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Sunday June 18, 2006

18:00 - 20:00 - VCEC - Exhibit Hall B&C; Canada Reception

Monday June 19, 2006

10:00 - 11:00 - VCEC - Exhibit Hall A Opening Ceremony The World Urban Forum III opened with a welcoming ceremony, followed by statements by dignitaries and key partners.
14:00 - 17:00 - Waterfront - Ballroom C Side Event North American Gateways - Canada-US West Coast Linkages, Goods Movement and Sustainable Development This forum focused on goods movement within gateway regions. Strategies to deal with the swelling volume of trade require "Smart Growth for Freight" to preserve quality of life in gateways even as they support efficient transportation and sustainable freight strategies among North America's West Coast Gateways, and also with our counterparts in Asian gateway regions. The forum addressed the US-based coalition's relationship with B.C., Yukon and Western Provinces. Interest in closer ties was stimulated by proposals for an ALCAN freight railway and Alaska gas pipeline, as well as mineral resource development in the Canadian Northwest sought by China and other Asian nations. WCCC connections with BC and Yukon are of interest to the coalition as essential to the geographic continuity of joint efforts on transportation issues along the entire West Coast of North America. For more information, contact: Paul Daniell, WCCC-WUF3 event coordinator Email: [email protected] Telephone: (604) 760.1951
14:30 - 17:30 - Pan Pacific - Crystal Pav B Roundtable Researchers Roundtable - Planning and Managing Sustainable Cities: From Research to Practice Participants discussed ways and means of strengthening links between research and action in the area of sustainable urban development through the presentation of illustrative experiences/case studies from both developing and developed countries. Experiences presented focused on the ways in which research has contributed to the planning and management of environmentally, economically and socially sustainable cities. A major component of the roundtable was the launching/presentation of the recommendations of the “Nanning International Conference on Sustainable Urban Development: From Research to Action”.
14:30 - 17:30 - Pan Pacific - Crystal Pav A Roundtable NGOs Roundtable - Assets and Struggles: 30 years after Vancouver Habitat Forum - Realizing the Right to Adequate Housing, Sustainable Habitat and Inclusive Cities Prior to the roundtable, an on-line debate was held to review the efforts towards “building community with the people” and its current meaning in the context neo-liberal policies; as well as a critical review of international commitments and plans of action following UN conferences, councils and forums aimed at the progressive realization of the Right to Adequate Housing. It also reviewed the gender approach in defending the right to the city, land and housing. The results of this on-line discussion were presented at the roundtable, and case studies were discussed on peopleï¿½s efforts in defending their right to live in peace and dignity HIC (such as the Harare evictions, Katrina and the post-tsunami rehabilitation). Also, the MDG 7 - Target 11 on ï¿½Cities without Slumsï¿½ initiatives was reviewed in light of Vancouver 1976 and further international commitments and plans of actions.
14:30 - 17:30 - VCEC - Ballroom C Roundtable Women's Roundtable - Empowering the MDGs: Grassroots Women Meet the Challenge-Women's Life, Women's Decision In the interest of supporting efforts to speed up the achievement of the MDGs, the roundtable discussed how to build and foster grassroots women's contribution and their role in the overall development process. It identified the support that is needed to create the conditions and environment for realizing womenï¿½s full potential to contribute to national, political, economic, social and cultural development, and to benefit from the results. The session gave recognition to grassroots women who have made a difference in contributing to the achievement of the MDGs, and drew from their practices and specific strategies for turning ideas into action. Participants were invited to react and share their experiences in supporting grassroots womenï¿½s initiatives.
14:30 - 17:30 - Pan Pacific - Crystal Pav C Roundtable Private Sector Roundtable - Business Roundtable on Corporate Leadership for Sustainable Urbanization The Business Roundtable at WUF3 was an invitation-only event which brought together a select group of leading corporations, public policy thinkers and leading commentators committed to the private sector being part of the solution for a sustainable urban future. The roundtable discussed how private companies could play a leading role in providing solutions, products, technology/infrastructure, employment and innovative ideas to meet the urban challenge as reflected in the Millennium Development Goals. The Business Roundtable profiled the leadership of corporations worldwide with respect to urban challenges, such as: dwellings, urban infrastructure, transport, communications and other issues. A particularly prominent feature of the roundtable was the examination of the role of the private sector in creating economic activity and employment through sustainable urban development approaches.
