HABITAT PROFESSIONALS FORUM ARCHIVES 1998-2008 CONTENT
FILE 1. CONTENT FILE 2. INTRODUCTION FILE 3. A. Erim; The Story A Chronology PART I EVENTS AND PRESENTATIONS FILE 4. YEARS 1998 2002 Dr. Irene Wiese-von Ofen; Presentation; Round table on the status of follow-up to the Habitat Agenda; UN General Assembly - Second Committee Meeting; 29 October 1998, New York Dr. Irene Wiese-von Ofen; Presentation; Dialogue on the Divided Cities (7 May 1999) ; 17th Session of the Commission on Human Settlements, 05-14 May, 1999, Nairobi Dr. Irene Wiese-von Ofen; Introduction; Parallel event (7 May 1999) ; 17th Session of the Commission on Human Settlements; 05-14 May 1999, Nairobi (Initiation Meeting of the Professionals Forum ) Dr. Irene Wiese - von Ofen; Opening Address; Professionals Forum session (5 July 2000); Urban 21 - Global Conference on the Urban Future; 04-06 July 2000, Berlin Dr. Klaus Töpfer; Introductory remarks; Professionals Forum session (5 July 2000); Urban 21 - Global Conference on the Urban Future; 04-06 July 2000, Berlin Prof. Federico Malusardi (ISoCaRP); Presentation; Professionals Forum session (5 July 2000); Urban 21 - Global Conference on the Urban Future; 04-06 July 2000, Berlin Aydan Erim (UIA); Notes and Reflections from Architects; Professionals Forum session (5 July 2000); Urban 21 - Global Conference on the Urban Future; 04-06 July 2000, Berlin Prof. Adepoju G. Onibokun (CASSAD); Presentation; Professionals Forum session (5 July 2000); Urban 21 - Global Conference on the Urban Future; 04-06 July, Berlin David Mammen, Raporteur; Closing remarks; Professionals Forum session (5 July 2000); Urban 21 - Global Conference on the Urban Future; 04-06 July 2000, Berlin Markku Villika (FIG);The FIG Agenda 21 in Improving Urban Development; Professionals Forum session (5 July 2000); Urban 21 - Global Conference on the Urban Future; 04-06 July 2000, Berlin Forum Chair address to the closing plenary session ; Urban 21 - Global Conference on the Urban Future; 04-06 July 2000, Berlin 2
Prof. Holger Magel; Keynote Introduction: Access to Land and Security of Tenure as a Condition for Sustainable Human Development; Habitat Professionals Forum Parallel Events Session 1: Global Campaign for Secure Tenure (6 June, 2001); 25 th Special Session of UN General Assembly (Istanbul +5); 6-8 June 2001, New York Robert W. Foster and Markku Villikka; Session Report; Habitat Professionals Forum Parallel Events Session 1: Global Campaign for Secure Tenure (6 June, 2001); 25 th Special Session of UN General Assembly (Istanbul +5); 6-8 June 2001, New York Dr. Demetrios Argyriades; Introductory remarks; Habitat Professionals Forum Parallel Events Session 2: Global Campaign on Urban Governance (7 June, 2001); 25 th Special Session of UN General Assembly (Istanbul +5); 6-8 June 2001, New York Aydan Erim and Christina Delius; Session Report; Habitat Professionals Forum Parallel Events Session 2: Global Campaign on Urban Governance (7 June, 2001); 25 th Special Session of UN General Assembly (Istanbul +5); 6-8 June 2001, New York Michael Cohen; Introductory Remarks; Habitat Professionals Forum Parallel Events Session 3: Relationship Between Global Campaigns for Secure Tenure, Good Governance and Finance for Development (FfD) ( 8 June, 2001); 25 th Special Session of UN General Assembly (Istanbul +5); 6-8 June 2001, New York Statement by the Forum Chair, Dr. Irene Wiese von Ofen, at the General Assembly; 25 th Special Session of UN General Assembly (Istanbul +5); 6-8 June 2001, New York Dr. Irene Wiese-von Ofen; Professionals Role in Implementation of the Habitat Agenda and Agenda 21 - Habitat Professionals Forum; Joint FIG/HPF Seminar; XXII World Congress and XXV General Assembly of the International Federation of Surveyors ; 21 26 April 2002, Washington Prof. Holger Magel and Babette Wehrmann; Applying Good Governance to Urban Land Management Why and How? ; Joint FIG/HPF Seminar; XXII World Congress and XXV General Assembly of the International Federation of Surveyors ; 21 26 April 2002, Washington Dr. Irene Wiese-von Ofen; Perspectives and Positions from the Viewpoint of International Planning Associations; Closing plenary session (26 July 2002); UIA XXI World Conference of Architects; 22 26 July 2002, Berlin Sara Topelson de Grinberg; City Sustainability Heritage; Closing plenary session (26 July 2002); UIA XXI World Conference of Architects; 22-26 July 2002, Berlin Milica Bajic Brkovic; Global Movements and New Resources - A Planners Perspective; Closing plenary session (26 July 2002); UIA XXI World Conference of Architects; 22-26 July 2002, Berlin Dr. Irene Wiese-von Ofen, Partnership and Cooperation for a Sustainable Global Development; INTERGEO Congress and Fair; 16 18 October 2002, Frankfurt 3
