Networking Events Ordered by Day
Each event page contains an overview of the event and the report
| Monday | First Session | Second Session |
| Tuesday | First Session | Second Session |
| Wednesday | First Session | Second Session |
| Thursday | First Session | Second Session |
| Friday | Session |
Monday - First Session
Challenges of Cooperation between Local Authorities and Civil Society
The Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities (KS)
Cities of the Future - Global Competition, Local Leadership
PricewaterhouseCoopers Sweden
Citizen Participation in Social Housing - The Quebec Experience
Government of Quebec
Citizen-Led Integration and Coordination: Transferring the Lessons from Pleasant Hill, Saskatoon, Canada
City of Saskatoon
Debate: Urban Development Strategies are not Relevant to National Poverty Reduction Strategies
ComHabitat
Finance for Sustainable Human Settlements Development
UN-HABITAT, UN-ECLAC
HEC-SIDA Network Observatories: Tools and Facilities for More Effective Actions through Better Decision-Making
Habitat and Sustainable Environment Network (HSEN) and Habitat International Coalition (HIC)
Housing reforms in Central and Eastern Europe: Challenges and risks in sustainable housing maintenance and management for providing affordable and adequate housing
The Institute for Urban Economics (IUE), Moscow, Russia
Iberoamerican and Caribbean Forum on Best Practices
Iberoamerican and Caribbean Forum on Best Practices
Ideas into Action: The cultural basis of sustainable community planning
Creative City Network of Canada
Iran's Cities - Coping with Big Challenges
Urban Age Institute
Local Authorities and the Promotion of Decent Work in Construction and Related Services
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Partnership Between Toronto Community Housing Corporation, the Johannesburg Housing Company and Rooftops Canada
Toronto Community Housing Corporation
Promoting Affordable Housing in the United States
National Association of Realtors
The Bellagio Housing Declaration
Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University
Urban Aboriginal Diversity: Supporting Communities
Greater Vancouver Urban Aboriginal Strategy Steering Committee (GVUAS SC) / The National Association of Friendship Centres
Urban Safety in Practice - Youth Experience
UN-HABITAT; Urban Laboratory Göteborg; Young Urban Network
Youth, Urban Safety and Post - Conflict situations
UNICEF, UN-HABITAT
Monday - Second Session
An Idea into Action: Discovering The Place of Children in Cities and Slums around the World
Children, Youth and Environments Center for Research and Design
Building an Integrated Urban Transportation Network
Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority - Translink
Cities and Lakes: Sustainable Utilization of Lake Resources for Productive and Livable Cities
Lake Victoria Region Local Authorities Association (LVRLAC)
Cities and the Public Realm: Reinvesting in Community Assets
Canadian Urban Institute (CUI)
Creating Better Cities with Young People: The Growing Up in Cities Project of UNESCO
UNESCO - GUIC
Fighting forced evictions: Two years of efforts of the UN Advisory Group on Forced Evictions and its partners
UN-HABITAT - Advisory Group on Forced Evictions
From Vancouver '76 to the Present: Donor Investment in Housing-What Has Been Learned?
The World Bank; International Housing Coalition
Life in the Urban Landscape (1): Waste as a Source of Energy to Combat Climate Change
Swedish Research Council Formas; Swedish Environmental Protection Agency; Swedish National Heritage Board; Sida; Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning
Agenda 21 Locals: Were do we stand?