14:30 - 17:30 - VCEC - Ballroom B Roundtable Parliamentarian Roundtable Human Settlement Legislation Developments + 30: Good Laws for a Better Habitat Almost twenty years after the formal inauguration of the Global Parliamentarians on Habitat in 1987, this session provided parliamentarians an opportunity to take stock of key milestones, successes and challenges in their contribution to human settlements, urban development and affordable housing around the world. Looking to the future, new priorities for supporting urban sustainability were identified at both global and domestic levels, and opportunities for collaboration on legislative initiatives explored.
15:00 - 18:00 - Roundtable Ministers' Roundtable - Vancouver + 30: The Changing Role of Cities and Global Sustainable Development Ministers addressed key issues relating to the changing role of cities in a globalized world. Sustainable urbanization was discussed in the context of experiences/lessons learned from national, international and other jurisdictional perspectives: How are national governments supporting sustainable cities? How can national governments partner with other jurisdictions to support urban sustainability? How can national governments link their international agendas to the local level - e.g. working with cities to address the MDGs?
16:00 - 17:00 - VCEC - Exhibit Hall B&C; Side Event Image-in the MDGs - The Millennium Development Goals. A Promise to the Youth of Mathare, Nairobi Kenya photo exhibition and book launch with musicians from Mathare Nairobi Slum, Kenya Image-in the MDGs was a tale of true stories on one of Africaï¿½s most deprived slums. With cameras in hands, ten young boys and girls become witnesses and advocates of their own conditions. They describe their realities with an unusual acuity and an exceptional sincerity. Their collection of photos and stories around the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) constitute a real documentary, but also the key ingredients to voice out real issues and start addressing problems that sometimes go beyond words. This project was part of UN-HABITAT's long-term commitment to empower the youth living in the slums. It was also a part of the Mathare Youth Sport Association's goal to link development, sport, environmental activisms and art to positively transform the lives of boys and girls. Behind the faces and eyes, behind the walls and doors lie incredible testimonies, calls and cries of despairs, but also a formidable energy that cannot be ignored to build the future of African cities. The project was sponsored by the Government of Norway and Fujifilm Kenya.
16:30 - 18:30 - Various Locations Networking Event
18:30 - 20:00 - SFU Harbour Centre, Segal Room (515 W. Hastings St. @ Seymour St.) Side Event Regional Vancouver Urban Observatory Report Launch - Counting on Vancouver: Our view of the region. Counting on Vancouver: Our View of the Region was the inaugural report of the Regional Vancouver Urban Observatory (RVu), the first local member of the UN-Habitat Global Urban Observatory network to be established in the developed world. The report connects the most pressing local urban trends to global sustainable development issues and to the challenge of localizing the Millennium Development Goals. The report was the result of a year and a half of work throughout the Vancouver region and with global partners in the GUO network. Remarks to launch this inaugural report were offered by Eduardo Lopez Moreno, Chief, UN-Habitat Global Urban Observatory; Anthony Perl, Director, Simon Fraser University Urban Studies Programme; and Nancy Henderson, Executive Director, Social Planning Research Council of British Columbia.
18:30 - 22:00 - Waterfront - Mackenzie Ballroom Side Event WUF3- Youth Delegate Reception: Celebrating youth as leaders of Today and Tomorrow This reception was open to all delegates of WUF3. The focus of the reception was to celebrate youth as current and future leaders of cities. Entertainment and insight were provided by international performers such as Gidigidi from Nairobi, Kenya and international youth representatives.

Tuesday June 20, 2006

07:30 - 08:45 - Pan Pacific - Oceanview 2 Side Event One small step for cities, one giant leap for the planet: Practical solutions for cities stepping towards a lighter footprint This event set out practical ways that cities around the world are reducing their ecological impact. Speakers including University of British Columbia Professor William Rees (founder of the Ecological Footprint approach) shared stories of progress and approaches for working towards sustainable production and consumption patterns. Partners: One Planet Institute and University of British Columbia
08:00 - 17:00 - VCEC - Exterior Entrance Side Event Habitat for Humanity Greater Vancouver Builds a House at Canada Place as part of “Operation Home Delivery” Habitat for Humanity Greater Vancouver built a house outside the VCEC to demonstrate Operation Home Delivery (OHD) as part of the World Urban Forum. OHD is a three-phase response programme created to provide assistance and rebuilding opportunities in New Orleans and along the Gulf Coast in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Vancouverites were welcome to watch the house being built in a single day by volunteers from 8:00 am until completion.
