporteurs. Another major on the topic: 'Global Challenges to the Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA) challenge has been addressing new and Human Right to Adequate Housing, is a multi-donor trust fund managed by complex forms of homelessness and Role of the UN and the Way Forward.' the Asian Development Bank (ADB). It forced evictions, and ensuring that they Moderated by the Executive Director of works closely with secondary cities in are recognized as human rights violations HLRN, the discussion provided significant Asia and the Pacific to address gaps in globally. The financialization of housing, insights into the work of the mandate- infrastructure development and financing. the global obsession with urbanization, holders as well as important reflections It uses a demand-driven approach to and disregard for rural housing, were on the current global housing crisis and support investments that emphasize other issues that the Special Rapporteurs recommendations for the way forward. poverty reduction, environmental identified as challenges to the realization Over 300 people from all over the world improvement, climate change mitigation of the right to housing. attended this historic event. or adaptation, and good governance. The UN Housing Rapporteurs proposed The Special Rapporteurs emphasized that CDIA helps cities to: (i) prepare several recommendations to strengthen one of the most important contributions sustainable and bankable infrastructure the mandate and address the global of the UN Housing Rapporteur mandate projects; (ii) secure financing for these housing crisis, including, adopting a has been to enable a global movement on infrastructure projects; and (iii) strengthen nuanced approach to popularize the right housing rights by ensuring that housing is individual and organizational capacities to housing and deal with challenges in recognized as a human right and included related to the preparation and financing an evolving socio-political climate. They in local, national, and international of high priority urban infrastructure also discussed the need to immediately policies. Developing important global investments. CDIA is implemented by ADB address the crisis of forced evictions standards related to the right to housing and Agence Française de Développement and homelessness. Working closely with by the mandate-holders has been (AFD); and it receives funding support other UN Special Procedures to resist an instrumental contribution. These from the governments of Austria, France, neo-liberal systems, and prioritizing the standards have been used extensively by Germany, Switzerland and the European human right to adequate housing and governments, civil society, independent Union. other economic, social and cultural rights

56 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 “We are tremendously impressed with how many entries we received, as well as the quality of the submissions,” said CDIA Urban Development Specialist Brian Capati during the awarding ceremony. “This is a good sign that youth across Asia care about the urban development decisions which affect their future. It’s time for local governments to create a more inclusive framework that mobilizes young citizens so they can take ownership of the urban planning issues.”

Christopher Gerale Winner of Citizens Choice Award and his entry ©Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA) The #BetterMyCity contest had three prizes: one for the Experts’ Choice Award and two for the Citizens’ Choice Award. A panel of urban development and youth- led project experts from CDIA and ADB Youth for Asia selected the Experts’ Choice Award winner by judging the submitted photos’ quality, creativity and how well they captured the concept of a “better urban future”.

The general public then chose the Citizens’ Choice Award winner by voting for their favorite photos on Facebook. Husnul Khotimah Winner of CItizens Choice Award and her entry ©Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA) The winners of the #BetterMyCity photo contest were: This interactive photo contest gave Urban October by CDIA • Lalit Bhalchandra Kadu from Dombivli community members across Asia Pacific City, India = Experts’ Choice Award CDIA partnered with the Asian region, especially the young people, the Development Bank Youth for Asia (YfA) chance to demonstrate their vision for • Husnul Khotimah from Depok City, to join the global celebration of “Urban the future of their cities. Participants had Indonesia = Citizens’ Choice Award #1 October” to bring everyone’s attention to to edit their smartphone photos to show urbanization – and the challenges and potential infrastructure and livability • Christopher Paller Gerale from opportunities it presents. improvements they want to see in their Parañaque City, Philippines = Citizens’ cities, and the winners of the photo Choice Award #2 They conducted two social media contest were featured on CDIA and YfA’s campaigns: The #BetterMyCity photo Check out their visions and platforms. contest and the Urban Breakfast webinar inspiring stories here: https://cdia. series. CDIA ran the contest on its social media asia/2020/10/30/cdia-announces- platforms and received a total of 106 bettermycity-photo-contest-winners/ #BetterMyCity photo contest entries during the three-week contest period.

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 57 The #BetterMyCity photo contest photo “The pandemic presents us with sector. They advanced the importance album alone was able to reach at least an opportunity to really look at our of a holistic approach to solid waste 10,540 people and gained 3,470 organic development paradigms and the way management, one that covers all aspects reactions, comments and shares. The our economy runs and to question of SWM, from household collection to entries of Christopher Gerale and Husnul everything,” said Lara, who is also ADB final treatment and disposal while at the Kotimah, winners of Citizens’ Choice Project Officer in Charge of CDIA. “It same time integrating climate change Award, were shared by 2,500 and 2,300 seems overwhelming, but I think [right adaptation and mitigation into the project, Facebook users, respectively. now] the whole world is defining how they working with organizations to stop want their future to be.” plastic waste pollution (in particular), and CDIA Facebook Page: https://www. integrating SWM with other infrastructure facebook.com/cdia.asia Chee Anne, who has been based in projects. Adelaide, South Australia since March #BetterMyCity Photo Album (entries): further shared her observations on how Change We Need: How Cities Can https://www.facebook.com/cdia. the appropriate use of data successfully Build Climate Resilience asia/photos/?tab=album&album_ paved the way to reclaim urban life in id=3367157660004115. Media Mileage South Australia. October 22, 2020 – The Asia Pacific for #BetterMyCity photo contest. region is experiencing an increase in Out with the Old: Improving Solid extreme weather events, and coping with Philippines, Manila - Urban Waste Management the long-term effects of climate change. Breakfast Webinar Series In this webinar, Neil Chadder was joined October 15, 2020 – Solid waste is a 8 October 2020 – Cities Development by CDIA Urban Development Specialist major cause of environmental pollution, Fabienne Perucca, and the two shared Initiative for Asia (CDIA) organized the and is responsible for spreading harmful Urban Breakfast Webinar Series their insights on how cities can build and infectious diseases in cities. In climate resilience through infrastructure The webinars, held each Thursday, this webinar, CDIA Program Manager development and capacity building. brought together participants from all Neil Chadder and Urban Development over the world to discuss a range of Specialist Brian Capati shared their “Climate change adaptation and development topics. These included experiences in carrying out some of mitigation is one of our pillars of action creating smart, livable cities in the post- CDIA’s project preparation work in because we believe that the opportunity is pandemic era, preparing holistic solid the solid waste management (SWM) now!” said Fabienne. “Managing climate waste management programs, building climate resilience, and engaging youth in urban development.

Live Smarter, Not Harder: Smart Urban Solution for Economic Recovery

What will happen to cities after COVID-19? In the first Urban Breakfast webinar, CDIA’s urban development experts Lara Arjan and Chee Anne Roño described how cities are adapting to the pandemic, and using digital technology to “build back better”.

58 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 risk early is more cost effective than responding later. Strategically, when you formulate strong urban resilience plans and you put forward low carbon and resilient recovery projects, they actually help cities meet their goals and the transformation they want,” she added.

Fabienne and Neil explained that CDIA mainstreams climate change in its project preparation studies by assessing vulnerabilities and systems, requiring carbon footprint analysis, and considering the risks and vulnerabilities in project design, among other measures. Furthermore, as part of its institutional capacity development support, CDIA webinar, Brian Capati was joined by Lee Click It Sketch It & Wetland Walk assesses each city’s adaptive capacity Lambert, Youth-led Research Advisor for to be able to incorporate climate risk ADB and Minh Nguyen, ADB Youth for Pasig City, Philippines, 12 October 2020 considerations effectively in their Asia’s Youth Project Designer to discuss – In line with this year’s theme for World decision-making processes. the importance of engaging the youth Migratory Bird Day (Protect Birds: Be the Solution to Plastic Pollution), and the During the webinar, CDIA also launched in urban development projects. They EAAFP theme for 2019-2020 (Flyways four knowledge products (KPs), which outlined the barriers to mainstreaming – Connecting People and Migratory were created to serve as guidance youth involvement, and the lessons ADB, Waterbirds), and the UN-Habitat Urban notes for the government of Huangshan YfA and CDIA learned while implementing October, the SCPW conducted an activity in People’s Republic of China as they some youth-led initiatives. for nature/wildlife photographers, graphic implement their ""Anhui Huangshan Xin’an Based on the experiences that the experts arts students and grade schoolers in the River Ecological Protection and Green shared during the webinar, they hoped local community to come together for Development Project."" In the KPs, CDIA that city governments and development a learning event that revolved around proposed innovations and international partners could mainstream youth the importance of migratory birds, the best practices to help Huangshan reduce engagement by seeing young people threats posed by plastic pollution to their pollution in the Xin’an River, and they more as an ‘opportunity’ rather than ‘risk’ very existence and what they can do hope that other Asia Pacific cities will also to urban development, and working with to help protect these wildlife and their benefit from these materials. (Download them to carefully and strategically identify habitats. The participants for this activity the knowledge products here: https://cdia. the entry points where they can play a were those sectors with the potential to asia/2020/10/21/26672/). meaningful role in development projects translate these images to communication Engaging Youth in Urban and build upon the resources that they materials that can help promote Development have. Through these, young people would protection of these migratory birds as well no longer be just beneficiaries of these as wetland conservation. October 29, 2020 – Youth are the future development projects, but rather partners policymakers and citizens of cities, yet in their design and implementation. Additionally, the Las Pinas Paranaque their engagement in urban planning Wetland Park, the venue of the activities A total of 198 participants attended the and development is still overlooked by is the only urban wetland park in the four webinars via zoom, while 402 people many city officials. In this fourth and final country. As part of UN-Habitat’s Urban viewed them on CDIA’s YouTube channel." October “31 Days of Promoting a

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 59 Better Urban Future” with the theme The talks all focus on making cities in the growing cities throughout the “Technologies as an innovative tool to more sustainable and addressing future country." transform waste to wealth”, the activities challenges presented to the food systems were also in celebration of the prominent in urban areas. place birds, animals, plants, wetlands, and Republic of Korea the environment have in a better urban The Future of Philippine Housing: future. Innovations in planning, research Seoul Urban Regeneration and design International Conference 2020 Live the Greener Life (SURIC 2020) at Urban Loft Quezon City, 12 and 26 October 2020 – The Urban Design Studio Laboratory Seoul, 22-23 October 2020 – Seoul Quezon City, Philippines 16 October at the College of Architecture of the UP Urban Regeneration International 2020 – In celebration of Urban October Diliman joined the rest of the world in Conference 2020 (SURIC 2020), which and World Food Day, Honeycomb celebrating UN-Habitat’s Urban October is the second round after 2018, served Builders Inc., a real estate company in the 2020. as a forum where cities, international Philippines that pioneered the Space- organizations, experts, scholars, and Smart® condo design for low-mid income Activities for the Urban October for citizens gathered to give suggestions families hosted an online workshop: UPCA ran for 4 weeks, from October 5 and discuss urban regeneration. SURIC Live the Greener Life in Urban Loft.. In to October 26. The UDSL conducted a 2020 was held to examine the value and partnership with UN-Habitat Philippines, webinar series and a photo essay exhibit. vision of urban regeneration in the post- Urban Green Communes, Kids Who Farm, The first webinar of the series was held COVID-19 era, where radical change in and SDG Villages, the webinar raised on October 12 and covered the topic social, economic, cultural life is expected, awareness around the trends of urban Housing in the Philippines: the plans and to discuss future strategies. Many gardening during the pandemic, as well and leadership of public, private, and people participated in the conference as build knowledge and skills for families non-governmental organisations in the which was held in real-time online and professionals working in high and country, the second webinar was held streaming in the SEOUL ON Conference mid-rise buildings towards fostering food on October 26 and covered Innovation Room. security, green public spaces and also in Housing: designs, projects, and waste segregation in city life. strategies for innovative housing. The event was held entirely online using zoom Live the Greener Life and other spill over platforms such as at Urban Loft Facebook.

Mandaluyong, Philippines 16 October As the world is headed towards an 2020 – SHARECITY Research was urban future – with rapid urban growth involved in #UrbanOctober by hosting experienced in a developing country twitter events over the month of such as the Philippines – housing is a October 2020. Each day in October, central issue on the ground. Even while SHARECITY investigated the practice and the country is projected to become sustainability potential of food sharing among the top 15 richest nations in Mr.Jeonghyup Seo, the Acting Mayor of Seoul Metropolitan Government in urban areas around the world by the world by 2050, can this newfound showcasing talks and presentations from wealth be reflected in the way we house several researchers and food sharing the population in our cities? The future Jeonghyup Seo, the Acting Mayor of Seoul practitioners. You can view all of the talks of Philippine cities is a topic of urgent Metropolitan Government, emphasized in on SHARECITY’s Twitter (@ShareCityIre) concern, especially with the dynamic and his key note speech that it is time to focus and on SHARECITY’s YouTube channel. challenging issues in planning, designing, on sustainability, despite the changes in constructing, and managing housing daily life due to COVID-19. He turned to

60 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 the value of communities as an innovative various fields such as administration, (Sustainable Habitat-Urban School), a solution for transforming urban areas. academia, international organizations, housing right education program for He also said that he will not spare effort support institutions, discussed the issue. youth in Seoul, the capital city of Korea, to expand the possibility Seoul Urban joined the UN-Habitat's 2020 Urban The theme of the third session was Regeneration holds, as not only a solution October campaign. From September ‘Case Studies for Connecting World and for urban issues but also the upcoming 24 to November 25, 30 students who Sharing Value of Urban Regeneration’, challenges, in active cooperation with the participated in SHUS actively explored and dealt with how the values pursued international society. sustainable housing rights through by Seoul Urban Regeneration can expert lectures, field trips, and housing expand with international cooperation. Maimunah Mohd Sharif, the Executive rights solution forums. Details of the Similar urban regeneration policies and Director of UN-Habitat, stressed that local programme were as follows. governments should support integrative, cases in Seoul, Casablanca of Morocco, eco-friendly, social and economic Cairo of Egypt, Qingdao of China, were Students of SHUS attended online recovery through urban regeneration, and shared. It was meaningful in terms of lectures as the COVID-19 social thus make cities an area of innovation sharing experiences and looking into the distancing measure in Korea was and recovery. In addition, she elaborated challenges each city is facing to dwell on escalated to Level 2.5. Active online on the need for multilateral cooperation how policies could be benchmarked. discussion and participation between in this interconnected world, and that the students and lecturers took place via Hakjin Kim, Vice Mayor II for UN-Habitat and Seoul will cooperate to online meeting platform such as ZOOM Administrative Affairs of Seoul demonstrate how to support localization and Gabin Live. Three sessions were Metropolitan Government, Soontak of sustainable goals. held, on Oct. 7, on Nov. 4, on Nov. 11, Suh , President of University of Seoul, at the Main Building of Seoul Housing Michael Batty, Professor and Chair of Case studies on various cities were Corporation. presented in the first session, under the the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis theme of ‘Community Resilience and in University College London, and Andy The very first lecture was joined by Rise’. There were presentations on urban Merrifield, Urban Scholar and Educator, three experts on housing rights, led by regeneration-based communities in participated in the special talk, under the Chief of Seoul Housing Seo Jong-kyun Seoul, Malaysia, Katowice, London, and on theme of ‘Change and Future Value of who delivered a speech on the future social economic recovery through urban Urban Regeneration in Post COVID-19 challenges in terms of housing welfare regeneration conducted by UN-Habitat. Era’. They discussed various ways to for the sake of housing rights. Doctor In the following panel discussion, panels seek the future of urban regeneration as a Kim Bo-ram from Delft University of conversed on achieving local community- sustainable urban management model in Technology presented housing right and based urban recovery through urban preparation for the post-COVID-19 era. foreign examples under the view of global regeneration and seeking the direction to contexts. Last speaker was Director Kim move forward. SHUS (Sustainable Habitat- Eun-hee from Walkable City Union who Urban School) presented on the domestic examples of The second session was carried out under inadequate housing condition. the theme ‘Urban Living Labs for Changes Seoul 24 September 2020 – In August in Every Places’ and discussed pre- of 2020, Korean National Committee The second lecture featured conducted living labs to discover ideas for UN-Habitat and Seoul Housing & professionals from different areas, that improve daily living spaces and the Communities Corporation signed an MoU including lawyer Kim Tae-gun, Professor consequences. Panels shared the process to improve the awareness of Housing Yoon Hae-kyung, Chief of Empty Bank and results of various agents participating Rights and foster future talent who will from Seoul Housing Jeong Byung-seok, to discover ideas to solve local issues, in lead sustainable and inclusive housing who shared their own expertise based on an era where neighborhood communities and cities. As part of the agreement, the theme of housing rights. are gaining importance. Experts from the two organizations co-hosted SHUS

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 61 The launch took place on 28 October 2020 during the Daring Cities conference convened by Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI), one of the core partners of the initiative, with 1,048 participants from 117 countries.

Resilience in the time of the pandemic was an overarching topic. Gino Van Begin, Secretary General of ICLEI, commented on the systemic and cascading nature of risk that cities must reckon with. “A year ago, nobody could have anticipated the shock that COVID-19 has brought to cities around the world [and] at the same time, Sustainable Habitat Urban School ©SHUS the climate crisis is accelerating. Cities will have to fight the climate crisis while The last lecture invited Director Do housing expanses and to achieve housing responding to the pandemic.” In-sik from E Land who talked about sustainability of the low-income citizens. Speaking at the launch, Mami Mizutori, corporate responsibilities on improvement The second visit was made to Zamon Special Representative of the UN of housing right, followed by Director Secretary-General for Disaster Risk General Kim Hae-jeong from Seoul Share House, which is a remodeled social housing example that rebuilt old houses Reduction and Head of the UN Office for Housing who spoke on the topic of Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), said: “Welfare on Space”, and Researcher Hong or buildings other than dwellings (studio or motels). The expanse of reconstruction “To achieve resilience, cities will have to Jeong-hoon who delivered an insight on address the underlying drivers of risk, housing right in the era of post COVID-19. is partially funded by the Seoul City, which makes it possible to provide tenants with which may include poverty, education, Students went on two different field trips a rent of 80 per cent cheaper than the health, environmental degradation, among during the SHUS program, one to the average housing price. others. More than anything, a holistic capital city Seoul and the other to rural and systems approach to resilience must area of Gangneung. Launch of Making Cities Resilient be adopted by cities. MCR2030 aims to 2030 (MCR2030) provide a framework for this approach.” The first trip took place at Nowon District, Seoul and gave the students a hands- Incheon, 28 October 2020 – Over the The goal of MCR2030 is to ensure on experience on inadequate housing past 10 years, the Making Cities Resilient cities become inclusive, safe, resilient conditions and examples. The students Campaign has advocated the need for and sustainable by 2030, contributing visited three different sites, Universal local government authorities to reduce directly to the achievement of Sustainable Design House, Zamon Share House and risk and develop urban resilience. Some Development Goal 11 (SDG11) and other 104 Village which has been abandoned 4,350 cities have demonstrated their global frameworks including the Sendai for decades, with more than 80 empty commitment by joining. Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, houses and a handful of residents. the Paris Agreement and the New Urban This event was the global launch of the Agenda. U. Khürelsükh, Prime Minister Universal Design House is a social Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030) of Mongolia, sent a video message to housing model with compatible housing by the core partners, building on the congratulate the Campaign on its success design that cater to different age and success of the ten-year-old Making Cities so far and to reconfirm Mongolia's firm gender groups; the women, the elderly, Resilient Campaign, which concluded at commitment to building resilient cities. etc. It was initially designed to reduce the the end of 2020.

62 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 "During my tenure as Deputy Prime learning offered through the campaign is value of resilience as a whole. “Disaster Minister of Mongolia, all 22 major even more important during the time of risk reduction is not a cost but an cities in Mongolia joined the “Making COVID-19. Now more than ever, he said, investment in sustainable development,” Cities Resilient” UN Global Campaign “it is impossible to act by ourselves… the he said. in 2017, and I inform you that the era of collaboration is essential.” Government of Mongolia has fulfilled its Co-created by partners and networks commitment to implement Target (e) of Working with over 250,000 local and of cities, MCR2030 will offer cities a the Sendai Framework by 2020, and all regional governments around the world, clear, three-stage resilience roadmap to our major cities have adopted [and] are Emilia Saiz, Secretary General, United assessing, planning and implementing implementing local DRR strategies as of Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) risk reduction and resilience building today," confirmed U. Khürelsükh. emphasized, “[COVID-19] has galvanized initiatives. The resilience roadmap will how critical our role is and how important link cities within a peer-to-peer learning "On behalf of the Government of it will be to reconsider resilience.” environment and communities of practice, Mongolia, I commend the successful supported by access to tools, technical implementation of the “Making Cities “COVID requires us to think creatively specialists and advisers. Resilient” United Nations Campaign. and innovatively,” added Maimunah Through this campaign, I believe that we Mohd Sharif, Executive Director, UN- Implementation is focused on three have been able to build better community Habitat. Complex urban system requires key areas: giving advisory support for disaster resilience and recognize an us to work collaboratively, taking the improved DRR and resilience planning, importance of local leadership in DRR." multi-hazard, multi-sectoral and multi- climate finance, municipal finance stakeholder approach to improve and climate adaptation; improving Local government representatives from resilience of the cities. coordination between national and local Dakar, Senegal to Greater Manchester governments and national associations Combined Authority, United Kingdom, Sameh Wahba, Global Director, Urban, of local governments; and forging strong Dubai, UAE, Keçiören Municipality, Turkey, Disaster Risk Management, Resilience partnerships at the local level for more to Santa Fe, Argentina all reflected how and Land Global Practice at the World efficient implementation. the profile of resilience conversations Bank said: “We know that if we do nothing, was raised within their work through the about 130 million people will fall into Recognising that access to finance is one engagement with the MCR Campaign and poverty by 2030. Around 70 million of of the biggest hurdles to reducing risk, resilience partners, and why MCR2030 those are in urban areas.” He added, “city MCR2030 will also provide a platform is so critical. Kathryn Oldham, Chief resilience is at the core of our mission to help cities strengthen their ability to Resilience Officer, Greater Manchester to eradicate poverty and encourage access funds and allow cities to find Combined Authority (GMCA), shared that prosperity [and] COVID-19 has laid bare specialist service providers and investors the engagement in the MCR Campaign the inequalities within our cities.” for actions and initiatives. helped the city to improve the government Tiziana Bonzon, Manager for Climate MCR2030 will run from January 2021 mechanisms, broadened the range of Migration and Resilience at the to the end of 2030. By 2030, MCR2030 stakeholders engaged in resilience and International Federation of Red Cross and aims to have increasing number of further enhanced the recognition of DRR Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) praised the cities committed to reducing local and resilience as a strategic priority of the initiative for putting cities at the centre. disaster/climate risk and building city. She added, “the process of political “Let’s make cities the source of solutions, resilience. The resilience of cities will engagement and leadership, together with rather than the source of challenges,” said be key in accomplishing the Sustainable international acknowledgement of our Ms. Bonson. Development Goals and associated global work, boosted the visibility of this agenda frameworks. within Greater Manchester”. Emilio At the same time, Kozo Nagami, Director Jatón, Mayor of Santa Fe, Argentina General at the Japan International https://www.undrr.org/event/launch- said that the support, collaboration and Cooperation Agency (JICA) recognised the mcr2030

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 63 Partners • Resilient Cities Network • United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) • ICLEI – Local Governments for • United Cities and Local Sustainability Governments (UCLG) • The World Bank Group

• International Federation of Red • United Nations Human • World Council on City Data Cross and Red Crescent Societies Settlements Programme (UN- (WCCD). (IFRC) Habitat) The MCR2030 launch attracted more than • Japan International Cooperation • United Nations Office for Disaster 1,000 participants from 117 countries Agency (JICA) Risk Reduction (UNDRR) who attended virtually. Source: UNDRR.

64 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 EUROPE

During this viritual workshop, discussions in the development of the project, Belgium centred around challenges inherent to inhabitants become “real” holders of the participatory approaches, through the project". Co-design for new forms presentation of concrete projects, but of urban living also good practice examples of how civil Sophia De Sousa: "Empowering citizens to play an active role in the design of their Brussels, 14 October 2020 — In the society can organise itself to influence the cities requires: creating opportunities for framework of the European Week of design of the built environment. A special citizens to engage with the language of Regions and Cities, the Architects’ focus has been put on small and medium design and placemaking and to play an Council of Europe, the Federal cities. active role in decision-making; building Chamber of German Architects’ Participatory design processes empower capacity among design and placemaking (Bundesarchitektenkammer - BAK), the citizens to participate in the creation and practitioners to effectively engage with European Council of Town Planners regeneration of the urban fabric and to citizens; and a multi-faceted, inclusive (ECTP) and the Institute for Spatial build more inclusive communities and and accountable approach to design Policies (IPoP) held a joint virtual sustainable cities. If there is nota one-size engagement.” workshop on co-design for new forms of fitsall solution, there are common tools urban living. and techniques available for effective co- Watch the session here: https:// design processes. France euregionsweek2020-video.eu/video/co- Take away message Durable Solutions for design-for-new-forms-of-urban-living Displacement in Central Sahel: By putting people at the heart of the Urbanization, climate change and the Engaging local authorities design process, citizens are empowered housing crisis require new forms of for advancing urban service to participate in the creation and habitat and urban space to be designed. provision’ regeneration of the urban fabric. They Quality projects can only emerge from help decision-makers to understand and Paris, 13 October 2020 — As the interdisciplinary discourse, innovative follow communities' needs and thus humanitarian crisis in the Sahel Zone funding schemes as well as the active to achieve socially and economically sharply deteriorates, the Government participation of informed citizens. Citizens sustainable projects. Beyond the of Denmark, in partnership with the can help decision-makers to understand outcomes, it is important to think about Government of Germany, the European communities' needs and thus to achieve the process: quality places can only be the Union and the United Nations, recently socially and economically sustainable outcome of quality processes. There is hosted a high-level ministerial round table projects. no one simple solution - don’t be afraid to on the Central Sahel. UN-Habitat was experiment and adapt as you learn! invited to share a video-message and host a side-event, focusing on “Durable Anna Chiambretto: "Sharing land is also Solutions for Displacement in the Central building community. We involve future Sahel: The role of local governments for homeowners early on in the development improved Urban Services”. of their housing projects. Together with neighbourhood organisations and local The objective of the session was to citizen initiatives we open up the project highlight the role of local actors for to the neighbourhood. By participating durable solutions to displacement in the

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 65 Central Sahel, highlighting their role for systems and increases the competition Taking into account the environmental the provision of basic urban services. on natural resources (e.g. land, water, challenges due to cutting of forests Panelists, including local and international wood ...) with social, economic and for firewood, UNHCR has set up experts and UN agencies, shared their environmental implications for both local a mechanism for access to local, perspectives and experiences, including and displaced communities. sustainable and safe domestic gas insights on challenges, lessons learned in partnership with the private sector and good practices. With many displaced Panellists for the session included Mr. and local authorities. Minimizing the seeking refuge in urban areas, local Aziz Ahmed Diallo, deputy mayor of "humanitarian footprint" as much authorities are in the forefront of crisis the city of Dori, located in the Sahel as possible, the project placed local response and often, the rapid influx of region in northern Burkina Faso and authorities and technical services at the additional people put strains on already currently hosting thousands of displaced center, facilitating the direct relationship scare resources, with cities and town in people. The deputy mayor highlighted between the customers from local and the Sahel having doubled in population the challenges for his community and refugee communities and the suppliers. and expansion over the last months. displaced, including to access to land, After three years, the project has proved housing and natural resources, basic to have a positive impact as the price of While it is eminent to support infrastructure and services, as well gas in Diffa is comparable to the price of humanitarian needs, a long-term vision as decreasing social cohesion. Many Niamey, 80 per cent of the infrastructures – the humanitarian-development-peace displaced seek refuge in public buildings, are still functional and new private nexus – needs to be advanced, as global including schools, or are being hosted by suppliers have set up in the region, thus experiences show that displacement is local families without adequate shelter increasing by 8,000 households the becoming more and more protracted and or housing option. The current COVID-19 number of customers, thus benefitting many displaced remain for an average pandemic has severely worsened both local and refugee communities. of two decades. The IASC framework the situation, now allowing physical on Durable Solutions underlines that distancing, but also putting a spotlight Mrs. Daria Fane, regional representative voluntary return and resettlement in other on the inequitable access to water and for the European Union's Instrument parts of the country are two options, but sanitation. contributing to Stability and Peace (IcSP) in protracted displacement contexts, highlighted the need to support rapid and local integration and fostering social Professor Walter Kälin, based on his flexible responses in crisis situations. She cohesion between communities is crucial. recent experiences in Africa and more underlined that the EU seeks to promote Ms Christine Knudsen, UN-Habitat’s particularly in Somalia, underlined that stabilization in the Sahel region through Director of External Relations, Strategy, the basis for return is peace and that interventions focused on long-term Knowledge and Innovation Division, IDPs have the opportunity to rebuild development and governance. Building Director of Emergencies, underlined that their homes and have sufficient means on national plans and dynamics, the IcSP this needs good planning, cross-sectoral of subsistence. On the other hand, IDPs also seeks to promote national cohesion and integrated approaches, and – as who do not wish to return need a safe and through local approaches focused on most displaced move to urban areas – secure environment for local integration local communities. increased capacity in urban planning in the place where they have found refuge and effective management, in particular and need security of tenure and livelihood The session resulted in a set of regarding basic services such as water, or income opportunities, that allow them conclusions, advocating for increased sanitation, energy, education and health to be self-sufficient. inclusion of and enforced capacity services, waste management as well and resources for local authorities in Mr. Benoit Moreno, UNHCR’s crisis, and participatory and inclusive as adequate housing and livelihood representative in Niger, introduced opportunities. Rapid urban growth – due approaches that directly involve local the ``SEED '' project (Energy and communities, both host communities to climate change impacts and men- Environmental Support to the Diffa made hazards - puts stress on urban and those displaced by the conflict, in region), funded by the European Union . order to strengthen social cohesion. The

66 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 responses to the crisis should not only city makers. With their perspectives model in cities, and in particular in focus on the security issues or short- and experiences, shared via short video Barcelona, and has raised doubts term humanitarian response, but also interviews, USE aims to contribute to the about the appropriateness of excessive foster investments in trans-sectoral important tasks of knowledge transfer, population concentration and activity in coordination and multi-level governance of exchanging innovative ideas on how certain places. In this context, combining cooperation for sustainable development. to deal with the pandemic and on how the trinomial "urbanization - climate Integrated urban and territorial planning to pursue the Sustainable Development change - territorial balance" will be one of approaches, which are based on a Goals. the great challenges for our country in the cross-sectoral coordination, including Organizations: Urban Sustainability coming years. infrastructure, housing/shelter and urban Exchange platform, Metropolis Organizations: PEMB; Metropolis; services, have been proven to be useful Barcelona Metropolitan Area for defining for a long-term response in urban areas. The inclusion of all relevant Spain World Metropolitan Day: stakeholders, including local and national Metropolises facing the authorities, civil societies and private World Metropolitan Day: Cities pandemic sector is necessary for advancing the as drivers of transformation into humanitarian-development-peace nexus more sustainable, resilient and Barcelona 7 October 2020 — Aiming and fostering whole-of-government and just societies to stimulate dialogue between diverse whole-of-society approaches. stakeholders of metropolitan governance, Getxo, Spain 6 October 2020 – In the this event was guided by a set of framework of the World Metropolitan Day questions focused on three different Germany 2020, eCivis and EuroLocal organized topics, namely: metropolitan governance an online event to provoke the debate and COVID-19; urban violence in World Metropolitan Day: USE: from the local to Europe. This was the metropolitan spaces; and metropolitan positions occasion to talk about cities as drivers participatory democracy, all of them of recovery, considering this SDG11 as a under the COVID-19 emergency lens. The Berlin, 7 October 2020 – On the occasion transversal axis to others. three different panels shaped the World of this year’s World Metropolitan Day, Organizations: eCivis; Metropolis; Metropolitan Day 2020 Virtual Event: the online learning platform USE (Urban EuroLocal Sustainability Exchange) launched the • Framing metropolitan governance: video interview series “USE: positions.” World Metropolitan Day: From institutional solutions, decision- The first interview series shed light on the Barcelona of the 15' to the making and collective action. how COVID-19 has changed and will Catalonia of the 45': rethinking • Metropolitan inequalities: urban change policymaking, and on how it the metropolis affects sustainable urban development in conflicts and socio-spatial solutions. Barcelona, 7 October 2020 — As part of the long run. • Democracy for all: citizens’ the Metropolitan World Day, PEMB and participation at the metropolitan scale. “USE: positions” asks city makers AMB brought together different experts and experts to assess the effects in the webinar “From the Barcelona of Considerations from the public, and the pandemic has on processes of the 15' to the Catalonia of the 45', a from governments and institutions that digitization and global collaboration, debate that discussed the metropolitan previously held an event in the framework and to share their personal experiences challenges of "Barcelona Demà. of World Metropolitan Day 2020, werer and observations. Interview partners are Compromís Metropolità 2030”. collected in the chat and served as a politicians, urban practitioners, municipal starting point for a final debate among The COVID19 pandemic has highlighted employees, academics, and researchers, speakers. representing USE’s active global the weaknesses of our lifestyle, the Organizations: Metropolis; UN-Habitat community of experienced and innovative fragility of the predominant economic

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 67 The last was Mrs. Dolors Camats, Director of the Cooperativa Obrera de Viviendas [Housing Workers’ Cooperative] (hereinafter, COV). These presentations were moderated by Dr. Núria Lambea Llop, postdoctoral researcher at the UNESCO Housing Chair and specialist in social housing.

