Asia-Pacific Urban Forum 8 in Suwan

About the 8th Asia-Pacific Urban Forum (APUF-8)

For the past three decades, the Asia-Pacific Urban Forum has played a pivotal role in convening the region’s premier multi-stakeholder forum on sustainable urban development. The 8th Asia-Pacific Urban Forum (APUF-8) will be held from 23 to 25 October 2023 in Suwon City, Republic of Korea. The Forum brings together the experiences of diverse stakeholders to reflect on the colliding crises faced by cities in Asia and the Pacific, synthesize innovative approaches and actions to support sustainable urban development in the context of the New Urban Agenda and the decade for action for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Sessions will draw unique insights from urban thought leaders, government officials and major stakeholder groups, based on real-world experiences of resilience-building and transformation through and beyond the pandemic.

APUF-8 is co-organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and Suwon City, in strategic partnership with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of the Republic of Korea, and in cooperation with UN-Habitat, Habitat for Humanity International and CityNet as well as a range of supporting partner organizations. For more information, visit www.apuf8.org.

Our participation

Given the objectives and focus of the Asia Habitat Dialogues, here’s a tailored program overview for HIC participation in the Asia-Pacific Urban Forum 8 in Suwan:

Focus Areas:

    1. Policy Discussions: Given the objectives of understanding strategies and priorities of different organisations, it’s crucial to engage in Urban and Territorial Planning and Urban Climate Action Plenaries. This will provide insights into the political priorities, contextual challenges, and ongoing processes related to habitat rights in Asia. Here is the link to the main Plenaries: https://apuf8.org/sub02/plenary.html
    2. Partnerships/networking: Cultivating a network and fostering deeper collaborations is a key objective. Engaging in sessions that focus on partnership-building will be beneficial. Some key networks:
      1. Jonathan Reckford and Patrick Canagasingham from Habitat for Humanity, given their deep involvement in housing and habitat rights.
      2. Vijay Jagannathan, Secretary General of CityNet, as CityNet focuses on urban development and could provide valuable insights and partnership opportunities.
      3. Milag San Jose-Ballesteros, Regional Director for C40, given the organisation’s focus on cities and climate change, which intersects with habitat rights.
      4. Sheela Patel, Director of the Society for the Promotion Resource Centres (SPARC), as SPARC has been actively involved in slum dweller rights and housing.
    3. Community Engagement: To pinpoint both commonalities and distinct aspects within thematic areas, it’s essential to understand the grassroots challenges and solutions. Engaging in community-focused sessions will provide a ground-level perspective. Please refer to the program and concept of 
      1. Grassroot Stakeholder Assembly here
  • Women Assembly here
  • Youth Assembly here
  1. Post-Forum Engagement: Based on the insights gathered and the connections made, we can consider organising follow-up virtual meetings with key stakeholders. This will help in evaluating the need for crafting a regional manifesto and work plan/advocacy plan based on the learnings from the forum.

Program of the event: https://apuf8.org/sub02/program.html

Here are the sessions that we should consider attending and participating in:

22nd October 2023 (Sunday): Registration and  Stakeholder Assemblies on  Grassroots, Local Government, Women and Youth – it would be beneficial to attend the Stakeholder Assemblies, especially the ones focused on Grassroots and Local Government. These sessions will provide insights into grassroots challenges and local government strategies, aligning with AHD goals to understand strategies and priorities of different organisations.

23 October 2023 (Monday):

  • 09:00-10:30 – Opening Session and Launch of Flagship Report: This session will provide an overview of the forum’s objectives and the launch of a significant report, which may align with our  interests
  • 11:00-12:30 – Plenary High-Level Panel 1 (Urban and Territorial Planning): Given our focus on habitat rights and urban planning, this session will be crucial. 
  • 13:30-15:00 – Parallel Sessions 1: Information below

24 October 2023 (Tuesday):

  • 09:00-10:30 – Plenary High-Level Panel 2 (City Climate Action): Given the intersection of habitat rights and climate action, this session will be of interest.
  • 11:00-12:30 – Parallel Sessions 2:  Information below
  • 13:30-15:00 – Plenary High-Level Panel 3 (Inclusive Urban Digitalization): Understanding the role of digitalization in inclusive urban planning.
  • 15:30-17:00  – Parallel Sessions 3:  Information below

25 October 2023 (Wednesday):

  • 09:00-10:30 – Plenary High-Level Panel 4 (Urban Finance): Understanding the financial aspects of urban development.
  • 11:00-12:30 – Parallel Sessions 4: Information below
  • 13:30-15:00 – SDG City Awards, Voluntary Commitments, Declaration, and Closing Session: A wrap-up of the forum’s outcomes and a look towards future engagements.

