06 list of invited B ETTER C ITIES FOR B ETTER L IFE cities / countries Invited to April 15th 2014 Afghanistan Bolivia Kabul – Mayor Mr. Muhammad Yunus Nawandish Sucre – Mayor Mr. Moises Torres Herat – Mayor Mr. Alhaj Mohammad Salim Taraki Kandahar – Mayor Mr. Mohammed Omar Bosna a Hercegovina Kabul - AISA Business office S a r a j e v o – M a y o r M r. I v o Ko m š i ć Albania Bulgaria Tirana – Mayor Mr. Luzlim Basha Sofia – Mayor Mrs. Jordanka Fandakova Durres – Mayor Mr. Vangjush Dako B u r g a s – M a y o r M r. D i m i t a r N i k o l o v Varna – Mayor Mr. Ivan Nikolaev Portnih Armenia Yerevan – Mayor Mr. Taron Margaryan Brasil Rio de Janeiro – Mayor Mr. Eduardo Paes Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand Brasília – Minister for the Environment Sydney – Mayor Mrs. Clover Moore Mrs. Izabella Vieira Teixeira Melbourne – Mayor Mr. Robert Doyle Brasília, Federal District – Governor Mr. Agnelo Queiroz Perth – Mayor Mrs. Lisa-M. Scaffidi São Paulo – Mayor Mr. Fernando Haddad Brisbane – Mayor Mr. Graham Quirk Belo Horizonte – Mayor Mr. Márcio Araújo de Lacerda Canberra – Member of ACT Legislative Recife – Mayor Mr. Geraldo Julio Assembly Mrs. Vicki Dunne MLA Curitiba - Mayor Mr. Gustavo Fruet Canberra - Director-General of Territory Maceió/Alagoas – Mayor Mr. Rui Palmeira and Municipal Services Mr. Gary Byles Maceió/Alagoas - Municipal Planning and Development Adelaide – Mayor Mr. Stephen Yarwood Mr. Manuel Messias Darwin – Mayor Mr. Brendan Dowd Maceió/Alagoas - Urban Mobility Mrs. Fernanda Cortez Hobart – Mayor Mr. Damon C. Thomas Salvador – Mayor Mr. Antonio Carlos Peixoto Wellington – Mayor Mrs. Celia Wade-Brown de Magalhães Neto Auckland – Mayor Mr. Len Brown Fortaleza – Mayor Mr. Roberto Cláudio Rodrigues Bezerra Natal – Mayor Mr. Carlos Eduardo Nunes Alves Austria Wien – Mayor – Mr. Michael Häupl Canada Graz – Mayor Mr. Mag. Siegfried Nagl Ottawa – Mayor Mr. Jim Watson Linz – Mayor Mr. Klaus Luger Toronto – Mayor Mr. Rob Ford Salzburg – Mayor Mr. Heinz Schaden Montréal – Mayor Mr. Laurent Blanchard Vancouver – Mayor Mr. Gregor Robertson Argentina Québec – Mayor Mr. Régis Labeaume Buenos Aires – Mayor Mr. Mauricio Macri Edmonton – Mayor Mr. Stephen Mandel Córdoba – Mayor Mr. Ramon Javier Mestre Mississauga – Mayor Mrs. Hazel McCallion Mendoza – Mayor Mr. Víctor Fayad Hamilton – Mayor Mr. Bob Bratina Rosario – Mayor Mrs. Mónica Fein Winnipeg – Mayor Mr. Sam Katz Calgary – Mayor Mr. Naheed Nenshi Azerbaijan Saint John – Mayor Mr. Mel K. Norton Baku – Mayor Mr. Hajibala Ibrahim oglu Abutalybov Fort McMurray – Mayor Mrs. Melissa Blake Lloydminster – acting Mayor – Mr. Rob Saunders Belgium Halifax – Mayor Mr. Mike Savage Brussels – Mayor Mr. Yvan Mayeur St. John´s – Mayor Mr. Dennis O´Keefe Antwerpen – Mayor Mr. Bart DE WEVER Brugge – Mayor Mr. Renaat Landuyt Colombia Gent – Mayor Mr. Daniël Termont Bogotá – Mayor Mr. Gustavo Petro Urrego Liège – Mayor Mr. Willy DEMEYER Charleroi – Mayor Mr. Paul MAGNETTE Croatia Z a g r e b – M a y o r M r. M i l a n B a n d i ć Belorussia Minsk – Mayor Mr. Nikolaï Ladoutko 001 B ETTER C ITIES FOR