3rd World Forum of Intermediary Cities
Intermediary Cities Creating Territorial and Global Citizenship
Welcome to our interactive program!
On this page, you will be able to navigate between the different sessions organized in the framework of our 3rd World Forum of Intermediary Cities. You will be able to visit the page of each session, access the links to participate in the virtual meetings, consult the key documents posted online, get to know the different speakers... and so much more!
Program
08:45 - 19:00
Location
Content
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Location
Antigua Escuela Central de Cuenca / Museo de la ciudad
Benigno Malo y Gran Colombia, Cuenca, Ecuador
Content
Intermediary cities have been present in many of the key processes that were developed in preparation of COP29 in Baku.
Key agenda: generating a specific approach of loss and damage for intermediary cities.
Key words: multilevel governance; decentralized cooperation; climate change; biodiversity; life systems; land degradation and drought
Guiding questions:
- How can the UCLG Forum of Intermediary Cities generate global recommendations and guidelines that respond to the local needs as well as to the global recommendations and tools?
- How can intermediary cities, based on their rural-urban and natural linkages, play their share in the global mobilization for loss and damage?
- How can we think of a specific loss and damage agenda for intermediary cities that can empower local efficient impact through the 3 Rio Conventions?
12:30 - 14:30
Location
Antigua Escuela Central de Cuenca / Museo de la ciudad
Benigno Malo y Gran Colombia, Cuenca, Ecuador
Content
Lunch offered to the Forum's participants
14:25 - 17:00
Location
Antigua Escuela Central de Cuenca / Museo de la ciudad
Benigno Malo y Gran Colombia, Cuenca, Ecuador
Content
The regional approach will deepen the Latin-American approach of nature and biodiversity and the specific approach that intermediary cities need, to empower their capacity to confront and respond to loss and damage.
Key agenda: generating a specific approach of loss and damage for intermediary cities.
Key words: multilevel governance; decentralized cooperation; climate change; biodiversity; life systems; land degradation and drought
Guiding questions:
- What would be the objectives to be set for COP30 regarding the intermediary cities agenda?
- How can the notion and relationship to nature, inherent to Latin-America, help in defining the local loss and damage agendas that bridge the 3 Rio Conventions?
- How can we think of a specific loss and damage agenda for intermediary cities that can empower local efficient impact through the 3 Rio Conventions?
14:30 - 16:30
Location
Sala de Sesiones del Concejo Cantonal
Bolívar 7-67 y Borrero, Sucre y Benigno Malo, Cuenca, Ecuador
Content
By invitation only
14:35 - 16:30
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Content
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17:30 - 19:00
Location
Teatro Sucre
Mariscal Sucre, Cuenca, Ecuador
Content
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19:00 - 20:00
Location
Corte de Justicia
Luis Cordero, esq., Cuenca, Ecuador
Content
Cocktail offered by the Municipality of Cuenca to the Forum's participants
20:00 - 21:00
Location
Parque Calderón
Mariscal Sucre y Benigno Malo, Cuenca, Ecuador
Content
Social event organized by the Municipality of Cuenca for all participants.
08:55 - 19:00
Location
Content
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Location
Benigno Malo y Gran Colombia, Cuenca, Ecuador
Content
Decentralized Cooperation for Intermediary Cities: Building Models for a global citizenship that enhances sustainability in the new multilevel governance
Key agenda: generating a specific model of decentralized cooperation for Intermediary Cities
Key words: governance; decentralized cooperation; multilevel governance & cooperation; global citizenship
Guiding questions:
- How can intermediary cities enhance their role in global governance to address critical challenges like climate change, migration, and sustainable development?
- What key elements should define a decentralized cooperation model adapted to intermediary cities?
- How can this model integrates the empowerment of a global citizenship?
-What strategies should we implement to generate a specific model of decentralized cooperation between/for intermediary cities?
Location
Benigno Malo y Gran Colombia, Cuenca, Ecuador
Content
Bridging Rural and Urban: Territorial Planning for Natural Resource Protection and Food Security
Key agenda: building a territory from a rurality perspective to safeguard natural resources and food security
Key words: biodiversity; food security; Water Resource Management; territorial citizenship
Guiding questions:
- How can a rural-focused approach to territorial planning help safeguard natural resources and ensure food security?
- How can intermediary cities enhance a stronger cooperation between all levels of government to achieve sustainable territorial development, balancing both rural and urban needs in the face of climate challenges?
11:00 - 11:30
Location
Benigno Malo y Gran Colombia, Cuenca, Ecuador
Content
For the Forum's participants
Location
Benigno Malo y Gran Colombia, Cuenca, Ecuador
Content
Rethinking Basic Services: Ecological and Technological Solutions for Rural and Urban Cohesion -
Basic services in intermediary cities as a binding element for rural communities
Key agenda: basic services and human settlements expansion
Key words: public services; commons; rural; technology; demography; informalities; urbanization
Guiding questions:
- How can adopting an ecological lens improve the provision of basic services in rural territories?
- How can intermediary cities leverage ecological principles, technology, and talent to transform basic services for sustainable territorial cohesion?
12:30 - 14:30
Location
Benigno Malo y Gran Colombia, Cuenca, Ecuador
Content
Details coming soon
Location
Benigno Malo y Gran Colombia, Cuenca, Ecuador
Content
Unlocking Financing for Intermediary Cities: Pathways to Resilience and Equity
Key agenda: access to financing at intermediary level
Key words: finance; natural resources; smart land capture; citizenship as a mean for intermediary cities and their territories; talents and digitalization
Guiding questions:
- How can intermediary cities overcome financing challenges to support climate resilience, social justice, and sustainable infrastructure development?
- What strategies should be implemented to achieve fair and sufficient funding for intermediate cities to achieve the goals we are striving?
Location
Benigno Malo y Gran Colombia, Cuenca, Ecuador
Content
Empowering Citizenship: Intermediary Cities as hubs of Participatory Democracy and Social Justice
Key agenda: Empowering citizenship and local democracy:
Key words: citizenship; democracy; community; participation; culture of democracy; proximity
Guiding question:
- How can intermediary cities build a model of urban governance that empowers citizenship, promotes social justice, and ensures mobility as a human right?
17:00 - 18:00
Location
Benigno Malo y Gran Colombia, Cuenca, Ecuador
Content
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