Program Book - ICLEI World Congress 2012

14 - 17 June 2012 • Belo Horizonte • Br asil • 14 a 17 de Junho 2012

Program Book www.iclei.org/worldcongress2012

ICLEI World Congress 2012 • belo horizonte • brazil

Program Overview

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ICLEI warmly welcomes you to our World Congress Every three years, ICLEI members and partners gather at an ICLEI World Congress to showcase their actions over the period and discuss strategies for the following years. The ICLEI World Congress is the main event of our association of Local Governments for Sustainability and has been hosted by dynamic Members such as the Coalition of Municipalities in Athens, Greece (2003); Cape Town, South Africa (2006); and Edmonton, Canada (2009). In 2012, the ICLEI World Congress takes place in the long term Member city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil and deals with the pressing issues facing local governments and urban areas in this unpredictable era of change. The Congress brings our Members, partners, global strategists, academics and NGOs together. Participants will learn from inspirational speakers and real-life city cases about cutting-edge integrated solutions to the challenges we face. Closely linked to the UN Rio+20 conference, the ICLEI World Congress 2012 will chart the way forward for local governments and their partners to a more sustainable and prosperous future. This is the first ICLEI World Congress in Latin America and we are excited to welcome participants to this vibrant and dynamic region.

WELCOME! Welcome back to another ICLEI World Congress! Closely linked to this year’s UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in Rio de Janeiro in just a few days, the ICLEI World Congress 2012 is hosted by the exemplary City of Belo Horizonte. With sustainable development on everyone’s mind, we have to ask ourselves how to design our cities today in order to create a more sustainable urban future. Facing continued rapid world population growth and urbanization, we will have to build the same urban capacity in the next 40 years as we have built over the past 4000 years. On the path to sustainable cities and a sustainable future, this congress will connect leaders, accelerate action and act as a gateway to solutions. Themed sessions on resource-efficiency, smart urban infrastructure, biodiversity, low-carbon development, and resilience will explore ways to integrate sustainable management into our cities’ organizational structures. Moreover, by also focusing on citizens and events, we will be able to discuss the effect these important actors have on the urban sustainable development dialogue and in creating healthy and happy communities. Let’s put our minds together to forge solutions to our global problems! Welcome to Belo Horizonte and thank you for coming!

Konrad Otto-Zimmermann Secretary General, ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability

Belo Horizonte hosts the ICLEI World Congress with great honor and pride. For four days we will have the opportunity to discuss and share our experiences, as well as to think together about the future we want. 114 years ago, Belo Horizonte was the first planned capital in the country. It has since undergone changes and become Brazil’s third largest capital, with increasingly complex urban and social demands, common to large cities. Belo Horizonte awaits the participants of the ICLEI World Congress with open arms. You will meet a city that, in addition to the warmth of its people, provides comfortable hotel infrastructure, a variety of options for recreation and culture, celebrated architecture and an internationally appreciated gastronomy. I am sure the meetings and discussions occurring here will enrich and further strengthen the commitment to improve the quality of life of citizens and to build urban spaces marked by solidarity, the full exercise of citizenship, social inclusion and opportunities for all. Welcome!

Marcio Araujo de Lacerda Mayor, City of Belo Horizonte, Brazil

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What we decide to do today affects how the world will look tomorrow. Local action and bottom-up approaches are vital in the global sustainable development debates. Urbanization is increasing in speed and scale: while in 1950 less than one-third of the world’s population lived in cities, by 2050 over two-thirds of the world population will be living in urban areas. The ICLEI World Congress brings Members, partners, global strategists, academics, businesses and NGO’s together to find solutions for not only a sustainable urban future but a sustainable global future. It is the place to engage, share, network, experience, and showcase activities that are making a difference. So let’s take this opportunity to show the world that cities can, and more importantly do, help make this world a more sustainable and environmentally friendly place for future generations to come!

David Cadman President, ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability

Welcome to the 1st ICLEI World Congress in Latin America! Urbanization is increasing fast, especially in this continent. Around 84% of the population in Brazil is today urban, 92% of the population in Uruguay lives in cities and around 89% in Argentina. Ensuring quality of life, social cohesion and equity, access to energy, water and food for all remains a challenge in an unequal world in which ecological footprint is increasing and deteriorating by climate change. This rapid urban growth needs to be used to create resource-efficient cities, with low carbon and resilient infrastructure which benefits more vulnerable population whilst ensuring social development. Integrated and participatory urban planning is therefore crucial. Cities are for people and the future we want is in our hands, today!

Florence Laloë Interim Regional Executive Secretary, ICLEI South America Secretariat


iclei agendas: key themes at the congress Sustainable city

Ambitious cities strive to become a true “eco-city, “green city” or “sustainable city”. The performance of cities will impact the living conditions of over six billion city dwellers in the year 2050, the global economy and the viability of global ecosystems. Which approaches to sustainability governance, policy setting, and management have proven successful?

RESILIENT city

Low-risk cities show low vulnerability to climate change, natural and industrial disasters and economic shocks. Resilience upgrades, including climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction planning, will be key to facilitating sustainable communities. ICLEI’s Resilient Cities initiative offers a platform for knowledge and experience sharing, planning methodology, and tools.

low-carbon city

Low-carbon cities will be the signposts to sustainability. Responsible local governments establish climate action plans and integrate the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, energy efficiency and local renewables into their planning and investment structures. ICLEI’s GreenClimateCities initiative offers a comprehensive support framework.

BIODIVERSE city

Ecosystem-based local planning and management is an essential component of a sustainable city. The manifold benefits derived from ecosystem-based goods and services underpin most local economies and provide cost-effective and sustainable essential services and green jobs to municipalities and their communities.

resource-efficient city

Resource-efficient cities will gain a competitive advantage in an era of shrinking resources global resources and growing global and urban populations. Efficiency gains through urban density are thwarted by billions of people adopting resource-consumptive urban lifestyles. Cities need to go beyond minimizing the use of natural resources and become productive systems.

smart urban infrastructure

Eco-efficient, resilient and low-carbon city development requires smart urban infrastructure, which in turn depends on smart systems design. Cities increasingly look beyond single technologies and rather at integrated infrastructure solutions, identifying possible efficiency gains through linkages, new operational and business models, as well as financing models.

GREEN URBAN ECONOMY

The way we produce, distribute and consume determines the sustainability of human civilization. Green, inclusive urban economies will be based on cradle-to-cradle material cycles and an appreciation of human labor over energy- and material-intensive products and services. Sustainable procurement will drive the market green, create green jobs, and support future-oriented industries.

HEALTHY & HAPPY COMMUNITY

Local communities should enjoy heath, happiness and a good quality of life. Whether on a modest or affluent economic footing, local governments must promote community health, education, social inclusion, culture, and good governance.

For more detailed information, please read the ICLEI Strategic Plan 2012-2018.

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SPEAKERS INCLUDE... Marcio Araujo de Lacerda Mayor, City of Belo Horizonte Brazil

Brice Lalonde Executive Coordinator of Rio+20 Keynote: Latest developments and the legacy of Rio+20

Eduardo Paes Mayor, City of Rio de Janeiro Brazil

Julia Marton-Lefèvre Director General,IUCN

Gil Peñalosa Director of 8-80 Cities Keynote: Cities for People

Gilberto Kassab Mayor, São Paulo City Hall, Brazil

Antonio Anastasia Governor, State of Minas Gerais Brazil

Simone Ariane Pflaum Council Member, City of Freiburg Germany

Xinsheng Zhang Executive Chairman, Eco-Forum Global

Mary Jane C. Ortega Secretary General, CityNet

Izabella Teixeira Minister of the Environment, Brazil

David Cadman President, ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability

Martha Delgado Peralta Environment Secretary, Mexico City Vice President, ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability Martin Lees Former Secretary General, Club of Rome Keynote: The State of the World

Jeb Brugmann Founding Partner, The Next Practice Keynote: The Productive City

Konrad Otto-Zimmermann Secretary General, ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability

Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity

Won Soon Park Mayor, Seoul Metropolitan City, Republic of Korea

Margarita Astrálaga Regional Director, UNEP Regional Office for Latin America & the Caribbean

James Sikhosiphi Nxumalo Mayor, eThekwini Municipality, South Africa


Congress Program

(as of 8 June 2012)

thursday, 14 june 2012 08.00-18.30

Congress registration opens

09.00-17.00

City Hall - Mulituso 1 and 2 Urban Nature Conference (13-14 June 2012) Ecosystems’ services, food security, urban nature and biodiversity – how we make it happen?

10.00-16.00

Metropolis Climate change initiative meeting (on invitation)

Hotel Othon - Congonhas

14.00-16.30

Workshop on Sustainable Institutional Procurement

Hotel Othon - Ouro Preto

15.00-17.30

3rd International Urban Research Symposium opening

Universidade Federal Minas Gerais

14.00-17.00

Introductory training to ICLEI’s greenhouse gas emission management tool HEAT+

15.00-16.00

FutureCityLeaders inaugural meeting

City Hall - Salão Nobre

16.00-18.00

Members Networking Session featuring the FutureCityLeaders


City Hall - Mulituso 3

* Sessions will run throughout the afternoon, enquire at the ICLEI Stand to sign up.

17.00-18.30

Drinks and finger food in the City Hall

18.00-18.30

Bus shuttle service from the City Hall to the Sesc Palladium Theatre is available (10 minutes). Those arriving later than 18.30 should go directly to the Sesc Palladium Theatre.