As the main objective of this event was World Metropolitan Day: The event began with some welcoming to make an analysis of the collaborative Metropolitan regions in the words of the Director of the Housing approach applied to housing, Dr. framework of recovery Chair, Prof. Dr. Sergio Nasarre Aznar, who Czischke explained the re-emergence of gave the floor to the speeches from other collaborative housing in the XXI century, Madrid, 7 October 2020 — Within experts in collaborative housing. The first with a special emphasis on the new the framework of Urban October and one, Dr. Darinka Czischke, is an Associate strategies of access to adequate housing, World Metropolitan Day, UN-Habitat, Professor at the Faculty of Architecture such as cooperative or collaborative the Government of the Basque Country and the Built Environment, Delft University models of housing provision that have re- and METREX have jointly organized a of Technology. She is the founder of emerged especially after the global crisis virtual event open to the public, with the Co-Lab Research group at the TU of 2008. the participation of experts from global Delft and co-founder of the working Dr. Czischke commented about some institutions and governments. The group ‘Collaborative Housing’ at the successful Cohousing models such webinar addressed the initiatives carried European Network for Housing Research as the “Mehr als Wohnen” in Zurich, out at the metropolitan level to accelerate (ENHR). The second speech was Switzerland, which encourage social the positive transformation of urban presented by Ms. María Paula Rodríguez, meetings, environmental awareness and and territorial realities, especially taking Doctoral researcher at the UNESCO local economic activity; the “Vienna, AT” into account the situation generated by Housing Chair, where she develops her project in Austria, addressed to women as COVID-19 throughout the world. research on Cohousing and housing main tenants; the “Vertical Village” project cooperatives (following the Andel model) Organizations: UN-Habitat Spain; in Lyon, France, aimed at the integration as collaborative housing schemes in the Metropolis; Metrex; Basque Country of different social groups; the “Espoir” context of the collaborative economy. Webinar: Collaborative Housing

Tarragona, Cataluña, Spain 15 October 2020 — The UNESCO Housing Chair of University Rovira i Virgili (URV), based in Tarragona, Spain, held the 10th international Workshop entitled "Collaborative Housing". This workshop, which was held in the format of a webinar, was part of the activities developed by UN-Habitat to commemorate the Urban October, the World Habitat Day and the World Cities Day.

68 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 project in Brussels, Belgium, aimed Ms. Dolors Camats shared the experience Mexico, the Netherlands and Russia. The at financing of housing for vulnerable of the collaborative housing model event was recorded (it may be seen at groups; and the “Stalblock Riekerhaven” developed by the COV of Prat de Llobregat https://youtu.be/LHE5Zbxbznc) so that project in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in Barcelona, Spain, in operation since it can serve as a reference for the future addressed to young Dutch people and 1962, that promotes access to affordable studies on collaborative housing models. refugees of the country. The expert housing as a first step towards a decent concluded that, as the aforementioned life. She explained that this project has Organizations: UNESCO Housing Chair of projects show, collaborative housing can been based on the mutual aid and the Rovira i Virgili University; Rovira i Virgili be a part of solution to the homelessness collective decisions of the community University problem as long as there are regulatory from the beginning. It is a project that #n'ODS: UNDO, REDO and DO and financial frameworks adapted to the embraced about 40 neighbourhood NOT to achieve the SDGs specific characteristics of the collective communities and today has more than self-promotion models, as well as to the 1000 partners, owners or not of housing, Madrid, 23 October 2020 — In a time reality of each society. with a common heritage that includes of change and uncertainty, with major about 180 housings and 80 rented challenges at the environmental, urban Ms. Rodríguez explained the benefits commercial premises, to which also and humanitarian levels, the SDGs offer and problems of the Cohousing today. were added about 14 housings for rent a common tool to share knowledge, She emphasised that collaborative addressed to young people. improve cities and protect the natural housing model permits the creation of environment. a social and practical environment that Currently, the COV offers to its members helps residents to get reciprocity and as well as to the community in general n’UNDO has demonstrated, over the last community support. Also, she named some services beyond housing, such as ten years, that more and better can be some inherent characteristics of this recreation and leisure centres, home care done by not doing, redoing and undoing, model such as the participatory action services for the seniors, daily centres, to improve the city and the territory, and to of the residents, the usage of common affordable housing rental and community really achieve a sustainable development facilities, volunteering and its non- or condominium management services. (www.nundo.org). It is about the hierarchical horizontal organization. She also commented about the ""Barri elimination of excess to ensure the future Cooperativa La Obrera"" [District and improve people’s lives; valuing the She accentuated that the benefits of Housing Workers´ Cooperative] project, pre-existence, cleaning and recovering to Cohousing can be of different types, which is aimed at promoting the social improve the landscape, territory and city mainly such as democratic, economic, economy and entrepreneurship in the from the creation and conservation of its social, cultural, ecological and neighbourhood. voids and silences, working with time and technological. However, she emphasized uncertainty; Acting through a propositive that the model does not resolve a number Finally, Dr. Lambea Llop conducted a NO, which avoids the unnecessary, which of problems such as the actual limits of session of questions in which some reuses and puts in value the urban and access to the Cohousing group based participants expressed their concerns, natural heritage, which reduces what is mainly on friendship and familiarity or while others commented about their left over and which dismantles to recover on some specific needs of a social group experiences in the sector of collaborative the common space. (seniors, people with limited abilities, etc.). housing or similar associative models. Other problems are the possible excessive There are many people and initiatives More than 55 people attended the determination of the spaces and uses, related to this position, providing solutions seminar from different backgrounds the limits regarding the transmission to the problems of our environment, (academics, students, researchers and of the legal position by the users or its guaranteeing economical, environmental, social representatives) and countries, dependence on the politic decisions for social and cultural sustainability. the development of this model in the field including Argentina, Chile, Colombia, of social housing. Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Spain, Italy,

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 69 n’UNDO presented #n’ODS, a meeting the uninhabited parts of unfinished Virtual Seminar "Strategy and Innovation and visibility platform to gather all urbanization have been de-urbanized. for New Cities", on October 27 and those proposals and urban/territorial The streets, the breakwater and the 28, in which experts from different interventions which prove that it is promenade have been removed and fields presented cases, experiences possible to build a future for cities by the old marsh has been recovered. The and practices that they are currently achieving the Sustainable Development data show how the restored marsh has developing. Goals, through n’UNDO modes of action: recovered the ecosystem services and it Not Doing, Redoing and Undoing. is much more effective in the protection On October 27, under the title "Innovate to against the effects of rising sea levels. transform", three topics were presented: #n’ODS was launched during Urban October, an international call for projects "More touristic? There is no sustainability • 17:00 hrs ESP ¿To want is to be able and interventions, which were collected in without limits to growth". R+D+i to? (Querer es poder?) The social the #n’ODS Cartography. Those accepted, research project of the Ministry of challenge of social innovation, by were awarded the #n’ODS Certificate and Science, Innovation and Universities Rubén Martínez Moreno, Research will be eligible for public presentation at "Tourism saturation in Spanish coastal Director of La Hidra Cooperativa. the #n’ODS Congress in 2021. Also the destinations. Strategies for the decrease • 18:00 hrs ESP Citizen innovation: #n’ODStudent category was opened, in tourism. An approach from the social sustainable and co-responsible which awarded the best proposals dimension". The general objective is to reactivation, by Felipe Bogotá, Director submitted by students. study the tourism of coastal destinations “Bogotá cómo vamos”. and their impacts. At the same time, During the event, three examples of to design methodological proposals • 18:45 hrs ESP Digital innovation in related projects were explained: aimed at the diagnosis, planning and urban futures, by Ricardo Álvarez Félix, "Urban vacuums plan in Malaga. management of tourism, and spatial Researcher at the Senseable City Lab Renaturalization and decarbonization". planning strategies that help reduce / MIT. Represented by Pedro Marín, head of growth and prevent conflicts, in order to promote greater environmental, social On October 28, in "Strategy in action", European Programmes and the Urban at 5:00 p.m. ESP, the Public Space and Environment Observatory (OMAU) in and economic sustainability and the quality ofhe destinations. Represented Sustainable Mobility Strategy of Vitoria- Malaga City Council. Plan n’Vacios Gasteiz was presented, by Juan Carlos Málaga is an analysis of the problem of by Enrique Navarro (UMA) and Yolanda Romero (UCM). Escudero, Head of Innovation and urban sprawl through the study of its Information of the Urban Sustainability, gaps, based on their strategic importance n'UNDO invited professionals, public from the Center for Environmental Studies to develop different lines of intervention to administrations, companies and of the Vitoria-Gasteiz City Council, Spain. promote sustainable urban development. organizations to share their related The objectives are centred on the proposals on #n'ODS, and to create This seminar was organized as part of decarbonization and renaturalization of an international network that gives CIDEU's Specialization Program in Urban the districts of teatinos, campanillas and visibility to another way of working in Strategic Thinking and is, in turn, part puerto de la torre, in the framework of the the city and the territory to really achieve of the cycle of virtual encounters New new spanish Urban Agenda. sustainability. Paradigms and Urban Scenarios: Answers from Strategic Thinking, in which through "Recovering ecosystem services on Strategy and Innovation forums of mayors and webinars with the coast. The case of La Pletera. Life for New Cities cities, CIDEU intends to problematize, Pletera". Represented by Xavier Quintana, share experiences and plan responses head of the Chair of Mediterranean Barcelona, 27 October 2020 — Aiming from strategic thinking to the main Coastal Ecosystems. University of Girona to highlight the value of innovation to challenges of COVID-19. and Torroella de Montgrí Town Council. collectively address the challenges posed In the restoration of La Pletera marsh, by the pandemic, CIDEU organized the

70 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 Residents taking control: COVID-19 crises started as a health Sweden securing land rights through crisis, but it turned out to be economic, Community Land Trusts social, and political crises in the course of Social impact bonds - a tool for pandemic. This could be a warning to be an inclusive transition Geneva 29 October 2020 — The role of ready for the future pandemics. Community Land Trusts in securing land Stockholm 8 October 2020 — Global rights for residents was discussed at a Panel discussion was moderated by Utmaning organised the launch of the webinar hosted by World Habitat, as part Dr.Erkin Erimez. He told at the opening new report "Social Bonds - Tools for an of the CoHabitat Network. of the panel that local and municipal Inclusive Transformation", written by governance is important in dealing with researcher Sophie Nachemson-Ekwall. Since their creation 50 years ago, such a pandemic. Governance approach In the report, Nachemson-Ekwall reviews Community Land Trusts (CLTs) have pays attention to the decision making the possibilities for the introduction of illustrated how communities can gain processes, stakeholder participation and social bonds to stimulate more socially permanent access to land rights – transparent information sharing between sustainable housing in Sweden. A panel enabling residents to take control over institutions and with public before, during of experts commented on the report and the development and improvement of and after the crisis. Good governance of explored how social impact bonds could the areas they live in, shield them from crisis and risks at municipalities are more serve as a solution for urban development eviction and gentrification and provide important. People consider municipalities challenges. The panel included truly affordable housing. as first point of contact during crises. representatives from municipal and national politics as well as the business The webinar focused on both successful Panelists were Associate Prof. Dr. Tahir community. and emerging or potential CLTs in Puerto Büyükakın, Mayor of Kocaeli Metropolitan Rico, Brazil and Bangladesh. Municipality and Chairman of MMU, YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ Mr. Kadir Albayrak Mayor of Tekirdağ Switzerland watch?v=WtN0UrLNEkQ" Turkey Metropolitan Municipality and Prof. Dr. Önder Ergönül, Chairman of Koç Student Housing Cooperatives - World Metropolitan Day: University School of Medicine İş Bank an International Perspective Metropolitan Governance and Infectious Diseases Research Center. Health: The Experience of Geneva, 30 September 2020 — This Associate Prof. Dr. Büyükakın disclosed COVID-19 online discussion is a peer to peer that Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality worked with Kocaeli University in close exchange with folks working in student Istanbul 7 October 2020 — The event cooperation in determining the methods housing cooperatives in Berlin, North was organized by Argüden Governance and tools for dealing with pandemic. America, the UK, Switzerland and Academy and Marmara Municipalities Hence, coordination at city level between Australia. Experienced leaders from the Union (MMU). The Secretary General public institutions were satisfactory. North American Students of Cooperation of MMU, Mr Cemil Arslan said that the Statistical analysis was conducted to (NASCO), Student Co-op Homes (UK), responsibilities of the municipalities has understand the ways of transmission of Studentendorf (Berlin), urbaMonde and increased and mayors started to spend the disease whose findings showed that World Habitat shared their knowledge and a great amount of time in the field to find 50 per cent of transmissions occurred experiences with us. They learned more solutions to the emerging issues during at home where social distancing was about the growing student co-op housing pandemic. Prof Dr. Metin Çakmakçı, limited. He also told that pre- crisis movement and got inspired to bring the Chairman of Argüden Governance planning, cooperation and coordination some new housing solutions into your Academy, said that the COVID-19 crisis between public, private and civil society community. had shown that guidance of scientific actors is important for effective response YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ approaches is very important for to pandemics. watch?v=iRVG--Bkumc" successfully dealing with similar crises.

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 71 Overall, the event attracted a good Inclusive Design: What if we built on the 5 October and World Cities Day number of participants and put a world that was accessible to all? on 31st this Disability Innovation Live metropolitan governance at the center session explored the expanding field of of risk management from public health London, 22 October 2020 — The Global Inclusive Design and its potential to create perspective. The World Metropolitan Disability Innovation Hub held a Disability a fairer world. Day provided a great opportunity to set Innovation live webinar on inclusive an agenda and deal with this important design with the theme: ‘What if we built a With participation of speakers from matter. world that was accessible for all?’ Mongolia, Indonesia and the UK, the session explored what inclusive design Organizations: Argüden Governance Inclusive Design is a design approach that practices look like in different global Academy; Metropolis; Marmara seeks to ensure everyone can experience contexts and what challenges and Municipalities Union the world in a fair and equal way. This opportunities exist to make cities more means accounting for and celebrating accessible and inclusive. diversity in how we design and plan the United Kingdom of built environment. The session brought A total of 199 people participated virtually Great Britain and together a diverse panel of experts to from 51 countries, with a total reach of Northern Ireland discuss what inclusive design looks like 363 including registrations. in practice for them, who benefits and Speaker highlights: Panel discussion ‘Housing for all how it can offer methods to build a more during COVID-19 and beyond’ accessible world that benefits all of us. Iain McKinnon provided an introduction to inclusive design and why it matters, Glasgow, 28 October 2020 — The This session also launched the findings describing how the aim of his work is main goal of the event was to promote of the first of our UK Aid funded AT2030 to make sure designers think about knowledge exchange and dialogue Inclusive Infrastructure Case Study on disabled people and older people when between University of Glasgow Inclusive Design in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. they design. A very important aspect of researchers, civil society and policy Designed to spark conversation and inclusive design work is making sure that makers around sustainable housing debate; panellists provided an overview of stakeholders understand why it matters policy. The specific goals of the panel their work followed by a wider discussion and how it can benefit everyone. This discussion were: on the topic. With World Habitat Day is why education on inclusive design is • Examine emergency responses implemented in Brazil, India and Rwanda to safeguard people’s right to housing during the crisis and lessons learnt

• Discuss possible longer term strategies to address inequalities and provide adequate and sustainable housing to vulnerable communities

Inclusive design challenges in Mongolia ©The Global Disability Innovation Hub

72 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 so important in the built environment to assistive technology and the inclusive and the first independent living center in professions. Iain then introduced the work design of the built environment as Mongolia. They are pioneering work on of the GDI Hub’s UK Aid-funded AT2030 complementary and interdependent areas independent living in Mongolia and are programme, which is looking at bringing of action to meeting the Sustainable engaged in advocacy and education work life changing assistive technology to Development Goals. This body of work to shift perceptions from the medical people that need it, aiming to reach 15 is responding to the identified need model of disability to the social model of million people. As part of this programme for inclusive design and accessibility disability. we are using built environment and standards that are responsive to local inclusive design research to develop contexts. Working closely with local Nina Asterina from Kota Kita in Indonesia evidence on how an inclusive built partners, these case studies will build talked about their work in 20 cities in environment and inclusive infrastructure a picture of what good inclusive design Indonesia in the fields of governance, can support assistive technology users. might look like in each of the cities and climate change resilience and inclusivity. provide evidence on how inclusive design They believe that too many people are Peter Carr, a member of the London 2012 adapts to culture, climate, geography and currently left behind in city-making Olympics advisory panel talked about how resource constraints. process which means that people are he views inclusive design as ‘embracing’, not able to live well in cities. Barriers to embracing people’s differences and Tamirkhuu Narangerel and Nyam- inclusion in cities that they have found needs to make the world as inclusive as Ochir Byambadorj, researchers on the include issues with the translation of possible. Inclusive design should make a Mongolia Inclusive Infrastructure Case policy language to engage people on the difference to people’s lives, but including Study, described some of the barriers ground and a lack of disability segregated it in the design process can be difficult to accessibility in the built environment data. They also found that there is a and we can all strive to do better than in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Mongolia lack of continuity or consistency in the the minimum legal standards for an has been making progress on disability accessibility of public infrastructure and accessible environment. inclusion but the city was not planned that accessibility requirement often fall with disabled people in mind, but short of universal design standards. Kota Mikaela Patrick introduced the AT2030 there is a need to increase awareness Kita’s research with University College Inclusive Infrastructure research and education on disability. Different London on the AT2030 programme programme, which is conducting government sectors need to collaborate created a creative space for people to case studies on inclusive design and better to achieve comprehensive disability generate ideas and aspirations for a more accessible urban environments in 6 inclusion and ensure cohesion across inclusive city. cities including Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia, policies and laws related to accessibility. Varanasi in India, Freetown in Sierra Nyam-Ochir and Tamirkhuu both work Link to event page and recording: https:// Leone, Banjarmasin in Indonesia and for Universal Progress ILC, a Disabled www.disabilityinnovation.com/webinars/ Nairobi in Kenya. The work views access Persons’ Organisation based in Mongolia inclusive-design

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Argentina World Metropolitan Day: Towards Organizations: Facultad de Arquitectura, a new metropolitan planning Diseño y Urbanismo de la Universidad de World Metropolitan Day: Buenos Aires; Metropolis Buenos Aires, 2 October 2020 – In the International Cooperation in Latin framework of the World Metropolitan Day American Metropolises Metropolitan challenges in times celebrations, the University of Buenos of COVID 19 Buenos Aires, 2 October 2020 — On Aires organized a webinar within its Tucumán, Argentina 5 October 2020 the occasion of the World Day of the Metropolitan Urban Updating Programme – Within the framework of the World Metropolitan and Urban October, (PUM). Metropolitan Day 2020 promoted by Paradiplomacia.org organised a debate The aim of the PUM is to prepare UN-Habitat, the Observatory of Territorial with three Latin American metropolises professionals from different disciplines Urban Phenomena (OFUT) organized the to learn about good practices and for the management and reflection of the Webinar “Metropolitan challenges in times success stories that through international contemporary city. of COVID 19”. cooperation help these cities with their fight against COVID19. The objectives of the PUM are the The central axis of discussion and following: reflection were the challenges and General Objective: opportunities in the metropolitan area To know how international cooperation • To provide a theoretical- to address the current scenarios in the has helped metropolises to carry out conceptual framework to face of the COVID-19 emergency. And the actions for the benefit of their citizens. understand and address the Decade of Action to meet the 2030 Global complexity of the metropolitan Goals, specifically to the goals established Specific Objectives: phenomenon. in the SDG 11. To understand how citizens have • To promote the exchange of become more aware of the importance The event had the participation of Abog. experiences, in order to know of international cooperation benefited Javier Noguera (Intendant of the Tafí Viejo the current state of current through the implementation of public Municipality, Tucumán and President metropolitan sector initiatives and policies based on the evidence. Publicise FAM), Mag. Arch. Pedro Fernández organisations. actions or good practices that through (E-Environment Foundation and Catholic international cooperation benefited the • To develop research capacities to University of Salta), Dr. Arch. Oscar fight against COVID19. investigate successful examples Bragos (National University of Rosario and Institute of Management of Cities) Organizations: Paradiplomacia.org; of metropolitan governance. and the Esp. Arq. Marta Casares (OFUT, Metropolis • To consolidate an interdisciplinary IPDU, FAU, UNT). training space that allows progress to be made towards the generation of qualitative and quantitative knowledge.

74 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 The speakers contributed reflections us to reflect on the impact it will have on Organizations: Córdoba Municipality; on the main challenges of metropolitan mobility. 64per cent of all global transport Metropolis;OIDP; Barcelona Municipality; governance in the context of a pandemic is carried out in urban environments. Madrid Municipality; Montreal and how to prepare for the new normal in In this sense, it is reasonable to think Municipality the framework of metropolitan territories, that the challenges faced by urban the emergence of new issues, problems agglomerations today, in relation to World Metropolitan Day: and opportunities of public policies that mobility, will continue to increase if the Reflections on recycling in the are formulated in the agendas of the current models of urban mobility are not metropolitan area national ministries, particularly those that changed. Buenos Aires, 10 October 2020 – Within involve the National Urban Land Plan. Mobility systems must be affordable, the framework of the World Metropolitan The activities were carried out within economically viable, people-oriented and Day, the City of Buenos Aires presented the framework of the OFUT's ongoing environmentally friendly, and this requires the different initiatives carried out to work projects: “New Urban program tools for a comprehensive and integrated approach collaboratively with multiple actors and local management in COVID scenarios” to policy and decision making perspectives on the issue of waste and (Program for the articulation and federal recycling in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan strengthening of capacities in science • Activity 1 - Metropolitan Mobility Area. and technology COVD-19 / Ministry of Planning, A View From Latin America The Council of the Urban Environmental Science, Technology and Innovation) and • Activity 2 - "How Do We Move Plan (CoPUA) and the Legislature of the “Metropolitan Challenges of Tucumán. In Latin American Metropolises": Autonomous City of Buenos Aires held a Instruments for a new urban program. Main Obstacles And Challenges In series of meetings with the governments City, inclusion and rights ” (Ministry of Metropolitan Mobility Planning of the City, the Province of Buenos Science and Technology, National Agency Aires and municipalities of the AMBA; for Scientific Promotion, FONCyT). • Activity 3 - Moving Around Our Cities" legislators of the City and municipalities Follow all the information related World Metropolitan Day: of the AMBA; academia and civil society to the event through the OFUT Participative democracy in the organizations. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ framework of the new governance Organizations: Buenos Aires City; observatoriofut for human, sustainable and Metropolis inclusive development Link to access the webinar: https:// Conversations about the desired www.facebook.com/observatoriofut/ Cordoba, Argentina 6 October 2020 – In city and community videos/252693259475145 the framework of the World Metropolitan Day 2020, the city of Córdoba (Argentina), Ciudad de Merlo, Argentina 14 October World Metropolitan Day: with the cities of Barcelona, Madrid and Connecting Metropolitan Areas 2020 – In the context of Urban October Montréal as partners, organized the 2020, sponsored by UN-Habitat, which Buenos Aires- 5 October 2020 – Despite launch of the pilot project "Participatory in addition to having World Habitat Day, the fact that sustainable mobility is Democracy". includes World Cities Day, which has worldwide recognition on October 31, the a transversal tool for achieving the The central axis of this project is to Department of Architecture, Cultures and Sustainable Development Goals, its promote the exchange of successful Art joined this initiative, which proposes relevance is particularly highlighted experiences for participatory democracy, numerous ways of expressing the subject, in SDG11: Sustainable Cities and with a special focus on Participatory revolving this year around Better city, Communities. The management budgeting, and generate knowledge better life. Valuing our communities and of Metropolitan Areas is one of the that allows its strengthening in the cities. In this sense, this report reports challenges of the next 10 years. The metropolises. growth of metropolises will inevitably lead

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 75 the local initiative carried out through a the analysis of the territory and how territorial ordering where current laws are Cycle of Open Talks called: Conversations significant the future role of the university complied with and to stop having gray on the desired city and community. has on research on these issues. He spaces between municipalities. This experience was developed as also shared with the host Rodríguez planned in the Project duly elevated to the importance of the need for active How to build resilience capacities the Department of Architecture, Cultures social actors committed to society. The in urban contexts of structural and Art of the National University of announcer was very satisfied with the inequalities and deficits in Latin Los Comechingones whose authorities interview and made several questions American cities Mg. Agustina Rodríguez Saá - Rector and interventions, which were answered Quilmes, Argentina 26 October 2020 and Stella Mary Muñoz - Head of the from an academic level, but clear and – Resilient governance to achieve the Department of Architecture, Cultures accessible to the audience. Sustainable Development Goal No. 11 and Art endorsed it and encouraged its Urban and environmental resilience is development. Among the topics addressed were the expansion, occupation and growth trends one of the main approaches that cities The first radio meeting teacher Diego of Carpentry, the importance of the need must address in their urban designs and Oscar Espinosa interviewed by Paola for planning and ordering the territory planning management. The future of Lechini, of Radio Municipal Carpintería in relation to the projection towards an cities will be marked by new challenges (FM 87.9). Prof. Espinosa made a brief expected future of the municipality. The and crises to face: natural disasters, description of the characteristics and reasons for the evolution of the town impacts of climate change, exponential singularities of Carpintería, location, and its relationship with Merlo and Los population movements, population peculiarities of its demographic growth, Molles, border municipalities, at the level growth, socio-economic crisis, and health the environmental problems that affect of interaction and interdependence, were crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic. the locality. Then he emphasized the need pointed out. What was raised at all times Particularly in Latin America, structural to search for Carpentry's identity and the is to know what is intended for the future inequalities, urban asymmetries, importance of the importance of collective of Carpintería and the need for citizen severe poverty, deficiencies in urban knowledge for all types of planning. He participation for growth in harmony with infrastructure and the lack of sustained stated as something important the need the environment. planning in many of the cities, highlight for greater commitment on the part of the the need for debate and the urgency community to strengthen that identity and In the case of 2001, there was a veritable to implement policies that focus on solve problems. What is sought is a more wave of immigrants that quadrupled response and build capacity for the equitable and supportive society that the local population of Carpintería in the city and its citizens to adapt. Against requires the commitment of the different intercensal period 2001-2010, placing this background, it is essential to levels. the town in the first place in the country in terms of population growth for that think on guidelines in urban design In the second interview Espinosa period. With the post-pandemic, there and management focused on urban- described the city of Merlo as an example is the chance of a great wave of arrivals environmental resilience for 2030. of the new urbanization phenomena due to the available amenities in the During the event, there was exchange that can be observed in Argentina and area, putting ecological sustainability at of knowledge, experiences and good the world. He made reference to the fact risk and the presence of an impressive practices of urban planning experts from that it constitutes a social phenomenon ecological footprint throughout the the region and Intendants / Mayors or of high impact from a cultural, valley which, if not an adequate public officials from related areas of Local socioeconomic and environmental point territorial ordering is done, will have a Governments of cities in Argentina, Peru, of view. The teacher made mention of negative impact. in the development and Ecuador, El Salvador and Mexico, all with the work being carried out at the National organization of the territory. It is important different population sizes, topography and University of Los Comechingones on to have a serious and consensual socio-economic characteristics.

76 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 Objectives were: Urban Agenda implies and commits to Eccuscine, we debated the documentary moving towards cities that guarantee "É o que eu penso e é o que eu vejo", • Evaluate progress in the design and all people enjoy equal rights and access by Peabiru Trabalhos Comunitários e planning of resilient cities in Latin to the benefits and opportunities that Ambientais, about the right to adequate America. cities can offer. This necessarily implies housing in partnership with Engajamundo, • Learn and exchange experiences reconsidering urban systems and the Engenheiros sem Fronteiras - Núcleo of implementation of urban and physical form of our urban spaces, João Pessoa, Minha Jampa and Br environmental resilience projects and focusing on the issue that we will Cidades. The event was free and open plans among cities in the region. address: the city's capacity for resilience to the public and was also recorded and and regeneration to permanently ensure posted on YouTube. • Raise the main challenges in urban these rights. In other words, resilient resilience that cities will face in the urban development must be people- As debaters in this edition of Eccuscine, next 20 years. centred, “leaving no one behind” due representing the Br Cidades network, to the impacts of crises, disasters, and we had: André Baltazar, Bachelor • Relationship with The New Urban internal and external shocks. This will in Architecture and Urbanism from Agenda And The Sustainable require integrated territorial planning, UFPB, Eccuscine Coordinator at the Development Goals multidimensional urban development, and Instituto ECCUS and Coordinator of the Sustainable Cities and Communities Cities today are key players in the future urban governance that has the capacity for adaptability to drive these changes. Working Group at Engajamundo; of our societies. This has been highly Ivana Accioly, Architect and Urbanist evidenced in the context of the COVID-19 Anticipated Results representing the Institute of Architects of pandemic. The management and Brazil, Department of Paraíba (IAB.pb); planning capacity in cities will determine • Develop a map of good practices Gabriel Lucas, majoring in Architecture the capacity to respond to future crises. in Latin American cities on urban and Urbanism at UNIPÊ and Director of In this sense, thinking about urban and resilience responses in different Finance at the National Federation of environmental resilience of cities should contexts and situations. Students of Architecture and Urbanism in be a main objective and goal with a view • Generate a network of knowledge and Brazil (FeNEA); and Alex Viana, Architect to meeting the goals set forth in SDG and Urbanist from UNIPÊ and a member No. 11. Planning a resilient and safe learning between different cities in Latin America. of the Movement of Workers for Rights city implies adopting integrated policies (MTD)." and plans for inclusion, efficient use of • Build bridges between Local resources, mitigation and adaptation Governments, Universities, civil Sustainable rooms under the to climate change, and comprehensive society and the private sector to gaze of the 5Ps of the 2030 disaster risk management at all levels. improve resilience capacities in Agenda. This must be complemented by access to neighbourhoods, communities and Natal, Brazil 31 October 2020 — The sustainable housing and buildings, and to in each of the citizens who live in our proposal consisted of presenting the safe and affordable services; a substantial cities." improvement in road safety; the protection 2030 Agenda, to the participants of the of the cultural and natural heritage of webinar, as a global action plan that seeks the city (especially the urban biosphere); Brazil to mitigate the main problems that have prevent and reduce the number of affected humanity in terms of intensity, deaths caused by disasters, and reduce Eccuscine scalability and speed, as well as pointing direct economic losses; reduce negative out that the SDGs They are an important environmental impacts; provide city João Pessoa , Brazil 31 October 2020 public policy planning tool that offers a dwellers with universal access to green — In this sixth online edition, on World common language and a special look at areas and safe public spaces. Cities Day, ending the Urban October the most vulnerable people in order to and also the current online season of lift them out of situations of deprivation

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 77 and absence of human rights. In this of the 2030 Agenda. The activity had The Awareness and Training sense, multilateral cooperation is a strong objective was to achieve 30 participants, Workshops for Local strategy to enhance the actions and but the scope was 155 people who had Govermentes in Cúcuta and obtain greater effectiveness in solving access to information that generated Villa del Rosario on Territorial problems. The objective of this was to reflections, education and new actions. Development, Urban Control and address SDG 11, showing the importance Regulation/Urban Treatments, of safe housing for all people, not only as Social Inclusion and Human a necessary option to improve life, but Colombia Mobility also as a right fundamental that must be guaranteed in the present and in the Integrated Cities 2020 Cúcuta, Colombia 14 October 2020 future. — The Mayors of Cucuta and Villa del Medellin, Colombia 5 October 2020 Rosario in Northern Santander are in Considering the situation evidenced The objective was to be a reflective a process of building and integrating by COVID 19, the aspects r related to and critical proposal, to talk about mechanisms that promote the housing have become a matter of life issues framed in the Urban October strengthening of territorial development, and death and that is an issue that campaign, which was added to the planning and territorial management needs to be rethought, since according activities of people, organizations, processes, in their cities. This would to United Nations data: around 1.8 billion cities, communities and governments ensure in the medium and long term, the people (the equivalent of more than 20 of all levels that participated during the right, accessibility and inclusion to the per cent of the population world) lack #OctubreUrbano month to highlight city's service systems: education, health, adequate housing, one billion people live challenges and solutions in relation to transport, public space, among others, to in informal settlements and more than urban sustainability. In this sense, people the entire population, including refugees 100 million people live on the streets and from different cities and countries were and migrants. Likewise, the Secretariat / or homeless. Thus, this debate between invited to dialogue. of Housing and Planning Directorate of experts and researchers raised the issue Cucuta, and the Planning Secretariat of of SUSTAINABLE HOUSING in view of Organized by: Academia Interciudades, Villa del Rosario, seek to consolidate a the vision of the 5 P's proposed in that Coonvite and the Faculty of strong and specialized structure that agenda (People, Planet, Peace, Prosperity Integrated Arts of the Universidad San allows to control and regularize informal and Alliances), since there is no safe Buenaventura Medellín. settlements in different areas, promoting housing without guaranteeing respect and population inclusion and institutional and human dignity to women. World Metropolitan Day: The territorial development to cities. Metropolitan Region of Bogotá- PEOPLE, without PROSPERITY around Cundimarca: Perspectives of a The project "Inclusive Cities, Communities this territory, without protection to the Regional Future of Solidarity " within the framework of PLANET to minimize environmental "Urban October", offered four training crises, without ALLIANCES to promote Bogotá, Colombia 7 October 2020 — In workshops to the public officials that actions that promote solutions and the framework of the World Metropolitan integrate these areas of interest, in order development and, finally, there is no Day 2020, the District Secretariat of to share and transfer knowledge that can PEACE without dialogue, attitudes Habitat of the Metropolitan Region of be integrated into their technical work. directed to the good of the community Bogota Cundimarca organized an event to and access to all the above topics. address inequity issues by implementing The first workshop focused on the "City Therefore, there is no way of thinking new urban agenda. The focus was on the Challenges in relation to the Urban about resilient, inclusive, peaceful, consolidation of the Bogota-Cundimarca Impacts of Human Mobility", which collaborative, sustainable cities without Region. highlighted the importance of the role of leaving anyone behind, without observing local authorities in responding and caring Organizations: Secretaría del Habitat, the dimension of housing and inserting for refugees and migrants as part of their Bogotá Metropolis a holistic approach focused on the 5Ps management.