08:30 - 09:30 - VCEC - Exhibit Hall A Plenary Theme: Social Inclusion and Cohesion Marginalization, social exclusion and urban poverty are becoming key challenges facing cities in the urban millennium. Unprecedented urbanization and inadequate urban policies (including insecurity of tenure) are the main causes of the formation of slums. Pro-poor, gender sensitive urban policies and enabling legislation at the national and international levels are necessary to help overcome this challenge, while good urban governance and consistent leadership are required to implement effective strategies at the local level.
09:00 - 12:00 - Pan Pacific - Oceanview 3/4 Training Session How to Improve Participatory Spatial Planning with Visualization Techniques Participants learned about the added value of visualization tools and techniques in Participatory Spatial Planning (PSP). The course was designed to introduce the latest issues on participatory use of spatial information in decision-making and to give practical examples of some of the current possibilities. The course was based on short lectures, open discussion and practical exercise.
09:00 - 12:00 - Pan Pacific - Oceanview 5/6 Training Session Design Charettes for Sustainable Community Planning and Development Design charettes are increasingly popular as a way to bring a range of expertise and interests together to collaborate on innovative design solutions that incorporate multiple objectives and interests towards sustainable cities and communities. The training session guided those who would like to host or initiate a design charette process for sustainable community planning, and included examples of charettes that have been held in Canada.
09:00 - 12:00 - Pan Pacific - Oceanview 7/8 Training Session Towards Inclusive Cities: How to Walk the Talk The course illustrated how tools such as the Urban Governance Index and Participatory Budgeting can help in objectively measuring the quality of urban governance, and improving participation, effectiveness, accountability and equity in cities. Using a mix of Powerpoint presentations and interactive group exercises, the course developed participantsï¿½ skills in applying different tools to identify governance strengths and weaknesses, as well as defining capacity-building entry-points to address the latter.
10:00 - 12:00 - VCEC - Ballroom C Dialogue Theme: Social Inclusion and Cohesion Achieving the MDGs:Slum Upgrading and Affordable Housing Following on the conclusions of the World Urban Forum II and the recent MDGs Millennium Summit, this dialogue addressed the challenges and opportunities for the achievement of the MDG target on slums. In light of the scale and severity of the slum challenge, participants explored practical solutions such as the provision of security of tenure and affordable land, the need for inclusive slum upgrading processes that empower the urban poor, as well as adequate mechanisms for financing slum upgrading, affordable housing, and proactive programmes to avoid the formation of new slums. Participants represented the whole spectrum of stakeholders and came with concrete experiences of slum upgrading programmes, delivery of affordable housing, and promotion of security of tenure.
10:00 - 12:00 - VCEC - Ballroom B Dialogue Public Engagement, The Inclusive Approach Recent experience in both developed and developing countries shows that not all participatory systems work when it comes to urban sustainability. It has become evident that sustainable development is jeopardized when structures of engagement do not provide for mechanisms that eliminate barriers which deny effective and full involvement of every member of society. This dialogue session examined the essence of inclusiveness and empowerment in civil society involvement in local governance. It also address the operational aspects of fostering inclusion and cohesion for promoting sustainable cities by examining concrete experiences in ensuring the engagement of long-term residents, international migrants, the poor, marginalized groups, national minorities, and indigenous peoples. On-going strategies and practices that provide useful lessons in civic engagement and citizenship were showcased, with a particular focus on the integration of migrants and empowerment of women and youth.
10:00 - 12:00 - Waterfront - Ballroom A Side Event Envision-The-Future with MetroQuest Make some noise for sustainability! Envision-The-Future was a fun and unique theatre event. Colleagues collaborated to create a forty-year vision for a sustainable future using the award-winning MetroQuest software. Using a hoot'n holler applause meter connected to MetroQuest, participants voted on policies and preferences to create a clean and prosperous future. What kind of city do you envision? How much will it cost? What are the environmental impacts? These and other key tradeoffs were explored using engaging images, maps and other visualizations. Policies were chosen in areas such as land use, housing, transportation, environmental programmes and more. MetroQuest instantly projected the 40-year consequences of audience decisions on the big screen.
