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Urban Week 2016 SUMMARY REPORT

Urban Week 2016 – Summary Report

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Table of Contents

Urban Week Overview ................................................................................................................................. 1

Summary of Events.........................................................................................................................................

GPSC Working Meeting on Indicators for Sustainable Cities and Geospatial Tools ................................. 4

Finance Training Event: Investible Project Preparation and PPPs ........................................................... 5

GPSC Opening Plenary ............................................................................................................................. 6

Thematic Learning Event 1: Green Infrastructure Solutions for Integrated Urban Flood Risk

Management ............................................................................................................................................ 7

Thematic Learning Event 2: Transit-Oriented Development ................................................................... 8

Competitive Cities Operational Clinic ....................................................................................................... 9

Thematic Learning Event 3: Climate Change ......................................................................................... 10

Singapore Urban Roundtable ................................................................................................................. 11

Regional Launch of Competitive Cities Report ....................................................................................... 12

GPSC Closing Plenary .............................................................................................................................. 13

Site Visits ................................................................................................................................................ 14

Feedback ..................................................................................................................................................... 16

This report was compiled with contributions from Gayatri Singh, Ronghui Kan, Linh X. Le, Zuzana Stanton-

Geddes, Wanli Fang, Judy Zheng Jia, Jennifer Min Lee, Juni Zhu, Abigail Baca, Lesley Jeanne Cordero, Zijing

Niu and Sarah Lin.


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Urban Week Overview

Introduction

Urban Week 2016 was held in Singapore from 7-11 March. Organized by the World Bank in partnership

with the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and key Singapore government and non-government partners,

Urban Week was designed to connect the Bank, its clients, and officials from participating cities with public

and private sector expertise in the field of urban planning and management in Singapore.

The aim of Urban Week was two-fold:

i) Facilitate the sharing of best practices among participants through a range of working

meetings, panel discussions and learning events; and

ii) Showcase opportunities to tap into Singapore’s expertise in urban planning and management,

focusing on solutions that are practitioner-focused and applicable in varying contexts.

The Urban Week brought together over 200 participants from national, subnational and city

governments (35 percent), research institutes (15 percent), international organizations including various

UN agencies, the GEF, and the WBG (40 percent), and the private sector (10 percent). Around 30 cities

and subnational governments were represented at the meetings.

Summary of Events

Urban Week consisted of three main events:

1) First Meeting of the Global Platform for Sustainable Cities (GPSC)

The GPSC, led by the World Bank, is a multi-year knowledge sharing program designed as part of the

Sustainable Cities Integrated Approach Pilot (SC-IAP), a $150 million program funded by the Global

Environment Facility (GEF)1. The SC-IAP program consists of a variety of urban sustainability projects in 24

participating cities across 11 countries.

The Global Platform aims to promote an integrated approach to urban planning, financing and

implementation. The First Meeting of the GPSC brought together around 30 subnational governments and

200 participants from both the IAP program as well as other interested developed and developing nations

for working meetings, high-level panel discussions, thematic learning sessions and field trips on issues

such as urban flood risk management, transit-oriented development, urban indicators and the integration

of climate change resilience in urban planning. The various sessions aimed to enable participants to share

1 The GEF was established in October 1991 as a pilot program in the World Bank to assist in the protection of the global environment and promote environmentally sustainable development. Today it is an independent, international partnership of 183 countries, international institutions, civil society organizations and private sector players to address global environmental issues. It has provided US$14.5billion in grants and mobilized US$75.4billion in additional financing for almost 4,000 projects.


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challenges and best practices from their respective cities, while also learning from Singapore’s own urban

planning experience in different fields.

2) Singapore Urban Roundtable

The Singapore Urban Roundtable, co-organized with International Enterprise (IE) Singapore, is a

knowledge sharing event that brought together senior officials from Singapore’s public and private sectors,

together with World Bank senior staff and clients, to understand and discuss Singapore’s value proposition

as an urban hub. The session was organized to facilitate dialogue, understanding and exploration of future

opportunities for collaboration among the World Bank, its clients and public and private sector entities in

Singapore.

3) Regional Launch of World Bank’s Competitive Cities Report

The World Bank Global Practices for Trade & Competitiveness (T&C) and Social, Urban, Rural & Resilience (SURR) have jointly produced “Competitive Cities for Jobs and Growth: What, Who and How”2, a report that considers two central questions regarding cities and competitiveness – what makes a city competitive?; and how can cities become more competitive?. The report sheds light on the factors that have helped to attract, retain and expand the private sector in selected cities to make them more competitive. The launch of the report consisted of a sharing of the report’s key findings and a brief discussion on its implications for cities, and was preceded by an operational clinic for World Bank Task Team Leaders.

Agenda Overview

DATE MORNING AFTERNOON

Monday

7 March

Working Meeting on Indicators for Sustainable Cities & Geospatial

Tools (Ballroom II, 2nd floor), Participation by

Invitation Only

LUNCH



Invitation Only

Tuesday

8 March



Invitation Only

LUNCH

Finance Workshop (Ballroom II, 2nd floor), Participation by

Invitation Only

Wednesday

9 March

Official Launch of GPSC

(Main Ballroom, 2nd floor)

LUNCH

2 Parallel Learning Events

Track 1: Green Infrastructure Solutions

for Integrated Urban Flood Risk

Management

2 More information on the report can be found at: http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/trade/publication/competitive-cities-a-local-solution-to-a-global-lack-of-growth-and-jobs


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Track 2: Transit-Oriented Development

(Topaz, 2nd floor)

Co-Chaired by WRI & WB

Competitive Cities Operational Clinic

(World Bank Singapore Office, #34-02 Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 2, 10

Marina Boulevard, Botanic Gardens Room) Participation by Invitation Only

Thursday

10 March

Learning Event 3

Climate Change


Co-Chaired by Partner Institutions

Launch of

Competitive

Cities

Report

(Main

Ballroom, 2nd

floor)

GPSC Closing Plenary

(Main Ballroom, 2nd floor) Singapore Urban Roundtable

(Topaz, 2nd floor)

Friday

11 March

Briefing on Integrated Land Use

Planning/ Visit URA City Gallery

(Urban Redevelopment Authority)

*Shuttle Buses will be provided

LUNCH

GPSC Field Trips

Track A: Urban Flooding

Track B: TOD

Track C: Public Housing

(Various Locations)


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GPSC Working Meeting on Indicators for Sustainable Cities and

Geospatial Tools 7 & 8 March

Speakers and moderators at the Working Meeting on Indicators for Sustainable Cities and Geospatial Tools.

The first technical workshop on ‘Indicators for Sustainable Cities and Geospatial Tools’ brought together

urban practitioners, city policy makers and experts from international organizations with the aim to: (1)

highlight the importance of integrating data and indicators into the urban planning process; (2) map out

the universe of geospatial tools available to city planners and highlight innovative solutions; (3) discuss

the challenges and opportunities of implementing integrated urban planning and utilization of geospatial

data at city level; and (4) identify relevant indicators available and examine their utility in assessing

sustainability across cities.

Several key themes and messages emerged from the two days of presentations and discussions. First, it

was emphasized that not all cities have equal capacities for integrated urban planning, and work programs

need to be developed in a way that cities’ needs are addressed and strengths leveraged. Gaps in capacities

range from finances, technological issues, lack of skills, or a combination of these factors. Second, effective

coordination among departments and various levels of government is key for the success of integrated

urban planning but is often also the main bottleneck for lasting success. As highlighted by the case of

Singapore in the keynote address, there is a need to systematically create a culture of data sharing while

ensuring that the requisite legal agreements are developed to enable data sharing. With respect to

indicators for assessing sustainability, the meeting agreed that the existing landscape of indicators is

exhaustive and there is a need to prioritize based on what is available rather than reinventing the wheel.

Last but not the least, sustainable urban planning must ensure that people and communities are central

to this exercise.

Moving forward, the World Bank will support and coordinate the development of work programs suited

to the needs and capacities of each city, working through the relevant GEF Implementing Agencies. The

starting point of the work program development will be a consultant-supported self-assessment of data

availability and institutional mapping at the city level. The Bank team will also take a lead in compiling a


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sub-set of indicators from existing lists to serve as a menu of options for cities to choose from. The

indicators will be broadly aligned with SDGs. The aim will be to complete the city-specific self-assessment

by Fall 2016, in time for the Second Working Group Meeting.

