HABITAT III INFORMAL HEARINGS WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES ASSOCIATION 16-17 May 2016 United Nations Headquarters, New York Monday 16 May 10am to 1pm Opening segment Opening remarks by María de los Ángeles Duarte, Co-Chair of the Habitat III Preparatory Committee and Minister of Urban Development and Housing of Ecuador Opening remarks by Maryse Gautier, Co-Chair of the Habitat III Preparatory Committee and Auditor general, Ministry of Environment, Energy and Marine Affairs and Ministry of Housing and Sustainable Habitat of France Opening remarks by Jan Eliasson, Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations General Introduction by Dr. Joan Clos, Secretary-General of the Habitat III Conference Key remarks by Julian Castro, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development of the United States of America 1 Statement by Jacqueline Moustache Belle, Mayor of Victoria, President of the Association of Districts of Victoria (Seychelles), Co-President of UCLG and representative of the UNACLA Co-Chair person First panel Key recommendations on Habitat III draft outcome document from a regional perspective Mauricio Rodas, Mayor of Quito (Ecuador) Ada Colau, Mayor of Barcelona (Spain) Tri Rismaharini, Mayor of Surabaya (Indonesia) Anthony Shorris, Vice-Mayor of New York City (USA) Parks Tau, Mayor of Johannesburg (South Africa) Exchange of views 3pm to 6pm Presentations by the members of the Global Task Force of Local and Regional Governments on transformative commitments for a sustainable urban development Enrique Peñalosa Londoño, Mayor of Bogotá (Colombia) Mohammed Baqer Qalibaf, Mayor of Tehran (Iran) Josep Rull, Co-President of nrg4SD, Councilor of territory and sustainability of the Regional Government of Catalonia, Spain NoMaimunah Mohd Sharif, Municipal President, Municipal Council of Seberang Perai (Malaysia), Member of the ICLEI Global Executive Committee Nádia Campeão, Deputy Mayor of São Paulo (Brazil) Luciana Blasco, Undersecretary of Culture of Buenos Aires (Argentina) Exchange of views Tuesday 17 May 10am to 11:30am Round table discussion 1 Building the urban structure: establishing a supportive national, sub-national and local framework Ilmar Reepalu, Councilor of Malmö (Sweden), Vice-President of SALAR Mohamed Sefiani, Mayor of Chefchaouen (Morocco) 2 Andreas Wolter, Vice-Mayor of Cologne (Germany) Exchange of views Round table discussion 2 Planning and managing the urban spatial development 11:30am to 1pm Juan Espadas Cejas, Mayor of Sevilla (Spain) Luis Fernando Matute Rivera, Mayor of Pujili (Ecuador), Representative of the Association of Municipalities of Ecuador Jacqueline Moustache Belle, Mayor of Victoria, President of the Association of Districts of Victoria (Seychelles) Illiza Sa'aduddin Djamal, Mayor of Banda Aceh (Indonesia) Exchange of views 3pm to 4:15pm Round table discussion 3 Enhancing the means of implementation Geoffrey Makhubo, Member of the Mayoral Committee for Finance, Johannesburg (South Africa) Cllr Philip Anthony McPhee, President of the Bahamas Association of Local Government Authorities (BALGA), President of the Caribbean Association of Local Government Authorities (CALGA) Souad Zaïdi, Deputy Mayor of Rabat (Morocco) Exchange of views 4:15pm to 5:45pm Round table discussion 4 Follow-up and review of the New Urban Agenda Hon. Atarake Nataara MP, Minister of Internal Affairs, Republic of Kiribati Patrick Braouezec, President of Plaine Commune (France) Rommel Santiago Correa Padron, Municipal Prefect of the Province of Cañar (Ecuador), Member of the Executive Commission of the Consortium of Provincial Autonomous Government of Ecuador (CONGOPE) Celéstine Ketcha Courtes, Mayor of Bangangté, President of the Network of Locally Elected Women of Africa (REFELA) Berry Vrbanovic, Mayor of Kitchener (Canada), President Emeritus of Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) 3 Exchange of views 5:45pm to 6pm Closing remarks by: Dr. Joan Clos, Secretary-General of the Habitat III Conference María de los Ángeles Duarte, Co-Chair of the Habitat III Preparatory Committee and Minister of Urban Development and Housing of Ecuador Maryse Gautier, Co-Chair of the Habitat III Preparatory Committee and Auditor general, Ministry of Environment, Energy and Marine Affairs and Ministry of Housing and Sustainable Habitat of France .