African Urban Management Institute
Local Government Excellence through Collaborative Partnerships
Local Government Management Association of British Columbia
Managing the HIV/AIDS Pandemic at the Local Level in Africa
UN-HABITAT, Urban Management Programme
MDGs and Local Urban Observatories
UN-HABITAT - GUO, ROLAC
Rebuilding Homes in Sri Lanka- An example of an International Partnership
Government of Quebec, SSHQ
Rental and Co-operative Housing - A Necessary Complement to Ownership
International Union of Tenants and the Swedish Cooperative Centre
Sustainable Cities and the Cross-Cultural Peacebuilding Approach
YOUCAN; Rock.Paper.Scissors Inc
The Urban Development Timeline: Learning from the Past, to Inform the Future
PADCO; AECOM
Understanding Local Economies: Tools and Methodologies
Cities Alliance
Tuesday - First Session
A Worldwide Review of the Housing Sector Strategies and Finance in Developing Countries
The World Bank
Aboriginal Housing in Canada - Building on Promising Practices
Canadian Real Estate Association
Accessible Urban Space: A Facilitated Discussion on Inclusive Cities and Communities
Social Planning and Research Council of British Columbia (SPARC BC)
Addressing Conflict in Water and Sanitation Services for the Urban Poor
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA); Swedish International Development Agency (Sida)
Building Capacity for Better Cities: What have we learned?
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
Child and Youth Friendly Cities
One Stop Youth Information Resource Centre
Community-driven Tsunami Rehabilitation Process
Asian Coalition for Housing Rights
From Vancouver 1976 to Vancouver 2006: Summary on Concepts and Actions
ENDA Tiers-Monde
Growing Better Cities: Create Jobs, Protect the Environment and Enhance Food Security
International Development Research Centre (IDRC); ETC Foundation
High Level Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor: Promoting Inclusion, Access and Opportunity in Urban Environments
High Level Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor
How to Integrate Environmental Aspects in City Long-term Strategic Planning
Cities Alliance; UNEP
Human Settlements: It's More Than Homes
NGO Committee on Human Settlements (Vancouver Work Group)
Improving Urban Policies through Best Practices Transfer
Ministry of Housing, Spain
Local Public Finances and Decentralization
Association Internationale des Maires Francophones (AIMF)
Planning Successful Sustainable Cities: Case Study Vancouver, Canada
City of Vancouver
Practices on Responsive Local Governance: Women Building Sustainable Communities- From Grassroots to Local Governments
The Huairou Commission - Governance Campaign
Social Cohesion- Ensuring the Inclusion of Immigrants and other Newcomers
Ministry of Attorney General and Ministry Responsible for Multiculturalism, Government of British Columbia
Sustainable Community – Government Partnerships on Gendered Violence Prevention
Women in Cities International; UN-HABITAT - Safer Cities Programme
Sustainable Relief and Reconstruction- Turning Discussions into Operational Reality
UN-HABITAT - DMP
Urbanization Management Strategies and Sustainable Communities
Government of Quebec - Ministry of Municipal and Regional Affairs
Tuesday - Second Session
Border Issues - Immigration, Migration and Urban Resettlement
The Funders Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities (TFN)
Climate Change and Cities in the South: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Reducing Urban Risk in a Warming World
Sida; International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
Developing a Template: Partnerships Models for Big Cities
Women in Cities International; The Federation of Canadian Municipalities
Housing for All: Essential to Economic, Social and Civic Development
Planning and Development International Consulting Association (PADCO); AECOM
Innovative Finance for Infrastructure and Basic Service Provision for Low Income Human Settlements
IIED; Sida
Integrating Global Concerns into the Urban Management in Asia: Challenges and Experiences
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies
Land Management in Local Communities
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM); Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
Life in the Urban Landscape (2): A New Urban Governance: Local Leadership, Partnerships and Community Involvement
Swedish Research Council Formas; Swedish Environmental Protection Agency; Swedish National Heritage Board; Sida; Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning
