Urban Fridays: Supporting Local Governments for Sustainable Development Plans

The “Urban Fridays” are five meetings deployed within the Urban Circuit 2020 program. The purpose is promoting tools, methodologies and projects implemented by UN-Habitat offices in Brazil and in Portuguese-speaking African countries. The sessions will discuss several topics such as: map-making and data production, urban resilience, urbanization policy and financing, spatial planning frameworks and Development Plans for 2030.



The fifth meeting, known as "Urban Fridays: Supporting local governments for Sustainable Development Plans 2030", will present:



(i) Participatory Incremental Urban Planning (PIUP): a step-by-step tool to make the diagnosis, planning, operationalization and implementation of participatory planning processes in cities with limited capacities and resources; and



(ii) Public Responsibility Systems in Latin America and how the UN-Habitat supports the production of the Sustainable Development Plan for the city of Rio de Janeiro.



Program:

- Marcella Guarneri: Kick-off and facilitation (5 min)

- Thomaz Ramalho and Javier Torner: Presentation of the Participatory Incremental Urban Planning (PIUP) tool (15 min) 

- Timóteo Neves: Sustainable Development Regional Plan of Príncipe 2030 (15 min)

- José António: Sustainable Development Spatial Plan of Bissau 2030 (15 min)

- Luciana Tuszel: Location of the SDG 11 and the Sustainable Development Plan of the city of Rio de Janeiro (15 min)

- Questions & answers session (10 min)

- Wrap-up (5 min)

 

For full list of speakers check: www.circuitourbano.org