Organisations and Allies:

UCLG Asia-Pacific, Huairou Commission, Slum Dwellers International (SDI), CityNet, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), Habitat for Humanity, Society for the Promotion Resource Centres (SPARC), ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, Asia-Pacific Youth Environment Network (APYEN), Lumanti

Parallel Sessions (Link contains detailed information on each session)

Day 1: Monday, 23 October 2023 – Session I (13:30 – 15:00)

Towards health and wellbeing in cities for people and planet: engaging urban stakeholders

Organized by SEI Asia together with Thammasat University School of Architecture and Planning

Room 202

Contact: diane.archer@sei.org

Creative Economy and Urban Transformation: Reimagining the Power of Culture for Inclusive Cities

Organized by Jaipur District, Odisha, India

Room 203

Contact: dm-jajpur@nic.in and hactjajpur1@gmail.com

Unlocking the Potential of VLRs: Building Sustainable Cities through Local Action and Follow-up and Review Processes

Organized by Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) together with Urbanice Malaysia, UCLG ASPAC, and United Nations ESCAP

Room 204

Contact: Ortiz-moya@iges.or.jp

Building Inclusive Cities: Accelerating Progress for Sustainable Communities in Asia and the Pacific

Organized by UNOPS together with UN-Habitat

Room 205

Contact: mohammedameers@unops.org and adishree.panda@un.org

Roadmap to a Just & Regenerative Recovery from Covid Climate Change & Conflict

Organized by EAROPH International and UN-Habitat Professionals Forum

Room 207

Contact: peterc@sustainasblefutures.com.au and earophsecretariat@gmail.com

Road Safety in Asia and the Pacific: providing access to safe transport systems for all

Organized by United Nations ESCAP Transport Division

Room 303

Contact: Mr. Ishtiaque Ahmed, E-mail: ahmed200@un.org 

A planetary approach to resilience, social and natural inclusion in urban revitalization of post-pandemic Southeast Asian cities

Organized by RMIT University Vietnam together with Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC), Bangkok; PolyurabanWaters at Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association

Room 404

Contact: ductrinh.tran@rmit.edu.vn, hocking@borda-sea.org, catherine.earl@rmit.edu.vn, and waritthaw@adpc.net

Learning from Chiang Mai under the topic: Civil Society, the main force to sustain Chiang Mai City

Organized by Chiang Mai Creative City; Chiang Mai Provincial Administrative Organization; Department of Architecture, Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna, Chiang Mai; and Science and Technology Park, Chiang Mai University

Room 405

Contact: ajirapapr87@gmail.com

 

Day 1: Monday, 23 October 2023 – Session II (15:30 – 17:00)

Thematic bureaucratic reform related to poverty alleviation in the Balangan district government through the synchronization of rural and urban development planning

Organized by The Regent of Balangan and the state civil apparatus

Room 202

Contact: organisasiblg01@gmail.com

The Role of People-led Narratives and Hyperlocal Approaches in Sustainable Urban Development: An Emerging Paradigm from the Climate and Housing Space in India

Organized by Purpose together with Waatavaran

Room 203

Contact: newdelhi@purpose.com

Inclusive and Climate Responsive Land Use Planning for Sustainable Development in the Urban-Rural Continuum in Nepal

Organized by UN-Habitat Regional Office for Asia and the Pacifici (ROAP) together with Korea Land and Geospatial InformatiX Corporation (LX) and Department of Environment and Resources Research, Korea Rural Economic Institute (KREI)

Room 204

Contact: pragya.pradhan@un.org

Bridging the Gap: Strategic Urban Governance Approaches Towards Inclusive and Resilient Cities in South-East Asia

Organized by Habitat Unit, Technical University Berlin, Germany together with Kota Kita, Indonesia

Room 205

Contact: t.imsirovic@tu-berlin.de and icha@kotakita.org

New Style of Long-Term Strategies for Local Governments – In-depth discussion with reference to the latest VLR of Tokyo

Organized by Tokyo Metropolitan Government together with ICLEI South Asia

Room 207

Contact: Tomonori_Hiroike@member.metro.tokyo.jp and Hibiki_Tatesada@member.metro.tokyo.jp

Reforming Policies to Improve Informal Settlements in Post COVID-19 Asia Pacific

Organized by Habitat for Humanity International together with United Nations ESCAP

Room 303

Contact: juliet@habitatbangladesh.org and EMadarcos@habitat.org

Reimagining Mountain Cities: Towards Sustainable, Culturally Sensitive and Inclusive Cities of Eastern South Asia 

Organized by UNICITI together with Asian Confluence

Room 402

Contact: olga.chepelianskaia@uniciti.org and director@asianconfluence.org

Reducing air pollution through science-based interventions

Organized by United Nations ESCAP

Room 404

Contact: perkinsm@un.org

Strengthening G7 and G20 Urban Groups Partnership on Sustainable Urbanization and Multilevel Climate Action: Lessons and Experience from the Asia Pacific Region

Organized by ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability, South Asia, together with ICLEI Japan Office, ICLEI Indonesia Office, and National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA)

Room 405

Contact: emani.kumar@iclei.org and emani.kumar-dsg@iclei.org

 

Day 2: Tuesday, 24 October 2023 – Morning Session (11:00 – 12:30)

Urban Climate Resilience through Rainwater Harvesting

Organized by Shehersaaz together with UN-Habitat Pakistan

Room 202

Contact: almas@shehersaaz.org.pk

Urban Cities Responses to Climate Challenges in Housing and Settlements

Organized by Habitat for Humanity and Catholic Relief Services

Room 203

Contact: kdevera@habitat.org, jkendall@habitat.org and minar.thapamagar@crs.org

Innovating Urban Resilience in the Era of Climate Change in Southeast Asia: Cases from Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam

