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Workshop “Regional Roadmap for the UNECE Region for HABITAT III Conference“

Workshop “Regional Roadmap for the UNECE Region for HABITAT III Conference“

22 February 2016 16:00 - 18:00
Conference Room VII, Palais des Nations Geneva Switzerland

Languages: English, French and Russian with simultaneous translation

The workshop will inform on the implementation of the Regional Roadmap for HABITAT III in the UNECE Region.

Agenda

PRESENTATIONS:

Implementation of the Regional Roadmap for the UNECE Region towards Habitat III – Mr. Marco Keiner, Acting Director, UNECE Forests, Land and Housing Division

Key messages of the draft Regional Report to Habitat III on Sustainable Housing and Urban Development –  Mr. Brian Evans, Principal Writer of the Report

Panel discussion of UN agencies on the implementation of the Roadmap

Mr. Paulius Kulikauskas, Acting Chief, Office for Europe and European Institutions, UN-Habitat

Mr. Mythili Menon, ITU-T Study Groups, International Telecommunication Union

Mr. Bahram Ghazi, Urbanisation/Land and Human Rights, OHCHR Representative

Ms. Nathalie Roebbel, Technical Officer, Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of Health, World Health Organization

Mr. Abhilash Panda, UNISDR

Panel discussion of UNECE Divisions on the cooperation to implement the Roadmap

Ms. Ivonne Higuero, Chief, Operational Activities and Review Section, Environment Division

Mr. Nicholas Bonvoisin, Acting Chief, Transboundary Cooperation Section, Environment Division

Mr. Oleg Dzioubinski, Economic Affairs Officer, Sustainable Energy Division 

Ms. Tiina Luige, Chief, Environment and Multi-domain Section, Statistics Division

Ms. Lorenza Jachia, Secretary, Working Party 6 on Regulatory Cooperation, Economic Cooperation and Trade Division

Mr. Ralph Heinrich, Acting Chief, Innovative Policies Development Section, Economic Cooperation and Trade Division

From left: Ms. Elena Szolgayova (Chair, UNECE Committee on Housing and Land Management), H.E. Jan Kara (Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the United Nations Office and other international organizations at Geneva), Mr. Christian Friis Bach (UNECE Executive Secretary), Mr. Marco Keiner (Acting Director, UNECE Forests, Land and Housing Division), Ms. Gulnara Roll (Head, UNECE Housing and Land Management Unit of the Forests, Land and Housing Division)