78 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 The second workshop "Experiences mechanism, UN-Habitat developed The event had an audience of for the control of informal settlements a virtual dialogue with national and approximately 200 people including and human mobility. Cases Bogota and international experts, accompanied members of the Muisca community of Cartagena" focused on the importance by a presentation of strategic issues Bosa, staff of public entities, academy and of the urban regulation in cities with of sustainable urbanism and urban professionals interested in participating in a high rate of refugees and migrants, resilience, which are underpinned under a the contest of ideas. since the lack of it generates social and conceptual framework for the generation economic problems that hinder the good of proposals. Sustainable urban planning development of them. and urban resilience strategies: As mentioned above, this webinar was Ciudadela Mhuysqa de Iguaque The third workshop "Social Inclusion jointly developed between the Muisca in Bosa Mechanisms associated with the Cabildo of Bosa and UN-Habitat, with the Legalization of Neighborhoods" was a support of the District Institute of Culture Bogota, Colombia 21 October 2020 — In space for discussion between the local Heritage Bogotá – IDPC by its acronyms the framework of the technical assistance governments under action and specialists in Spanish, in two sessions. that UN-Habitat Andean countries in urban regulation, who stressed Hub is providing to the indigenous the importance of social inclusion in The first session began with a traditional Muisca Council for the formulation and neighborhood legalisation processes ritual of the Muisca community, followed implementation of the Muisca Citadel in to ensure the good development of the by the presentation of the representatives Bogotá, Colombia, it has been proposed community. of the Community and followed by a brief the development of a webinar who approach to the call for the contest of congregate local professionals and Finally, the fourth workshop "Inclusion ideas for the constitution of the Ciudadela. have the participation of local, national, of the social fabric and socio-economic This session focused on the role of both, and international experts in sustainable development in the integral improvement material and intangible heritage in the urbanism and cultural adequacy to of neighborhoods" highlighted the construction of sustainable environments present good practices and experiences importance of the inclusion of refugees and ended with the participation of Patrick to contribute with the formulation of the and migrants in the processes of Morales, director of IDPC, who presented citadel. neighborhood improvement in cities. the perspective of the Bogotá Capital District in terms of the valorization and In this context, the objective of the Webinar - Sustainable Urban conservation of cultural heritage. webinar was to generate a space for the Planning and Urban Resilience presentation of national and international Strategies: Ciudadela Muisca de The second session focused on initiatives and good practices that Iguaque in Bosa experiences and good practices around provides inputs for the structuring and the world in sustainable urban planning execution of the ideas contest "Basic Bogotá, Colombia 21 October 2020 from a multi-scale perspective: urban design of the Citadel Mhuysqa de Iguaque — One of the purposes of the Letter of planning based on the vocation of the as an urban agricultural territory in Bosa, Intention signed between UN-Habitat territory and the concept of Smart Cities; Bogotá, Colombia", as well as for its Hub Andean Countries and the Muisca as well as talking about the role of positioning in professional networks of Indigenous Council of Bosa, is to provide public space in building community and the national and international order. technical support from the HUB to the promoting urban resilience and innovation development of the "Ciudadela Muisca in building construction. This session was Organizations: Cabildo Muisca de Bosa; de Iguaque in Bosa, Bogota, Colombia. attended by international experts such as UN-Habitat; Instituto Distrital de Cultura As part of the formulation of this project, Ignacio Alcalde, UN-Habitat Expert; José y Patrimonio the Cabildo made a call for a contest of Chong, UN-Habitat Expert; and Maider ideas for the architectural urban design Alzola, Expert from the Tecnalia España of the Ciudadela, and as a dissemination Foundation.

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 79 Urban Thinkers Campus on Participants included Ana Cláudia of all sectors of the population while “Bridging the Gap between Rossbach, Regional Coordinator for Latin becoming icons that generate roots and Humanitarian and Development America and the Caribbean for Cities citizen identity and culture. Likewise, Nexus in Migration and Alliance; Juan Diego Peña, UnderSecretary Ricardo Vives explained how through Displacement Contexts of Economic Development of the city of projects, such as the great “Malecon Cúcuta, Colombia; Sofia Arce B, Director del Río”, are recognized as metropolitan Bogota, Colombia 22 October 2020 — of International Relations and Cooperation actions that allow the entire population The Urban Thinkers Campuses (UTC) of the Mayor of Cuenca, Ecuador; can participate and integrate with the is an initiative of the World Urban Nina Astfalck of the Swiss Agency for public space. On the other hand, Guillermo Campaign driven by UN-Habitat. The Development Cooperation and Elkin Avila mentioned that the “Malecon de la UTC is conceived as an open space Velasquez, Regional Director for Latin Virgen” is an opportunity for the edges for critical exchange between urban America and the Caribbean, UN-Habitat. city build comprehensive projects that researchers, professionals, and decision- diminish socio- space segregation; and makers who believe that urbanization is Webinar: “Urban Challenges for finally, Dagoberto Ospina presented the an opportunity and can lead to positive Cohesion and Integration in the simultaneous work that they advance with urban transformations. It is also intended Colombian Caribbean" the boardwalk of El Rodadero and the bay as a platform to build consensus ridge, which seeks to combine strategies Cartagena, Colombia 23 October 2020 between partners engaged in addressing of labor re-conversion to avoid informality — The virtual space "Urban Challenges urbanization challenges and proposing and inhabit them from a cultural, social for Cohesion and Integration in the solutions to urban futures. and economic point of view. Colombian Caribbean" sought to generate Within the framework of Urban Thinkers a regional dialogue based on urban The forum had 73 virtual and social media Campus, three discussions were held intervention practices, publicly position viewers, as reported by the School of called "Bridging the Gap between the Urban Agenda, as well as raise Government and Leadership. Humanitarian and Development Nexus in the need to identify new allies in the Migration and Displacement Contexts", Colombian Caribbean. SEMANA Magazine Forum; which focused on encompassing forced “Housing: Opening the Doors to migration in cities. The event was attended by national Economic Reactivation” and international experts, such as The first session addressed how Latin Cielo Blanco, Director of the School of Bogota, Colombia 26 October 2020 — American cities are managing the impact Government and Leadership of Mayor of The Semana Magazine Forum "Housing: of forced migration, accompanied by Cartagena; Roi Chiti, Coordinator of UN- Opening the Doors to Economic examples of policies and approaches that Habitat Andean Countries; Ricardo Vives, Reactivation" aimed at disseminating the seek to integrate migrants into the social Manager of the Corporation Puerta de Oro principles of access to adequate housing. and economic fabric of the city. from the Mayor of Barranquilla; Guillermo The forum was moderated by Sandra Avila, Secretary of Planning of Cartagena Carvajal, director of Dinero Magazine The second session focused on sharing and Dagoberto Ospino, Director of the and was attended by international experiences and lessons learned in Kenya, District Urban Development and Renewal panelists such as Roi Chiti, Coordinator Uganda and Bangladesh on sustainable Company of the Mayor of Santa Marta. UN-Habitat Andean Countries HUB, and and integrated solutions for refugee The moderator was Alfredo Manrique, expert panelists such as Carlos Felipe settlements and the inclusion of them, UN-Habitat -senior advisor. Reyes. Deputy Minister of Housing, as well as responses from the host Cities and Territory; Carlos Rodríguez, community in urban contexts. There was a vibrant discussion and some General Manager Compensar; Francisco key interventions were brought up by Finally, the third session of the Urban Rodriguez, Urban developer and several speakers. Roi Chiti reiterated that Thinkers Campus focused on specific Clemencia Escallón of the University of large projects, involved in public space, challenges for internally displaced the Andes are projects that boost the integration persons (IDPs). 80 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 The event was held around four large The relevance of this forum is that this Advisor of the Directorate of the Antioquia postulates: is a means of public positioning of the Planning Office; Carlos Ignacio Uribe, HUB Coordinator, as well as contributes Environment Secretary of Antioquia and • The first is that, without an to the positioning of UN-Habitat's Alfredo Manrique R, UN-Habitat HUB appropriate housing, it is impossible technical assistance capacity on issues of Andean Countries Advisor and was to carry out the social distancing and adequate housing, linked to the economic moderated by Lucas García, Director of good hygiene practices that demand reactivation and urban development. Housing and Habitat of "Viva Antioquia". preventive action to the expansion of the pandemic. The forum had 8,746 virtual and social The forum served as a mechanism for media participants, as reported by disclosing the principles of access to • The second postulate focused on Semana Magazine. adequate housing; as well as contributing access to adequate housing, not only to the positioning of UN-Habitat's as a human right in itself, but as a Antioquia Housing and technical assistance capacity on issues of feasibility of other rights. Infrastructure Company Forum: adequate housing in the urban and rural, From Housing, to Sustainable • The third premise developed was the linked to sustainable development. Habitat fundamental role of the dynamizing The forum had 2,035 virtual and social capacity of the local and national Medellin, Colombia 27 October 2020 - media participants, as reported by economy of the housing sector, not The Antioquia Housing and Infrastructure the communications office of "Viva only because of the ability to generate Company Forum: ‘From Housing, to Antioquia". employment massively in times of Sustainable Habitat’ was a forum crisis, but because it involves other organised by the Antioquia Government, Discussion Session: Progress sectors that generate inputs, services Viva Antioquia and UN-Habitat within the of Colombian Cities towards and other goods typical of this framework of Urban October. Sustainable Urban Planning economic activity. The topics covered at the Forum were: Bogota, Colombia 28 October 2020 • The fourth postulate addressed sustainable housing as an imperative - The discussion session, organized during the event was the requirement of the time to avoid harmful effects on by ICLEI Colombia and supported by of regulations, by private entities to the environment, which requires the use UN-Habitat Hub Andean Countries, the State, that facilitate access to of environmentally friendly materials, was a space which sought to share the housing credits, enable land suitable alternative energy sources, energy- experiences and advances of Colombian for building activity and improve the saving mechanisms and the facilitation cities towards sustainable urban planning, quality of land-use plans and the of the circular economy; the State as a experiences gained from the participation agility of the licensing processes stimulating agent in the construction in Urban-LEDS II projects "Accelerating of urban projects. Finally, it was of sustainable housing through tax climate action through the promotion mentioned that the Colombian exemptions and the enhancement of of urban low-emission development government has arranged a wide innovation with support for habitat strategies" and EcoLogistics "Low Carbon catalogue of options for access to science and technology projects; and Cargo Transport for sustainable cities”. housing such as the "Semillero de finally, the conception of rural housing Propietarios" programs that promotes as a source of income for farmers if it The event began with the welcome savings and subsidizes leasing with is enabled for activities such as agro- address from ICLEI Colombia Director, purchase option, "Mi Casa Ya" with tourism and ecotourism. Monica Santa and Coordinator of UN- various forms of subsidies for access Habitat Andean Countries, Roi Chiti, who to housing of social interest, and The forum had expert panelists such as emphasised the importance of further the recently launched rural housing María Fanery Sucerquia, Manager of the progress in sustainable urban planning. program. Housing and Infrastructure Company of Antioquia, Jorge Pérez Jaramillo, During the first part talk, Patricia Lizarazo,

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 81 UN-Habitat Expert, conducted an analysis El Colombiano Newspaper Forum event served as a platform for disminating on the overall context of climate change In Search of The Ideal House the principles of access to adequate in Colombia, identifying challenges and housing and as a source of recognition opportunities, as well as mentioning the Medellin, Colombia 28 October 2020 of UN-Habitat's work and technical importance of inclusive and sustainable - The Forum "In Search Ideal House", cooperation. cities; followed by Monica Santa of was a space organised by UN-Habitat ICLEI Colombia, who spoke about the and the newspaper El Colombiano. The live event brought together 7,143 importance of climate compliance as an The main topics discussed were: the participants as reported by the El instrument for dealing with the climate seven attributes of adequate housing, Colombiano newspaper, and in it's crisis in Colombia. established by the UN; and the right to website and social media channels. access to a proper housing, being it not Juan David Correa Panesso, Specialist only a human right in itself, but also this World Metropolitan Day: Capacity in Routes and Transport Sub-direction access allows the viability of other rights Development for Metropolitan of Mobility Metropolitan Area of Valle such as the right to life, property, health, Management de Aburrá, spoke about the experience education, the environment, water and Bogota 29 October 2020 – The event gained in the Ecologistics project in other basic services. It also raised the aimed at fostering reflection and analysis Colombia, as well as the main challenges need for quality information, in relation to on the importance of strengthening the and strategies in the process of including qualitative and quantitative demands for development of urban management sustainable urban logistics in urban adequate housing in the country and in capacities with a metropolitan approach, planning processes. cities; and finally, there was talk about the and the contribution of universities in the integral improvement of neighbourhoods, Subsequently, Juan José Orozco Valencia, consolidation of a metropolitan discipline. as well as the eradication of informal or Secretary of Dispatch Secretariat incomplete development settlements, The event presented new tools and of Environment and Agricultural becoming a task that demands methodologies for metropolitan Development of Envigado, presented coordinated action at different levels of management through the panel the experience city and climate change public administration and its different discussion “The Role of Universities in in urban planning and finally, Sandra sectors. Metropolitan Management”, and the Castro, head Directorate of Technical presentation of the first post-graduate Management and Institutional The event was attended by Roi Chiti, programme with a metropolitan focus in Strengthening of Fedemunicipios, talked UN-Habitat Andean Countries HUB Colombia. about the needs of municipalities in Coordinatior; Daniel Oviedo, National their sustainable urban planning, in Director National Administrative The content of the event contributed to order to face climate change , as well as Department of Statistics- DANE and promoting the development of tools and mentioned the needs of Colombian cities Francesco Orsini, Leader of housing and capacity-building programs to reorient the during their urban planning process in the habitat sector of Family Welfare Fund of way in which cities are planned, designed, context of climate change. Antioquia; moderated by María Alejandra financed, developed and managed. The Pérez, legal director Real State Associates programme of the event included; The event concluded with a discussion of Medellin and Antioquia. panel led by Patricia Lizarazo and 1. Launch and presentation of panellists from Fedemunicipios and the The relevance of the Forum was MetroHUB ToolKit for Metropolitan Metropolitan Area Valle de Aburrá and based on the public positioning HUB Management. Envigado, respectively, where emphasis Coordinator, as well as the positioning was placed on the importance of making of UN-Habitat's technical assistance 2. Consolidation of Metropolitan a technical accompaniment to cities capacity on adequate housing issues, Discipline: The Role of Universities in initiatives and advances, focused on linked to economic reactivation and urban in Metropolitan Management. sustainable urban planning. development. In addition to the above, the

82 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 3. Launch and presentation of the of Villavicencio; who recognized the and digital connectivity; coordination and Post-graduate Programme in role of UN-Habitat for generating governance; productivity, competitiveness, “Spatial Analysis. Metropolitan these discussion spaces, as well and innovation; and adequate and as emphasizing the importance of efficient financing. Management and Governance”, of the applying the principles of the New Urban National University of Colombia Agenda – NUA, urban planning policies, Finally, she mentioned the contributions that, along with the University of the Organizations: UN-Habitat, and post-COVID-19 socio-economic recovery processes. Following this Andes of Colombia, ASOCAPITALES has Metropolis;Universidad Nacional de been developing through research that Colombia intervention, UN-Habitat coordinator for the Andean countries Hub, Roi Chiti, analyzes economic reactivation scenarios, and makes recommendations applicable VII National Urban Forum- made a brief welcome greeting and for those actions and strategies to be NUF2020: Resuming the path emphasize the relevance of the System implemented by the System of Cities of urban development beyond of Cities of Colombia as the backbone to deal with the crisis and post-crisis COVID-19 for balanced, sustainable, and efficient urban and territorial development. COVID-19. Villavicencio, Colombia 30 October Finally, Luz María Zapata, Executive Mr. Daniel Gómez, General Deputy 2020 – National Urban Forum - NUF Director of the Association of Capital Director of The National Planning, gave a 2020 "Resuming the Path of Sustainable Cities – ASOCAPITALES (for its acronym brief presentation of the Index of Modern Urban Development: Beyond COVID-19" in Spanish), thanked the attendees and Cities, the System of Cities of Colombia was held as part of the celebration of government entities for their participation and the main public policy challenges World Cities Day and Urban October, in the Forum. of this system. The Index of Modern whose objective was to generate a space Cities is a national and subnational where the challenges and opportunities The thematic module 1 “System of Cities tool, which reveals the state of the City of the implementation of the System of of Colombia”, opened a dialogue between System, presenting holistically an analysis Cities of Colombia were discussed, the the National Government, represented of social, environmental, economic, role of cities in the post-conflict context, by the National Planning Department – technological, institutional, and security the solidarity response to internal and (DNP for its acronym in Spanish) and issues. This multidimensional and external migration phenomena, and ASOCAPITALES, which focused on the multi-territorial index helps to identify actions focused on national and local advances and challenges of implementing actions for improvement, formulation economic reactivation, responding to national policy for the consolidation of the of integral and sustainable urban the crisis generated by the COVID-19 System of Cities of Colombia. public policies; and evaluation of the pandemic. The module began with the intervention effectiveness of the actions undertaken. This forum, which had more than 6,500 of Luz María Zapata, who gave a brief Among the most outstanding results reproductions on the Facebook Live page description of the work of Asocapitales, of the application of this index, great of the Mayor’s Office of Villavicencio, was an organization that aims to work on challenges have been identified for the attended by representatives from different the consolidation and management of System of Cities of Colombia especially cities of the country and high-profile a common development agenda built in terms of productivity, connectivity, national experts, who, over four thematic by collective actions from the territories, sustainability, associativity, ICTS, security, segments, analyzed and discussed with issues of national, regional and local equity, and social inclusion. One of the the challenges of Colombian urban scope and interest. This agenda aims to main challenges is the promotion of and territorial development and shared contribute to the implementation of the connectivity between municipalities, national and international experiences. System of Cities of Colombia by strategic especially considering that 2 per cent pillars: sustainable development and of them have regional transportation The event began with a welcome planning of the territory; promoting quality systems, and 40 per cent of municipalities greeting from Felipe Harman, mayor of life, equity and equal rights; physical are situated far away from some of the

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 83 56 nodes of the system. Strengthening Harman emphasized the importance (cycling and walking) increased, leading connectivity will contribute to the of the implementation of the principles to new opportunities to boost alternative optimization of functional relationships of the NUA in the response of public mobility means through integral mobility in agglomerations as connectivity institutions to the COVID-19 crisis and policies; (iii) In terms of public services, (infrastructure) improves, productivity, post-crisis. Thus, to consider sustainable most of the citizens have a perception competitiveness, and complementarity urban development as a key pillar for of delays in the provision of public are energized. reducing inequalities. It was emphasised services, with internet access being the that economic growth should focus most critical; (iv) In terms of security Module 1 concluded with the intervention on job creation and decent work, total most citizens claimed to feel safe in their of Jorge Iván Rincón, professor at the access to quality and low-cost public neighborhoods, as well as consider that Universidad Externado de Colombia, services, and strengthening human cities the conflicts of greatest recurrence relate who summarized the main challenges and settlements through quality-of-life to the provision of public services, health, facing the System of Cities of Colombia urban planning. Finally, Mayor Harman and community cohabitation. Finally, as: (i) Isolated cities in the territory and presented the strategy of economic citizens have a negative perception in lack of connectivity, consequently, lack of and social revival implemented by the regard to the security measures taken economic specialisation and low levels Local government of Villavicencio, based and are not satisfied with how the Local of regional and national competitiveness; on four lines of action: (i) Modern and governments communicate decision (ii) lack of productive capacity of rural Sustainable Villavicencio for habitat making. municipalities in contrast with medium- generation, infrastructure investment, sized cities or capital cities, leading to and subsidies generation. (ii) Smart Patricia Lizarazo, Senior specialist at food security problems; and (iii) the City for the consolidation of cadastral UN-Habitat, mentioned that the great absence of regulation in large urban systems, municipal public services challenge in the face of the health centres, intermediate cities, and small companies, including ITs; (iii) Fall in love emergency is the non-erosion of municipalities. Finally, Rincón mentioned with Villavicencio for tourism promotion democracy, and emphasized the need two central themes in the implementation and, (iv) Buy Local to strengthen local to support with differentiated actions of this Policy; first, the high percentage of production. to vulnerable populations, including Municipalities of Colombia still present those in poverty and extreme poverty. first-generation Land-use Plans, whose Afterward, the National Coordinator Regarding socio-economic recovery, it definitions in most cases do not respond of the Network of " Red de Ciudades was suggested to create a green pact to the identity of the municipality or Cómo Vamos", Luis Sáenz, released the that would focus on encompassing a long-term urban project. Secondly, results of the Virtual Survey “My city, My financing, investment, and ideas aimed he highlighted the need for a national Voice”, whose objective was to follow at sustainable actions with territorial and cadastral policy, which contributes to up on the perception of citizens during supra-regional entities. Furthermore, strategic definitions based on data the COVID-19 emergency of several Lizarazo emphasized that public policies and smart governance and directs the aspects: optimism, economic situation focused on reducing inequality and youth planning towards a clear and defined and poverty, health, education, mobility, inclusion through entrepreneurship objective. and public services, security, justice, needed to be put in place to lessen the participation and co-responsibility, effects of the pandemic on this age group. The thematic module 2 “Cities and and public management. As a result of COVID-19: challenges for the reactivation 60,000 surveys, the most relevant topics The third thematic module “Cities and of cities”, was presented as an open pointed out were: (i) In terms of poverty, Post-conflict” was opened by Adolfo Bula space for dialogue, where the impacts of the middle class is at risk of increasing Ramírez, Secretary of Government of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy its poverty levels due to the COVID-19 the Municipality of Santa Marta, and the of cities and the reactivation strategies crisis; (ii) In terms of mobility, the use of Secretary of Planning of the Municipality implemented by them were addressed. mass transport was significantly reduced, of Cúcuta, Margarita Contreras. Mr. The Mayor of Villavicencio, Felipe while alternative transportation systems Ramirez’s presentationIn presentation

84 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 “The Configuration of Cities and Forced emphasized the need to strengthen crisis coming from Venezuela, generating Displacement” presented the context of the public, referencing public spaces, unemployment rates and informality. In the city of Santa Marta in the framework institutionality, and control of public this context, the current Land-use Plan is of the post-conflict process, indicating services. not responding to the current population that even though 42 per cent of the growth, so it is vitally important to update population of the municipality had been Finally, the fourth thematic module it to the realities of the territory and displaced by the Colombian armed Dialogue with Local Authorities, articulate it to the metropolitan area that conflict, nevertheless, their needs moderated by Augusto Pinto, Senior allows the promotion of access to basic and rights traditionally have not been specialist at UN-Habitat, began with the services, employment, and economic adequately addressed by the action of discussion of the panelists’ vision of the opportunities and decent housing for all. the local government. In this context, it role of non-capital cities in the face of was noted that the main challenges that post- regionalization and reactivation Monica Villegas, Education Manager arise from the Colombian armed conflict processes due to the COVID-19 crisis. for Citizenship of the Corona are segregation and lack of institutional One of the main topics of the discussion Foundation, referred to municipalities capacities. Thus, the local government centered around the rapid growth of and agglomerations as entities that of Santa Marta presented a proposal urban agglomerations and the resulting share cross-cutting challenges. The at the national level to confront these territorial segregation. José Fernando main challenge is the definition of challenges. Escobar, Mayor of the Municipality metropolitan governance with the of Itagüí, noted that in the particular definition of competencies, funding The Secretary of Planning of the case of this municipality belonging to sources, democratic representation, Municipality of Cúcuta, Margarita the Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá and citizen participation. It was also Contreras, referred to the objectives Valley, has high levels of migration that recommended to establish new models established by the Government Plan of contribute to the economic dynamization of metropolitan governance, dealing with the Mayor of Cúcuta, Jairo Yañez, in terms of the city, as well as challenges in the increasing complexities and in line with of urban development, which ensure the management and occupation of the the real needs of the agglomerations of territorial equity and habitat. The most territory. Thus, it is imperative to advance metropolitan areas, as well as to develop relevant objective of this plan is to use actions for the containment of the city's comprehensive economic strategies, territorial planning instruments to build a excessive growth by the definition of oriented to strategic planning, aimed at sustainable territory, with an infrastructure instruments to eject urban control, soil generating inclusive urban planning and system to support socio-economic legalisation, green belt generation, and territorial solidarity. activities, and a network of green the advantage of economic capacities spaces in the city, through an efficient generated by migrant populations. On The Mayor of Villavicencio, closed the territorial order. Thus, the definition of the other hand, Daniel Bernal, Mayor of Forum and thanked UN-Habitat for an urban border is accompanied by the Funza, noted that the main challenge of generating these spaces for discussion implementation of legalization actions at the municipality is the integration into and concluded with the premise: urban informal settlements. the dynamics of Bogota´s metropolitan “It is necessary to position the region concerning conditions of safety, To conclude Module 3, Gerardo construction of a better quality of habitat, employment, cost of public services, and to consolidate an agenda that Ardila, Professor of the National mobility, and health service. University of Colombia mentioned challenges the conditions of inequality, the importance of modifying the Moreover, Luis Daza, Secretary of Housing addressing the structural needs of cities” socioeconomic stratification policy in of the Municipality of Villa del Rosario, Afterward, the Regional Director for UN- the country to promote and support the indicated that the municipality faces Habitat Latin America and the Caribbean, implementation of the peace agreements great challenges such as the excessive Elkin Velasquez, participated in the in urban territories. Furthermore, Ardilla population growth due to the migration closure of this space.

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 85 Webinar on the challenges of Subsequently, Panel 2 discussed the express their ideas and thoughts on how integration of refugees and role of cities in implementing actions to achieve more sustainable cities and migrants that promote sustainable development, communities. through the use diversity and human Bogota, Colombia 30 October 2020 – talent of refugees and migrants and The activity consisted of gathering the The Webinar: The Challenges Integration was attended by high-level experts, opinions of 16 professionals in various of Refugees and Migrants with vocation such as Diego Beltrand, special areas related to the urban field and then to Stay in the Cities of Latin America and envoy IOM Director-General for the sharing these criteria through a series the Caribbean” was a space implemented Regional Response to the Situation in of publications on the organization's by UNHCR, IOM and UN-Habitat within Venezuela; Elkin Velasquez, UN-Habitat social media platforms (Instagram and the framework project "Inclusive Cities, Regional Director for Latin America Facebook). Communities of Solidarity ". This regional and the Caribbean and Felipe Muñoz, A total of 18 publications were produced webinar opened the dialogue around the Head Migration Unit Inter-American and shared, reaching an overall of challenges and opportunities of cities for Development Bank. Similarly, there 3533 accounts. There were valuable the integration of refugees and migrants was participation of different levels of interactions and feedback, from an with vocation to stay from the experience national government, such as Minister audience mainly from the following of cities subject to the project, strategic María Antonia Masana García, Director countries: Costa Rica, Italy, Germany, and cooperative partners region. of Protection and National Assistance Peru, and the United Kingdom. Foreign Affairs Ministry of Peru; and The event began with the welcome representatives of local governments with greeting UN-Habitat the Andean Countries high reception of human mobility, such HUB Coordinator, Roi Chiti; followed Ecuador as Jairo Yáñez, Mayor of San José de by Maimunah Mohd Sharif, Executive Cúcuta, Colombia and Alfonso Cabello, director of UN-Habitat; and Patricia I City Forum: Manta Development Councilor of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Llombardt, European Union ambassador and Sustainability Spain). to Colombia. Manta, Ecuador 5 October 2020 – The event was attended by around 200 Development and Sustainability was a The Panel 1 Webinar made visible the people on the event page. forum organized by the Manta Architechts challenges facing Latin American and Guild and the Laica Eloy Alfaro University Caribbean cities, in terms of integrating of Manabí – ULEAM by its acronyms in refugees and migrants, in the medium Costa Rica Spanish-, which assembled national and and long term; through the participation of international speakers and panelists. high-level experts such as Eduardo Stein, Towards Sustainable Cities and Joint Special Representative UNHCR and Communities The opening of the Forum was carried IOM; Isabel Márquez, Deputy Regional out by the Mayor of Manta, Agustín Director Americas for UNHCR, as well as San Jose, Costa Rica 5 October 2020 – Intriago, and the Rector of ULEAM, Miguel representatives of different governmental During the month of October, Urbanalytica Camino. The forum involved international and civilian bodies, such as Gabriela -a collaborative platform of data-driven experts, such as the Spanish urban Quiroga, Secretary of Social Inclusion urban analysis- participated in the digital architect Josep María Llop, director of the Metropolitan District of Quito; Juan Carlos campaign: Towards Sustainable Cities UNESCO-CIMES chair and the Colombian Viloria, Vice President of Venezuelans in and Communities. The main goal of this architect, Augusto Pinto Carrillo, as Barranquilla and Sabrina Crovetto, Head campaign was to share the criteria of well as UN-Habitat Andean Countries of Communication Technical Secretariat different experts and local actors through consultant. of Mercocity. a series of posts so that they could

86 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 Throughout the event, speakers raised The objective of these virtual workshops HABITAT III + 4 – Presentation of different points of view around the held over four days was to raise the Sustainable Habitat Agenda current situation and future challenges awareness among local government of Ecuador2036 for sustainable development and the officials of the Ecuadorian capital about environmental, social and economic the main challenges faced by refugees Quito, Ecuador 16 October 2020 – sustainability of the city of Manta. It and migrants in the country; facilitate Ministry of Urban Development and also addressed aspects related to the understanding about the considerations Housing, in cooperation with GIZ and UN- state of planning instruments such as regarding humanitarian protection, its Habitat, launched the Sustainable Habitat the development plan and land use principles derived from the right to live Agenda of Ecuador 2036 (AHSE by its plan. Finally, there was a talk about with dignity, the right to humanitarian acronym in Spanish), after more than metropolitan dynamics, impacts on assistance, the right to protection and the three years of work and consultations rural land occupation and environmental right to security; and provide an overview with the various actors in the country's protection areas, and the role of the city in of gender-based violence and how these sustainable urban development. the regional and national context. situations can be addressed, especially During the first day, the official with people in situations of human presentation of AHSE 2036 was done From UN-Habitat, elements were provided mobility. around the vision of city systems in by Julio Recalde, Minister of Urban territorial development and sustainability, In addition, these sessions served as Development and Housing, which seeks taking as an example the experience of an opportunity to contextualize the to achieve more equitable, productive and the national policy for the consolidation migration process of Venezuelan citizens, sustainable cities, with an emphasis on of Colombia's city system. Similarly, the as well as refugees who have arrived in governance and citizen participation, in importance of horizontal cooperation Ecuador; deepening the understanding order to achieve collective agreements between cities, and the consolidation of of human mobility, the challenges that that are sustainable over time. Following figures of territorial associativity for the this population faces in the process the presentation of the AHSE, Roi Chiti, planning and governance of the territory of regularization and socio-economic Coordinator of UN-Habitat Andean of urban agglomerations such as Manta, inclusion in our cities and raising Countries, gave the presentation "National were highlighted. awareness of the opportunities and Agendas in the framework of the challenges that migration presents for implementation, monitoring and reporting Awareness and Training Sessions cities.The most relevant being access to of the New Urban Agenda", followed by a on Human Mobility, Protection the right to adequate housing. presentations by Emil Rodríguez, urban and the Right to Housing specialist of the CAF, Development Bank Finally, it was emphasized at the close of Latin America, among others. Quito, Ecuador 5 October 2020 – of the workshops that "Housing is a Under the Initiative: “Inclusive Cities, fundamental human right, a catalyst for On the second day, a multi-actor dialogue Communities of Solidarity”, the access to human rights and the basis of was held that included the Association of UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the the well-being of people especially for Municipalities of Ecuador; the Secretariat International Organization for Migration the most vulnerable population, such as of Higher Education, Science and (IOM) and the United Nations Human the population in situations of human Technology; Ecuador's Consortium of Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat; with mobility, the central axis of our work with Provincial Governments, among other the support of the European Union held the Municipality." actors. the webinars 'Awareness and Training The third day of the event was attended Sessions on Human Mobility, Protection by the civil society, who presented the and Right to Housing'. The webinars were citizen vision for the implementation of designed for the staff of the Secretariat of AHSE 2036, accompanied by the Deputy Social Inclusion of the Municipality of the Minister, Michelle Salazar, who stated Metropolitan District of Quito.

