March 28, 2010

Israeli Delegation Participates in the Fifth World Urban Forum

The World Urban Forum (WUF) is considered the world's premier conference on cities. The Forum was established by the United Nations to examine one of the most pressing problems facing the world today: rapid urbanization and its impact on communities, cities, economies, climate change and policies.

In March 2010, UN-HABITAT and the Government of Brazil hosted the WUF fifth session in Rio de Janeiro. During the conference, the Israeli delegation organized two special activities: A Side Event on "Municipal Platforms for Local Strategic Development” focussing upon the structuring of local organizational platforms for strategic development; and a Training Event on "How to leverage local assets for strategic local development – Establishing a Municipal Strategic Planning Unit (MSPU)”, which focussed on how to create local mechanisms for implementation of plans and strategies through an MSPU.

Both activities were presented by Israeli and Kenyan facilitators, representing MASHAV – Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation; Kisumu’s Municipal Council, Kenya; the Weitz Center for Development Studies, Israel; and strategic planning and development consultants.

http://mashav.mfa.gov.il/mfm/web/main/missionhome.asp?MissionID=16210&

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