UN4UkrainianCities project presentation at the 84th session of the UNECE Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management
Speakers from the UN4UkrainianCities project panel on ‘Housing and urban development policies’.
Pictured from left: Serhiy Komnatnyi (UNECE Consultant), Nataliia Kozlovska (Vice Minister of the Ministry for Communities, Territories, and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine), and Denys Nizalov (Associate Professor, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK/Global Land Alliance).
Update on technical cooperation activities: UN4UkrainianCities project
6 October 2023, Friday 10-1pm
Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
Background
The eighty-fourth session of the UNECE Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management will take place at the Palais des Nations in Geneva from 4 to 6 October 2023.
The eighty-fourth session of the Committee will support regional exchange of experiences and good practices on promoting affordable, adequate and climate-neutral housing and inclusive, circular, smart and sustainable cities. The Committee session will also review the implementation of the “Place and Life in the ECE – A Regional Action Plan 2030” endorsed by the Committee at its eighty-second session, and the San Marino Declaration adopted by the Committee at its eighty-third session.
Agenda
During the Update on technical cooperation activities : UN4UkrainianCities projectCities’ master plans and pilot projects session, experts involved in all aspects of the project spoke about housing policy and cadastre, cities’ master plans and pilot projects, promoting investments in urban infrastructure and housing at city level, capacity-building activities planning, and other projects for urban development in Ukraine.
Participation
Notable speakers included Alberto Cendoya and Diego Lopez Urruchi, Architects from the Design and Technology Unit of the Norman Foster Foundation in Madrid, Spain; Olga Demianenko, Senior urban economy expert at UNECE; Ana Paez, Programme Manager at One Works in Milan, Italy; and Yevhen Poliakov, Chief Architect at the City of Mykolaiv, Ukraine.