Urban Week 2009

 
URBAN FORUM
Monday, March 9, 2009
Time Session
8:30-9:00 AM LIGHT BREAKFAST
   
9:00–9:15 AM WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
Abha Joshi-Ghani, Sector Manager, Urban Development
 
9:15–9:30 AM OPENING REMARKS
Katherine Sierra, Vice President and Network Head, Sustainable Development, World Bank Group
 
9:30–10:15 AM

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
CO-CREATING REAL URBANISMS FOR THE NEXT THREE BILLION

  • Jeb Brugmann, author of “Welcome to the Urban Revolution: How Cities are Changing the World”; founding Secretary General of the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives, 1990-2000; winner of Harvard Business Review McKinsey Award

DISCUSSION
10:15–10:30 AM BREAK
   
10:30–11:45 AM GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS AND CITIES
Moderated by Otaviano Canuto, Vice President for Countries, Inter-American Development Bank
Speaker: George Peterson, International Expert on Municipal Finance
Panel:
  • Robert Ebel, Office for Revenue Enhancement, Washington, DC
  • Junaid Ahmad, Sector Manager, Urban, Water and Sanitation, South Asia, World Bank
  • Lili Liu, Lead Economist, Economic Policy and Debt Department, World Bank

DISCUSSION
   
11:45 AM–1:00 PM THE JANUS-FACE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT: BALANCING SERVICE DELIVERY EFFICIENCY WITH CITIZEN VOICE
Moderated by Jack Stein, Sector Director, Sustainable Development, South Asia Region, World Bank
Speaker: Tim Campbell, Chairman of the Board, Urban Age Institute
Panel:
  • Elisabeth Gateau, Secretary General, United Cities and Local Governments
  • Olga Kaganova, Urban Institute
  • Victor Vergara, Lead Urban Sector Specialist, World Bank Institute
  • Andrew Norton, Lead Social Development Specialist, World Bank

DISCUSSION
1:00–2:00 PM LUNCH BREAK
   
2:00–3:30 PM SHAPING THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT — CITIES MATTER
Moderated by Marianne Fay, Director, World Development Report 2010, World Bank
Speaker: David Satterthwaite, Senior Fellow, International Institute for Environment and Development
Panel:
  • Alexis Bonnel, Head of the Infrastructure and Environment Division, Agence Française de Développement
  • Rafael Tuts, Chief, Urban Environmental Planning Branch, UN-HABITAT
  • Kulsum Ahmed, Lead Environmental Specialist, Environment Department

DISCUSSION
3:30–3:45 PM BREAK
   
3:45–5:15 PM ACCESS AND MOBILITY — WHY LAND AND HOUSING MARKETS HOLD THE KEY
Moderated by Robert Buckley, Managing Director, Rockefeller Foundation
Speaker: Alain Bertaud, International Urban Planning Expert
Panel:
  • Clarissa Augustinus, Chief, Land, Tenure and Property Administration Section,UN-HABITAT
  • Gregory Ingram, President and CEO, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
  • David Dowall, Professor of City and Regional Planning, University of California at Berkeley

DISCUSSION
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
8:30–9:00 AM LIGHT BREAKFAST
   
9:00–9:10 AM WELCOME
Abha Joshi-Ghani, Sector Manager, Urban Development
 
9:00–9:10 AM OPENING REMARKS
Inga Björk-Klevby, Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director, UN-HABITAT
 
9:25–10:55 AM INNOVATIONS IN URBAN SPACE: WASHINGTON, DC REINVENTS ITSELF
Moderated by Jeb Brugmann, author of “Welcome to the Urban Revolution: How Cities are Changing the World”
Speaker:
  • Valerie Santos-Young, Chief Operating Officer for the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development, Washington, DC
  • Harriet Tregoning, Director, Office of Planning, Washington, DC
  • Steve Moore, President and CEO, Washington, DC Economic Partnership

DISCUSSION
10:55–11:10 AM BREAK
 
11:10–12:30 AM

MEETING THE CHALLENGE OF URBAN POVERTY AND SLUMS

Moderated by Cyprian Fisiy, Sector Director, Social Development Department Speaker: Judy Baker, Lead Economist, Urban Development, World Bank Panel:

  • Inga Björk-Klevby, Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director, UN-HABITAT
  • Richard Lamporte, Director, Business Development, Jhpiego
  • William Cobbett, Program Manager, Cities Alliance