FILE 5. YEARS 2003 2008 Prof. Holger Magel; About the Future of Cities; Parallel Event - The Future of Cities (09 May 2003); 19th Session of the Commission on Human Settlements; 05 09 May 2003, Nairobi Prof. Horst Zimmermann; The Crisis of City Financing - Introduction to the Subject (power point presentation); Habitat Professionals Forum Networking event "The Challenges of City Financing: Habitat s Professionals Forum and Land and Urban Poverty"; World Urban Forum II; 13 17 September 2004, Barcelona Prof. Om Prakash Mathur; The Challenge of City Finances - Thinking Beyond the Municipal Income - Expenditure Gaps Some Perspectives from Asia; Habitat Professionals Forum Networking event "The Challenges of City Financing: Habitat s Professionals Forum and Land and Urban Poverty"; World Urban Forum II; 13 17 September 2004, Barcelona Prof. A. C. Mosha; Challenges of Municipal Finance in Africa Gaborone City, Botswana; Habitat Professionals Forum Networking event "The Challenges of City Financing: Habitat s Professionals Forum and Land and Urban Poverty"; World Urban Forum II; 13 17 September 2004, Barcelona Mr. Timo Härmälä; Financing Local Urban Infrastructure European Case; (power point presentation); Habitat Professionals Forum Networking event "The Challenges of City Financing: Habitat s Professionals Forum and Land and Urban Poverty"; World Urban Forum II; 13 17 September 2004, Barcelona Prof. Holger Magel; Introduction - Civil Society and Good Governance: How the growing role of citizens impact on urban planning process and the role of architects and planners?; Habitat Professionals Forum Session Governance - People Professionals ; UIA XXII World Congress of Architects; 04-10 July 2005, Istanbul Dr. Lars Reutersward;UN-HABITAT Urban Policies and Operations (power point presentation) Habitat Professionals Forum Session Governance - People Professionals ; UIA XXII World Congress of Architects; 04-10 July 2005, Istanbul Prof. Holger Magel; About the Need of Centers of Capacity Building in Urban and Rural Development; Habitat Professionals Forum Session - Governance - People Professionals ; UIA XXII World Congress of Architects, 04-10 July 2005, Istanbul Selman Erguden; Summary of Remarks ; Habitat Professionals Forum Session Governance - People Professionals ; UIA XXII World Congress of Architects; 04-10 July 2005, Istanbul Prof. Holger Magel; Conclusions; Habitat Professionals Forum Session Governance - People Professionals ; UIA XXII World Congress of Architects; 04-10 July 2005, Istanbul Prof. Holger Magel; The Resources of Rural areas - A Plea for Sustainable Land Management and an Active Civil Society (abstract); 5th European Congress on Village Renawal; 21 September 2005, St. Pölten, Austria Prof. Holger Magel;Opening remarks; Habitat Professionals Forum Networking Event Public Engagement: The Inclusive Approach (22 June 2006); World Urban Forum III; 19 23 June 2006, Vancouver 4
Dr. Irene Wiese von Ofen; Public Engagement and Empowering Civic Engagement ; Habitat Professionals Forum Networking Event Public Engagement: The Inclusive Approach (22 June 2006); World Urban Forum III; 19 23 June 2006, Vancouver Prof. James R. Taylor ;The Role of Citizens in the Planning Process; Habitat Professionals Forum Networking Event Public Engagement: The Inclusive Approach (22 June 2006); World Urban Forum III; 19 23 June 2006, Vancouver Prof. Matthias Reichenbach-Klinke; Interdisciplinary Approach in Planning ;Habitat Professionals Forum Networking Event Public Engagement: The Inclusive Approach (22 June 2006); World Urban Forum III; 19 23 June 2006, Vancouver Christine Platt; Public Participation in Planning - A South African Perspective; Habitat Professionals Forum Networking Event Public Engagement: The Inclusive Approach (22 June 2006); World Urban Forum III; 19 23 June 2006, Vancouver Prof. Holger Magel, Conclusions; Habitat Professionals Forum Networking Event Public Engagement: The Inclusive Approach (22 June 2006); World Urban Forum III; 19 23 June 2006, Vancouver Vancouver PART II STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES (1999 2008) FILE 6. MINUTES AND NOTES Initiation Meeting of the Forum (6 May 1999, Nairobi); Partial report Meeting No. 01 (25-27 October 1999, New York) ; Conclusions Meeting No. 02 (10-11 March 2000, Frankfurt); Minutes