Finance Training Event: Investable Project Preparation and PPPs 8 March

The Finance Training Event on Project Preparation

and Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) was organized

to cater to the need of many city governments to

learn more about PPPs, with close to 50 participants

from cities, partner agencies, private sector

companies and the World Bank in attendance. While

many cities around the world are interested in

leveraging private sector expertise and capital in the

financing, building and operations of infrastructure

assets, relatively few governments have managed to

do so. This general lack of government ability to

develop strong PPP capacity and pipelines is due to many factors, but mostly boil down to the fact that

PPPs are complex undertakings involving many stakeholders from across the public and private sectors.

As such, understanding how to prepare and structure PPPs properly is paramount.

Excerpts from presentations by the World Bank (L) and Chongqing (R).

At the beginning of the event, World Bank speakers set the framework for later discussions by introducing

the fundamentals of PPPs. This was followed by presentations of potential PPP projects in two cities – a

common utilities tunnel in Chongqing, China and a municipal solid waste-to-energy plant in Guntur, India

– with tailored responses provided by PPP experts from both the World Bank group and the private sector,

aimed at giving the governments in charge of the PPP projects ideas they could consider when further

structuring their projects. The sessions were interactive, with city participants from South America, Africa


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and Asia sharing their experiences with regard to PPPs and having candid discussions with the PPP experts.

In all, it was a valuable opportunity for the public and private sectors to come together in a neutral,

international platform to exchange ideas on taking PPPs from the drawing board into reality.

GPSC Opening Plenary 9 March

Left to Right: GEF CEO, Ms Naoko Ishii; Permanent Secretary for Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Choi Shing Kwok; Senior

Director GSURR, Mr. Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez

The Opening Plenary of the GPSC launched the Platform as a knowledge sharing and management

program that (i) ties all city-level projects together under one platform and promotes an integrated

approach to urban planning, financing and implementation; and (ii) provides a space for collaborative

engagement on sustainable cities. At the Plenary, the story of Singapore's journey to sustainable

development was told by Permanent Secretary for Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Choi Shing

Kwok, as an inspiration for member cities, highlighting the success factors of (1) the late Mr. Lee Kuan

Yew's vision and leadership; (2) long term planning and steady execution; and (3) strategic use of

technology and best practices. Building on this success, the Sustainable Singapore Blueprint 2015 now

engages all citizens to participate in making the city state more sustainable, very much an excellent

example of the linkages between competitiveness, sustainability, inclusiveness and resilience stressed by

Mr. Ede Ijjiaz-Vazquez, Senior Director of the World Bank’s Global Practice for Social, Urban, Rural and

Resilience.

The Opening Plenary also featured a Panel Discussion on the ambitions and challenges to pursue long

term sustainability of urban centers in India, China, Côte d'Ivoire, France, and the United States. While the

ambitions may vary depending on the level of each city’s development, the panelists' cities have at some

point faced similar barriers to sustainable development, such as the development of a comprehensive and

integrated strategy, negotiation with stakeholders including citizens, low technical capacity, and limited

use of technology. The more developed cities in the US and France advised developing cities to focus on

(1) building a shared vision across all departments; (2) finding the right language to work together with all

stakeholders; (3) closely track implementation; and (4) planning for some flexibility.


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Thematic Learning Event 1: Green Infrastructure Solutions for

Integrated Urban Flood Risk Management 9 March

The learning event provided a platform for government representatives and technical experts across East

and South East Asia, Africa, and Europe to share their experience of national and city-scale applications

of green mitigation measures for flood risk management. Case study presentations highlighted the need

for a balanced approach to flood risk management which combines traditional engineering (“grey”) with

green approaches, such as greening of urban spaces through parks, wetlands, addressing storm water

through storage and water harvesting, porous pavements, but also green-roofing, tree pits, street side

swales, etc.

Excerpts from Singapore’s presentation on integrated flood risk management – early flooding hazards (L) and today’s approach

to flood risk mitigation (R).

One of the key takeaways was that urban planning and investments need to consider flood risk mitigation

measures not only to protect people and assets but also to create livable spaces where communities can

work and recreate. Engaging all stakeholders in the process, cities and countries should aim to create

sustainable urban spaces boosting local development as well as meaningfully engaging and serving local

communities. Examples of successful applications also showed cost-effectiveness of green mitigation

measures, particularly when funding includes both public and private funds, with regulations and

incentives of to encourage private sector and households’ involvement.

Panel 2: Opportunities and Innovations in Applying Green Infrastructure Approaches


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The event was organized by the Urban Floods Community of Practice (UFCOP), an initiative of the World

Bank, with support from the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), the WB Tokyo

Development Learning Center (TDLC), and others. As part of next steps, a Knowledge Note on green

infrastructure measures is already under preparation capturing key principles in applying green mitigation

measures and profiling state-or the art, innovative examples across the world. All participants have been

encouraged to continue the dialogue on integrated urban floods risk management facilitated by UFCOP -

whether online through the World Bank Collaboration for Development (C4D) website, or through

upcoming face-to-face events in Turkey and Japan.

Thematic Learning Event 2: Transit-Oriented Development 9 March

Addressing more than 90 experts and practitioners active in the field of Transit-Oriented Development

(TOD), Ms. Naoko Ishii, CEO of GEF, opened the session by describing TOD as a “magical” planning tool to

achieve urban sustainability. Through a mix of presentations and group discussions, the session set out to

(1) raise awareness among policy-makers and planning professionals that TOD is a powerful instrument

to materialize compact, connected and coordinated urban development; and (2) exchange knowledge and

best practices to inform the design and implementation of TOD across different contexts. Speakers shared

experience through case studies of Nanchang (China), Recife (Brazil), Johannesburg (South Africa) and

Singapore and a comprehensive review of existing TOD resources globally. This was followed by group

discussions on challenges and possible solutions to implementing TOD at the city, corridor and station

level.

Clockwise from Top Left: Presentation excerpts from Singapore, Nanchang, Recife and Johannesburg


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A consensus emerged from the discussion that successful TOD requires a cross-scale integrated approach,

planned systematically at city, corridor and station levels. At the metropolitan/city level, it is essential to

coordinate economic, land use and mass transit network for efficiency and accessibility. At the corridor

level, priority should be given to maximizing the accessibility impact of a mass transit line while ensuring

integration in surrounding and balanced mixed-use along corridor. At the station level, it is necessary to

create dense, diverse, vibrant, livable and inclusive communities adapted to local environment through

people-oriented physical design. Other major takeaways include: (1) to ensure long-term sustainability,

the TOD plans need to be adjusted periodically in line with urban growth and be able leverage additional

financing through public private partnerships; (2) strong governance, institutional mechanisms and

transparent rules are key ingredient for success; (3) land use regulations and design guidelines should

encourage the building of walkable and bikeable local environment; and (4) social inclusion and disaster-

resilience are increasingly important parts of the TOD concept, in addition to integration of land use and

transit facilities.

The TOD event was organized by the World Bank’s

Community of Practice on TOD, together with the World

Resources Institute. Next steps are to: (1) develop a TOD

toolkit under the GPSC addressing challenges raised by SC-

IAP cities and supported by GEF; (2) capture lessons

learned under GEF SC-IAP implementation and share

through GPSC; (3) organize a deep-dive study tour to

Tokyo in May 2016.

Competitive Cities Operational Clinic 9 March

The Competitive Cities for Jobs and Growth report was prepared jointly by the Social, Urban, Rural, and Resilience Global Practice (GSURR) and the Trade and Competitiveness (T&C) Global Practice of the World Bank Group. Its objective is to create a knowledge base on what makes cities competitive, to improve the understanding of job creation at the city level, and to establish a foundation for a community of practice on this topic for World Bank Group staff, academia, development partners, and practitioners. The report provides an array of analytical techniques and case studies to identify what makes cities competitive, who are the key actors and how do they do it.

While there is now increasing evidence and analytical resources on the ‘what’, there remains a challenge

in understanding ‘how’ to get things done, particularly as WBG task teams receive an increasing number

of requests to assist cities and subnational clients in promoting growth. In recognition of this, a group of


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20 T&C and GSURR colleagues from various country offices gathered in the World Bank Singapore office

for a 2-hour clinic on operationalizing the findings and recommendations of the Competitive Cities report.

The clinic emphasized the importance of leadership and a conducive political environment within the

Competitive Cities framework, and that national and sub-national regulations should also be included.

Fostering dialogue between public and private sectors was also raised as a critical component of

encouraging competitiveness. In terms of Bank operations, the clinic agreed that competitiveness should

be reflected in components and indicators in Bank lending programs. Close collaboration between the

T&C and SURR GPs was also important in order to jointly assess proposals and design programs centered

on competitiveness.

