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General Information ....................................................................................... 2
Programme .................................................................................................... 3
Pre-Session ..................................................................................................... 5
Opening Session .............................................................................................. 6
UN-Habitat Speech ........................................................................................ 13
International Organisation Speeches ........................................................ 15
Company Speech ........................................................................................... 17
Parallel Session .......................................................................................... 20
UN-Habitat Session ...................................................................................... 30
Knowledge Sharing Session ....................................................................... 32
Closing Session ............................................................................................ 36
Representatives of Participating Cities ................................................... 39
Side Programme ........................................................................................... 42
Related Businesses .......................................................................................44
Reference ....................................................................................................... 45
Partners ......................................................................................................... 50

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General Information
Conference Name: The 13th Asian-Pacific City Summit Special Edition
Theme :The Potential of Cities in the Face of Crises

Date:

Tuesday 26 and Wednesday, 27 October 2021

Format:OnlineHosts:

Fukuoka City and UN-Habitat ROAP-Fukuoka

Suppoters:

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan,
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism,
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications,
Ministry of the Environment,
United Nations Information Centre (UNIC),
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP),
Global Compact Network Japan (GCNJ),
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

Participants:

40 cities from 18 countries

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Programme● Day 1 Tuesday 26 October
Main Programme
12:20-12:50
13:00-13:50

13:50-14:10

Pre-Session (Asian-Pacific Children's Convention in Fukuoka)⬥Messages from children in Asia-Pacific Region

Opening Session⬥Address by the Host ⬥Presenting the participating cities ⬥Photo shoot

UN-Habitat Speech⬥Maimunah Mohd Sharif, Executive Director, UN-Habitat (Video Message)⬥Rafael Tuts, Director of the Global Solutions Division, UN-Habitat

International Organisation Speeches⬥Dechen Tsering, Regional Director, United Nations Environment Programme⬥Aziza Akhmouch, Head of City Division, Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions
and Cities, OECD

14:10-14:40

14:40-15:00
15:00-15:15

Break
Company Speech Ⅰ“Challenge of Kubota... For solutions of social issues and a sustainable world“
Shinabe Kazuhiro, Managing Executive Officer, General Manager of Environmental
Solution Division, KUBOTA Corporation

Company Speech Ⅱ“Just for the Earth ~ Decarbonization through our waste and water solutions”

15:15-15:30
15:30-17:10

Fukuda Kazuyoshi, Managing Director, Overseas Operation, Environmental
Solutions Sector, JFE Engineering Corporation

UN-Habitat Session

Side Programme
17:30-18:45

Fukuoka International Student Support Association / Fukuoka City International Foundation

Talk Session on Business Start-up and Job Hunting for International Students 2021

● Cooperative organisation

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Programme● Day 2 Wednesday 27 October
Main Programme
10:30-12:30
10:30-12:30
12:30-13:00
13:00-15:00
13:00-15:00

Parallel Session A“Innovation for Improving Citizens' Living Conditions to Leave No One Behind”

Parallel Session B“Toward Achieving a Carbon Neutral Society”

Break

Parallel Session C“New Trends in Urban Policy Development Responding to the New Normal”

Parallel Session D“Sustainable Tourism in the New Era“

Knowledge Sharing Session
15:00-16:30⬥Kyushu University Session⬥OECD Session

Closing Session
16:30-17:10⬥Parallel Session Report⬥Commitment⬥Closing Ceremony

Side Programme
11:00-12:30
12:30-13:50
14:00-15:00

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Long-term Spatial Vision in Japan and Asia
World Bank Tokyo Development Learning Center

