ANNOUNCEMENT OF SHELTER ACADEMY 2014
As presented by Dr. Joan Clos, Executive Director of UN-Habitat and Neil McArthur, CEO of ARCADIS NV, we are pleased to announce the the Fourth Annual Shelter Academy, Adapting & Mitigating Climate Change: Options for Cities, that will take place in Amsterdam and Rotterdam, The Netherlands during the period 1-4 September 2014. See attached brochure.

Target Audience
– The 2014 Academy is aimed at UN-Habitat Partner Cities.
– Participation is targeting (but not limited to) high-level local officials and senior level decision makers and policy makers, including mayors) from mid-sized municipalities, in the Africa, Asia and Pacific, as well as the Latin America regions.
– It is anticipated that these participants will be able to act as ‘multipliers’ within their own organizations and regions, communicating best practices and key lessons learned from the Academy to colleagues and counterparts. The Academy aims to host a maximum of 20 participants.
– The official language of the Academy will be English.

Programme
The academy is focused on actual participant-driven case studies. Participants are expected to prepare and present their own case studies which will increase knowledge exchange, self-reflection on problems and solutions and collective learning on urban development challenges related to climate change. These should be presented and in power point format. Participants are expected to reflect on strategies to overcome these challenges. The Academy will promote learning and capacity building on the topic of cities and climate change and will foster a meaningful dialogue on how cities are responding to these challenges. Additional case studies from lecturers, site visits and peer-to-peer dialogues with Dutch municipalities, policy makers and decision makers will further enhance the quality of the programme.

Costs
The programme provides fellowships to participants who meets the credentials of the target audience.
The fellowship includes travel from and to home country, accommodation in the Netherlands, meals, local transport, training materials, site visits to Dutch cities, meeting with their peers.
The selection is competitive for the limited number of fellowships.

Applications
The attached registration form should be sent to not later than 30th of May.
Selected participants should send their case study in ppt format not later than 1st of July.

For further information contact sandrine.cardon@unhabitat.org.

Shelter-brochure 2014
Registration Form Shelter Academy 2014

Third Sanitation Dialogue: 11th Hour to MDGs 2015
Manila, Philippines – 27-29 May, 2014

The Third Sanitation Dialogue, this year themed “11th Hour to MDGs 2015”, will advocate a comprehensive approach to sanitation among the Asian Development Bank and its developing member countries. Through the sharing of innovative solutions to financing, affordability and sustainability issues among others, the dialogue will strengthen the capacity of developing countries to conceptualize, plan and implement sanitation strategies and projects.

The Asian Development Bank encourages sanitation experts and practitioners working in government, the private sector, academe and NGOs to attend. There are no registration fees. Please contact Marc Ebarvia at cebarvia.consultant@adb.org for information on how to join the discussion. For more details of the event itself, please visit: http://bit.ly/1m1Mohm

Seoul, Korea – April 21-26, 2014

The World Bank and partners invite CITYNET members to the 2014 City Creditworthiness Academy. The City Creditworthiness Academy will assist senior financial officials from sub-national governments and public enterprises across Asia to master the underpinnings of creditworthiness. Participants will develop an action plan to improve their creditworthiness and facilitate access to finance for low-carbon and resilient infrastructure.

The agenda of the City Creditworthiness Academy offers a set of intense training modules ranging from revenue management to climate smart capital investment planning, and from debt financing options to the enabling environment for sub-national finance. The training emphasizes peer-to-peer learning and focuses on the practitioners’ perspective, highlighting best practices from Asia and from across the world. The Korea Development Institute will also organize dedicated site visits for the Academy’s participants.

Interested participants should complete the application form and send it to Lauren Wilson lwilson1@worldbank.org by March 8, 2014.

Accommodation and facility costs will be covered by the organizing partners. Participants are expected to fund their own travel costs. Limited funds are available for participant travel subsidies and requests for such funds should be indicated on the application form. Requests will be considered on the basis of need and merit.

For more information, please visit http://www.ppiaf.org/node/961