Thematic Learning Track 3: Climate Change 10 March

The world recognized how cities and subnational governments can play an important role in climate

change mitigation at the Lima-Paris Action Agreement. Cities are economically and socially vulnerable to

climate change, but also responsible for 70% of global emissions. Cities are at the frontlines of global

climate action and the transition to low-carbon development and resilience. To make transformation

happen, the climate action strategy of cities must be integrated into urban planning and be supported by

financing and investment. This learning event included representatives from Amman, Paris, Shenzhen,

Lima, Hue and the State of California, who shared their experiences and challenges in integrating climate

targets and action plans into their overall planning and policies. Some key lessons from the subnational

representatives included: (1) serving localities with low capacity with consistent and reliable data and

tools for planning, (2) matching the initiatives with the necessary funding, (3) translating the co-benefits

(economic, health, equity, access, etc.) to the public and residents to ensure that local needs and values

drive implementation, (4) ensuring equity and inclusiveness in the programs, and (5) involving

communities in the planning process.

Panelists share and discuss cities’ approaches to addressing climate change (L); Excerpt from WRI presentation showing UN

Habitat’s City Climate Action Planning Principles

The session identified several opportunities for the GPSC to play a role in the integration of climate change

mitigation and adaptation policies into the sustainability planning framework. The GPSC could facilitate


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the monitoring and achievement of the Paris Agreement’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) in

cities and could link up to the Compact of Mayors to serve a wider network of cities. The GPSC could also

help define or identify a sustainability framework for integrating the SDG11 with the Paris Agreement. A

few upcoming events where the GPSC could create a presence and a synergy were the Climate Action

event in May 5-6, 2016 in DC and Habitat III this October in Quito, Ecuador.

Singapore Urban Roundtable 10 March

Co-organized with International Enterprise (IE)

Singapore, the Singapore Urban Roundtable

was a knowledge sharing event intended to

facilitate dialogue, understanding and

exploration of future opportunities for

collaboration among the World Bank, its clients and public and private sector entities in Singapore. The

event brought together around 130 regional industry players, senior Bank officials and representatives

from participating cities, with Ms. Indranee Rajah, Senior Minister of State for Finance and Law, as guest

of honor. In her keynote address, Ms. Indranee highlighted that Singapore must build on its position as an

infrastructure hub and increase regional collaborations between the public and private sectors, noting

that key elements of sustainable infrastructure development include expertise in urban planning and

project management, infrastructure financing and a conducive business environment.

Senior World Bank officials, Minister of State Ms. Indranee Rajah and Singapore Urban Roundtable panelists.

The session began with a World Bank presentation on the current portfolio and emerging needs in East

Asia and the Pacific (EAP), highlighting that demand for urban infrastructure and services was highest in

EAP as compared to other regions. EAP was also especially prone to disasters, which tend to

disproportionately affect women and the poor. This was followed by an hour-long panel discussion and


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Q&A with senior representatives from private and public sector entities, whose collective experience span

the fields of urban planning, development (including affordable housing and industrial parks), water

management, sustainability measures and Smart technology, both in Singapore and abroad. The panelists

shared their thoughts and experiences on lessons that can be learned from Singapore’s planning and

development story; for instance, that master planning must be flexible and integrated not only across

sectors, but with upstream and downstream considerations in mind as well. While most countries have

land masses significantly larger than that of Singapore, the panel emphasized that proper planning was

essential to prevent sprawl and inefficiency. In response to questions on how changes in political

leadership can affect the realization of master plans, CEO (International) of Surbana Jurong Mr. Teo Eng

Cheong shared that MDBs like the World Bank have an important role to play in ensuring continuity of

plans.

Social Media coverage of the Urban Roundtable (L); Roundtable panelists sharing their experiences (R).

Wrapping up the session, Senior Director Mr. Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez noted that the Urban Roundtable was a

first step in an ongoing conversation to keep exploring opportunities for knowledge sharing and

collaboration between the Bank, its clients and entities in Singapore. While not all urban solutions could

be replicated entirely in different cities and countries, there remain important lessons to be distilled and

shared in overcoming urban challenges. The World Bank will organize a dedicated procurement workshop

in the second half of 2016, to share more information with private sector companies on how to do

business with the Bank.

Regional Launch of Competitive Cities Report 10 March

The Asia launch of the Competitive Cities for Jobs and Growth report took place in Singapore on March 10,

marking the close of the Singapore Urban Roundtable jointly sponsored by The World Bank and IE

Singapore. Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez and Anabel Gonzales, Senior Directors from SURR and T&C respectively,

delivered opening remarks at the event, which were followed by a presentation by Megha Mukim, co-

team lead of the competitive cities initiative.


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Ms. Megha Mukim shares the report findings (L); Panel discussants share their views on the importance of the approach (R).

Three panel discussants representing the private sector (Ms. Sylvia Koh, Head of Strategic Consulting at

Jones Lang LaSalle Asia Pacific), academia (Razeen Sally, Associate Professor at NUS), and the World Bank

(Sameh Wahba, Practice Manager of SURR Africa) talked about the relevance and importance of this

report to their work. In particular, of the two external participants, Razeen emphasized the important

role of tradable sectors in cities’ success, and Sylvia urged policy-makers to understand the unique cultural

and habitual factors to evaluate the feasibility and impacts of large urban infrastructure projects to

increase city competitiveness. The launch of the report attracted significant attention and coverage by

the Straits Times and Bloomberg News, testament to the relevance of this topic in the region.

GPSC Closing Plenary 10 March

After intensive working meetings, high-level panel discussions and

thematic learning sessions, participating Urban Week cities shared their key

takeaways during the GPSC Closing Plenary. The main message of the event

is that for cities to be sustainable, they require (1) long term vision; (2)

focused prioritization; (3) citizen engagement; (4) private sector knowledge;

(5) creative finance; and (6) city to city learning and sharing. Some cities in

Japan and China emphasized “the need to build upon the DNA of your city,

its history and culture heritage” as a foundation of urbanization. Cities from

Brazil, India and Sri Lanka shared about learning to navigate bureaucracy

and politics as an essential part of achieving urban sustainability, captured

in candid insights like, “Governance and evidence are powerful tools

against vested interest,” and “Unless you understand politics, you cannot

do what you need to do”. The best way to make yourself relevant in urban

planning is “to go back to the people – assess where the citizens feel pain

and your plan must address how to remove that pain”.

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Before the event ended, the GPSC shared its work plan and next steps. Develop the three pillars for

knowledge sharing on spatial data, integrated planning approaches and financing cities remains a key

priority. GPSC also aims to work with participating cities to lay out a detailed work plan and develop a

team of global experts. It also seeks to consolidate good practices and develop tools and guides to urban

planning around thematic areas such as but not limited to: climate change, transit-oriented development,

urban flooding and resilience, waste management, and other relevant topics. Another important pillar

highlighted in the next steps is to develop tool kits for cities to be shared as knowledge products from

trainings and knowledge sharing opportunities among cities to enhance their financial capacity.

The GPSC will hold its 2nd Global Meeting in 2017, and will also hold several working group meetings

leading up to the main event. Participants were encouraged to keep the conversation going and to keep

a look out for upcoming activities on the newly-launched GPSC webpage.

Ms. Yumiko Noda, former Deputy Mayor of Yokohama City, shares her experiences (L); The overall GPSC Framework is shared as

part of the Closing Plenary (R).

Site Visits 11 March

Participants spent the last day of Urban Week on various site visits – first to the Urban Redevelopment

Authority (URA) in the morning for a briefing on integrated land use planning and a guided tour of the City

Gallery, followed by separate thematic track visits in the afternoon, covering Urban Flooding, Transit-

Oriented Development and Public Housing. Each thematic visit was structured to give participants a first-

hand experience of how planning and design principles discussed during Urban Week had been

implemented. The Urban Flooding visit brought participants first to Marina Barrage, the site of Singapore’s

only urban reservoir, where flooding control, sustainability and public space come together. A second stop

at Bishan Ang Mo Kio Park demonstrated how the Public Utilities Board’s (PUB’s) Active, Beautiful and

Clean (ABC) Waters Programme had been successfully used to transform a suburban community park.


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Clockwise from top left: Participants on a tour of the URA City Gallery; During URA’s presentation on integrated land use planning;

the Urban Flooding group at Bishan Ang Mo Kio Park and at the Sustainable Singapore Gallery at Marina Barrage.

Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) participants spent the afternoon at the Marina Bay area to

understand different facets of TOD implementation. A tour of the Fullerton Bay Hotel and Fullerton Hotel,

followed by a dialogue session with the developers, provided an understanding of the land sales process

in Singapore, as well as the special conditions and requirements imposed on developers for sites in terms

of preserving heritage elements and ensuring connectivity to surrounding developments and transit

options. A guided tour of the Bay, including the underground pedestrian network, demonstrated the need

for detailed planning and urban design to ensure walkability and seamless connections.

TOD participants at Bayfront MRT station (L) and outside the Fullerton Bay Hotel along Marina Bay (R).


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Participants on the Public Housing visit were hosted by the Housing Development Board (HDB) in Toa

Payoh, one of Singapore’s earliest satellite

new towns. A briefing by HDB provided an

overview of the approach to the provision,

planning and design of public housing, which

houses more than 80% of Singapore’s

population. This was followed by a walkabout

of the Toa Payoh neighborhood, which

highlighted different elements of

comprehensive new town planning, including

access to amenities and public transport, as

well as the provision of community spaces.

The site visits were extremely well-received and provided an excellent opportunity for participants to see

first-hand how planning principles had been successfully implemented in different parts of Singapore.

Feedback Overall. Feedback was generally positive with regards to the event’s content and organization. The attendees found the event very useful in terms that a) it provided intensive learning on sustainable city planning and management among the participating countries, cities and institutions (84 percent); b) it improved their understanding of the GPSC and the WBG’s engagement in related areas (97 percent); and c) it created valuable networking opportunities among diverse people in the community of practice especially for developing countries (84 percent). Most participants found the takeaways from presentations and discussions applicable to their work areas of i) policies and regulations to promote urban sustainability (72 percent); ii) strategies and planning to guide sustainable development (79 percent); and iii) technical aspects of implementation (84 percent). Apart from what was learned, the participants would like to hear more about the challenges, opportunities, and options that cities have for integrated planning toward sustainability. Application. Many participants expressed the willingness to experiment with what was learned during the Urban Week in their areas of practice. Concepts and tools related to flood risk management, climate resilience, eco-city development, green infrastructure, and integrated planning and financing were found highly applicable to what the attendees are doing at various levels in their countries, and can be translated into reality in some of their projects. Some participants plan to a) apply the knowledge in the formulation of sustainable city action plans in their countries/cities; b) adopt the multiple tools and indicators to evaluate and screen urban investment proposals; c) introduce competitiveness into project design; d) pay more attention to people in sustainable urban planning and make cities more livable; e) improve coordination across layers and among different government agencies to ensure planning and implementation; and f) conduct similar capacity building for practitioners in their countries/cities. Some participants expressed their interest to join successive events and would like to work more closely with the GPSC.


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Efficacy of Delivery and Suggestions. Participants from both internal and external thought the event was successfully organized and delivered, and suggested the following areas for improvement in future events:

i) Content: add more technical presentations targeting audience with different background and more details of projects being developed/implemented by cities. Some suggested the organizer to follow up with selected cities on their current urban development initiatives from planning stage, to design and implementation, and share the experience and lessons learned in future events. Some are interested to know how to tap the WBG expertise and finance on specific challenges.

ii) Discussion: better to place focus on several key issues and set off in a less formal setting in order to allow the cities more time and freedom to voice their plans and needs. Peer learning, collaboration among cities and transfer of technologies should be among the key topics.

iii) Interaction among participants: to increase interaction among people, it is recommended to work out a better mix when grouping participants from different countries and originations in the sessions and discussions. Physically, people can sit closer and in a smaller room.

iv) Time keeping: time can be balanced even better between the keynote speeches and cities introductions, and between presentations and discussions. Cases studies are very helpful as they provide real world know-hows, while presenting fewer cases but in greater detail can be more effective.

v) Publicity: an event as such should have a more consolidated agenda and better publicity.

vi) Gender: be mindful of gender and ethnic inclusiveness on the panels.

Annex 1

Singapore Urban Week 2016 Agenda

March 7 – 11, Singapore

Summary and Agenda

2016

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Urban Week 2016

7-11 March 2016 Singapore Summary Urban Week is a series of events organized by the World Bank in partnership with the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and Singapore government partners in March 2016. Urban Week will connect participating cities with public and private sector expertise in the field of urban planning and management in Singapore. Overall, Urban Week aims to:

i. Facilitate the sharing of best practices among participants through a range of working meetings, panel discussions and learning events; and

ii. Raise awareness of opportunities to tap on Singapore’s expertise in urban planning and management in ways that are practitioner-focused and applicable in varying contexts.

Urban Week will consist of the following main events:

1) First Meeting of the Global Platform for Sustainable Cities (GPSC)

The GPSC, led by the World Bank, is a multi-year knowledge sharing program designed as part of the

Sustainable Cities Integrated Approach Pilot (SC-IAP), a $150 million program funded by the Global

Environment Facility (GEF)1. The SC-IAP program consists of a variety of urban sustainability projects in

24 participating cities across 11 countries.

The Global Platform aims to promote an integrated approach to urban planning, financing and

implementation. The First Meeting of the GPSC will bring together around 40 cities and 200 participants

from both the IAP program as well as other interested developed and developing nations for working

meetings, high-level panel discussions, thematic learning sessions and field trips on issues such as

urban flood risk management, transit-oriented development, urban indicators and the integration of

climate change resilience in urban planning. The various sessions will enable participants to share

challenges and best practices from their respective cities, while also learning from Singapore’s own

urban planning experience in different fields.

2) Singapore Urban Roundtable

The Singapore Urban Roundtable is a knowledge sharing event that will bring together senior officials

from Singapore’s public and private sectors, together with World Bank senior staff and clients, to

1 The GEF was established in October 1991 as a pilot program in the World Bank to assist in the protection of the global environment and promote environmentally sustainable development. Today it is an independent, international partnership of 183 countries, international institutions, civil society organizations and private sector players to address global environmental issues. It has provided US$14.5billion in grants and mobilized US$75.4billion in additional financing for almost 4,000 projects.

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understand and discuss Singapore’s value proposition as an urban hub. The session will facilitate

dialogue, understanding and exploration of future opportunities for collaboration among the World

Bank, its clients and public and private sector entities in Singapore.

The session will begin with a presentation by the Bank on the current and future portfolio of the Urban,

Disaster Risk Management, Transport, ICT and Water sectors in the East Asia and the Pacific (EAP)

region, followed by a discussion among representatives from public and private sector entities,

moderated by a World Bank sector specialist. The roundtable and discussion will highlight Singapore’s

experience in urban planning and development; municipal infrastructure (including wastewater

treatment and solid waste management); and disaster risk management, as well as the opportunities

for tapping on these experiences overseas.

3) Regional Launch of World Bank’s Competitive Cities Report

The World Bank Global Practices for Trade & Competitiveness (T&C) and Social, Urban, Rural & Resilience (SURR) have jointly produced “Competitive Cities for Jobs and Growth: What, Who and How”2, a report that considers two central questions regarding cities and competitiveness – what makes a city competitive?; and how can cities become more competitive?. The report sheds light on the factors that have helped to attract, retain and expand the private sector in selected cities to make them more competitive. The East Asia and Pacific launch of the report will consist of a sharing of the report’s key findings and a brief discussion on its implications for cities. An operational clinic for interested World Bank Task Team Leaders will also be held.

