AGENDA 11th DECEMBER 20.00 – 22.30 Official dinner South

AGENDA 11th DECEMBER 20.00 – 22.30 Official dinner South

AGENDA
11th DECEMBER
20.00 – 22.30
Official dinner
South dining room, United Nations Secretariat Building
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN INTER-MINISTERIAL MEETING ON SUSTAINABLE CITIES
12th DECEMBER 2013, CR – 3
10.00 – 10.30
Opening Session
Hon. John Ashe, President of the General Assembly, Permanent Representative of
Antigua and Barbuda to the UN.
Joan Clos, Executive Director, UN-Habitat
10.20– 11.35
Ministerial Roundtable
Kenred Dorsett, Minister of environment and housing, Bahamas
Luis Felipe Henao, Minister of housing, cities and territory, Colombia
Guido Alberto Monge Fernández, Minister of Housing, Costa Rica
Noel Arscott, Minister of local governments and community development, Jamaica
Francisco Beltrame, Minister of Hosing, planning and environment, Uruguay
11.35 – 13.00
13.00 – 14.30
Moderated – Carl Wright, Secretary General, Commonwealth Local Government Forum,
CLGF
Mayors Roundtable
Pedro Rubén Miranda, Mayor of Las Heras, Mendoza, Argentina
Philip McPhee, Chair, Caribbean Local Government Forum, Bahamas
Harold Guerrero Lopez, Mayor of Pasto, Colombia
Jose Manuel Ulate Avendaño, Mayor of Heredia, Costa Rica
Glendon Harris, Mayor of Montego Bay, Jamaica
Jose Luis Falero, Mayor of San Jose, Uruguay
Marcos Carambula, Mayor of Canelones, Representing Mercociudades
Moderated – Josep Roig, Secretary General, United cities and local government, UCLG
Lunch, United Nations Cafeteria
Tres días para explorar las soluciones que las ciudades están implementando para asegurar su sostenibilidad
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THE RESILIENCE OF CITIES TOWARDS SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND NATURAL CHALLENGES - SOLUTIONS
AND INNOVATION FROM THE AMERICAN CONTINENT
Roundtable – The resilience of cities towards social, economic and natural challenges –
14.30 – 16.00
solutions and innovation from the American continent.
 Glendon Harris, Mayor of Montego Bay, Jamaica
 Noel Arscott, Minister of local government and community development,
Jamaica
 Ana Marie Argilagos, Deputy Assistant Secretary for International and
Philanthropic Affair,Housing and Urban Development , USA
 Tom Cochran, Secretary General, US Conference of Mayors, USA
16.00 – 16.20
16.20 – 17.20
17.20 – 17.30
Moderated by Filiep Decorte, Chief Technical Advisor, UN-Habitat
Debate
Address by Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations with the
occasion of the Sustainable Cities Days
Latin America and the Caribbean proposals for Habitat III
Moderated by Elkin Velasquez, Director, Latin American and Caribbean, UN-Habitat
Debate
Closing of the session by H.E. Nestor Osorio, President of ECOSOC and Permanent
Representative of Colombia to the United Nations
Participants are invited to attend the event on “Smart cities, an opportunity for the citizen” from 18.30
to 20.30 at the Centre for Architecture of the American Institute of Architects, 256 LaGuardia Pl followed
by a cocktail. More information at http://cfa.aiany.org/index.php?section=calendar&evtid=6581
Tres días para explorar las soluciones que las ciudades están implementando para asegurar su sostenibilidad
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13 DECEMBER 2013, ECOSOC CHAMBER
SUSTAINABLE CITIES KEY TO SUSTAINABILITY AND DEVELOPMENT
14.30 pm
OPENING SESSION
Chair: H.E Karen Tan, Permanent Representative of Singapore to the UN
Welcome addresses:
Jan Eliasson, Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations
Joan Clos, Executive Director, UN Habitat
Jacqueline Moustache-Belle, Mayor of Victoria, President of Association of
Districts of Victoria, Seychelles, Co-President of UCLG
Hon. Akwasi Opong-Fosu, Minister of Local Government, Accra, Ghana
3.00 pm
DIALOGUE SESSION 1 – Inclusive Local Governance and Universal Service
Provision for Sustainability
Moderator: Navid Hanif, Director, Office for ECOSOC Support and
Coordination
Catherine Cullen, Chair of the UCLG Culture Committee, Deputy Mayor of Lille
Paul Carrasco, Governor of Azuay, Ecuador President of Regions United /
FOGAR
Philip McPhee, President of Caribbean Association of Local Government
Authorities
4.00 pm
DIALOGUE SESSION 2 –Partnerships for the Post 2015 Development: Agenda
by local and regional Governments
Moderator: Corinne Woods, Director of the United Nations Millennium
Campaign
Lawrence Yule, CLGF President, President of New Zealand National Association
of Local Governments, Mayor of Hastings
Berry Vrbanovic, Past President of FCM, UCLG Deputy Treasurer
Carles Llorens, Director of Cooperation, Government of Catalonia
James Nxumalo, Mayor of eThekwini Municipality/Durban, S. Africa, ICLEI Vice
President
Ronan Dantec, Councilor of Nantes, French Senator, CUF representative
Hon. Noel Arscott, Minister of Local Government, Jamaica; Chairman,
Caribbean Forum of Local Government Ministers
5.00 pm
WRAP-UP SESSION
5.30 pm
CLOSING
Tres días para explorar las soluciones que las ciudades están implementando para asegurar su sostenibilidad
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