Climate Smart Urban Forum
Fukuoka City

What is Fukuoka Method? ~ Low-cost and eco-friendly landfill technology~

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Pre-Session■ Asian-Pacific Children's Convention in Fukuoka (APCC) Announcement
The Asian-Pacific Children’s Convention was established in 1989 toprovide the citizens of Fukuoka with opportunities for international
exchange with the hope of making Fukuoka City more international andfurther contributing to world peace.
We invite over 200 children aged 11 from 30 countries and regions
around the Asia-Pacific to Fukuoka every summer for a fortnight for the
event called Bridge Summer Camp. The children are given opportunities
to meet the locals in a variety of settings including at homes, schools
or in communities. We also run an exchange programme called Bridge
Challenge Trip, where Fukuoka children are sent overseas for about one
week.
Over our 33 year history, we have invited a total of 12,000 people to
Fukuoka, had the help of 7,000 host families and 8,000 volunteers, andsent more than 3,700 people overseas.
Unfortunately, we are currently unable to run summer camps andchallenge trips due to the COVID pandemic. However, in order toprovide children with opportunities for international exchange, we areconducting a completely virtual Bridge Virtual Summer Camp. Over thecourse of seven sessions, 130 children from overseas and 100 children
from Fukuoka have participated, and friendships have been fosteredthrough online exchanges that transcend national borders.

Fuji Masaomi
Operating Director,
Asian-Pacific Children's Convention
in Fukuoka■ Messages from Children in the Asia Pacific Region
Four children participating in the Bridge Virtual Summer Camp of the APCC sent messages to participants at the
Asian-Pacific City Summit.

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Opening Session■ Address by the Host
Thank you for joining us for the 13th Asian-Pacific City Summit Special
Edition. I welcome you from the bottom of my heart.
The COVID pandemic delayed us by one year. However, I am happy we
can host this Summit. I want to thank everyone who has worked hard to
make this Summit possible.
The cities around the Asia-Pacific have a long history of exchange andare important partners with a common goal: to overcome city issues.
The APCS was born from this goal in 1994, when Fukuoka City
established the Summit for leaders to discuss urban issues and create
cooperative networks.
Over the 30 year history, 12 Mayors Conferences have been held.
These events have helped share issues and their solutions, and also
contributed to making inter-city networks.
The main theme of this Summit is The Potential of Cities in the Face of
Crises.
The COVID pandemic has had a big effect on our cities in a wide rangeof areas, such as urban development, citizens’ lifestyles and tourism.
The way cities should be run is being questioned.
The cities standing on the front line of these crises are most able torespond to the needs and hopes of citizens. That is exactly why cities
can be said to have the potential to show society how to solve theseissues and change the world.
Over the next two days, active discussions will be held between
people with expert knowledge and leaders willing to change their cities.
I hope that the event will be a great chance for cities to share lots ofknowledge and re-discover their potential.
This Summit is attended by 40 cities, the most of any Summit. Thisshows we want to find solutions through the network of Asia-Pacific
cities. I hope everyone will further their exchanges as partners to facecrises. Let’s overcome this together. Thank you.

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Takashima Soichiro
Mayor of Fukuoka City

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Opening Session■ Address by the Host
Ladies and gentlemen, we have been facing unprecedented challenges.
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on society has been expanding
and getting more severe. We have been witnessing devastating floods,
droughts, violent storms and wildfires around the world because ofclimate change. Most of them have occurred in Asia and the Pacific. We
must not forget that millions of people in the region face economic andsocial disruption, violence and even humanitarian crises.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed to member
countries at the high-level meeting of the UN General Assembly in
September 2021, “The world must wake up. We are standing on the edgeof the abyss and moving in the wrong direction. The world has neverbeen more threatened or more divided. We are facing the biggest chainof crises in our lifetime.”
Needless to say, tackling climate change is the most urgent challenge,
and we need to make utmost collective efforts on it. Cities are now
attracting attention in the global setting like COP26 to integrate andharmonise climate change mitigation and adaption, which measures invarious fields. Also, cities can take bottom-up and top-down approaches
in addressing multiple issues.
We have seen some setbacks and delays in the SDGs on our sharedglobal plan because of this pandemic. Now is the time cities must renew
their commitments to achieving the SDGs and accelerate actions fora prosperous, equitable, and socially and environmentally sustainable
future. And the key here is the localization of the SDGs.
We have addressed the localization of the SDGs as one of the focal
points of this summit. We are hosting the UN-Habitat session focusing
on the Voluntary Local Review of the SDGs this afternoon. VLR started
about four years ago. Since then, it has spread all over the world. I hopethat the cities attending this summit will also join this movement, andwe are ready to assist you.
Finally, I wish a productive summit with fruitful discussion for allparticipants.
Thank you very much.