Draft Program (As at January 25 2016)


Monday

7 March



Invitation Only

LUNCH



Invitation Only

Tuesday

8 March



Invitation Only

LUNCH

Finance Workshop (Ballroom II, 2nd floor), Participation by

Invitation Only

2 More information on the report can be found at: http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/trade/publication/competitive-cities-a-local-solution-to-a-global-lack-of-growth-and-jobs

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Wednesday

9 March

Official Launch of GPSC


LUNCH

2 Parallel Learning Events

Track 1: Integrated Urban Flood Risk

Management



(Topaz, 2nd floor)

Co-Chaired by WRI & WB

Competitive Cities Operational Clinic

(World Bank Singapore Office, #34-02 Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 2, 10

Marina Boulevard, Botanic Gardens Room) Participation by Invitation Only

Thursday

10 March

Learning Event 3

Climate Change


Co-Chaired by Partner Institutions

Launch of

Competitive

Cities

Report

(Main

Ballroom, 2nd

floor)

GPSC Closing Plenary

(Main Ballroom, 2nd floor) Singapore Urban Roundtable

(Topaz, 2nd floor)

Friday

11 March

Briefing on Integrated Land Use

Planning/ Visit URA City Gallery

(Urban Redevelopment Authority)

*Shuttle Buses will be provided

LUNCH

GPSC Field Trips

Track A: Urban Flooding

Track B: TOD

Track C: Public Housing

(Various Locations)

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Monday, March 7

Working Group on Indicators for Sustainable Cities and Geospatial Tools 09:00 – 18:00 Venue: Ballroom II, 2nd Floor, Sheraton Towers Hotel

Overview: One of key objectives of the Global Platform for Sustainable Cities (GPSC) is to support participating cities to adopt or enhance a set of urban sustainability indicators and tools that will help them better articulate and achieve a long-term objective of sustainability through integrated urban planning process. The GPSC intends to provide such support in the following ways: (i) review and streamline key indicators/data for urban sustainability and prepare a reference or guidance document; (ii) help interested cities identify and establish an indicator set to achieve their policy objectives; (iii) identify key components of geospatial data infrastructure development; and (4) support cities to link indicators/data to the decision making process. For this purpose, a series of working meetings will be convened on Indicators for Sustainable Cities and Geospatial Tools. The first meeting will be held on March 7 to 8 in conjunction with the first meeting of the Global Platform for Sustainable Cities that takes place on March 9 to 10 in Singapore. It is expected that the working meeting will bring together urban practitioners, city policy makers and experts from international organizations. The meeting will be conducted in English only.

I. Opening and Introduction

9:00 Welcome Remarks

- Mr. Abhas Jha, Practice Manager, World Bank

9:05 Presentation of GPSC – context, objectives and meeting agenda Ms. Xueman Wang, GPSC Coordinator, World Bank

9:20

Key note presentation: Building Sustainable Cities: Why Geospatial Information Science and Technology Matters

- Mr. Ng Siau Yong, Director, Geospatial Division, Singapore Land Authority Q&A

II. Geospatial Data and Tools Moderator: Mr. Sameh Naguib Wahba, Practice Manager, World Bank

10:00

Overview: Using geospatial data as a planning tool: pros & cons, data collection, processing and management Presentation by Mr. Brett Rose (Esri) (20 min)

- Open source solutions - Enterprise-level solutions - Innovative solutions (Big Data, remote sensing, LiDAR, etc.)

Innovative solution: Satellite imagery for mapping and collection data Presentation by Mr. Zoltan Bartalis, European Space Agency (20 min) Q&A (20 min)

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11:00 Coffee break

11:15

Using data and geospatial data for urban planning and development: lessons, opportunities and challenges

- Case of Manila (Ms. Gayatri Singh, World Bank) (15 min) - Case of Indonesia (Mr. Iwan Gunawan) (20 min) - Discussions

12:30 Lunch break

13:30

Summary: Key “infrastructure” components for building capacity for data management and using geospatial data for planning

- Mr. Brett Rose, ESRI

13:45 Group discussions on how to enhance participating cities’ capacity for data collection and management and using data for planning purpose

15:10 Report back from group discussion

15:30 Coffee break

III. Indicators for Urban Sustainability Moderator: Xiaomei Tan, GEF SEC

15:45

Landscape of the existing indicators for urban sustainability - Review of existing indicators and methodologies Dr. Lai Choo Malone-Lee, National University of Singapore (15 min) - Brief presentations by the relevant organizations and cities on their

indicator development: purpose, application, sector coverage, key indicator and lessons (90 min)

- Examples of Cities: o Ms. Clarice Meyer Cabral, Coordinator Indicators, Instituto

Sao Paulo Sustentavel (Rede Nossa Sao Paulo/Programa Cidades Sustentaveis)

o Mr. Li Hailong, Center of Chinese Society for Urban Studies o Mr. Sanjay Kumar, Additional Commissioner, Bhopal’s

sustainability indicators (India’s Smart City Programme)

- ISO 37120, Ms. Helen Ng, Executive Vice President, WCCD

- UN Habitat City Prosperity Initiative, Ms. Regina Orvananos

- UNEP’s Global Initiative for Resource Efficient Cities Ms. Sharon Gil, Programme Officer

- Green Growth Indicators, Mr. Tadashi Matsumoto, OECD

- Emerging and Sustainable Cities Initiatives, Ms. Maria Isabel Beltran Villavicencio, Inter-American Development Bank

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- World Bank, Energy Efficient Cities Initiative, Ms. Martina Bosi, Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP), World Bank,

- Indicators for sustainable infrastructure, Ms. Katharina Schneider Global Infrastructure Basel

- Ongoing work on developing “indicators” to implement UN Sustainable Development Goals (Goal 11 on cities) – Ms. Regina Orvananos, UNHABITAT

- Q&A

18:00 End of Working Group Day 1

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Tuesday, March 8

Working Group on Indicators for Sustainable Cities and Geospatial Tools 09:00 – 12:15 Venue: Ballroom II, 2nd Floor, Sheraton Towers Hotel

III. Indicators for Urban Sustainability (continued from Day 1) Moderator: Mr. Abhas Jha, World Bank

9:00

Application of indicators in assessing sustainability across cities (methodology)

- “Building Better Cities”: Competitive, sustainable and livable metropolises in APEC Countries, Mr. Keith Martin, Managing Director, Capital Projects & Infrastructure, PWC (20 min)

- Q&A

Discussion: Linking data/indicators to policy objectives and decision making: Key Challenges (e.g. technical capacity, governance structure, political process and budget)

10:15 Coffee break

10:30

Group discussions on individual GPSC cities’ work on “indicators” (e.g. policy objectives, selection of indicators, process, methodology)

- Report back from groups

11:30 GPSC Work Program: Approach to Indicators, Deliverables and Objectives

- Presentation by GPSC (Ms. Xueman Wang, World Bank) - Q&A

12:00 Wrap Up: End of Working Group on Indicators for Sustainable Cities and Geospatial Tools

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Tuesday, March 8

Finance Training Event: Investable Project Preparation and PPPs 14:00 – 17:30 Venue: Ballroom 2, 2nd Floor, Sheraton Towers Hotel

Overview: Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) are gaining traction in many cities around the world

as a means to leveraging private sector expertise and capital in the financing, building and

operations of infrastructure assets. Private involvement in urban infrastructure can have the

potential to produce win-win partnerships by leveraging the private sector’s efficiency, productivity

and innovation to bring overall value-for-money to a project. In addition, by involving private sector

financing, PPPs could potentially also be used by governments to delay the timing of cost outlays for

infrastructure projects and provide governments more temporary fiscal space.

On the other hand, PPP projects are complicated and require the necessary expertise to be

structured and prepared. While PPP projects have the potential to deliver enhanced outcomes for

the public sector, they could also result in large and unnecessary financial exposures that diminish

value-for-money if not structured correctly. In other words, proper project preparation and

structuring, together with the right project management practices and capacity within the

government, are essential to the effective delivery of PPP projects.

The training event on PPPs and bankable project preparation will draw on speakers from countries

with PPP programs, as well as project finance expertise from the private sector, to create

meaningful opportunities for discussion, learning and tailored feedback. Participants will have the

chance to share their respective PPP programs and projects and will receive targeted responses from

experts on how to strengthen the policy framework and enhance the bankability of their projects

for the private sector. In addition, the workshop will expose participants to the newest thinking on

urban finance including topics on municipal creditworthiness, project preparation and indicators for

sustainable infrastructure.

The key objectives of the workshop are:

(i) For participating cities to share knowledge and operational expertise on PPP programs

and projects, to allow different governments to learn from each other. Also, this will

help the private sector understand better the pipeline of PPP projects that are being

brought to market;

(ii) To create an opportunity for exchange between the private and public sectors on the

issues, both at a policy and project level, that need to be addressed in order to attract

private sector involvement in infrastructure. This is aimed at providing timely advice to

governments seeking to improve their PPP programs; and

(iii) To provide an opportunity for networking among the public and private sectors of

different countries, as this will aid the formation of collaborations and meaningful

partnerships.