10:00 - 12:00 - Waterfront - Ballroom C Special Session The Wealth of Cities: Towards an Assets-based Development of Urbanizing Regions This address marked the first annual United Nations Human Settlements Lecture series. The UN-HABITAT Lecture award seeks to recognize outstanding and sustained contribution to research, thinking and practice in the human settlements field. A key component of the award was the delivery, by the award winner, of a lecture before a live audience. The delivery of the lecture was intended to stimulate global debate and provoke new thinking in the field of human settlements.
10:00 - 12:00 - VCEC - Ballroom A Special Session Water, Sanitation and Human Settlements This special session brought together Governments at national, state and local levels as important partners responsible for financing, as well as governance and regulatory policies to meet the challenge of providing water and sanitation for human settlements. The event also provided a platform for unheard voices of women from slums, expressing their needs and priorities on water and sanitation. In addition, the private sector in today's globalizing world has a major role to play in mobilizing resources and improving delivery mechanisms together with international development finance institutions, like the development banks and NGOs involving communities at all levels which have a major role to contribute in building a new consensus for addressing the issue of water and sanitation for sustainable human settlements.
12:00 - 13:30 - VCEC - MR 08 Side Event Food for Cities The side event presented a 30-minute DVD entitled Food for Cities, followed by a discussion with interested participants. Group: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
13:00 - 15:00 - N/A Side Event On the Street Off the Street This informal meeting was an opportunity to meet the organizations that provide support for women and youth in the sex industry and discuss how the safety and security of women and youth at risk of exploitation is a critical urban issue. SWAN, WISH, PACE, PEERS Vancouver, the Vancouver Agreement, MOMIC-Chile, and Vision Sisters Working Sisters Interfaith Women ï¿½Nairobi facilitated the opportunity for WUF participants to share information and foster dialogue about their ongoing work and accomplishments.
13:30 - 15:30 - Various Locations Networking Event
13:30 - 15:30 - Waterfront - Ballroom A Side Event Envision-The-Future with MetroQuest Make some noise for sustainability! Envision-The-Future was a fun and unique theatre event. Colleagues collaborated to create a forty-year vision for a sustainable future using the award-winning MetroQuest software. Using a hootï¿½n holler applause meter connected to MetroQuest, participants voted on policies and preferences to create a clean and prosperous future. What kind of city do you envision? How much will it cost? What are the environmental impacts? These and other key tradeoffs were explored using engaging images, maps and other visualizations. Policies were chosen in areas such as land use, housing, transportation, environmental programmes and more. MetroQuest instantly projected the 40-year consequences of audience decisions on the big screen.
16:30 - 18:30 - Waterfront - Ballroom A Side Event Envision-The-Future with MetroQuest Make some noise for sustainability! Envision-The-Future was a fun and unique theatre event. Colleagues collaborated to create a forty-year vision for a sustainable future using the award-winning MetroQuest software. Using a hoot'n holler applause meter connected to MetroQuest, participants voted on policies and preferences to create a clean and prosperous future. What kind of city do you envision? How much will it cost? What are the environmental impacts? These and other key tradeoffs were explored using engaging images, maps and other visualizations. Policies were chosen in areas such as land use, housing, transportation, environmental programmes and more. MetroQuest instantly projected the 40-year consequences of audience decisions on the big screen.
16:30 - 18:30 - Various Locations Networking Event
18:00 - 20:00 - VCEC - Ballroom A Side Event Fighting Urban Poverty: Which Participatory Approaches? As part of follow-up activities to the 2005 World Summit and its endorsement of the Millennium Development Goals, the Italian Development Cooperation intended to give greater impulse and effectiveness to its international efforts in fighting urban poverty. The elaboration of a strategy to guide and accompany this effort was conducted in cooperation with the United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs (DESA). One of the premises of this strategy was that public participation is essential in any sustainable approach to urban poverty reduction.