19.00 - 21.30

Opening ceremony

Co-Chairs: Konrad Otto-Zimmermann, ICLEI Secretary General and Florence Laloë, Interim Regional Executive Secretary, ICLEI South America Secretariat Your congress • Monika Zimmermann, Director, ICLEI Capacity Center, ICLEI World Secretariat, Bonn, Germany Congress highlights • Rodrigo Perpétuo, Municipal Sub-Secretary for International Relations, City of Belo Horizonte, Brazil We host the biggest ICLEI World Congress ever • Kobie Brand, Regional Director, ICLEI Africa Secretariat & Director, ICLEI’s Global Cities Biodiversity Center, Cape Town, South Africa From Urban Nature to the World Congress • Eero Vainio, Vice President, Social Democratic Party, Finland & City Councillor, City of Lahti, Finland ICLEI’s Future City Leaders initiative • Mark Roseland, Director, Centre for Sustainable Community Development, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada Research Symposium: Bridging the gap between research and practice Address by our partners • Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, Executive Secretary,

Sesc Palladium Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal, Canada The importance of local governments in implementing biodiversity protection • Julia Marton-Lefèvre, Director General, IUCN, Gland, Switzerland IUCN & ICLEI working in partnership • Alain Le Saux, Secretary General, Metropolis, Barcelona, Spain Regards from Metropolis welcome by the hosts • Marcio Araujo de Lacerda, Mayor, City of Belo Horizonte, Brazil • Gilberto Kassab, Mayor, São Paulo City Hall, Brazil • David Cadman, President, ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability • Pedro Jacobi, President, ICLEI Brasil, São Paulo, Brazil • Silvio Barros, Rio+20 Coordinator, Frente Nacional de Prefeitos - FNP, Brazil & Mayor of Maringá, Brazil • Antonio Anastasia, Governor, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil Keynote • Izabella Teixeira, Minister of the Environment, Brazil The Brazilian government, local governments and Rio+20

Performance and entertainment Milton Nascimento performs and provides a vibrant Brazilian welcome to the participants. 21.00-22.00 Bus shuttle back from the Sesc Palladium Theatre to the congress hotels.

Language: EN, PT, ES, KO

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friday, 15 june 2012 9.00 - 11.00

Opening plenary: From Rio to Rio

Park Pavilion

The Opening Plenary aims to give a powerful message of the need for rapid action and radical solutions in order to overcome and reverse the continued deterioration of global environmental trends by 2030. It will convene leading past and present international experts to discuss the success of the past twenty years, and to set out a vision for the next 30 years. Chair: Konrad Otto-Zimmermann, ICLEI Secretary General Panel: From Rio to Rio • Jeb Brugmann, Founder of ICLEI in 1990; Now: Founding Partner, The Next Practice, Toronto, Canada The birth of a movement • Gino Van Begin, ICLEI Deputy Secretary General & Regional Director, ICLEI European Secretariat, Freiburg, Germany Local sustainability 2012: Review of 20 years of local action for global sustainability • Tae Young Yeom, Mayor, City of Suwon, Republic of Korea Local Agenda 21 in Korea since 1992 • Greg Nickels, Former Mayor, City of Seattle, USA (recorded message) The emergence of the local government climate movement Keynote • Martin Lees, Former Executive Secretary, Club of Rome Global trends: The year 2030 and the responsibility of today’s decision makers Panel: The crucial question of responsibility for securing a sustainable future • Simone Ariane Pflaum, Council Member, City of Freiburg, Germany & ICLEI’s FutureCityLeaders Initiative Localizing global trends: The future for our youth? • Xinsheng Zhang, Executive Chairman, Eco-Forum Global, Beijing, China Pathways towards a global eco-civilization: Whose commitments, whose actions are needed? Panel: From Rio+20 to 2030 - what commitments, what alliances are needed? • Eduardo Jorge Martins Alves Sobrinho, former Secretary of Environment, City of São Paulo, Brazil & ICLEI Executive Committee Member • Martha Delgado Peralta, Secretary of Environment, Mexico City, Mexico & ICLEI Vice President • Reta Jo Lewis, Special Representative, U.S. Department of State, Washington, USA • Philippe Joubert, Senior Advisor, World Business Council on Sustainable Development, Geneva, Switzerland • Sébastien Duyck, Executive Board member, Rio+twenties, France • David Cadman, President, ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability, Vancouver, Canada Comment: The opportunity for new alliances Update from Rio+20 • Brice Lalonde, Executive Coordinator of Rio+20, UN Commission on Sustainable Development & French Ministry for the Environment A statement from Rio+20 Language: EN, PT, ES, KO

11.00 - 11.30

coffee break

11.30 - 12.30

ICLEI report 2009-2012

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Chair: Martha Delgado Peralta, Secretary of Environment, Mexico City, Mexico & ICLEI Vice President Highlights of the past three years of ICLEI, leading into the future • David Cadman, ICLEI President • Konrad Otto-Zimmermann, ICLEI Secretary General On behalf of the ICLEI Executive Committee and senior management

12.30 - 14.00

LUNCH (on invitation)


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14.00 - 16.00 A1

A Sessions • ICLEI’s agendas for a sustainable city OTHON • Minas Gerais

Sustainable city

A2

Resilient city

City Hall • Multiuso 1 & 2

Facilitator: Pamela O’Connor, Council Member, City of Santa Monica, USA

Facilitator: Megan Meaney, Director, ICLEI Canada, Toronto, Canada

Shaping the sustainable city

Building the resilient city

• Konrad Otto-Zimmermann, ICLEI Secretary General Urban sustainability: The local-global link

• Helena Molin Valdés, Director, UNISDR, Geneva, Switzerland Building the resilient city through disaster risk reduction

• Holger Robrecht, Director, Sustainability Management Team, ICLEI European Secretariat, Freiburg, Germany ICLEI’s contribution: Building the Sustainable City

• Rafael Tuts, Coordinator, Urban Planning and Design Branch, UN-HABITAT, Nairobi, Kenya Building the resilient city through integrated urban planning • Sunandan Tiwari, Programme Coordinator, Sustainability Management, ICLEI South Asia Secretariat, Delhi, India ICLEI’s contribution to building the resilient city

City case stories • Dieter Salomon, Lord Mayor, City of Freiburg, Germany Sustainability as a guideline for Local Development: Green City Freiburg

City case stories

• Paul Chambers, Sustainability Manager, Auckland Council, New Zealand Auckland’s vision for a sustainable city by 2040

• Purnomo Dwi Sasongko, Head of Regional Planning, Development & Infrastructure, City of Semarang, Indonesia Semarang’s city resilience strategy

• Jae Joon Lee, Vice Mayor, City of Suwon, Republic of Korea Environmental Capital Suwon

• Errol Douwes, Manager, Biodiversity, Climate and Green Project Implementation Branch, eThekwini Municipality, South Africa Exemplary adaptation planning in Durban, South Africa

• Derek Klazen, Mayor, Municipality of Walvis Bay, Namibia Walvis Bay’s leadership role in building a sustainable city

Start the debate: Peer panel • Chieko Iwashiro, General Manager of Climate Change Prevention Office, Environmental Policy Bureau, City of Kyoto, Japan • Mauro Haddad Nieri, Green Blue City Program, Government of the State of São Paulo, Brazil Language: EN, PT, KO

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LOW-CARBON city

CITY HALL • Auditório

Facilitator: Ronan Dantec, Senator and Nantes Metropole Councilor, City of Nantes, France Introductory comments: Low carbon development in cities Low-carbon city • Yunus Arikan, Manager, Cities Climate Center, ICLEI World Secretariat, Bonn, Germany Green Climate Cities: ICLEI’s 3-step approach to low-carbon development City case stories • Javier Corcuera, President, Environmental Protection Agency, Buenos Aires City Government, Argentina Increasing energy efficiency in Buenos Aires • Adam Stern, Climate Program Manager, San Francisco Department of Environment, USA Reducing Emissions in a Growing Economy in the City and County of San Francisco • Kenji Suzuki, Director for International Environment Cooperation, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Japan Tokyo’s green building and cap and trade programs • Mercè Rius i Serra, Deputy President for Environment, Province of Barcelona, Spain Advancing energy and climate change reductions in the Province of Barcelona

Start the debate: Peer panel • Ping-Kun Tsai, Deputy Mayor, City of Taichung, Chinese Taipei Language: EN, PT, ES

• Carolina Zambrano, Director of Environmental Policy and Planning, Municipality of the Metropolitan District of Quito, Ecuador Building climate resilience in Quito Start the debate: Peer panel • Elmo San Diego, QCDRRMC Action Officer, City of Quezon, Philippines Language: EN, PT

A4

biodiverse city

CITY HALL • Multiuso 3

Facilitator: Kobie Brand, Regional Director, ICLEI Africa Secretariat & Director, ICLEI’s Cities Biodiversity Center, Cape Town, South Africa Towards urban diversity • Julia Marton-Lefèvre, Director General, IUCN, Gland, Switzerland The role of nature in urban landscapes • Oliver Hillel, Programme Officer, Secretariat for the Convention on Biological Diversity, Montréal, Canada The Convention on Biological Diversity and the strengthening voice of cities • Martha Delgado Peralta, Secretary of Environment, Mexico City, Mexico & ICLEI Vice President Urban biodiversity in Mexico city: Why a political leader cares • Sarah Birch, Technical Coord., ICLEI’s Cities Biodiversity Center, Cape Town, South Africa ICLEI’s program on Biodivercities Cities and Biodiversity - programs and experiences • Dâmaris Seraphim, Advisor, City of Curitiba, Brazil Reconciling urban growth with biodiversity conservation • Lili Zhao, Vice Mayor, City of Suqian, China Caring for biodiversity in a fast-growing Chinese city • Geun Sun Lee, Director General of Clean Environment Bureau, Province of Gyeongsangnam-do, Republic of Korea Successful biodiversity management in the Gyeongsangnam-do Province • Josh Cerra, Assistant Professor, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA Urban biodiversity: The contribution of science Language: EN, PT

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resource-efficient city

OTHON • Mariana

OTHON • Tiradentes

A6 smart urban infrastructURE

Facilitator: Jeb Brugmann, Founder of ICLEI in 1990; Now: Founding Partner, The Next Practice, Toronto, Canada

Facilitator: Michael Schmitz, Executive Director, ICLEI USA, Oakland, USA

The resource efficient city

What is Smart Urban Infrastructure – buildings are key

• Kalanithy Vairavamoorthy, Director, Patel School of Global Sustainability/Univ. South Florida, Tampa, USA The efficient city of the future: The energy, water and food nexus

• Jason Hartke, Vice President, National Policy, USGBC - U.S. Green Building Council, Washington, USA An introduction to smart urban infrastructure

• Barbara Anton, Water Project Coordinator, ICLEI European Secretariat, Freiburg, Germany ICLEI’s contribution: Building the Resource-efficient City

• Herculano Passos, Mayor, City of Itu, Brazil The first LEED certified public building in South America

Energy and water • Ola Elvestuen, Vice Mayor for Transport and Environment, City of Oslo, Norway Oslo, a European leader in energy efficiency • Betty Lourdes Tabanda, City Councilor, City of Baguio, Philippines Effective water management as an Istanbul Water Consensus city champion Food security • Marielle Dubbeling, Senior Programme Officer, RUAF - Network on Urban Agriculture and Food Security, Leusden, Netherlands Urban food security: A short primer • Russell Galt, Manager, Policy, Strategy and Development, ICLEI’s Cities Biodiversity Center, Cape Town, South Africa ICLEI’s contribution: Food security in cities • Flávio Duffles, Sub-Secretary of Nutrition and Food Security, City of Belo Horizonte, Brazil Belo Horizonte’s exemplary food security program Language: EN, PT

