GERMAN COOPERATION: Towards Sustainable Cities

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1 GERMAN COOPERATION: Towards Sustainable Cities Cooperación Alemana: Desarrollar Ciudades Sostenibles German Events and Contributions at the World Urban Forum April 2014, Medellín, Colombia

2 Welcome Cities are the dynamic centers of our time, places where the opportunities and challenges of global sustainable development all come together. At the same time, it is becoming more and more difficult to make cities a good environment to live in. Therefore, the central concern of German development policy in the field of urban development is to mobilize all actors and to set in motion processes, which will lead to the sustainable and inclusive development of cities and urban areas. The German Pavilion represents a broad range of participants including representatives of ministries, cities, municipal associations and international cooperation organizations working towards sustainable cities. We welcome you to the German Pavilion and invite you to share your thoughts and project ideas to contribute to the discussion on sustainable cities of tomorrow.

3 UN-Habitat 29 City Changer A ONE UN Room Main Entrance to WUF 7 Exihibition Colombia City Changer B Cinema Room Agora Room Urban Library Monday :00-17:00 Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany Opening of and Reception at the German Booth Opening by Head of the German Delegation WUF7 Exhibition / Exposición BLUE PAVILION / Pabellón Azul Local Partners / Patrocinadores Locales Academia / Academia Private Sector / Sector Privado Civil Society Organizations / Organizaciones Sociedad Civil Countries - Cities / Países - Ciudades WHITE PAVILION / Pabellón Blanco UN-Habitat / ONU-Habitat Colombia / Colombia United Nations Agencies / Agencias de Naciones Unidas World Urban Campaing Partners / Socios Campaña Urbana Mundial Universities / Universidades GERMANY German Booth, No. 110 Shop GREEN PAVILION / Pabellón Verde Countries - Cities / Países - Ciudades Intergovermental Organizations / Organizaciones Intergubernamentales

4 Tuesday :00-10:00 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Serbia, executed by AMBERO Consulting Sustainable and integrated urban development in Serbia Harald Mueller, AMBERO Consulting, Team Leader, Serbia; Dr. Ratka Colic, AMBERO Consulting, National Expert Urban Planning, Serbia 10:30-11:00 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Egypt Empowering communities in urban upgrading - the case of Cairo s informal areas Dr. Mohab Elrefaie, GIZ Senior Professional, Participatory Development Programme in Urban Areas (PDP), Egypt; Carl Philipp Schuck, GIZ Advisor, PDP, Egypt 11:30-12:00 Berlin University of Technology, Germany Life long learning? Expectations, experiences and reflections of international alumni on German university programs Prof. Dr. Philipp Misselwitz, Habitat Unit, TU Berlin, Germany; Dr. Paola Alfaro d Alencon, Senior Researcher, Habitat Unit, TU Berlin, Germany; Dr. Bettina Hamann, Coordinator Urban Management Programme, TU Berlin, Germany

5 Tuesday :30-13:00 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Germany Community Based Monitoring for inclusive urban development Martin Dirr (Moderation), GIZ Advisor, Policy Advice for Urban Development, Germany; Bernhard Schmidt, Advisor, Urban Green Infrastructure Development, Ministry of Urban Development, Housing & Construction, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia; Giovanni Allegretti, Centre for Social Studies of Coimbra University, Portugal; Sara Hoeflich de Duque, Programme Manager, United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), Spain 14:00-16:00 Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany NE16: How to enable urban innovation - fast, at broad scale, and equitable? Emilia Saiz, (Moderation) Director, Institutional Relations, United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), Spain; Franz-Birger Marré, Head of Division Water, Energy, Urban Development, Geosciences Sector, Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany; André Müller, Research Coordinator and Senior Adviser at the German Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR), Germany; Prof. Elke Pahl Weber, Professor, Institute for Regional and Urban Development, TU Berlin, Germany; Rabiu Farouk, Representative Slum Dwellers International (SDI), Ghana; Julie Alexander, Director UrbanDevelopment, Siemens, United Kingdom; Alfred Vanderpuije, Mayor of Accra, Ghana; Dr. Didas Massaburi, Mayor of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Benjamin C. Abalos Jr., Mayor of Mandaluyong, Philippines; Eduardo Paes, Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (tbc); Yonas Yosef, Mayor of Hawassa, Ethiopia (tbc); Karsten Gerkens, Head of Department Urban Renewal and Housing Promotion, City of Leipzig, Germany Venue: RED PAVILLION, Room 16 - Event organized at

