Networking Events Networking events are aimed at enabling our partners to meet a narrower more specialised audiences. They will be held at smaller venues that can accommodate either 75 or 150 participants. So far, the following events have been requested by partners. NETWORKING EVENTS (Updated 1 September 2004) (671kb) Monday, September 13 Wednesday, September 15 Friday, September 17 Tuesday, September 14 Thursday, September 16 Monday, 13 September Session Title Themes Room 11:30 - 14:30 Development and Management in African Cities RM 123 Urban Sustainability Through Synergy RM 122 15:00 - 18:00 Awards Systems Round Table RM 125 Building Disaster Resilient Cities RM 124 Building Human Rights Cities and Communities RM 113 Communicating Urban Water RM 130 From Marginalization to Citizenship RM 134 Housing for All in the New Millenium RM 129 Measuring Urban Governance RM 122 Responsive Local Governance: Positioning Women to Lead RM 132 Sustainable Communities and the Future Shape of Cities RM 115 The Institute@WUF RM 131 UNESCO: Roundtable of Experts on Social Sustainability in Historic Cities RM 116 Urban Sector Profile Study for Policy Inputs for an Urban Poverty Reduction RM 123 Youth and Employment RM 120 - 121 Tuesday, September 14 Session Title Themes Room 10:00 - 13:00 Commission for Africa RM 116 Global Networks for Local Government Capacity Building RM 132 Global Youth Congress: Opening Ceremony/Emerging Partnerships in Urban Youth Development RM 120 -121 Iberoamerican and Caribbean Forum of Best Practices RM 123 Making Urban Safety Sustainable RM 129 Slum Upgrading: How Public Finances Leverage Household and Commercial Finance RM 125 Third Public-Private Partnerships Alliance Meeting RM 115 UNESCO: Cities as World Heritage RM 131 Urban Space and Security Policies RM 130 15:00 - 18:00 City Diplomacy for Peacebuilding RM 120 - 121 Financing Urban Housing and Infrastructure RM 129 From Marginalization to Citizenship RM 134 Gendering Governance through Local-to-Local Dialogues RM 132 Housing for the Poor in Developing Countries RM 122 Launcing a South-North Forum on Networking, Research, Education and Training RM 124 Launch of Millennium Partnership RM 125 Porto Alegre Local Authorities Forum for Social Inclusion (FAL) RM 116 The Institute@WUF RM 130 Think Global, Act Local- A Challenge to Sustainable Development RM 123 Third Public-Private Partnerships Alliance Meeting RM 115 UNESCO: Rivers and Urban Culture RM 131 Wednesday, September 15 Session Title Themes Room 10:00 - 13:00 Access to Basic Services for All RM 123 Agenda 21 for Culture RM 115 Civil or Civic Defense RM 131 Fighting Forced Evictions RM 116 Planning Practice in an Urbanizing World RM 129 Property Rights and Sustainable Urban Development RM 132 Safer Cities Through Youth Development and Inclusiveness RM 120 - 121 The Institute@WUF RM 122 Urban Inequities and GIS-Putting the Poor on the Map RM 125 Urban Policies and Practices Addressing International Migration RM 124 Urban Structure and Sustainable Transport RM 130 15:00 - 18:00 Affordable and Accessible GIS for Local Governance RM 125 Committed Cities: Women’s Inclusive Practices and Good Urban Policies RM 132 Countrywide Slum Upgrading RM 123 Cultural Heritage: A Tool for Urban Development RM 116 From Marginalization to Citizenship RM 134 Local Economy and Urban Form RM 130 Participatory Budgeting, Urban Governance and Democracy RM 115 Rental Housing: An Essential Option for the Urban Poor RM 122 Spanish Best Practices/Bilbao facing the new century/Forum Barcelona RM 124 Sustainable Cities and Villages: International Training for Local Authorities RM 131 The Challenges of City Financing: Habitat’s Professionals Forum RM 129 Youth and Urban Environment/ Roundtable on Youth and Local Government RM 120 - 121 Thursday, September 16 Session Title Themes Room 09:00 - 13:00 Medcities Seminar on Air Quality and Mobility/Campaigning to Reform International Institutions RM 113 10:00 - 13:00 Challenges Facing South African Local Government and Policy Responses RM 115 Land and Urban Poverty RM 131 Linkages between UN-HABITAT and CSD RM 124 Local Economic Development RM 125 Managing Information for Local Environments (MILES) RM 132 Micro-Credit and Financing of Urban Agriculture RM 116 Public-Private Partnership in Urban Revitalization RM 123 The Community-Led Urban Finance Facility RM 129 The Role of Cities in an Information Age RM 114 Winter Cities RM 130 Youth and Urban Space RM 120 - 121 15:00 - 18:00 Citizen Participation and Urban Management RM 113 ComHabitat: City-community partnerships in the Commonwealth RM 124 First Global Hip-Hop Summit RM 120 - 121 Knowledge for Urban Development RM 130 Localizing the Habitat Agenda for Urban Poverty Reduction RM 123 Planning for Long-Term Urban Sustainability RM 132 Rebuilding Iraq RM 114 The Institute@WUF RM 131. The Zero Evictions Campaign RM 115 Tourism, Sustainable Urbanization and Poverty Alleviation RM 116 Values-Based Water Education RM 129 Friday, September 17 Session Title Themes Room 09:00 - 12:00 Building Bridges with the Grassroots RM 125 Cities as Drivers of Sustainable Development RM 116 Exploring How Cities Are Governed RM 114 Good Urban Governance in an Environment of HIV/Aids RM 115 Growing Up In Cities RM 120 - 121 Indigenous Foods and Local Food Security RM 131 Sanitation: The Most Difficult MDG to meet RM 123 The Institute@WUF RM 122 The Role of Urban Centres in Regional Development RM 130 Urban Governance Diversity and Social Action in Cities of the South RM 132 Urban Planning Revisited RM 129 Themes City Management (Dialogue D on Urban Renaissance) Finance (Dialogue E on Urban Resources) Housing & Infrastructure (Dialogue I on Urban Poor), (Dialogue G on Urban Services) Sustainability (Dialogue B on Urban Realities) (Dialogue F on Sustainability) Inclusiveness (Dialogue A on Urban Cultures) (Dialogue C on Urban Governance) Risks (Dialogue H on Urban Disasters)