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healthy and happy community

Facilitator: Victorino Aquitania, Director, ICLEI Southeast Asia Secretariat, Quezon City, Philippines Happiness as an alternative to GDP • Kinlay Dorjee, Mayor, Thimphu Municipality, Bhutan Gross National Happiness in Bhutan and its translation in Thimphu and other Bhutanese cities • Åsa Karlsson-Björkmarker, Member of the Executive Board, Municipality of Växjö, Sweden Happiness in cities: Policy and action in Växjo

16.00 - 17.00

Sustainable energy • Emani Kumar, Executive Director, ICLEI South Asia Secretariat, Delhi, India ICLEI’s work on Local Renewables • R A Rajeev, Municipal Commissioner, City of Thane, India India’s Solar Cities Program and its implementation in Thane EcoMobility and liveable cities • Santhosh Kodukula, EcoMobility Officer, ICLEI World Secretariat, Bonn, Germany ICLEI’s work on EcoMobility • Ana Luisa Flechas Camacho, Secretary for Mobility, City of Bogotá, Colombia Bogota’s exemplary work in integrated planning, with a focus on transport • Vitor Lippi, Mayor, City of Sorocaba, Brazil Revitalizing city spaces in Sorocaba Language: EN, PT, ES OTHON Security and health to promote happiness • Ouro Preto • Martin Brennan, CEO and Regional Director, ICLEI Oceania Secretariat, Melbourne, Australia Lessons learned: Cities for Safe and Healthy Communities program • Lorena Martinez Rodríguez, Lady Mayor, Municipality of Aguascalientes, Mexico Aguascalientes’ “Happy Convivance program” • Daniely Votto Fontoura, Foreign Affairs Coordination, City of Porto Alegre, Brazil Novo Chocolatão: Social inclusion & urban regeneration Healthy and Happy Communities • Ashish Rao Ghorpade, Senior Manager, ICLEI South Asia Secretariat, Delhi, India ICLEI’s proposal: Healthy and Happy Communities Program Language: EN, PT, ES

agenda exchanges and coffee break

Park Pavilion

After the end of these sessions, all participants are invited to a joint coffee break during which they can inform themselves about the other agenda items in informal talks with the presenters. Thus, everybody can get a flavor of what is happening in ICLEI Members cities and offices.

17.00 - 18.15

Park Pavilion

special speech: cities for people Gil Peñalosa, Executive Director, 8-80 Cities, Toronto, Canada

Gil Peñalosa is passionate about realizing the potential of great places to foster healthier communities with happier residents. As the Commissioner of Parks, Sport and Recreation for the City of Bogotá, Colombia, he led his team to create one of the most successful and renowned parks and recreation systems in the world. This inspiring keynote will demonstrate how to create vibrant cities and healthy communities where residents will live happier lives enjoying great public places. The presentation focuses on EcoMobility: walking, cycling, and public transit, as well as streets, parks and other public spaces as Language: EN, PT, ESP, KO potentially great places.

20.00

welcome DINNER (on invitation)

WITH MEMBERS AND COUNCIL RECOGNITION

(Bus shuttles from the hotels and back)

Ilustríssimo


saturday, 16 june 2012 9.00 - 10.30

GREEN AND INCLUSIVE URBAN ECONOMY

Park Pavilion

The time for a Green Urban Economy has come. Cities and local governments should assume leadership in turning their urban economy green. This session will explore this concept, before discussing how local governments can green their local economies to ensure economic prosperity, environmental sustainability and social justice Facilitator: Evelyne Huytebroeck, Minister for Environment, Energy and Urban Renewal, Region of Brussels, Belgium The Green Economy in 2030 and the role of cities • Margarita Astrálaga, Regional Director, UNEP Regional Office for Latin America & the Caribbean, Panama City, Panama Economy 2030: Call for a green economy • Simon Upton, Director for Environment, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development - OECD, Paris, France Green urban economy: The role of cities • Konrad Otto-Zimmermann, ICLEI Secretary General Green Urban Economy: An ICLEI Agenda Local action - local experience • Hans Mönninghoff, Deputy Chief Executive, City of Hannover, Germany Green urban economy in Hannover: Integrating environmental and economic policy • Didas Massaburi, Mayor, City of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania An inclusive green urban economy in African cities? • Liu Lisha, Director of Foreign Affairs Office, City of Guiyang, China Green the (urban) economy: A relevant goal for a Chinese city • Farhad Suri, Council Member, Municipality of South Delhi, Delhi, India Green the (urban) economy: A relevant goal for an Indian city

10.30 - 11.00 11.00 - 12.30 b1


Available at the venue of your next chosen session

coffee break B Sessions • Integrated solutions:

Innovative action for complex urban challenges

City transformation: Infrastructure solutions

OTHON • Minas Gerais

b2

INTEGRATED RESource solutions


Facilitator: Flora Mohlago Mokgohloa, Executive Director, Environmental Mgmt. Dept., City of Johannesburg, South Africa

Facilitator: Barbara Evaeus, Manager Climate Communications, WWF Sweden, Solna, Sweden

Address: Announcement of the EcoMobility Festival

Integrated solutions: Resources

• Tae Young Yeom, Mayor, City of Suwon, Republic of Korea

• Helga Vanthournout, Expert Consultant, McKinsey and Company, Geneva, Switzerland Beyond Recycling: Cities and the Circular Economy

Integrated solutions: City transformations • Ayfer Baykal, Technical and Environmental Mayor, City of Copenhagen, Denmark Creating an eco-mobile city: Integrated planning to boost cycling in Copenhagen • Susan Zielinski, Managing Director, SMART Project, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA Mapping and implementing the New Mobility Grid • Liana Vallicelli, International Affairs Advisor, Institute for Research and Urban Planning of Curitiba, Brazil Curitiba’s integrated planning approach

Panel • Gil Peñalosa, Executive Director, 8-80 Cities, Toronto, Canada • Clayton Lane, Chief Operating Officer, EMBARQ, World Resources Institute, Washington, USA Language: EN, PT, ES, KO

• Gunnar Söderholm, Director, City of Stockholm, Sweden Green system thinking in Stockholm • Ilmar Reepalu, Mayor, City of Malmö, Sweden City transformation: The Augustenborg district • Josefa Caballero Hernández, Coordinator for Sustainable Development, & Rafael Sánchez Ramírez, Manager, South East County Gran Canaria, Arinaga, Spain Green resource security in Gran Canaria Panel • Mary Jane C. Ortega, Secretary General, CityNet, Yokohama, Japan • Barbara Norman, Foundation Chair, Urban & Regional Planning, University of Canberra, Australia • Jinty MacTavish, City Councillor, City of Dunedin, New Zealand & ICLEI’s FutureCityLeaders Initiative Language: EN, PT

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Integrated planning: The legacies of large events


Facilitator: Florence Laloë, Interim Regional Executive Secretary, ICLEI South America Secretariat Towards a sustainable legacy from large events: What is available to help cities achieve it? • Claudio Langone, Coordinator of the Thematic Chamber for Environment and Sustainability for World Cup 2014, Brazilian Ministry of Sports, Brasilia, Brazil (tbc) The Thematic Chamber for Environment and Sustainability from the World Cup Organizing Committee • Representative of the British Embassy in Brazil, Brasilia, Brazil The Carbon Footprint Initiative

b4 (RS1) Integrating research and practice: THE INFORMED CITY


Hosted by the Urban Research Symposium Facilitator: Paul Bateson, Program Co-ordinator, ANZSOG Institute for Governance, Canberra, Australia • Risto Veivo, Adviser to Deputy Mayor, City of Turku, Finland Turku teams up with universities and businesses for sustainability • Stefan Kuhn, Director, Urban Governance, ICLEI European Secretariat, Freiburg, Germany ICLEI’s Informed Cities Initiative: Making research work for local sustainability

• Monika Zimmermann, Director, ICLEI Capacity Center, ICLEI World Secretariat, Bonn, Germany ICLEI-UNEP’s new Sustainable Large Events Guide

• Chris Roorda, Researcher & Consultant, urban and regional transitions, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands Urban transition management: The role of local governments in sustainability transitions

City experiences in brief: Roundtable discussion and Q&A

• Mark Roseland, Director, Centre for Sustainable Community Development, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada Pando | Sustainable Communities: Advancing collaboration between researchers and practitioners

• Vasco Araújo, Interim Secretary for Environment, City of Belo Horizonte, Brazil Preparing for the Brazilian World Cup 2014: Belo Horizonte’s environmental sustainability certification program • Joanne Boulle, Manager, Policy Implementation, eThekwini Municipality, South Africa Large events enhancing city planning • Xanthea Limberg, Councillor, Economic Development, Environment & Spatial Planning, City of Cape Town, South Africa World Cup 2010: Experience in Cape Town

Panel • Julian Agyeman, Professor and Chair, Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Medford, USA • NN, Local Government (indicate your interest)

• Hebert Santos Lima, President of the Foundation for Culture, Sport and Tourism (FUNCET), City of Fortaleza, Brazil Participatory processes in building the legacy of World Cup 2014 Language: EN, PT

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Language: EN, PT CITY HALL • Auditório

Local stories: Learning from experience

Join this special Portuguese and Spanish session to exchange experiences between Europe and South America to inform local practice and cultivate new ideas! Here in Belo Horizonte we have the opportunity to bring together Portuguese and Spanish speaking participants from Europe and South America to share experiences in diverse areas of local sustainability management. Interesting case studies from both regions will be showcased, with extended time for questions and answers from the audience.

