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Annex 2 - Conference Agenda
GOVERNANCE AND PARTICIPATION:
PRACTICAL APPROACHES TO URBAN POVERTY REDUCTION
Towards Cities for the New Generation
(9 - 13 NOVEMBER 1997)
PROGRAMME
Sunday, 9 November Palazzo Vecchio
Opening Session
8:00-20:00:
Plenary
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Opening speeches by the Mayor of Florence, the Italian Ministry
of Foreign Affairs and the Cardinal of Florence;
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Introductory speech on the challenges of urban poverty eradication
by the Executive Head of UNCHS (Habitat);
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Brief opening statements by the Forum's other partners.
Monday, 10 November Istituto
degli Innocenti
PART I: The International Forum on Urban Poverty
9:00-10:30:
Plenary
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Presentation of the International Forum: proposed objectives,
modus operandi, participants, sphere of activities - UNCHS (Habitat)
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Habitat International Coalition - Kirtee Shah
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European Forum for Urban Safety - Michel Marcus
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Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council - Brian
Appleton
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WACLAC experience in networking - Ernst Kumo Mobio
11:00-13:00:
Plenary
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UNDP Networking on Urban Poverty - Jonas Rabinovitch
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UNICEF/UNICEF-ICDC: Coalition on Child Rights - Ximena
de La Barra
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Telecommunications and the Poor: Benefits of Cutting Edge
Technology - Telecom Italia
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The Huairou Commission: grassroots networking - Prema
Gopalan and Andrea Laux
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General discussion
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Establishment of a transversal Task Force on the organization
of the International Forum on Urban Poverty and of a Special Committee
on Children and Youth.
Part II: Governance and Participation
14:30-16:30:
Plenary
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Presentation: "Applying the Recife
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Principles in Recife: Pernambuco's anti-poverty initiatives"
- D. Magdalena Arraes, First Lady of Pernambuco, Brazil
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Presentation: "Urban Poverty in Africa" - Prof. Tade Aina,
Nigeria
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Presentation: "Lessons learned from the Italian Cooperation
projects on Urban Poverty Reduction" - Counciller Leonardo Baroncelli,
MAE/DGCS
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Presentation: "Governance and Participation" - Prof. John
Abbott, University of Cape Town
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Presentation: "Practical Approaches to Urban Poverty Reduction"
- Chris Williams and Catalina Trujillo, UNCHS (Habitat)
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Discussion
17:00-18:30:
Plenary
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PANEL of Local Authorities on Governance and Participation
Moderator: Ms. J. Bazile-Finley, Resident
Representative, UNDP, Côte d'Ivoire
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Presentation: "The City for All" - Mario Primicerio, Mayor
of Florence
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Questions and Answers
Tuesday, 11 November
Istituto degli Innocenti
Part III: Selected Aspects of Urban Poverty
9:00-13:00:
Plenary
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First topic: From Urban Violence and Exclusion to Safer
Cities
Keynote paper: Mark Shaw, South Africa
Case study: Michel Marcus, France
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Second topic: Access to Transport for the Urban Poor
Keynote paper: Setty Pendakur, Canada
Case study: Kalpana Sharma, India
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Third topic: Shelter, Employment and the Informal City
Keynote paper: Edmundo Werna, Brazil
Case study: Lucy Lazo, Philippines
Part IV: Governance and Participation: Practical Approaches
to Urban Poverty Reduction
14:30-16:30: 3 Working groups
Parallel discussions on the three sectoral topics, from the perspective
of governance and participation
17:00-18:30:
Plenary
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PANEL of Local Authorities on Urban Violence, from the
perspective of Governance and Participation
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Presentation: Policing in a context of poverty - Gen.
Joseph Tanny, Secretary General of the National Security Council, Côte
d'Ivoire
Moderator: Michel Marcus, Executive Director, European
Forum on Urban Safety
Wednesday, 12 November
9:00-13:00: 3 Working Groups Parallel
discussions on the three sectoral topics, from the perspective of governance
and participation
14:30-16:30: 3 Working Groups Parallel
discussions on the three sectoral topics, from the perspective of governance
and participation
17:00-18:30:
Plenary
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PANEL of Local Authorities on the Regularization and Upgrading
of the Informal City
Moderator: Vitor Serra, The World Bank
Thursday, 13 November
9:00-13:00: Thematic visits
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Presentations and visits organized by the City and the Province
of Florence. The visits focus on specific experiences of relevance to the
various themes of the Conference.
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Palazzo Vecchio
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Conclusions
14:30-16:30:
Plenary
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Presentation of the conclusions of each working group and
of the Special Committee on Children and Youth to plenary and the media.
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Presentation of the conclusions of the Task Force on the
organization and Action Plan of the Forum to plenary and the media
17:00-18:00:
Closing ceremony
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