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Enhancing the capacity of local and regional governments for delivering the SDGs through a Whole-of Government approach, smart cities, enhanced infrastructure asset management and resilience, monitoring & evaluation and innovative finance and partnerships

Jean D'Aragon

Moderator

date June 30, 2022 | 10:00 - 12:45
place
Multifunction Hall Room 7
organization
UN DESA - UN Office For Sustainable Development
country
Global
language
English
Reference: 
TE 39

Summary

The training will bring international experts sharing their knowledge and tools for enhancing governance through implementing whole-of-Government approaches, including smart cities, tools for SDG monitoring and evaluation at local level, infrastructure asset management and resilience building, and innovative finance and partnerships.

Objectives

The training aims to provide local and regional governments with practical knowledge and information to support a swift and sustainable recovery from COVID-19 crisis and prepare them to be in a better position to be better prepared to face and respond to future crises and contribute to accelerate the delivery on major global frameworks, including the Paris agreement, the 2030 Agenda, the Sendai Framework, alongside the New Urban Agenda.

Session speakers

Speaker
Role
Organization
Country
Mr. Jean D'Aragon
Senior Sustainable Development Officer
UN DESA/UN Office for Sustainable Development (UNOSD)
Ms. Lichia Saner-Yiu
Professor, Organisation Development & Institutional Learning; President
Centre for Socio-Eco-Nomic Development (CSEND)
Mr. Bokyun Shim
Head of Office
UN DESA/UN Project Office on Governance (UNPOG)
Mr. Prabin Maharjan
Programme Management Expert
UN DESA/UN Project Office on Governance (UNPOG)
Mr. Kazushige Endo
Director
UN DESA/UN Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD)
Ms. Nana Nana Urakami
Researcher
UN DESA/UN Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD)
Mr. Akaoka Ken
Director General/Executive Director
Global Network, International Affairs Bureau/Office of the City of Yokohama Representative to the Americas
Ms. Zhangyan Xu
Mayor
Quzhou City
Mr. Raymond Saner
Titular Professor, Organisation and International Management
University of Basel
Mr. Gustavo Goy Garcia
Infrastructure and Project Management Specialist
The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)