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Title Building Capacity for Better Cities: What have we learned? Day / Time Tuesday, June 20th / 13:30 - 15:30 Room MR16 Event Description In Istanbul, 10 years ago we shared experience between some of the major institutions involved in Capacity Building for urban development. Discussion was based round a publication aiming to link experience with more strategic action. This meeting in Vancouver aims to share the approaches tried, and based on this, focus on the most strategic directions to make investment as effective as possible. This session will include inputs on the concepts, barriers to effective use of capacity, experiences showing potential, and strategic ways to progress. Participants will be encouraged to share to their input in the fields of barriers, positive experiences and the most strategic future directions. Session Language English Speakers (information as provided by host organization) Banashree Banerji, IHS Associate, consultant, India Forbes Davidson, IHS, Caren Levy, DPU, Johnny Astrand, Lund Raf Tuts, Chief Training and Capacity Building, UN-Habitat We have opened a blog to allow discussion and sharing of materials before the event. www.urbancapacity.blogspot.com/ You are welcome to comment, or if you want to post materials you can apply to joint or send to [email protected] Contact Need more information about this event? Please fill the contact form Related Documents (in English and / or French) Host Organization Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS) Host Organization Description The Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)is a leading centre focussed on international education, training institutional development and advisory services for the urban sector, particularly in developing and transition countries. Founded in 1958 it is associated with Erasmus University, the Netherlands. UN-habitat's Training and Capacity Building Branch (TCBB) assists local authorities and civil society organizations to build core skills and competencies in strategic areas including leadership, financial management and participatory planning. The Development Planning Unit (DPU), University College, London, is an international centre specialising in academic teaching, practical training, research and consultancy in the field of urban and regional development, planning, and management. Housing Development and Management (HDM), University of Lund, Sweden undertakes research and training in housing from an international perspective: planning, design, creation, use and management, and the connection between a home and its surroundings from neighbourhood to city level. Website (Organizer and partners) www.ihs.nl www.unhabitat.org/programmes/tcbb/ www.ucl.ac.uk/dpu/ www.ihs.nl www.ucl.ac.uk/dpu/ www.hdm.lth.se/ www.urbancapacity.blogspot.com/

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