B ETTER L IFE list of invited 06 cities / countries Cuba Estonia Habana – Mayor Mrs. Marta Hernández Romero Tallinn – Mayor Mr. Mr. Edgar Savisaar profesor Eusebio Leal Spengler Federal Republic of Nigeria Cyprus Lagos – Mayor Mr. Ayodele Adebowale Adewale N i c o s i a – M a y o r M r. Constantinos Y i o r k a d j i s Finland Helsinki – Mayor Mr. Jussi Pajunen Czech Republic Oulu – Mayor Mr. Matti Pennanen Prague – Mayor Mr. Tomáš Hudeček Ta m p e r e – M a y o r M r s . A n n a - K a i s a I k o n e n The Association of Towns and Municipalities Tu r k u – M a y o r M r. A l e k s i R a n d e l l of the Czech Republic, represented by Mr. Dan Jiranek South Moravian Region - Councillor Mr. Jaroslav Parolek France Paris – Mayor Mr. Bertrand Delanoë Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria Strasbourg – Mayor Mr. Ronald RIES Alger – Wali Mr. Abdelkader ZOUKH Lyo n – M ayo r M r. G é r a rd Co l l o m b Alger – Mayor Mr. Hakim BETTACHE M a r s e i l l e – M a y o r M r. Jean-Claude GAUDIN Oran – Mayor Mr. Noureddine BOUKHATEM Lille – Mayor Mrs. Martine Aubry Constantine – Mayor Mr. Seiffedine Rihani Toulouse – Mayor Mr. Mr. Pierre Cohen Annaba – Mayor Mr. Farid Merabet Georgia Denmark Tbilisi – Mayor Mr. Gigi Ugulava København – Mayor Mr. Frank Jensen Batumi – Mayor Mr. Džemal Ananidze A a r h u s – M a y o r M r. J a c o b B u n d s g a a r d Kazbegi – Mayor Mr. David Khucishvili Rustavi – Mayor Mr. Davit Jikia Deutschland Environmental protection and natural resources committee Berlin – Mayor Mr. Klaus Wowereit of the Parliament of Georgia, Dresden – Mayor Mrs. Helma Orosz Mr. Tsagareishvili Giorgi – Chairman Düsseldorf – Mayor Mr. Dirk Elbers Erfurt – Mayor Mr. Andreas Bausewein Great Britain Köln – Mayor Mr. Jürgen Roters London – Mayor Mr. Boris Johnson Leipzig – Mayor Mr. Burkhard Jung Birmingham – Mayor Mr. Mike Leddy Magdeburg – Mayor Mr. Lutz Trümper Glasgow – Provost Mrs. Sadie Docherty Hamburg – Mayor Mr. Olaf Scholz Liverpool – Mayor Mr. Joe Anderson München – Mayor Mr. Christian Ude Leeds – Mayor Mr. Tom Murray Frankfurt am Main – Mayor Mr. Peter Feldmann Sheffield – Mayor Mrs. Vickie Priestley Stuttgart – Mayor Mr. Fritz Kuhn Edinburgh – Provost Mr. Donald Wilson Dortmund – Mayor Mr. Ullrich Sierau Bristol – Mayor Mr. Faruk Choudhury E s s e n – M a yo r M r. Re i n h a rd P a ß Manchester – Mayor Mr. Naeem ul Hassan JP Bremen – Mayor Mr. Jens Böhrnsen German National Library of Science Grece and Technology, Hannover – Hildegard Heger Athens – Mayor Mr. Yiorgos KAMINIS Thessaloniki – M a y o r M r. Ya n n i s BOUTARIS Dominican Republic Santo Domingo – Mayor Mr. Roberto Salcedo Greenland Nuuk – Mayor Mr. Asii Chemnitz Narup Ecuador Quito – Mayor Mr. Augusto Barrera Honduras Tegucigalpa - Mayor Mr. Ricardo Álvarez Egypt Cairo – Governor Mr. Galal Mostafa Mohamed Saaid Hungary Cairo-Giza – Governor Mr. Ali Abd El Rahmán Budapest – Mayor Mr. Tarlós István Alexandria – Governor Mr. Tarek Mahdy Abd El Tawab Debrecen – Mayor Mr. Lajos Kósa Mohamed Győr – Mayor Mr. Borkai Zsolt M i s ko l c – M a yo r M r. K r i z a Á ko s 002 06 