6 Tuesday :00 TU Dortmund University, Germany Grassroot-level urban planning: potentials_limitations_impacts Dr. Wolfgang Scholz, Assoc. Prof. Urban Planning, GUtech Muscat, Oman and TU Dortmund University, Germany; Dr. Alexander Jachnow, Senior Expert Urban Planning, Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies, IHS, Rotterdam, The Netherlands :45 DLR Project Management Agency, Germany; Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Germany; UN-HABITAT City Changer: Rapid Planning Sustainable Infrastructure, environmental and resources management for highly dynamic metropolises Dr. Heike Bauer, Program Manager DLR Project Management Agency, Germany; Dieter Steinbach, Chairman AT-Verband, Rapid Planning Project Director, Germany; Laura Petrella, Project Manager Urban Planning and Design Branch UN-Habitat, Kenya; Raf Tuts, Coordinator Urban Planning and Design Branch UN-Habitat, Kenya; Andre Dzikus, Coordinator Urban Basic Services Branch, UN-Habitat, Kenya; Dr. Nguyen Van Hung, Vice-Director DISED, Peoples Committee, Da Nang, Vietnam; Dr. Aymen Hashem, Senior Researcher Assiut University, Egypt; Esther Mutamba, Project Manager Rwanda Housing Authority, Rwanda; Dr. Nguyen Quang, HPM Vietnam UN-Habitat, Vietnam; Dr. Harry Storch, Senior Researcher Rapid Planning Project, BTU Cottbus, Germany; Bernd Franke, Scientific Director, Senior Researcher Rapid Planning Project, IFEU, Germany; Kathrin Wieck, Researcher Rapid Planning Project, TU Berlin, Germany Venue: CITY CHANGER, Room B - Event organized at

7 Tuesday :00-16:30 Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Germany Future Megacities Short Films: - Future Megacities - A Research Programme for Sustainable Megacities of Tomorrow - Adaptation Planning in Ho-Chi-Minh City, Vietnam Thilo Petri, Future Megacities Support Team, Germany 16:30-18:30 South Africa Ministry of Traditional Affairs and Cooperative Governance, South Africa; Palestine Ministry of Local Government, Palestine; Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Palestine NE40: Shared learning to overcome urban inequality and discrimination: The case of Palestine South Africa cooperation Dr. Michael Sutcliffe (Moderation), Founding partner, City Insight, South Africa; Ulrich Nitschke (Moderation), GIZ Head of Programme, Local Governance and Civil Society Development Programme / LGP, Palestine; Lechesa Tsenoli, Minister of Traditional Affairs and Cooperative Governance, South Africa; Dr. Azzam Hjouj, General Director of the Department of Planning, Ministry of Local Government, Palestine; Prof. Dr. Daoud Za tari, Mayor City of Hebron, Palestine; Shanaaz Majiet, Deputy Director General, Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA), South Africa; N.N., Mayors from South Africa, Palestine, and Germany Venue: RED PAVILLION, Room 17 - Event organized at

8 Tuesday :30-18:30 Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing, Ghana NE45: Scaling Up Informal Settlement - Upgrading and Prevention through National Housing Policies and Programma tic Approaches: Lessons Learnt from 12 Countries Prof. Günter Meinert (Moderation), GIZ Programme Manager, Policy Advice for Urban Development, Germany; Alhaji Yahaya Yakubu, Director of Housing, Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing,Ghana; André Herzog, Senior Urban Specialist, World Bank Institute, U.S. Jose Floriano, Housing Secretary of the Municipality of Sao Paulo, Brazil; Joshua Mulandi, Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme (PSUP), UN-Habitat, Nairobi; Dr. René Peter Hohmann, Senior Urban Specialist, Cities Alliance, Belgium; Fernanda Margalhães, Senior Economist, Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), U.S. Venue: RED PAVILLION, Room 22 - Event organized at