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 87 that the main task of the implementation human rights approach, in compliance October Urbano Javer of AHSE is the exchange of local and with the Sustainable Development Goals. international experiences that allow to Monterrey, Mexico 5 October 2020 – rethink the way of planning and managing According to the survey conducted for the During October, Casas Javer marked cities. event, answered by 27 of the 37 registered World Habitat Day with a national people, most participants managed to videoconference for 53 participants Finally an agreement on AHSE 2036 was reflect on the importance of incorporating followed by a contest for children in signed in the plans and programmes the human rights approach in urban which they had to draw the "housing of sectoral ministries. The event management. They indicated that the development of their dreams." After was witnessed by Phillip Schauer, contents and methodology allowed seeing a video, the children were ambassador of Germany to Ecuador them to deepen and strengthen their encouraged to use their imagination to and Elkin Velasquez, Regional Director knowledge. As a result, the overall rating create better housing development. In of UN-Habitat for Latin America and the of the event was 89per cent. total, 14 children participated, and the Caribbean. winners got an electronic purse. Then Organizations: Office of the Ombudsman there was a virtual panel, which included of Ecuador; Sustainable Cities Building human rights cities: previously shared survey results. World Program (PCIS), implemented by the Tools for urban management with Cities Day was celebrated with a panel German Technical Cooperation (GIZ) a human rights approach which shared the knowledge taught in the commissioned by the Ministry of Diploma of the New Urban Agenda of the Quito, Ecuador 22 October 2020 – In Economic Cooperation and Development TEC of Monterrey. conjunction with The Sustainable of the Federal Republic of Germany Intermediate Cities Program of the (BMZ). Defensoría del Pueblo de Ecuador; Organizations: Casas Javer, Javer German Technical Cooperation -GIZ, the Programa de Ciudades Sostenibles Ecuadorian Ombudsman Office carried (PCIS), ejecutado por la Cooperación Responsible Production and together various actions to promote Técnica Alemana (GIZ) por encargo del Consumption webinar dialogue between different sectors. Ministerio de Cooperación Económica Tijuana, Mexico 5 October 2020 – With The activities included actors from the y Desarrollo de la República Federal de the attendance of 240 participants, public sector, civil society organizations, Alemania (BMZ) the virtual conference "Responsible academia, and non-governmental Production and Consumption" was held organizations to converge on timely within the framework of World Habitat solutions that promote the effective Mexico Day and the Urban October activities exercise of human rights and nature in of UN-Habitat México. Professor cities and their surroundings. Improvement of street roads Milton Castillo Bazaes, Representative Against this background, the education- Heroica Nogales, Mexico 3 October 2020 of the International Network for SDG communication package "Let's build – A Saturday, Day of Improvement of Promoters in Chile, gave the conference human rights cities" was shared in unpaved street roads was held in Heroica to the community of Universidad de las Urban October. We developed several Nogales. The benefiting streets were Calle Californias Internacional and UNISON. educational resources based on Human Andador A en la Col. Art. 27 and Calles Thanks to IMEF Universitario UDCI Rights Education that seek to strengthen Andador B and Calle Cerrada Celaya en Tijuana for the collaboration and support the capacities, abilities, attitudes and la Col. CTS-CROC of our City of Nogales, of the Coordination of Link to realize the aptitudes of the different actors who Sonora. We had significant participation event. participate in the planning, design, of the sector residents who appreciated implementation and monitoring of the attention and caring for their streets. #OctubreUrbano # DíaMundialDelHábitat policies, plans and programs in urban Organizations: Reynaldo Gutiérrez, # DíaMundialDeLasCiudades management so that they incorporate the Technological Institute of Nogales #YoSoyUDCI #AgentesDeCambio

88 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 Urban Solutions for Sustainability work and other actors from civil society, German Embassy, thanked the institutions academia, and the private sector linked to for their commitment to developing this Mexico City, 6 October 2020 – A webinar comprehensive coastal management are project to support the objectives of the on initiatives and projects, with youth also involved. International Agenda for Sustainable participation, to create more sustainable, Development. fair, resilient and inclusive urban spaces The project's presentation was made in was held in October the framework of Urban October 2020, a In a discussion held on green month of global activities and debates on infrastructure and coastal cities, The webinar was attended by Switch urban sustainability promoted by UN- Dr. Rodolfo Silva, a researcher at UNAM, Off Mx; MakeSense; the Sustainable Habitat. More than 300 people attended commented that green infrastructure Agroecological Food Network; RAAS the virtual presentation. Actors from the seeks solutions that allow us to return to AC and Cecropia - Sustainability and different orders of government and civil the natural flows of ecosystems. Dr. María Climate Action; and organizations with society participated in the event, from Luisa Martínez, a researcher at INECOL, initiatives on energy efficiency, social states such as Baja California, Veracruz, added that it is essential to consider entrepreneurship, urban food security, Nayarit, Quintana Roo and Sonora. ecosystems' heterogeneity for their and sustainable use and conservation of implementation. biodiversity in Cities. " As an initial message, Sergio Mendoza, General Director of Environmental, Urban Organizations: GIZ Mexico; Ministry of The official presentation of and Tourist Promotion of SEMARNAT, the Environment and Natural Resources; BIOCITIS, Mexico-Germany gave special thanks to Germany's Ministry of Agrarian, Territorial and bilateral project Government for carrying out this project. Urban Development Subsequently, Martha Niño, Director Mexico City, 8 October 2020 – On of Urban Sustainability of the same Mexico, Mexico City Urban Thursday, October 8, 2020, the project institution, said that BIOCITIS would Solutions for Sustainability II "Sustainable Development in Coastal contribute to the Urban Environmental Mexico City, 13 October 2020 – A Urban Regions through Integration of Agenda -in which SEMARNAT and webinar was held on initiatives and Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity" SEDATU currently work providing concrete projects, with youth participation, to was officially presented. The project aims examples of territorial-based policies. to improve the protection of biodiversity create more sustainable, fair, resilient and and ecosystem services in urban coastal Diana Quiroz, Director of Public Policies at inclusive urban spaces. regions in Mexico. SEDATU, explained how considering the The webinar was attended by the current risk factors that lead to irreversible Planning Institute of the Municipality of BIOCITIS is a project supported by changes in coastal ecosystems, the Querétaro, Isla Urbana, Weeds AC and The the Federal Ministry for Economic strategies and actions are proposed Climate Reality Project. We talked about Cooperation and Development of by SEDATU seek to value ecosystem initiatives for the appropriation of public Germany (BMZ) and implemented by services in planning both land use, land spaces and the enjoyment of cities, the the German Cooperation for Sustainable and housing. Gustavo Cabrera, Director sustainable management of water and Development (GIZ), whose official of Technical and Scientific Cooperation the importance of techniques such as counterpart is the Secretariat for the at the Mexican Agency for International rainwater catchment in the urban area Environment and Natural Resources Development Cooperation (AMEXCID), and community creation through activities (SEMARNAT ) and as implementation stressed how these scenarios would and practices for the conservation of partners to the Ministry of Agrarian, help gather successful experiences biodiversity and natural resources. Territorial and Urban Development of integration of nature with human (SEDATU). Local governments of the development. Martina Vatterodt, the coastal regions where the project will political adviser for cooperation at the

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 89 Masterclass: Resiliencia Urbana and commitment that we must have In total, three panels were held: towards our City as a resident. There were Mérida, Mexico October 13 2020 – The high participation and gratitude from the Panel I: Safer cities in the context of the Masterclass addressed the following neighbours for this vital action. United Mexican States topics: • María Dolores Franco, General Director Organizations: Reynaldo Gutiérrez, Grupo of Urban Development and Housing of • Conceptual definition of systemic Gutiérrez. the Secretariat of Agrarian, Territorial resilience. and Urban Development (Sedatu) Improvement of Public Spaces • Resilience in the international • Juma Asiago, Coordinator of the Safer development agendas. Heroica Nogales, 17 October 2020 – A Cities Program, UN-Habitat Saturday Day of Improvement of Public • Franz Vanderschueren, Academic, • Urban Resilience Spaces, based on the rehabilitation of the Alberto Hurtado University, Chile • Case study Jacarandas Recreational Park located in • Bernd Pfannenstein, Academic, the vicinity of Col. Jardines del Bosque Autonomous University of Querétaro, • Urban resilience in the aftermath in the City of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, Mexico of the COVID-19 crisis. to promote vigilance, care and voluntary maintenance of the community in this Moderation: Monserrat Iglesias, Director Urban planning and available type of Public Spaces. Additionally, we of Political Coordination of the Ministry housing in central urban areas raised awareness about the benefits and of Foreign Affairs advantages that these areas have for the Mérida, Mexico 13 October 2020 neighbourhoods, mainly in terms of social Panel II: The vision of four mayors to - A panel that aimed to analyze the cohesion. build safer cities in Mexico challenges and contributions of housing • Claudia Rivera Vivanco, Municipal concerning the 2017 proposal of the Organizations: Reynaldo Gutiérrez, President of Puebla, Puebla Urban Development Program (PDU) as Master in Urbanism well as the new policies in central areas • Karla Ruiz MacFarland, Municipal and future urban planning Forum "Safer cities in Mexico President of Tijuana, Baja California #SRE". • Zulema Adams Pereyra, Municipal Organizations: CREHABITAT; Faculty President of Tecate, Baja California of Architecture of the Autonomous Cuauhtémoc, Mexico 23 October 2020 – • Araceli Brown Figueredo, Municipal University of Yucatán; College of Habitat The event had the special participation of President of Playas of Rosarito, Baja Designers and Urbanists of Yucatan AC; Martha Delgado Peralta, Under-secretary California Inhabiting and more; Grupo Architecture for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights, Secretariat of Foreign Relations in Mexico Moderation: Horacio Urbano, President Drum Donation and President of the First Assembly of of Urban Center the United Nations Human Settlements Heroica Nogales, 14 October 2020 – Programme - UN-Habitat. Panel III: The reconstruction of the social Grupo Gutiérrez donated a 200-litre fabric through safer cities capacity steel drum for the correct Román Meyer Falcón made special • Evaristo Hernández Cruz, Municipal disposal and proper urban solid waste remarks, Secretary of Agrarian, Territorial President of Centro, Tabasco management of 10 families living in Las and Urban Development (Sedatu); and (Villahermosa) Bellotas, an urban subdivision in the Maimunah Mohd Sharif, Executive • Sergio Pablo Mariscal, Municipal City of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. The Director of the United Nations Human President of Cajeme, Sonora (Ciudad activity served to focus the attention on Settlements Programme - UN-Habitat. garbage in our urban environment and Obregón) raise awareness about the responsibility

90 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 • Luis Eduardo de la Mora de la their reactions. The best proposal will be to immediately so that cities' future is Mora, General Coordinator of considered in the improvements of the based on buildings that allow coexistence, Comprehensive City Management, locality's public space to which it refers. habitat and work—also survival. Municipality of Guadalajara, Jalisco Moderation: Horacio Urbano, President New Paradigm in the Design "Urban gardens, our grain of sand of Centro Urbano. of Modern Communications to help the planet." Systems, the case of Smart Cities Organization: Urban Center Mexico City, 27 October 2020 – This was Mexico City, 26 October 2020 – The a dialogue to present how urban gardens Improvement of Urban Image development of information and are gaining more importance due to the communications technologies allows Heroica Nogales, 24 October 2020 – The many benefits they offer for large cities, us to think of alternatives to connect city’s image was improved by developing including improving the planet. We aimed different geographical points of modern the Eraser Campaign; we painted to answer what they are? Where do I cities through the use of sensors, negative Graffiti that was generating a start? How do I help the planet? Why are actuators and communication nodes for perception of insecurity in Colonias Villa they important? different purposes. "The Internet of Social Sonora, Nuevo Nogales and the atrium Things (IoT)" or the "Internet of Social The value of sociocultural of the Sanctuary Cathedral of our City of Vehicle Things" will allow multidisciplinary urbanization for sustainable Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. We aimed to work on issues of communications, development guided by focus the attention of the community on networks, drones, energy, urban planning, environmental complexity in how negative messages affect the urban cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and contemporary cities environment. Additionally, a call was sustainability, among many others. made to the border city to take concrete Mexico City, 27 October 2020 – Today, action and combat this problem to avoid Artificial Intelligence + Robotics cities are facing various challenges damaging the urban image. + Internet of things = Efficient posed by the Pandemic caused by COVID-19. It is essential to recognize Organizations: Reynaldo Gutiérrez, Grupo mobility in cities the value of sociocultural urbanization to Gutiérrez. Mexico City, 26 October 2020 – Artificial achieve sustainable development guided Improving the public space of intelligence, robotics and the Internet by environmental complexity where Santa María del Oro, Nayarit of things are three of the great pillars of innovative aspects are considered to the so-called Industry 4.0. One of the make them more humane. Santa María del Oro, Nayarit, Mexico significant problems of any city is the 26 October 2020 – To promote mobility of people and things. Urban October: Planning to citizen participation in public spaces' improve the future In this dialogue, we aimed to show improvement in our Municipality, citizens how integrating these three horizontal Puebla, Mexico 27 Octobr 2020 – were invited to participate in a digital disciplines can solve mobility issues. Through the Puebla Municipal Planning photography contest. Institute, the City of Puebla participated in The contest, a good quality photograph Sick buildings in the future of the #OctubreUrbano initiative, promoted of public space in their locality, attaching sustainable cities by UN-Habitat. On Tuesday, October in the same photo, the improvement 27 2020, the Webinar "Urban October: Mexico City, 27 October 2020 – One proposal, taking into account Planning to improve the future" was of the significant problems that cities sustainability, inclusion and innovation. broadcast live. In this event, IMPLAN face is the "Sick Building Syndrome". presented four planning instruments Without a doubt, the COVID 19 pandemic The contest closed on October 26. On that aim to improve habitat conditions in generated by the SarsCov-2 coronavirus October 28, the winner of the competition Puebla's Municipality. was recognized by the citizens through has set off an alert that must be attended

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 91 1. Municipal Indicators for 3. Housing Program for the Municipality 2. Generate and implement mechanisms Monitoring the SDGs of Puebla of organization and social participation that promote community The objective is to generate updated and The program's general objective is to ownership. systematized information that allows improve the municipal population's the monitoring of compliance at the access to adequate housing, giving 3. Consolidate institutional coordination local level with the goals established in priority to the economically most for the comprehensive management the UN 2030 Agenda and contributes to vulnerable, through 4 specific objectives, of public space. the Municipality's public policies' design 12 strategies, and 61 actions and Puebla. projects. 4. Generate accurate and up-to-date information to guide decision-making In this sense, these indicators were The program's conceptual and in the Public Space management designed through a clear and simple methodological approach is based processes. interpretation, giving priority to their on having adequate housing, which usefulness in designing public policies provides the security of tenure, availability Likewise, strengthening participatory for municipal development and decision- of services, materials, facilities and governance that allows dialogue and making. In addition to the above, its infrastructure, affordability, habitability, exchange of ideas, there was the construction was carried out based on accessibility, good location, and cultural participation of three outstanding citizens existing information that did not generate adaptation. and specialists in various topics, namely: the Puebla City Council's costs. 4. Public Space Program for the Maribel Flores Sánchez, a political 2. Poblana Charter for the Municipality of Puebla scientist, specializing in public Right to the City management, professor at the School The program's main objective is to of Social Sciences and Government of It is an instrument of participatory comprehensively manage public space in ITESM Campus Puebla. She has always governance that contains a vision the Municipality of Puebla to guarantee been a citizen committed to the integral collected from the community. It the Right to access, use, enjoyment, and development of the City of Puebla and provides a perspective for the City's appropriation by the population through its inhabitants, who presented the topic: construction that is wanted, the above, an operational period of 20 years. Reconstructing Citizenship. through a programmatic action plan that concentrates the goals to strengthen the The diagnosis of the program detected Natalia Sardá Cué, academic, citizen Right to the City. that the City of Puebla has 1.7 square counsellor and member of independent meters of public space per inhabitant groups with an emphasis on disability, This plan comprises five governing blocks, and that 35per cent of the urbanized promote universal design to achieve 40 lines of action to which is added a area lacks coverage. This is the result of accessibility in services and public measurement method, deadlines for the city model that generates economic spaces for everyone, who presented the obtaining results, managers, participants and social inequalities reflected in the topic: Citizen participation councils in and co-managers. lack of quality, connectivity and equitable collaborative actions by accessibility in distribution of public space. public spaces. This document places Puebla as a benchmark in the Right to the City's Therefore, four strategic objectives were Catalina Aguilar Oropeza, a woman with exercise through a tool that socializes and established to achieve the successful strong convictions in favour of gender establishes how it should be guaranteed implementation of a comprehensive equality and human rights. She was and enjoyed. management model: disciplined in continuous improvement and promoter of social and technological 1. Provide quality public space in an innovation for all people's well-being, equitable and connected manner.

92 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 those who wanted to participate, sent a text message to the cell phone of the CECA which included the topic of interest that they wanted to address or for any further information, as well as their full name - counting this as your registration to be part of the activity.

It was announced during the week, and was held on Wednesday October 28.

Those who wanted to get involved were sent for a link through text message, a couple of days before, to enable them enter the meeting on-line on the Monday October 26.

Finally, in a small closing event on October 31 (adding to the activities 1 and 2 / the particular brief of this event was sent as the date approached on the area of Communication); a list of commitments to improve the spaces that make up the AMBU were communicated, according to the agreements reached in the virtual #OctubreUrbano initiative ©Puebla Municipal Planning Institute, Puebla, Mexico dialogue. which presented the topic: How Big Data for all. The meeting was open to the Organizations: Metropolitan Agency for and Artificial Intelligence help us create an general public who wanted to get involved Urban Forests of the Metropolitan Area inclusive city. and there was a special invitation to form of Guadalajara (AMBU) a table of experts who could answer At the end of the event, the General questions from the public. Hydroponics: A sustainable Coordinator of IMPLAN Puebla, Gerardo food production option for large Ríos Bermúdez, thanked the speakers' The title highlights the Environmental cities? (Hidroponía: ¿Una opción participation and all the people who Education Program of CECA, which de producción de alimentos followed the event, emphasizing that the develops a social axis to integrate sostenible para las grandes government-citizenship alliance is the citizens. ciudades?) solution to generate inclusive cities and The call was launched on Social affordable for all residents. Mexico City, 28 October 2020 – Networks on October 21 and took place Nowadays, cities are facing several on Wednesday, October 28. The activity Urban Dialogues: Improving my challenges due to the pandemic caused was coordinated by the Center for natural space (Diálogos Urbanos: by COVID-19. It is important to recognize Environmental Education and Culture of Mejorando mi espacio natural) the value of socio-cultural urbanization to the AMBU. achieve sustainable development guided Mexico City, 28 October 2020 – This by an environmental complexity where activity was a virtual dialogue roundtable, On Wednesday, October 21, the virtual innovative aspects are considered to with an online meeting on how to make roundtable was announced with make them more humane. AMBU sites better and more sustainable dissemination on social networks, where

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 93 Healthy Public Spaces (Espacios The SCJ in Querétaro organized a was accompanied by a proposal for públicos saludables) discussion panel with specialists in improvement. economics, environmental policy, and Organizations: Municipal Planning Mexico City, 28 October 2020 – The renewable energy issues. The topic Institute (IMPLAN) Santa Maria del Oro; events caused by the COVID-19 pandemic was sustainable development, its basic Municipal Government of Santa María reaffirm the risks of having chronic non- concepts, and sustainable cities in del Oro, Nayarit. communicable diseases, which have been México, as well as its schemes, results, seen with concern in recent decades, and prospects. Also, a webinar was World Metropolitan Day: Where as well as housing, urban, economic, held on working with agroecology in is the urban development of etc., problems have become evident; communities of Queretaro City, the Soledad de Graciano Sánchez however, it is necessary to observe the methods of working with social dynamics, heading? potential that the city has to safeguard the and emotional education through population in this relationship. community gardens in urban and peri- Soledad de Graciano Sánchez , Mexico urban areas (urban gardens). 28 September 2020 Light pollution in cities, trying to observe the sky (a contaminación The SCJ in Puebla held a webinar on the Activity I: Declaration of the delimitation lumínica en las ciudades, creation, use, and advantages of green of the historical centre of Soledad de tratando de observar el cielo) walls in urban spaces (also known as Graciano Sánchez. vertical gardens). Likewise, students Event: Signing of the administrative Mexico City, 28 October 2020 – Light presented the topic of sustainable agreement that authorises the work for pollution is produced by the emission architecture, a trend in architecture driven the declaration of the Historical Centre of light from artificial sources with high by the search for solutions to small and of Soledad de Graciano Sánchez, in intensities that, instead of sending light large-scale environmental problems accordance with the stipulations of the to the ground, emit it to the sky, being that offer ecological and sustainable articles: 115 of our Constitution; 114 of a problem mainly in large cities. This alternatives. phenomenon triggers several adverse the State Constitution; 2, 4 and 70 of the effects, including energy waste, air and The SCJ in Chihuahua had a discussion Organic Law of the Free Municipality maritime traffic difficulties, alteration of with prominent engineers and architects of the State of San Luis Potosi; as well biological cycles of some animals and in regard to the importance of social as articles 5, 6, 66 fraction V and VI, 68, plants as well as the loss of cultural and housing in Mexico for the urban and 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 100 and 101 of the scientific heritage such as the starry economic development of the country's Law of Territorial Ordering and Urban sky. families. Development of the State of San Luis Potosi, and others related to territorial Urban October: Webinars Improving public spaces in Santa ordering and urban development. María del Oro (Mejorando los Querétaro, Puebla and Chihuahua, espacios públicos de Santa María Participants: Mexico 28 October 2020 – The Young del Oro) • Gilberto Hernández Villafuerte, Scientist Society (Sociedad Científica Municipal President of Soledad de Juvenil - SCJ in Spanish), a non-profit Santa María del Oro Nayarit , Mexico 28 Graciano Sánchez. youth association dedicated to the public October 2020 - A digital photography communication of science., For the first contest was held. During the contest • Lic. Ricardo Gallardo Cardona, Federal time, the association organized a series more than 1,300 reactions were posted on Deputy. of conferences open to the general Facebook to show the need that citizens public called “Urban October” during the have in public spaces. The winner of • Luis Fernando Gámez Macías, Director last week of October. All the activities the contest was the Chapalilla Baseball of Urban Development of Soledad de achieved a high attendance of people, Park and the second runner up was Graciano Sánchez. especially of young enthusiasts interested Plaza Miguel Hidalgo. Each photograph in science and sustainable development. 94 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 • Architect Amado Cabrera Sánchez, Internet of Things (IoT): the construction and operation of urban Chronicler and Municipal Historian. enabling technology for smart housing - new and already built, that cities (Internet de las Cosas (IoT): generate comfortable, healthy, safe and Activity II: Webinar, Where is the urban la tecnología habilitadora de las aesthetic quality housing to ensure that development of Soledad de Graciano ciudades inteligentes) the inhabitants of them, achieve their Sánchez heading? and its importance in physical and mental well-being in decent the San Luis Potosí Metropolitan Area, in Mexico City, 29 October 2020 – The spaces that allow them to be happy. the face of the current health emergency Internet of Things (IoT) represents the at a global level. radical evolution of today's Internet into The generation and management an interconnected network of "smart of Urban Solid Waste in Mexico Event: Speech by Dr. Abraham Cárdenas, objects" that not only collect information (La generación y manejo de los research scientist at UASLP from the environment (sensing) and Residuos Sólidos Urbanos en Participants: Urban Development interact with the physical world (actuation, México) Department of the Municipality of Soledad command and control), but also use the Mexico City, 30 October 2020 – In de Graciano Sánchez, business chambers, Internet to provide information transfer, 2020, the Basic Diagnosis for Integrated universities, NGOs and guests. analysis, applications and communication services. A smart city (SC) is a framework Waste Management in our country was • UASLP composed mainly of IoT systems updated, which contains information • CANADEVI and Information and Communication that highlights the serious problems • AMPI Technologies (ICT), integrated to develop, that exist in waste management, which • CANACINTRA implement, and promote sustainable is far from being comprehensive. These problems and some alternatives to face • AC PROGRESS" development practices and meet the challenges of urbanization. This talk first the challenges they imply for society and Organizations: Municipio de Soledad de defined the concepts of IoT and SC, and the environment were addressed. Graciano Sánchez; Metropolis then explained through different examples why IoT is the enabling technology for Energy, a strategic ally of The contribution of the IPN community smart cities. sustainable cities (Energía, in the construction of an inclusive and aliado estratégico de ciudades sustainable Mexican society Urban housing in Mexico after sostenibles) (La contribución de la comunidad del COVID-19 (Viviendas urbanas en Mexico City, 30 October 2020 – The IPN, en la construcción de una sociedad México después del COVID-19) mexicana incluyente y sustentable) technological development of renewable Mexico City, 29 October 2020 – Today, energies is rapid and constant. The use Mexico City 29 October 2020--The IPN's the population living in urban dwellings of energy leads to the optimization and efforts to strengthen a comprehensive in Mexico and around the world has utilization in cities for an intelligent and training for its graduates, to promote been in a daily confinement forced by the resilient way of life that not only has that in their professional practice COVID-19, all this in a context of climate advantages for the environment but also they can boost various strategies to change. This poses, to the professionals an important economic value. prevent environmental deterioration of Architecture and Urbanism, new and contribute to Mexico's sustainable paradigmatic challenges of sustainability development. and resilience for the planning, design,

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 95 Urban Homeostasis and the "Thriving Cities" was a full day dedicated security, conflicts with food supply, and crisis caused by COVID-19 to reflecting and dialogue on the the challenge they face in terms of public (Homeostasis Urbana y la crisis importance of our cities and public life in health. They concluded with their opinions provocada por el COVID-19) our individual and collective wellbeing. and recommendations to make life in Local and international speakers shared cities more viable. Mexico City, 30 October 2020 – When their experience and vision on different we talk about homeostasis, we refer to topics: public space, economy, innovation, Living in VINTE (Vivir en VINTE) the equilibrium within systems. With the community, environment, art, among Mexico City, 31 October 2020 – VINTE arrival of the automobile in our country others. last century, the growth of the city began, Foundation broadcasts a video with in this case Mexico City, as it was possible Life during the pandemic, seen testimonies of neighbors from different to connect the living area with the through different forms (La communities developed by VINTE real buildings where the population would go vida durante la pandemia vista a estate, and they tell us about their to receive some service, especially those través de diferentes formas) experience to make their communities a of large capacity. These were located better place to live. Posters were created further and further away, for which some Toluca, Mexico 30 October 2020 – alluding to Better Community, Better Life. pre-Hispanic canals were drained, and This gallery was proposed based on some rivers were piped to favor their the current situation in the world and Circular fashion and responsible passage, altering the hydrological system, how people go through their daily practices (Moda Circular y that has generated an imbalance in the lives. The students of the degree in prácticas responsables) Territorial Planning made the proposal urban space. It is possible that there is a Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico 10 to communicate the day to day work, relationship between paving as the main November 2020 – "The conference was virtual study, and daily activities through characteristic of the urban system, as postponed from October 29 2020 to photographs. The call was made among well as its relationship with the effects November 10 2020 due to the "blackout" classmates and professors of the on the environmental system of water in Colombia, the country where the university. The gallery was also presented and air, which leads us to think that these speaker was located. alterations in the urban environmental virtually. systems were exacerbated during the The objective of the conference was Organizations: Universidad Autónoma pandemic caused by COVID-19 (derived to raise awareness for responsible del Estado de México (Autonomous from Project SIP-20200985). consumption, taking care of the Univertisity of Mexico State) environment and respecting the human Thriving Cities The future outlook for cities, a rights of workers." Monterrey, Mexico 30 October 2020 look from different perspectives – "Thriving Cities" was held on Friday, (La perspectiva a futuro de las Panama October 30, as part of the activities of the ciudades, un vistazo desde online forum "Wellbeing 360", organized diferentes enfoques) Public Space Intervention and by the Institute of Happiness Sciences of Mexico City, 31 October 2020 – Tactic Urbanism (Recuperación the TecMilenio University with free and Participants will discussed cities and de Espacios Públicos y accessible content focused on the integral megacities, giving their views on why Urbanismo Táctico) wellbeing of people within five thematic people want to live in a city, and how, as a axes: Positive Organizations, Education Panama City, 16 October 2020 – result of the increase in urban population, in Wellbeing, Life with Purpose, Positive Recuperación de Espacios Públicos there are many problems in these Families and Wellbeing Cities. y Urbanismo Táctico / Public Space spaces, including water shortages, high Intervention and Tactical Urbanism was waste generation, difficulty in generating a Zoom Webinar for the co-creation of energy, increased violence, decreased

96 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 solutions through public polices and of housing as a means of accessing a inclusion. The event promoted innovation Peru better life. for Panamanian Parliament and an Chelas Urbanas interactive way for participants to provide The space ended with a shared reflection among attendees on the challenges of ideas including their perspective and Lima, 1 October 2020 – #ChelasUrbanas providing adequate housing in Peru, national realities of the following topics: (Urban Beers) is a semi-attendance and followed by an invitation to join to the currently virtual dialogue space, organized 1. Tactical Urbanism, A solution post celebrations of Urban October. by Lima Cómo Vamos and the Nodal COVID-19 network; in alliance with the network The event had a live participation of 2. Public Space Intervention, Mexico Ciudades Cómo Vamos and Ocupa Tu 91 on the event page, however, it was experience Calle with the support of the Architecture broadcasted by 6 organizations, so it is Network of Peru, and the dissemination estimated to have reached 15,000 views. 3. Public Policies for Urbanism, of LaMula.pe and LA Network. This space Panama history is characterized by being an exercise, CESAL: Sharing innovative although informal, serious and focused on experiences for safe cities in An important conclusion of this event building a critical and thoughtful dialogue the international campaign is the strength of local governments in regarding social, economic, cultural and promoted by UN-Habitat (CESAL: areas of capacity building, techniques political opportunities and challenges of Compartiendo experiencias and human resources in order to cities innovadoras para ciudades provide land management and public seguras en la campaña space solutions to optimize innovative The #37 edition of #ChelasUrbanas internacional impulsada por ONU processes. Decentralization will be served as the framework for the launch Hábitat) required for increased local government of Urban October and the celebration of and community’s wellness, agile World Habitat Day in Peru. Lima, 13 October 2020 – CESAL, within payment process and more budget for the framework of the Sustainable Cities infrastructure. The dialogue originated with the 11.0 project, joined this campaign formulation of the question: “What is and together with the Federation of Please send your comments and ideas, the urban agenda from UN-Habitat for Municipal Women FEMUM ALC held you'll find the last version of the public housing in our region and Peru?” thus the International Webinar "Building Safe policy in the next link: https://bit.ly/ starting the conversation between Communities in LAC: Strategies and LeyEspaciosPúblicos Efrén Osorio Lara, National Advisor of challenges facing COVID 19" on October UN-Habitat Andean Countries in Peru Organizations: Panama National 13. The main objective of the event was and Mariana Alegre Escorza, Executive Assembly / Member of Parliament, to share good practices and community Director of Lima Cómo Camos. Edison Broce; Fundación Libertad strategies developed in Peru, Honduras Panamá; Friedrich Naumann Foundation Likewise, the challenges faced by and El Salvador aimed at building safe, for Freedom; Norte Progresa authorities and governments at all levels inclusive and resilient cities. was addressed, in terms of ensuring In Latin America and the Caribbean, we access to housing, independent of their have particularly concerning indicators legal framework and set out the concept such as high urbanization, citizen of adequate housing.This was promoted insecurity and lack of public spaces by UN-Habitat , led by Efrén, who added causing environmental degradation and elements to the understanding of decent increasing social inequality. Furthermore, housing, not only focusing on traditional 80 per cent of the impact of disasters is qualitative or quantitative deficits, but also felt in cities, especially affecting the most transforming the collective construction vulnerable populations.

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 97 In the outskirts of eastern Lima these success of safe and sustainable cities Two events were held under this context: indicators are intensified by the lack is the result of the joint efforts of local of urban planning, lack of water and government and civil society. 1. Community campaign for the sanitation coverage, intra-family prevention of urban violence and In this sense, our objective is to violence and limited spaces for citizen promotion of good conviviality in the disseminate good practices and participation, among others. The post COVID-19 context community strategies developed in presence of COVID 19 has increased Peru and Honduras aimed at building During the Campaign, the main these problems, especially in the most safe, inclusive and resilient cities, which experiences in the construction of safe, disadvantaged communities. Therefore, -through their implementation- have inclusive and resilient cities of different the event highlighted the need to share collaborated to the efforts of containing communities and local stakeholders in community experiences that have worked the COVID 19 crisis. In Lima (Peru), this Peru were presented. These actions were both in Peru and in other countries, thus process has been carried out within the made visible through CESAL's social encouraging municipal and national framework of the Sustainable Cities networks such as Facebook, Twitter and governments to carry out these good project financed by the Madrid City Instagram. practices with their citizens, since the Council. 2. International Webinar

Building Safe Communities in LAC: Strategies, challenges and challenges facing COVID-19

The webinar counted with the special participation of the Global Coordinator of the Safer Cities Program UN-Habitat, Juma Assiago, who joined us from the Nairobi headquarters and shared with us the challenge of the 40 days of safe cities: "Currently UN-Habitat has a new challenge, implementing an agenda for social security, which involves not only crime prevention, but also the right to access goods and services that ensure the protection and quality of life for all. This campaign will expose innovations that have been implemented for the safety of towns and cities. We must all realize that violence prevention is everyone's responsibility. Local governments must take responsibility for the safety of their citizens and must seek to learn from practices that work in other parts of the world, so that they can implement strategies," he said.

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98 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 We were also honoured to have the On this occasion, Dr. Juan Carlos de boards; coordination between public presence of Dr. Nelson Saule, international Castro Pita, Deputy Director General of institutions and social organizations; expert and prominent leader of the Internationalization of the Madrid City strengthening the capacities of public Global Platform for the Right to the City, Council, from Spain, commented on the operators; dissuasive, preventive and who joined us from Brazil. During his role of the Madrid City Council in the educational actions; the recovery of participation, he commented that due to development of cities in Latin America public spaces and the installation of the COVID-19 pandemic, violence against and the Caribbean, and said that "the idea alarm systems. Among the main results women and discrimination increased of creating the Sustainable Cities 11. 0 obtained, there was an articulated work in his country, which is why the Global project was to instill a global awareness between neighbors, the Municipality of Platform for the Right to the City initiated about cities and the prevention of crimes Lurigancho Chosica, the National Police a campaign to address these realities. of all kinds that may occur in cities.I can and the Women's Emergency Center attest that the project is producing very and a better proximity and trust among Also, in response to the emergency of positive results and that it has been very them; likewise, citizen participation was the pandemic, they identified important ambitious in the sense that it has been increased, benefiting more than 12,000 aspects that must be addressed in applying four sustainable development people; abandoned public spaces were order to support the most vulnerable goals which are: sustainable cities and recovered; 10 community alarm systems communities: strengthening community communities; decent work and economic were implemented and public lighting was public services, promoting changes that growth; gender equality and climate improved, thus achieving a reduction in highlight the value of women within their action". crime. communities, and designing democratic mechanisms for a massive redistribution The second part of the event was On the other hand, the director of CESAL of social wealth and the economy in the dedicated to the community experiences in Honduras, José Parmo, highlighted service of the common good. He also that CESAL is carrying out in Peru, the work carried out in his country and commented that within the framework Honduras and San Salvador. From Peru, in El Salvador, countries where they have of Urban October month, they were to Heidi Grados, head of the Sustainable been working for 20 years on the issue carry out a campaign to pressure the Cities 11.0 project, highlighted the of habitability in response to natural authorities to act on long-term structural situation in the district of Lurigancho phenomena. In addition, they have been transformations and commit to protect Chosica, specifically in terms of citizen working to reduce citizen insecurity the social function of the city. security and the way in which the project and promote employability due to the addressed this issue. A large increase in high level of crime and violence due to In this sense, he specified: "Our work juvenile delinquency and violence against the presence of criminal gangs. In this emphasizes on cities understood as women was identified, as well as a loss of sense, strategies focused on 3 pillars common goods that fulfill their social trust in local authorities. were established: family, school and function and the Right to the City at the community, which have allowed the service of the whole community, ensuring In this context, the project began its strengthening of community structures social protection and quality of life for all. activities under the concept of citizen and an approximation between There are many initiatives that were made security as a right and for this it was communities, government institutions and by national and local governments such important to promote integrates efforts local actors. Through the articulated work as those presented by the City Council of from both the state and the citizens in of all, it has been possible to promote Madrid, which we must strengthen and order to to guarantee good coexistence activities in the urban environment to multiply to achieve safer, more fair and and eradicate all types of violence reduce violence, assist children and youth more egalitarian cities". inside and outside the home. Five work through family counseling, as well as strategies were proposed: strengthening The third special guest was the City promote and improve the employability of citizen security through the creation young people. Council of Madrid, which finances of neighborhood citizen security the Sustainable Cities 11.0 project.

