Welcome Address by: Dr. Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka
UN Under-Secretary General and Executive Director
United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) Address by Mr. Bakary Kante
Director, Division of Policy Development and Law
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Address by Mr. Ali Mchumo
Managing Director, Common Fund for Commodities Keynote/Opening Address by H. E. Hon. A. A. Moody Awori
Vice President, Republic of Kenya

Chair: Dr. Paul Vitta, Regional Director of UNESCO, Nairobi, Kenya Address by Hon. Mr. Amos Kimunya
Minister of Lands and Housing, Republic of Kenya Address by Hon. Prof. Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o
Minister for Planning & National Development, Republic of Kenya Prof. H. Detlef Kammeier, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand
The conceptual framework for urban-rural linkages in the Greater Mekong Region and specific applications in Vietnam, Cambodia and Lao PDR Prof. Elijah Ndegwa, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Nairobi, Kenya
The concept and practice of the urban-rural linkage approach and emerging issues

Prof. Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o
Minister for Planning and National Development, Republic of Kenya

Prof. Ambrose Adebayo, University of Natal, South Africa
Enhancing positive rural-urban linkage approach to sustainable development and employment creation: A regional synthesis

Prof. John Oucho
Department of Population Studies, University of Botswana, Botswana
Enhancing positive rural-urban linkages approach to sustainable development and employment creation: some experiences in eastern and central Africa

Dr. Cecilia Taccoli, International Institute for Environment and Development
Changing urban-rural linkages in west Africa: livelihood transformations and policy responses

Antonio Yachan
Senior Human Settlements Advisor, UN-HABITAT, Nairobi, Kenya
Impacts of urban-rural development linkages on slum and poverty reduction in sub-Saharan African countries

Hon. Kumari Selja
Minister of State for Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation, Government of India The integrated redevelopment of urban and rural areas in China
Mr. Wang Xiao Dong, Programme Officer of Urban and Rural Planning Department, Ministry of Construction, China

Dr. Ramesh Munankami
Technical Advisor, Partnership for Urban Poverty Reduction, Cambodia
The concept and practice of urban-rural development linkage approach: experience of the rural-urban partnership project (RUPP) in Nepal

Mr. Erik Bryld, Firklovervej 4, Denmark
Governance and rural-urban linkages: bridging the decentralized divide - experiences from South Asia

Mr. Cheng Nhan, Chief of Cabinet, Kandal Province, Cambodia
Rural-Urban Linkage Development Approach: Experiences and Lessons Learnt in Cambodia

Dr. P. S. Rana, Chairman and Managing Director
Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO) Ltd., New Delhi, India
Providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas

Chair: Hon (Mrs.) Ferial Ashraff
Minister of Housing and Construction, Sri Lanka

Dr. Isaac K Mwangi, National Expert, UNCRD Africa Office, Nairobi, Kenya
Regional development strategies for enhancing rural-urban linkages: a review of experiences and implications for local economic development in Kenya Dr. Nimrod S. Mushi
Lecturer, University College of Lands and Architectural Studies, Tanzania
Why care about rural-urban linkages?
Analysis of rural-urban linkages and livelihoods, Mlandizi, Dar es Salaam

Prof. Dr. Christer Bengs, Centre for Urban and Regional Studies
Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Urban-rural relations in Europe

Mr. Bakary Kante
Director, Division of Policy Development and Law (DPDL), UNEP The rural-urban environment linkage: integrating the brown and green environment agendas
UNEP Ms. Paula Kahumbu
Case study of the Aberdares – Nairobi Environmental Link Case study from the cities of Accra, Ghana and Kampala, Uganda

Chair: Ms. Lucia Kiwala
Chief, Gender Mainstreaming Section, UN-HABITAT Dr. Winnie Mitullah
Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi
Gender ramifications of urban-rural development inter-linkages

Chair: Prof. Peter Ngau
University of Nairobi Dr. Jacinta A. Opara, Executive Director
Center for Environment and Community Development, Nigeria
Regional Transportation Network and Local Economic Development in Northern Nigeria

Prof. Geoffrey I Nwaka,
Dean, College of Postgraduate Studies, Abia State University, Nigeria
Decentralised urbanization and rural development in Nigeria: promoting medium and small towns

Mr. Rob Mahoney
Director, Business Information Management /FIG, U.K.
Marrakech declaration on urban-rural linkages

1. Key issues/considerations in urban-rural development linkages approach
2. Institutional/organizational structures, strategies and tools for effective urban-rural development linkages integration in development planning and implementation