1. HARMONIOUS URBANISATION
WORLD URBAN FORUM IV
ROUNDTABLES
13-17 OCTOBER 2008
NANJING, CHINA

2. Overall Concept It’s a meeting of Peers
Meant for HABITAT partners from all over the world and at all levels of development
Outcomes meant to generate feedback to HABITAT goals and work
Outcome meant to strengthen HABITAT normative agenda

3. Concept/OBJECTIVES
Feedback recommendations for the UN-HABITAT Governing Council;
Guide practical and follow- up actions for all partners ;
Specific recommendations to UN-HABITAT for research to strengthen policy goals;
Point to and give specific recommendations to bilateral donors and partners for technical cooperation at the country level;
Regional groups like
Regional Meeting of Ministers and High Authorities of Housing and Urban Development in Latin America and the Caribbean( MINURVI)
African Ministerial Conference on Housing and Urban Development (AMCHUD)
Asia Pacific Ministerial Conference on Housing and Urban Development. (APAMCHUD)
Western Europe Other Groups (WEOG)

4. ORGANISATION THE TWELVE ROUNDTABLE ORGANISED BY UN HABITAT ARE :
MINISTERS
MAYORS
GLOBAL PARLIAMENTARIANS
THE PRIVATE SECTOR
YOUTH
GENDER AND WOMEN
CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS / NGOs
HABITAT PARTNER UNIVERSITY
HABITAT PROFESSIONALS
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN URBAN AREAS
GLOBAL LAND TOOL NETWORK
URBAN RESEARCHERS

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Mayors
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Youth
Harmonious Urbanization
Professionals
Indigenous Peoples in Urban Areas
Global Land Tool Network (GLTN)
Women
Business
Global Parliamentarians
Urban Researchers

6. GUILDING PRINCIPLES OF THE ROUNDTABLES
RTs are action- oriented events designed for partners to exchange views on key urban issues
Less formal and more interactive
Some roundtables are closed door events.
Theme of the roundtables revolves around the main theme of the world urban forum (WUF) each other year.
The theme for WUF IV is “Harmonious Urbanization”

7. FORMAT Participants size vary
Most sessions last between three(3) to four(4) hours
Each member of the panel is given a maximum of 20minutes
Question and answer session at the end.

8. BUDGET The host country provides almost 95% of the resources required.
Normally provide the resources to facilitate the participation of UN-HABITAT and its Agenda Partners, and that of participants from Least Developed Countries (LDCs).

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