Facilitator: Patricia Kranz, Board Member, former President (2004-2006), ICLEI Brasil, São Paulo, Brazil • Maria Emilia Neto de Sousa, Lady Mayor, City of Almada, Almada, Portugal Almada’s Roadmap towards sustainability and eco-efficiency: An example of local action and governance • Marcio Araujo de Lacerda, Mayor, City of Belo Horizonte, Brazil (tbc) Integrated approaches to sustainability in the World Congress host city • Mercè Rius i Serra Deputy President for Environment, Province of Barcelona, Spain (tbc) Barcelona’s long-term sustainability strategies

12.30 - 14.00

Lunch (on invitation)

14.00 - 16.00

Demonstrating progress towards sustainability

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Language: PT, ES

Automóvel Clube

C Sessions • ACHIEVING OUR VISIONS 1

Building climate resilience and disaster risk reduction together

Facilitator: Sunandan Tiwari, Programme Coordinator, Sustainability Management, ICLEI South Asia Secretariat, Delhi, India Resilient City: Key messages from session A2 • Helena Molin Valdés, Director, UNISDR, Geneva, Switzerland • Rafael Tuts, Coordinator, Urban Planning and Design Branch, UN-HABITAT, Nairobi, Kenya

City case stories


• Huxley Lawler, Executive Coordinator Environment & Climate Change, Gold Coast City Council, Australia Climate Change Adaptation by Australia’s largest coastal local government • David Uushona, Manager: Solid Waste and Environmental Management, Municipality of Walvis Bay, Namibia The Walvis Bay Environmental Management & Advisory ForumWEMAF Discussion groups Language: EN, PT


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Accounting and reporting of low carbon cities

Facilitator: Hironori Hamanaka, Chairman, ICLEI Japan, Tokyo, Japan

Green and inclusive urban c3 economy: Waste management in Latin America


Facilitator: Pedro Jacobi, President, ICLEI Brasil, São Paulo, Brazil Waste management in Europe and Brazil

Measurable, reportable, verifiable local climate action • Yunus Arikan, Manager Cities Climate Center, ICLEI World Secretariat, Bonn, Germany The Mexico City Pact, cCCR, Global Protocol and Heat+ • Bjørn Arild Gram, Vice President, Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities, Oslo, Norway New Norwegian tool to calculate the impact of local climate measures

• Jérôme Notebaert, President Advisor, Metropolitan District of Dunkerque, France Best practice in Dunkerque • Silvano Silvério da Costa, Urban Environment Director, Ministry of Environment, Brazil An introduction to the Brazilian context: National Policy and Plan on Waste Management

City case stories

Latin American city experiences

• Chandrakant B Kamble, Commissioner of Municipal Admin., State Government of Tamil Nadu, Chennai, India City inventories in Tamil Nadu

• Suzana Leite Nogueira Karagiannidis, Director of Urban Cleaning, City of Guarulhos, Brazil Successful waste management in Guarulhos

• Hans Christian Karsten, Head of Division, Technical and Environmental Admin., City of Copenhagen, Denmark Copenhagen’s commitments and reporting on climate action

• Aurora Pederzoli, Head of Department of Special Programs, Superintendence for Urban Cleaning (SLU), City of Belo Horizonte, Brazil Selective collection with inclusivity: Belo Horizonte’s experience

Development and next steps • Wee Kean Fong, Senior Associate, World Resources Institute, Washington, USA Scope 3 for cities: Accounting for indirect emissions • Carina Borgström Hansson, Footprint Coord. and Head of Earth Hour City Challenge, WWF, Stockholm, Sweden The role of cities and its citizens in increasing ambition, accountability and strategic action for a low carbon future Language: EN, PT, ES

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Special discussion session: Working with the private sector


Facilitator: Wolfgang Teubner, Executive Director, ICLEI European Secretariat, Freiburg, Germany City experiences • Reiji Hitsumoto, Executive Director, City of Kitakyushu, Japan A Green Urban Economy in Kitakyushu: The integral role of the private sector • Nongpal Chancharoen, Project Manager, Thailand Environment Institute, Nonthaburi, Thailand Study result: Private sector-local government interactions in Thailand • Engr. Fernando Limbitco, City Planning and Development Officer, City of San Fernando, Philippines Engaging businesses in local government planning processes Panel discussion: Working together effectively, the way forward • Shannon Bouton, Sustainable Cities Practice Manager, McKinsey and Company, Detroit, USA • Risto Veivo, Adviser to Deputy Mayor, City of Turku, Finland

Language: EN

• Darío Madile, Secretary of Environment, City of Salta, Argentina Let’s separate together: An example of waste management from Salta • Fabiana Santos Vilela, Technical Analist, SEBRAE Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil The solid waste management project in Araxá City Language: EN, PT, ES

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ecomobility

OTHON • Ouro Preto

Facilitator: Patrick Henry Hays, Mayor, City of North Little Rock, USA & ICLEI USA Board Chair • Santhosh Kodukula, EcoMobility Officer, ICLEI World Secretariat, Bonn, Germany EcoMobility Alliance: Information, interaction and innovation City panel presentations • Stian Berger Røsland, Governing Mayor, City of Oslo, Norway Promoting EcoMobility in Oslo • Marcelo Cardinale Branco, Secretary of Transport, São Paulo City Hall, Brazil Ecofrota program of São Paulo • Gil Nadais Resende da Fonseca, Mayor, City of Agueda, Portugal The electric bike program in Águeda World Café style group discussions Group 1: Cycling as a means to EcoMobility Facilitator: Clayton Lane, Chief Operating Officer, EMBARQ, World Resources Institute, Washington, USA Group 2: Marketing EcoMobility: Making it attractive to the people Facilitator: Santhosh Kodukula, EcoMobility Officer, ICLEI World Secretariat, Bonn, Germany Language: EN, PT

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The next generation: The importance of engaging young people

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Facilitator: Jinty MacTavish, City Councillor, City of Dunedin, New Zealand & ICLEI’s FutureCityLeaders Initative Measurable, reportable, verifiable local climate action • Marianne Krasny, Professor and Chair, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA Resilience, learning, and environmental education Local government experiences of engaging youth • Tahir Akyürek, Mayor, City of Konya, Turkey Konya’s youth program • Simone Ariane Pflaum, Council Member, City of Freiburg, Germany & ICLEI’s FutureCityLeaders Initiative Education for sustainable development: “The Four-Leaf Clover of Freiburg on sustainable education” • Betty Lourdes Tabanda, City Councilor, City of Baguio, Philippines Student-local government partnerships to boost social cohesion Local government and youth dialogues, also with • Sébastien Duyck, Executive Board Member, Rio+twenties, France • Madhav Datt, Ambassador, Asia Pacific Region, United Nations Environment Program Eco-Generation, Faridabad, India


Engaging Citizens: What next for Local Agenda 21?

Facilitator: Maija Hakanen, Manager for Environmental Affairs, Assoc. of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities, Helsinki, Finland Local sustainability processes since 1992 • Ania Rok, Project Officer, ICLEI European Secretariat, Freiburg, Germany Sustainability 2012: Taking stock and moving forward • Maria Emilia Neto de Sousa, Lady Mayor, City of Almada, Portugal Almada, land of participation: Engaging the community in Local Agenda 21 • Mi Kyung Moon, Secretary Advisor of Environment Policy, City of Changwon, Republic of Korea Short statement: The importance of LA21 in Changwon • Patricia Kranz, Board Member, former President, ICLEI Brasil (2004-2006), São Paulo, Brazil LA21 experiences in Brazil • Fernando Barrenechea, General Manager of Ihobe, Udalsaera 21 Basque Country, Bilbao,Spain Local Agenda 21 in the Basque Country in a local-regional partnership • Ayfer Baykal, Technical and Environmental Mayor, City of Copenhagen, Denmark Copenhagen’s LA21 plan: A new agenda for citizen involvement and green innovation The way forward for Local Agenda 21

Language: EN, PT

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• Discussion groups

Language: EN, PT, ES, KO CITY HALL • Multiuso 1

Learning from Research for Practice

Facilitator: Geraldo W Fernandes, Director, LEEB, and Professor, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil Presentations • Amelia Clarke, Assistant Professor, School of Environment, Enterprise and Development (SEED), University of Waterloo, Canada A partnership approach to implementing community sustainability plans • Sergi Nuss, PhD candidate, Institute of the Environment, University of Girona, Spain Cities and the EU 2020 Strategy: Analysis of actors, tools and impact related to climate change policies and green economy • Peleg Kremer, Post Doctoral Fellow, The New School, New York, USA Conflicts and opportunities towards resource eff ìcient resilient cities : An integrated approach • Vera Rovers, Researcher, Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research, Utrecht, Netherlands New York City social-ecological systems: A Non-economic ecosystem services valuation approach Commentary from local governments, including • Catarina Freitas, Head of Department, City of Almada, Portugal • Naomi Tsur, Deputy Mayor for Planning and Environment, City of Jerusalem, Israel

16.00 - 16.30

coffee break

Language: EN, PT

Available at the venue of your next chosen session

SPEAKERS INCLUDE... Helena Molin Valdés Director, United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Didas Massaburi Mayor, City of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

Ilmar Reepalu Mayor, City of Malmö, Sweden

Evelyne Huytebroeck Minister for Environment, Energy and Urban Renewal, Region of Brussels, Belgium


16.30 - 18.00 d1

D Sessions • ACHIEVING OUR VISIONS 2 CITY HALL • Multiuso 3

Cities in their Bioregions: Governance and planning

OTHON • Mariana

Financing low carbon d2 and climate resilient action

Facilitator: Alan DeSousa, Vice-chair of the Executive Committee, City of Montréal, Canada

Facilitator: Simon Upton, Director for Environment, Org. for Economic Co-operation and Development - OECD, Paris, France

Introductory Presentation

Preparing for action: Identifying opportunities

• Richard Register, President, Eco City Builders, Oakland, USA Visioning a city in socio-ecological harmony with the bioregion

• Emani Kumar, Executive Director, ICLEI South Asia, Delhi, India Financing opportunities for Indian cities

City case stories • Mark Batty, Executive Manager, Environment and Waste, Western Australian Local Government Association, Perth, Australia Building the capacity of local governments for biodiversity conservation in Western Australia • Naomi Tsur, Deputy Mayor for Planning and Environment, City of Jerusalem, Israel Experience in the City of Jerusalem • Toni Pujol Vidal, Project Officer, Urban Habitat, City of Barcelona, Spain Local Action for Biodiversity (LAB) in Barcelona: Facing current challenges and planning for the future Language: EN, PT

Green and inclusive urban economy: d3 Sustainable Procurement

Facilitator: Laura Valente de Macedo, Consultant, Laura Valente Consulting and Advisory EIRELI, São Paulo, Brazil Sustainable procurement in practice • Ilmar Reepalu, Mayor, City of Malmö, Sweden Political and technical leadership on procurement • Ana Luiza Camargo Hirle, Director of the Central Superintendence for Logistical Resources and Patrimony, Secretariat of Planning and Management, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil Sustainable Public Procurement in the State of Minas Gerais

Green and inclusive urban d4 economy: Integrating environmental protection and poverty reduction