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Moderator: Mr. Abhas K. Jha, Practice Manager, World Bank

I. Welcome and Introduction

14:00

Welcome and Introduction

- Mr. Jordan Schwartz, Director, Infrastructure and Urban Development Hub, World Bank

- Mr. Kurt Lonsway, Manager, AfDB

14:10

Project Preparation and Financing PPPs: Framework for Discussion

- PPPs and the Public Sector, Ms. Towfiqua Hoque, World Bank - PPPs and the Private Sector, Mr. Mark Giblett, World Bank - Discussion

II. Country-Specific Cases: Identification and Preparation of “Investable” Urban Infrastructure and PPP Projects

14:45

Presentations on National-Level Programs and City-Level Projects - Private sector briefing: Bankable Risk Allocation between the Public and

Private Sectors - Chongqing (Mr. Zhou Tao, Director, Project Management Unit, Chongqing

Development and Reform Commission, Ms. Joanna Masic, World Bank Beijing Office) (15mins)

- Questions, Comments and Advice o Ms. Towfiqua Hoque, World Bank o Mr. Mark Giblett, World Bank o Mr. John Leber, Investment Officer, IFC o Mr. Keith Martin, Managing Director, PwC

15:30 Coffee break

III. Country-Specific Cases: Identification and Preparation for PPPs

15:50

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Preparation on National-Level Programs and City-Level Projects

- Private sector briefing: Steps Governments can take to strengthen the pipeline of PPP projects

- Jaipur, India, Mr. Ashutosh Pednekar, Commissioner of City of Jaipur - Abidjan, Mr. Pierre Dimba N’ Gou, Project Manager, Ministry of

Infrastructure of Cote D’Ivoire - Questions, Comments and Advice

17:30 End of Finance Workshop

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Wednesday, March 9

First Meeting of the Global Platform for Sustainable Cities (GPSC)

Opening Plenary and Learning Events 09:00 – 17:30 Venue: Main Ballroom, 2nd Floor, Sheraton Towers Hotel

Overview: The Global Platform for Sustainable Cities (GPSC) is a knowledge sharing and management program designed as part of the Sustainable Cities Integrated Approach Pilot (SC-IAP), a $150 million program funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF). The SC-IAP program consists of the GPSC and a variety of urban sustainability projects in 24 participating cities across 11 countries supported by ADB, AfDB, DBSA, IDB, UNDP, UNEP, UNIDO and World Bank. The GPSC, led by the World Bank, aims to:

- Tie all the city level projects together under one platform and promote an integrated approach to urban planning, financing and implementation; and

- Provide a space for collaborative engagement by cities with aspirations for sustainability and a wide range of city networks and partner organizations to support them.

With the support of the GEF and in partnership with the Government of Singapore, the Centre for Livable Cities (CLC), the Public Utilities Board (PUB), and the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA), the GPSC will hold a series of meetings, learning events and site visit from March 9 to 11, 2016 in Singapore. There are three learning events during the GPSC meeting: March 9 Afternoon - 2 parallel learning events:

1) Green Infrastructure Solutions for Integrated Urban Flood Risk Management 2) Transit-Oriented Development

(Participants will choose and attend one of the parallel learning events) March 10 Morning:

3) Integrating Climate Change Strategy to Urban Planning and Management

I. Opening and Key Note Address Moderator: Mr. Abhas K. Jha, Practice Manager, World Bank

9:00

Welcome Remarks

- Mr. Jordan Schwartz, Director, Infrastructure & Urban Development Hub, World Bank Singapore Office

- Ms. Naoko Ishii, CEO, Global Environment Facility (GEF)

9:15

Key Note Speeches:

- Managing Urban Sustainability – Singapore’s Past, Present and the vision for the future (Mr. CHOI Shing Kwok, Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, Government of Singapore)

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- Key Lessons from the World Bank’s Urbanization Review (Mr. Ede Jorge Ijjasz-Vasquez, Senior Director of Global Practice Group for Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience, World Bank)

II. Introduction to GPSC

9:50

GPSC: Vision, Pathway and Plan

- Objectives and Plan for GPSC - Ms. Xueman Wang, GPSC Coordinator, World Bank

10:00

Introduction to Participating Cities (Round 1)

- Each country will introduce their cities, including a brief introduction to the key policy objectives of the cities, and the “uniqueness” that defines their cities

10:30

Coffee Break

III. Pursuing Urban Sustainability

10:50

Panel discussion: Ambition and challenges to pursue long term urban sustainability

- Mr. Datuk Zainal bin Husin, Mayor of Melaka, Malaysia - Mr. Ashutosh Pednekar, Commissioner for City of Jaipur, India - Mr. Tang Jie, former Vice Mayor, Special Representative for City of

Shenzhen, China - Mr. Abdul Bakayoko, Advisor for governor, Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire - Ms. Sahar Shirazi, Senior Planning Advisor to Governor, California, US - Mr. Yann Francoise, Head of Climate and Energy Strategies, City of Paris Moderator: Mr. Gino Van Begin, Secretary General, ICLEI

12:15

- Introduction to Participating Cities (Round 2) - Other cities and organizations

13:00 Lunch

IV. Thematic Learning Events (In Parallel) *Refer to detailed agendas on Pgs 12-16 for separate thematic tracks below

14:00

Learning Event 1: Green Infrastructure Solutions for Integrated Urban Flood Risk Management

Learning Event 2: Transit-Oriented Development

17:30 End of GPSC Day 1

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Wednesday, March 9

Parallel Learning Event 1: Green-Infrastructure Solutions for Integrated Urban

Flood Risk Management

14:00 - 17:30 Venue: Main Ballroom, 2nd Floor, Sheraton Towers Hotel

Overview: The “Green Infrastructure Solutions for Integrated Urban Flood Risk Management” program focuses on the issue of urban floods and case studies from cities dealing with this global development challenge. The program comprises of two panel sessions, which will include presentations from city representatives and experts. Starting with a brief introduction and key principles on integrated urban flood risk management, the presentations will highlight examples and good practice in national and city-scale application of green infrastructure. The program will provide a mix of policy, operational and latest state-of-the-art innovation in applying green infrastructures for urban flood risk management. Speakers will share experience ranging from East and South East Asia, Africa and Europe.

The program is organized by the Urban Floods Community of Practice (UFCOP) which is a global initiative led by the World Bank to share operational and technical experience and solutions for advancing an integrated approach to urban flood risk management. UFCOP supports knowledge creation and knowledge sharing among different stakeholders to leverage expertise in urban flood risk management and provide innovative knowledge solutions to UFCOP members and the development community.

March 9, 2016

Time Learning Event 1: Green Infrastructure Solutions for Integrated Urban Flood Risk Management

Agenda Item

Welcome and Opening Remarks

14:00

Welcome and Opening Remarks, Mr. Ede Jorge Ijjasz-Vasquez, Senior Director of Global Practice Group for Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience, World Bank

Panel 1: City Experience in Applying Green Infrastructure Approaches Chair: Mr. Sameh Naguib Wahba, Practice Manager, World Bank

14:05

Overview of Urban Flood Risk Management and Green Infrastructure Approaches, Mr. Abhas Jha, Practice Manager, World Bank

14:15

Introduction to Urban Floods Community of Practice (UFCOP), Ms. Jolanta Kryspin-Watson, Lead Disaster Risk Management Specialist, World Bank

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March 9, 2016

Time Learning Event 1: Green Infrastructure Solutions for Integrated Urban Flood Risk Management

Agenda Item

14:20

- Case study: Singapore: Mr. Ridzuan Bin Ismail, Director of the

Catchment & Waterways Department, PUB - Case study: Perspectives from Dakar - Madame Marie Ndaw - Technical

Director of Dakar Municipal Development Agency, Senegal - Case study: Perspectives from Metro Colombo - Eng. S. H. Thushari,

Deputy General Manager, Sri Lanka Land Reclamation and Development Corporation (SLLRDC), Ministry of Megapolis & Western Development, Sri Lanka

15:40 Coffee Break

Panel 2: Opportunities and Innovations in Applying Green Infrastructure Approaches

Chair: Mr. Abhas Jha, Practice Manager, World Bank

16:00

- Japan experience: Mr. Atsushi Takeda, River Environment Division, Water

And Disaster Management Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT), Japan

- China experience: Professor Che Wu, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture.

- Netherlands experience: Mr. Peter Letitre, Senior Project Manager and Deltares Indonesia Representative.

- Korean experience: Dr. Han WooSuk, Associate Research Fellow, Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements (KRIHS), South Korea

17:20

End of Green-Infrastructure Solutions for Integrated Urban Flood Risk Management learning event – concluding remarks by Chair.

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Wednesday, March 9

Parallel Learning Event 2: Transit-Oriented Development

14:00 - 17:30 Venue: Topaz, 2nd Floor, Sheraton Towers Hotel

Overview: Transit-Oriented Development, or TOD, is a powerful, cross-cutting urban planning approach that can advance environmental sustainability, economic development and socially-inclusive development. Done well, TOD’s emphasis on density and a variety of land uses around high-capacity transit can be harnessed to create vibrant, livable and sustainable communities. The rapid growth of urban areas and commensurate investment in urban transportation systems in the developing world present a unique opportunity and need for effective TOD. The thematic learning track on TOD will include presentations by city practitioners and experts on how TOD is planned at three different scales – city, corridor and station area- covering experience from Africa, East Asia and Latin America, with an emphasis on the experience of Singapore. This will be followed by breakout discussions for participants to share their own experience of challenges as well as of policy, operational and innovative solutions in operationalizing TOD. It will conclude by a presentation on some of the resources available to support such implementation.