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Koresawa Atsushi
Regional Representative,
UN-Habitat Regional Officefor Asia and the Pacific

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Wen Guohui■ Address by the Representative of Participating Cities
Distinguished Mayor Takashima Soichiro, dearcolleagues, Ladies and gentlemen, friends,
Hello everyone. It gives me great pleasure to attend
the 13th Asian-Pacific City Summit Special Edition via
video. First of all, on behalf of the Guangzhou Municipal
People's Government and in my own name, I would liketo extend my warm congratulations on the convening of
the summit. I would like to extend my sincere greetings
to all the participants and the people in your cities.
This occasion reminds me of my visit to Fukuoka
in August 2018 at the invitation of my friend Mayor
Takashima Soichiro to attend the 12th Asian-Pacific
City Summit. The beautiful city of Fukuoka and friendly
people remain fresh in my mind. I admire, in particular,
the young and promising Mayor Takashima for his
charismatic leadership.
The outbreak of COVID-19 has severely challenged
global public health security and impacted the operationof the world economy. The international community,
Asian-Pacific City Summit and its member cities
in particular, have stood together in solidarity andrendered each other support, attesting to the truth in
a community with a shared future for mankind. The
Summit is held in an unusual time of COVID-19 response
and global economy recovery. The theme of this year's
summit, “Potential of Cities in the Face of Crises”, is ahighly fitting one. In-depth discussions around urban
governance and post-COVID recovery echo the missionof bolstering economy in Asia-Pacific cities and beyond.
I believe this summit will be of great significance forpromoting global solidarity against the crisis andrevitalizing global economy.
Guangzhou is a national central city of China, aninternational trade center, an international consumption
hub, and a core city in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao
Greater Bay Area. Guangzhou has made coordinatedefforts to ensure sound COVID-19 response and socioeconomic development. Our residents have stood unitedand shown support in combating the pandemic andresume work and production, pulling strength to restart
the economy. At present, the city has administered over
36 million doses of vaccination to more than 18 million
people. In 2020, Guangzhou's GDP exceeded RMB 2.5
trillion (approximately US$390 billion) an increase of
2.7% and grew by 13.7% in the first half of this year. In
the meantime, in assistance for 63 cities around theMayor of Guangzhou City

world, we have provided nearly 7 million masks and 10
thousand infrared thermometers. Last week, the 130th
Canton Fair was successfully held online and offline, andapproximately 26,000 domestic and foreign companies
participated in it, marking an step forward in the
country's COVID response and economic recovery.
Dear colleagues, the world today is seeing repeatedresurgence of the virusand global economic recovery
lacks momentum. We live in a community with a shared
future for mankind, and stand to rise and fall together.
No one can stand alone. Unity and cooperation are themost powerful weapons for global cities to overcome
crises. It is important for us to uphold the spirit ofopenness and innovation, actively embrace and absorb
advance governance wisdom from other cities in theworld. The Asian-Pacific City Summit is an importanturban governance exchange platform and has been
actively exploring feasible solutions for the sustainable
development of global cities. Guangzhou is willing tojoin hands with its member cities to continue to playa constructive and important role within the summit's
framework, as part of its efforts to build cities fairer,
more prosperous and more resilient, and contribute
more to global economic recovery in the post-COVID era
and beyond.
Colleagues, just as President Xi Jinping puts it,
when COVID-19 is over, our world will rise from thepandemic and emerge even stronger. In that spirit, we
firmly believe that the sunshine of city cooperation
will eventually dispel the haze of the virus. I wish thatmember cities win an early victory over the virus, andglobal economy go back on the right track as soon
as possible. Moreover, please allow me the honor toannounce that the City of Guangzhou, the Chinese
People's Association for Friendship with Foreign
Countries, the United Cities and Local Governments, and
the World Association of the Major Metropolises will be
co-hosting the hybrid XIII Metropolis World Congress,
Global Mayors’ Forum, and the 5th cycle of Guangzhou
International Award for Urban Innovation, from
November 8th to 13th, 2021 with the theme of Moving
Forward in Partnership and Modernizing Global Urban
Governance. We sincerely invite you to attend the event.
To conclude, I wish this summit a complete successand all of you happiness. I also wish all member cities
prosperity and the people happiness. Thank you.