Facilitator: Mary Jane C. Ortega, Secretary General, CityNet, Yokohama, Japan Providing for the urban poor: Experiences from Brazil • Claudius Vinícius Leite Pereira, President, Urbanization and Housing Company - URBEL, City of Belo Horizonte, Brazil Vila Viva: Inclusive urban management Tools for integrating the environment-poverty nexus: The DReAMS project

• Pedzi Makumbe, Energy Specialist, The World Bank, Washington, USA The World Bank’s support for cities in pursuit of cost-savings opportunities through energy efficiency: the TRACE program Innovation and implementation • Herbert Bautista, Mayor, City of Quezon, Philippines Clean Development Mechanism for low carbon action in Quezon City • Michelle Isles, Senior Manager for Sustainability, City of Melbourne, Australia Financing solutions to transition Melbourne’s infrastructure • Mu Sheng Lee, Director, Environmental Protection Bureau, City of Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei Carbon based adaptation fee and subsidy Language: EN, PT OTHON • Tiradentes • Maria Hohn-Berghorn, Director, International Affairs and Protocol Department, City of Bonn, Germany Beyond “Greening”: Sustainable Bonn mobilizes the conference sector to buy green and fair Sustainable procurement: Develop external networks to ensure best practice • Mark Hidson, Director, Sustainable Procurement Team, ICLEI European Secretariat, Freiburg, Germany Procura+ Campaign: An ICLEI offer for cities to accelerate sustainable procurement Language: EN, PT, ES

Good governance d5 for sustainable urban water management

OTHON • Congonhas

Facilitator: Pedro Jacobi, President, ICLEI Brasil, São Paulo, Brazil • Barbara Anton, Project Coordinator, ICLEI European Secretariat, Freiburg, Germany A snapshot: What does the water city of the future look like? City and state level stories • Apolo Heringer Lisboa, Founder of the Project Manuelzão, Movement for Rivers and Peace, Belo Horizonte, Brazil Matching water management with urban planning

• Cristina Garzillo, Project Coordinator, ICLEI European Secretariat, Freiburg, Germany Tools for mainstreaming poverty-environment into local planning

• Ricardo Aroeira, Coordinator of Program DRENURBS, Superintendence for Development of the Capital - SUDECAP, City of Belo Horizonte, Brazil DRENURBS: A programme to integrate water, environmental and social goals

• Sudhakar Kuthati, Municipal Commissioner, Guntur Municipal Corporation, India Guntur monitors urban services with ecobudget®

• Octávio Elísio Alves de Brito, President, Unesco - Hidroex, Belo Horizonte, Brazil The role of science and technology for water governance

• Khairuzzaman Liton, Mayor, City of Rajshahi, Bangladesh Interventions in solid waste management in Rajshahi

• Rosa Maria Mancini, Advisor, Secretariat for Environment, State of São Paulo, Brazil The São Paulo Water Pact: A program to support the Istanbul Water Consensus Comments and responses

Language: EN, PT, ES

• Kalanithy Vairavamoorthy, Director, Patel School of Global Sustainability/Univ. South Florida, USA Language: EN, PT

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Action planning for low d6 carbon development

OTHON • Ouro Preto

Facilitator: Soumya Chaturvedula, Senior Manager, ICLEI South Asia Secretariat, Delhi, India City experiences: Low Carbon climate action planning • Chieko Iwashiro, General Manager of Environment Policy Bureau, City of Kyoto, Japan Setting and reaching climate reduction targets in Kyoto • Juan Canessa, Director, Department of Environmental Development, City of Montevideo, Uruguay Plan of response to climate change: Participatory approach in Montevideo • Eduardo Rivera Perez, Mayor, City of Puebla, Mexico Climate action planning in Puebla Group discussions Facilitator: Soumya Chaturvedula, Senior Manager, ICLEI South Asia Facilitator: Michael Schmitz, Executive Director, ICLEI USA Language: EN, PT, ES

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Engaging Citizens in innovative ways: The future of LA21 (II)


Facilitator: Signe Nyhuus, Division Director, Agency for Urban Environment, City of Oslo, Norway • Megan Meaney, Director, ICLEI Canada, Toronto, Canada Having the Climate Conversation: Strategies for Local Governments • Paul Bateson, Program Coordinator, ANZSOG Institute for Governance, Canberra, Australia Social media as a tool for inclusive decision-making: experiences from the Australian context • Mercè Rius i Serra, Deputy President for Environment, Province of Barcelona, Spain Using social media to engage citizens • Gil Nadais Resende da Fonseca, Mayor, City of Agueda, Portugal Tools to engage citizens in Local Agenda 21 Language: EN, PT

additional closed sessions 14.00 - 16.00

ICLEI Council inaugural meeting


The newly elected ICLEI Council will host its inaugural meeting. The ICLEI Council represents ICLEI’s global membership by way of representative democracy. The ICLEI Council is the supreme decision-making and oversight body of the global association and is made up of all ICLEI Regional Committee members. See more on page 21. Closed session. 16.30 - 18.00

16.30 - 18.00

ICLEI Global Executive Committee inaugural meeting City Hall - Salão Nobre The ICLEI Global Executive Committee 2012-2015 convenes for the first time in this, its inaugural meeting. The Global Executive Committee is made up of one representative from each ICLEI region and a maximum of 6 appointed members representing experts on the various ICLEI Agendas and portfolios. See more on page 21. Closed session. Korean Local Government Forum

City Hall - Multiuso 1 & 2; Language: EN, KO

More than 20 Korean cities get together to discuss how the Korean Local Governments can move toward sustainability and connect local actions to the global agenda.

20.00

Networking evening

(On invitation; bus shuttles from the hotels and back)

Museu Histórico Abilio Barreto

SPEAKERS INCLUDE... M. T. Krishna Babu Municipal Commissioner, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, India Reta Jo Lewis Special Representative, U.S. Department of State, Washington, USA Philippe Joubert Senior Advisor, World Business Council on Sustainable Development, Geneva, Switzerland

Mpho Parks Tau Executive Mayor, City of Johannesburg, South Africa Simon Upton Director for Environment, Org. for Economic Co-operation and Development - OECD, Paris, France Ayfer Baykal Technical and Environmental Mayor, City of Copenhagen, Denmark


sunday, 17 june 2012 9.00 - 10.30

THE PRODUCTIVE CITY

Park Pavilion

Consuming resources in an efficient way is necessary but by far no solution to the global sustainability challenge. In a sustainable world, cities need to increasingly produce what they consume. Jeb Brugmann, the founder of ICLEI and internationally renowned urban expert, presents how cities can be developed into “productive cities” with true ecological characteristics. Facilitator: Michael Schmitz, Executive Director, ICLEI USA, Oakland, USA Keynote • Jeb Brugmann, Founder of ICLEI in 1990; Now: Founding Partner; The Next Practice, Toronto, Canada The Productive City Local response(s) • Mpho Parks Tau, Executive Mayor, City of Johannesburg, South Africa The productive city response: Urban forestry in Johannesburg • Further examples from and discussion with the auditorium Language: EN, PT, ES, KO

10.30 - 11.00

coffee break

11.00 - 12.30

e Sessions • working together in common groups

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World Mayors Council General Assembly

City Hall, Hotel Othon

CITY HALL • Salão Nobre

10.30-12.15 (coffee availiable) The General Meeting of World Mayors Council on Climate Change will consist of two sessions. The Policy Session will focus on endorsement of the ICLEI World Congress message to Rio and the Statement of the Green Cross’s Climate Change Task Force, with exploration of possible synergies with the Mexico City Pact and Durban Adaptation Charter. The Strategy Session will enable members to initiate a consultation on a new organizational structure and agree on future leadership of the World Mayors Council. • Contact: Yunus Arikan, Director of the Secretariat of the World Mayors Council on Climate Change Open to: Members of World Mayors Council, membership application available via Congress Secretariat

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Local solutions to regional challenges: Latin American special session with Gil Peñalosa

10.30-14:00 (with coffee and lunch break) This session will gather Latin American cities and regional partners and to provide a framework for participatory strategy building of a common agenda for Latin American cities. A special input will be given from Gil Peñalosa on how Latin American local governments can develop further strategies for the transformation of their cities and towns towards livable cities. • ICLEI contact: Florence Laloë, Interim Regional Executive Secretary, ICLEI South America Secretariat Open to: all participants, especially invited are ICLEI Members from Latin America Language: PT, ES

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EcoCities


ICLEI Member cities that are known as eco-cities or have the ambition to become one, are invited to join together in a global EcoCities Network. Eco-cities, often also referred to as green or sustainable cities, are cities that pursue a holistic and integrated approach to sustainable development. • ICLEI Contact: ICLEI World Secretariat Open to: Invited cities, please contact the Congress Secretariat


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Fast Growth- Green Growth


A special session profiling the needs of fast growing cities to manage the impacts of rapid development. The opportunity for these cities lies in using the momentum of growth and huge levels of urban investment to stimulate green growth. Presentations from city leaders will highlight the key challenges and solutions being pursued, before a lively discussion with all participants and the audience on the way forward to explore how fast growth can be managed and greened. Invited speakers include • Olatunji Oluwaranti Bello, Honourable Commissioner, Ministry of Environment, State of Lagos, Nigeria • Arnab Roy, Municipal Commissioner, Kolkata Municipal Corporation, India • Mthobeli Kolisa, Executive Director, Municipal Infrastructures and Services, South African Local Government Assoc., South Africa

Language: EN, KO

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City food systems


A growing proportion of the world’s hungry and malnourished now live within cities. Even when food is available, it is often unaffordable to the most poor and vulnerable households. Poor urban households commonly spend over half of their income on food. In partnership with a broad spectrum of interest groups, local government is especially well-placed to engender urban communities with greater food resilience, and in that pursuit, guidelines, tools, teaching communities, forums, and good-practice case-studies may have considerable utility. What about an international network of cities and specialist international institutions to share experiences and provide technical assistance on demand?