9 Wednesday :30-11:30 UN-HABITAT Dialogue 2: Urban Planning and Design for Social Cohesion Shipra Narang (Moderation), Vice-President, International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP); Jean Marie Dikanga Kazad, Provincial Minister of Infrastructure, Urban development, Habitat and financial affairs, DRC; Anke Brummer-Kohler, Director General, Urban Development, Housing and Building Legislation, Federal Ministry for the Enviroment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB), Germany; Mauricio Macri, Mayor of Buenos Aires, Argentina; Ali Madanipour, Professor of Urban Design and the Director of Global Urban Research Unit, Newcastle University, United Kingdom; Lisa Rice, Vice president, National Fair Housing Alliance, U.S. Venue: Meeting Room - Event organized at 8:30-11:30 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, South Africa, Colombia, El Salvador Training Event: How to employ systemic approaches to (youth) violence prevention for the creation of safer cities Dr. Tina Silbernagl, GIZ Head of Programme, Inclusive Violence and Crime Prevention (VCP), South Africa; Philipp Kühl, GIZ Advisor, VCP, South Africa; Jaime Andrés Gómez, GIZ Senior Professional, VCP, South Africa; Hilka Langohr, GIZ Junior-Advisor, Cercapaz, Colombia; Elizabeth Frey, GIZ Advisor, PREVENIR, El Salvador Venue: RED PAVILLION, Room 15 - Event organized at

10 Wednesday :00-10:00 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Colombia PyMes productivas, agentes de cambio en el desarrollo de las ciudades Patricia Bermúdez, GIZ Coordinator, Global Business Exchange Programme (GloBus), Colombia; n.n. Agencia Presidencial de Cooperación Internacional Colombia (APC); n.n., Asociación Colombiana de MiPymes (ACOPI); n.n., Ministerio de Comercio Industria y Turismo (MinCIT); Esther Wegner, GIZ Junior-Advisor, Policy Advice on Urban Development, Germany (tbc) 10:30-11:30 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Germany Smart Cities - ICT for Urban Transformation Stephanie Ludwig, GIZ Advisor, Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D), Germany; panelists tbc

11 Wednesday :00-14:00 UN-Habitat Regional Office for Arab States; Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ), Egypt City Changer: Slum Upgrading at Scale Case studies from the Arab Region Mohamed El Sioufi, Head of UN-Habitat Housing and Slum Upgrading Branch, Kenya; Safa Ashoub, GIZ Institutionalisation Advisor, Participatory Development Programme in Urban Areas (PDP), Egypt; El-Tayed Hag Ali, Director of Khartoum Physical Plan Implantation and Monitoring, State Ministry of Planning, Sudan; Istabraq Alshouk, Vice Minister of Construction and Housing, Iraq; Prof. Mohammed El Malti, Architect/Urban Planner, School of Architecture, Rabat, Morocco Venue: UN Habitat Pavilion, City Changer Room 12:45-14:00 TÜV Rheinland on behalf of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Germany Future Megacities Short Film Series Venue: Cinema Room - Event organized at

