ASIA PACIFIC CONFERENCE ON
“Local Government Voices towards HABITAT III on a New Urban Agenda”
Programme and Schedule
Date/Time Activity
Day 0, (Friday, 4 September)
09:00 – 15:00 Arrival in Wakatobi
19:00 – 21:00 Welcome Reception - hosted by Mayor of Wakatobi
Day 1, (Saturday, 5 September)
08:00 – 09:00 Registration
09:00 – 10:45 Opening Session Welcome Remarks by Mayor of Wakatobi, Mr. Hugua Remarks by Governor of South-East Sulawesi Congratulatory Remarks by UCLG ASPAC President Mr. Won
Hee-ryong (Governor of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province) Opening Ceremony by President of Republic of Indonesia
10:45 – 11:05 Break
11:05 – 12:30 Lunch/Pagelaran Makanan Traditional
12:30 – 13:00 Trip to Patuno Resort
13:00 – 13:30 Keynote Speech On New Urban Agenda DR. Ir. Mochamad Basoeki Hadimoeljono, M. Sc
13:30 – 15:00 Local Leaders Dialogue This session will be the round table of the local leaders to discuss about the New Urban Agenda. This session will give opportunity to the local leaders to share their strategy, achievement and challenges to enabling people to obtain good basic services, facilities and amenities, and in which everyone enjoys freedom from any discrimination. Moreover, This session will discuss developing societies that make efficient use of resources within the carrying capacity of ecosystems and by providing all people with equal opportunities for a healthy, safe, and productive life in harmony with nature and their cultural heritage and spiritual and cultural values, and a life which ensures economic and social development and environmental protection. Participant:
- Mrs. Stephany Uy-tan, Mayor of Catbalogan City - Mr. Cai Chaolin, Vice Mayor of Guangzhou - Mr. Hugua, Mayor of Wakatobi - Mr. Won, Hee-Ryong, Governor of Jeju - Mr. Djarot Syaiful Hidayat, Vice Governor of Jakarta
Special Province - Mr. Ivan Kuznetsov, Vice Mayor of Kazan City
Moderator: Mr. Wicaksono Sarosa, Executive Director of Kemitraan (The Partnership for Governance Reform)
15.00-15.15 Coffee Break
15.15-16.15 Plenary Session “Good Governance” Governance is considered “good” to the degree in which the institution and processes are transparent, accountable and responsive. Good governance promotes equity, participation, pluralism, transparency, efficient and the rule of law. The greatest threats to good governance come from corruption, violence and poverty. This session will present the best practices and experience of local governments in the implementation of good governance system with the focus on the New Urban Agenda.
ASIA PACIFIC CONFERENCE ON
“Local Government Voices towards HABITAT III on a New Urban Agenda”
The speakers of the session will share their best practices related to good governance, such as e-budgeting, one-stop service, people’s participation in decision making. Panelist:
Mrs. Iiiiza Sa’aduddin Djamal, Mayor of Banda Aceh
Mr. Takashi Nabeoka, Kyoto Prefectural Government, Assistant Counselor of The Japan Council of Local Authorities (CLAIR)
Ms. Tuty Kusumawati, Head of Urban Planning Bureau, Jakarta Special Province Government
Mr. Ryu Soon-Hyun, Vice Mayor of Daejeon Metropolitan City/Mr. Lee Donghan, Director of International Cooperative Division of Daejon Metropolitan City
Moderator: Emeritus Mayor Peter Woods, OAM
16.15-17.15 “Low Carbon Society” This session will discuss and elaborate the policies and scenario for developing a Low-Carbon Society. Low-carbon society is the new revolutionary development paradigm that sustains economic growth while at the same time ensuring climatic and environmental sustainability. All the world’s countries need to unite to make efforts to establish a low-carbon society by “reducing global emissions by half from the current level by 2050.” The speakers of this session will highlight the following selected issues: Transportation, Waste Management and Renewable Energy. Panelist:
- Mr. Keisuke Kogure, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Deputy of The Japan Council of Local Authorities (CLAIR)
- Mr. Yuji Kato, Kitakyushu City, Deputy of The Japan Council of Local Authorities (CLAIR)
- Ms. Miyoung Kim, Assistant Director of Energy Industry Division of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province
- Mr. Sy. Fasha, Mayor of Jambi City Moderator: Dr. Jatin V. Modi
17.15-17.30 Coffee Break
17.30 – 18:30 “Sustainable Urbanization” The Habitat III aims to reinvigorate the global commitment to sustainable urban development. Cities, which are at the forefront of global socio-economic change, are acknowledged playing a key role in sustainable development. Bear in mind that half of the world’s population now lives in urban areas, it is an urgent need to promote urban sustainability and to assure the decision and policy making by cities are intended towards sustainable urban development. The session will provide significant information and insight how cities enhancing their role in sustainable urban development and committed to implement and actively promote urban sustainability.
ASIA PACIFIC CONFERENCE ON
“Local Government Voices towards HABITAT III on a New Urban Agenda”
The speakers will expose their initiatives and policies in tackling the poor people at slum/prone areas, developing new urban and green revitalization. Panelist:
Ms. In Sook KIM, Director for Global Urban Partnership Division Seoul Metropolitan Government
Mr. Michael Rama, Mayor of Cebu City Mr. Philip Khang, Economic Affairs Officer, Environment
and Development Division, UNESCAP
Mr. Aw Tuan Kee, Director of Capability Development & Advisory Services, Centre for Liveable Cities-Singapore
Moderator : Mrs. Diana Lopez, UN-HABITAT
18:30 – 18:40 Coffee Break
18.40 – 19.00 Closing Session Presentation of Wakatobi Declaration – presented by Dr.
Bernadia Irawati Tjandradewi, Secretary General of UCLG ASPAC
Remarks from Mr. Hugua, Mayor of Wakatobi Regency Government
Remarks from Mr. Won Hee-ryong, President of UCLG ASPAC
19:00 – 19.15 Break
19:15 – 21:00 Gala Dinner and Cultural Performance
Day 2, Sunday, 6 September
09:00 – 09:30 Registration
09:30 – 09:35 Opening Remarks by Host, Mr. Hugua, Mayor of Wakatobi Regency Government
09:35 – 10:35 Executive Bureau Meeting (session 1)
10:35 – 10:55 Coffee Break
10:55 – 12:30 Executive Bureau Meeting (session 2)
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 14:30 Council Meeting (session 1)
14:30 – 14:50 Coffee Break
14:50 – 15:50 Council Meeting (session 2)
19:00 – 21:00 Farewell Dinner & Cultural Performance of Southeast Sulawesi
Day 3, Monday, 7 September
09:00 – 17:00 Study Visit The participants will visit the UCLG ASPAC/Wakatobi’s Low-Carbon Project & Eco-tourism Sites Note: For those who are attending the ASEAN Mayors Forum in Makassar on 8th and 9th September, they will not join the Study Tour as they have to leave Wakatobi to depart for Makassar.
19:00 – 22:00 Dinner & Cultural Performance of Southeast Sulawesi
Day 4, Tuesday, 8 September
08:30 – 12:00 Check-out & Departure
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