list of invited B ETTER C ITIES FOR B ETTER L IFE cities / countries Chile Israel Santiago de Chile – Mayor Mrs. Carolina Tohá Morales Tel Aviv Jaffa – Mayor Mr. Ron Huldai Cities Association of Chile – Mr. Fernando Avila Maldonado, Jerusalem – Mayor Mr. Nir Barkat president Valparaiso – Mayor Mr. Jorge Castro Japan La Florida – Mayor Mr. Rodolfo Carter Tokyo - Governor Mr. Naoki Inose Yokohama – Mayor Mrs. Fumiko Hayashi Iceland Osaka – Mayor Mr. Toru Hashimoto Reykjavik – Mayor Mr. Jón Gnarr Nagoya – Mayor Mr. Takashi Kawamura Sapporo – Mayor Mr. Fumio Ueda India Ministry of the Environment Government New Delhi - Chief Minister Mrs. Sheila Dikshit – Office Director Mr. Tetsuro Fujitsuka Velvyslanec požaduje pozvat další 4 města Kitakyushu - Chief Executive Mr. Toshikazu Matsuoka Dr. Prashant Gargava, Scientist in the Central Pollution Hiroshima - Director-General Mr. Naoyuki Nagatani Control Board of India Yokkaichi - Director-General Mr. Mr. Yasuo Sudo Osaka - Director-General Mr. Tokuo Tamai Indonesia N a g o y a - Director-General M r . S a t o s h i N i s h i k a w a Jakarta – Governor Mr. Joko Widodo Surabaya – Mayor Mrs. Ir. Tri Rismaharini Kazakhstan Astana – Mayor Mr. Imangali Nurgaliyevich Iran Tasmagambetov Mrs. Massoumeh Ebtekar, Vice-President of the Islamic Almaty – Mayor Mr. Akhmetzhan Yessimov Kirgizstan Republic of Iran in charge of Environment and the Head Bishkek – Mayor Mr. Isa Omurkulov of Organization of Environment Protection of Iran Tehran – Mayor Mr. Muhammad-Baqer Qalibaf Korea Esfahan – Mayor Mr. Morteza Saghaiannejad Seoul – Mayor Mr. Park Won Soon Tabríz – Mayor Mr. Sadegh Najafi Busan – Mayor Mr. Hur Nam-sik Mashad – Mayor Mr. Solat Mortazavi Daegu – Mayor Mr. Kim, Bum-il Shíráz – Mayor Mr. Alireza Pakfetrat Daejeon – Mayor Mr. Yum Hong-chul Gwangju – Mayor Mr. Kang Un-Tae Iraq Incheon – Mayor Mr. Song Young-gil Erbil – Mayor Mr. Nihad Latif Qoja Ulsan – Mayor Mr. Bak Maengwoo Mosul – Director Mr. Abdul Sattar Khuder Al-Habu Basra – Director Mr. Abdul Zahra Mohammed Kosovo Baghdad – Mayor Mr. Abdul Hussein Nasser Al-Murshidy Prishtina – Mayor Mr. Shpend Ahmeti Ireland Kuwait Dublin – Mayor Mr. Oisín Quinn Kuwait City – Governor Sheikh Ali Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Italy Latvia Roma – Mayor Mr. Ignazio Marino R ī g a – M ayo r M r. N i l s Uš a kovs Milano – Mayor Mr. Giuliano Pisapia Napoli – Mayor Mr. Luigi de Magistris Libya Torino – Mayor Mr. Piero Fassino Tripoli – Mayor Mr. Al-Sadat Al-Badri Palermo – Mayor Mr. Leoluca Orlando Tripoli – Chairman Mr. Mohamed Mohrez Ali, Genova – Mayor Mr. Marco Doria Libyan state Commission on Environment Firenze – Mayor Mr. Matteo Renzi Benghazi – Mayor Mr. Saad Al-Saeti Venezia – Mayor Mr. Giorgio Orsoni Ve ro n a – M a yo r M r. F l a v i o To s i Lithuania Vilnius – Mayor Mr. Artūras Zuokas K a u n a s – M a y o r M r. A n d r i u s K u p č i n s k a s 001 B ETTER C ITIES FOR B ETTER L IFE list of invited 06 cities / countries Luxembourg Pakistan Luxembourg – M a y o r M r. X a v i e r B e t t e l Islamabad – Chairman of Capital Development Authority Mr.