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 99 The last block included a dialogue on more comprehensive approach, that is any infected people because they are community experiences that generate why our urban security policy is related organized and are constantly supervising safe neighborhoods from the point of to the new urban agenda 2030, with the and providing prevention messages view of municipal governments and sustainable development goals and with against the pandemic. For Elmer Medina, civil society. Olenka Ochoa, who is a 4 axes: metropolitan governance, public the work carried out by CESAL together representative of the allied network spaces and mobility, peaceful coexistence with local authorities has managed to FEMUM ALC and partner for the event, and social inclusion". change the population, improve public moderated the panel. Diego Echegoyen, safety and prevent dangers. Manager of Cooperation and International Erika Villavicencio, coordinator of the Relations of the Municipality of San district committee for citizen security At the end of the event, Olenka Ochoa Salvador, and Karen Zetino, Head of the of the Municipality of Lurigancho offered some words that summarized the Department of International Cooperation Chosica, was present as a municipal most important highlights of this meeting: of the Municipality of San Salvador, were official in Peru, who indicated that the "All the experiences presented show us also present. Both expressed that the municipality has been working together that the challenge of citizen security is not prevention of violence is the greatest with the Peruvian National Police and the the responsibility of a single stakeholder, challenge they are taking on. In this sense, community and highlighted that this union but is a multi-stakeholder one, that is, they have worked to promote education, has brought many benefits. Likewise, they a joint work where the Municipality, the youth employment, culture and sports, have had working tables with CESAL for National Police, and the community are among other areas, and pointed out that prevention and attention to COVID-19 and present". He also emphasized that in CESAL is one of their strategic allies with are immersed in the Sustainable Cities the last months due to the confinement, whom they have been able to expand the 11.0 project, working with neighborhood family violence and delinquency has intervention in order to be able to reach councils and community brigades in the increased. One of the greatest challenges more families. different lines of intervention. therefore is the accompaniment of adolescents, through actions that Two panelists from the Planning Office Representing the civil society in Lima promote employment, sports, and good of the Metropolitan Area of San Salvador Peru, neighborhood leaders from the coexistence. In this sense, he emphasized (OPAMSS), Jorge Manrique, who is Deputy district of Lurigancho Chosica, Noemí that inequality of opportunities is also Director of Planning and Research and De La Cruz and Elmer Medina, who are an element that should be prioritized Deputy Director of Social and Economic members of the neighborhood councils in in the search for solutions from the Development, and Roxana Mendoza, their housing associations, participated. communities and local governments. Head of the Economic Development and Noemí highlighted the importance of Social Cohesion Unit, commented on the the work carried out by CESAL together All the experiences developed in this actions being carried out in their country. with the National Police, the Municipality webinar have made it possible to learn The Metropolitan Area of San Salvador and the Women's Emergency Center, about good practices and strategies to has a council of mayors that establishes because it has allowed neighbors to achieve safe, inclusive and resilient cities, actions for 14 municipalities in the receive training and be prepared to and at the same time have shown that metropolitan area, in that sense, given respond to the needs of their district. in order to achieve this, it is necessary to the need to address actions to prevent He also commented that "thanks to the work together with the community and violence, they implemented the urban training and the early warning system, local governments. Likewise, the results security policy. "Considering that urban through the megaphones and cell phones obtained in each territory are an indicator security doesn’t refer to only violence we can communicate at all times to our that the methodologies do work and that allowed us to look for more structured neighbors of any danger, and with this we they can be replicated in any country in approaches, because if we want to are managing to reduce crime". Regarding the world that wishes to build cities for transform these insecure realities that the health emergency, he emphasized the benefit of the most disadvantaged we are living, we have to see it as a much that his association does not have populations.

100 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 Below are links to publications that have The Adequate Housing: Concept Among the most relevant conclusions, been made on social media: and Implementation it is possible to identify that Peru faces https://www.youtube.com/ a dilemma related to the legalization of Huancayo, Peru 9 October 2020 – The watch?v=g3sJcqb37DI video of the informal settlements that do not meet the Continental University of Peru has created webinar published on CESAL’s Youtube elements of appropriate housing, as well PROCIUDADES, a laboratory of proposals Channel as simultaneously facing a housing deficit for the development of cities, proposals in the consolidated city. https://bit.ly/3732s17 video of the that influence decision-making and webinar published on CESAL’s Facebook impact society. For PROCIUDADES, the The event had a live broadcast on page issues of the city involve the day-to-day Continental University’s Facebook Live, https://www.youtube.com/ life of all its inhabitants and are more however, the broadcast through the digital watch?v=NGB8F34h088 video of the related to their lives than is believed: from media Gestión, has been played five Sustainble Cities 11.0 Project where and how they live, to where and thousand times throughout October. https://bit.ly/35YV9s6 Note on the how they are going. The initiative has a webinar published on CESAL‘s webpage sustainable city approach and mobility First virtual meeting of community leadership in the https://www.facebook.com/ONGCESAL/ components and criteria to assess its effect on coexistence interactions. In context of Pandemic - "SONQO" posts/3740195736047915 Note on the (Primer encuentro virtual de webinar published on CESAL’s Facebook addition to the above, PROCIUDADES is also a space for debate and articulation liderazgos comunitarios en https://bit.ly/3fsuMOz invitation to the between the actors involved in the contexto Pandemia - "SONQO") webinar on CESAL’s Facebook page development and work of the city, where Lima, 24 October 2020 – This event https://www.facebook.com/ONGCESAL/ consensus is sought, placing the person promoted and encouraged citizens to posts/3733402516727237 Venezuelan as the center of everything. refugees and migrants support the 40 contribute to a new construction of social Days Safer Cities Campaign Within the framework of Urban October, change and the vindication of human rights in the country, through dialogue and https://www.facebook.com/ONGCESAL/ PROCIUDADES invited UN-Habitat to diversity. posts/3719285141472308 Community present the concept of appropriate housing and its implementation brigaders from the district of Lurigancho Topics: Chosica join the 40 Days Safer Cities experiences as a spatial, community and campaign individual element that allows people to 1. Housing and Habitat: Efren Osorio achieve a comprehensive development. Lara, on SDG 11 “Sustainable cities https://www.facebook.com/ONGCESAL/ and communities”, the New Urban posts/3713978458669643 The National This webinar and conversation was Agenda and Urban October 2020 Police and the Women's Emergency developed by Alfredo Lozada, Director - He focused on the importance Center of the district of Lurigancho of the Center for Studies for Cities of housing and habitat, reinforced Chosica join the 40 Days Safer Cities PROCIUDADES, accompanied by Efrén the fact that informal settlements Campaign Osorio, National Advisor for UN-Habitat continue to grow and are increasingly Andean Countries in Peru, who spoke https://www.facebook.com/ONGCESAL/ unaffordable, inadequate, informal and about the celebration of Urban October, posts/3713821508685338 The overcrowded. He stressed that during and with Diego Pérez Florean, who neighborhood safety councils of the quarantine, as our economy was presented the elements of the appropriate district of Lurigancho Chosica join the 40 affected, many households became housing, the challenges related to the Days Safer Cities campaign homeless due to forced evictions. crisis caused by COVID-19, as well as https://www.facebook.com/ONGCESAL/ Finally, he gave the figure that in Peru showed the efforts advanced by Mexico, posts/3666873546713468 CESAL joins there are 10.1 million households, and which seeks to implement this approach the 40 Days Safer Cities campaign that of these, 7.33 million are urban, through the implementation of public where 6.75per cent are unoccupied housing policies.

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 101 and 4.1per cent are inadequate and Likewise, the event sought to make visible It is a reality that the most vulnerable overcrowded housing. the urgency of generating proposals to communities are those that don´t have ensure access to appropriate housing public services and the inhabitants that 2. How to generate a culture of disaster and to contain and prevent the spread live in overcrowded small houses without risk management; CENEPRED - He of COVID-19, as well as to generate gardens or public spaces within their focused on explaining the different conditions of urban and community neighborhoods. In the city of Arequipa phenomena that affect housing resilience to this and other disruptive this is no exception, and we therefore and land occupation. In detail, he phenomena. sought to take advantage within the mentioned that we are exposed framework of Urban October and generate to climatic phenomena, natural For this, the issues developed were a dialogue that analyzes the challenges disasters, etc. that in some way make "The adequate Housing and COVID19" of housing in regard to the emergence of us vulnerable to the danger that our by Efrén Osorio, National Advisor of COVID-19. The event issues concentrated territory runs; in turn, the dangers of UN-Habitat Andean Countries for on the reality of housing, particularly in biological origin such as pandemics, Peru; "How to generate a culture in Peru, being in the vast majority of cases diseases, among others that we disaster risk management?" by engineer small and overcrowded spaces, which must take into account for social Juvenal Medina, Head of CENEPRED; do not meet the elements of decent and development, in terms of housing, land and "Community Health Education" by appropriate living. On the other hand, occupation (spatial planning for the Alexandro Saco, MINSA Peru. there was talk about the deficit of public development of cities). One of the most relevant conclusions is spaces and habitat and habitability in cities, principally in Arequipa. Finally, SONQO 2020 Meeting of the importance of the empowerment of long-term, medium-term and short-term Community Leaders in The urban communities, and the need to build convergent target approaches were made. Context of Pandemic in Lima, solidarity ties with the refugees, migrants Callao, Trujillo, Piura And and local host populations which can The event was launched with a few Limbayaque strengthen collective capacities to reduce words of welcome, by the UN-Habitat vulnerabilities, generated by housing Representative for Latin America and the Lima, 24 October 202 – Peru organized deficits or phenomena such as the Caribbean, Dr. Elkin Velasquez Monsalve, the first virtual meeting of community COVID-19 pandemic. followed by the guest panelists: Catherina leaderships, “SONQO”, in context of Martin Valdivia, candidate for the Master the Global Pandemic. This event was The event had more than 200 live of Urbanism at the UDEM and specialist supported by the private sector through participants via Facebook Live and the in sustainable design of HQE buildings©; SC Johnson and was held in partnership streaming video has reached more than Pablo Vega Centeno, professor and with the National Center for Disaster Risk 1700 views. researcher specialized in urban issues; Estimation, Prevention and Reduction César Eduardo Simborth; consultant (CENEPRED), the Peruvian Ministry of Discussion Session: Will the and external advisor on transport and Health (MINSA) and UN-Habitat, within Housing Challenge Change as mobility metropolitan reforms in the the framework of Urban October. a Consequence of COVID-19 Pandemic? cities of Lima, Trujillo and Arequipa; and The event aimed to attract community Luana Vasquez Samalvides, expert in leaders, including population leaders of Arequipa, Peru 28 October 2020 – Latin health and environmental psychology refugees and migrants of Venezuelan American cities were already immersed issues. The final address was given by origin. The objective was to promote and in a set of economic, social and cultural Architect Xavier Orlando Ugarte, Regional encourage citizens to contribute to a problems prior to the emergence of the Dean Arequipa College of Architects, who new construction of social change, and COVID0-19 pandemic. The presence of highlighted the importance of government the claim of human rights in the country, this pandemic has visibly widened the rectory in the formulation of housing through dialogue and enhancing diversity. gaps in inequality between the population. policies that incorporates global trends.

102 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 Although the event was initially Coffee with Europe: Venezuelan seeks to provide permanent solutions aimed at architectural professionals Migration and Solidarity in Peru to the refugee and migrant population and urban experts, in particular the of Venezuela. With vocation to stay community Catholic University of San Lima, 28 October 2020 – Since the in Peruvian cities, particularly in the Pablo de Arequipa, who hosted the declaration state of emergency in Perudue Metropolitan Municipality of Lima and event, the general public was allowed to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has support the local government, in the to participate as well. The event had forced the population in the country to live formulation and implementation of 100 live participants, however, it did not in social isolation, some sector population policies and plans at the territorial and have a broadcast or recording on social have seen their livelihoods diminished. urban level that make the refugee and networks. Among those who have been particularly migrant population visible and create affected are Venezuelan migrants and conditions of integration and inclusion Will the housing challenge refugees who went on to live in conditions with host communities. change with the COVID-19 of high vulnerability. pandemic? (EL DESAFÍO DE LA The emerging care during the pandemic VIVIENDA CAMBIARÁ CON LA In this digital edition of Coffee with period was also addressed in regard to PANDEMIA DE COVID 19?) Europa, Diego Mellado, Ambassador of direct support being provided to more the European Union in Peru and Efrén than 4000 Venezuelan families, as well Arequipa, Peru 28 October 2020 – Latin Osorio, Focal Point Initiative “Inclusive as to dialogues with the local authority American cities were already immersed Cities, Communities of Solidarity” and to improve the source, management and in a series of economic, social and UN-Habitat Andean Countries Advisor in treatment of relevant information related cultural problems. The presence of this Peru, talked about cooperation focused on to the care of migration phenomena. pandemic has made inequality gaps supporting the population in times of the between the population more visible pandemic and the path towards economic The event had a live participation of 145 and the case of housing is an issue that reactivation; as well as the relationship people via Facebook Live, however, the should be discussed. It is a reality that between the development of cities and the video has over 1200 views. the most vulnerable communities lack social inclusion of refugees and migrants. public services and the inhabitants live in #CÓMOVAMOS – Markets The conversation began with a message overcrowded houses without gardens or and the street as a workspace from Ambassador Mellado, where public spaces within their neighborhoods. (#CÓMOVAMOS - Mercados y la he expressed the European Union's Our city of Arequipa is no exception and calle como espacio de trabajo) wishes for Peru to recover quickly from it is time to analyze the challenges of the effects of the pandemic under a Lima, 29 October 2020 – We discussed housing in the face of COVID-19. We principle of solidarity. In this regard, the about markets and #StreetVending in invited specialists to address this subject. UN-Habitat advisor for Peru gave a brief Lima, its link with the neighborhood as Objectives description of the initiative “Inclusive a generator of social links and the role Cities, Communities of Solidarity”, a pilot it plays as a supply and as a generator • To analyze if the housing challenge project led by UN-Habitat, in cooperation of income for people in poverty and will change after COVID-19. with the European Union in Peru. The vulnerability, with emphasis on the implementation is also supported by the situation of Venezuelan migrants. • To hold a discussion under the United Nations High Commissioner for framework of Urban October 2020 Organizations: Lima Cómo Vamos; Refugees, UNHCR, and the International promoted by UN-Habitat Latin Ciudades Incluyentes;ONU Habitat Organization for Migration, OIM, which America and the Caribbean

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“The current crisis has been an about 3 main topics: urban values, the use Canada opportunity for Greater Montreal to of proper and relevant scales of space strengthen our metropolitan solidarity, in cities, and relevant urban architecture World Metropolitan Day: increase the territory's resilience and that is related to lifestyles of people. Metropolitan governance and accelerate our sustainable development,” The streams were published on Gulf pandemic: challenges and said Valérie Plante, Mayor of Montréal and Sustainable Urbanism's official website. opportunities? President of the Montréal Metropolitan The Regent Park World Urban Pavilion Montreal, 7 October 2020 – Every Community Announcement year for five years now, on October Urban Economy Forum's 7, Metropolis and UN-Habitat invite To conclude UEF’s Urban October Celebrations metropolitan authorities from around Celebration, on November 11th, UEF the world and interested institutions and Toronto, October 2020 – The Launch of announced ‘The Regent Park World organizations to commemorate World the Harvard Gulf Sustainable Urbanism Urban Pavilion' which is a joint initiative Metropolitan Day. Book between UN-Habitat, Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) - This day is an opportunity to highlight the To honour the publication of the Harvard Government of Canada and Urban metropolitan character of many territories Gulf Sustainable Urbanism Book, Harvard Economy Forum (UEF). The event was around the world and to recognize University and Msheireb Properties live streamed on CMHC's official website. their contribution to sustainable urban hosted a program of Virtual Panels, The launch was moderated by the newly development. beginning with an initial introductory elected Member of Parliament for Toronto World Metropolitan Day was decreed to event on Wednesday, 7 October 2020. Centre Marci Len, and speakers included Ibrahim Afrah, community representative recall the adoption, on October 7, 2015, of This Launch was followed by two virtual from Regent Park, Ahmed Hussen, the Montreal Declaration on Metropolitan online ‘super-panels’ composed of Canadian Minister for Families, Children Areas, whose fifth anniversary is being leading experts, who presented the salient and Social Development, Mayor John celebrated this year. lessons gleamed from the past that can Tory, City of Toronto, and Director of UN- be very relevant today, either directly or In a global context characterized by the Habitat office in Mexico and Cuba Region through careful interpretation. For that COVID-19 pandemic, this year's World and Head of Knowledge and Innovation, reason, this groundbreaking body of Metropolitan Day is an opportunity Dr Eduardo Moreno. to reflect on the role of metropolitan research knowledge has the potential to governance in the context of emergency become an invaluable source of guidance The Pavilion will create a springboard situations. when making holistic, sustainable for collaboration and collective action to decisions for the future urbanism of the advance crucial conversations covering The Montreal Metropolitan Community Gulf region. a wide range of topics, explore urban held a Webinar featuring representatives economy and finance public participation On October the 21st, Architect and from the Brussels, Barcelona and through different lenses, and open Chair of Urban Economy Forum, Reza Montreal regions for a crossover look dialogues globally about urbanism. It Pourvaziry spoke at the virtual online at the challenges and opportunities will be a knowledge exchange hub for super panels. Mr. Reza Pourvaziry, based raised by the coronavirus pandemic for academic discourses, achievements, on his perception as an architect, talked metropolitan regions. research, best practices, projects,

104 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 ideas and initiatives about urbanism Curated by Dr. Abra Marie Walsh of Key strategies for accelerating progress to realize the goal of sustainable urban Mission 2030, this roundtable united four include governance (alignment of all development. The Pavilion will help international urban planning and housing urban actors and coherent policies from move SDG 11 and other goals related to experts: national to local governments), integrated urbanization forward, along with the New planning, dedicated and focused financial Urban Agenda (NUA), and the resolution • Jesus SALCEDO of UN-Habitat resources and regulatory frameworks. for sustainable urban development • Ms Soo-Jin Kim of the OECD The OECD has done extensive work on adopted by Habitat III and endorsed by localizing SDGs and has been able to the UN General Assembly. • Alé Badara SY of GGGI – Senegal identify levers for accelerating progress. In addition to those mentioned above, • Serge Salat, Senior Advisor for the training, monitoring progress and using United States of UN and the World Bank. evidence-based decision making are America The experts evoked the challenges key. Finally, in addition to strategic within both developed and developing urban development projects, often Mobilizing urban stakeholders to cities, and what it would take to implemented through public-private accelerate progress towards the accelerate progress. Developing cities partnerships, resources are needed SDGs by 2030 are confronted with greater demographic to build civic infrastructure such as pressures, limited financial resources community development centers within New York 7 October 2020 – The and technical capacities. Developing neighborhoods and accessible and UN-Habitat New York Office hosted cities across Asia and Africa will need centrally located spaces for mobilizing an on-line live event uniting urban to reconcile urban expansion, due to and training local actors, be they public, practitioners from around the world. The population migration into cities, with private, civic or local influencers. event was organized by Mission 2030 the need to limit encroachment on for Sustainable Cities, a French urban Two shortdocs showcased (1) digital natural ecosystems in order to preserve sustainability advisory firm, in partnership solutions in India to make cities more and enhance biodiversity, as well as to with UN-Habitat New York Office and inclusive, through a smartphone app that optimize public and private investments. MegaCities-ShortDocs, a French NGO locates all retail and leisure destinations Developing cities can turn to advances in showcasing sustainable & innovative that simplify access for people with successful cities, such as Vienna for its solutions in megacities during its annual reduced mobility cities and (2) a $10 social housing, smart city and inclusive ShortDoc Film Festival and Award solar-energy fuelled innovation providing development initiatives; Seoul for its Ceremony. electricity and lighting for dwellings in balanced development and integration informal settlements, invented by a public This global event focused on the theme of smart and sustainable policies; or to servant in a Ministry. Six other shortdocs of “Mobilizing urban stakeholders to cities like London that have created highly were made available on UN-Habitat’s accelerate progress towards the SDGs sustainable urban districts such as the YouTube channel for viewing by the by 2030”, with the intention of offering one developed around the King’s Cross public, during the month of Urban October practical expertise to cities and urban train station. They can also look to the 2020 events, from 5 – 31 October. practitioners to accelerate progress concept of “complete neighborhoods” that during the Decade of Action. Serge Salat presented (and which will be detailed in a soon to be published report for the UN).

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 105 The 15th Annual Session UN Assistant Secretary-General and settlements safe, resilient, inclusive and of Global Forum on Human Head of New York Office, UN Environment sustainable, and achieving our vision of a Settlements Programme; Dr Shamshad Akhtar, healthy planet. former UN Under-Secretary-General and New York 15 October 2020 – The 15th Executive Secretary, Economic and Social Organizations: Global Forum on Annual Session of Global Forum on Commission for Asia and the Pacific; Human Settlements (GFHS); World Human Settlements (GFHS 2020) was Marco Lambertini, Director General of Meteorological Organization (WMO); successfully held in a virtual format as an WWF International; Dr Awni Behnam, International Telecommunication Union observance of Urban October on October Fmr. United Nations Assistant Secretary- (ITU); Asian Development Bank (ADB); 15-16, 2020, with the theme being “Post- General, Hon. President, International International Union for Conservation Pandemic Recovery and Transformation: Ocean Institute, and many senior of Nature (IUCN); International Science Resilient Cities, Healthy Planet”. This officials of international organizations, Council (ISC); UN Office for Disaster year’s forum was supported by a record government officials, well-known experts Risk Reduction; UN Conference on Trade lineup of 24 authoritative organizations, and scholars, entrepreneurs, and heads and Development; UN Development including 10 UN agencies and the of non-profit organizations. The two-day Programme; World Ocean Council; Asian Development Bank. Some 100 forum has reached out to more than International Ocean Institute; Universal distinguished speakers and discussants 100,000 professional audiences through Peace Federation; Habitat for Humanity contributed to the in-depth discussions live streaming and participation. International and analysis on a range of challenges - Being a timely action to implement public health crisis, ecological disruption, COVID-19 and Beyond: Cities the UN Policy Brief, the two-day event and climate change that cities have had to on the Front Lines of a Healthier addressed important topics on urgent wrestle with so as to embark on a path to Future urban issues including preserving and sustainable development. While providing sustainably managing biodiversity New York, 29 October 2020 – Nowhere timely scientific solutions and policy and guaranteeing ecological security; has the impact of COVID-19 been more recommendations, the forum called on integrated climate, hydrology and evident than in urban areas, home to more the global community to accelerate green environment services for sustainable than 50 per cent of the world’s population. transformation in recovery. cities; building urban resilience to climate To mark World Cities Day 2020, the The forum was addressed by change; financing for resilient urban Partnership for Healthy Cities—supported Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury, infrastructure; smart, sustainable cities by Bloomberg Philanthropies, the World Chairman of GFHS, Former UN and communities; International Green Health Organization and Vital Strategies— Under-Secretary-General and High Model City Initiative; adaptable buildings hosted a special VitalTalks event on Representative; Prof. Petteri Taalas, and resilient cities; post-crisis healthy how cities are leading us through the Secretary-General, World Meteorological and anti-fragile cities; blue economy and pandemic toward a healthier world. Organization; Patricia Espinosa, healthy ocean; blockchain technology Executive Secretary of the United Nations and smart urban governance; energy- Featuring: Framework Convention on Climate efficient and sustainable housing; and Change; Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, a resilient, inclusive, gender-equal and • Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Executive Secretary of the Convention on green economic recovery. The forum has Director-General of the World Health Biological Diversity; Malcolm Johnson, yielded fruitful outcomes and made a Organization Deputy Secretary-General of International significant contribution to the process of • Michael R. Bloomberg, 108th mayor Telecommunication Union; Dr. Bambang restoring people’s well-being, promoting of New York City and founder of Susantono, Vice President of Asian green recovery and change in businesses, Bloomberg Philanthropies Development Bank; ZHANG Xinsheng, cities, and even countries, and preserving President, International Union for and sustainably managing biodiversity, • José Luis Castro, President and CEO Conservation of Nature; Satya Tripathi, thereby making cities and human of Vital Strategies

106 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 • Dr. Etienne Krug, Director of the event fostered a partnership for future to legitimize informal settlements. The World Health Organization’s Social events with UN-Habitat and opportunities Consortium of Sustainable Urbanization Determinants of Health Department to showcase short documentaries on the (CSU) Gala Awards 2020 was another UN-Habitat YouTube Channel throughout platform to provide recognition and • A moderated discussion led by the duration of Urban October. encourage practitioners to contribute to Dr. Kelly Henning, who leads the the future of sustainable urbanization. public health program of Bloomberg Urban Planning and Design Philanthropies, with Mayor Claudia The “Housing and Social Protection López of Bogotá, Colombia, Mayor “Design and the Post-Pandemic City”, an to End Homelessness” event featured Kostas Bakoyannis of Athens, Greece Urban October event from the Mansueto a collaboration by UN DESA, IGH, and and Deputy Lord Mayor Doreen Institute for Urban Innovation, University UN-Habitat. It was the first celebration Nyanjura of the Kampala Capital City of Chicago, with world-renowned designer of World Homeless Day since its Authority, Uganda and urbanist Bruce Mau blended design establishment in 2010. The event clearly thinking with emerging insights from emphasized that the solution to end COVID-19 has brought urban leadership urban science to demonstrate systemic homelessness isn´t just housing alone, on health into greater focus: with more approaches for imagining the future of but requires many pieces, depending than 50 per cent of the world’s population cities in a post-pandemic world. The on the national context. However, some living in cities, urban governments event highlighted the importance of urban overarching critical elements include have mounted a remarkable pandemic design be a crucial mediator between political will, better financing, and a response—and continue to face daunting knowledge and problem solving. changed mindset that there isn't a challenges. Speakers highlighted quick and easy solution. It is essential urban action and collaboration during The Consortium for Sustainable to prevent homelessness and have a this unprecedented pandemic. The Urbanization (CSU)’s H.E. Talal Abu working global definition in order to Partnership for Healthy Cities also Ghazaleh (TAG) Lecture was a memorial measure it and get people into the system released a portfolio of case studies on the lecture delivered by Claire Weisz (UAIA). of helping them with long-term measures urban response to COVID-19. The lecture introduced to practitioners a out of this temporary condition. new concept of “Millennial Thinking” in To learn more and to access the newly planning. It focused on what the present The Symposium on Women and released case studies, please visit: https:// generation is asking for and what it has Children Experiencing Homelessness/ cities4health.org/city-stories" to do with what we are thinking about Displacement hosted by UNANIMA urbanization today. International, explored the various Further recognizing the importance issues faced by women and children of urban innovation, Mobilizing Urban To work towards a better urban future, experiencing homelessness. The causes Stakeholders to accelerate progress the SDGs must be implemented of homelessness that were discussed towards the SDGs by 2030 event into professional practice especially included domestic violence, human used the showcase of award-winning urban planning. Recognizing this, the trafficking, income and market access documentaries as a unique medium to International Union of Architects (UIA) inequality, mental health stigma, and inspire individuals to take action in their introduced a guide with case studies of natural disasters. Potential solutions neighbourhoods in megacities worldwide how urban planning can be approached to outlined included affordable housing and contribute towards achieving the meet multiple SDGs. Examples included infrastructure, improved education and SDGs and the 2030 Agenda. This panel projects carried out in partnership with access to income opportunities, increased discussion marked the first collaboration UN-Habitat that ranged from architectural shelters and services for homeless project between the MegaCities-ShortDoc design to micro-finance, micro gardening, people, and universal social protections. festival and UN-Habitat New York. The urban planning and even examples of how

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 107 for vulnerable people groups which was emphasized in another event “Urban One of the critical issues highlighted War Against Poverty, Healthcare & Crisis” Agenda to Urgent Action: Preventing during Urban October was the importance on 24 October. Housing is the foundation Evictions and Homelessness” on 27 of multilateralism. The event “Leave for access to work, education, sanitation, October. The role of UN-Habitat as No One Behind: Ending Youth Global healthcare, water, and food and therefore, amplifier and facilitator for sustainable Homelessness in the Decade of Action” requires a lot of data to address all related change was repeatedly discussed during on 21 October made a very strong issues. Also, many affordable housing several events. Particularly this event case for that by using the example of solutions were presented during the used the COVID-19 example to show that homelessness. The only way to make event, including expanded subsidies for a recovery from this pandemic can´t be sustainable progress is by having a public land and new affordable housing addressed independently but requires an whole-of-the-system approach. In this units, financial incentives for lower rents organization like UN-Habitat to lead the case, the speakers highlighted that through tax policy and government- way in connecting the dots on a global making policies without including lived backed finance, expanded social safety level. experiences is totally unethical and would nets for renters during times of crisis https://mailchi.mp/b1bdffdc34bd/un- oppose any human rights approach as and the protection of tenants’ rights, habitat-ny-newsletter_sep2020 well as the SDGs. mandating a minimum percentage of affordable housing, and collaboration https://mailchi.mp/2cdcb75d12b5/un- Furthermore, the necessity of relevant between stakeholders. habitat-ny_urban-october-week2 data is probably bigger than ever before as highlighted in the event “Global The dots need to be connected between https://mailchi.mp/648f1272793d/un- Strategies for Sustainable Workforce policies and partnerships to advocate habitat-ny_urban-october-week3 Housing: Innovative Solutions to Win the for a stronger support system, especially

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Australia the results of a large survey of Youth There is a critical need to identify both Call for Action: youth wellbeing Wellbeing in urban Sierra Leone. We the current wellbeing of youth living in and public space in Sierra Leone seek to support youth wellbeing through informal settlements in Sierra Leone, community-led public space interventions Brisbane, 27 October 2020 — This was and to identify and invest in community- in informal settlements. a webinar bringing together participants scale interventions that have potential from Australia and Sierra Leone to to support and build well-being among discuss the above topic in the West young people. Hence the reason why we African nation. Call to Action! and talk about and discuss

108 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 STATISTICS FOR WORLD HABITAT DAY, WORLD CITIES DAY AND URBAN OCTOBER

No. of Events No. of countries No. of cities % Urban October 606 47 146 Urban October World Cities Day 78 39 70 Academia/Research 19% World Habitat Day 69 42 58 Civil Society Organizations 49% Grand Total 753 74 230 Foundation 1% Inter-Governmental Organizations 3% By Region Local and Regional Government 11% Region No. of Events Media 1% Africa 65 National Government 3% Asia 57 Private sector 5% Europe 81 United Nations System 8% Latin America and the Caribbean 385 North America 159 World Cities Day Oceania 6 Academia/Research 21% Total 753 Civil Society Organizations 43% Foundation 1% By Partner Type Inter-Governmental Organizations 3% Partner Type (ALL EVENTS) % Local and Regional Government 7% Academia/Research 19% Media 1% Civil Society Organizations 47% National Government 1% Foundation 2% Private sector 14% Inter-Governmental Organizations 3% United Nations System 7% Local and Regional Government 10%

Media 1% World Habitat Day National Government 4% Academia/Research 19% Private sector 6% Civil Society Organizations 27% United Nations System 9% Foundation 6% Total 100% Inter-Governmental Organizations 2% Local and Regional Government 10% Media 2% National Government 12% Private sector 4% United Nations System 19%

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 109 LIST OF WORLD HABITAT DAY, WORLD CITIES DAY AND URBAN OCTOBER CELEBRATIONS AROUND THE WORLD

Country/City Name of Organization Title of Activity Launch of the Strategic Nahia (District) Action Plan: Advocate Afghanistan, Kabul Afghanistan Urban Sector & UN-Habitat strategic planning and its role in achieving the SDG 11 and NUA Angola, Luanda Startup Musseke Smart Musseke Smart 2020 - Community in dialogue The impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Architecture, Urbanism Angola, Luanda - and Spatial Planning in Angola Associação dos Naturais, Residentes e Angola, Luanda Luanda - Urbanity and Mental Health in COVID-19 context Amigos de Luanda (Kalu) UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Urban Fridays: Developing Policies and Mechanisms to Finance Angola, Luanda and Cabo Verde Settlements Programme Urbanization How to build resilience capacities in urban contexts of inequalities and structural deficits in Latin American cities? Resilient governance to achieve Sustainable Development Goal Argentina, Quilmes Global & local 11/¿Cómo construir capacidades de resiliencia en contextos urbanos de desigualdades y déficit estructurales en las ciudades de América Latina? Gobernanza resiliente para alcanzar el Objetivo de Desarrollo Sostenible N° 11 ACIJ - Asociación Civil por la Igualdad y la Housing and Habitat Budget 2021/Presupuesto de Vivienda y Argentina, Caba Justicia Hábitat 2021 PAISAJEURBE EN DIÁLOGO del 12 al 31 de Octubre/ Argentina, Buenos Aires Red Argentina del Paisaje Nodo Buenos Aires PAISAJEURBE IN DIALOGUE October 12 to 31 "Contributions for a better urban future"/"Aportes para un mejor Argentina, Córdoba Ciudades Globales -CiGlo- futuro urbano" Argentina, Villa de Merlo - Conversations on the city and community we want / Universidad Nacional de Los Comechingones Carpintería (Provincia de San Luis) Conversaciones sobre la ciudad y comunidad deseadas Paisajeurbe in Dialogue October 12 to 31/Paisajeurbe en Diálogo Argentina, Caba Red Argentina del Paisaje Nodo Buenos Aires del 12 al 31 de Octubre Argentina, Buenos Aires Tormenta Calchaqui Migration/Migracion Sustainable Development Goals, Climate Change and Cities Australia, Melbourne University of Melbourne Symposium Australia, Melbourne Mend It, Australia The Tinkering Travellers Call for action: Priorities for Youth Wellbeing and Public Space in Australia, Brisbane Urban Synergies Group Urban Sierra Leone Belgium, Brussels Architects' Council of Europe (ACE) Co-design for new Forms of Urban Living UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Belgium, Brussels Training cities on Voluntary Local Reviews Settlements Programme Belgium, Brussels Brussels Bouwmeester Maître Architecte Urban Maestro Masterclass. Lessons learned The Road Safety Potential of Big Data: Ai-RAP and Achieving the Belgium, Brussels EuroRAP UN Road Safety Targets Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Reconciliation of spaces in the house /Reconciliación de Colectivo Tutuma Urbana La Paz espacios en la vivienda Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Border problems in the municipality of La Paz /Problemas Colectivo Tutuma Urbana La Paz limítrofes en el municipio de La Paz