18:30 - 20:00 - Waterfront - Ballroom C & Foyer Side Event Womenâ€™s Reception: Celebrating Grassroots Women Leaders & Partnersâ€™ 30 Years of Building Sustainable Communities The Huairou Commission aims to foster relationship building and lasting partnerships. This reception provided an opportunity to relate one-on-one, establish personal connections and have frank exchanges of information and opinions. Opening remarks began with a celebration of the contribution grassroots women's groups have made to improving the quality of life in urban settlements, followed by appreciations for women allies in local governments, policy, programmeming and donor agencies, research, and NGOs who have increased the decision making and resource base of grassroots womenï¿½s groups.

Wednesday June 21, 2006

07:00 - 08:30 - Pan Pacific - Crystal Pav A, B & C Side Event Inaugural Alumni Breakfast All HABITAT Alumni (UN Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm in 1972, Habitat I in Vancouver (1976), Habitat II in Istanbul (1996)) were invited to an Inaugural Alumni Breakfast to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the UN Conference on Human Settlement (UN-HABITAT I). The breakfast brought together old friends to celebrate the lives and efforts that made the HABITAT events successful, while continuing to look towards the future. Host: Government of Canada
08:30 - 09:30 - VCEC - Exhibit Hall A Plenary Partnership and Finance Economically vibrant cities are now committed to partnerships with a range of stakeholders at local, national and international levels, enabling the leveraging of resources for investment, learning from each other's best practices, and enhancing productivity. In addition, this sub-theme addressed the links between urban safety and security, economic growth and poverty reduction.
09:00 - 12:00 - Pan Pacific - Oceanview 3/4 Training Session How to Manage Air Quality in your City - Using the UNEP/ UN-HABITAT interactive Air Quality Management CD-ROM Participants learned to follow a logical analysis aimed at reducing urban air pollution. The interactive Urban Air Quality Management Toolbook adapted to the needs of cities in developing countries, helps urban practitioners gather data, assess the health impacts of air pollution in their city, and devise ways of tackling it.
09:00 - 12:00 - Pan Pacific - Oceanview 7/8 Training Session Strengthening Local Governance Participants were shown how slum dwellers and the urban poor can be helped through partnerships when given a direct say in improving their plight.
09:00 - 12:00 - Pan Pacific - Oceanview 5/6 Training Session How to “Localise” the Millennium Development Goals - Part 1: Using the UN-HABITAT Guide for local authorities and their partners Using a recently-produced guide entitled Localizing the Millennium Development Goals: A Guide for Municipalities and Local Partners, and based on experience from a number of cities who are implementing a project on localizing the MDGs, the training took participants through a four-step process to translate the global goals at the local level.
09:30 - 12:00 - SFU Harbour Centre, Room 1600 (515 W. Hastings St. @ Seymour St.) Side Event Preview of State of the World 2007: An Urban Planet The Worldwatch Institute invited attendees of WUF3 to preview State of the World 2007: An Urban Planet. This book poses the question: On a planet where cities house a growing share of the human population, including some of the very poorest, what is needed to foster a socially equitable, environmentally sustainable, and economically vibrant urban future? Speakers: David Satterthwaite, Janice Perlman, Peter Newman, Rasna Warah, Kalpana Sharma, Mark Roseland, Kai Lee, Molly O'Meara Sheehan, Zoe Chafe. Partners: Worldwatch Institute
10:00 - 12:00 - VCEC - Ballroom C Dialogue Municipal Finance: Innovation and Collaboration Municipalities around the world are facing the dilemma of the need for a strong fiscal base to create and maintain infrastructure and services amidst pressure to lower taxes to attract foreign and domestic investment. Financial mismanagement greatly affects the ability of local authorities to sustain the provision of municipal infrastructure and services to their constituents. Despite these constraints, there are many innovations, reforms, and partnership arrangements with the private sector and civil society to remedy this.
10:00 - 12:00 - VCEC - Exhibit Hall A&B; Special Session The Role of Local Government: Leadership in Sustainability Municipalities around the globe are looking for new and innovative ways to achieve sustainability. This session, open to all delegates, focused on the local government experience and leadership in reaching sustainability. Decentralization is the starting point for local leadership and will be one of the key areas of discussion, in addition to access to basic services and local finance and authority. The panelists participated in an exchange on the key themes of the session, followed by questions and commentary from the floor.
