CSCI Official Side Event at CHOGM 2022 – High Level Segment
This Official Side Event provides an important opportunity to convene key Commonwealth stakeholders, to present the Call to Action, share good practice and explore opportunities to mobilise the Commonwealth, to identify priorities and actions to advance the Call to Action at the CHOGM and beyond. The Side Event will directly contribute to the overarching CHOGM theme of ‘Delivering a Common Future: Connecting, Innovating, Transforming’ and will complement the work being undertaken in other forums. People are at the heart of the Commonwealth agenda and this event will focus on approaches that ensure citizens are at the heart of making cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.
Recognising the reality that 60% of the Commonwealth population is under 30 there will be a particular focus on integrating the voices of young leaders and professionals into the dialogue. This interactive programme will provide a natural segue into the closing segment of the Business Forum on Thursday 23 June, which is being organised by the Rwanda Development Board, supported by the Commonwealth Enterprise & Investment Council. For more information on this event email info@commonwealthsustainablecities.org. For more information about CHOGM 2022, click here.
programme – wednesday 22 june
16.00 Welcome and Introduction
Co-hosts
Ms Eleanor Mohammed, President, Commonwealth Association of Planners
Hon Dr Ernest Nsabimana, Minister, Rwanda Ministry of Infrastructure
16.15 Background to the Call to Action
Presenter
Ms Lucy Slack, Secretary General, Commonwealth Local Government Forum, UK
16.30 Panel 1: Empowering Cities to Deliver
This panel will focus on the need for multi-level and multi-sectoral cooperation to achieve sustainable
urbanisation – what has to change to make this a reality and how could the Commonwealth network support
more integrated development?
Moderator
Mr Stephen Twigg, Secretary General, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, UK
Panellists
HE Maimunah Mohd Sharif, Executive Director, UN Habitat, Nairobi
Mr Bernard Wagner, Mayor, Belize City Council, Belize
Hon Thembi Nkadimeng, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Cooperative Governance &
Traditional Affairs, South Africa
17.00 Panel 2: Cities as Centres of Economic Growth
This panel will focus on the importance of economic development and opportunity in cities, and strategies to
ensure more sustainable and long-term access to resources for inclusive urban development. Local taxation and
own source revenue mobilisation are critical, but this must be reinforced with private sector investment – what
will this mean for governments, cities, and citizens in the future?
Moderator
Ms Lucy Slack, Secretary General, Commonwealth Local Government Forum, UK
Panellists
Ms Astrid Haas, Urban Economist, Uganda
Mayor Pudence Rubingisa, Mayor of Kigali, Rwanda
Mr Daniel Ogbonnaya, Country Representative Rwanda, Global Green Growth Institute
17.30 Summing-up and Close of Day 2
Co-Host
Mr Peter Oborn, Senior Vice President, Commonwealth Association of Architects, UK
Closing remarks
Cllr Rev Mpho Moruakgomo, Chairperson, Commonwealth Local Government Forum, Botswana
Mr Abhik Sen, Head of Innovation and Partnerships, Commonwealth Secretariat
expected outputs
- A shared understanding and vision for the Call to Action on Sustainable Urbanisation across the Commonwealth
- Recommendations and key messages that support the ambitions of the Call to Action
- Agreement and announcement of commitments to practical action
- The beginning of an inclusive Commonwealth dialogue towards accelerating collaborative action across the
- Commonwealth that addresses the sustainable urbanisation agenda.
the partners
The Call to Action on Sustainable Urbanisation across the Commonwealth has been developed jointly by the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), the Commonwealth Association of Architects (CAA), the Commonwealth Association of Planners (CAP) and the Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF), in collaboration with the Rwandan Ministry of Infrastructure, the Rwandan Ministry of Local Government and The Prince’s Foundation, with support from other Commonwealth organisations, governmental, professional and technical partners. To read and download the full version of the Call to Action click here.
join us
If you are interested in learning more or becoming involved with a Call to Action on sustainable urbanisation across the Commonwealth, or any of the activities referred to on this page, then please contact us at info@commonwealthsustainablecities.org.
acknowledgements
The organisers would like to extend their thanks to all those supporting our activities at CHOGM, be that moderators, panelists, participants and particularly those supporting logistics
