The different partners of the World Urban Forum are listed on UN-Habitat website.

Overall list of selected networking events

NE 3 (Mon 3^rd Sept/ 14.30-16.30 hrs): Partenariat Français pour la Ville et les Territoires (PFVT), France, “Decentralization and access to basic services for all, experience and feedback from the French Alliance for Cities and Territorial Development (Partenariat français pour la ville et les territoires)"

NE 6 (Mon 3^rd Sept / 14.30-16.30 hrs): Co-produced by Chulalongkorn University (Bangkok), University of Buenos Aires, and The New School (New York): "Design and Development: Anticipating the Future of Bangkok, Buenos Aires, and New York"

NE 14 (Mon 3^rd Sept/ 14.30-16.30 hrs): Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, US, "Urban Planning for Climate Change and Environmental Risk Reduction"

NE 16 (Mon 3^rd Sept  /14.30-16.30 hrs): The Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning, Sweden, "Green Public Spaces for Liveable and Sustainable Cities"

NE 18 (Mon 3^rd Sept  /14.30-16.30 hrs): KIST – Kigali Institute of Science and Technology, Faculty of Architecture and Environmental Design, Department of Architecture. Rwanda, "Planning and Design Studio for (in)formal cities: the teaching/learning challenge in the global south"

NE 42 (Mon 3^rd Sept  /16.30-18.30 hrs): World Health Organization Centre for Health Development, Japan, “Empowering the future of cities: Addressing urban health and health equity through inter-sectoral action"

NE 44 (Mon 3^rd Sept  /16.30-18.30 hrs): FAO Italy "Food and agriculture for the urban future"

NE 47 (Tue 4^th Sept / 14.00-16.00 hrs): Agence Francaise de développement, France, "The role of public space as a driver to improve living conditions in the precarious neighborhoods of developing countries"

NE 58 (Tue 4^th Sept / 14.00-16.00 hrs): Cities Alliance, US, "Youth in the City: creating economic opportunities for the urban generation"

NE 61 (Tue 4^th Sept / 14.00-16.00 hrs): Ministry of Land Housing and Urban Development, Government of Uganda, "Recording land rights: a Government- Community Partnership to Pilot STDM"

NE 62 (Tue 4^th Sept / 14.00-16.00 hrs): Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA), Philippines, "Realizing Sustainable Cities: Linking Cities to Climate Financing"

NE 63 (Tue 4^th Sept / 14.00-16.00 hrs): Asian Habitat Society, China, "Urban Landscape Development"

NE 64 (Tue 4^th Sept / 14.00-16.00 hrs): UNISDR, Switzerland, "Mayoral Dialogue: Making Cities Resilient"

NE 67 (Tue 4^th Sept / 16.30-18.30 hrs): Huairou Commission. Women Homes and Community, US, "Grassroots women’s anticorruption strategies for building inclusive and equitable cities"

NE 68 (Tue 4^th Sept / 16.30-18.30 hrs):  Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Switzerland, "Improving urban development and security of tenure through human rights"

NE 69 (Tue 4^th Sept / 16.30-18.30 hrs): Development Planning Unit, University College London UK "The Challenges of Urban Planning for a Disaster Resilient Future"

NE 70 (Tue 4^th Sept / 16.30-18.30 hrs): Brazilian Ministry of Cities, Brazil, "Slum upgrading programmes: the experience from developing countries"

NE 71 (Tue 4^th Sept / 16.30-18.30 hrs): Metropolis – World Association of the Major Metropolises, Spain, "Metropolises at Work: Governance, Finance and the Execution of Public Policies"

NE 77 (Tue 4^th Sept / 16.30-18.30 hrs): Arab Urban Development Institute, Saudi Arabia "Arab Mayors’ Forum for Sustainable Urbanization"

NE 82 (Tue 4^th Sept / 16.30-18.30 hrs):  University of Rome, La Sapienza, Italy and Science Po, Paris, France, Italy / France, "Slums in Europe: poverty and informal settlements in prosperous cities"