The session is jointly organized by the World Bank’s TOD Community of Practice (TOD COP) and WRI. The TOD COP is a global initiative led by the World Bank to support the implementation of TOD principles, by harnessing experience gained in considering and implementing TOD in over 20 cities, by supporting implementation of TOD at city, corridor or station area level in the context of World Bank projects, and by facilitating the sharing of good practices and solutions in TOD implementation with TOD COP members and the development community.

March 9, 2016

Time Learning Event 2: Transit-Oriented Development

Event

I. Welcome and Opening Remarks

14:00-14:10


- Ms. Naoko Ishii, CEO, GEF

14:10 – 14:25

Transit-Oriented Development Across Scales

- Mr. Gerald Ollivier, Leader, Transit-Oriented Development Community of Practice (World Bank)

II. City Experience in Planning Transit-Oriented Development: Case Studies from Nanchang, Johannesburg, Recife, and Singapore

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March 9, 2016


Event

14:25-14:45

TOD at the City Level – Coordination of Economic, Land use and Transport Plans

- Nanchang: Mr. Liu Hua, Chief Economist, Nanchang Development and Reform Commission

- Recife: Mr. Joao Domingos Azevedos, President, Recife’s Urban Planning Institute

14:45 – 14:55

TOD at the Corridor Level – Planning Transit Lines and Station Areas to Maximize Benefits

- Johannesburg: Mr. Herman Pienaar, Director, City Transformation and Spatial Planning, City of Johannesburg

14:55 – 15:30

Integration of Transport and Land Use Plans: From Plans to Implementation in Singapore

- Mr. Kenneth Wong, Director of Local Planning, Land Transport Authority - Marina Bay Case Study: Ms. Linda Lui, Senior Architect, Planning,

Conservation & Urban Design Group, Urban Redevelopment Authority

15:30 – 15:45 Coffee Break

III. Breakout Sessions

15:45 – 16:30

Individual breakout sessions covering TOD at the City, Corridor and Local Levels

- What are the challenges faced and what type of solutions are required for cities to implement TOD?

Moderators: Mr. Serge Salat (Urban Morphology and Complex Systems Institute), Ms. Robin King (World Resources Institute), Mr. Gerald Ollivier (World Bank), Mr. Daniel Levine (World Bank), Ms. Wanli Fang (World Bank), Mr. You Ji (World Bank)

16:30 – 16:45 Sharing of findings by groups

16:45 - 17:05

Presentation by World Resources Institute

- TOD Resources & Case Study of Portland: Ms. Robin King, Director of Urban Development, WRI

17:05 – 17:15

Q&A

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Event

17:15 – 17:30

Concluding Remarks and Next Steps

- Mr. Gerald Ollivier, Leader, Transit-Oriented Development Committee of Practice (World Bank)

17:30

End of TOD learning event

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Thursday, March 10


Learning Event 3: Integrating Climate Change Strategy to Urban Planning and

Management 09:00 – 12:10 Venue: Main Ballroom, 2nd Floor, Sheraton Towers Hotel

Overview: The Paris Agreement sets out a global action plan for low carbon and resilient development. Cities are economically and socially vulnerable to climate change, but also responsible for 70% of global emissions. Cities are at the frontlines of global climate action and the transition to low carbon development and resilience. To make transformation happen, the climate action strategy of cities must be integrated into urban planning and be supported by financing and investment. This learning event will provide opportunities for cities to share their experiences and challenges in integrating climate targets and action plans into their overall planning and policies. At the end of the event, the GPSC will present a work plan for supporting cities’ integrated climate change actions.

I. Introduction

9:00 Welcome Remarks Ms. Naoko Ishii, CEO, GEF

II. Paris Agreement and Beyond

9:05

Paris Agreement and Implications on Sub-National Climate Action - Mr. Holger Dalkmann, Director of Strategy and Global Policy, WRI - Mr. Yann Francoise, Head of Climate and Energy Strategies, City of Paris - Q&A Moderator: Mr. Gino Van Begin, Secretary General, ICLEI

III. Integrating Low Carbon Strategy with Sustainable Urban Planning

9:35

Low Carbon Plans for Capping Emissions: Opportunities and Challenges - Mr. Tang Jie, former Vice Mayor of Shenzhen - Ms. Sahar Shirazi, Senior Planning Advisor, State of California - Mr. Alberto Martin Barandiaran, Advisor to the Office of Vice Minister of Strategic Development of Natural Resources, Peru - Discussions Moderator: Mr. Rafael Tuts, Coordinator, Urban Planning and Design Branch, UNHABITAT

10:35 Coffee Break

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10:50

Strengthening Urban Resilience - Eng. Fawzi Masad, Chief Resilient Officer at Greater Amman Municipality and Technical Assistant to the Mayor of Amman - Green Cities and Climate Resilience in Viet Nam – Mr. Lê Đình Khánh, Deputy Director, Thua Thien Hue Department of Planning and Investment, Viet Nam and Mr. Bruce Dunn, Senior Environment Specialist, Asian Development Bank - Discussions Moderator: Ms. Anna Wellenstein, Practice Manager, World Bank

IV. Closing

11:50

Next steps (Ms. Xueman Wang, Coordinator of GPSC and Mr. Stephen Hammer, Manager of Climate Change Group, World Bank)

12:10 End of climate change learning event

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Thursday, March 10

Singapore Urban Roundtable

08:00 – 12:00

Venue: Topaz Room, 2nd Floor, Sheraton Towers Hotel Co-organized and financed by World Bank and International Enterprise (IE) Singapore

Overview: The Singapore Urban Roundtable is a knowledge sharing event that will bring together senior officials from Singapore’s public and private sectors, together with World Bank senior staff and clients, to understand and discuss Singapore’s value proposition as an urban hub. The session will facilitate dialogue, understanding and exploration of future opportunities for collaboration among the World Bank, its clients and public and private sector entities in Singapore. The session will begin with a presentation by the Bank on the current and future portfolio of the Urban, Disaster Risk Management, Transport, ICT and Water sectors in the East Asia and the Pacific (EAP) region, followed by a discussion among representatives from public and private sector entities, moderated by a World Bank sector specialist. The roundtable and discussion will highlight Singapore’s experience in urban planning and development; municipal infrastructure (including wastewater treatment and solid waste management); and disaster risk management, as well as the opportunities for tapping on these experiences overseas. The regional launch of the “Competitive Cities for Jobs and Growth: What, Who and How” report, jointly organized by the World Bank Global Practices for Trade & Competitiveness (T&C) and Social, Urban, Rural & Resilience (SURR), will take place immediately after the Urban Roundtable.

March 10, 2016

Time Singapore Urban Roundtable

Agenda Item

I. Welcome, Opening Remarks and Keynote Address

9:00 – 9:05

Welcome Speech

- Mr. Tan Soon Kim – Assistant CEO, IE Singapore

9:05 – 9:10

Opening Remarks

- Mr. Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez – Senior Director, Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice, World Bank

9:10 – 9:30

Keynote Address

- Ms. Indranee Rajah – Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Finance & Ministry of Law

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March 10, 2016

Time Singapore Urban Roundtable

Agenda Item

II. Knowledge Opportunities with the World Bank

9:30 – 10:00

East Asia and the Pacific Region: Infrastructure and Urbanization Trends

- Mr. Abhas K. Jha – Practice Manager, Urban and Disaster Risk Management (East Asia & Pacific)

Questions & Answers

10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break

III. Knowledge in Singapore

10:30 – 11:45

Plenary Session: Singapore Story, From Planning to Implementation

- Mr. Eng Cheong Teo – CEO, Surbana Jurong International - Mr. Tat Kwon Tang – Deputy CEO, Sembcorp Development - Mr. Andrew Chow – President, Info-Comm Systems, ST Electronics - Mr. Kai Yeng Wong – Urban Planning and Development Expert, Centre for

Liveable Cities Moderator: Mr. Ahmed A.R. Eiweida – Lead Urban Specialist, Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice (World Bank) Questions & Answers

IV. Closing Remarks

11:45 – 11:50

Wrap-Up and Conclusions

- Mr. Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez – Senior Director, Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice, World Bank