10:00 - 12:00 - VCEC - Exhibit Hall A Dialogue Urban Safety & Security: Taking Responsibility Disasters and crime represent an enormous risk factor for investment and wealth creation in cities, and a major hindrance to economically vibrant, socially equitable and environmentally sustainable urban development. The dialogue highlighted why prevention is better than a cure. The key message of the forum was that unless action is taken to assess and prevent causes of crime and disaster, and reduce vulnerability, sustainable urban development is in jeopardy.
12:30 - 13:30 - VCEC - MR 15 Side Event Innovative Urban Infrastructure Financing There will never be enough donor money available to meet the growing infrastructure needs of cities in developing countries. Therefore, cities in developing countries must be able to borrow capital from the private sector. This event featured practitioners who described how this was accomplished in some select developing country cities and how it could be replicated elsewhere. Group: U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
13:30 - 15:30 - Various Locations Networking Event
14:30 - 17:30 - VCEC - Ballroom C Roundtable Gendering Land Tools Over the past decade, women's access to land and property and their security of tenure have actually declined in most parts of the world. To achieve the Millennium Development Goals, gender responsive and effective land tools, which are lacking, need to be developed. Hence, the Gender Land Tool Network initiative to develop land tools which are pro-poor, innovative, affordable, scalable and gendered. The roundtable brought together leading grassroots women, land professionals, policy makers, researchers, lawyers, analysts and experts through a women-led process to develop strategies towards systematically "genderizing" land tools.
14:30 - 17:30 - VCEC - Ballroom A Roundtable Youth Roundtable - Youth, Leaders of Today and Tomorrow This roundtable focused on profiling the leadership role youth take in solving the most pressing urban issues facing our planet. Researchers, policy makers and youth leaders from around the world shared stories and uncovered the underlying and systemic barriers youth face in tackling urban issues such as HIV-AIDS, environmental degradation, and economic marginalization. The outcome of this roundtable informed the final youth statement, which was formally presented to the World Urban Forum III.
14:30 - 17:30 - Pan Pacific - Oceanview 1 Roundtable Universities Roundtable - Universities and Urban Sustainability: The Millennium City University Universities engaged in innovative research and capacity-building programmes, in partnership with governments, the private sector and civil society in the North and South, shared lessons and future plans - focusing on how ideas for urban sustainability and achieving MDGs in the city can be turned into action. The agenda for the three-hour session concentrated on future goals and activities through 2008: the diffusion and implementation of promising initiatives; ongoing information exchange; attracting new universities; and identifying milestones on the road to Nanjing. Invited participants were senior academics involved in innovative research and capacity development in urban sustainability in all five continents, with extensive experience with North-South partnerships.
14:30 - 17:30 - VCEC - Ballroom B Roundtable Indigenous People and Media Roundtable - Picturing Ourselves: Video as Tool for Defining Community This roundtable discussion focused on three key issues related to indigenous urban communities: community inclusion and cohesion, social and political action, and sustainability of media as a vehicle for supporting community identity and change. The session addressed the following questions: How can media reflect the social, political and economic realities of a community in a way that supports social inclusion and cohesion? How can the development, production and release of videos give voice to communities, raise awareness of decision-makers and be a catalyst for broader social and political change? And how can a ï¿½community of interestï¿½ in advancing media as a community development and change agent be sustained globally? Through case studies of indigenous communities, participants left with an understanding of how media/film can affirm, define and support community identity and change.
14:30 - 17:30 - Wosk - AP Hall Roundtable Mayors Roundtable - Local Government at the Crossroads: Approaching the Millenium Development Goals Through Practical Innovation and Local Action Local governments are crucial to local implementation of the MDGs. Local governments are responsible not only for the provision of services directly linked with MDG targets, but for strengthening governance through the engagement of civil society and partnership with the private sector. By invitation of 115 participants, the Mayors Roundtable gathered elected local government officials, UN-HABITAT Governing Council members and donor representatives. With a focus on actions and solutions required to address the challenges facing local governments in achieving the MDGs, this mix of leaders and decision-makers from the developed and developing world ensured a lively and productive discussion.
14:30 - 17:30 - VCEC - Exhibit Hall A Roundtable Environment Roundtable This session aimed to foster strategic alliances within the environment sector, including Canadian and international NGOs, health professionals, labour unions, indigenous and youth groups, universities, the private sector and government. Drawing from participantsï¿½ experiences and particular areas of expertise, the three-hour roundtable served as a forum to identify, through an environment and health lens, the challenges and opportunities to achieving sustainable cities. Examples of eco-innovation in the form of successful strategic alliances were presented and analyzed. Lastly, pilot projects were identified, partnerships encouraged and preliminary action plans developed.
