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Title Cultivating Inclusive Cities: Multi-stakeholder Policy Making and Action Planning for Urban Agriculture and Food Security Day / Time Thursday, June 22nd / 13:30 - 15:30 Room MR08 Event Description Local engagement is the key to building strong communities and promoting change. This is a story of path-breaking partnerships and innovative approaches told by the people involved. They will share their insights in using participatory processes to develop sound urban agriculture policies to address growing urban poverty and food insecurity. Session Language English French Spanish Speakers (information as provided by host organization) Ms. Sybilla Dekker, Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and Environment of the Netherlands, Ms. Raquel Barriga Velasco, Councillor of Villa Maria del Triunfo, Lima, Peru Mr. El Hadji Oumar Sissokho, President of PROVANIA Urban Farmer Association of Pikine, Mr. Henk de Zeeuw, Coordinator International Network of Resource Centres on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF) and senior advisor ETC-Foundation, Leusden, The Netherlands. Ms. Gayathri Devi, Researcher, International Water Management Institute (IMWI), Hyderabad, India. Mr. George Matovu, Director of the Municipal Development Partnership-Eastern and Southern Africa (MDP-ESA), Harare, Zimbabwe Chair: Mr. Dinesh Mehta, acting Chief of Urban Development Branch UN-HABITAT, Nairobi, Kenya. Contact Need more information about this event? Please fill the contact form Related Documents (in English and / or French) Host Organization International Network of Resource Centres on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF Foundation) Host Organization Description 1. The International Network of Resource centres on Urban Agriculture and Food security (RUAF Foundation) is an international, multi-cultural network of regional and international organisations, located in Lima (Peru), Dakar (Senegal), Accra (Ghana), Harare (Zimbabwe), Hyderabad (India), Beirut (Lebanon), Beijing (China) and the Netherlands, working on alleviating poverty, generating employment and food security by creating enabling conditions for the practice of urban and peri-urban agriculture. The RUAF Foundation works to facilitate the integration of urban agriculture in the policies and action programmes of local governments, technical departments, research centres and NGO’s, and supports the empowerment of urban farmers. 2. The International Development Research Centre is a public corporation created by the Parliament of Canada in 1970 to help developing countries use science and technology to find practical, long-term solutions of the social, economic and environmental problems they face. Support is directed toward developing an indigenous research capacity to sustain policies and technologies developing countries need to build healthier, more equitable and more prosperous societies. Website (Organizer and partners) www.idrc.ca/wuf www.ruaf.org www.iagu.org www.minbuza.nl www.iwmi.cgiar.org/southasia/index.asp www.mdpafrica.org.zw www.ipes.org

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