Regions4SDGs – Regions4 and UN-Habitat Partnership for Localizing the SDGs
Start Date
07 November at 5:00 pm
End Date
07 November at 6:00 pm
Location
Egypt | Event time: GMT+3
Useful information
In partnership with UN-Habitat, Regions4 has launched the Regions4SDGs initiative to involve subnational governments worldwide in a common effort to build capacity, mobilize finance and strengthen political leadership supporting the implementation of SDGs.
Join our event to discover how regions and cities are working together to localize the SDGs through the projects by Regions4 and UN-Habitat.
Objectives of the event:
- To serve as a platform for diverse stakeholders such as governments of all levels, financing institutions, and academia, to exchange practices, explore innovative solutions, and forge partnerships harnessing the power of cooperation to accelerate sustainable urban and territorial development, ultimately making use of the SDG Cities and Regions4 networks.
- To update the global community on the UN-Habitat Offering on SDG Localization Framework, the SDG Cities progress and the new Regions4SDGs initiative led by Regions4 and UN-Habitat.
- To provide an experience-sharing opportunity for local and subnational governments on SDG implementation for the UN 2030 Agenda.
- To introduce a global community platform for diverse levels of multi-stakeholders such as governments, civil society, finance institutions, and academia to enhance connectivity to accelerate the local implementation of the SDGs.
- To strengthen the partnership between Regions4 and SDG Cities to boost the engagement of the global community.
Partners
Regions4 and UN-Habitat
Panel
| Moderator: Martino Miraglia, Coordinator, SDG Localization and Local Governments Team & SDG Cities Flagship, UN-Habitat |
| Opening Remarks: Eugenio Amato, Sustainable Development Programme Officer, Regions4 |
| Session 1: Why the SDG Cities Global Community |
| Speaker 1: Yoya Alcoceba, Director General of Cooperation for Development, Catalonia |
| Speaker 2: Sait Matty Jaw, Executive Director, Center for Research and Policy Development, Banjul, The Gambia |
| Speaker 3: Filipe Braga Farhat, International Project Coordinator for the General Superintendence for Economic and Social Development of the Government of Paraná (SGDES), Brazil |
| Speaker 4: Rigoberto Guerrero, Research and Control Administrator of the Public Enterprise of Telecommunications, Water Supply and Sanitation, Cuenca, Ecuador |
| Q&A |
| Session 2: Diving into the details of the Community |
| Speaker 5: Marta Gomes, Mayor’s SDG Councilor in Mafra Municipality, Portugal |
| Speaker 6: Micke Larsson, Secretary General, Åland Islands Development and Sustainability Council, Åland Islands |
| Speaker 7: Maricela Hernández Ruiz, Executive Director, IFAM (Institute of Municipal Advisory and Development), Costa Rica |
| Speaker 8: Wichai Kanchanasuwon, Deputy Mayor, Hatyai City Municipality, Thailand |
| Q&A |
| Closing by moderator |