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UN-Habitat Speech■ Video message from Executive Director
Colleagues, Friends, Ladies and Gentlemen,
A Very good morning from Nairobi of Kenya to my fellow mayors andcolleagues in Asia and the Pacific. As a former mayor of Penang and
Seberang Perai in Malaysia, and now as the Executive Director of UN
agency responsible for cities, I specially feel solidarity with you who aretackling a myriad of challenges every day.
My special thanks go to Mayor Takashima of Fukuoka City, who has
been supporting UN-Habitat’s activities for many years and hosting thisimportant city summit with us. Our collaboration dates back to 1997,
when the Government of Japan and the Fukuoka Prefecture, supported
the establishment of the UN-Habitat’s Regional Office for Asia and thePacific in the middle of Fukuoka city downtown.
It is the only UN regional office in Japan and the only UN office inKyushu Island Region. Moreover, Fukuoka and UN -Habitat has been
partnering in various substantive areas, including the International
Guidelines on Urban and Territorial Planning developed in 2015, andvarious field activities such as Fukuoka Method Environmentally friendly
landfill site developments in Malaysia, Kenya, Ethiopia, Myanmar andIndia, and underground water storage method named “Tametotto”
constructed in Vietnam, Lao PDR and Kenya.
Cities are at the forefront, in our efforts to address various challenges
the international society is facing, most notably, the climate crisisand the COVID-19 pandemics. Indeed, it is a quite daunting task, whichkeeps mayors and city leaders on duty 24/7. As you are well aware, theUnited Nations is spearheading our efforts towards the implementationof 17 Sustainable Development Goals to achieve the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development, Transforming our World.
However, the COVID-19 Pandemic has been impacting on almost all
spheres of SDGs negatively, and we are losing hard-won development
gains in the last decades. Yet, in such challenging situation, it isespecially important that SDGs remain as our common goals andguidelines, in addressing immediate and future health, environmental,
and socio-economic crisis.
The key to accelerating SDGs is localization. UN-Habitat has been
advancing SDGs localization in partnership with other UN offices
and Programmes with ESCAP, and associations of cities and local
governments, as well as many other partners. Hence, the choice of
Voluntary Local Reviews as the theme of UN-Habitat Session at this city
summit is quite timely and pertinent.
I wish you all a very successful city summit and fruitful outcomes.
Next time, I really hope to see you all in person.
Thank you very much for this opportunity.

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Maimunah Mohd Sharif
Executive Director,
UN-Habitat

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U N - H a b i t a t a i m s t o c r e a t e s o c i a l l y a n d e nv i r o n m e n t a l l ysustainable cities and provide appropriate living environments. The
establishment of the SDG Goal 11, “Create liveable cities,” in 2015
marked a historical milestone for the focus on human settlements
and cities. Later, in 2016, “the New Urban Agenda (NUA)” set out aroadmap to achieve these goals with innovative commitments tosocial inclusion, prosperity for all, and sustainable and resilient
development.
UN-Habitat has played a central role in the implementation of the
NUA, developing regional guidelines and action plans and working
with other UN agencies, civil society organizations and the private
sectors. Since 2014, more than 780 projects worth $12 million havebeen implemented in 97 countries, about a quarter of which is
implemented in the Asia Pacific region.
Earlier this year, UN - Habitat produced guidance based on
d a t a fro m 1 , 7 00 c i t i e s o n re s p o n d i n g t o t h e p a n d e m i c. T h e
recommendations on four areas were made: rethinking urban form
and function, addressing poverty and inequality, strengthening urban
economies, and legal linkages among different levels of politicalorganization. These are intended to make cities more resilient topandemics.
Progress on the SDGs in Asia and the Pacific is lagging, with only
10% of the region on track to achieve the SDGs. The more efforts are
required to achieve the SDGs. Therefore, localization of the SDGs isessential as a mechanism.
The Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific has a regional strategy
tailored to the needs of the region and works with other UN agencies
on projects depending on the type of activities in the region.
In Cambodia, we are providing disaster-resistant housing withthe financial support of the Japanese government and under theleadership of Cambodian ministries and regional governments. The
provision of resilient housing brings various benefits to the local
community. In Nepal, a land management and security project hashelped landless people and people who have been deprived of theirland, and those with land records and land management problems.
Additionally, in Tajikistan, UN-Habitat’s specialised agencies provide
support for problems where there are few safe areas and basic
administrative services cannot be provided.
We also support regional initiatives such as the Asia-PacificMayors Academy and the Asian-Pacific City Summit. These local
initiatives make local development possible.
Finally, UN-Habitat has implemented numerous projects, however
we believe that conveying our passion and thoughts with people
through our daily activities is more essential than countless projects
and numbers.