Meeting No. 03 (13-14 January 2001, The Hague) Agenda Meeting No. 04 (03 June 2001, New York) Agenda Meeting No. 05 (01-04 November 2001, Ankara); Minutes Meeting No. 06 (22 April 2002, Washington); Agenda Meeting No. 07 (06-08 December 2002, Copenhagen); Minutes Meeting No. 08 (02-03 April 2004, The Hague); Minutes Meeting No. 09 (15 September 2004, Barcelona); Minutes Meeting No. 10 (04 July 2005, Istanbul); Notes Meeting No. 11 (20 June 2006, Vancouver); Minutes Meeting No. 12 (17 April 2007, Nairobi), Meeting Minutes and Memo on Joint HPF Secretary UN-HABITAT Focal Point meeting Meeting No. 13 (05 November 2008, Nanjing); Agenda Meeting No. 14 (28 March 2009, Nairobi); Agenda 5
PART III APPENDICES APPENDIX 1 FILE 7. BACKGROUND MATERIAL FROM HABITAT II UN General Assembly Resolution 46/164 : United Nations conference on human settlements 46th session, 78th plenary meeting, 19 December 1991 UN General Assembly Resolution 47/180 : United Nations conference on human settlements (Habitat II); 47th session, 93rd plenary meeting, 22 December 1992 Role and contributions of local authorities, the private sector, parliamentarians, non governmental organizations, and other partners in the implementation of the Habitat Agenda, Report of Committee II (A/Conf.165/l.5/add.4) ; United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (HABITAT II), 03-14 June 1996, Istanbul Turkey APPENDIX 2 FILE 8. UN AND UN-HABITAT TEXTS AND RESOLUTIONS UNCHS Resolution 16/12 - Review of the working methods of the Commission on Human Settlements: the involvement of partners; Sixteenth session of the Commission on Human Settlemets; 28 April 07 May, 1997, Nairobi Seyda Turkmemetogullari; A Guide for all Partners; UNCHS (Habitat), February 1998 UN General Assembly Resolution 53/180 - Special Session of the General Assembly for an overall review and apprisal of the implementation of the Habitat Agenda; 53rd session, 91st plenary meeting, 15 December 1998 UNCHS document (HS/C/17/7) Cooperation with Partners : Report of the Executive Director; Seventeenth Session of the Commission on Human Settlements; 05-14 May 1999, Nairobi, A Strategic Vision for Habitat Discussion and Recommendations; UNCHS (downloaded from web - no date, but prior to 2001 transformation) UN Press Release GA/EF/2979 (20 November 2001); Delegates in Second Committee Recommend Upgrading Habitat Centre, Commission, (Fifty-sixth General Assembly, Second Committee 28th meeting) UN General Assembly Resolution 56/206 - Strengthening the mandate and status of the Commission on Human Settlements and the status, role and functions of the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat), 56 th session, 90th plenary meeting, 21 December 2001 WUF II document (HSP/WUF/1/DLG.1/Paper 3) - International Role of Non-Governmental Orhanizations in the Implementation of Habitat Agenda; World Urban Forum, 29 April 3 May 2002, Nairobi 6
UN-HABITAT's Policy Statement on Partnerships With NGOs & Civil Society Organizations, March 2003 APPENDIX 3 FILE 9. NOTES AND REPORTS FROM MEMBERS Discussion Paper A Habitat Professionals Forum: Definition ; Distributed prior to the First Substantive Session of HPF Steering Committee meeting of 25 / 27 October 1999, New York Flier for HPF Forum events at UNGA 25th Special Session (Istanbul +5); distributed during the First Preparatory Meeting (09 10 May 2000) Markku Villikka; Report: 18th Session of the Commission on Human Settlements and 2nd Substatntive Session of the Preparatory Committee for the Special Session of the UN General Assembly on Istanbul +5; 28 April 2001 Dr. Ahmed Taha Mohamed Saghier; Urbanization Challenges in the Arab States and the Role of the Arab Urban Development Institute (AUDI), 2002 Dr. Irene Wiese-von Ofen; A Short History of the UN-HABITAT Professionals Forum, 17 December 2002 Flier for HPF Networking event at World Urban Forum II, 13 17 September 2004, Barcelona Selman Erguden; UN-HABITAT AND HABITAT PROFESSIONALS FORUM : Background, modalities and opportunities to strengthen cooperation, strategy and steps forward; 26 September 2006 Christine Auclair and Markku Villikka; Habitat Professionals Forum Strategy, May 2007 APPENDIX 4 FILE 10. MISCALLANEOUS TEXTS Han van Puten; Breaking New Ground : The Habitat Partners Consultation, UNCHS PARTNERS UPDATE, 1997 Robin Mclaren (FIG); Report, UN-HABITAT Expert Group Meeting on Urban Policies and Enabling; 12-14 November 2001, Brasillia APPENDIX 5 FILE 11. FORUM MEMBERS AND THE STEERING COMMITTEE APPENDIX 6 FILE 12. PICTURE GALLERY 7