{"id":3595,"date":"2018-07-16T11:27:47","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T11:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icleiseas.org\/?p=3595"},"modified":"2018-07-16T11:27:47","modified_gmt":"2018-07-16T11:27:47","slug":"iclei-is-at-un-high-level-political-forum-2018-see-our-agenda-and-delegation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/2018\/07\/16\/iclei-is-at-un-high-level-political-forum-2018-see-our-agenda-and-delegation\/","title":{"rendered":"ICLEI is at UN High-level Political Forum 2018: See Our Agenda and Delegation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>See Agenda Below<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>ICLEI Leadership<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Ashok Sridharan,<\/strong>\u00a0Mayor of Bonn, Germany; ICLEI President<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mauricio Rodas,\u00a0<\/strong>Mayor of Quito, Ecudaor; Member of ICLEI Global Executive Committee<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bill Peduto,\u00a0<\/strong>Mayor of Pittsburgh, USA; Member of the ICLEI USA Board<\/p>\n<p><strong>Val\u00e9rie Plante,<\/strong>\u00a0Mayor of Montreal, Canada; Host of ICLEI World Congress 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mar\u00eda \u00c1ngeles Elorza,<\/strong>\u00a0Secretary for External Relations, Basque Country; Co-host of Basque Declaration of European Sustainable Cities and Towns Platform<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gino Van Begin,\u00a0<\/strong>ICLEI Secretary General<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>ICLEI Members\u00a0<\/strong><strong>(Mayors in alphabetical order)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Ada Colau,<\/strong>\u00a0Mayor of Barcelona, Spain<\/p>\n<p><strong>Daniel Mart\u00ednez,\u00a0<\/strong>Mayor of Montevideo, Uruguay<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kenji Kitahashi<\/strong><strong>,\u00a0<\/strong>Mayor of Kitakyushu, Japan<\/p>\n<p><strong>Michael M\u00fcller,\u00a0<\/strong>Mayor of Berlin, Germany<\/p>\n<p><strong>M\u00f3nica Fein,<\/strong>\u00a0Mayor of Rosario, Argentina<\/p>\n<p><strong>Peter Kurz,\u00a0<\/strong>Mayor of Mannheim, Germany<\/p>\n<p><strong>Roland Ries,\u00a0<\/strong>Mayor of Strasbourg, France<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tun\u00e7 Soyer,\u00a0<\/strong>Mayor of Seferihisar, Turkey \u2013 tbc<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zandile Gumede,<\/strong>\u00a0Mayor of Durban, S. Africa<\/p>\n<p><strong>Penny Abeywardenam,<\/strong>\u00a0Commissioner for International Affairs, New York City, USA<\/p>\n<p><strong>Henri-Paul Normandin,\u00a0<\/strong>Director of International Relations, City of Montreal, Canada<\/p>\n<p><strong>Daniel Zarrilli,<\/strong>\u00a0Senior Director of Climate Policy and Programs and Chief Resilience Officer, New York City, USA<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alexandra Hiniker,\u00a0<\/strong>Global Vision | Urban Action Program Director, New York City, USA<\/p>\n<p><strong>Barbara Turk,\u00a0<\/strong>Food Policy Director, New York City, USA<\/p>\n<p><strong>Molly Hartman,\u00a0<\/strong>Senior Advisor for Food Policy, New York City, USA<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lolita Jackson,\u00a0<\/strong>Special Advisor on Climate and Policy, New York City, USA<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3597\" src=\"http:\/\/icleiseas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/HPLF2.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/HPLF2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/HPLF2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/HPLF2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/HPLF2-958x719.jpg 958w, https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/HPLF2-800x600.jpg 800w\"  sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>ICLEI Senior Staff<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Yunus Arikan,\u00a0<\/strong>Head of Global Policy and Advocacy, ICLEI World Secretariat<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tori Okner,\u00a0<\/strong>Head of Strategy and Partnerships, ICLEI World Secretariat<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kale Roberts,\u00a0<\/strong>Program Officer and UN Main Representative, ICLEI USA Office<\/p>\n<h3><strong>ICLEI AGENDA at UN HIGH LEVEL POLITICAL FORUM 2018<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>11 July Wednesday<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>10:00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<em>\u201cCapacity-Building in the context of the 2030 Agenda \u2013 The role of Civil Servants in a \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Multi-Stakeholder Environment\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 HLPF Learning Event by UN SSC Knowledge \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Center for Sustainable Development\u00a0 and German Development Institute (DIE)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaker:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Lolita Jackson<\/strong>, Special Advisor on Climate and Policy, New York City, USA<\/p>\n<p>15:00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<em>Official HLPF 2018 Session on the review of SDG:11<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaker: Penny Abeywardenam<\/strong>, Commissioner for International Affairs, New York \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 City, USA<\/p>\n<h3><strong>13 July Friday<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>13:15\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<em>Strengthening rural urban linkages for inclusive and resilient societies and healthy \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ecosystems<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 HLPF2018 Side Event FAO, ICLEI, IFAD, UN-Habitat, Cities Alliance, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Government of Colombia<\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaker:\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Barbara Turk,<\/strong>\u00a0Food Policy Director, New York