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Rafael Tuts
Director of the Global Solutions Division,
UN-Habitat

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International Organisation Speeches United Nations Environment Programme
Ecosystem-based approaches
for building resilience in cities
The pandemic has changed our lives dramatically but could not slow
down climate change. CO2 emissions came down temporarily with theeconomic slowdown but they are rapidly rising again.
Today, cities are home to about half of the global population andresponsible for almost two-thirds of all energy demand and 70% ofcarbon emissions. The number of urban dwellers in Asia and thePacific is expected to reach 2.8 billion in 2030 and 3.5 billion in 2050.
Furthermore, by 2050, cities in emerging and developing countries
will account for two-thirds of the global economic growth. Also, it isexpected to comprise 40% of the world’s stock of new buildings and 85%of the increase in tourism. Such rapid urbanization and infrastructuredevelopment put pressure on existing systems and resources,
exacerbating climate change risk. Cities can impact the world far beyond
their boundaries.
The rise in sea level by 1 meter in China will put 23 million people atrisk, and the sea level rise by 3 meters will put 52 million in crisis. In
Indonesia, 2.8 million people will lose their homes by a 1-meter rise,and 5.1 million with a 3-meter rise will be homeless. In Vietnam, 11% of
the population will face the risk of flooding with a 1-meter increase and
26% with a 3-meter rise. In addition, temperature rise and the severe
heat island effects are driving up the demand for electricity for air
conditioning in many cities.
In the context of climate change, Ecosystem-based Approaches(EbA) have been attracting attention as a countermeasure to climatechange. Since nature itself can absorb CO2, protecting, maintaining andrehabilitating natural ecosystems can not only mitigate climate change
but also bring many benefits to urban life, such as reducing heat islandeffects and the risk of flooding, and providing health benefits throughimproved air quality, reduced noise, and recreational opportunities.
Countries in the Asia-Pacific region are piloting a range of EbA,
including the Sponge City Approach in China and Thailand, the ABC
Waters Programme in Singapore, and the DRE Programme in Kerala,
India.
The UN Environment Assembly mandates UNEP to provide andenhance support to developing countries and regions, and we develop
and implement EbA programmes in these areas.
Building resilient cities against climate change means taking proactive
action and being flexible and agile in our response. It also means
protecting people and livelihoods and maintaining economic growthmore sustainably. A comprehensive approach from policymakers,
experts, research institutions, and private sectors is essential for
successfully implementing solutions for cities that are at the forefrontof these challenges.

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Dechen Tsering
Regional Director,
United Nations Environment
Programme