NE 87 (Tue 4^th Sept / 16.30-18.30 hrs): AMRA - University of Naples Federico II - Department of Structural Engineering, Italy, "Resilience and sustainability in relation to disasters: a challenge for future cities"

NE 91 (Wed 5^th Sept / 14.00-16.00 hrs): French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, France, "Strategic urban planning as a sustainable development factor for future cities"

NE 95 (Wed 5^th Sept / 14.00-16.00 hrs): Association of African Planning Schools (AAPS), South Africa "Comparative Urban Case Study Research in the Global South"

NE 97 (Wed 5^th Sept / 14.00-16.00 hrs): Bangladesh Municipality Development Fund (BMDF), Bangladesh, "Trend of urbanization"

NE 99 (Wed 5^th Sept / 14.00-16.00 hrs): World Vision Australia "Cross-sectoral partnerships to improve urban service delivery: Lessons from Bulawayo, Zimbabwe"

NE 102 (Wed 5^th Sept / 14.00-16.00 hrs): Oxford Brookes University, UK, "Urban resilience: learning from experience and moving towards a more common understanding”

NE 106 (Wed 5^th Sept / 14.00-16.00 hrs): The World Bank, US, 'Integrated Approach to Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation"

NE 115 (Wed 5^th Sept / 16.30-18.30 hrs): Instituto Pereira Passos, Prefeitura de Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, "An integrated Participatory Planning – Safer Cities – Slum Upgrading Approach to build Urban Equity"

NE 117 (Wed 5^th Sept / 16.30-18.30 hrs): Civil Society Urban Development Programme (CSUDP), Kenya "Popular Citizens Participation in the Management and Governance of Urban Areas in the new Counties of Kenya"

NE 122 (Wed 5^th Sept / 16.30-18.30 hrs): RefugePoint "Acute on Chronic: The challenge of urban refugees in a complex urban environment"

NE 123 (Wed 5^th Sept / 16.30-18.30 hrs): Lantmateriet, Sweden, "Land administration and sustainable economic development"

NE 128  (Wed 5^th Sept / 16.30-18.30 hrs): ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, Germany, "Towards Resilient Cities"

NE 133 (Wed 5^th Sept / 16.30-18.30 hrs): United States Agency for International Development (USAID), US, "Using Partnerships to Support Urbanization

Training events*

TE 6 (Tue 4^th Sept, 9.00-12.00 hrs) Huairou Commission, USA, "Engaging with Women's Leadership for Positive Change: Avoiding Evictions and Gaining Secure Tenure for the Urban Poor"

TE 15 (Wed 5^th Sept, 9.00-12.00 hrs) ILO/UN-Habitat and New Synergies for  Development, Switzerland, "How to Foster Livelihood Strategies in Key Sectors of the Economy in Low-Income Settlements"

TE 20 (Wed 5^th Sept, 9.00-12.00 hrs) Institute of Housing Studies, Netherlands, "How to prioritize climate change adaptation and mitigation actions: A system to guide urban policy makers and planners decisions in planning for climate change"

TE 22  (Wed 5^th Sept, 9.00-12.00 hrs) International Urban Training Centre (IUTC), Korea, "Climate friendly Eco-city Planning and Development & Urban CDM"

Overall list of selected Side Events

Side event 2 (Tue 4^th Sept): A Conversation about Linking Farmers to Local Buyers: Opportunities, Challenges and Successes. Organized by Wilfrid Laurier University ‐ Cardiff University ‐ FAO Food For the Cities

Side event 3 (Tue 4^th Sept): « Decentralized urban cooperation : developing the capacities of local authorities in the global South. Organized by: Cités Unies France and Association des Maires de grandes Villes de France

Side event 13 (Wed 5^th Sept): Sustainable urban development as a country’s priority. The role of national urban for a for shaping development policies. Organized by: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

Side event 15 (Wed 5^th Sept): Green Cities for Health and Wellbeing – The key role of trees, forests and urban planning for resilient cities. Organized by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (Forestry department and “Food for the Cities” multidisciplinary initiative), Italy

Side event 17 (Wed 5^th Sept): Cities as engines of national economic growth. Organized by African Sister Cities International Network (ASCIN), Nigeria