110 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 Country/City Name of Organization Title of Activity Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Tactical Urbanism and Placemaking in Bolivia /Urbanismo Colectivo Tutuma Urbana La Paz Táctico y Placemaking en Bolivia Cities Policy Webinar Series. Social cohesion in cities /Ciclo de Bolivia (Plurinational State of), UN-Habitat - United Nations Human webinarios de la Política de Ciudades. La cohesión social en las La Paz Settlements Programme, Bolivia ciudades Bolivia (Plurinational State of), UN-Habitat - United Nations Human First broadcast of the "Urban Dialogues" Podcast/Primera La Paz Settlements Programme, Bolivia emisión del Podcast "Diálogos Urbanos" Cycle of webinars with an equity perspective. The gender Bolivia (Plurinational State of), UN-Habitat - United Nations Human approach in the development of cities/Ciclo de webinarios con La Paz Settlements Programme, Bolivia mirada de equidad. El enfoque de género en el desarrollo de las ciudades Bolivia (Plurinational State of), UN-Habitat - United Nations Human "Urban Dialogues" Podcast/Podcast Diálogos Urbanos La Paz Settlements Programme, Bolivia Bolivia (Plurinational State of), UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Cities Policy Webinar Series/Ciclo de Webinarios de la Política de La Paz Settlements Programme, Bolivia Ciudades Cities Policy Webinar Series. Open Government and Bolivia (Plurinational State of), UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Transparency/Ciclo de Webinarios de la Política de Ciudades. La Paz Settlements Programme, Bolivia Gobierno Abierto y Transparencia Bolivia (Plurinational State of), UN-Habitat - United Nations Human "Urban Dialogues" Podcast/Podcast Diálogos Urbanos La Paz Settlements Programme, Bolivia Cities Policy Webinar Series. A Challenge: Solid Waste Bolivia (Plurinational State of), UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Management in Cities/Ciclo de Webinarios de la Política de La Paz Settlements Programme, Bolivia Ciudades. Un Desafío: La Gestión de los Residuos Sólidos de las Ciudades Cities Policy Webinar Series. With an Equity Perspective. Cities Bolivia (Plurinational State of), UN-Habitat - United Nations Human and youth/Ciclo de Webinarios de la Política de Ciudades. Con La Paz Settlements Programme, Bolivia Mirada de Equidad. Las ciudades y los jóvenes. Bolivia (Plurinational State of), UN-Habitat - United Nations Human "Urban Dialogues" Podcast/Podcast Diálogos Urbanos. La Paz Settlements Programme, Bolivia Bolivia (Plurinational State of), UN-Habitat - United Nations Human "Urban Dialogues" Podcast/Podcast Diálogos Urbanos. La Paz Settlements Programme, Bolivia Bolivia (Plurinational State of), UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Presentation of the Cities Policy (NUP)/Presentación de la La Paz Settlements Programme, Bolivia Política de Ciudades Bolivia (Plurinational State of), UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Presentation of the "Urban Mobility" study /Presentación del La Paz Settlements Programme, Bolivia estudio "Movilidad Urbana" Bolivia (Plurinational State of), UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Presentation of the City Prosperity Index/ Presentación del Índice La Paz Settlements Programme, Bolivia de Prosperidad de Ciudades Bolivia (Plurinational State of), UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Presentation of the project on "Food Security"/Presentación La Paz Settlements Programme, Bolivia proyecto "Seguridad alimentaria" Bolivia (Plurinational State of), UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Presentation of the City Prosperity Index/Presentación Índice de La Paz Settlements Programme, Bolivia Ciudades Bolivia (Plurinational State of), RENASEH - Red Nacional de Asentamientos Saneamiento Urbano Masivo de Oficio (SUMO) La Paz Humanos Bolivia (Plurinational State of), UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Socialization of the Cities Policy (NUP)/Socialización de la La Paz Settlements Programme, Bolivia Política de Ciudades Bolivia (Plurinational State of), RENASEH - Red Nacional de Asentamientos Civil Society Contributions to the Cities Policy/Aportes de la La Paz Humanos sociedad civil a la Política de Ciudades Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Laboratorio de Tecnología Social Presentación de "Calles de Mujeres" La Paz

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 111 Country/City Name of Organization Title of Activity Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Mapping of solid waste collection points/Mapeo de puntos de Laboratorio de Tecnología Social Cochabamba acopio de residuos sólidos Bolivia: Households' Housing Vulnerability facing the sanitary Bolivia (Plurinational State of), RENASEH - Red Nacional de Asentamientos crisis of COVID-19/Bolivia: Vulnerabilidad Habitacional de los La Paz Humanos Hogares ante la crisis sanitaria COVID-19 Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Colegio de Arquitectos Bolivia Cycle of Conferences/Ciclo de Coferencias La Paz Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Cycle of Conferences on Built Environment/Ciclo de Conferencias Colegio de Arquitectos Bolivia La Paz Obra Construída Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Cycle of Conferences on Built Environment/Ciclo de Conferencias Colegio de Arquitectos Bolivia La Paz Obra Construída Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Cycle of Conferences on Built Environment/Ciclo de Conferencias Colegio de Arquitectos Bolivia La Paz Obra Construída Risk Management Planning as a Multisectoral Public Policy/ Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Viceministerio de Defensa Civil La Planificación de la Gestión de Riesgos como Política Pública La Paz Multisectorial Viceministerio de Defensa Civil y Agencia de Progress and perspectives on disaster risk management Bolivia (Plurinational State of), las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y governance in Bolivia/Avances y perspectivas en la gobernanza La Paz la Agricultura (FAO) en gestión de riesgos de desastres en Bolivia Tri-national launching and presentation of the ECHO Resilience Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Viceministerio de Defensa Civil Project/Lanzamiento trinacional y presentación del proyecto La Paz ECHO Resiliencia Photo contest: risk management in the context of COVID19/ Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Viceministerio de Defensa Civil Concurso de fotografías: gestión de riesgos en contexto La Paz COVID19 Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Arquitectura Yngrid Echalar Urban Agriculture 2030/Huertos Urbanos 2030 Santa Cruz Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Presentation of “Ciudatos” (“City Data”), Cochabamba/ Laboratorio de Tecnología Social Cochabamba Presentación de Ciudatos, Cochabamba Ministry of Infrastructure and Housing Botswana, Gaborone 2020 World Habitat Day Commemoration Development Brazil, São Paulo Colab Book Launch - 2nd Edition - Sustainable Cities Survey BH + Buenos Aires + Bogota: International cooperation in the Brazil, Brasília Paradiplomacia.org metropolises Brazil, Santa Maria Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM) Community Art Laboratório Arquitetura Humanitária(LabAH/ Conversations on Humanitarian Architecture - The Architecture Brazil, Rio de Janeiro EMAUDAU), Cátedra Sergio Vieira de Mello of Refugee Shelters (CSVM/ACNUR/PUC-Rio) Grupo de Trabalho de Memória e Cultura da Brazil, Rio de Janeiro How are Rio's Quilombos Doing During the Pandemic? Rede Favela Sustentável Social Housing Today and Tomorrow: Policies and Projects for Brazil, Brasília - the existing City Historical Cities Sustainability Forum – 2030 Agenda in Brazil, Ouro Preto Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP) Traditional Communities The Urban Model in Times Of Pandemic: Challenges And Brazil, São Carlos - Perspectives Brazil, São Carlos - Urban Planning: Health Promotion in Cities

112 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 Country/City Name of Organization Title of Activity Brazil, Curitiba Instituto Jaime Lerner To Live is More Than to Inhabit ("Viver é Mais do que Morar") Programa de Pós-Graduação em Brazil, Franca Planejamento e Avaliação de Políticas Post-COVID-19 Cities: Territory, Budget and Public Policies Públicas Laboratório de Estudos em Gestão de II Symposium on City Management - Pandemic, urban Brazil, Juazeiro do Norte Cidades e Territórios (LaCITE-UFCA) vulnerabilities and city management Instituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil - Open Letter to Society and Candidates in the 2020 Municipal Brazil, Porto Alegre Departamento do Rio Grande do Sul (IAB/RS) Elections - A post-pandemic city project Brazil, Brasília Podcast Farol Urbano Urban Conversations Liga Acadêmica de Direito Internacional do Right to the City and Housing Crisis: Impacts of the COVID-19 Brazil, Maceió Centro Universitário Cesmac (Ladint) Pandemic Associação Brasileira dos Profissionais pelo Brazil, Rio de Janeiro Sustainable Cities: Valuing Our Communities and Cities Desenvolvimento Sustentável (ABRAPS) Laboratório Arquitetura Humanitária(LabAH/ Conversations about Humanitarian Architecture: Urban Brazil, Rio de Janeiro EMAUDAU), Cátedra Sergio Vieira de Mello Vulnerabilities (CSVM/ACNUR/PUC-Rio) Brazil, Santa Maria Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM) Nature Art Instituto de Estudos Avançados da UrbanSus UN: Gender Inequalities and Intersectionality During Brazil, São Paulo Universidade de São Paulo (IEA-USP) and After the Pandemic 5570 cities with Technical Assistance for Housing. Elections and Brazil, Brasília Rede Arquitetos pela Moradia the Right to Housing Brazil, Brasília - Smart Cities: For whom? Brazil, São Carlos - Urban Agroforest: Sustainability and Sustenance Protagonism and the 2030 Agenda on building a Sustainable and Brazil, Barueri Movimento ODS Barueri (ODS Barueri) Inclusive City Brazil, Rio de Janeiro Universidade Veiga de Almeida (UVA) Urban Waters Circuit, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Public Policies in The Current Context – Education, Health, Brazil, Juazeiro do Norte - Mobility and Migration Instituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil - Collaborative Urbanism and Activism Fighting the Pandemic: Brazil, Porto Alegre Departamento do Rio Grande do Sul (IAB/RS) Results from the Citizen Laboratory Conectalab Associação Brasileira dos Profissionais pelo Brazil, Rio de Janeiro Sustainable Cities: Valuing Our Communities and Cities Desenvolvimento Sustentável (ABRAPS) Brazil, Rio de Janeiro Movimento Longevidade Brasil (MLB) Connecting Generations, Building Longevity. Departamento de Saneamento e Saúde Brazil, Rio de Janeiro Social Determinants of Urban Health Ambiental (DSSA/ENSP/Fiocruz) Grupo de Trabalho de Educação Ambiental da Favela and Academia Dialogue: Necessary Paths for Brazil, Rio de Janeiro Rede Favela Sustentável Environmental Education Sustainable and Healthy Territories: Fiocruz’s Strategies to Brazil, Rio de Janeiro Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz) Promote Health And Sustainability Among Concepts and Practices: Right to the City, Housing and Brazil, Salvador Multiplicação Social Social Work Departamento de Direito Civil da Faculdade Civil Law and Housing Access: Suggestions for a Better Urban Brazil, São Paulo de Direito da USP Future Colégio Imobiliário Registral de Minas Gerais Connection CORI-MG – Reurb and Economic Development Post Brazil, Belo Horizonte (CORI-MG) COVID-19

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 113 Country/City Name of Organization Title of Activity The City, The Square and The House: Debating the Rights of Brazil, Maceió Mídia Caeté Homeless Brazil, Rio de Janeiro Movimento Longevidade Brasil (MLB) Connecting Generations, Building Longevity Laboratório Arquitetura Humanitária (LabAH/ Conversations on Humanitarian Architecture – Perspective of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro EMAUDAU), Cátedra Sergio Vieira de Mello Women in Refuge in the City (CSVM/ACNUR/PUC-Rio) Socio-Environmental Educommunication: The Contribution of Brazil, Santa Maria Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM) Journalism Brazil, João Pessoa Instituto ECCUS Eccuscine Gender and Childhood Perspective for Urban Mobility in the Post- Brazil, Maceió - COVID-19 Swinging the Network II - The Regularization of Property as a Brazil, Fotaleza - right to the city: The PIRFs in Fortaleza/CE Brazil, Rio de Janeiro Movimento Longevidade Brasil (MLB) Connecting Generations, Building Longevity Brazil, São Paulo - Morada Monte Serrat - Samba Brings Hope Brazil, São Paulo InCities Inclusive Urban Solutions from a Gender Perspective Escola Popular de Planejamento da Cidade- The Right to the City from the Margins: Collaborative Brazil, Foz do Iguaçu Universidade Federal da Integração Latino- Methodologies for the Construction of Cities Americana (UNILA) Secretaria de Estado de Desenvolvimento Brazil, Rio de Janeiro Econômico, Energia e Relações Urbanization and Citizenship post-COVID-19 Internacionais (SEDEERI GOV/RJ) Sindicato dos Arquitetos e Urbanistas do Brazil, Florianópolis The Role of Municipalities in Guaranteeing the Right to Housing Estado de Santa Catarina (SASC) Laboratório Arquitetura Humanitária (LabAH/ Conversations about Humanitarian Architecture - Designing the Brazil, Rio de Janeiro EMAUDAU); Cátedra Sergio Vieira de Mello Future Today (CSVM/ACNUR/PUC-Rio) Project Breathing and Relaxing in Squares Around the World: Brazil, São Paulo #metodorespirarerelaxar Praça da República - SP Brazil, Rio de Janeiro Caruá Negócios Sustentáveis Caruá Creative Circuit Study on Public Policy and Legal Impacts of COVID-19 on the Brazil, São Paulo - Housing Sector Instituto de Arquitetos do Brasil The City We Want: The Collective Effort of a Fluminense Urban Brazil, Rio de Janeiro Departamento do Rio de Janeiro (IAB-RJ) Agenda on Inclusive Cities Guidelines for Adoption of the 2030 Agenda in the Middle Brazil, Piraí Prefeitura Municipal de Piraí Paraíba Region - RJ 3rd Academic Week of Geography UVA - Roundtable 1: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro Universidade Veiga de Almeida (UVA) COVID-19, Challenges and Problems In Metropolitan Areas Brazil, Rio de Janeiro Plano de Arte e Intervenção Urbana (Partiu!) Hostile Cities – Post-pandemic Urban Relations Cities after Covid-19: Environmental and Financial Intelligence Brazil, Curitiba - for Sustainable Development UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Brazil, Rio de Janeiro DiverCity: The future we want Settlements Programme Collective Territorial Rights as an instrument for transforming Brazil, Rio de Janeiro Comunidades Catalisadoras (ComCat) urban reality: a debate using the lessons of Rio de Janeiro and Mozambique

114 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 Country/City Name of Organization Title of Activity Instituto de Arquitetos do Brasil (IAB) - 2030 Agenda and Brazilian Architecture and Urbanism: Brazil, São Paulo Comissão de Política Urbana Challenges in the Pandemic Period - SDGs 3 e 15 3rd Academic Week of Geography UVA - Roundtable 2: COVID-19 Brazil, Rio de Janeiro Universidade Veiga de Almeida (UVA) and Geographical Education Brazil, Rio de Janeiro Plano de Arte e Intervenção Urbana (Partiu!) Hostile Cities – Post-Pandemic Urban Relations Programa de Pós-Graduação em Urbanismo Brazil, Rio de Janeiro (PROURB/UFRJ) and Departamento de Human Rights and Pandemic Cities Direito da PUC-Rio Brazil, Maceió Faculdade Seune 9th Seune College Faculty Research Symposium (SIMPEDS) Swinging the Network II - Hope for a Sustainable Post-Pandemic Brazil, Fortaleza - Future - Living Well and Education Instituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil - Popular Plans for Regional Action: Review of the POA Master Brazil, Porto Alegre Departamento do Rio Grande do Sul (IAB/RS) Plan from the perspective of communities 3rd Academic Week of Geography UVA - Roundtable 3: COVID-19 Brazil, Rio de Janeiro Universidade Veiga de Almeida (UVA) and the environment Instituto de Arquitetos do Brasil (IAB) - 2030 Agenda and Brazilian Architecture and Urbanism: Brazil, São Paulo Comissão de Política Urbana Challenges in the pandemic period - SDGs 4 e 16 Subsecretaria de Proteção e Defesa Civil Community Dialogues: Resilience, culture and education after the Brazil, Rio de Janeiro Municipal do Rio pandemic The Sanitation Regulatory Framework and its impacts on the Brazil, Brasília Portal Mercado Ambiental future of housing Brazil, Rio de Janeiro Plano de Arte e Intervenção Urbana (Partiu!) Hostile Cities – Post-Pandemic Urban Relations Programa de Pós-Graduação em Urbanismo Brazil, Rio de Janeiro (PROURB/UFRJ) and Departamento de Planning and Right To The City Direito da PUC-Rio Conselho de Arquiteta e Urbanismo de Minas Sustainable Cities: The New Reality After the COVID-19 Brazil, Belo Horizonte Gerais (CAU/MG) Pandemic Santo André – 500 years: Perspectives for Regional Urban Brazil, Santo André - Development 3rd Academic Week of Geography UVA – Roundtable 4: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro Universidade Veiga de Almeida (UVA) Cartography and counter(mapping) of COVID-19 Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e City and Environment: Sanitation for the right to housing and the Brazil, Várzea Grande Tecnologia de Mato Grosso (IFMT) - Campus city Várzea Grande Housing and City: Links Between Medium-Sized Cities in Espírito Brazil, Belo Horizonte - Santo and Minas Gerais Associação dos Defensores Públicos do Brazil, Cuiabá Public Defenders and Post-COVID-19 Cities: Housing and Health Mato Grosso (AMDEP) Laboratório Arquitetura Humanitária (LabAH/ 3rd Academic Week of Geography UVA – Roundtable 4: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro EMAUDAU) Cartography and counter(mapping) of COVID-19 Conversations on Humanitarian Architecture Cátedra Sergio Vieira de Mello City and Environment: Sanitation for the right to housing and the - Integration and the Creative Economy in (CSVM/ACNUR/PUC-Rio) city Refuge Instituto de Arquitetos do Brasil (IAB) - The 2030 Agenda in Brazilian Architecture and Urbanism: Brazil, São Paulo Comissão de Política Urbana Challenges in times of pandemic - SDGs 5 and 8 Núcleo de Estudos do Estatuto da Cidade Brazil, Maceió (NEST) da Universidade Federal de Alagoas Improvements in Housing and the Challenges in Practice (UFAL)

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 115 Country/City Name of Organization Title of Activity Be Cariri: The Poetic Vision of the Architecture of Brazil's Brazil, Cariri - Northeastern Backlands Núcleo de Planejamento Estratégico de Good Practices of Engagement and the Monitoring of Public Brazil, Rio de Janeiro Transportes e Turismo (Planett/UFRJ) Policies Programa de Pós-Graduação em Urbanismo The Urban Counter-Reform, Processes of Financialization in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro (PROURB/UFRJ) and Departamento de Cities and Law Direito da PUC-Rio Conselho de Arquiteta e Urbanismo de Minas Brazil, Belo Horizonte Sustainable cities: a new post-pandemic reality Gerais (CAU/MG) Brazil, Rio de Janeiro Aion Filmes Possible Cities Residência em Arquitetura, Urbanismo e Socio-spatial inequalities, racism, environmental emergencies Brazil, Salvador Engenharia and public health in times of pandemic Instituto de Arquitetos do Brasil (IAB) - The 2030 Agenda in Brazilian Architecture and Urbanism: Brazil, São Paulo Comissão de Política Urbana Challenges in times of pandemic – SDG 6 and 7 Living Together in an Urban Context: Between the local and the Brazil, Curitiba Pontos Vivos - Urbano Ativo global Conselho de Arquiteta e Urbanismo de Minas Brazil, Belo Horizonte Sustainable cities: a new post-pandemic reality of COVID-19 Gerais (CAU/MG) Residência em Arquitetura, Urbanismo e Experiences of assistance and technical advice in the pandemic Brazil, Salvador Engenharia context Swinging the Net-work II – Making meeting in the cities: That Brazil, Barreiras - city is mine too! Brazil, Curitiba - COVID-19 and Access to Public Space Brazil, Natal ODS RN The City We Want: We’ll Rebuild Better and Focusing on Diversity. Bioconstruction and Permaculture: Let’s Save the Planet Brazil, São Carlos - Together? Brazil, Rio de Janeiro Caruá Negócios Sustentáveis Sanitation is Life! Centro Universitário das Faculdades Socio-environmental Entrepreneurship in the Construction of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro Metropolitanas Unidas (FMU) Sustainable Peripheries City Talk [10th edition] What are the ways to strengthen Brazil, Rio de Janeiro VIVACIDADE communities? Brazil, Natal ODS RN The City We Want: For Migrants and Refugees Instituto de Arquitetos do Brasil (IAB) - The 2030 Agenda in Brazilian Architecture and Urbanism: Brazil, São Paulo Comissão de Política Urbana Challenges during pandemic times - SDGs 9 e 10 Associação das Trabalhadores em Domicílio Brazil, Brasília Organization of female informal workers in the pandemic (ATEMDO) Centro de Assessoria Comunitária a Model office CACTUS: Technical assistance services in the Brazil, Campina Grande Tecnologias de Utilidades Sociais (CACTUS_ interior of Paraíba CZ) Instituto de Arquitetos do Brasil (IAB) - The 2030 Agenda in the Brazilian Architecture and Urbanism: Brazil, São Paulo Comissão de Política Urbana Challenges in pandemic times - SDG 1 and 11 Brazil, Brasília Ministério do Desenvolvimento Regional Brazilian Letter for the Smart Cities Brazil, Palmas Universidade Federal do Tocantins (UFT) Containment of COVID-19 in Palmas: SDG actions UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Brazil, Rio de Janeiro Alagoas Urban Thinkers Meeting (EPUAL) 2020 Settlements Programme UN – UrbanSus: Innovation and Digital Technology in Brazilian Brazil, São Paulo USP Cidades Globais - IEA/USP Cities in the post-COVID-19 context

116 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 Country/City Name of Organization Title of Activity Tema Planejamento e Projetos Urbanos, Housing and COVID-19– Connecting everyone to build a better Brazil, Rio de Janeiro Arquitetônicos e Sociais urban future Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil - Seção Post-COVID-19 Cities and the Smart Cities: Crisis and Brazil, Curitiba do Paraná (OAB/PR)/Comissão de Direito à Opportunity Cidade III Forum on Architecture and Urbanism - UVA - COVID 19 | Brazil, Rio de Janeiro - House in Crisis Brazil, São Paulo Instituto Tri The City We Want - Instituto Tri Urban dialogues: from Interterritorial Articulation to Popular Brazil, Brasília Coletivo Ifè Emancipation Instituto de Arquitetos do Brasil (IAB) - The 2030 Agenda in Brazilian Architecture and Urbanism: Brazil, São Paulo Comissão de Política Urbana Challenges in times of pandemic - SDGs 2 and 12 Associação dos Professores de Direito Brazil, Brasília Water and green in cities - A view of Environmental Law Ambiental do Brasil (APRODAB) Laboratório Interdisciplinar Interativo Virtual Monuments: Memory, Art and Collaborative and Brazil, Santa Maria (LabInter PPGART/UFSM) Transnational Technology Instituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil - Report and letter to candidates: urbanism against the corona Brazil, Porto Alegre Departamento do Rio grande do Sul (IAB/RS) forum in RS communities and movements Brazil, Natal ODS RN The City We Want: For Girls and Women Horizons for Brazilian housing policy: understanding the “Casa Brazil, Brasília Instituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil - IAB/DF Verde e Amarela” Program Brazil, São Paulo - Getting Involved Project: from inside to outside the school Laboratório Arquitetura Humanitária (LabAH/ Brazil, Rio de Janeiro Water and green in cities - A view of Environmental Law EMAUDAU) Cátedra Sergio Vieira de Mello Conversations on Humanitarian Architecture Virtual Monuments: Memory, Art and Collaborative and (CSVM/ACNUR/PUC-Rio) - Refuge Situations in Rio de Janeiro Transnational Technology Seminar on Law, work and the city: challenges for a better urban Brazil, Aracaju Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS) future The 2030 Global Agenda and the Brazilian Architecture and Instituto de Arquitetos do Brasil (IAB) - Brazil, São Paulo Urbanism: Challenges in times of the pandemic – SDGs 13 and Comissão de Política Urbana 14 The Future of My City: a new look at the civil society Câmara Brasileira da Indústria da Construção organizations in post-pandemic times. Urban Resilience, Brazil, Brasília (CBIC) Participatory Governance, Long-Term Management and Public- Private Partnerships for the development of the cities Brazil, Rio de Janeiro Aion Filmes Possible Cities The role of the Professional Councils in promoting ATHIS Conselho de Arquitetura e Urbanismo de Brazil, Florianópolis [Assistência Técnica em Habitação de Interesse Social // Santa Catarina (CAU/SC) Technical Assistance in Housing of Social Interest] UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Maceió, Rio de Janeiro and Lusophone Africa Connection for a Brazil, Maceió Settlements Programme Better Urban Future Laboratório Arquitetura Humanitária (LabAH/ Seminar on Law, work and the city: challenges for a better urban Brazil, Rio de Janeiro EMAUDAU) future Dialogues on Humanitarian Architecture – The 2030 Global Agenda and the Brazilian Architecture and Cátedra Sergio Vieira de Mello Environmental Refuge and the Indigenous Urbanism: Challenges in times of the pandemic – SDGs 13 and (CSVM/ACNUR/PUC-Rio) Struggle 14 Sustainable Cities and Communities Forum – Panel 1: Urban Brazil, Rio de Janeiro Sesc Rio Agriculture

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 117 Country/City Name of Organization Title of Activity Inquire on the access to public spaces during the pandemic: Brazil, São Paulo Metrópole 1:1 (M1:1) results and analyses Brazil, Natal ODS RN The City We Want: For Elderly People Multisectoral Agenda for Research and Advocacy for the Brazil, Rio de Janeiro Laboratório de Vida Ativa (LaVA-UERJ) Promotion of Active Mobility Instituto de Arquitetos do Brasil (IAB) - The 2030 Agenda for Brazilian Architecture and Urbanism: Brazil, São Paulo Comissão de Política Urbana Challenges by pandemic times - SDG 17 Seminar about Law, labor, and city: challenges for a better urban Brazil, Aracaju Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS) future Sustainable Cities and Communities Forum - Panel 2: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro Sesc Rio Sustainable and low-cost constructions Sustainable Cities and Communities Forum - Panel 3: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro Sesc Rio Sustainable Development in Communities Instituto Municipal de Urbanismo Pereira Territorial information management in support of tackling social Brazil, Rio de Janeiro Passos (IPP) vulnerabilities and the pandemic Social housing: portraits and diagnostics in communities before Brazil, São Paulo - and after the COVID-19 Câmara de Comércio e Indústria do Estado Providing BIM, GIS, VR and SDG 11 in sustainable planning and Brazil, Rio de Janeiro do Rio de Janeiro (CAERJ) operation for valuing the "CITIES" Brazil, Rio de Janeiro Coletivo Diálogos Suburbanos Identity and Cultural Heritage in Rio de Janeiro is outskirts Urban Design and Housing in the Expanded Center of the City of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro Sidonio Porto Arquitetos Associados (SPAA) São Paulo Departamento de Projetos Urbanos (DPU) da Brazil, Jundiaí Urban Projects: methods, challenges and public articulation Prefeitura Municipal de Jundiaí Brazil and Portuguese-speaking Africa: Connections and Brazil, São Paulo COMOVER Arte Cultura e Meio Ambiente Sustainable Urban Actions Brazil, São Paulo - Saracura River Valley in São Paulo: Virtual Expedition Brazil, Brasília - The Post-COVID-19 World x Energy Demand in Urban Centers UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Brazil, Rio de Janeiro Closing event of the 2020 Urban Circuit Settlements Programme Red Internacional Promotores ODS en Brasil Habitaciones sostenibles bajo la mirada de los 5P's de la Agenda Brazil, Natal (RIPO BR) 2030 Columbia University - Federal University of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro 1st Local Project Challenge Forum - Brazil Rio de Janeiro The City, The Square and The House: Debating the Rights of Brazil, Maceió Mídia Caeté Homeless - Part 2 3rd Sao Francisco Valley Smart Cities Webinar: how public Brazil, Petrolina - policies of continuity are making innovation habitats smarter and more human Brazil, Petrolina - 3rd Sao Francisco Valley Smart Cities Webinar - afternoon UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Brazil, Rio de Janeiro World Day of Cities: local actors for a better urban future Settlements Programme Thinking and Acting in a Disrupted World: Governance, Brazil, São Paulo, S.P. University of São Paulo Environment and People Brazil, Cuiabá and Angola Projeto LODs Pandemic interpretations: challenges and perspectives

118 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 Country/City Name of Organization Title of Activity Núcleo de Estudos do Estatuto da Cidade Living on the margins of Lusotopia II: local initiatives, support Brazil, Maceió and Angola (NEST) da Universidade Federal de Alagoas and concertation in COVID's times (UFAL) Núcleo de Estudos do Estatuto da Cidade Inhabiting the margins in Lusotopia III: proposals for solutions Brazil, Maceió and Angola (NEST) da Universidade Federal de Alagoas and the right to the city on urban margins (UFAL) Brazil, Ubatuba and Angola Instituto Meu Oceano Urban cleaning as a tool for sustainable development Brazil and Angola, Luanda Café do Arquitecto Debate - Construction and Environment Brazil, São Paulo and Angola Instituto 17 The new normal: LGBTQIA+ communities and inclusion Grupo de Pesquisa Experiências em Turismo Brazil, Brasília and Cabo Verde CoMvid-19 – Urban Mobility in Niteroi after COVID-19 e Transporte Ativos Urban community garden of plants with nutritional and medicinal Brazil, Santa Maria and Cabo Verde Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM) value Centro de Assessoria Comunitária a Brazil, Campina Grande and Cabo ATHIS Project and Office Public Selection Process: reflections on Tecnologias de Utilidades Sociais (CACTUS_ Verde building social housing CZ) Centro de Assessoria Comunitária a Brazil, Campina Grande and Tecnologias de Utilidades Sociais (CACTUS_ Improved Homes Project Mozambique CZ) Brazil, Cuiabá and Mozambique Projeto LODs Arts, literature, pandemics and communities In the Network Balance: When education will be able to leave Brazil, Natal and Mozambique - home – Challenges to post-pandemic education Brazil, Rio de Janeiro and Global suburbs and local initiatives: housing and agroecological - Mozambique production in Brazil and Mozambique Brazil, Angola and Mozambique Batalha do Pedregal Slam of Black Women in the Lusophone Space Instituto de Pesquisa e Planejamento Urbano Self-produced neighborhoods: sharing experiences, reflections Brazil, Angola, Cabo Verde e Regional (IPPUR) and practices between Praia, Luanda and Rio de Janeiro Brazil, Angola, Cabo Verde, Guiné Bissau, Mozambique, São Tomé e UN-Habitat World Habitat Day – Master Class: housing for all Príncepe Brazil, Angola, Cabo Verde, Guinea- Bissau, Mozambique and São Tomé Mais Casa Habitat Brazil and Africa, post COVID-19 & Príncipe Brazil, Angola, Cabo Verde, Guinea- UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Bissau, Mozambique, São Tomé & Opening Ceremony Settlements Programme Príncipe Brazil, Angola, Cabo Verde, Guinea- UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Urban Fridays: Mapping outlying urban communities for the Bissau, Mozambique, São Tomé & Settlements Programme post-pandemic future Príncipe Brazil, Angola, Cabo Verde, Guinea- UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Bissau, Mozambique, São Tomé & Urban Fridays: building urban resilience through CityRAP tool Settlements Programme Príncipe Núcleo de Estudos do Estatuto da Cidade TO INHABIT THE MARGINS IN LUSOTOPY I: situation, adaptation Brazil, Angola, Mozambique (NEST) da Universidade Federal de Alagoas and priorities in Covid times (UFAL) Brazil, Cabo Verde - Connecting Sustainable Cities in the fight against COVID-19 Brazil, Guinea-Bissau - First School and Early Childhood: Cameconde Kindergarten

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 119 Country/City Name of Organization Title of Activity Brazil, Guinea-Bissau and Socio-environmental educommunication: alternatives for Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM) Mozambique sustainable cities Brazil, Guinea-Bissau and São UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Urban Fridays: Supporting Local Governments for Sustainable Tomé & Príncipe Settlements Programme Development Plans Sustainable mobility in the City of Ruse in the COVID-19 Bulgaria, Sofia CSDCS environment Cabo Verde, Praia Infraestruturas de Cabo Verde (ICV) Requalification as an Instrument for Valuing Communities Cabo Verde, Praia Fundação Smart City Cabo Verde (FSCCV) Pilot Project – Smart Neighborhood – Safende Community Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau and UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Urban Fridays: Promoting territorial zoning and balanced Mozambique Settlements Programme urbanization through Spatial Development Framework UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Cambodia, Phnom Penh Urban WASH Breakfast Settlements Programme Salon Villes et Toits du Cameroun/Cameroon Cities and Roofs Cameroon, Douala CODAS Caritas Douala Fair UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Cameroon, Douala Habitat Week in observance of the World Habitat Day Settlements Programme Salon Pour la Promotion des Affaires Foncières et de l'habitat/ Cameroon, Douala Agir Pour Impacter Exhibition for the Promotion of Land and Housing Businesses Canada, Toronto Urban Economy Forum Association (UEF) World Urban Pavilion Launch Canada, Jasper Alberta Recreation and Parks Association Recreation and Parks: Essential to Life Canada, Edmonton World Urban Parks The Green Heart - Emerging Research in Healthy City Design Canada, Toronto Urban Economy Forum Urban Values: An Untapped Urban Resource Canada, Toronto Urban Economy Forum Urban Economy Forum 2020 People and Parks: the pathways for social and ecological Canada, Edmonton World Urban Parks recovery Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape in Latin Chile, Santiago Centro del Patrimonio Cultural UC America/Recomendación sobre el Paisaje Urbano Histórico en Latinoamérica 3rd CYCLE HEALTHY CITIES 2030/ 3er CICLO CIUDADES SANAS Chile, Concepción CIUDADES 2030 Ciudades en Movimiento 2030 VIVA- Empresa de Vivienda e Infraestructura From housing to sustainable habitat/De la vivienda al hábitat Colombia, Medellín de Antioquia sostenible Asociación ESF-Empresarios e Industriales "Social Management: Pandemic, Migrants and Returnees"/"La Colombia, Villa del Rosario Sin Fronteras Gestión Social: Pandemia, Migrantes y Retornados" Colombia, Medellin Academia Interciudades Integrated Cities/Ciudades Integradas Strategies for sustainable urbanism and urban resilience: Iguaque, Mhuysqa Indigenous Citadel, in Bosa/Estrategias de Colombia, Bogotá Cabildo Indígena Muisca de Bosa urbanismo sostenible y resiliencia urbana: Ciudadela Mhuysqa de Iguaque en Bosa Vii National Urban Forum 2020: Retaking the Path of Sustainable UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Urban Development: Beyond COVID-19/Vii Foro Urbano Nacional Colombia, Villavicencio Settlements Programme 2020: Retomando la Senda del Desarrollo Urbano Sostenible: Más allá del COVID-19 Challenges of cities facing the urban impacts of human mobility/ Colombia, Cúcuta ONU-Habitat, Países Andinos Retos de las ciudades frente a los impactos urbanos de la movilidad humana