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Knowledge Cities

Selected and renowned university cities are invited by the Lord Mayor of Heidelberg to join a group of similar cities. This new ICLEI community of “Knowledge cities” shall cooperate on thought leadership using their advanced educational institutions to meet the urban challenges. • Member city convener: Eckard Würzner, Mayor, City of Heidelberg, Germany Open to: Invited cities and experts. Interest can be indicated to the Congress Secretariat

• ICLEI contact: ICLEI Africa Secretariat Open to: All participants with an interest in food. Language: EN

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Green Pilgrim Cities

Language: EN

OTHON • Vila Rica

PREFEITURA • Multiuso 3

e8 HEALTHY & HAPPY COMMUNITIES

In the newly established “Green Pilgrimage Network”, cities and faith communities are working together to green the pilgrim experience, aiming to make cities that are destinations for hundreds of millions of pilgrims every year sustainable and green. This is an opportunity to promote dialogue and tolerance among the cities and their diverse communities through the common denominator of pilgrimage. • Member city convener: Naomi Tsur, Deputy Mayor for Planning and Environment, City of Jerusalem • Vishal Kumar Dev, Commissioner, City of Bhubaneswar, India • ICLEI contact: Sunandan Tiwari, ICLEI South Asia Secretariat

The ICLEI Strategy 2010-2015 refers to “Healthy and Happy communities” as one of its eight goals and encourages ICLEI Members to promote community vitality, health, education, culture, and good governance. This project design session will offer the opportunity for some interested cities to design a joint program which could then be announced during the final plenary. • ICLEI contact: Ashish Rao Ghorpade, ICLEI South Asia Secretariat Open to: Interested cities, prior indication of interest is welcome.

Open to: All interested participants Language: EN

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Language: EN, PT OTHON • Ouro Preto

Project design session: Productive city

Following Jeb Brugmann’s inspirational keynote on Sunday morning, local government representatives and researchers join together to discuss the potential further development of this idea Open to: Select Member cities and expert-partners upon expression of interest (to Congress Secretariat).

Language: EN

12.30 - 14.00

LUNCH (on invitation) Lunches will be provided at different places. A Mayors’ luncheon hosted by the Mayor of Belo Horizonte will be catered to at the Museu das Minas e do Metal for invited attendees. Bus shuttles will be available. Participants of the Latin America Special Session will have lunch provided to them in the session room in the Hotel Othon All other congress participants will be served lunch on the 5th floor of the Belo Horizonte City Hall.


14.00 - 15.30

Local Leadership in Global Governance of Sustainable Development

Park Pavilion

Members of the World Mayors Council will present achievements of their cities that have successfully integrated local action into the global sustainability debate, including the Global Cities Covenant on Climate, the Mexico City Pact and the Durban Adaptation Charter. An expanded panel of local leaders will discuss the importance of urban leadership in the post-Rio+20 era. The Council will present the draft of ICLEI’s Message to Rio for adoption by the Congress. Facilitator: David Cadman, ICLEI President ICLEI World Congress Message to Rio • David Cadman, ICLEI President Introduction of the Message • Won Soon Park, Mayor, City of Seoul, Republic of Korea Comment from the World Mayors Council Global success stories • Martha Delgado Peralta, Secretary of Environment, Mexico City, Mexico & ICLEI Vice-President The Mexico City Pact • M. T. Krishna Babu, Municipal Commissioner, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, India Nagoya Plan of Action of Local and Subnational Governments on Biodiversity • James Nxumalo, Mayor, eThekwini Municipality, Durban, South Africa The Durban Adaptation Charter Local ambitions • Eduardo Paes, Mayor, City of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Experience of Rio de Janeiro in low carbon city development • Won Soon Park, Mayor, City of Seoul, Republic of Korea “One Less Nuclear Power Plant” through energy saving and new & renewable energy generation Panel: What can we expect from Rio? With all previous presenters and ... • Evelyne Huytebroeck, Minister for Environment, Energy and Urban Renewal, Region of Brussels, Belgium • Ilmar Reepalu, Mayor, City of Malmö Sweden & Chair of Environment Commission, EU Committee of the Regions, Europe • Ronan Dantec, Senator and Nantes Metropole Councilor, City of Nantes, France & UCLG Climate Spokesperson • Carlos Roberto Fortner, Secretary of Environment, São Paulo City Hall, Brazil


15.30 - 16.00

coffee break

Park Pavilion

16.00 - 17.30

OUTLOOK PLENARY

Park Pavilion

Facilitator: David Cadman, ICLEI President ICLEI World Congress 2012: Congress achievements • Gino Van Begin, ICLEI Deputy Secretary General & Regional Director, ICLEI European Secretariat • Dominic Frongillo, Town Councilor, City of Caroline, USA & FutureCityLeaders Initiative Will cities help the planet? Congress impressions from our experts • Martin Lees, Former Executive Secretary of the Club of Rome • Gil Peñalosa, Executive Director, 8-80 Cities, Toronto, Canada The ICLEI World Congress Message to Rio • Eduardo Paes, Mayor, City of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil • Marcio Araujo de Lacerda, Mayor, City of Belo Horizonte, Brazil • Participants’ endorsement of messages Conclusions • Konrad Otto-Zimmermann, ICLEI Secretary General

17.30 - 18.30

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Special Program Components urBAN NATURE FORUM 13-14 June 2012, Belo Horizonte, Brazil The Urban Nature Forum is a conference series focusing on urban biodiversity and ecosystem management. The Forum brings together scientists, town planners, policy-makers, conservationists and other stakeholders with a view to exploring innovative approaches to urban biodiversity management, promoting knowledge exchange and advancing collaborative activities. Urban Nature directly precedes and is linked to the ICLEI World Congress 2012. http://worldcongress2012.iclei.org/urban-nature

RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM 15-17 June 2012, Belo Horizonte, Brazil Partners: the Simon Frazer University in Vancouver, the Local Environment Journal and the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Laboratório de Ecologia Evolutiva e Biodiversidade. The 3rd International Urban Research Symposium provides a forum for researchers to meet among themselves and to interact with local governments and city practitioners. Learning about local realities and priority themes to set new research agendas is key for researchers and also helps local practice. Researchers have helped to organize sessions in the main World Congress program, such as B4 on Saturday 16 June. During the Research Symposium a new interactive web system “Pando” will be launched and can be checked by participants. Please ask for a special program at registration. http://worldcongress2012.iclei.org/researchers-symposium

Changing Citizens, Changing Cities No sustainability strategy can succeed without the support and interest of citizens. How can the latest thinking on communications, behavioral psychology and behavior change help us to engage citizens? How can local governments specifically engage their young people? See especially the sessions C5, C7 and D7.

SUSTAINABLE EVENTS With Brazil hosting the World Cup and Olympics in quick succession, session B3 “The legacy of large events” will discuss and showcase answers to the questions: How can large events can be as sustainable as possible? How can local governments “walk the walk” when hosting international events or designing their own events?

ICLEI’S FUTURE CITY LEADERS FutureCityLeaders is a networking and capacity building initiative aimed at empowering the next generation of young municipal leaders from around the globe. FutureCityLeaders attending the World Congress are featured in various speaking roles representing the voice of the next generation of policy makers. Please inform ICLEI colleagues about young elected leaders in your municipalities and help to link them with each other through this ICLEI initiative. More information at the ICLEI stand and at www.iclei.org/futurecityleaders

world mayors council on climate change The World Mayors Council on Climate Change is an alliance of committed local government leaders concerned about climate change. They advocate for enhanced engagement of local governments as governmental stakeholders in multilateral efforts addressing climate change and related issues of global sustainability. Consisting of over 70 members, the World Mayors Council has been a partner in groundbreaking local government efforts such as the Local Government Climate Roadmap, the Local Government Biodiversity Roadmap, the Global Cities Covenant on Climate - the Mexico City Pact, the carbonn Cities Climate Registry, the Mayors Adaptation Form and the Durban Adaptation Charter. On 17 June, the World Mayors Council will hold its a General Assembly, join a Mayoral lunch hosted by the Mayor of Belo Horizonte and convene an open plenary discussion on local leadership in global governance of sustainable development (P7). Registration forms for joining the Council will be available throughout the Congress at the ICLEI stand.


About ICLEI ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability is the leading global association of local and metropolitan governments dedicated to sustainable development. ICLEI is a powerful movement of 12 mega-cities, 100 super-cities, 450 large cities and urban regions as well as 650 small and medium-sized cities and towns in 80 countries. ICLEI promotes local action for global sustainability and supports cities to become sustainable, resilient, resourceefficient, biodiverse, low-carbon; to build a smart infrastructure; and to develop an inclusive, green urban economy. The ultimate aim is to achieve healthy and happy communities. We have developed stable, long-term programs to support local-level sustainability and continue to develop innovative new programs to respond to issues of international concern.

iclei CONNECTs LEADERS We connect leading cities to leading cities. We connect other cities with leading cities so that the can learn and advance faster. And we connect city leaders to business leaders, UN leaders, scientific leaders and NGO leaders.

iclei accelerates action We advocate better framework conditions for cities to perform. We run programs and campaigns to help cities go for more radical solutions and advance more rapidly. We provide a framework for measuring and reporting commitments, actions and performance. We provide cities with training and tools.

ICLEI serves as gateway to solutions Cities need solutions – technological, organizational and financial solutions. ICLEI has a knowledge base of solutions and a vast network of partners who can provide the solutions that sustainable cities need.

membership ICLEI membership has grown since the last world Congress 2009 from 1,000 to almost 1,200 Members in 80 countries. Membership is open to local spheres of government (local and regional governments and authorities) as defined in the particular country, as well as to international, regional, national and sub-national associations of municipal governments and authorities. The only requirements for obtaining membership are that the Member support the Association’s mission, mandate and principles as stated in the Charter and pays annual dues. To become an ICLEI Member, fill out the membership application form enclosed in your registration package or contact [email protected] for more information. ICLEI offers Associate Partner status to non-governmental organizations, universities, and not-for-profit research institutions; and Corporate Partner status to commercial, for-profit organizations, businesses, and corporations on a non-exclusive and voluntary basis.

governance ICLEI is constituted as a membership association that receives its mandate from its Member local governments and municipal organizations. The association has undergone a governance review und revision under a mandate by the ICLEI Council in 2009. The new charter and By-laws were approved by the ICLEI Council in October 2011 and the new governance structure shall be launched at the World Congress in Belo Horizonte, Brazil in June 2012. The reform shall ensure that ICLEI remains a leading, resilient, and effective local government membership association for the future. ICLEI’s governance is based on nine defined world regions and a three-year term of office for all bodies. Portfolios for members of the governing bodies have been introduced to ensure strategic movement in defined areas of action. The association is democratically governed by its Members through a global Council. The Council represents ICLEI’s global membership by way of representative democracy. It is the supreme decision-making and oversight body of the global association. The Council has 27-45 seats and is composed of the members of nine regional Executive Committees (RexComs). The Council elects the Global Executive Committee, adopts every three years a Strategic Plan with a six-year scope, and has the right to amend the Charter. ICLEI is represented by a President, a First Vice President, and two Vice Presidents elected by the Global Executive Committee.