Organized by Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) together with Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and ICLEI Southeast Asia

Room 204

Contact: senaka_basnayake@adpc.net and AlanLuis.SIlayan@crs.org

Shaking Things Up with a Regional Climate Justice Charter

Organized by EAROPH International Secretariat

Room 205

Contact: earophsecretariat@gmail.com

Strategies for Enhancing Climate Resilience in Malaysia Cities: A Focus on City Climate Action Plan

Organized by Urbanice Malaysia together with Mercy Malaysia, UN-Habitat Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific ROAP (Fukuoaka), C40 and Hang Tuah Jaya City Council

Room 207

Contact: aliaa@urbanicemalaysia.com

Enabling Frameworks to Support Asian Cities’ Ability to Access Climate Finance

Organized by United Nations ESCAP together with GIZ, UCLG ASPAC, Climate Policy Initiative (CPI), Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance (CCFLA)

Room 301

Contact: Krzysztof.kaczmarski@un.org

City-led climate innovations: Driving changes to safeguard our future

Organized by United Nations ESCAP, together with ICLEI East Asia and Institute for Global Decarbonization Progress (iGDP)

Room 303

Contact: kim54@un.org and peter.chintsenam@un.org

Urban Climate Resilience: A key to sustainable urbanization

Organized by UNDRR, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific together with Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) and Thailand Urban Climate Change Resilience Trust Fund (UCCRTF) administered by the Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Room 402

Contact: soodrak@un.org, urce@adpc.net, senaka_basnayake@adpc.net, and jbailey.consultant@adb.org

 

Day 2: Tuesday, 24 October 2023 – Afternoon Session (15:30 – 17:00)

PPP innovations on digital transformation for the vulnerable sectors

Organized by CityNet, The Regional Network of Local Authorities for the Management of Human Settlements

Room 202

Speakers will include UNIDO and its partners, CityNet and its member city governments in Asia Pacific and CityNet associate members.

Disability Inclusion in Urban Infrastructure and Services – Lessons from South Asia

Organized by UN-Habitat together with United Nations ESCAP

Room 205

Contact: parul.agarwala@un.org, adishree.panda@un.org, and kangk@un.org

Innovate4Cities Marketplace: Accelerating SDG progress through the City Research and Innovation Agenda

Organized by Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (Global Secretariat) together with GCoM Korea, ICLEI Korea, UN-Habitat, Melbourne Centre for Cities

Room 206

Contact: Cathy.oke@unimelb.edu.au

Emerging technologies and transdisciplinary approach towards strengthening risk-informed urban resilience

Organized by Disaster Preparedness and Prevention Center (DPPC), Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) Kuala Lumpur together with National Disaster Management Agency (NADMA); MERCY Malaysia; Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) Research; THINKlab, Salford University / The 21st Technical Committee of ACECC (Asian Civil Engineering Coordinating Council); and Razak Faculty of Technology and Informatic, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) Kuala Lumpur

Room 207

Contact: khamarrul.kl@utm.my, khamarrulrazak@gmail.com, yuetmei.siow@gmail.com, hannanisapiee@gmail.com

Leveraging digital innovation for sustainable urban development

Organized by 1

Room 301

Contact: sanjeevani.singh@un.org

 

Day 3: Wednesday, 25 October 2023 – Morning Session (11:00 – 12:30)

Building Inclusive Communities: Harnessing Housing Microfinance for Sustainable Urban Development

Organized by Habitat for Humanity International

Room 202

Contact: Mr Jitendra Balani,  jbalani@habitat.org and Ms Farzana Bijur, farzana@avallark.com

Investing in Locally-Led Adaptation (LLA) for bottom-up approach to urban resilience

Organized by ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, South Asia

Room 203

Contact: shruti.sadhukhan@iclei.org

IMAGINE MAE KHA: City Transformation thru Housing Development

Organized by Chiang Mai Provincial Administrative Organization together with Chiang Mai Creative City, Chiang Mai Provincial Office; Community Organization Development Institute; Chiang Mai Community Organization network; and Jai Baan Studio

Room 204

Contact: thanawin.net@gmail.com

Unlocking Finance for Urban Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience: Bottlenecks and Opportunities

Organized by Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA) together with Urban Climate Change Resilience Trust Fund (UCCRTF) and Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC)

Room 205

Contact: analyn.rubenecia@cdia.asia

Private Actors, Partnerships, and Corporate Accountability for Urban Development

Organized by World Benchmarking Alliance

Room 206

Contact: t.widjarnarso@worldbenchmarkingalliance.org

Gap Fund Training: Enabling Sustainable Urban Solutions

Organized by Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy and The City Climate Finance Gap Fund

Room 301

Contact: info@gcomprojectsupport.org

Multi-Solving for Sustainability: Transforming Urban Planning and Finance

Organized by SWITCH-Asia Policy Support Component

Room 402

Contact: REmerson@habitat.org and cosima@switch-asia.eu

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