120 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 Country/City Name of Organization Title of Activity Experiences for the control of informal settlements and human mobility. Cases of Bogota and Cartagena/ Experiencias para el Colombia, Cúcuta ONU-Habitat, Países Andinos control de asentamientos informales y movilidad humana. Casos Bogotá y Cartagena Social inclusion mechanisms associated with the legalization of Colombia, Cúcuta ONU-Habitat, Países Andinos neighborhoods/Mecanismos de inclusión social asociados a la legalización de barrios Inclusion of the social fabric and socio-economic development in the Participatory Slum Upgrading/Inclusión del tejido social Colombia, Cúcuta ONU-Habitat, Países Andinos y el desarrollo socio-económico en el mejoramiento integral de barrios Public Management of Housing in Colombia/La Gestión Estatal Colombia, Bogotá Ensamble de Arquitectura Integral de la Vivienda en Colombia Discussion: Progress made by Colombian cities towards Colombia, Medellín ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability sustainable urban planning/Conversatorio: Avance de las ciudades colombianas hacia la planificación urbana sostenible Discussion: Progress made by Colombian cities towards Colombia, Medellín ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability sustainable urban planning/Conversatorio: Avance de las ciudades colombianas hacia la planificación urbana sostenible Habitat and Housing Symposium (Day 1)/Simposio Hábitat y Colombia, Tunja Universidad de Boyacá Vivienda (Dia 1) Habitat and Housing Symposium (Day 2)/Simposio Hábitat y Colombia, Tunja Universidad de Boyacá Vivienda (día 2) Launching of the Special Plan on Management? Driving? and Colombia, Villavicencio Alcaldía Municipal de Villavicencio Protection/Lanzamiento Plan Especial de Manejo y Protección Forum: Habitat and Urbanism: taking advantage of the crisis to transform Medellin and the Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Colombia, Medellín Universidad Nacional de Colombia Valley/Foro: Hábitat y Urbanismo: aprovechar la crisis para transformar Medellín y el Área Metropolitana del Valle de Aburrá. The Challenges of the Integration of Refugees and Migrants with UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Colombia, Bogota a Vocation of Permanence in the Cities of Latin America and the Settlements Programme Caribbean: A Social, Economic and Urban Look Dialogue "From Urban Biodiversity to Circular Economy: Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Colombia, Bogota Challenges and Opportunities for the Sustainable Development of Development Cities in Colombia” Inclusive cities and architectures/Ciudades y arquitecturas Colombia, Tunja Hábitat - Innovación y creatividad inclusivas Costa Rica, San Jose Urbanalytica CR Towards Sustainable cities and communities Virtual Presentation #UHPH 2021 Contest/Presentación Virtual Costa Rica, San Jose Plataforma UHPH #ConcursoUHPH 2021 Denmark, Copenhagen Good Company Pictures The Human Shelter - An expedition into what makes a home Denmark, Copenhagen Association for World Education Global Plenary of relevance of SDGs in Local Contexts Ecuador, Cuenca Municipality of Cuenca Gender and inclusion in mobility Ecuador, Cuenca Municipality of Cuenca “Bike-school”/Bici escuela Ecuador, Cuenca Municipality of Cuenca all by bicycle: urban tourism Urban Planning and Emission Reduction from Citizen Ecuador, Cuenca Municipality of Cuenca Participation Ecuador, Cuenca Municipality of Cuenca Simulation of Superblocks in the Parish of Yanuncay

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 121 Country/City Name of Organization Title of Activity Ecuador, Cuenca Municipality of Cuenca Sustainable Mobility: Electric Motion Systems Building Human Rights cities/ Construyendo ciudades de Ecuador, Quito Defensoría del Pueblo de Ecuador derechos humanos Laboratorio de Estudios, Planificación y Seminar on the Social Production of Habitat/ Seminario Ecuador, Quito Gestión Urbana (Polis.tic Lab) - FLACSO Producción Social del Hábitat Ecuador Manta Development and Sustainability/ Manta Desarrollo y Ecuador, Manta Gremio de Arquitectos Sostenibilidad Ministerio Desarrollo Urbano y Vivienda Launching of the Sustainable Habitat Agenda Ecuador 2036/ Ecuador, Quito Ecuador Lanzamiento Agenda Hábitat Sostenible Ecuador 2036 Multi-stakeholder Dialogue for the implementation of the Ministerio Desarrollo Urbano y Vivienda Sustainable Habitat Agenda Ecuador 2036/ Dialogo Multiactor Ecuador, Quito Ecuador para la implementación de la Agenda Habitat Sostenible Ecuador 2036 Citizen Dialogue for the implementation of the Sustainable Ministerio Desarrollo Urbano y Vivienda Ecuador, Quito Urban Agenda Ecuador 2036/ Dialogo Ciudadano para la Ecuador implementación de la Agenda Urbana Sostenible Ecuador Laboratorio de Estudios, Planificación y Seminar on the Social Production of Habitat/ Seminario Ecuador, Quito Gestión Urbana (Polis.tic Lab) - FLACSO Producción Social del Hábitat Ecuador Ecuador, Quito Contrato Social por la Vivienda Forum for the Right to the City/ Foro por el Derecho a la Ciudad Four awareness-raising and training workshops on human UN-Habitat - United Nations Human mobility, protection and the right to housing/ Cuatro Jornadas Ecuador, Quito Settlements Programme de sensibilización y capacitación sobre movilidad humana, protección y derecho a la vivienda Four awareness-raising and training workshops on human UN-Habitat - United Nations Human mobility, protection and the right to housing/ Cuatro Jornadas Ecuador, Quito Settlements Programme de sensibilización y capacitación sobre movilidad humana, protección y derecho a la vivienda Four awareness-raising and training workshops on human UN-Habitat - United Nations Human mobility, protection and the right to housing/ Cuatro Jornadas Ecuador, Quito Settlements Programme de sensibilización y capacitación sobre movilidad humana, protección y derecho a la vivienda Four awareness-raising and training workshops on human UN-Habitat - United Nations Human mobility, protection and the right to housing/ Cuatro Jornadas Ecuador, Quito Settlements Programme de sensibilización y capacitación sobre movilidad humana, protección y derecho a la vivienda Environmental Education for Schools Program – Virtual/ Ecuador, Ambato GAD MUNICIPALIDAD DE AMBATO Programa de Educación Ambiental Escolar - Virtual Environmental Education in Times of COVID 19/ Educacion Ecuador, Ambato GAD Municipalidad de Ambato Ambiental en Tiempos de COVID 19 International Rural Women's Day/ Día Internacional de la Mujer Ecuador, Ambato GAD Municipalidad de Ambato Rural Sustainability criteria with a destination approach/ Criterios de Ecuador, Ambato GAD Municipalidad de Ambato sostenibilidad con enfoque de destino Progress on Sustainable Mobility/ Avances sobre la Movilidad Ecuador, Ambato GAD Municipalidad de Ambato Sostenible Ministerio Desarrollo Urbano y Vivienda Launching of the Sustainable Habitat Agenda Ecuador 2036/ Ecuador, Quito Ecuador Lanzamiento Agenda Hábitat Sostenible Ecuador 2036

122 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 Country/City Name of Organization Title of Activity Multi-stakeholder Dialogue for the implementation of the Ministerio Desarrollo Urbano y Vivienda Sustainable Habitat Agenda Ecuador 2036/Dialogo Multiactor Ecuador, Quito Ecuador para la implementación de la Agenda Habitat Sostenible Ecuador 2036 Citizen Dialogue for the implementation of the Sustainable Urban Ministerio Desarrollo Urbano y Vivienda Ecuador, Quito Agenda Ecuador/Dialogo Ciudadano para la implementación de Ecuador la Agenda Urbana Sostenible Ecuador "The Contribution of Intermediate Cities for Sustainable Urban Ecuador, Cuenca Municipality of Cuenca Development" Ecuador, Quito Diálogo Diverso Faces of COVID19 In Vulnerable Groups of Ecuador Ecuador, Quito Diálogo Diverso Trans Memory Mural/Mural de la Memoria Trans Ecuador, Ambato Simbiosis Sustainable Cities/Ciudades Sostenibles Subscription of the Interministerial Agreement for the implementation of the Sustainable Habitat Agenda Ecuador Ministerio Desarrollo Urbano y Vivienda Ecuador, Quito 2036/Suscripción del Acuerdo Interministerial para la Ecuador implementación de la Agenda Hábitat Sostenible de Ecuador 2036 Youth and Urban Innovation يرضحلا راكتبإلا ةكرح (Egypt, Cairo Urban Innovation Movement (UIM Egypt, Sharm El Sheikh UN Habitat Vision of Green, Smart and Resilient Sharm El Sheikh Housing and Utilities Sector, Ministry of Egypt, Cairo Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities, Launch of Egypt National Housing Strategy Egypt El Salvador, Santa Ana ACCION URBANIZATE El Salvador, Santa Ana ACCION URBANIZATE UNESCAP - United Nations Economic and Local Economic Development in the Pacific Islands - Framework Fiji, Suva Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific for a Blue and Green Economy Cities, climate and culture: The urban research agenda in the France, Paris Climate Heritage Network forthcoming IPCC co-sponsored expert meeting on culture, heritage and climate change France, Paris International Union of Architects World Architecture Day MegaCities-ShortDocs & Mission 2030 for Mobilising Urban Stakeholders to accelerate action towards the France, Paris Sustainable Cities SDGs for 2030 Mobiliser les acteurs de la ville pour accélérer le progrès vers France, Paris Mission 2030 for Sustainable Cities des ODD d'ici 2030/Mobilize urban actors to accelerate progress towards SDGs 2030 France, Paris Twenty Communications AI4Citizen UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Daring Cities session: Water & Sanitation: What Is a ‘WOP’ and Germany, Bonn Settlements Programme/GWOPA How Does It Help to Tackle Climate Crisis? UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Solid Waste Management – The Forgotten, Underestimated Child Germany, Bonn Settlements Programme and Its Critical Role for Current and Future Crises Germany, Bonn ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability Daring Cities Ghana, Accra HIRED Consult Promoting Global Interest in Sustainable Urbanization Guatemala TECHO Vivienda x Vivienda Rede Nacional das Associações Juvenis da Guiné Bissau, Bissau Udjus k, bim di Vazadouro (Dumpsite witness) Guiné Bissau (Renaj –GB) UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Guinea-Bissau First Cleaning Championship between Districts in Guinea-Bissau Settlements Programme

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 123 Country/City Name of Organization Title of Activity Housing For All: A Better Urban Future.by BY FLATTEN THE CURVE & SDG ACTION ZONE- GOALS: PEOPLE, PLANET AND India Social Good Summit PARTNERSHIPS as sustainable cities & communities, INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL India, New Delhi Housing and Land Rights Network Discussion with UN Special Rapporteurs on Adequate Housing Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development India, Bengaluru Urban Governance and Innovation: Beyond Now? and Finance Corporation (KUIDFC) Global Policy Diplomacy and Sustainability Building Back Better: Covid-19 crisis an opportunity to build safe, India, New Delhi Fellowship sustainable and resilient cities India, Hyderabad Worldview Education FutureSake Dialogues- Schools & Sustainable Cities India, Ahmedabad Centre for Environment Education Youth for Sustainable Mobility India, Mumbai Red Dot Foundation Citizen Action Lab India, Bhubaneswar Local Governance Network Voice For Our City Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, India, New Delhi World Habitat Day Government of India Centre for Sustainable Habitat, Guru Nanak India, Amritsar Housing for All: A Better Urban Future Dev University, Amritsarc (India) Architecture Department, the University of 17 Indonesia, Surabaya Revisiting Urban Resilience and The New Urban Agenda Agustus 1945 Surabaya, Indonesia Indonesia, Kota Adm. Jakarta RuangWaktu Knowledge Hub Talkshow: Kota Pasca Pandemi (Talkshow: City after Pandemic) Selatan Webinar Diseminasi Perumahan Gotong Royong (Webinar Indonesia, Yogyakarta Arkom Indonesia Collective Housing Dissemination) Indonesia, Yogyakarta A Virtual Tour on 6 Kampung in Indonesia UN-Habitat - United Nations Human REPORTING PROGRESS AND SHARING KNOWLEDGE IN THE Indonesia, Surabaya Settlements Programme DECADE OF ACTION Kemitraan Habitat Indonesia (Indonesia Knowledge Sharing on Urban Development: Learning from Cities Indonesia, Jakarta Habitat Partnership) Around the World in Response to Covid-19 Architecture Department, the University of 17 Architecture, City and Power: Toward Liveable and Humanized Indonesia, Surabaya Agustus 1945 Surabaya, Indonesia Urban Future Indonesia, Surabaya World Habitat Day Global Observance International Youth Dialogue for Sustainable Cities on the Iran (Islamic Republic of), Karaj Western Asian Development Institute occasion of World Cities Day 2020 Ministry of Roads and Urban Development, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Tehran Government of Iran-Habitat National Housing for All: Youth, Family, Lifestyle and Quality of Space Committee SHARECITY - the practice and sustainability potential of food Ireland, Dublin Trinity College Dublin sharing in urban areas RESILIENCE - PLANNING and TECHNOLOGY: BUILDING THE Ireland, Dublin SCSWORLD FUTURE TOGETHER for SAFER AND RESILIENT WORLD Italy, Roma Pentapolis Onlus Italia smART Community SUMMIT 2020 ENERGY CARE - Innovation Days: Social Innovation for Green Italy, Trieste Kallipolis Neighborhoods REVALORACION DE LA ZONA CHURUBAMBA PLAZA ALONSO DE Italy, Florencia Colectivo Paisaje Caminante MENDOZA, LA PAZ - BOLIVIA Food and Agriculture Organization of the Italy, Roma 2020 Tree Cities of the World Conference United Nations

124 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 Country/City Name of Organization Title of Activity Laboratory on Creative and Sustainable Cities for all: the ecological and human-centred development Italy, Naples City – Department of Architecture (DiARC), strategy of metropolitan cities. The circular city model in the University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy COVID19 context Laboratory on Creative and Sustainable City The human-centred development strategy to face the challenges Italy, Naples – Department of Architecture (DiARC) of the of our century. From right to the city towards rights to adequate University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy housing for all. UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Japan, Fukuoka Settlements Programme, Regional Office for World Habitat Day Special Art Project Asia and the Pacific UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Japan, Fukuoka Settlements Programme, Regional Office for Let's think about the city with coronavirus Asia and the Pacific Jordan, Amman Eir org / Global Goals World Cup Global Goals World Cup Amman (GGWCUP) Jordan, Ramallah Palestinian Society for consumer Protection issued Newsletter Kenya, Nairobi Sustaining the Vulnerable Kibera Elderly Day Care Center Kenya, Nairobi Eden Ecotech Global Trees for Buildings Kenya, Kisumu Winam Grassroots Urban Tinkering UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Kenya, Nairobi Expert Group Meeting on National Urban Forums Settlements Programme Changing Faces: Youth led public space transformation in Kenya, Nairobi Dreamtown Nairobi Reclaiming the Green City in the Sun: Green, and Public Spaces Kenya, Nairobi Daima Coalition at the Centre of the Urban Solution Kenya, Nairobi Daima Green Spaces Reclaiming the green city in the sun UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Kenya, Nairobi Future Cities Challenge Settlements Programme Kenya, Nairobi Polycom Development Project Wamama Tunauwezo 5 - Urban Thinkers Campus UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Kenya, Nairobi Global Well Being Survey (Children and Youth) Settlements Programme Kenya, Nairobi Women in Real Estate Kenya (WIRE) COVID-19 Challenge Prize Giving Ceremony UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Lithium-ion EV battery: e-waste, electric mobility and energy Kenya, Nairobi Settlements Programme nexus UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Waste technologies deep dive: waste electric and electronic Kenya, Nairobi Settlements Programme equipment treatment Solutions Durables pour les déplacements dans le Sahel central: UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Kenya, Nairobi collaboration avec les autorités locales et renforcement des Settlements Programme services urbains. Kenya, Kilifi Elimu Development Projects Offline eLearning Innovation Kenya, Nairobi Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Kenya office Revaluing Justice for Communities in Cities Planning and Designing with people, focusing on informal Kenya, Nairobi Kounkuey Design Initiative neighbourhood upgrading processes in Nairobi Kenya, Nakuru World Cities Day Global Observance Kenya, Nairobi Enkaya Designs World Habitat Day Contribution Lao People’s Democratic Republic, UN-Habitat - United Nations Human World Habitat Day Vientiane Settlements Programme Lao People’s Democratic Republic, UN-Habitat - United Nations Human World Habitat Day Vientiane Settlements Programme

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 125 Country/City Name of Organization Title of Activity Malaysia, Ipoh UrbanXHub UrbanXFest 2020 Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur UrbanXHub UrbanXFest 2020 Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur UrbanXHub World Cities Day 2020 - UrbanXFest 2020 Malaysia, George Town Penang Urbanites Navigating Malaysian Cities: Walking in the midst of Covid-19 Urban Challenges in the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area regarding Mexico, Guadalajara Bek' Consultoría Socioambiental Climate Change/Retos urbanos en el Área Metropolitana de Guadalajara frente al Cambio Climático Conversation on flood vulnerability/Conversatorio sobre Mexico, Metepec Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México vulnerabilidad por inundaciones Public policies and citizen participation in the urban sphere/ Mexico, Tlaxcala PPI Proyectos y Planeación Integral Políticas públicas y participación ciudadana en el ámbito urbano Urban solutions for Sustainability/Soluciones Urbanas para la Mexico, Mexico City Climate Reality Project Sostenibilidad Mexico, Yucatán Secretaría de Desarrollo Sustentable Urban Photography Contest/Concurso de Fotografia Urbana Responsible Production and Consumption/ Producción y Mexico, Tijuana Universidad de las Californias Internacional Consumo responsable SEDATU - Secretariat of Agrarian, Land, and Urban Development, GIZ - “Building together”, a Participative Methodology for the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale generation of SEDATU's Sectorial Program/ Construyendo Mexico, Ciudad de México Zusammenarbeit, Cities Alliance, United juntas y junto, Metodología Participativa para la generación del Nations Human Settlements Programme Programa Sectorial de Sedatu México SEDATU - Secretariat of Agrarian, Having specific inputs to strengthen the methodology to Land, and Urban Development, GIZ - develop and implement Municipal Urban Development Plans Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale and Programs, from the perspective of Caring Cities/Contar con Mexico, Ciudad de México Zusammenarbeit, Cities Alliance, United insumos puntuales para fortalecer la metodología para elaborar Nations Human Settlements Programme y aplicar Planes y Programas Municipales de Desarrollo Urbano, México desde la perspectiva de Ciudades Cuidadoras Mexico, Monterrey Casas Javer October Urban Javer/Octubre Urbano Javer SEDATU - Secretariat of Agrarian, Launching of the "Sustainable Development of Urban Coastal Land, and Urban Development, GIZ - Regions through the Integration of Ecosystem Services and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Biodiversity (BIOCITIS) Project"/"Lanzamiento ""Proyecto Mexico, Ciudad de México Zusammenarbeit, Cities Alliance, United Desarrollo Sustentable de Regiones Urbanas Costeras mediante Nations Human Settlements Programme la integración de servicios ecosistémicos y biodiversidad México (BIOCITIS)" SEDATU - Secretariat of Agrarian, Land, and Urban Development, GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Mexico, Ciudad de México Women for the Right to Land/Mujeres por el Derecho a la Tierra Zusammenarbeit, Cities Alliance, United Nations Human Settlements Programme México Mexico, Mérida Resiliente: Estudio de Soluciones Urbanas Masterclass: Urban Resilience/Masterclass: Resiliencia Urbana Introductory Workshop towards the Editatona “Women in Asociación Mexicana de Arquitectas y Mexico, Mexico City Architecture and Urban Planning”/Taller Introductorio rumbo a la Urbanistas, A.C. AMAU Editatona Mujeres en la Arquitectura y el Urbanismo Panel discussion: how to make your city or community inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable?/Panel de encuentro: ¿cómo hacer Mexico, Tonalá, Jalisco Municipio de Tonalá, Jalisco que su ciudad o comunidad sea inclusiva, segura, resiliente y sostenible?

126 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 Country/City Name of Organization Title of Activity Photographic memory: tangible improvements in the urban Mexico, Tonalá, Jalisco Municipio de Tonalá, Jalisco challenges of your community./Memoria fotográfica: mejoras tangibles en los problemas urbanos de su comunidad. Panel discussion: how to make your city or community inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable?/Panel de encuentro: ¿cómo hacer Mexico, Tonalá, Jalisco Municipio de Tonalá, Jalisco que su ciudad o comunidad sea inclusiva, segura, resiliente y sostenible? Problems that affect habitat of the municipality of Tonalá, Mexico, Tonalá, Jalisco Municipio de Tonalá, Jalisco Jalisco./Problemas que inciden en el hábitat del municipio de Tonalá, Jalisco Panel: The State as a formulator of public policies for local Mexico, Tonalá, Jalisco Municipio de Tonalá, Jalisco development./Panel: El Estado como formulador de Políticas públicas para el Desarrollo Local Competition of Narrative or Painting: Resilient Cities/ Concurso Mexico, Tonalá, Jalisco Municipio de Tonalá, Jalisco de narrativa o pintura: Ciudades Resilientes The Municipality as part of the Metropolitan City/El Municipio Mexico, Tonalá, Jalisco Municipio de Tonalá; Jalisco como parte de las Ciudad Metropolitana Mexico, Heroica Nogales Reynaldo Gutiérrez Street Improvement/Mejoramiento de calles SEDATU - Secretariat of Agrarian, Virtual Workshop. Methodological Guide for the Elaboration Land, and Urban Development, GIZ - and/or Adaptation of Programs for Metropolitan Areas Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Mexico, Ciudad de México or Conurbations./Taller Virtual. Guía Metodológica para Zusammenarbeit, Cities Alliance, United la Elaboración y/o Adecuación de Programas de Zonas Nations Human Settlements Programme Metropolitanas o Conurbaciones México Mexico, Ciudad de México Fundación Vinte Creating value in my neighborhood/Creando valor en mi barrio Mexico, Monterrey DistritoTec Thriving Cities Trees in Puebla. Perspectives from the civil society./Los árboles Mexico, Puebla Árboles Patrimoniales de Puebla en Puebla. Perspectivas desde la ciudadanía. Conference: Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for IMEF Universitario - Universidad Autónoma Mexico, Tamaulipas Sustainable Development./Conferencia: Transformar Nuestro de Tamaulipas Mundo: La Agenda 2030 Para el Desarrollo Sostenible Observatorio Ciudadano Integral de la Zona Territorial and Urban Development Forum/Foro de Desarrollo Mexico, Poza Rica Metropolitana de Poza Rica Territorial y Urbano Workshop on the Integration of Municipal Planning Institutes./ Mexico, Metepec Secretaría de Desarrollo Urbano y Obra Taller para la Integración de los Institutos Municipales de Planeación Workshop on the Integration of Municipal Planning Institutes./ Mexico, Metepec Secretaría de Desarrollo Urbano y Obra Taller para la Integración de los Institutos Municipales de Planeación Workshop on the Integration of Municipal Planning Institutes./ Mexico, Metepec Secretaría de Desarrollo Urbano y Obra Taller para la Integración de los Institutos Municipales de Planeación The Challenge of living in the Metropolis of the Valley of Mexico: the experience of its inhabitants from Ecatepec to the east of Mexico, Ecatepec Mujeres, Democracia y Ciudadania A.C. Mexico City./El Desafío de Vivir en la Metropoli del Valle de Mexico, la experiencia de sus habitantes desde Ecatepec hasta el oriente mexiquense Mexico, Metropolitan Area of Metropolitan Agency for Urban Forests of the “Agents of Change" Contest /Concurso "Agentes de cambio" Guadalajara Metropolitan Area of Guadalajara (AMBU)

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 127 Country/City Name of Organization Title of Activity Inauguration of the National Association of Metropolitan Conferencia Nacional De Municipios De Mexico Municipalities/Toma de protesta de la Asociación Nacional de Mexico Municipios Metropolitanos Mexico, Ciudad de México Fundación Vinte Creating value in my community/Creando valor en mi comunidad Mexico, Metropolitan Area of Metropolitan Agency for Urban Forests of the Video: "Whatever you do today, will make tomorrow better" Guadalajara Metropolitan Area of Guadalajara (AMBU) Mexico, Metropolitan Area of Metropolitan Agency for Urban Forests of the Urban Dialogues: Improving my Natural Space/ Diálogos Guadalajara Metropolitan Area of Guadalajara (AMBU) Urbanos: Mejorando mi espacio natural Mexico, Metropolitan Area of ASADO URBANO URBAN BARBECUE IV/ASADO URBANO IV Guadalajara Mexico, Heroica Nogales Reynaldo Gutiérrez Cleanup Day /Jornada de Limpieza Mexico, Heroica Nogales Reynaldo Gutiérrez Donation of Tambos /Donación de Tambos Mexico, Mexico City Candidato a Presidente CAM-SAM CDMX Efficient social housing as a base for poverty eradication Metropolitan Planning and Projects / Planificación y Proyectos Mexico, Puebla Universidad del Valle de Mexico Metropolitanos Mexico, Monterrey DistritoTec Thriving Cities The City in face of COVID-19: Urban Mobility / La Ciudad ante el Mexico, Culiacán Integra Comunidad COVID-19: Movilidad Urbana Mexico, Tlajomulco de Zúñiga Instituto para el Mejoramiento del Hábitat Community Agriculture / Huertos Comunitarios Mexico, Guadalajara dérive LAB Generation and Use of Data in Environmental Public Policies Comisión Estatal de los Derechos Humanos Right to the City, Habitat and Human Development / Derecho a la Mexico, Tuxtla Gutiérrez (CEDH), Chiapas ciudad, hábitat y desarrollo humano Urban Legislation and Sustainable Entrepreneurship for the Cities Mexico, Morelia Tecnológico de Monterrey We Need / Legislación Urbana y Emprendedorismo Sostenible para las Ciudades que Necesitamos Universidad de las Californias Internacional Circular Fashion and Responsible Practices / Moda Circular y Mexico, Tijuana, Baja California (UDCI) prácticas responsables Mexico, Puebla Instituto Poblano de la Juventud Creating Emerging Bikeways / Creando ciclovías emergentes Mexico, Puebla Instituto Poblano de la Juventud Sustainable Living in Mexico / Vida sustentable en México Urban October: Planning to Improve the Future / Octubre Urbano: Mexico, Puebla Instituto Municipal de Planeación Puebla Planeación para mejorar el futuro Binding strategies for citizen participation to transform hazadous Mexico, Morelia Colegio de Arquitectos de Michoacán A.C. environments / Estrategias vinculantes de participación ciudadana para transformar entornos peligrosos Improvement of Public Spaces / Mejoramiento de Espacios Mexico, Heroica Nogales Reynaldo Gutiérrez Públicos. Mexico, Puebla Instituto Poblano de la Juventud A city for all / Una ciudad para todas The transition to walkable cities in the state of Puebla / La Mexico, Puebla Instituto Poblano de la Juventud transición hacia ciudades caminables en el estado de Puebla Mobility, accessibility and transportation systems / Movilidad, Mexico, Puebla Instituto Poblano de la Juventud accesibilidad y sistemas de transporte Youth building a better urban future / Juventudes construyendo Mexico, Puebla Instituto Poblano de la Juventud un mejor futuro urbano New Paradigm in the Design of Modern Communications Dirección de Difusión de Ciencia y Tecnología Systems, the Case of Smart Cities / Nuevo Paradigma en el Mexico, Mexico City del Instituto Politécnico Nacional Diseño de los Sistemas de Comunicaciones Modernos, el caso de las Ciudades Inteligentes

128 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 Country/City Name of Organization Title of Activity Governmental Innovation through Open Data // PIP Ciudad Mexico, Metropolitan Area of dérive LAB Futuro / Innovación Gubernamental a través de los Datos Guadalajara Abiertos // PIP Ciudad Futuro Mexico, Zona Metropolitana de Why Measure Noise // PIP Ciudad Futuro / ¿Por qué medir el dérive LAB Guadalajara ruido? // PIP Ciudad Futuro Mexico, Zona Metropolitana de Air and Health What are we breathing? // PIP Ciudad Futuro / Aire dérive LAB Guadalajara y Salud ¿Qué estamos respirando? // PIP Ciudad Futuro Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and the Environment // Mexico, Zona Metropolitana de dérive LAB PIP Ciudad Futuro / Sistemas de Información Geográfica (SIG) y Guadalajara Medio Ambiente // PIP Ciudad Futuro Reducing Emissions through Mobility // PIP Ciudad Futuro / Mexico, Zona Metropolitana de dérive LAB Ahorro de emisiones a través de la movilidad // PIP Ciudad Guadalajara Futuro Mexico, Zona Metropolitana de PIP Future City Information Sessions / Sesiones Informativas PIP dérive LAB Guadalajara Ciudad Futuro Artificial Intelligence + Robotics + Internet of Things = Efficient Dirección de Difusión de Ciencia y Tecnología Mexico, Mexico City Mobility in Cities / Inteligencia Artificial + Robótica + Internet de del Instituto Politécnico Nacional las cosas = Movilidad eficiente en ciudades Mexico, Metropolitan Area of Laboratorio de Innovación Urbana - Connected Cities / Ciudades conectadas Guadalajara Universidad del Valle de Atemajac Mexico, Heroica Nogales Reynaldo Gutiérrez Improving the Urban Image / Mejoramiento de la Imagen Urbana Mexico, Santa María del Oro, Improving public space in Santa María del Oro / Mejorando el Instituto Municipal de Planeación Nayarit espacio público de Santa María del Oro Mexico Peatonline Mobility Share in LATAM during COVID Mexico, Querétaro, Chihuahua and Urban October Youth Science Society / Octubre Urbano Sociedad Sociedad Científica Juvenil Puebla Científica Juvenil Oaxaca Citizen Innovation Lab / Laboratorio de Innovación Mexico Innovación Ciudadana Oaxaca Ciudadana Oaxaca Artificial Intelligence + Robotics + Internet of Things = Efficient Dirección de Difusión de Ciencia y Tecnología Mexico, Ciudad de México Mobility in Cities / Inteligencia Artificial + Robótica + Internet de del Instituto Politécnico Nacional las cosas = Movilidad eficiente en ciudades Dirección de Difusión de Ciencia y Tecnología "Sick buildings in the future of sustainable cities"/ "Edificios Mexico, Ciudad de México del Instituto Politécnico Nacional enfermos en el futuro de las ciudades sustentables" The future perspectives for cities: a glimpse from different Dirección de Difusión de Ciencia y Tecnología Mexico, Ciudad de México approaches / “La perspectiva a futuro de las ciudades, un vistazo del Instituto Politécnico Nacional desde diferentes enfoques” The value of socio-cultural urbanization for a sustainable development guided by environmental complexity in Dirección de Difusión de Ciencia y Tecnología Mexico, Ciudad de México contemporary cities / El valor de la urbanización sociocultural del Instituto Politécnico Nacional para un desarrollo sustentable guiado por la complejidad ambiental en las ciudades contemporáneas Dirección de Difusión de Ciencia y Tecnología Urban agriculture: our grain of sand to help the planet / “Huertos Mexico, Ciudad de México del Instituto Politécnico Nacional urbanos, nuestro granito de arena para ayudar al planeta” Urban planning and housing supply in central areas / "Planeación Mexico, Mérida CREHABITAT urbana y oferta de vivienda en áreas centrales" Evaluation and contribution towards the Mobility Plan from the disciplines of the Campus of Architecture, Habitat, Art and Mexico, Mérida CREHABITAT Design / “Evaluación y contribución hacia el Plan de Movilidad desde las disciplinas del Campus de Arquitectura, Hábitat, Arte y Diseño”

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 129 Country/City Name of Organization Title of Activity Perspectives of inclusion in the design and configuration of Mexico, Mérida CREHABITAT public space. / "Perspectivas de inclusión en el diseño y la configuración del espacio público" Recycling of architectural assets for the revitalization of historic Contexto Sociocultural del Diseño (Cuerpo Mexico, Toluca heritage centers. / Reciclaje de bienes arquitectónicos para Académico) - CIAD revitalización de centros históricos patrimoniales Mexico, Tlaxcala PPI Proyectos y Planeación Integral Who plans cities? / ¿Quién planea las ciudades? Forum For A Better City And A Better Life / Foro por una Mejor Mexico, Acapulco HOMBRES SOLIDARIOS POR LA IGUALDAD Ciudad y una Mejor Vida Mexico, Alcaldía de Tlalpan Rabilotta Flores #MexicoInPerspective / #MéxicoEnPerspectiva Resilient Cities: redefining urban development. / Ciudades Mexico, Sonoyta UBBJ Sonoyta Resilientes: redefiniendo el desarrollo urbano. Mexico, Ciudad de México Fundación VINTE Living in VINTE / Vivir en VINTE Actions and perspectives on climate change in Zapopan, Mexico. Mexico, Zapopan Dirección de Medio Ambiente / Acciones y perspectivas ante el cambio climático en Zapopan, México Life during the pandemic seen through different shapes. / La vida Mexico, Toluca Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México durante la pandemia vista a través de diferentes formas First Open Council for Children in Mexico / Primer Consejo Mexico, México City Exploradores de la ciudad Abierto para Niñas y Niños en México "The city through citizens eyes: Photo Gallery" / “La ciudad a Mexico, México City Colloquio través del ojo de sus habitantes: Galería Fotográfica”. Mexico, Monterrey Casas Javer Javer Drawing Contest / Concurso de Dibujo Javer Instituto Ciudadano de Planeación Municipal Conversation on “Co-creating Sustainable Cities” / Conversatorio Mexico, Tuxtla Gutiérrez (ICIPLAM) Cocreando Ciudades Sustentables Is Sustainable Urban Development Possible? Experience and Mexico, Playa del Carmen, Some Actions from our cities./ ¿El desarrollo Urbano Sostenible Universidad Ducens Solidaridad es Posible? Experiencia y Algunas Acciones desde Nuestras Ciudades. International Meeting: WORLD CITIES DAY "Constructions and Re-constructions post pandemic" / Encuentro Internacional: Mexico, Parral Observatorio Urbano de Parral WORLD CITIES DAY “Construcciones y re-construcciones post pandemia” World Cities Day 2020. San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, San Cristóbal de Las Casas Ciudadanía Mexico / Día Mundial de Las Ciudades 2020. San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México Cleaning of the Iconic Hill of the Pirinola / Limpieza del Cerro Mexico, Heroica Nogales Reynaldo Gutiérrez Icónico de la Pirinola. Facultad de Planeación Urbana y Regional. Mexico, Toluca Poetry to the City of Toluca / Poesía a la Ciudad de Toluca Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México Facultad de Planeación Urbana y Regional. Mexico, Toluca Gallery "Territory in Pandemic" / Galería "Territorio en Pandemia" Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México World Day of Cities Dialogue, UNO 75 and Eco-club / Dialodo día Mexico, Ciudad de México Sociedad de Energía y Medio Ambiente mundial de las ciudades, ONU 75 y Eco-club Is it possible to create sustainable urban communities for all? / Mexico, Toluca Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México Conjuntos urbanos sustentables para todos ¿es posible? Mexico, Tlaxcala PPI Proyectos y Planeación Integral Youth for Territory / Jóvenes por el Territorio