Localising the Millennium Development Goals: Building Competencies in Africa Local Governments to Mainstream Gender and Empower Women
African Local Governance Program
Ontario’s Approach to Urban Sustainability
Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing and Ministry of Public Infrastructure Renewal, Province of Ontario
People Processes for Inclusive Cities - Social Production and Management of Habitat
Habitat International Coalition (HIC)
Positive Beats from City Streets Part II
BaobabConnections and Dutch National Youth Council
Regional Programme of Social Housing and Human Settlements: Review of the Regional Human Settlements Action Plan
MINURVI, UN-HABITAT; ECLAC
Security and Safety: Public Policies, Urban Practices
Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne; UN-HABITAT - Safer Cities Programme; Small Arms Survey
Sustainable Cities: PLUS Network - Partners for Long-Term Urban Sustainability
International Center for Sustainable Cities
The Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) - Development of Pro Poor Land Tools
UN-HABITAT - Shelter Branch
The Meaning of “Architecture Sans Frontieres”
Architecture Sans Frontieres - International Network
Towards Sustainable Urbanization: Canada/UN-HABITAT Initiatives, 1976-2006
Centre for Human Settlement, The University of British Columbia
Urban Risk-proofing: Safer Cities Through Better Environmental Management
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Urban Safety Audits: International Experiences and Tools
UN-HABITAT; The International Centre for the Prevention of Crime (ICPC); The Canadian National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC)
Wednesday - First Session
A Successful Concept: Microcredits for Incremental Housing Development
Sida
Affordable Housing Finance: New Paths to More Effective Donor Coordination
US Department of Housing and Urban Development
Africa Beyond 2005
Commission for Africa
Bridging to the Future: Exploring Collaborative Approaches to the Integration of Energy Systems Planning with Urban Physical Planning
Constructed Environments and Sustainable Urban Systems (CONSENSUS)
Building Back Better: Rebuilding Communities After Disaster and Conflict
The Huairou Commission – Disaster and Peace Building Campaigns
Cities of Diversity: Changing Places, Creating Success
Infrastructure Canada - Cities and Communities Branch
Gender Mainstreaming and Local Governance
Women in Cities International Toronto; Women's Call to Action; The Federation of Canadian Municipalities
Housing the Poor by Engaging the Private and Citizen Sectors: Social Innovations and "Hybrid Value Chains"
Ashoka: Innovators for the Public
Life in the Urban Landscape (3): Urban Development for the Poor: The Interdependence between Heritage, Sustainability and Livability
Swedish Research Council Formas; Swedish Environmental Protection Agency; Swedish National Heritage Board; Sida; Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning
Measuring Up: The Accessible and Inclusive City
2010 Legacies Now
Partnering with the poor: Leveraging Land for Change
ETC/RUAF-Holland; Minimum Cost Housing Group; McGill University - School of Architecture
Power and Hope of Sustainable Community Development - Building Strong Leadership and Active Citizen Participation
Harmony Foundation
Sharing Knowledge: Community Based Disaster Response at Scale
Habitat for Humanity International (HfHI)
Sustainable Community Development in China: Principles, Challenges and Implementation
Ramsay Worden Architects Ltd.; Canada Mortgage and Housing International
Sustainable Development of the Far North: Sustainable Cities and Human Settlements
Arctic Council
The Inclusive City
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ); Cities Alliance
The UN Guidelines and National Frameworks for Crime Prevention: strengthening strategies in support of city and community-based prevention efforts
UN-HABITAT; The International Centre for the Prevention of Crime (ICPC); UNODC; The Canadian National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC)
Wednesday - Second Session
About Scaling Up Slum Improvement - Engaging Slum Dwellers and the Private Sector
The Communities Group International (TCGI); LLC
Community-Building in Ethnically Diverging Cities
Rights and Democracy Nanaimo Delegation
Crime and Violence Prevention and Youth Capacity Building in Latin American Cities
UN-HABITAT; The International Centre for the Prevention of Crime (ICPC); The Canadian National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC)
Cross-Cultural Collaborations and Inclusive Participation: the Pacific Rim Community Design Network