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International Organisation Speeches OECD
The global economy is expected to recover faster than initially
expected, with growth rates of 5.6% in 2021 and 4.5% in 2022. However,as the impact of the COVID-19 varies among regions, there will besignificant gaps in the state of recovery.
An OECD study found that larger cities have higher mortality rates,
twice as high as those in suburbs, due to the pandemic. We found that
there are disparities in vaccination rates depending on where people
live within the same country, that the urban poor are the most affected,
and that medical infrastructure and economic inequality were factors
for the spread of infection as well. We also discovered that the numberof deaths is related to the level of air pollution, so that the issues on
climate change and health are connected. In the Asia Pacific region,
there are significant differences in the impact on employment among
regions, and it will be imperative to grasp these geographic factors indeveloping measures to support employment recovery.
Cities are also experiencing fiscal pressures significantly, with 65%
of cities having been affected financially. This impact will be long-term,
given that it took a decade for public investment levels to recover inOECD countries after the 2008 global financial crisis.
One positive aspect of the pandemic has been the telework revolution.
It is said that urban areas are about 13% highly likely to carry out
telework compared to suburbs. In the new normal, it will be crucial in
the future on such matters including how to design and build cities, how
to revitalise the central areas, and how to make more diversified use ofurban buildings such as offices that are no longer used.
Given that cities are the closest to their citizens, they provide
various kinds of support, including maintaining corporate employment,
waiving rent, providing food banks, continuing basic services such as
public health maintenance, garbage collection and park management,
and offering residential facilities to homeless people, postponing
administrative seizure, and supporting the arts and culture industry.
In addition to these short-term measures, long-term changes andparadigm shifts have begun in cities. Digital transformation to improve
the quality of life for urban dwellers has been accelerating. As in
Brussels and Paris, cities rethink urban design and public spaces, andchrono-urbanism, which redefines the relationship between urban
infrastructure and time, has been emerging.
There are many possible scenarios for the future of cities. People
may remain in the cities, or there can also be a mass migration to thesuburbs. There are scenarios in which medium-sized cities on theoutskirts of large cities will play an important role, and there is also
a “donut effect” scenario in which new opportunities will emerge as
highly skilled workers migrate to these cities. The future of cities will be
opened up by a mixture of these various scenarios.

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Aziza Akhmouch
Head of City Division,
Centre for Entrepreneurship,
SMEs, Regions and Cities,
OECD

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Company Speech Ⅰ KUBOTA Corporation
Challenges of Kubota ~ For solutions of social issues and a sustainable world
KUBOTA Corporation began with the development of ironwater pipes to help save people from the cholera epidemic
in the 1890s. More than 130 years since then, Kubota has
been endeavouring to address issues in the fields of food,water, and environment. Indeed, we have always been
striving to achieve the SDGs.
At this session, I would like to introduce some of
Kubota's products and how they contribute to resolving
problems in water-related and environmental fields.
First, I would like to introduce our hazard resilient
ductile iron pipe (HRDIP) that helps make cities moredisaster resilient. In times of disaster, it is critical tosecure water for daily life, medical use, and firefighting.
Kubota’s HRDIP is the first of its kind in the world andhas sophisticated anti-pull-out features to enable astable water supply even during a disaster. The 2011 Great
East Japan Earthquake proved its reliability. Many cities
overseas now adopt and install the HRDIPs including cities
on the West Coast of the United States.
The next product is a membrane bioreactor system(MBR), a sewage treatment method that uses separation
membranes, which contributes to creating a safe water
environment. Treated water can then be reused forflushing toilets and watering trees. In addition, water
treatment facilities with this method would require lessthan half the size of land needed for those using moreconventional methods, so the MBR approach is being
adopted in cities where securing a large piece of land
may be difficult. Since it was adopted in the U.K. in 1998,
the system has been widely used around the globe withmore than 6,000 deliveries, making us the world's largest
supplier.
Next is our drainage pump vehicle, which is widely usedin cities. The risk of flooding is increasing every year due
to global warming, and the key here is rapid restoration.
Drainage pump vehicles are equipped with both anultralight submersible pump and generator unit and has
excellent mobility and extensive drainage capability. About
400 of them have been deployed nationwide in Japan. Tenunits were sent to Thailand during the severe flooding in
2011. Currently, the vehicles are being introduced in many
countries including Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia,
and Cambodia. Water control is a common issue in cities,

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Shinabe KazuhiroManaging Executive Officer,
General Manager of Environmental
Solution Division,
KUBOTA Corporation
and we hope that Kubota's technology can help.
Recently, we have also focused on DX, providing
products and services with IoT and AI in the fields ofagriculture, water supply and sewerage, and irrigation.
Our cloud systems, the Kubota Smart Infrastructure
System (KSIS) developed for the water environment
and the Kubota Smart Agriculture System (KSAS) for
agriculture make it possible to monitor and assess
infrastructure remotely to optimise operations. Thisin turn enables cost reduction by energy saving andpreventive maintenance.
Our founder, Gonshiro Kubota, left the following
words, “Put all your heart and soul into the products
you create, and the products should embody our values
in the right sense.” This belief lives on in our 40,000
employees today. As shown in the Kubota Global
Loop, we have continued and will continue to promotesolutions globally in the fields of food, water andenvironment.