14:30 - 17:30 - Pan Pacific - Crystal Pav A Roundtable Spirituality Roundtable - Bridging the Gap: Spirituality and Sustainability in the Urban Context This roundtable was based on the conviction that meeting the challenges of urbanization requires policy approaches that are ethically and spiritually informed. It showcased urban projects that are inspired by the principles articulated in the major Wisdom (i.e. faith, indigenous and spiritual) traditions of the world. Participants engaged the following questions: How do faith-based initiatives promote sustainability, inclusion and social cohesion in urban areas? How do sustainability-focused projects integrate spiritual perspectives? How do civic leaders articulate an integral vision of urban wellbeing that is informed by a spiritual understanding of human community?
16:30 - 18:30 - Various Locations Networking Event
18:30 - 19:30 - VCEC - MR 13 Side Event Book Launch: publication on the Right to Land Project of the Fundação Bento Rubião Book Launch: Publication on the Right to Land Project of the Fundação Bento Rubião, finalist in the World Habitat Awards 2005 Competition Presentation on Land Tenure issues in Brazil: The Experience of the National Government and a Brazilian. NGO Host Group: Fundaï¿½ï¿½o Bento Rubiï¿½o (Brazil) & Building and Social Housing Foundation (UK)
20:00 - 22:00 - Waterfront - Mackenzie Side Event Africities 4 Summit in Nairobi The main purpose of the event was to present the Africities Summit with its theme, "Building Local Coalitions for the Implementation of the Millennium Development Goals in African Local Governments", and used the occasion to sensitize delegates attending WUF3 to participate in theSsummit. The main speakers at the event were the Kenyan Minister for Local Government, the Mayor for the City of Nairobi, and the Chairman of the Association of Local Government in Kenya.

Thursday June 22, 2006

08:30 - 09:30 - VCEC - Exhibit Hall A Plenary Theme: Urban Growth and the Environment Urban Growth and Environment The urban environment, at a time of rapid growth, has become a global concern. Sound planning and management will be a major factor in ensuring sustainable urban development.
09:00 - 12:00 - Pan Pacific - Oceanview 7/8 Training Session How to “Localise” the Millennium Development Goals Part 2: How to set up and run a Local Urban Observatory (LUO) to support city planning and management The training session provided practical, step-by-step guidance on how to build and implement an urban monitoring system as an integral part of development strategies, programmes and services. The session presented techniques, measurement tools, analytical methods and reporting procedures to guide partners through the design and implementation process. The training started with basics on how to select relevant indicators; then showing how to collect and organize data and maintain data bases. The session also demonstrated the potential uses of urban data for decision-making based on the application of different software.
09:00 - 12:00 - Pan Pacific - Oceanview 5/6 Training Session How to Conduct Project Prioritization and Evaluation for Improved Decision Making and Consensus Building Participants learned skills in evaluation and prioritization. Specifically, they learned how to structure a planning or decision problem, the benefits of and how to distinguish between facts and values, how to incorporate different perspectives in evaluation and prioritization and how these skills will help in promoting meaningful stakeholder involvement and better decision making.
09:00 - 12:00 - Pan Pacific - Oceanview 3/4 Training Session Upstream: Launching LIFE at the national level The training showed experiences of intervention to construct sustainable cities, poverty reduction and peace, through social inclusion and partnership among private-public sectors, NGO's and CBO's. Key topics included the crucial role of the different actors in the construction of sustainable cities; poverty reduction and peace; the micro-macro linkages in those processes; and how to do a real impact on the lives of the poor by bringing them to the decision making process.
10:00 - 12:00 - VCEC - Exhibit Hall A Dialogue Energy: Local Action,Global Impact Without a doubt, access to affordable, modern energy services is a prerequisite for sustainable human development. This dialogue featured speakers from both developing and developed countries, discussing energy and transport solutions. The first part of this dialogue identified affordable and successful renewable energy options for cities and highlighted the role of industry and public-private-partnerships in realizing this objective. The second part of the dialogue considered novel approaches to sustainable urban transport. Participants were challenged to identify how cities can lead the way in promoting more energy efficient and cleaner transport through "leapfrogging technologies" adapted to the particular needs of cities.