12 Wednesday :00-14:45 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Germany; ENGAGEMENT GLOBAL ggmbh / Service Agency Communities in One World, Germany; German Association of Cities Learning for sustainable development - the Community of Practice for Sustainable Urban Development Sabine Drees, Senior Advisor for International Affairs, German Association of Cities, Germany; Anita Reddy, Head of Department for Municipal Cooperation and Education for Development, Engagement Global ggmbh, Germany; Dr. Manfred Poppe, GIZ Senior Project Manager, Community of Practice for Sustainable Urban Development, Germany 14:00-16:00 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ), Germany; Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI) NE51: Urban NEXUS: strengthening inter-sectoral linkages and crossing municipal boundaries for integrated resource-efficiency in cities Carmen Vogt, GIZ Head of Programme, Sustainable Development of Metropolitan Regions, Germany; Anke Brummer-Kohler, Director General, Urban Development, Housing and Building Legislation, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB), Germany; Franz-Birger Marré, Head of Division Water, Energy, Urban Development, Geosciences Sector, Federal German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany; Eng. Mussa Natty, Municipal Director, City of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; N.N., Commissioner from Nashik Municipal Corporation, City of Nashik, India; Adrian Atkinson, Consultant, United Kingdom; Kathrin Wiek, BMBF-Megacity-Project Urban Agriculture as an Integrative Factor of Climate-Optimised Urban Development, Casablanca / Morocco (UAC), Germany; Alexandra Linden, GIZ Advisor, Sustainable Development of Metropolitan Regions, Germany Venue: RED PAVILLION, Room 5 - Event organized at

13 Wednesday :00-16:00 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Germany; UN-HABITAT; Gender CC - Women for Climate Justice, Germany Gender, Cities and Climate change: How urban gender-sensitive climate policy can make a difference Sabine Gürtner, GIZ Programme Director, Promoting Gender Equality and Women s Rights, Germany; Robert Kehew, Leader Climate Change Planning Unit, UN Habitat, Kenya; Gotelind Alber, founder of GenderCC, Germany 16:15-17:00 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Nepal Gender Equity and Social Inclusion (GESI) in Urban Development and Budgeting Dr. Mahendra Subba, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development, Nepal; Dr. Horst Matthaeus, GIZ Program Manager, Sub-national Governance Program, Nepal

14 Wednesday :30-18:30 ENGAGEMENT GLOBAL ggmbh / Service Agency Communities in One World, Germany NE88: Inclusive urban governance: cities for citizens experiences from the Global North and South Giovanni Allegretti, Centre for Social Studies of Coimbra University, Portugal; Silvia Haas, City of Leipzig, Germany; Dr. Ratka Colic, National Expert Urban Planning, AMBERO Consulting, Serbia; Goodluck Justin Mollel, Civic Education Teachers Association (CETA), Tanzania; Sergio Barrios, City of Rosario, Argentina Venue: RED PAVILLION, Room 19 - Event organized at 17:00-18:30 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ), South Africa, Colombia, El Salvador Violence prevention for the creation of safer cities: Meeting of Minds Opening Remarks by Annette Bähring, GIZ Head of Unit, Key Issues Good Governance and Human Rights, Germany

15 Thursday :30-11:30 UN-HABITAT Dialogue 3: Basic Services: Local Businesses for Equitable Cities Mathieu Lefevre (Moderation), Executive Director, New Cities Foundation, France; Juan Esteban Calle Restrepo, President, Public Enterprises of Medellín, Colombia; Patrick Magebhula, Slum Dwellers International, South Africa; Dr. Didas Massaburi, Mayor of Dar es Salaam,Tanzania; Joachim Prey, Director General Sectoral Department, GIZ, Germany; Dr. Mahendra Subba Joint Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development, Nepal; Sarah Rosen Wartell, President, Urban Institute Venue: Meeting Room - Event organized at 9:00-10:00 ENGAGEMENT GLOBAL ggmbh Service Agency Communities in One World, Germany City-to-city cooperation on climate change experiences of Municipal Climate Partnerships Anita Reddy, Head of Division for Municipal Development Cooperation and Development Education, Engagement Global ggmbh, Germany (Moderator); Dr. Didas Massaburi, Mayor of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania; Tomás Kroyer, Head of Department International Affairs and Cooperation, City of Buenos Aires, Argentina; Dr. Ralf-Rainer Braun, Head of Department Environmental Affairs, City of Hagen, Germany