Pacific Rim Community Design Network
Delivery of Housing and Related Infrastructure - Institutional and Financial Systems
All India Housing Development Association (AIHDA)
Engaging the Private Sector in Sustainable Urban Development- Frameworks for Sustainable Partnerships
Industry Canada
From Planning Urban Transport to Building Integrated Cities
Municipality of Jönköping; Municipality of Norrköping; City of Uppsala, Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions; Swedish Rail Administration
Gateway Cities - Global Challenges and Opportunities to Sustainable, Economic Growth
Greater Vancouver Gateway Council
Grassroots Women and Local Authorities Partner to Fight AIDS in Africa
Huairou Commission - HIV/AIDS Campaign with GROOTS Africa
Localising the Millennium Development Goals in the City: Local Experiences in Monitoring the Implementation of MDGs
UN-HABITAT - Urban Management Programme
Monitoring the Right to Adequate Housing
Housing and Land Rights Network and Habitat International Coalition
Participatory Budgeting: Building Participatory Democracy and/or Improving Municipal Finance
International Center for Urban Management (CIGU); Belo Horizonte & Porto Alegre Municipalities; Municipal Development Program (MDP-ESA)
Planning Practice in an Urbanizing World
Commonwealth Association of Planners
Rapid Urban Sector Profiling for Sustainability: From Agreed Needs to Action
UN-HABITAT - Regional Office for Africa and the Arab States (ROAAS)
The Sustainable Community Partnerships Committee: Business & Community: Working Together to End Homelessness
Sustainable Community Partnership Committee (Service Canada)
Urban Development Policies and Programs: The Relationship between Central Governments and Local Authorities
US Department of Housing and Urban Development
Financing Water and Sanitation in Asian Cities
UN-HABITAT - Water, Sanitation and Infrastructure Branch (WSIB); ADB, Manila
Thursday - First Session
Access to Urban Land by the Poor: What do we Need to Know About Policies, Land Management Instruments and Strategies to Make it Work?
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS); Lincoln Institute of Land Policy; CORDAID; COHRE
Action for Neighbourhood Change: Sustainable Community Engagement and Renewal through Inclusive Dialogue
United Way of Canada - Centraide Canada
Canada's Super E House Program: International Partnerships for Ecologically Friendly, Energy Efficient Homes
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC); Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Cultivating Inclusive Cities: Multi-stakeholder Policy Making and Action Planning for Urban Agriculture and Food Security
International Network of Resource Centres on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF Foundation)
Culture and Social Cohesion: Telling our Stories - Sustaining our Culture
Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD)
Developing and Strengthening Worldwide Networks for Housing the Poor
International Housing Coalition (IHC)
From Rhetoric to Reality: Grassroots Womens' Actionable Ideas for Social Inclusion and Collaborative Problem Solving
GROOTS International
Global Issues, Local Actions - The Global Footprint of Cities
UN-HABITAT- UDB, Urban Environment Section; UNEP; ICLEI
Habitat JAM Networking Session
IBM
Housing Crisis or Accessibility Crisis?
Reseau Habitat et Francophonie
Housing Finance - Principles, Instruments and Examples
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
Knowledge Networks for Women’s Health and Safety
Women in Cities International; National Network on Environments and Women’s Health, Canada; Aboriginal Women's Health and Healing Research Group, Canada
Land and Real Estate Assessment Methodologies: Land and Property Markets in Ghana
International Real Property Foundation
Public Engagement: The Inclusive Approach
Habitat Professionals Forum
Slum Diaries: Participatory Creation for Social Change
Television Trust for the Environment; National Film Board of Canada
Smart Urban Fabrics - An International Ideas Competition for Cities Beyond Oil
Ministry of Sustainable Development, Sweden
Sustainable Energy Systems for Large Cities: Emerging Best Practices in Developed and Developing Countries
LEAD International
The RETScreen International Clean Energy Decision Support Centre - Empowering Cleaner Energy Decisions in 213 Countries Worldwide
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan); CANMET Energy Technology Centre; RETScreen International
The Sustainable City: A Swedish-Chinese Partnership