10:00 - 12:00 - VCEC - Ballroom B&C; Dialogue The Shape of Cities: Urban Planning and Management Although there is some consensus on how cities should be run, there is still uncertainty about the crucial ingredients-governance, management and planning. A key element in the mixture is urban planning. For long the dominant model, it has fallen into disfavour, particularly in the developing world. It is now re-emerging as a powerful tool, but which has a changed relationship with management and governance. This dialogue focused on the new role of planning vis-a-vis these other elements. The leitmotif of the dialogue was "planning in a state of flux". The dialogue also examined the past problems of planning, and looked at current approaches and methods that overcome these obstacles. The dialogue built upon the contributions of the World Planners' Congress that preceded the World Urban Forum.
12:30 - 13:30 - VCEC - MR 16 Side Event Policymakers and Stakeholder side event on “Innovative Policies for the Urban Informal Economy” / Launch report Group: UN-HABITAT / WIEGO (Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing & Organizing)
13:30 - 15:30 - Various Locations Networking Event
14:00 - 16:00 - Fairmont Waterfront Hotel - Cheakamus Room Side Event Asia's Role to Improve Sustainable Urbanization Roundtable Organized by: Asian Development Bank
15:30 - 16:30 - Waterfront - Ballroom B Side Event Launch of the NEPAD Cities Report NEPAD Cities Programme was a major component of UN-HABITATï¿½s efforts to address directly the NEPAD objectives. It was formulated as a means of achieving a "quick win" for the NEPAD and ground its ideals to the community level through the municipalities and urban centres. Within the interagency consultations coordinated by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), NCP was adopted as a product of cluster 4 with UN-HABITAT as the lead agency. As UN-HABITAT has now engaged in Phase II of this Programme, the Report of Phase I was launched by the Executive Director and the NEPAD Cities Partners.
16:30 - 18:30 - Various Locations Networking Event
18:30 - 22:30 - VCEC - MR 01 Side Event The Cultural and Commercial Revitalization of historic Maillardville Maillardville is the first and only Francophone settlement in B.C. The legacy of the pioneers can still be found on the streets of Maillardville, with approximately 13% of its residents speaking French as their mother tongue. The event showcased a dialogue on revitalization efforts and how an urban neighbourhood in the initial stages of decline can realize a collective vision for the neighbourhood. A unique community engagement model was piloted in this neighbourhood, which includes all levels of government, businesses, Francophone and cultural groups and residents to revitalize Maillardville through grass roots community efforts.

Friday June 23, 2006

08:30 - 10:30 - Various Locations Networking Event
08:30 - 10:30 - VCEC - Ballroom A Special Session From Vancouver to Nanjing China's approach to rapid urbanization will influence the global urban agenda for the foreseeable future. This session explored changes and opportunities for urbanization in China and elsewhere, and provided insight on the issues on the table WUF4. In recognition of the significance of Chinaï¿½s contribution to the international urban dialogue, the Fourth Session of the World Urban Forum in 2008 will be hosted by the Ministry of Construction of China and the City of Nanjing.
08:30 - 10:30 - VCEC - Ballroom B Special Session Future of Cities This discussion drew upon a panel of well known urban experts, who made short presentations on where cities are today and what they will look like in the future. The discussion began with highlights from the State of the Worldï¿½s Cities Report 2006/7. Panelists were asked to give their impressions on what they see as the major trends and challenges facing cities in the 21st century.
11:00 - 13:00 - VCEC - Exhibit Hall A Closing Ceremony The WUF3 closing ceremony celebrated both the achievements of the conference and looked to the future. The ceremony opened with the presentation and acceptance of the Report from the Representative for the Chair of WUF3, followed by remarks from various civil society groups who commented on their forward planning as a result of the outcomes of the Forum. The closing ceremony also marked the introduction of Nanjing, China as the next host city for World Urban Forum 4 (2008). WUF3 closed with a truly unique, truly Canadian theatrical event; the Canadian Cirque. Performers defied your imagination with their acrobatic feats, strength and elegance choreographed in a lavish performance exclusive to the World Urban Forum. Everyone was entranced by the magic of Cirque.