16 Thursday :00-11:30 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Ecuador La calidad del agua, estadísticas policiales y atractivos turísticos - Aprendizajes de un sistema de monitoreo público basado en Datos Abiertos desarrollado por el Consorcio Público de la Cuenca del Rio Jubones (CCRJ) Joachim Fritz, GIZ Coordinator Strengthening Good Governance Programme, Ecuador; Ludger Niemann, Advisor to the Consorcio Público de la Cuenca del Río Jubones, Ecuador 12:00-13:00 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, AgenZ, Germany Siemens AG, Germany Being prepared -Resilient Urban Solutions by Siemens and GIZ Martin Dirr, GIZ Advisor, Policy Advice for Urban Development, Germany; Stefan Denig, Head of Corporate Communications - Issue Management at Siemens AG; Germany

17 Thursday :15-13:15 The Development Partners Working Group on Decentralisation and Local Governance - DeLoG, Germany Localising the Post-2015 Development Agenda Preliminary results of the DeLoG Study on the Local Public Sector s role in achieving Development Goals Joe Hooper, Head of Local Government and Decentralisation Unit, UN-Habitat, Kenya; Kodjo E. Mensah-Abrampa, Local Governance Policy Advisor, UNDP, U.S.; Edgardo Bilsky, Director of Programmes and Research, UCLG, Spain, on behalf of the Global Taskforce of local and regional governments for post 2015 development agenda (GTF); Jamie Boex, Senior Research Associate, Urban Institute, U.S.; Jochen Mattern, Coordinator Secretariat DeLoG, Germany Venue: URBAN LIBRARY - Event organized at 14:00-16:00 KfW Entwicklungsbank, Germany; Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Germany NE97: Urban Equity through Inclusive Mobility Franz-Birger Marré, Head of Division Water, Energy, Urban Development, Geosciences Sector, Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany; Guillermo Penalosa, Executive Director of 8-80 Cities, Canada; Josef Monatzeder, Third Mayor Of Munich, Germany Venue: YELLOW PAVILLION, Room 5 - Event organized at

18 Thursday :00-16:00 Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB), Germany NE103: How NAMAs contribute to sustainable urban development Konrad von Ritter (Moderation), GIZ Consultant, Germany; Maria Paloma Silva de Anzorena, Deputy General Director for Housing Market Development, CONAVI, Mexico; Carlos Felipe Pardo, GIZ Consultant, Sustainable Urban Transport Project, Indonesia; Johannes Frommann, GIZ Senior Technical Advisor, Sustainable Waste Management, Indonesia; Sithole Mbanga, CEO, South African Cities Network (SACN), South Africa (tbc) Venue: YELLOW PAVILLION, Room 11 - Event organized at 14:00-16:00 Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA) NE104: Linking Cities To Financing: Realizing Low-Carbon And Climate Resilient Infrastructure Investments Steve Hammer, Lead Urban Specialist, World Bank, U.S.; N.N., ICLEI; Michael Berkowitz, Director 100 Resilience Cities Campaign, Rockefeller Foundation, U.S.; Robert Kehew, Climate Change Specialist, UN-HABITAT, Nairobi; Joris van Etten, Deputy Program Coordinator, CDIA, Philippines; Rhoda Lynn Gregorio, GIZ Advisor, Policy Advice on Urban Development, Germany (tbc) Venue: YELLOW PAVILLION, Room 12 - Event organized at

19 Thursday :30-15:30 The Development Partners Working Group on Decentralisation and Local Governance - DeLoG, Germany Localising the Post-2015 Development Agenda Preliminary results of the DeLoG Study on the Local Public Sector s role in achieving Development Goals Joe Hooper, Head of Local Government and Decentralisation Unit, UN-Habitat, Kenia; Kodjo E. Mensah-Abrampa, Local Governance Policy Advisor, UNDP, U.S.; Edgardo Bilsky, Director of Programmes and Research, UCLG, Spain, on behalf of the Global Taskforce of local and regional governments for post 2015 development agenda (GTF); Jamie Boex, Senior Research Associate, Urban Institute, U.S.; Jochen Mattern, Coordinator Secretariat DeLoG, Germany 16:30-17:00 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Germany; KfW Entwicklungsbank, Germany; Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA) Connecting Mobility Plans with Financing and Knowledge Manfred Breithaupt, GIZ Senior Advisor, Transport Policy Advisory Services, Germany; Michael Gruber, Senior Sector Economist, KfW, Germany; Joris van Etten, Deputy Program Coordinator, CDIA, Philippines 17:30-18:30 The German Delegation Cocktail Reception: Meet the Mayors Opening Remarks by Jürgen Nimptsch, Mayor City of Bonn, Germany

