Event information

Category	Special Session

Title	The Role of Local Government: Leadership in Sustainability

Day / Time	Wednesday, June 21st / 10:00 - 12:00

Room	VCEC - Exhibit Hall A&B;

Event Description	Municipalities around the globe are looking for new and innovative ways to achieve sustainability. This session, open to all delegates, will focus 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 will participate in an exchange on the key themes of the session, followed by questions and commentary from the floor.

Featuring	Wim Deetman, Mayor of The Hague; President, Association of Netherlands Municipalities, the Netherlands - Co-Chair Enrique Riera Escudero, Mayor of Asunción, Paraguay - Co-Chair Elisabeth Gateau, Secretary General, UCLG, Spain - Moderator Anna Tibaijuka, Executive Director of UN-HABITAT; Under-Secretary General of United Nations, Kenya - Remarks Kadir Topbas, Mayor of Istanbul; UCLG Vice President, Turkey Simon Compaore, Mayor of Ouagadougou; President of the Association des Maires du Burkina Faso, Burkina Faso Abbès Mohsen, Mayor of Tunis; President of the Féderation Nationale des Villes Tunisiennes, Tunisia Lu Bing, Vice Mayor, City of Nanjing, China João Avamileno, Mayor of Santo André; Executive Secretary of Mercociudades, Brazil David Bronconnier, Mayor of Calgary, Canada
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Partners	Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), and their networks

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