UrbanShift 3rd Steering Committee Meeting
For the third meeting of the UrbanShift Steering Committee, the group will assess progress to date and determine potential alignments moving into 2025.
The UrbanShift Steering Committee guides the direction of the program, reflecting on progress to date and anticipating opportunities to come. On November 26, SCM members will meet for the third time virtually with three key objectives:
- Provide updates on Global Platform implementation
- Receive feedback and updates from National Child Projects
- Strategic discussions on collaboration between projects
The agenda will be as follows:
- Opening Remarks & Introductions (10 min.)
- Objectives of the meeting – Asher Lessels, UNEP
- Welcoming remarks – Aloke Barnwal, GEF
- Country updates from Asia
- National Child Project plans for 2025 and any challenges
- China
- Indonesia
- India
- Global Platform updates
- Summary of activities October 23 to October 24 and plans for next year – John-Rob Pool, WRI
- Preview of Africa Forum – Jessy Appavoo, C40 (10 min.)
- Updates from Preview of 2025 China City Academy – Maryke van Staden, ICLEI
- Mid-term evaluation – Tania Daccarett, UNEP
- Advocacy update and brainstorming: key events to focus on for next year – Gulnara Roll, Head, UNEP Cities Unit
- Country updates from Africa and Latin America (30 min.)
- National Child Project plans for 2025 and any challenges
- Rwanda
- Morocco
- Sierra Leone
- Brazil
- Argentina
- Costa Rica
- Closing (15 min.)
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