Safer Cities: A framework to address universal access to safe and inclusiv...
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UN-Habitat partners with the Global Urban Futures Project within the New School, New America, the Huairou Commission, and Next City on a two-part event to mark the occasion of the Post 2015 Development Summit in New York. The broad focus is on the Sustainable Development Goals and plans for a Safer Cities Campaign for All in the lead up to Habitat III.
The first part will detail and discuss the UN-Habitat Safer Cities progress over the past 20 years with specific case studies and evidence of what works. The Mayors of Johannesburg, Palermo, and Dakar will discuss the importance of universal access to safe public spaces in making cities safe for every citizen. This session will also discuss implications of the SDGs for UN-Habitat’s on-going work.
The second part will present and discuss the pre-launch of a Campaign for Safer Public Spaces and Streets, seeking input and critical feedback from experts and the public regarding its content and focus. Especially in times of refugee crises and increasing income inequalities in cities, how can we ensure that cities remain safe for everyone, including women and children? The Campaign will be officially launched at Habitat III in Quito in 2016.
Chair: Dr. Aisa Kirabo Kacyira, Deputy Executive Director, UN-Habitat & Dr. Alioune Badiane, Director of Programmes, UN-Habitat
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Presentation/Discussion
10:00am
Welcoming Remarks. Mary Watson, Executive Dean of the New School for Public Engagement
10:05am
Introduction (Chair), UN-Habitat. Overview of Safer Cities approach.
10:15am
Introduction and discussion of proposal for the campaign on safe public spaces – pre-Quito 2016
- Pamela Puchalski, Director of Resilient Communities, New America
10:20am
Panel Discussion on Universal Access to Safe Public Spaces:
- Parks Tau, Mayor of Johannesburg, South Africa
- Leoluca Orlando, Mayor of Palermo, Italy
- Khalifa Sall, Mayor of Dakar, Senegal
Moderator: Pamela Puchalski, Director of Resilient Communities, New America
Reflections towards the achievement of the Post 2015 SDG Goal 11 Target 7 on Safe Public Spaces
- Michael Cohen, Professor of International Affairs, The New School
- Sri Sofjan, Senior Program Administrator and Strategist, The Huairou Commission
- David Burney, Associate Professor of Planning and Placemaking, Pratt Institute
Moderator: Alioune Badiane, Director of Programmes, UN-Habitat
Introduction and discussion: Towards a Citizens-Centered Campaign on universal access to Safe Public Spaces for All
- Martha Diaz, Founding Director, Hip-Hop Education Center
- Sarah Graizbord, Partner, Bennett Midland
- Robert Holzer, Founder & CEO, Matter Unlimited
- Lana Finikin, Executive Director of the Sistren Theater Collective
Moderator: Tom Dallessio, President & CEO, Next City
Q&A with audience
12:15pm
Formal Pre-Launch of Campaign with Champion Mayors/ Former Mayors and Partners, Debates Roadmap & World Programme of Action on Safer Cities 2.0 to the year 2030: The Americas, Africa, Asia Pacific
12:30pm Close
Safer Cities is a multi-sector and multi-discipline programme approach based on the intersection of urban development and security. As a UN-Habitat programme approach, Safer Cities is a flagship for the agency in promoting social inclusive urbanisation by encouraging mixed-land use and people-centred design as part of a wider social notion on the co-production of safety for all. It is rooted in a prevention policy frame: advocating safety as a public good and public space as the arena for the production of safety for all, in particular the most vulnerable including women and children, and the site for the construction of citizens’ values and rights.
Safer Cities, based on its 20 years of tested methodology and practice in over 80 municipalities in 24 countries, promises to be one of the foundational guides for the realisation of SDG 11 Target 7 on the realisation of safe and inclusive public spaces, particularly for women, children, the elderly and persons with special abilities.
Organizer Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy
Organizer of Safer Cities: A framework to address universal access to safe and inclusive public spaces 2030