City, USA<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>15 July Sunday<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>13:00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<em>Global Task Force of Local and Regional Governments Preparatory meeting<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>ICLEI Representative: Kale Roberts,\u00a0<\/strong>Program Officer and UN Main Representative, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ICLEI USA Office<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>16 July Monday<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>10:00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<em>Local and Regional Governments\u00b4 Forum<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Speakers:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ashok Sridharan<\/strong>, Mayor of Bonn, Germany; ICLEI President<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mauricio Rodas,\u00a0<\/strong>Mayor of Quito, Ecudaor; Member of ICLEI Global Executive Committee<\/p>\n<p><strong>Val\u00e9rie Plante<\/strong>, Mayor of Montreal, Canada; Host of ICLEI World Congress 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mar\u00eda \u00c1ngeles Elorza,\u00a0<\/strong>Secretary for External Relations, Basque Country; Co-host of Basque Declaration of European Sustainable Cities and Towns Platform<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ada Colau,\u00a0<\/strong>Mayor of Barcelona, Spain<\/p>\n<p><strong>Daniel Mart\u00ednez,\u00a0<\/strong>Mayor of Montevideo, Uruguay<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kenji Kitahashi<\/strong><strong>,\u00a0<\/strong>Mayor of Kitakyushu, Japan<\/p>\n<p><strong>Michael M\u00fcller,\u00a0<\/strong>Mayor of Berlin, Germany<\/p>\n<p><strong>M\u00f3nica Fein,\u00a0<\/strong>Mayor of Rosario, Argentina<\/p>\n<p><strong>Peter Kurz,\u00a0<\/strong>Mayor of Mannheim, Germany<\/p>\n<p><strong>Roland Ries,\u00a0<\/strong>Mayor of Strasbourg, France<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tun\u00e7 Soyer,\u00a0<\/strong>Mayor of Seferihisar, Turkey \u2013 tbc<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zandile Gumede,\u00a0<\/strong>Mayor of Durban, S. Africa<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>10:30\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<em>\u201cMeeting Sustainable Development Commitments in Cities: The Science We Need for \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the Cities We Want\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 HLPF2018 Side Event by Government of Canada and CitiesIPCC \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 partners<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Intervention: Yunus Arikan,\u00a0<\/strong>Head of Global Policy and Advocacy, ICLEI<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>17 July Tuesday<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>08:00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<em>\u201cDelivering on Agenda 2030 through SDG 12 and the\u00a0 One Planet multi-stakeholder \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 partnership\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Ministerial Breakfast by UN Environment Programme<\/p>\n<p><strong>Intervention:\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Ashok Sridharan<\/strong>, Mayor of Bonn, Germany; ICLEI President as the Co-\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Chair of the Sustainable Public Procurement Programme One Planet Network<\/p>\n<p>10:00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<em>Local Action for Global Commitments Special Event<\/em>\u00a0by Local2030 Hub for Sustainability Solutions<\/p>\n<p>Speakers:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ashok Sridharan<\/strong>, Mayor of Bonn, Germany; ICLEI President<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mauricio Rodas,\u00a0<\/strong>Mayor of Quito, Ecudaor; Member of ICLEI Global Executive Committee<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bill Peduto,\u00a0<\/strong>Mayor of Pittsburgh, USA; Member of the ICLEI USA Board<\/p>\n<p><strong>Val\u00e9rie Plante,\u00a0<\/strong>Mayor of Montreal, Canada; Host of ICLEI World Congress 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ada Colau,\u00a0<\/strong>Mayor of Barcelona, Spain<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>18 July Wednesday<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>13:15\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<em>Sustainable strategic public procurement \u2013 Can the state be a role model for \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sustainable consumption?<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 HLPF2018 Side Event by Federal Republic of Germany \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Federal Government<\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaker: Gino Van Begin,<\/strong>\u00a0ICLEI Secretary General, as the Co- Chair of the Sustainable \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Public Procurement Programme of One Planet Network<\/p>\n<p>13:15\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<em>Launch of the HLPF2018 Report of the Global Task Force of Local and Regional \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Governments<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaker: Yunus Arikan<\/strong>, Head of Global Policy and Advocacy, ICLEI<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>See Agenda Below ICLEI Leadership Ashok Sridharan,\u00a0Mayor of Bonn, Germany; ICLEI President Mauricio Rodas,\u00a0Mayor of Quito, Ecudaor; Member of ICLEI Global Executive Committee Bill Peduto,\u00a0Mayor of Pittsburgh, USA; Member of the ICLEI USA Board Val\u00e9rie Plante,\u00a0Mayor of Montreal, Canada; Host of ICLEI World Congress 2018 Mar\u00eda \u00c1ngeles Elorza,\u00a0Secretary for External Relations, Basque Country; Co-host of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-news","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3595"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3601,"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3595\/revisions\/3601"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}