Brazil Mdr Participates Tender

The Ministry of Regional Development MDR will participate between the 26th and 30th of June in the 11th Session of the World Urban Forum WUF-11 in the city of Katovice Poland. The event aims to examine issues related to rapid urbanization and its impact on communities cities economies climate change and policies. To learn more about the forum just access this link .MDRs participation in the World Urban Forum is an opportunity to exchange experiences on relevant topics for sustainable urban development and to promote the improvement of our cities. Brazil has very different regional and municipal realities. Knowing how other countries have faced their challenges will help us to expand our repertoire of action explains the deputy executive secretary of the MDR Alice Carvalho who will be present at the event.Also representing the MDR at the Forum will be the National Housing Secretary Alfredo dos Santos the Infrastructure analyst Raquel Furtado from the National Secretariat for Mobility and Regional and Urban Development SMDRU and Bruno Melo a technical advisor specializing in public policies and government management. .We are going to present Brazils actions in the area of urban development including housing sanitation smart cities and mobility which can also serve as inspiration for other countries highlights secretary Alice Carvalho.Among the activities that MDR representatives will participate in are the Dialogues which set the agenda for policies and actions and provide a platform for sharing ideas on topics of global importance the Special Sessions convened to explore the challenges and opportunities on a topic of global importance with debate on elements of the New Urban Agenda and the Round Tables to identify areas of consensus and ways to move forward on emerging issues and global trends.Networking events will also be held aimed at establishing global connections with other professionals to identify approaches and implementation of the New Urban Agenda.The WUFs vision is that cities need to be well planned to ensure sustainability equity and shared prosperity. The event will address key questions about the future of cities what kind is needed to support the future of humanity how they are envisioned and their future and what we want them to be.It is estimated that urban areas will absorb virtually all future world population growth and all regions will become more urbanized in the next ten years. Currently 56 of the world population lives in cities with the prospect that this percentage will reach 60 by 2030.In Brazil the degree of urbanization is well advanced. Currently about 164 million people live in urban areas which corresponds to 85 of the countrys population. The high urban growth experienced by Brazil in the last 40 years has resulted in an exponential increase in the demand for public services putting pressure on public budgets at the federal and local levels.the forumEstablished by the United Nations in 2001 the World Urban Forum is the leading global conference on urbanization under the United Nations Human Settlements Program UN-Habitat. The first edition took place in Nairobi Kenya in 2002. The event is held every two years.This years theme Transforming our cities for a better urban future stimulates reflection on trends challenges and opportunities that present themselves to cities as well as possible paths to face future pandemics and local or global catastrophes.The main WUF11 program includes dialogues round tables and events organized and facilitated by UN-Habitat the Government of Poland and partners. The forum has the participation of representatives of national regional and local governments academics entrepreneurs community leaders and experts in urban planning and development from different countries of the world.