United Nations Centre for Human Settlements
Habitat
Media Notice
Dialogues for the 21st Century
FINANCE AND CITIES IN THE 21st CENTURY
Tuesday, 4 June
10.00 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Marmara Hotel
Experts will discuss the future of urban finance, including credit to the urban poor, sustainable community finance, savings in a globalized economy and capital markets.
Chairpersons: Ismail Serageldin, Akin Mabogounje, K.C. Sivaramakrishnan, Gloria Knight and Michael Cohen
Organizer: The World Bank, in collaboration with UNCHS (Habitat)
Sponsor: The World Bank
UNCHS focal point:
Kyung-Hwan Kim
Harbiye Cultural Centre
Tel: 290 1134
WATER FOR THIRSTY CITIES
Wednesday, June 5
10.00 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Marmara Hotel
How will cities face water scarcity in the next century? How will changing consumption and production patterns affect urban water supplies? How can urban water systems operate more efficiently? An examination of how depletion, wastage and pollution of water resources threaten the sustainability of economic and social development in the next century.
Chairperson: Nitian desai, Under Secretary-General, Department for Policy Coordiantion and Sustainable Development, United Nations
Organizers: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in collaboration with UNCHS (Habitat)
Sponsors: Stockholm Water Co., UNDP, UN Department for Development Support and Management services, United Nations Environment Programme and World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
UNCHS focal point:
Kalyan Ray
Harbiye Cultural Centre
THE FUTURE OF URBAN EMPLOYMENT
Wednesday, 5 June
10.00 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Marmara Hotel
What changes can we expect from an increasingly globalized economy? How will these processes affect future employment structures and the location of industries and services? What are the future roles of informal sector, transnational corporations and financial markets? A discussion on how globalization and technological change will affect formal and informal urban economies in the 21st century.
Moderator: Mr. Jeffrey Madrick
Organizer/Sponsor: International Labour Office (ILO), in collaboration with UNCHS (Habitat).
UNCHS (Habitat) focal point:
Rolf Wichmann/Inge Jensen
Harbiye Cultural Centre
Tel: 290 1135
TRANSPORT IN THE CITY OF TOMORROW
Thursday, 6 June
10.00 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Marmara Hotel
How will public and private transportation change in the next century? What will be the role of the motor car? What alternative fuel and energy sources will be used for transportation? These and other issues will be discussed.
Chairperson: Dr. Rolf Scharwachter, Vice President, Daimler-Benz AG
Organizers: International Union of Public Transport, Transport Division of the World Bank, in collaboration with UNCHS (Habitat)
Sponsor: Daimler-Benz AG
UNCHS focal point:
Brian Williams
Harbiye Cultural Centre
LAND AND RURAL/URBAN LINKAGES IN THE FUTURE
Thursday, June 6
10.00 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Marmara Hotel
What are the major land issues of the next century? What will be the nature of rural-urban linkages? Where will we stand in terms of achieving women’s and men’s equal access to land and property rights? These and other key issues explored.
Chairpersons: Peter Dale and Mrs. Jane Cederqvist
Speakers: Alain Durand-Lasserve and Ricardo Abramovay
Organizer: International Federation of Surveyors, in collaboration with UNCHS (Habitat)
Sponsor: International Federation of Real Estate Developers (FIABCI)
UNCHS (Habitat) focal point:
Sylvie Lacroux
Harbiye Cultural Centre
tel: 290 1141
ENERGY FOR THE 21st CENTURY
Friday, 7 June
Time: 10.00 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Marmara Hotel
Can urban planning and management influence and incorporate energy-saving measures? How can governments introduce effective monitoring and evaluation of the environmental impact of energy generation? How can alternative and renewable energy sources/technologies become part of mainstream development planning? An examination of the consumption and conservation of energy sources in the next century.
Chairperson: Maurice F. Strong, Chairman of the Earth Council
Organizer: Energy 21, in collaboration with UNCHS (Habitat)
Sponsor: Compagnie Generale de Chauffe
UNCHS (Habitat) focal point:
B. Der-Petrossian
Harbiye Cultural Centre
CITIZENSHIP AND DEMOCRACY IN THE 21st CENTURY
Friday, 7 June
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Marmara Hotel
How will democratization and globalization and partnerships affect political structures of civil society and of cities? What form will governance take in the next century? Is corruption a failure of governance, of government or of the governed? A discussion on how the new social contract will affect the politics of cities.
Chairperson: Dr. Ruth Cardoso, President of the Solidarity Community Programme, Brazil
Organizer: UNESCO, in collaboration with UNCHS (Habitat)
Sponsor: UNESCO and others
Habitat focal point:
Catalina Trujillo
Harbiye Cultural Centre
Tel: 290 1140
CITIES, COMMUNICATIONS AND THE MEDIA IN THE INFORMATION SOCIETY
Monday, 10 June
10.00 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Marmara Hotel
How will information influence the development of cities in the next century? What will be the role of the journalist? How will information technology affect how and where people live? Will the information highway make cities irrelevant? An examination of how the information age is changing the way people live and work.
Chairpersons: Eric Cunningham
Ket speakers: Barbara Pyle
Organizers: Worldcom, in collaboration with UNCHS (Habitat)
Sponsor:
UNCHS (Habitat) focal point:
Susan Francis
Media Centre
Tel: 290 3024
CREATING HEALTHY CITIES IN THE 21st CENTURY
Friday, 7 June
10.00 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Istanbul Hilton Hotel
How can health be made an integral part of human settlements management in urban areas. How can diseases be controlled in cities? How is women’s and children’s health affected by unhealthy environments? A discussion on issues and approaches to creating healthy cities.
Chairperson: Her Royal Highness Princess Basma Bint Talal of Jordan
Organizer: World Health Organization (WHO), in cooperation with UNICEF, UNDP, UNEP, UNFPA, the World Bank and UNCHS (Habitat)
Sponsor: World Health Organization (WHO) with others.
UNCHS (Habitat) focal poinUNCHS (Habitat) focal point:
Andre Dzikus
harbiye Cultural Centre
Tel: 290 1043