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Company Speech Ⅱ JFE Engineering Corporation
Just For the Earth~ decarbonization through our waste and water solutions
JFE Engineering Corporation has been developing
infrastructure businesses globally in a variety of fields
including waste treatment, water supply and sewerage,energy, bridges, and waste recycling.
T h e f i r s t w a s t e i n c i n e r a t i o n p owe r p l a n t i n
Myanmar utilised the JCM scheme provided by theJapanese Ministry of the Environment. Research isalso being conducted at a joint research facility with
the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore
to develop an innovative technology to melt solid
waste into slag to reuse as “New Sand”. In Vietnam,
the Yen Xa wastewater treatment plant, which has
the largest treatment capacity in Hanoi, is currently
under construction. In the Philippines we have built anumber of water treatment plants with Manila Water
and Maynilad, and the construction of the Paranaquewastewater treatment plant in Manila is also underway.
Our achievements and experiences have been highly
valued in many countries and our technologies are
utilised in a number of projects worldwide. In Vietnam,
we are expanding the EPO and O & M business ofwater purification plants with a business alliance with
BIWASE, a major water provider. We aim to expand ourwater businesses, and by doing so, we endeavour tocontribute to the achievement of the SDGs in Vietnam.
Since we built the first incineration plant in Tokyo in
1968, JFE has constructed numerous plants nationwide
and overseas. JFE has a global engineering system
to address issues of waste treatment around theworld. Standard Kessel, an experienced EPC company,
affiliated with JFE in Europe, and Dong Jie, a joint
venture of a Chinese company and JFE in China, areresponsible for waste treatment in respective regions.
In the Asia-Pacific region, a combination of advanced
German and Japanese technologies is used fordesigning and manufacturing plants at the engineeringbase located in India and construction is carried out by
local subsidiaries or branch offices in each country.
The most reliable and cost effective way to treat
waste currently available is combustion with energy
recovery, i.e. Waste to Energy (WtE). Although the
combustion gasses from the latest WtE plants are

Fukuda Kazuyoshi
Managing Director,
Overseas Operation, Environmental
Solutions Sector,
JFE Engineering Corporaion

highly safe, the treatment process still generates CO2.
Given that CO2 itself is now regarded as one of thecauses of the greenhouse effect and climate change, a
new waste treatment method that does not generate
CO2 is required. For 20 years, we have been working
on a method known as Waste to Chemicals (WtC)
which converts waste into new chemical products.
JFE has developed technologies for converting 5
wastes to synthetic gas in both BOT and DBO schemes.
Gasification technology combined with syngas-tochemical technology can produce carbon neutral
products such as sustainable aviation fuel. Businesses
in pursuit of carbon neutrality, in addition to those in
the field of more traditional waste management, will be
JFE’s core businesses in the near future.
JFE stands for “Just for the Earth”. Our mission
is to create a safe and secure society to strongly
support people’s lives and pass that on to the future
generations.

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Parallel Session A“Innovation for Improving Citizens' Living Conditions to Leave No One Behind”● Moderator

Arai Yuko

Urban Specialist, World Bank
ProfileArai Yuko is an Urban Specialist at the World Bank's Urban, Disaster Risk Management
Resilience and Land Global Practice. In her current role, she works primarily on urban
develeopment projects in East Asia, including the National Urban Development Project(NUDP) and City Planning Labs (CPL) Project in Indonesia. She leads the Global Review
of Age-Ready Cities Advisory Services and Analytics Project and also co-leads theVietnam Scaling up Urban Upgrading Project where she manages the work on universally
accessible infrastructure in urban space.
Prior to joining the World Bank, she was a private-sector urban plannner based in the
East Asia Region, working in Vietnam, Indonesia, Monglia, Philippines and Thailand. She
holds master's degree in Urban Planning from the Univeristy of Cambridge, UK and Civil
Engineering (hydrology) from the University of Tokyo, Japan.

