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World Forum of Cities and Territories of Peace

The World Forum on Cities and Territories of Peace (WFCPTP) is a multi-stakeholder multi-level platform that highlights the importance of building coexistence and peace within cities and territories, together with efforts to identify the root causes of conflict and violence, in order to launch public policies, programs and citizen programs that contribute to building a peace culture.

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World Forum of Cities and Territories of Peace

The Forum is an opportunity to address the causes of the social pressures that lead to violence in the territories.

More information

Retrieved from metropolis.org/agenda/world-forum-cities-and-territories-peace-0

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14th Metropolis World Congress & Brussels Urban Summit 2024

Large cities and metropolitan areas face a range of shared challenges, such as inequality, diversity, public health issues, and the climate and energy crises.

Metropolises and their inhabitants are still the drivers of innovation and growth and through sustainable development are key to building societies that are more inclusive, more accessible and more efficient. 

In this context, for the first time in six years and in the framework of the Brussels Urban Summit 2024, the entire Metropolis community will get together in Brussels to celebrate the 14th Metropolis World Congress and address the major challenges facing the world's big cities and metropolises.

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14th Metropolis World Congress & Brussels Urban Summit 2024

More information: www.urbansummit.brussels

Retrieved from www.metropolis.org/agenda/14th-metropolis-world-congress-brussels-urban-summit-2024

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Smart City Expo Bogotá

Smart City Expo Bogotá

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Cities that care, cities that innovate

Smart City Expo Bogota, promoted by Fira Barcelona Internacional and driven by the leading international event Smart City Expo World Congress with the support of the Mayor's Office of Bogota, brings together experts in smart cities who will share ideas, knowledge and solutions on how to bring smart and sustainable development to cities and the people and communities that inhabit them.

Under the slogan Cities that Care, Cities that Innovate, the event aims to position cities as catalysts for the connection between the quality of life of their citizens and urban innovation. The programme is developed by linking urban agendas and Bogotá's current moment of promoting social inclusion, diversity, sustainability and care for its citizens, with the challenges and opportunities of digital transformation and technological innovations. This union highlights the importance of cities as connectors of innovations to combine people, knowledge and solutions for the development of our cities and territories.

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More info: smartcityexpobogota.com 

Retrieved from https://www.metropolis.org/agenda/smart-city-expo-bogota

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Smart City Expo LATAM Congress
During the three days of the congress, invited speakers and experts will share knowledge and debate on different topics covering initiatives, programmes and solutions that respond to the present needs and future challenges of Latin American cities.
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Smart City Expo LATAM Congress

Viable projects, real impacts

In the framework of the congress, will also take place Smart Fest, a festival that arises from the pressing need to link all citizens in the sustainable solutions that our planet needs through collaboration, innovation and technology. This festival seeks to make people aware and involve them in the challenges and solutions, through technology and innovation, to have better environments in which to live through activities that motivate them to design and co-create solutions and proposals that respond to the challenges they face. 

Register and learn more here: smartcityexpolatam.com

Retrieved from https://www.metropolis.org/agenda/smart-city-expo-latam-congress-0

Smart city Expo LATAM

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Metropolitan Governance in Africa: Peer Learning of local experiences
To highlight the challenges that African cities face and how they are overcoming them, Metropolis and UCLG-Africa decided to design the launch of a Learning Program on “Metropolitan Governance in Africa”. Based on a pedagogical content designed by Metropolis, this learning program aims to introduce the metropolitan reality and how metropolitan governance with a gender perspective can be the key to face the challenges and threats that surround our metropolises.
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Metropolitan Governance in Africa: Peer Learning of local experiences (22 February 2021)

During the session “Peer Learning From Local Experiences” city managers of different African cities and metropolises will participate in a peer review of their local experiences facing the challenges produced by the rapid urban growth and the COVID-19 pandemic, giving a particular mention to the role of digitalisation. 

More information will be available here shortly: https://www.metropolis.org/agenda/metropolitan-governance-africa-peer-learning-local-experiences 

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Webinar: Rethinking the future of public metropolitan spaces

Join Metropolis and local representatives in a conversation about:

  • What does the future of public metropolitan spaces look like? How has the COVID-19 pandemic changed this vision?
  • What needs to change to strive towards more inclusive, caring and resilient public metropolitan spaces? How can public space be used as a tool to empower communities and promote appropriation?
  • How can we connect the dots between global urban agendas and the realities on the ground?
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Webinar: Rethinking the future of public metropolitan spaces

by Metropolis | Register here | Date: 6 October 2021 | Time: 3 PM in Madrid

Focusing on the future of public space can help build more resilient, quality and inclusive metropolitan spaces.

Based on the project ‘rethinking public space for a sustainable metropolitan future’ in partnership with Brussels-Capital Region, this webinar focuses on reimagining the future of public spaces.

Public spaces are the setting where people live, work, play and care for each other. The activities that take place in metropolitan spaces vary greatly from one person to another and change throughout the day. Ensuring access to adequate public and green spaces, services and infrastructure for all is key to creating thriving communities.

How can public spaces be inclusive?

Public spaces can reflect and support the diversity of needs of their residents. Streets, parks and plazas can be symbols of collective well-being, but can also be spaces of struggle and discontent. When public spaces are successful they nurture the idea of community and support physical and mental health by creating a network of safe and well-connected spaces.

How can cities develop quality public spaces that discourage gentrification?

Large-scale, high-profile public spaces have been associated with socially homogeneous neighbourhoods that create displacement. To strive towards just sustainable spaces local and metropolitan governments need to place people at the heart of decision-making and co-creation.


Join Metropolis and local representatives in a conversation about:

  • What does the future of public metropolitan spaces look like? How has the COVID-19 pandemic changed this vision?
  • What needs to change to strive towards more inclusive, caring and resilient public metropolitan spaces? How can public space be used as a tool to empower communities and promote appropriation?
  • How can we connect the dots between global urban agendas and the realities on the ground?

Speakers

  • Pascal Smet, Secretary of State of the Brussels-Capital Region
  • Lucie Careau, Director of the Urban Planning Department
  • Albert Gassull, Director of Public Space Services of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona

For further information, please email Laura Valdés Cano, Metropolis Policy & Research Officer, at 

Retrieved from https://www.metropolis.org/agenda/webinar-rethinking-future-public-metropolitan-spaces

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