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The Global Executive Committee (GexCom) is the representation of the Members of the Association at the global level. It provides political and strategic leadership and decides policy for the organization. The GexCom has a maximum of 15 seats. One member from each Regional Executive Committee is nominated to serve on the GexCom and in addition to the regional representatives, there are six seats representing thematic portfolios for global agendas, programs, networks and advocacy. The GexCom is chaired by the President. The GexCom appoints a Management Committee which oversees the legal, financial and personnel affairs of the Association. Regional Executive Committees (RexComs) for all nine regions have been introduced into the new governance structure to provide for stronger political leadership, representation, advocacy and policy making at regional level. The RexComs shall support the implementation of the Strategic Plan in their region and advance the region in areas defined by portfolios of action. Each RexCom has three to five members elected from the regional membership. The Secretary General appointed by the Global Executive Committee serves as the organization’s Chief Executive Officer. The Secretary General represents the Association globally, leads the World Secretariat, oversees the global centers, regional and country offices and ensures the implementation of the Strategic Plan. ICLEI works through a World Secretariat based in Bonn, Germany, five global thematic centers, and ten Regional Secretariats and Country Offices around the world.

ICLEI AT RIO+20 The UN Conference on Sustainable Development, also known as Rio+20, will take place on 20 to 22 June 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is set to be the largest conference in UN history and a milestone in global sustainable development discussions and policy. ICLEI is strongly involved and will be visibly present at Rio+20.

RIO+20 Global town hall The Rio+20 Global Town Hall, organized by ICLEI with the support of many partners and endorsers and hosted by the Government of the State of Rio de Janeiro, will be the main forum to discuss the sustainable urban future at Rio+20. It will be taking place between 18-22 June 2012 in the Rio State Pavilion at Athletes Park, across the street from the official UN negotiations. With the patronage of Sérgio Cabral Filho, Governor of the State of Rio de Janeiro, and Eduardo Paes, Mayor of the City of Rio de Janeiro, it will provide the setting for high-level and ground-breaking presentations, dialogues, debates, launches and new agreements. www.iclei.org/rio20 http://local2012.iclei.org/rio-20-global-town-hall/

CONNECTING CITY LEADERS TO GLOBAL LEADERS On 18 and 20 June a rich program of presentations and debates, co-organized by ICLEI with partners and cities, will highlighting the experience and capacities of local governments and their concrete contributions towards a sustainable future by 2030. On 21 June, at the high-level Cities Leadership Day, ICLEI is convening leaders from all level of governments and other major players to look into what decisions need to be taken today, to ensure a sustainable future by 2030. The day will conclude with linking the discussion to the Rio+20 negotiations that go on in parallel. On 22 June, the final day of the UN Summit, in a special session convened by the State of Rio and co-facilitated by ICLEI, local and sub-national government associations will present the concluding messages from the previous days of discussions and negotiations to the world.

green and inclusive urban economy Green Economy, triggered by the process around the June 2012 Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development, has become a key theme. An inclusive Green Urban Economy approach embodies a challenge to local government leaders and city practitioners to apply existing tools and methods in new ways to develop innovative approaches. It is a call to engage economic-environmental considerations and stakeholders in a much more active fashion. ICLEI is raising awareness on the significance of the urban level in achieving a global Green Economy. We are also facilitating through a variety of meetings and events discussions to enrich the debate and find common solutions and local approaches. Towards the same aim, ICLEI is collaborating with a variety of partners to analyze, document and promote innovative solutions for a transition to a green urban economy. Further information and reports can be obtained http://local2012.iclei.org/publications/


ICLEI FLAGSHIP BRANDS The world’s largest association, network and movement of cities and local governments dedicated to sustainable development. Working with 1,200 Members in 80 countries. www.iclei.org

Global network empowering committed young municipal leaders to become champions for sustainability within their cities, towns and the global community. www.iclei.org/futurecityleaders Alliance of committed local government leaders concerned about the impacts of climate change on local communities and global ecosystems, economy and society advocating for enhanced engagement of local governments as governmental stakeholders in multilateral efforts addressing climate change and related issues of global sustainability. www.worldmayorscouncil.org Center supporting cities’ transformation into low-carbon communities by operating the carbonn Cities Climate Registry, providing guidance on standards and tools for local climate emissions accounting and reporting, and sharing information and experience on urban climate data and actions. www.carbonn.org FD U

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Comprehensive global program on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, entailing Analysis (prioritization and target-setting), Action (financing and implementation) and Acceleration (continuous reporting, monitoring and review). www.greenclimatecities.org Environmental Management System developed by ICLEI especially for local governments, allowing them to plan, monitor, and report the consumption of natural resources within the municipal territory in a similar way as they manage financial resources. www.ecobudget.org Global program guiding participating cities through a series of steps to become globally-recognized leaders in the field of biodiversity and ecosystem management Cities are supported with technical assistance, networking opportunities, specialist training, international exposure and advocacy. www.iclei.org/lab Global campaign that supports public authorities in implementing sustainable public procurement, promotes achievements of public authorities internationally, and fosters exchange on good practice from public procurers and experts internationally. www.procuraplus.org Global initiative promote the generation and supply of renewable energy and energy efficiency in the urban environment, including model community projects, annual conferences and a web portal. local-renewables.iclei.org EcoMobility Initiative promoting urban policy and planning that give priority to non-motorized and public transport. Activities include a total quality management scheme for cities to improve their EcoMobility performance, EcoMobility world congresses, and festivals demonstrating how future ecomobile urban life may look like. www.ecomobility.org Initiative offering a range of resilience-building and climate adaptation programs tailored to regional conditions offering cities access to methodologies and tools, good practice case studies and opportunities for exchange. Annual Resilient Cities global forum on urban resilience and cities’ adaptation to climate change. resilient-cities.iclei.org, www.iclei.org/adaptation

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ICLEI Timeline 1990-2012 22 Years of Local Government Action Toward Global Sustainability SEPTEMBER 1990 ICLEI foundation at World Congress of Local Governments for a Sustainable Future at UN Headquarters in New York. Founder Jeb Brugmann appointed as Secretary General. JUNE 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development (Earth Summit) held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; launch of Local Agenda 21 (LA21) Initiative proposed by ICLEI.

APRIL 1995 ICLEI and the UN CSD convene the first “Local Authorities’ Day” at the CSD. Office of the Africa Regional Coord. opens in Harare, Zimbabwe. OCTOBER 1995 ICLEI Word Congress held in Saitama, Japan; Chair Dr. Peter Heller elected for second term.

APRIL 1997 Councillor Collin Matjila (Johannesburg, South Africa), part of an ICLEI delegation, addresses UN Special Session. DECEMBER 1997 Nagoya Mayor Takehisa Matsubara, as part of ICLEI’s delegation to the COP-3 in Kyoto, Japan addresses the opening ministerial plenary; Kyoto Protocal adopted.

JANUARY 1999 Launch of CCP Campaign in Mexico and the Philippines. AUGUST 1999 Australia/New Zealand Office opens.

2001 Launch of CCP Campaign in South Africa, India & Indonesia Excecutive Committee appoints Sean Southey as second Secretary General. OCTOBER 2001 Africa Secretariat opens in Johannesburg, South Africa. APRIL 2002 Executive Committee appoints Konrad Otto-Zimmermann as third Secretary General. AUGUST 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa. ICLEI organizes Local Government Session – the Johannesburg Call, the Local Government Declaration. Local Action 21 launched.

september 1991 Opening of World Secretariat in Toronto, Canada, and European Secretariat in Freiburg, Germany.

JANUARY 1993 First Municipal Leaders Summit on Climate Change and launch of Cities for Climate Protection (CCP) Campaign at UN headquarters in New York. JUNE 1993 Council Meeting in Toronto; election of second Chair, Dr. Peter Heller (Freiburg, Germany); ICLEI establishes Japan Office in Tokyo. JANUARY 1996 ICLEI’s Cities for Cimate Protection Campaign coordination moves to Berkeley, California. JUNE 1996 Habitat II held in Istanbul, Turkey; ICLEI secures endorsements for LA21- local government part of the formal record of a General Assembly meeting. Offiice of the Latin America Regional Coordinator in Santiago, Chile opens. MARCH 1998 Election of third Chair, Prof. Nicky Padayachee (Johannesburg, South Africa).

JUNE 2000 ICLEI World Congress held in Dessau, Germany; launch of Water Campaign. Members endorse Earth Charter. MoU with UNEP and UN-HABITAT signed. Election of fourth Chair, Kaarin Taipale (Helsinki, Finland). OCTOBER 2000 Latin America and Caribbean Secretariat opens in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. MAY/JUNE 2002 Korea Office opens in Seoul, hosted by KLAFIR; expansion of CCP Latin America to Argentina, Brazil, and Chile. CCP launched in Thailand.


NOVEMBER 2003 Southeast Asia Secretariat opens in Manila, Philippines. ICLEI World Congress in Athens, Greece- focus on implementation of Local Action 21. ICLEI broadens mandate to address sustainability issues and name changes to ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability. Election of Executive Mayor Amos Masondo, Johannesburg, South Africa as fifth President.

JUNE 2004 International Conference for Renewable Energies in Bonn, Germany SG signs MoU with the German Government to launch the Local Renewables Model Communities Network. ICLEI e-News launched. UNEP Executive Director, Klaus Töpfer becomes Honorary Chair of the ICLEI Advisory Council. Launch of the “Local Evaluation 21” self-assessment tool.

2005 ICLEI South Asia Secretariat established in Noida/Delhi, India. SEPTEMBER 2005 ICLEI celebrates 15th anniversary and launches new website. NOVEMBER 2005 4th Municipal Leaders Summit on Climate Change in Montreal. World Mayors Council on Climate Change launched.

