PROGRAMME 6 October 2020, Room XVII, Palais des Nations (Geneva) and UN Web TV Room XVII 09:00 – 09:45 Registration Room XVII 09:45 – 10:00 Musical performance Musician: Lakiko (Lana Kostic) – “Breathe” and “Let Us Dream” Room XVII 10:00 – 10:10 Opening of the meeting and adoption of the agenda Doris Andoni, Head, Housing, Ministry of Finance and Economy, Albania Chair of the 81st Session of the Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management Room XVII 10:10 – 10:45 Opening of the Forum of Mayors Sami Kanaan, Mayor of Geneva, Switzerland Co-Chair of the Forum of Mayors Olga Algayerova, Under-Secretary-General and UNECE Executive Secretary Tatiana Valovaya, Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations at Geneva Giuseppe Sala, Mayor of Milan, Italy Keynote address: “A Mayor’s Agenda for a Green and Just Recovery” Norman Foster, Architect Special address: “A message to Mayors” Room XVII 10:45 – 11:00 Abdulah Skaka, Mayor of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Gergely Karácsony, Mayor of Budapest, Hungary Jānis Vilnītis, Chairman of the Liepāja City Council, Latvia Room XVII 11:00 – 11:30 Konstantin Georgieski, Mayor of Ohrid, Republic North Macedonia Peter Danielsson, Mayor of Helsingborg, Sweden Conxita Marsol Riart, Mayor of Andorra la Vella, Andorra Erion Veliaj, Mayor of Tirana, Albania Laia Bonet, Deputy Mayor of Barcelona, Spain Room XVII 11:30 – 12:00 Fleur Hassan-Nahoum, Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem, Israel Tassos Kriekoukis, Diplomatic Advisor of the Mayor of Athens, Greece Interventions from the floor Ariana Park 12:00 – 14:00 Ariana Park, Palais des Nations Lunch break // Soccer Match “United for our Goals” Room XVII 14:00 – 14:30 Josiane Lei, Mayor of Evian, France Co-Chair of the Forum of Mayors Hazel Chu, Lord Mayor of Dublin, Ireland Zdeněk Hřib, Mayor of Prague, Czech Republic Nina Abrahamczik, Vienna City Council, Austria Martin Horn, Mayor of Freiburg, Germany Morten Wolden, Chief Executive of Trondheim, Norway Kishwar Shamirov, Mayor of Khorog, Tajikistan Tomaso Rossini, Captain of the Castle, San Marino Room XVII 14:30 – 15:00 Zoran Radojičić, Mayor of Belgrade, Serbia Joana Balsemão, Deputy Mayor of Cascais, Portugal Lucia Štasselová, Deputy Mayor of Bratislava, Slovakia Gregor Macedoni, Mayor of Novo mesto, Slovenia Alec von Graffenried, Mayor of Berne, Switzerland Dagur B. Eggertsson, Mayor of Reykjavík, Iceland Susan Aitken, Leader of Glasgow City Council, United Kingdom Room XVII 15:00 – 15:45 Ilsur Metshin, Mayor of Kazan, Russian Federation Ion Ceban, Mayor of Chișinău, Moldova Maia Bitadze, Deputy Mayor of Tbilisi, Georgia Pierre Hurmic, Mayor of Bordeaux, France Bill Peduto, Mayor of Pittsburgh, USA Lisa Helps, Mayor of Victoria, Canada Serhii Sukhomlyn, Mayor of Zhytomyr, Ukraine Niyazi Bayramov, Mayor of Ganja, Azerbaijan Andres Jaadla, Vice Mayor of Rakvere, Estonia Interventions from the floor Room XVII 15:45 – 16:00 Closing ceremony Endorsement of the Geneva Declaration of Mayors (by acclamation) Serpent Bar 16:00 – 17:00 Reception hosted by the Permanent Mission of Switzerland Musician: Klas Moldéus Online Participation 1 .