20 Friday :30-11:30 CEPT University, India; Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA) Training Event: How to Strengthen Urban Spatial Planning to reduce Social Vulnerability and Exclusions in South Cities Prof. Saswat Bandyopadhyay, CEPT University, Ahmedabad, India; Mats Jarnhammar, SKL International, Sweden; Joris van Etten, Deputy Program Coordinator, CDIA, Philippines; Rhoda Lynn Gregorio, GIZ Advisor, Policy Advice for Urban Development, Germany Venue: RED PAVILLION, Room 19 - Event organized at 9:00-10:00 ENGAGEMENT GLOBAL ggmbh / Service Agency Communities in One World, Germany German-Palestinian municipal partnerships opportunities and challenges Prof. Dr. Daoud Za tari, Mayor City of Hebron, Palestine; Moussa Hadid, Mayor City of Ramallah, Palestine; Jürgen Nimptsch, Mayor City of Bonn, Germany; Ulrich Nitschke, GIZ Head of Programme, Local Governance and Civil Society Development Programme (LGP), Palestine; David Linse, Head of Department International Affairs, Integration and Protocol, City of Mannheim, Germany

21 Friday :30-11:30 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Central America Ordenamiento Territorial y Desarrollo Sostenible en Centroamérica (ODETCA) Guido Alberto Monge Fernández, Ministry of Housing and Human Settlements, Costa Rica; Carlos Estuardo Barillas Estrada, Director of Spatial Planning and Urban Development, Guatemala; Dr. Daphne Frank, GIZ Expert Urban and Regional Development, Germany 12:00-13:00 City of Bonn, Germany SE32: Tomorrow is too late: how to make cities and metropolitan regions more resilient Jürgen Nimptsch, Mayor City of Bonn, Germany; Cynthia Rosenzweig, Head of Climate Impacts Group, NASA/Goddard Institute for Space Studies, U.S.; Debra Roberts, Head of Environmental Planning and Climate Protection Department of ethekwini Municipality, City of Durban, South Africa; Martha Delgado-Peralta, First Vice President, Global Executive Committee, ICLEI, Mexico Venue: YELLOW PAVILLION, Room 6 - Event organized at

22 Friday :00-16:00 The South African Cities Network (SACN), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, South Africa, Colombia, Central America NE145: Cities without Life? The case for urban safety as a public good and as a core theme for local and national urban policies Sithole Mbanga, CEO, South African Cities Network, South Africa; Hon. Minister Lechesa Tsenoli, Ministry of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, South Africa; Dr. Tina Silbernagl, GIZ, GIZ Head of Programme, Inclusive Violence and Crime Prevention Programme (VCP), South Africa; Patrick Odolwa, Ministry of Land, Housing and Urban Development, Kenya; Elizabeth Johnston, Executive Director, European Forum for Urban Security; Juma Assiago, Safer Cities Programme, UN-HABITAT, Kenya Venue: YELLOW PAVILLION, Room 7 - Event organized at 14:45-15:45 Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA) Linking Cities to Financing: Bridging the gap between planning and implementation of urban infrastructure investments Joris van Etten, Deputy Program Coordinator, CDIA, Philippines; Inga Beie, GIZ Advisor, Policy Advice for Urban Development, Germany Venue: City Changer Room - Event organized at

