Commonwealth Sustainable Urbanisation Online Programme: Session 5

Commonwealth Sustainable Cities

Upskilling Professional Capacity for Climate Change and the Recovery

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The Commonwealth Sustainable Cities Partners

As part of preparations for the 2020 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting that was due to be held in Kigali, Rwanda this month, the Association of Commonwealth Universities, the Commonwealth Association of Architects, the Commonwealth Association of Planners, and the Commonwealth Local Government Forum, with support from The Prince’s Foundation, the Rwandan Ministry of Infrastructure, the Rwandan Ministry of Local Government, the Commonwealth Engineers Council and others, have been working together to promote sustainable urbanisation in the Commonwealth.With nearly 50% of the projected increase in the world’s urban population to 2050 forecast to be in the Commonwealth, there has never been a more important time for members of the Commonwealth to come together to tackle the challenges of climate change and rapid urbanisation; challenges which have now been compounded by the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic. A Programme of online sessions has been created, all of which focus on engaging with the theme of sustainable urbanisation in the Commonwealth. This event will be hosted jointly by the Association of Commonwealth Universities and the Commonwealth Association of Architects and will focus on the findings of the ‘Survey of the Built Environment Professions in the Commonwealth’ and the need to build capacity and capability to better respond to the challenges created by climate change and rapid urbanisation. The session will be chaired by:<ul><li>Ms Sithabile Mathe, Commonwealth Association of Architects, Chair of the Validation Committee</li><li>Mr Alex Wright, Head of Policy, Association of Commonwealth Universities</li></ul> The panel will include:<ul><li>Ms Mina Hasman, Head of Sustainability, Skidmore Owings and Merrill, London</li><li>Eng Papias Kazawadi, Immediate Past President, Institution of Engineers, Rwanda</li><li>Mr Phillip Luhl, Head of Department, Architecture and Spatial Planning, Namibia University of Science and Technology</li><li>Mr Alex Ndibwami, Director, Teaching and Learning Enhancement, University of Rwanda</li><li>Prof Barbara Norman, Chair of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Canberra, Australia</li><li>Dr Philippa Tumubweinee, Head of School, Department of Architecture, University of Cape Town</li><li>Ms Geetika Anand, Consultant, Indian Institute of Human Settlements, India</li></ul>The other webinars in the online programme can be found on our Eventbrite page and are as follows:<ul><li> Wednesday 8th July - Planning for Rapid Urbanisation in a Post-COVID-19 World</li><li> Wednesday 15th July – Building Political Leadership and Strengthening Decentralisation in Urban Areas</li><li> Wednesday 29th July – Sustainable Urbanisation and Local Economic Development in the Context of COVID-19</li><li> Wednesday 5th August – Building Infrastructure-led Community Resilience</li><li> Wednesday12th August – Achieving Safe and Affordable Housing for All</li><li> Wednesday 19th August –Climate Responsive Design</li><li> 25th &amp; 27th August* – Sustainable Urbanisation and Small Island Developing States</li><li> Wednesday 2nd September – Towards a Call to Action and Next Steps &amp; Close of the Programme</li></ul>*this session will run twice to ensure participation from all SIDS, dates to be confirmedWe anticipate streaming the majority of the above events live to Vimeo, details of which will be shared on our social media. We are also holding a series of 7 lectures for built environment professionals in parallel to the main programme:<ul><li> Thursday 2nd July – Introduction to the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals</li><li> Thursday 9th July – Planning for Rapid Urbanisation</li><li> Thursday 16th July – Planned City Extensions</li><li> Thursday 23rd July – Resilient Infrastructure</li><li> Thursday 30th July – Climate Responsive Design</li><li> Thursday 6th August – Heritage-Led Regeneration</li><li> Thursday 13th August – Sustainable Outcomes Guide</li></ul>By registering for this event you will receive a unique link to the Zoom Webinar registration page. Due to limited capacity we recommend you register as soon as possible. Please note your ticket does not guarantee you a space in the Webinar. As such we will be providing a YouTube livestream link for those that do not manage to join the Webinar before it reaches full capacity. We look forward to welcoming you at the launch session on the 22nd July and future sessions in the online programme. For more information please head to www.commonwealthsustainablecities.org/onlineprogramme.

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