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Establishment Urban Solution Lab to provide digital innovation in transforming and evaluating urban plans

Tarek elsheikh

Facilitator

date November 8, 2024 | 13:00 - 14:30
place
Multipurpose room 09
organization
The Urban Institute Housing and Building National Research Center
country
Egypt
language
English
Reference: 
NE 09-10

Summary

The Urban Accelerator Lab uses alternative platforms, learning, playing and experimenting digital catalytic transformation to solve urban challenges of cities. The hub for digital analysis and learning activity, innovation, and collaborative
problem-solving related to urban challenges including those of women and children in public spaces. The objective of the event is exchange key innovation platforms to transform city planning and services implementation solutions that are women and child friendly and wider communities celebrated.

Objectives

The event aims to expand the use of digital technologies in the areas of learning, improve its quality, help younger generations particularly women and girls achieve their dreams, break down intergenerational barriers, provide opportunities for learning and access to information on issues affecting their communities, give them a role in solving them and provide training opportunities to communicate their needs to city planners and leaders.
one of the most important goals of technological sustainability, provide technology that supports both end of the city solutions (solution creators (city leaders and solutions
beneficiary (young generations)) in both virtual and physical worlds through the three USL platforms that help
creating strong links to their cities, bridge the digital divide in the most deprived areas already with educational content, increase skills and knowledge that can help young men and women including children achieve their dreams and break down intergenerational cycles of deprivation and poverty. Promoting digital and physical space is a useful alternative for both city leaders and younger generations to unwelcome city practices in both
digital and physical world that can include certain forms of propaganda, racist material, hate speech and issues that promote misconduct such as self-harm, violence and suicide.

Partners

Organization
Country
The Urban Institute Housing and Building National Research Center
Egypt
The Urban Institute - Egypt
Egypt

Session panelists

Panelist
Role
Organization
Country
Ms. Radhia al-hashmi
Director
Government Accelerators Centre
Ms. Marwa Nashaat
Architect- Researcher
The Urban Institute - Egypt