The United Nations Economic Commission of Europe (UNECE) and UN-Habitat are organizing a workshop “Evidence-based policies for sustainable housing and urban development in Albania to achieve Sustainable Development Goals”.
The workshop will discuss the role of evidence in crafting sustainable housing and urban development policies in Albania with focus on the approaches to data collection and management in the context of the SDG11. The workshop is part of the UNDA project “Evidence-based policies for sustainable housing and urban development to achieve UN Sustainable Development Goals”, which is aimed to assist the governments in the collection and analysis of the national data on housing and urban development for the development of policies in these sectors.
National Workshop “Evidence-based policies to achieve Sustainable Development Goals: sustainable housing and urban development in Albania”
Report of the workshop
Presentations
DAY 1
Opening and welcome
Introduction to the UNECE Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management PDF (Eng)
Gulnara Roll, UNECE
Session 1: Achieving the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development and the SDG 11 – Challenges and Progress to Support the Implementation in the Republic of Albania
SDGs in Albania: Progress in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals PDF (Eng)
Oriana Arapi, Prime Minister's Office, Republic of Albania
Achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals and SDG11 - Challenges and Progress to Support Albania's Implementation PDF (Alb)
Vjollca Simoni, National Statistical Agency of Albania,INSTAT
Session II. Approaches to the Implementation and Review of the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda and SDG 11 in the UNECE region
Achieving SDGs in Albania: the Contribution of SDG Indicators to Evidence-based Policy-making for Sustainable Housing and Urban Development at National and Local Levels PDF (Eng)
Agata Krause, UNECE and UN-Habitat Expert on Sustainable Development
Session III.Innovative Approaches to Evidence-based Policy-making in the Context of SDG11
Using data to create smart(er) sustainable cities and regions PDF (Eng)
Anna Mitriaieva, CBS Urban Data Centre, the Netherlands
Low-cost urban data capacity building towards SDG 11 PDF (Eng)
Matteo Tarantino, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Measuring SDGs and Urban Open Data - the case of Milan PDF (Eng)
Simone Tosoni, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, Italy
Conference on Achieving SDGs in Albania: contribution of SDG indicators to evidence-based policy-making at national and local levels PDF (Eng)
Geoffrey Payne, Geoffrey Payne and Associates, London, UK
Session IV. Challenges and Opportunities for Crafting Evidence-based Policies for Sustainable Urban Development with a Focus on Housing in the Republic of Albania
The Impact of Recent Policy Developments on Evidence-based Policy-making in Republic of Albania - the cases of the Housing Code and the Local Housing Plan PDF (Alb)
Doris Andoni, Ministry of Finance and Economy, Republic of Albania
Monitoring Platform: Designing an indicator framework for the implementation of sustainable development objectives of planning documents PDF (Eng)
Anisa Qorri, National Territorial Planning Agency, Republic of Albania
Current Approaches to Production and Management of Statistical Evidence for Housing Policies in the Republic of Albania PDF (Eng)
Ervin Shameti, Directorate of Regional Statistics and Geoinformation
Production and Use of Evidence for Policies on Sustainable Urban Development with a Focus on Housing at the Local Level PDF (Alb)
Anisa Ruseti, Social Services, Municiaplity of Tirana
Production and Use of Evidence for Policies on Sustainable Urban Development with a Focus on Housing at the Local Level PDF (Eng)
Anisa Mance, Territorial Planning, Municipality of Tirana
Session V.Current and Future Indicators for Evidence-Based Policies for Sustainable Urban Development with a Focus on Housing in the Republic of Albania
Selected housing- and urban development-related targets of the 2030 Agenda PDF (Eng)
Agata Krause, UNECE and UN-Habitat Expert on Sustainable Development
DAY 2
Contribution of sustainable development indicators into evidence-based policy-making for sustainable housing and urban development at local level PDF (Eng)
Agata Krause, UNECE and UN-Habitat Expert on Sustainable Development
Promoting smart sustainable cities through the use of Key Performance Indicators PDF (Eng)
Gulnara Roll, UNECE