Local actions through inclusive urban planning practices for sustainable development of cities

Our City Plans for implementation of the New Urban Agenda and localization of SDGs through participatory planning. Examples and experiences from Nepal, Vietnam, Mexico, and Argentina.

Pragya Pradhan

Facilitator

November 7, 2024 | 09:00 - 10:30

Voices from Cities - room F

Lamki Chuha Municipality

Nepal

English

Reference:

VC-F 11

WUF12

Voices from Cities

Summary

This event aims to share and discuss learnings and challenges of the contextualization and implementation of participatory urban planning methodologies, such as Our City Plans, in different Cities around the world with a focus on the experience in Nepal and Vietnam contexts. It will showcase how global methodologies could be tailored and adapted to different environments to support and facilitate participatory processes in urban planning leading to inclusive, green, resilient and sustainable cities.
Our City Plans is a participatory toolbox that aims to support local governments on how to implement the New Urban Agenda and localise the Sustainable Development Goals in urban planning processes. It is a step-by-step methodology to develop inclusive, data-driven and tailored urban planning processes, from the assessment to the implementation phase, for small and intermediate cities in capacity-constrained contexts.

Objectives

The key objective of this event is to share diverse initiatives, from the region to the local governments, with examples of implementation of participatory urban planning processes in Vietnam, Nepal and other case studies such as Argentina and Mexico, and on localization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the New Urban Agenda in the center of the urban development strategies in those countries. Participants in the event will have the chance to:
- Get acquainted with Our City Plans Toolbox and learn how it is applied and adapted in different locations and scales around the world, providing guidance to cities and supporting the development of their planning instruments.
- Learn how the Lamki Chuha, Vung Tau, Tam Ky and Ben Tre are implementing the urban planning process using a participatory approach, get an insight into the process they followed and the integration of best practices, resources and recommendations for its operationalisation and implementation.
- Exchange experience with different countries such as Mexico and Argentina to share knowledge and identify common challenges and different perspectives on implementing participatory planning processes in their cities.
- Explore how different countries and cities could apply different methodologies to improve and guide their local planning processes.
- Receive reflection and expert inputs from professionals representative by ISOCARP and other distinguished participants.