DISCUSSION
12:30–2:00 PM LUNCH BREAK
   
STATE OF THE URBAN SECTOR
 
2:00–2:15 AM WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
Abha Joshi-Ghani, Sector Manager, Urban Development
 
2:15–3:15 PM

REGIONAL PRESENTATIONS

  • Africa — Jaime Biderman, Sector Manager, AFTU1; Eustache Ouayoro, AFTU2
  • East Asia and Pacific — Keshav Varma, Sector Director, Urban, EASUR
  • Europe and Central Asia — Wael Zakout, Sector Manager, ECSSD
     
3:15–3:45 AM DISCUSSION
 
3:45–4:00 PM BREAK
   
4:00–5:00 PM REGIONAL PRESENTATIONS
  • Latin America and Caribbean — Guang Zhe Chen, Sector Manager, LCSUW
  • Middle East and North Africa — Anna Bjerde, Sector Manager, MNSSD
  • South Asia — Junaid Ahmad, Sector Manager, SASDU
5:00–5:10 PM WBI PRESENTATION
Konrad Von Ritter, Sector Manager, WBI Sustainable Development
 
5:10–5:40 PM DISCUSSION
 
5:40–5:45 PM CLOSING
Abha Joshi-Ghani, Sector Manager, Urban Development, World Bank
 
URBAN LEARNING DAYS
 
Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Current Approaches to Addressing Key Challenges in Slums
This session featured several approaches to addressing some of the key challenges in slums and slum upgrading through project case studies.

Developing the Past for Future Benefit: Stimulating the Economy by Promoting Heritage and Sustainable Tourism
The session demonstrated how the dynamics involved in managing cultural heritage resources can serve as a means to development.

Sustainable Urban Development and Climate Change
This session introduced two new product lines designed to address the challenges of urbanization and climate change: The 'Climate Resilient Cities' Initiative and The 'Eco2 Cities: Ecological Cities as Economic Cities' Program.

Combining Advisory Services with Lending Operations: PPP Financing Framework in Vietnam
The session described the approach that has been adopted to address infrastructure finance in Vietnam and focused on the Bank's findings at each stage of the engagement and how they have influenced the design of the program.

Harmonious Cities: Findings from the World Cities Report 2008/9
This session presented the main findings from the UN-HABITAT World Cities Report 2008/9.

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Housing Subsidies:  Who Gets What and Why It Matters
This session looked at the highly charged issue of the distribution of housing subsidies in many of the countries where we work and explored a framework for identifying and measuring the flow of financial and real-sector subsidies to various beneficiaries.

Subnational Finance: New Opportunities for Engagement with Local Governments and State-Owned Entities
The session introduced the subnational finance (SN) product line to urban staff and familiarized attendees with specific characteristics of working in joint World Bank/IFC teams.

Urban Planning Capacity: Certification of Individuals and Building Resilient Planning Institutions
The session presented findings of research carried out in WBI on the importance of certification in urban planning, and had a panel discussion with planners from Mexico, China, and Guatemala.

Reducing Urban Disaster Risks
This session gave an overview of methods and tools available for risk reduction strategies that can be applied in urban planning. Country case studies from different regions were shared with the participants.

BBL: Spatial Analysis of Natural Hazard and Climate Change Risks in Peri-Urban Areas of Dakar, Senegal
This BBL presented main findings from a newly developed spatial analysis methodology, as well as eye-catching natural hazards and climate change vulnerability maps and spatial profiles for the Dakar region.

BBL: The Role of the Bank in Supporting Decentralization in Peru: Lessons from Tourism Development in Cuzco
This BBL presented the Cuzco Regional Government's vision and plans for its increasing role in infrastructure in the context of Peru's decentralization process, and the role played by its emerging partnership with the Bank.

Ask the Experts - What Drives the Technology Choices by Cities and Private Companies? -- Local energy and materials pricing? Investment climates? Waste characteristics? Regulations?
This session provided information and a forum to address participant questions to the experts on solid waste technology choices for cities.

Arming Cities with Market Intelligence:  Applying the Inner-City Market DrillDown Tool in Johannesburg and Bogota
This session explored the application of data mining techniques pioneered by Social Compact using their proprietary Neighborhood Market Drilldown tools.

Approaches to Urban Land Development:  From Brownfield Redevelopment to Industrial Competitiveness
This session reviewed approaches to Brownfield Redevelopment and looked at legal process, agency roles, placemaking and urban design. MNA's growing Industrial Land Development Business Line was also reviewed.