MAY 2007 Launch of CCP Campaign in Mexico and the Philippines. AUGUST 2007 Advisory Council meets at UNEP Office, New York. NOVEMBER 2007 New ICLEI Country Office opens in Mexico city. UNEP, UN-HABITAT sign tripartite partnership agreement. DECEMBER 2007 ICLEI hosts 1st Local Government Climate Sessions in Bali, Indonesia, part of COP-13; Local Government Climate Roadmap launched in Bali. Global Alliance for EcoMobility launched. JANUARY 2009 ICLEI Bonn Center opens in the City of Bonn, Germany. JUNE 2009 ICLEI World Congress held in Edmonton, Canada. DECEMBER 2009 Bonn Center for Local Climate Action and Reporting (carbonn) launched by ICLEI and UNEP at COP-15:. MAY 2011 ICLEI’s Cities Biodiversity Center opened at the Africa Secretariat in Cape Town. OCTOBER 2011 First EcoMobility World Congress in Changwon, Korea. The Cities Climate Registry, cCCR starts online system for reporting of cities climate commitments, actions, and emissions of greenhouse gas. december 2011 Durban Adaptation Charter adopted at COP-17. The Latin America region is reorganized: ICLEI South America Secretariat based in Sao Paulo and ICLEI Mexico, Central America and Caribbean Secretariat based in Mexico City.

FEBRUARY 2006 ICLEI World Congress in Cape Town, South Africa on local solutions to global challenges. Local Action Biodiversity launched as a global program. Councilor David Cadman (Vancouver, Canada) elected as 6th President. SEPTEMBER 2006 African Cities Symposium on Climate Change in Nairobi, Kenya. Korea Office moves to Jeju, Korea. DECEMBER 2006 ICLEI welcomes its 500th Member, Delhi, India.

APRIL 2008 Annual Local Renewables International Conferences series launched in Freiburg, Germany. AUGUST 2008 World Economic Forum appoints ICLEI Secretary General to new Global Agenda Council on Urban Management; ICLEI welcomes its 900th Member, Basel, Switzerland. NOVEMBER 2008 ICLEI grows to 1000 with newest Member, Mumbai, India. DECEMBER 2008 ICLEI hosts Local Government Climate Sessions in Poznan, Poland as side event to COP-14.

2010 Invited by the City of Bonn, the ICLEI World Secretariat relocates to Bonn, Germany after 18 years of generous hosting by the City of Toronto. JANUARY 2012 Start of the EcoMobility Alliance. MARCH 2012 ICLEI Sustainable Public Procurement Center started and run by the European Secretariat. JUNE 2012 ICLEI World Congress in Belo Horizonte, Brazil ICLEI Global Town Hall at UN Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio +20

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Practical information Registration and information desk for participants The registration and participants help desk will be available at Belo Horizonte City Hall for the duration of the congress. Opening hours for the registration and participants help desk: Thursday, 14 June: 8:00 - 18:30 Friday, 15 June: 8:00 - 18:00 Saturday, 16 June: 8:00 - 18:00 Sunday, 17 June: 8:00 - 18:00 Phone: (31) 9322 0931 (within Brazil) Phone: +55 31 9322 0931 (from abroad) E-mail: [email protected] For security reasons, it is required that participants bring both their delegate badge and invitation or voucher to all meals and evening events. If you lose your badge, please inform the congress staff at the registration desk immediately so that a replacement badge can be issued. ICLEI stand & exhibition In the City Hall we will have an ICLEI stand as well as some stands of sponsors. If you have some material to display, we encourage you to bring it to the ICLEI stand. If you wish to distribute materials within the congress sessions, we ask you to kindly care for the extra copies after the session. ICLEI Members please visit the ICLEI Stand to receive your certificate of participation and your special ICLEI Member pin. Press and media services Press room: All accredited journalists and press representatives can use the press room located at the City Hall. The staff from LEAD media company will be on hand to respond to queries and interview requests and provide more information. Email [email protected] or call +55 21 7922 3426. Website and social media: Daily congress updates will be posted on worldcongress2012.iclei.org/blog. We will be tweeting from @ICLEI using the hashtags #WorldCongress2012 and #localaction. Tweet to us or email [email protected] if you wish to contribute. Photo opportunities: The congress’ official photographer will be available to take your photos with the colorful ICLEI banners at the backdrop during lunch breaks. Additionally, we welcome photo contributions from participants. Just send them in to [email protected] or upload them on Picasa or Flickr with the tags #ICLEI and #WorldCongress2012. See the section on photography for copyright information. photography and video disclaimer During the congress, sessions will be documented with photographs and video material. The material may be used by ICLEI and partners for print and web publication in the future. If you do not wish to appear in any visual material please inform ICLEI immediately (by the end of the congress on 17 June at the very latest) by contacting [email protected]. Please direct any other queries to the Congress Secretariat (City Hall) or contact us via e-mail: [email protected]. REPORTING A reporting team is available throughout the Congress. Each plenary, sub-plenary and session, will have one person acting as rapporteur. After the Congress a short report will be compiled and made available to the public, summarizing the key outcomes.

Gift to Belo Horizonte Thanks for having brought a gift to Belo Horizonte as we encouraged you to do. The City of Belo Horizonte has specified that they would welcome sustainable toys which promote environmental awareness and/ or sustainable behaviour. These toys will be displayed during the congress and then donated to the 55 public institutions around the city that provide care and early education to children from disadvantaged backgrounds. Upon arrival, you can leave the gifts at registration. Please attach a sign with your name and the name of your city/organization. The gifts will be symbolically handed over to the Mayor and to children of Belo Horizonte on 15 June. dress code Opening ceremony on 14 June: Smart casual. During the days: Casual and comfortable. Evening events: Smart casual. transport in belo horizonte During the Congress you should have your badge at all times to get into the shuttles we will offer. • There will be shuttle services for the evening programs and the

technical visits on 18 June. • The congress hotels with large numbers of participants staying

there will have one congress assistant in the lobby with all information about the shuttles and able to help participants with any questions regarding transfers. • At the other hotels, all information will be available at the front desk. • There will be also one Shuttle and Tourism Information corner at the City Hall in the Registration Bureau. Taxis in Belo Horizonte Taxis for trips within downtown Belo Horizonte are quite affordable, with most trips being no more than R$10.00. Taxis are white and can be clearly identified by the Belo Horizonte logo on the sides. internet access and telephone Wi-Fi internet connection is planned to be available at the three venues of the Congress: the Park Pavilion, the Hotel Othon and the Belo Horizonte City Hall. Participants will receive a unique login and a password at the registration desk. Calling Brazil International Country Code for Brazil: +55 Areas code for Belo Horizonte: 31 CURRENCY AND CREDIT CARD The Brazilian monetary unit is the real (R$). Most major international credit cards are accepted in Brazil. There is a automated teller machine (ATM) at the airport of Belo Horizonte and drawing money there is recommended. This could be a more recommended option than using your credit card at many places. electrical current Voltage in Belo Horizonte is 110 volts, but many of the larger hotels also offer 220 volts. emergency numbers Ambulance: 192 Police: 190 Fire: 193


Technical Visits - Monday 18 June, 9:00 – 12:00 / 13:00 / 14:00 The City of Belo Horizonte is offering participants to go on one of three technical visits on the morning of 18 June. The three options are: 1) Vila Viva Programme – Aglomerado Serra & Popular Restaurant Barreiro Themes covered: Urban environment restructuring, social integration and food safety Time: 9:00 – 14:00 2) Nossa Senhora da Piedade Themes covered: Sub basin recovery work, site revitalization Time: 9:00 – 12:00 3) Thermoeletric Station at Sewage Treatment Plant Arrudas Themes covered: Waste to energy, waste management, renewable energy Time: 9:00 – 13:00 Participants can sign up for the technical visits at the information desk near registration in the Belo Horizonte City Hall. Due to limited capacity, registration will be done on a first-come, first-served basis. If you sign up for a technical visit and then cancel your participation, please inform congress staff so that others will be able to attend. evening events Thursday 14 June, Opening Ceremony 19:00 – 22:00 • Venue: Sesc Paladium, Rua Rio de Janeiro, 1046 - Centro • World-renowned Brazilian singer and songwriter Milton Nascimento. • 19.00 and 19.30: Transfer with bus shuttle from the City Hall. • Transfer back from 21.00 onwards with buses to the hotels.

Saturday 16 June, Networking Evening 20:00 – 22:00 • Venue: Museu Histórico Abilio Barreto, Bernardo Mascaranhas street, between Josafa Belo and Tenente Renato Cesar. • Performances including: Grupo de Choro do Palacio das artes, Violentango (Tango Eletronico), Palomita DJ. • Transfer from and to the congress hotels.

Friday 15 June, Welcome Dinner 20:00 – 22:00 • Venue: Ilustríssimo Maranhão street 56. • Perfomances including Celio Balona Band, DJ Israel do Vale, Gari Fashion Show. • Transfer from and to the congress hotels.

YOUR FRIENDLY CONGRESS TEAM WILL HELP YOU Our more than 50 ICLEI staff, many city staff from Belo Horizonte and the team from Nouveau will be available for you. The core congress team from the ICLEI World Secretariat, ICLEI South America Secretariat, ICLEI Africa Secretariat, and the host city Belo Horizonte: PROGRAM AND SPEAKERS

logistics and secretariat

media contacts

host city

Steven Bland

Joseph Wladkowski

Katrina Borromeo

Rodrigo Perpétuo

Alana Enge

Mojca Malezic

Lizanda Du Preez

Stephania Aleixo

Mariana Augusto

Janine Avelar

Monika Zimmermann

iclei members Salem Jones

Participants

brazilian Preparations

Bong-hee Son

Laura Oliveira de Medeiros

Eva Madeira

Florence Laloë

reporting Richard Simpson

Bruna Cerqueira

Dagmar Correia

Anna Louzada

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Venue Prefeitura de Belo Horizonte (Registration, parallel sessions Mayors events) Av. Afonso Pena 1212 - Centro Hotel Othon Palace (Parallel sessions) Avenida Afonso Pena 1050 - Centro Automóvel Clube de Minas Gerais (Lunches) Avenida Afonso Pena 1394 - Centro Sesc Palladium (Opening ceremony) Rua Rio de Janeiro 1046 - Centro Park pavilion (Plenaries) Avenida Afonso Pena Centro

A congress in the city Our host city is inviting us to a real urban event with sessions in the Park Pavilion, the City Hall and a nearby hotel, instead of being in a remote conference center. Lunches will served in the Automóvel Clube, coffee breaks will always be were the next sessions will start.

Contact On Site

Contact Abroad

Congress Secretariat City Hall Av.Afonso Pena, 1212 - Centro Belo Horizonte T: (31) 9322 0931 (within Brazil) T: +55 31 9322 0931 (from abroad) E: [email protected]

ICLEI World Secretariat Kaiser-Friedrich-Str. 7 53113 Bonn Germany T: +49-228 / 97 62 99-00 F: +49-228 / 97 62 99-01

www.iclei.org/worldcongress2012

E: [email protected]