23 Participants 23 BMZ The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) is responsible for formulating the principles and strategies of German development policy. These then form the basis of the cooperation projects and programmes developed together with our partner countries and with international organisations. Sustainable urban development is recognised as a key element in achieving international climate and development goals (e.g. MDGs) and therefore constitutes a significant field of German development policy. BMUB The Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Buildings and Nuclear Safety is focusing on a sustainable use of resources and an environmentally as well as climate friendly deployment of our country and on international level. This applies to the conservation of flora and fauna, the promotion of resource efficiency as well as an active role of Germany in avoiding climate change and environmental damage. Further responsibilities are the security of nuclear facilities and related issues. Since 2013 the Ministry is also in charge for the building sector and urban development in Germany. BMBF The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) promotes education and research to contribute to securing our country s prosperity. Research creates previously unknown opportunities in all domains of life, and it keeps our products and services innovative and competitive. International exchange in education and science is also one of our responsibilities.

24 24 PT-DLR, Project Management Agency The PT-DLR, Project Management Agency (part of the German Aerospace Center) is a research funding organisation supporting the Federal Ministry of Education and Reserach (BMBF) along with other Federal Ministries, in the implementation of programme-related project funding. Bearing in mind the necessity and the importance of research and development for the science and business location Germany, the PT-DLR is committed to the interests of the community. It carries out the specifications of its principals competently and swiftly, thus supporting the acquisition and utilisation of scientific knowledge and technological progress. GIZ As a federal enterprise, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH supports the German Government in achieving its objectives in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development. GIZ offers workable, sustainable and effective solutions in political, economic and social change processes. GIZ operates throughout Germany and in more than 130 countries worldwide. KfW KfW is one of the world s leading and most experienced promotional banks. As an integral part of the KfW group, KfW Development Bank carries out Germany s Financial Cooperation with developing and emerging countries on behalf of the Federal Government. The 600 staff at its head office in Germany and about 200 specialists in almost 70 local offices cooperate with partners all over the world. Its goal is to combat poverty, secure the peace, protect the environment and the climate and make globalisation fair.

25 25 Deutscher Städtetag The German Association of Cities is the voice of Germany s cities. It is also the national association of all the country s autonomous and most of its affiliated cities and towns. A community of solidarity, it acts as the cities advocate for the idea of local selfgovernment in dealings with the Federal Government, federal states (Bundesländer), the European Union, and governmental and non-governmental organisations. The work and services of the German Association of Cities are primarily geared to the needs and interests of the direct member cities and their citizens. Engagement Global ggmbh ENGAGEMENT GLOBAL is the contact point in Germany for development policy activities. Since January we have been bringing initiatives and programmes active in development policy work and dedicated to fair global cooperation together under one roof. ENGAGEMENT GLOBAL is commissioned by the German Federal Government and funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. Service Agency Communities in One World The Service Agency Communities in One World is Germany s competence centre for local development cooperation. It is a division of Engagement Global. On behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, we have been providing advisory and other services to municipalities and other local actors since We focus on the future-oriented issues of municipal partnerships, migration and development, and fair public procurement.

26 26 City of Bonn Bonn is Germany s United Nations City with 18 UN organisations working towards a sustainable development worldwide, surrounded by a dense cluster featuring science, economy, media and 150 NGOs. Bonn has long qualified as leading platform for the debate on sustainability and place to learn about solutions for a better future. City of Hagen The city of Hagen lies in the heart of North Rhine-Westphalia. Its Environmental Protection, Youth and Social Affairs administration division is engaged in international projects in the field of climate change mitigation and energy saving at the European level but also cultivates partnerships in sustainable development with other countries. City of Leipzig Leipzig, 1989 the city of the peaceful revolution, has a population of making it the largest city in East Germany second only to Berlin. Leipzig has a long and tradition as city of books, education and literature. The hometown of Johann Sebastian Bach has also an international reputation as a city of music and is home to the famous Gewandhausorchestra. Following unification in 1990 Leipzig went through a period of radical transition. Losing the majority of its jobs, population declined radically in a city whose valuable architectural heritage was in urgent need for renovation. Leipzig at that time was at the brink of losing its historical identity. Today it can look back to a successful transformation: Quality of life improved e.g. via city wide urban regeneration processes and since 2001 the population is growing again, actually at the biggest rate in Germany.