130 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 Country/City Name of Organization Title of Activity Mexico, Cuauhtémoc, Ciudad de Centro Urbano World Habitat Day / Día Mundial del Hábitat México Dirección de Desarrollo Social del Municipal Housing Improvement Program / Programa Municipal Mexico, Mérida Ayuntamiento de Mérida de Mejora de Vivienda Video Conversation: The Human Right to Housing in the Metropolitan Zone of the Valley of Mexico, The Ecatepec Case / Mexico, Ecatepec Mujeres, Democracia y Ciudadania A.C. Video Conversatorio: El Derecho Humano a la Vivienda en la Zona Metropolitana del Valle de México, El caso Ecatepec. Women's World Connect # Trilliontreecampaign: 1 Billion Trees, Hope for the Future of the Young Generation / Women´S World Mexico, Cancún WOMEN´S WORLD CONNECT# Connect# Trilliontreecampaign: 1 Billón de Árboles, la Esperanza Para el Futuro de Las Generaciónes Jovenes. World Habitat Day in Poblado c-28, H.Cárdenas, Tabasco, Mexico Mexico, Poblado C-28, H. Granero Del Mundo Organizado A.C. / Día Mundial del Hábitat en Poblado c-28, H.Cárdenas, Tabasco, Cárdenas, Tabasco México Agencia de Proyectos Estratégicos del Equity Park Participatory Workshop / Taller participativo del Mexico, Cancun Estado de Quintana Roo Parque de la Equidad Mexico, Tlajomulco de Zúñiga Tlajomulco Government Habitat and Housing / El hábitat y la vivienda Ministère de l’Aménagement du Territoire Housing For All: For a Better Urban Future / Logement pour tous: Morocco, Rabat National, de l’Urbanisme, de l’Habitat et de la pour un meilleur avenir urbain Politique de la Ville UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Technical training about Spatial Adaptation of Markets to Prevent Mozambique, Luanda Settlements Programme Covid-19 in Mozambique Cities UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Good practices and challenges for prevention and response to Mozambique, Luanda Settlements Programme COVID-19 in public transportation Associação Juvenil de Apoio ao Circulation of People and Goods in Developing Cities after Mozambique, Luanda Desenvolvimento das Crianças e Jovens COVID-19 (AJAD) UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Sharing experiences in the spatial adaptation of markets for the Mozambique, Maputo Settlements Programme prevention of COVID-19 in urban areas Namibia, Windhoek Ministry of Urban and Rural Development Commemoration of Word Habitat Day Nepal, Kathmandu Green Institute: for sustainable development Nepal Urban Dialogue NUD 2020 (NUD 2020) Department of Urban Development and Building Construction (DUDBC) and UN- Nepal World Cities Day Nepal 2020 Habitat - United Nations Human Settlements Programme UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Nepal, Kathmandu Settlements Programme, National Urban Inaugural event of World Habitat Day Forum, Ministry of Urban Development/GoN Healthy Parks Healthy Cities Statement Release – World Cities New Zealand, Auckland World Urban Parks Day 2020 Department of Property University of The Most Unaffordable Informal Housing in the Most New Zealand, Auckland Auckland Business School Unaffordable City Nicaragua, Managua Assistant, Independent Researcher Radiografías Urbanas Blog relaunching BIMHarambee.Africa 2020 - Reimagining the way cities are built Nigeria, Abuja BIM Africa in Africa Nigeria, Awka Benjy Poetry and Music Global Concepts ANAMBRA YOUTH ARISE 2020 Nigeria, Owerri, Imo State Urbanize Africa Positioning for opportunities in digital era

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 131 Country/City Name of Organization Title of Activity Nigerian Institute of Town Planners Lagos Nigeria, Lagos State Valuing Our Communities and Cities State Chapter A tweet Chat with Abubakar Sidiq Usman @MrAbuSidiq The Special Assistant on New Media to the Senate President of Asocciation of City Managers in Nigeria Nigeria, Minna Nigeria and Godswill Unekwuojo Musa @GUMSFather The (ACMAN) Secretary General, ACMAN, In Celebration of World Habitat Day 2020 Nigeria, Bauchi Global Youth Climate Action Initiative Climate Action Group Green, Clean, and Habitat Day Norway, Oslo Habitat Norway Pandemics and Future Cities UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Pakistan, Islamabad Celebration of World Habitat Day Settlements Programme, Pakistan Public Space Intervention and Tactical Urbanism /Recuperación Panama National Assembly / Member of Panama, Panama City de Espacios Públicos y Urbanismo Táctico / Public Space Parliament, Edison Broce Intervention and Tactical Urbanism UN-Women - United Nations Entity for Safe Cities and Safe Public Spaces for Women and Girls in the Panama, Panama City Gender Equality and the Empowerment of COVID-19 Context Women Recycling Fair - Environmental Awareness / Feria de reciclaje- Panama, Panama City Junta Comunal 24 de Diciembre Conciencia Ambiental Sustainable Cities and Communities / Ciudades y Comunidades Panama, Panama City Jóvenes y Cambio Climático Sostenibles Strong Cities: The Importance of Public Policy / Strong Cities La Panama, Panama City Fundación Konrad Adenauer importancia de Las Políticas Públicas Conversatory: Informal Settlements and the Right to the City / Paraguay, Asunción TECHO Paraguay Conversatorio: Asentamientos y Derecho a la Ciudad Paraguay, Lambaré Red Paraguaya por Ciudades Sustentables Paraguayan Week of Cities / Semana Paraguaya de las Ciudades Will the challenge of housing and public space change with Peru, Arequipa Universidad Católica San Pablo the Covid19 pandemic? / El desafío de la vivienda y el espacio público cambiará con la pandemia de Covid19? Centro de Estudios Para las Ciudades Adequate Housing. Concept and implementation / La Vivienda Peru, Lima - Prociudades, Escuela de Posgrado Adecuada. Concepto e implementación Universidad Continental International Webinar “Building Safe Communities in LAC: Strategies, challenges and challenges related to COVID 19” / Peru, Lima CESAL Webinar Internacional Construyendo Comunidades Seguras en LAC: Estrategias, retos y desafíos frente al COVID 19. SONQO: Meeting of community leaders in the context of the Peru, Lima TECHO pandemic. / SONQO: Encuentro de liderazgos comunitarios en contexto Pandemia UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Peru, Lima Coffee with Europe / Cafecito con Europa Settlements Programme Peru, Iquitos Acuerdo Por Iquitos Iquitos: Better city, better life / Iquitos: Mejor ciudad, mejor vida First virtual conversation "Citizen Jane: Battle for the city" / Peru, Chiclayo Colectivo ciudadano Peatón CIX Primer conversatorio virtual "Citizen Jane: Battle for the city". Presentación Revista IQ Nueva Generación N° 28 “Mujeres y Peru, Lima DESCO - Programa Urbano derecho a la ciudad” Public Space Intervention and Tactical Urbanism / Octubre Peru, Lima Lima Cómo Vamos | Nodal Urbano: #Vivienda para todos: un mejor futuro urbano

132 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 Country/City Name of Organization Title of Activity Leadership in Philippine Housing today and beyond: The Public, Philippines, Pasig University of the Philippines Diliman Private and Non-Government initiatives and collaborations The Future of Philippine Housing: Innovations in planning, Philippines, Quezon City University of the Philippines Diliman research and design UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Philippines, Tagum Settlements Programme, Philippines (on Revisiting Land Use: Adapting to COVID-19 behalf of DILG) UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Strengthening Disaster Preparedness and Management Towards Philippines, Manila Settlements Programme, Philippines (on Good Governance behalf of the Local Government Academy) UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Philippines, Manila Settlements Programme, Philippines (on Leading Local Green Economic Recovery Post-COVID-19 behalf of the Local Government Academy) Philippines, Manila Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA) #BetterMyCity Draw-on-photo Contest Urban Breakfast 01 – LIVE SMARTER, NOT HARDER: Smart Philippines, Manila Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA) Urban Solutions for Economic Recovery Urban Breakfast 02 – OUT WITH THE OLD: Improving Urban Philippines, Manila Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA) Waste Management Urban Breakfast 03 – CHANGE WE NEED: How Cities Can Build Philippines, Manila Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA) Climate Resilience Urban Breakfast 04 – CITY FUTURE: Engaging Youth in Urban Philippines, Manila Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA) Development Philippines, Mandaluyong Honeycomb Builders Inc. Live the Greener Life at Urban Loft Philippines - Partner Cities: UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Angeles, Cagayan De Oro, Legazpi, Financing Urban Resilience in Cities Settlements Programme, Philippines Ormoc and Tagum Philippines, Quezon City University of the Philippines Diliman Philippines Housing Snapshot The Right to Stay Home: Forced Evictions in the Time of Philippines, Quezon City Karapatan Ang Tahanan Covid-19 Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Poland, Warsaw Urban October Observation in Poland Policy of the Republic of Poland Republic of Korea, Seoul Korean National Committee for UN-HABITAT Sustainable Habitat-Urban School (SHUS) Republic of Korea, Seoul Seoul Metropolitan Government Seoul Urban Regeneration International Conference 2020 United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Republic of Korea, Incheon Launch of Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030) Reduction Republic of Korea, Seoul Korean National Committee for UN-HABITAT World Habitat Day Local Observance Russian Federation, Tolyatti Togliatti Philharmonic On The Way to Art Russian Federation, Moscow, Higher School of Economics (HSE) -National A Better Urban Future: Climate and Environmental Challenges in House of Architects Research University the city UN SDG framework localisation in Moscow. Private Sector Russian Federation, Moscow UN-Habitat Engagement Russian Federation, Ekaterinburg/ City Administration of Ekaterinburg Virtual Global Observance of World Cities Day 2020 Nairobi UN-Habitat - United Nations Human São Tomé & Príncipe, São Tomé Contributions to National Housing Policy Settlements Programme UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Technical Validation of the Framework for the Sustainable Urban São Tomé & Príncipe, São Tomé Settlements Programme Development of the Island of São Tomé - ST 2030

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 133 Country/City Name of Organization Title of Activity Saudi Arabia, Riyadh C20 C20 Summit - Social Infrastructure as Resilient Infrastructure UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Harnessing the Force of Urbanization to Accelerate SDG Delivery: Saudi Arabia, Riyadh Settlements Programme The VLR and SDG Cities Global Initiative Promouvoir la participation et l’engagement citoyen pour des villes et territoires durables: enjeux, défis et perspectives à Senegal, Dakar ENDA ECOPOP l’heure et au-delà du Covid-19/Promote participation and citizen engagement for sustainable cities and territories: issues, challenges and perspectives during and after COVID19 UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Financing Urban Resilience in Cities Settlements Programme, Philippines Sierra Leone, Freetown [email protected] The Urban Space Challenge Slovenia, Ljubljana Faculty of Design World Habitat Day UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Discussion session on Flood Risk & Urban Resilience, Somalia, Beledweyne Settlements Programme, Somalia Beledweyne, Somalia. Programme Unpacking inclusive mobility in African cities: moving from South Africa, Cape Town ICLEI Africa buzzwords to reality World Urban Parks Regional Roundtable - Urban Parks, Urban South Africa, Cape Town ICLEI Africa Futures: Insights from Africa Festival of virtual events, running every day for the month of South Africa, Johannesburg Our Future Cities October South Africa, Johannesburg Generation.e Smarter Mobility Africa LIVE supported by Alstom South Africa, Pretoria Department of Human Settlements Greening Challenge and Media Tour Spain and in several metropolises UN-Habitat - United Nations Human World Metropolitan Day (WMD) around the world Settlements Programme & Metropolis Spain, País Vasco Gobierno del País Vasco Metropolitan Regions on the Framework of Recovery UNESCO Housing Chair of Rovira i Virgili Spain, Tarragona, Cataluña Webinar: Collaborative Housing University Spain, Madrid HOGAR SI World Homeless Day Entreplanos 4: cinema. city. architecture / Entreplanos 4: cine. Spain, Córdoba Fundación Arquitectura Contemporánea ciudad. arquitectura #n'SDG | UNDO, REDO and DO NOT to achieve the Sustainable Spain, Madrid n'UNDO Development Goals / #n’ODS | UNDO, REDO and DO NOT to achieve the Objectives of Sustainable Development #n'SDG | UNDO, REDO and DO NOT to achieve the SDGs / #n'ODS Spain, Madrid n'UNDO | Deshacer, Rehacer y No hacer para alcanzar los ODS Urban Resilience in a context of Climate Change (URCC) Spain, Barcelona Barcelona City Council conference Urban Agendas and the Localization of the SDGs: Reflections Spain, Oviedo y Madrid URBAN RED from Academia / Las Agendas Urbanas y la Localización de los ODS: Reflexiones desde la Academia International Federation for Family Spain, Madrid Inclusive Cities for All: COVID-19 Urban Response Development Expert Group Meeting on Global Urban Safety Indicators and Spain, Madrid UN-Habitat office in Spain Monitoring Tool

134 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 Country/City Name of Organization Title of Activity Resilience of Cities in the time of COVID-19: Citizen-centered Local Projects and Strategies / La resiliencia de las Ciudades en Spain, Murcia Ayuntamiento de la Murcia época de COVID-19; Proyectos y Estrategias locales centrados en los ciudadanos Fundació Mies van der Rohe / Creative Spain, Barcelona Young Talent Architecture Award 2020 Day Europe - European Union Agencia Andaluza de Cooperación Spain, Andalucía Housing for all: a perspective from the international cooperation Internacional para el Desarrollo Sweden, Solna WWF - World Wide Fund for Nature We Love Cities Gothenburg Centre for Sustainable Sweden, Gothenburg Agenda 2030 på lokal nivå – så gör andra städer Development AGORA Dialogue | Urban Community Transitions: Linking local Sweden, Stockholm JPI Urban Europe actions with European ambitions Sweden, Stockholm Global Utmaning Social Bonds - Tools for an inclusive transition Sweden, Stockholm Global Utmaning Meet a Minecrafter: Urban Girls Movement Sweden, Stockholm Global Utmaning Online consultation on Her City toolbox United Nations Economic Commission for Switzerland, Geneva UN Forum of Mayors Europe (UNECE) Switzerland, Basel Fondation Botnar Future Cities Challenge Switzerland, Geneva CoHabitat Network CoHabitat Network campaign for community-led housing Switzerland, Zürich UNICEF Schweiz und Liechtenstein Fachtagung "Kinderfreundliche Lebensräume (be)greifen" WHO - World Health Organization, UN- Habitat - United Nations Human Settlements People-oriented urbanization – Planning and public health Switzerland, Genneva Programme, and Norwegian Ministry of working together to generate healthy urban environments Foreign Affairs UNDRR - United Nations Office for Disaster Switzerland, Genneva Launch of the Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030) Risk Reduction Switzerland, Genneva City Cancer Challenge The City of Tomorrow Switzerland, Basel Fondation Botnar Future Cities Challenge Switzerland, Basel Healthy Cities for Adolescents Young people driving change in their cities in 2020 People and Parks: The Pathways to Social and Ecological Switzerland, Gland IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas Recovery Switzerland, Basel erde.group constitution for the biogenesis of earth UNESCAP - United Nations Economic and ‘Response and Recovery: Asia-Pacific Cities on the Front Lines of Thailand, Bangkok Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific COVID-19' FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of Urban forestry innovations - Transforming landscapes for human Thailand, Bangkok the United Nations well-being in the post-Covid-19 era UN-Habitat - United Nations Human UN-Habitat honourably joint the 20th Anniversary of the Thailand, Bangkok Settlements Programme, AIA - American Community Organizations Development Institute (CODI) Institute of Architects, New York commemoration International organization of local HOUSING FOR A FAIRER SOCIETY: the role of the local and Tunisia, Tunis ىوقا عمتجم نامض يف ةيزكرملا و ةيلحملا ةطلسلا رود: الدع رثكا عمتجم لجا نم نكسلا نامض /government central authorities in ensuring stronger communities Training, Education and Empowerment for Uganda, Jinja Open Streets Jinja Neighborhood Sustainability (TEENS)

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 135 Country/City Name of Organization Title of Activity United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, London; Inclusive Design: What if we built a world that was Global Disability Innovation Hub Indonesia, Banjarmasin; ongolia, accessible to all? Ulaanbaatar United Kingdom of Great Britain University of Glasgow Housing for all during COVID-19 and beyond and Northern Ireland, Glasgow United Kingdom of Great Britain National Park City Foundation, World Urban How to make cities #GreenerHealthierWilder! Voices from around and Northern Ireland, London Parks and Salzburg Global Seminar the world United Kingdom of Great Britain Institute for Global Sustainable Development, Live Q&A with Marcus Mayr, UN-Habitat - United Nations Human and Northern Ireland, Coventry University of Warwick Settlements Programme United Kingdom of Great Britain International Institute for Environment and COVID-19 and the housing crisis in the global South – time for and Northern Ireland, London Development (IIED) change

United States of America, New York Global Forum on Human Settlements The 15th Annual Session of Global Forum on Human Settlements United States of America, New York American Institute of Architects, New York Leadership Breakfast with Kim Yao, AIA United States of America, New York Bronx River Alliance Community Friday Paddles United States of America, New York Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Design Tour: Architecture Inside Schermerhorn Row: A Virtual Tour of the Seaport United States of America, New York South Street Seaport Museum Museum’s Landmark Buildings United States of America, New York Open House New York Open House New York Weekend United States of America, New York Bronx River Alliance Estuary Paddle United States of America, New York Bard Graduate Center Eileen Gray: Architectural Drawing as Spatial Praxis United States of America, New York Untapped New York Victorian Flatbush Walking Tour The City College of New York, The Bernard United States of America, New York Fall 2020 Sciame Series: Alexia León and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture Columbia University Graduate School of United States of America, New York Lecture: J. Phillip Thompson Architecture, Planning and Preservation Changing Signs, Changing Times: A History of Wayfinding in United States of America, New York New York Public Library Transit with the New York Transit Museum United States of America, New York ‘T’ Space Rhinebeck Steven Holl Architects’ Ex of In House, Virtual Tour How to Launch Your Project: Join Cooper Hewitt to Learn How to United States of America, New York Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Launch a Project! The City College of New York, The Bernard United States of America, New York Architecture Graduate Programs Info Session and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture The General Society of Mechanics & United States of America, New York Bricks & Brownstone: The New York Row House Tradesmen of the City of New York United States of America, New York Monacelli Press 92Y Master Class: Stanford White in Detail History Happy Hour: Decoding the Past–Cemetery Symbols, United States of America, New York The Green-Wood Cemetery Part 2 United States of America, New York NYC Architecture Biennial New York City Architecture Biennial United States of America, New York Building Energy Exchange ASHRAE Global HQ: Energy Modeling for Net Zero (Part 2) United States of America, New York Untapped New York Rafael Guastavino’s New York United States of America, New York Museum of the City of New York Tracing the Legacy of Housing Discrimination in New York City United States of America, New York The Glass House Glass House Presents: Evolution of Architectural Photography

136 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 Country/City Name of Organization Title of Activity Historic House Trust of New York City Village United States of America, New York The Ultimate Ghost Tour: East Village to Greenwich Village Preservation United States of America, New York Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum National Design Awards Virtual Gala United States of America, New York Urban Green Council Crushing the Code New York City: Commercial The School of Constructed Environments at Militant Research: Collective Investigations with Urban Social United States of America, New York Parsons School of Design Movement United States of America, New York Untapped New York The Remnants and Future of Penn Station, Webinar AIA - American Institute of Architects, New Womxn to the Front: Design, Activism, and Lessons from the United States of America, New York York Creative Frontlines Columbia University Graduate School of United States of America, New York The Feminist City Architecture, Planning and Preservation United States of America, New York Fraunces Tavern Museum Preserving the Past: The Restoration of Fraunces Tavern AIA - American Institute of Architects, New United States of America, New York Cocktails & Conversation: Thomas Phifer, FAIA York AIA - American Institute of Architects, New TOUR AIANY Industrial Waterway Tour: Freshkills Park in Staten United States of America, New York York & Classic Harbor Line Island United States of America, New York Untapped New York The Secrets of the Brooklyn Bridge United States of America, New York Bronx River Alliance Community Friday Paddles United States of America, New York The Architectural League of New York Annual Student Program 2020 United States of America, New York Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Guggenheim’s Frank Lloyd Wright-Designed Building Reopens United States of America, New York Art Omi Art Omi: Architecture Tour Cooper Hewitt & Smithsonian Design United States of America, New York Design Day: Collection Selects Museum United States of America, New York Untapped New York Victorian Flatbush Walking Tour United States of America, New York National Trust for Historic Preservation Tidal Basin Ideas Lab Building of the Day: Peter and Paul Hotel with Preservation United States of America, New York Center for Architecture Resource Center United States of America, New York Urban Green Council Crushing the Code New York State: Commercial United States of America, New York Van Alen Institute & Urban Design Forum Neighborhoods Now Summit: Day 1 AIA - American Institute of Architects, New United States of America, New York ResArch Practice: Demystifying Passive House Workshop York The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture, Design For Change: Architects Of Modernity And Their United States of America, New York The Cooper Union Contemporary Resonance AIA - American Institute of Architects, New United States of America, New York AIANY Boat Tour: Architecture and the Lights of Gotham York United States of America, New York The Glass House Glass House Presents: Tom Kundig + Pilar Viladas Mapping Urban Inquiry: Ecological Services Planning for United States of America, New York Pratt Institute Equitable Peace Building in Bogota, Colombia United States of America, New York Center for Architecture Building of the Day: Hunter’s Point South Waterfront United States of America, New York Urban Green Council Crushing the Code New York State: Residential United States of America, New York Van Alen Institute & Urban Design Forum Neighborhoods Now Summit: Day 2 United States of America, New York Consortium for Sustainable Urbanization MILLENIAL THINKING: Reflections on our Designed Future The School of Constructed Environments at United States of America, New York Integrated Pathways Lecture Series: Radhika Subramaniam Parsons School of Design

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 137 Country/City Name of Organization Title of Activity AIA - American Institute of Architects, New TORCH Mentorship Program – Social Responsibility and United States of America, New York York Community Engagement TALK Online Book Discussion: ‘The Last Neighborhood Cops: The United States of America, New York New York Public Library Rise and Fall of Community Policing in New York Public Housing’ Pt. II United States of America, New York Center for Architecture Building of the Day: The Bronx River Greenway River House Cooper Hewitt & Smithsonian Design United States of America, New York Design Salon: Designing Sustainable Cities Museum United States of America, New York Urban Green Council Reconnect: Urban Green Gala 2020 DOCOMOMO US, New York Tri-State The United States of America, New York School of Constructed Environments, Gordon Bunshaft & SOM: On Being Silent Parsons School of Design United States of America, New York Center for Architecture Building of the Day: High Line Inside Schermerhorn Row: A Virtual Tour of the Seaport United States of America, New York South Street Seaport Museum Museum’s Landmark Buildings United States of America, New York Bronx River Alliance Community Friday Paddles United States of America, New York AIA New York nycoba NOMA J. Max Bond Jr. Lecture | IMPATIENCE United States of America, New York Wave Hill Family Art Project: The Earth on the Turtle’s Back United States of America, New York Bronx River Alliance Lake Paddle United States of America, New York Untapped New York Remnants of the World’s Fairs in Flushing Meadows Corona Park United States of America, New York Historic House Trust of New York City Virtual Con Edison Family Days with Morris-Jumel Mansion United States of America, New York The Green-Wood Cemetery Green-Wood Cemetery Open Doors (Socially Distanced) Walking Tour of 19th Century NoHo: A United States of America, New York Historic House Trust of New York City Century of Change United States of America, New York Untapped New York The Remnants of Dutch New Amsterdam United States of America, New York Center for Architecture Building of the Day: Domino Sugar Refinery Columbia University Graduate School of United States of America, New York Lecture: Al Borde Architecture, Planning and Preservation United States of America, New York Center for Architecture Building of the Day: Paul R. Williams’ Los Angeles United States of America, New York Untapped New York The Mansions of Victorian Flatbush, Webinar Fall Pre-College: The Elements of Art II: Line, Value, Texture and United States of America, New York New York School of Interior Design Shape Cooper Hewitt & Smithsonian Design United States of America, New York Design Fair | Meet the Designers Museum 2020 MASterworks in Conversation: Design for Recreation and United States of America, New York Municipal Art Society of New York Community Connection United States of America, New York Museum at Eldridge Street Fashion Metropolis Berlin The General Society of Mechanics & United States of America, New York Henry Street Settlement – Story of a Loving Restoration Tradesmen of the City of New York United States of America, New York Museum of the City of New York The Ultimate (Virtual) NYC Trivia Night: October Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation Design and the Post-Pandemic City: A conversation with Bruce United States of America, New York (University of Chicago) Mau United States of America, New York Center for Architecture Building of the Day: Staten Island Museum at Snug Harbor United States of America, New York Urban Green Council Crushing the Code New York City: Commercial

138 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 Country/City Name of Organization Title of Activity United States of America, New York New York Public Library MAD Reads! with Museum of Arts and Design The School of Constructed Environments at Integrated Pathways Lecture Series: Yu Nong Khew & Cotter United States of America, New York Parsons School of Design Christian More Than Just Tiles: Guastavino, Green-Wood, and A New United States of America, New York The Green-Wood Cemetery Discovery United States of America, New York Museum of the City of New York Protest Streets United States of America, New York Center for Architecture Building of the Day: Little Island United States of America, New York New York Public Library A Virtual Tour of the Lower East Side Cooper Hewitt & Smithsonian Design United States of America, New York Design Salon: Social Impact Museum United States of America, New York Museum of the City of New York The Fight for Education Equity in New York City United States of America, New York Monacelli Press Chicago Architecture Center Modern in the Middle: Chicago Houses 1929-1975 Book Talk United States of America, New York Center for Architecture Building of the Day: Weeksville Heritage Center United States of America, New York Building Energy Exchange What’s My Penalty? LL97 Calculator Demo The School of Constructed Environments at United States of America, New York Integrated Pathways Lecture Series: Dave Marin Parsons School of Design United States of America, New York Municipal Art Society of New York 2020 MASterworks in Conersation: Design for Park Amenities United States of America, New York Museum of the City of New York Empty City United States of America, New York Untapped New York Rafael Guastavino’s New York Meet the Artist: Gracelee Lawrence in Conversation with Eileen United States of America, New York Wave Hill Jeng Lynch United States of America, New York Center for Architecture Common Bond 2020: The Center for Architecture Gala Glass House Presents: Pioneering Women of American United States of America, New York The Glass House Architecture United States of America, Paradise Arizona Water Use and Farming Cultures, Prehistory to the Cosanti Foundation Valley Present United States of America, New York Center for Architecture Building of the Day: Society of St. Paul Seminary United States of America, New York Urban Green Council Crushing the Code New York State: Commercial United States of America, New York Untapped New York The Remnants and Future of Penn Station Inside Schermerhorn Row: A Virtual Tour of the Seaport United States of America, New York South Street Seaport Museum Museum’s Landmark Buildings United States of America, New York Bronx River Alliance Community Friday Paddles The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture, Student Lecture Series, Caitlin Taylor: The Architecture of the United States of America, New York The Cooper Union Food System United States of America, New York Wave Hill Family Art Project: Dear Decay United States of America, New York Bronx River Alliance Lake Paddle United States of America, New York Untapped New York The Remnants of Dutch New Amsterdam United States of America, New York Center for Architecture Building of the Day: Ganondagan State Historic Site The School of Constructed Environments at United States of America, New York Book Talk: The New American Farmer Parsons School of Design United States of America, New York AIA New York Decolonizing Design Research: Citizen Participation Columbia University Graduate School of United States of America, New York Lecture: LEFT Architects Architecture, Planning and Preservation United States of America, New York Center for Architecture Building of the Day: Taliesin West

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 139 Country/City Name of Organization Title of Activity United States of America, New York Architectural Record Innovation 2020 Virtual Conference United States of America, New York Historic House Trust of New York City Colonial Cooking with the Wyckoff House Museum 2020 MASterworks in Conversation: Design for Tourism and United States of America, New York Municipal Art Society of New York Commerce United States of America, New York AIA New York 14th Annual Arthur Rosenblatt Memorial Lecture: Elizabeth Diller The General Society of Mechanics & United States of America, New York 111 Museums in New York That You Must Not Miss Tradesmen of the City of New York United States of America, New York Monacelli Press Book Talk: “Stanford White in Detail” Mapping Urban Inquiry: Drones and Photogrammetry for Climate United States of America, New York Pratt Institute Change Research in Cairo, Egypt United States of America, New York Center for Architecture Building of the Day: Shirley Chisholm State Park United States of America, New York Architectural Record Innovation 2020 Virtual Conference United States of America, New York China Insititute The Forbidden City at 600: Architecture of the Celestial Empire United States of America, New York Museum of the City of New York Everyday City United States of America, New York Center for Architecture Building of the Day: Louis Armstrong Museum The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture, In Conversation | Will Shapiro and Farzin Lotfi-Jam: Extracting United States of America, New York The Cooper Union Urban Intelligence NYBG’s 22nd Annual Landscape Design Portfolios Lecture United States of America, New York New York Botanical Garden Series: Walter Hood: Landscape and Community United States of America, Paradise The Value and Importance of Water in the Desert: The History of Cosanti Foundation Valley Agua Caliente Spring United States of America, New York Center for Architecture Building of the Day: Tidal Basin Project United States of America, New York Bronx River Alliance Community Friday Paddles Virtual Walking Tour: Typography and Job Printing in the 19th- United States of America, New York South Street Seaport Museum Century Seaport United States of America, New York Wave Hill Family Art Project: Dia de los Muertos United States of America, New York Bronx River Alliance Estuary Paddle United States of America, New York Redesigning the World Regenerative is the new black United States of America, New York Argot Pictures PUSH - documentary screening United States of America, New York Columbia University Rethinking Affordable Housing post COVID-19 Leave No One Behind: Ending Youth Global Homelessness in the United States of America, Chicago Institute of Global Homelessness Decade of Action COVID-19 and Beyond: Cities on the Front Lines of a Healthier United States of America, New York Partnership for Healthy Cities Future United States of America, Lake Haiti Cholera Research Funding Foundation Connect To Community Worth Inc United States of America, Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Cities: Incorporating Nature into Friends of Ecosystem-based Adaptation Washington, DC Urban Adaptation - Practical examples from the Global South United States of America, FIABCI-USA - Hawaii Council Building People-Focused Smart Cities – The Future is Now Honolulu, HI UN-Habitat - United Nations Human United States of America, New York World Cities Day Virtual Celebration, New York Settlements Programme, New York United States of America, Inclusive, Vibrant Neighborhoods and Communities - Actions to FIABCI-USA - Hawaii Council Honolulu, HI Address Spatial Inequality

140 URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 Country/City Name of Organization Title of Activity UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Settlements Programme, New York, AIA United States of America, New York World Habitat Day 2020: Post-Pandemic Cities New York, Consortium for Sustainable Urbanization The City College of New York, The Bernard United States of America, New York Fall 2020 Sciame Series: Luis Callejas and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture Columbia University Graduate School of United States of America, New York Black Reconstruction Collective Architecture, Planning and Preservation United States of America, New York Museum of Modern Art Espaço preto (Black Space), Part Two: Other Foundations? UN-Habitat - United Nations Human United States of America, New York Post-Pandemic Cities Settlements Programme United States of America, Pittsburg First+Main Films UN-Habitat Better Cities Film Festival Screening Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of, Museo Nacional de Arquitectura MUSARQ Urban October Promotion / Promocion Octubre Urbano Caracas The development of the country through technology, building Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of, Esri Venezuela Smart Cities. / “El desarrollo del país a través de la tecnología, Caracas construyendo Ciudades Inteligentes” Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of, Reducing Urban Vulnerability to increase Sustainability / Reducir NOUCITY Consultores Caracas la Vulnerabilidad Urbana Para Ganar Mas Sostenibilidad Ministry of Public Works and Highways, Yemen Urban Development Challenges in Yemen Housing and Urban Development Sector United States of America, New York Bronx River Alliance Community Friday Paddles Virtual Walking Tour: Typography and Job Printing in the 19th- United States of America, New York South Street Seaport Museum Century Seaport United States of America, New York Wave Hill Family Art Project: Dia de los Muertos United States of America, New York Bronx River Alliance Estuary Paddle United States of America, New York Redesigning the World Regenerative is the new black United States of America, New York Argot Pictures PUSH - documentary screening United States of America, New York Columbia University Rethinking Affordable Housing post COVID-19 Leave No One Behind: Ending Youth Global Homelessness in the United States of America, Chicago Institute of Global Homelessness Decade of Action COVID-19 and Beyond: Cities on the Front Lines of a Healthier United States of America, New York Partnership for Healthy Cities Future United States of America, Lake Haiti Cholera Research Funding Foundation Connect To Community Worth Inc United States of America, Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Cities: Incorporating Nature into Friends of Ecosystem-based Adaptation Washington, DC Urban Adaptation - Practical examples from the Global South United States of America, FIABCI-USA - Hawaii Council Building People-Focused Smart Cities – The Future is Now Honolulu, HI UN-Habitat - United Nations Human United States of America, New York World Cities Day Virtual Celebration, New York Settlements Programme, New York United States of America, Inclusive, Vibrant Neighborhoods and Communities - Actions to FIABCI-USA - Hawaii Council Honolulu, HI Address Spatial Inequality UN-Habitat - United Nations Human Settlements Programme, New York, AIA United States of America, New York World Habitat Day 2020: Post-Pandemic Cities New York, Consortium for Sustainable Urbanization

URBAN OCTOBER REPORT 2020 141 Country/City Name of Organization Title of Activity The City College of New York, The Bernard United States of America, New York Fall 2020 Sciame Series: Luis Callejas and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture Columbia University Graduate School of United States of America, New York Black Reconstruction Collective Architecture, Planning and Preservation United States of America, New York Museum of Modern Art Espaço preto (Black Space), Part Two: Other Foundations? UN-Habitat - United Nations Human United States of America, New York Post-Pandemic Cities Settlements Programme United States of America, Pittsburg First+Main Films UN-Habitat Better Cities Film Festival Screening Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of, Museo Nacional de Arquitectura MUSARQ Promocion Octubre Urbano Caracas Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of, “El desarrollo del país a través de la tecnología, construyendo Esri Venezuela Caracas Ciudades Inteligentes” Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of, NOUCITY Consultores Reducir la Vulnerabilidad Urbana Para Ganar Mas Sostenibilidad Caracas Ministry of Public Works and Highways, Yemen Urban Development Challenges in Yemen Housing and Urban Development Sector

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