Ministry of Sustainable Development, Sweden; Swedish Trade Council
Urban Policies and the Right to the City: towards Good Governance and Local Democracy
UNESCO - DSSRP
Urbanization and the Impact of Gentrification in North American Inner Cities: Regional Equity and the Racial Dynamic of Space
The Funders Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities (TFN)
Thursday - Second Session
A partnership for Water and Sanitation in African Cities
UN-HABITAT - Water, Sanitation and Infrastructure Branch (WSIB)
China’s Housing Successes and Disappointments since 1977
Center for Real Estate Law at Peking University
City Indicators - Now to Nanjing
The World Bank
City Networks: Engines of Urban Sustainability
Latin American Federation of Cities, Municipalities and Associations of Local Governments (FLACMA); International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Implementing MDG Target 7/11 Cities Without Slums Indicator in Asian Countries
UN-HABITAT
Inclusive Governance in Conflict Cities - Achieving Safety and Security Through Local Cooperation
London School of Economics and Political Science; Development Studies Institute; Crisis States Reseach Centre
Integrated Urban Revitalization: An Approach Based on Stakeholder Collaboration, Intersectoral Action and Citizen Participation
Ville de Montréal
International Coalition of Cities Against Racism: Towards an Inclusive Urban Society
UNESCO - Social and Human Sciences Sector
Grassroots Innovations to Securing Land and Housing
Huairou Commission; Women’s Land Link Africa (WLLA) Initiative Partners
On the Street Off the Street: Women, Safety and Security in Urban Places
Vancouver Agreement; Vision Sisters; Interfaith Women
Overcoming Barriers: Housing and HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa and Aboriginal Communities
Housing People of Zimbabwe; Harare Lu’ma Native Housing Society, Vancouver; Rooftops Canada, Toronto
Participative Approaches to Post-Disaster Reconstruction at the Local Level
Participation Toolkit Partnership
Partnerships and Joint Ventures between the State and Community-organizations and Local NGOs; the Experience to Date and Future Possibilities
Shack/Slum Dwellers International
PPP for Municipal Service Provision and Local Economic Development
UNDP - Public Private Partnerships for the Urban Environment (PPUE); UNDP- Africa-Asia Eco_partnership Programme; The Institute for Housing and Urban Development studies (IHS); WASTE; UN-HABITAT
Preserving the Land that Feeds the Cities
BC Ministry of Agriculture and Lands
Public Investment in Social Housing, Addressing MDG target 11 in Emerging Economies
UN-HABITAT
Sport as a Tool for Social Inclusion and Development
Department of Canadian Heritage - International Affairs Branch - International Sport Directorate
The Moon, the Lake and the 'Leapfrog': A 'Making Discipline' Approach for Designing Urban Development
Chalmers University of Technology - Department of Architecture
Urban Observatories in Arab Countries: Comparison and Networking Possibilities
General Organization for Physical Planning (GOPP), Egypt; Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDC), Jordan; Ministère de l'Equipement, de l'Habitat et de l'Aménagement du Territoire, Tunisia; Arab Towns Organisation
Friday - Session
CLIFF - The Great Debate
Homeless International
Effective Partnerships: Land, Secure Tenure and Financing Schemes by the Public and Private Sector
International Real Estate Federation (FIABCI)
Empowering Cities to Mobilize Domestic Capital: Enabling Framework and City Level Actions
Cities Alliance
From Cities' Agenda 21 to Sustainable Construction
Cities for Life Forum - Foro Ciudades para la Vida (CLF/FCPV)
GUSSE: A Global Urban Sustainability Solutions Exchange
The University of British Columbia
Networking of Winter Cities in the Northern Hemisphere
North/North Network for Urban Sustainability
Post-Conflict Stabilisation in South East Europe - The Contribution of Capacity Building in Human Settlements
The Housing and Urban Management Initiative (HUMI) of the Stability Pact for South East Europe
Reducing Smoke - The Killer in the Kitchen
Practical Action
The Inclusive Approach: Urban Reform Experiments in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Canada
Global Cities Program, University of Toronto
Urban Conflict Resolution through Planning and Design
Department of Architecture, Urban Design and Planning, Catholic University of Leuven
Urban Environmental Planning
UN-HABITAT; UNEP
Using GIS in Disaster Mitigation
US Department of Housing and Urban Development
Working Towards the MDGs: The Global Studio Model
Global Studio