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Thursday, March 10

Regional Launch of Competitive Cities Report 12:15 – 13:00 Venue: Main Ballroom, 2nd Floor, Sheraton Towers Hotel Co-organized by World Bank Global Practice for Trade & Competitiveness and Global Practice for Social, Urban, Rural &

Resilience

March 10, 2016

Time Regional Launch of Competitive Cities Report

Agenda Item

I. Welcome and Opening Remarks

12:15 – 12:25


- Mr. Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez – Senior Director, Global Practice for Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience (World Bank)

- Ms. Anabel Gonzalez – Senior Director, Global Practice for Trade & Competitiveness (World Bank) [Video recording]

II. Launch of Competitive Cities Report

12:25 – 12:40

Presentation of Report Summary (Video and Short Presentation)

- Ms. Megha Mukim – Economist, Global Practice for Trade &

Competitiveness (World Bank)

12:40 – 12:55

Discussion of Report Findings

- Mr. Razeen Sally – Associate Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public

Policy

- Ms. Sylvia Koh – Head of Strategic Consulting, Corporate Solutions, Asia

Pacific, Jones Lang La Salle

- Mr. Sameh Naguib Wahba – Practice Manager, Urban & Disaster Risk

Management (Africa), Global Practice for Social, Urban, Rural and

Resilience (World Bank)

III. Closing Remarks

12:55 – 13:00

Closing Remarks

- Ms. Paramita Dasgupta, Practice Manager, Global Practice for Trade &

Competitiveness (World Bank)

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

Media will be invited to attend the launch event from 12:15 – 13:00. Following the launch, interviews can be arranged with senior Bank staff and key Roundtable/ Competitive Cities launch participants in the VIP Room.

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Thursday, March 10


Closing Plenary 14:15 – 17:15 Venue: Main Ballroom, 2nd Floor, Sheraton Towers Hotel

I. Understanding an “Integrated Approach” to Sustainability Moderator: Mr. Ede Jorge Ijjasz-Vasquez, Senior Director, World Bank

14:15

Reflections and Observations from Participants - Working group on spatial data and indicators for urban sustainability - Learning event on finance - Learning Event 1: Urban Flooding - Learning Event 2: Transit Oriented Development (TOD) - Learning Event 3: Integrating Climate Change Strategy to Urban Planning

14:40

Key Note Presentation: Integrated Approach to Sustainable Urban Planning and Implementation Mr. Serge Salat, President of Urban Morphology Institute Discussants: - Ms. Carol Shaffer, Advisor to the Secretary of Environment, Brasilia - Ms. Yondela Silimela, Executive Director of Development Planning, Johannesburg - Ms. Yumiko Noda, former Deputy Mayor of Yokohama City, PWC Discussions

16:00 Coffee Break

II. GPSC: Next Steps Moderator: Mr. Abhas K. Jha, Practice Manager, World Bank

16:20 Work program and Next Steps for GPSC - Ms. Xueman Wang, GPSC Coordinator, World Bank (10 min)

16:30

Information on World Cities Summit 2016

- Mr. Brian Patrick Tan, Senior Assistant Director, Centre for Livable Cities (Singapore)

III. Closing

16:45 Closing Remarks Representatives from countries, the GEF and partner organizations are invited to share their reflections

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- Countries/cities - GEF: Mr. Gustavo Fonseca, Director - Partner organizations

17:15

Briefing on Site Visits (Ms. Sarah Lin, World Bank Singapore Office) End of First GPSC Meeting

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Friday, March 11

Site Visits 08:15 – 17:00 Various Locations Organized by the Housing Development Board (HDB), Public Utilities Board (PUB), Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA), International Enterprise (IE) Singapore, and Centre for Livable Cities (CLC).

Overview: Urban Week will end with site visits to various locations in Singapore, allowing participants to gain a deeper understanding of some of the examples raised over the course of the week’s presentations and discussions. All participants will gather at the Urban Redevelopment Authority for a presentation and guided gallery tour, and will then have the option to choose a thematic site visit in the afternoon. The topics proposed for the afternoon site visits are: i) urban flooding; ii) transit-oriented development, and iii) public housing.

For Tracks 1 and 3, shuttle buses will return participants back to Sheraton. For Track 2, participants will conduct the site visit making use of public transport.

March 11,

2016 Site Visits

I. Integrated Land Use Planning in Singapore

8:15 Meet at Sheraton Towers Hotel Lobby *Shuttle buses will leave promptly at 8:30am so please be on time!

9:00 Presentation by Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA)

Q&A

10:30 Coffee Break

10:50 Guided Tour of URA City Gallery

12:00 Lunch around URA (Tanjong Pagar neighborhood) Participants will be free to choose among various eateries near the URA.

II. Thematic Track Site Visits**

13:00

3 Parallel Site Visits

Track 1: Urban Flooding


Track 3: Public Housing [See detailed site visit itineraries below]

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17:00 End

**Please wear comfortable clothing and shoes for the site visit! Be ready for humidity, rain or shine!

Track 1: Urban Flooding

Time Event

13:30 Meet at URA Entrance *Shuttle buses will leave promptly at 13:45 so please be on time!

14:30 – 15:30 Guided Tour of Sustainable Singapore Gallery, Marina Barrage

15:30 – 16:00 Travel to Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park

16:00 – 17:00 Briefing on Active, Beautiful and Clean (ABC) Waters features and tour of

Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park

17:00 Buses return to Sheraton Towers Hotel


Time Event

13:00 Meet at URA Entrance Travel to Fullerton Bay Hotel via public transport *Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) tickets will be provided

13:30 – 14:15 Guided Tour of Fullerton Bay Hotel

- Representative from Sino Group, Far East Organization

14:15 – 15:00

Q&A with Mr. Marc Boey

- Director, Special Projects, Far East International, Far East Organization

15:00 – 17:00

Guided Tour of Marina Bay (Walking/ Via Public Transport)

- Ms. Linda Lui, Senior Architect, Planning, Conservation & Urban Design

Group, Urban Redevelopment Authority *Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) tickets will be provided

17:00

End of Site Visit *Please note that return transport will not be provided. Participants will be able to depart from

Bayfront MRT station at Marina Bay

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Track 3: Public Housing

Time Event

12:50 Meet at URA Entrance *Shuttle buses will leave promptly at 13:00 so please be on time!

13:30 – 15:00 Briefing and Tour by Housing Development Board (HDB)

15:00 – 16:00

Toa Payoh Neighborhood Walkabout

- Mr Chionh Chye Khye, Centre of Liveable Cities Panel of Experts

16:00 Buses return to Sheraton Towers Hotel

Annex 2

GPSC List of Participants


List of Participants (As of March 4, 2016)

March 9-11, 2016, Singapore

Sheraton Towers Singapore Hotel, 39 Scotts Rd

List of Country/City Representatives

Country Level/City Representative Affiliation

Brazil National Mr. Guilherme WIEDMAN Project Director, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation

Brasilia Ms. Carol SHAFFER Advisor to the Secretary of Environment, GDF-SEMA

Mr. Cristiano CAGNIN City Coordinator, CGEE

Recife Mr. Joao DOMINGOS AZEVEDO

President, Recife's Urban Planning Institute, Planning Department, Recife

Mr. Mauricio GUERRA Secretary of Environment, Secretary of Environment

Ms. Ana Luiza FERREIRA Project Coordinator, ARIES - Recife Agency for Innovation and Strategy

Sao Paulo Ms. Clarice MEYER CABRAL Coordinator Indicators, Instituto Sao Paulo Sustentavel (Rede Nossa Sao Paulo/Programa Cidades Sustentaveis)

China Nanchang City

Mr. LIU Hua Chief Economic Planner/Director of Nanchang Project Office, Nanchang Development and Reform Committee

Mr. WANG Bo Director of National Economy Division/ General Secretary of Nanchang Project Office, Nanchang Development and Reform Committee

Ms. DENG Fei Vice Director of Debt Finance Division, Department of Finance of Jiangxi Province

Shijiazhuang City / Hebei Province

Mr. WANG Lin Division Chief, Hebei Provincial Department of Finance

Mr. SHI Guohua Section Chief, Shijiazhuang Municipal Bureau of Finance

Mr. LI Pengcheng Section Chief, Administrative Bureau of State-Owned Property in Zhengding New District

Guiyang City Mr. HU Xiangcheng Chief Engineer, Guiyang Public Transport Group Co., Ltd.

Ms. YANG Yangqi Chief Accountant, Guiyang Public Transport Group Co., Ltd.

Mr. WANG Mou Associate

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