● Participants

Fukuoka / Japan

Jakarta / Indonesia

Deputy Mayor

Head of the Regional Planning Boardof Jakarta

Arase Yasuko

Nasruddin Djoko Surjono

Province of Tarlac / Philippines

Susan A. Yap
Governor

Phuket / Thailand

Singapore

KUBOTA Corporation

Deputy Mayor

Director, Centre for Liveable Cities

General Manager, International
Environmental Engineering Dept.

Onphailin Trakoonpariphon

Eng Kian Ong

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【 Parallel Session Report 】

1. Current situation and issues surrounding cities
1) The COVID-19 crisis has had a significant impact on socially vulnerable people and revealed issues related to
employment, education, and healthcare. To take care of the citizens, the cities need to recognize the importanceof an inclusive society, where “no one left behind.”
2) Introducing new technologies and services is effective to improve the quality of life, however it became clear that
there are still barriers in permeation through the socially vulnerable segments of the population, which cause
problems such as the digital divide. Meanwhile, technological advancement has also proven to be more effective indelivering livelihood services to vulnerable populations. Therefore, technology can be an equalizer for service
delivery, if they are used, in an appropriate manner.

2. New perspectives and ideas
1) The first step in realizing a society where “no one left behind” is to share the basic understanding that thesociety should be developed with comfort of all members, including the socially vulnerable ones. Designing cities
and services for the tail end of the distribution curve creates livable cities for all.
2) The COVID-19 crisis has accelerated the implementation of digital transformation into lifestyles, including theusage of A.I, big data, skills development / online learning for future generation, and telemedicine.

3. Direction of initiatives
1) It is necessary to aim at realizing wellbeing of all, where everyone is physically, mentally, and socially fulfilled.
2) To adapt our lifestyles to the COVID-19 crisis, there are examples of innovations being utilized. The creation of newtechnologies, services, and values will improve the quality of citizens' lives so that it is important to actively
promote such innovations. It is essential to place people at the heart of the use of technology and stimulate
co-creation of solutions with citizens.
3) Inclusiveness in services for citizens are those that meet diverse needs and have design, functionality, andsystems that are easy for everyone to use. In order to realize innovation in daily life for “no one left behind”, it isessential to develop not only technology, but also infrastructure and policies to support application in an
appropriate application.

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Parallel Session B“Toward Achieving a Carbon Neutral Society”● Moderator

Kato Makoto

Director, Business Department Head, Chief Researcher
Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center, Japan
ProfileAfter working at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and thePacific (UNESCAP), engaged in international cooperation of climate change at theOverseas Environmental Cooperation Center (OECC)- the development and implementation of legal structures and countermeasure plansamong the developing nations- the formation of technology introduction projects
2004 on - Engaged as a member of the Government of Japan Negotiations under theUnited Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change- Participated in climate change negotiations- Lead negotiator on capacity building (Article 11) of developing nations at Paris
Agreement● Participants

Fukuoka / Japan

Guiyang / China

Kitakyushu / Japan

Deputy Mayor

Vice Mayor

Deputy Mayor

Nakamura Eiichi

Liu LanUmemoto Kazuhide

Saga / Japan

Kumamoto / Japan

Deputy Mayor

Mayor

Ito Hiromi

Onishi Kazufumi

Ipoh / Malaysia

TPr. Tuan Haji Mohd Zainal bin
Abdul Hamid
Director of Town Planning Department
Ipoh City Council

Gunsan / Republic of Korea

Hai Phong / Viet Nam

JFE Engineering Corporation

Mayor

Deputy Director of Hai Phong city's
Department of Foreign Affairs

General Manager, Overseas
Administration Department

Kang Im June

Nguyen Thi Bich Dung

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【 Parallel Session Report 】

1. Current situation and issues surrounding cities
1) The rapid deterioration of climate change has led to the increasing number and severity of natural disasters.
Together with the COVID-19 crisis, they have become major risks and obstacles for cities to achieve sustainablegrowth.
2) Environmental issues are not only related to disasters, but such issues as air and water pollution, and waste
management cause deterioration of the living environment for citizens.
3) There is a risk that economic rationality will take precedence over environmental considerations in the recovery
from the COVID-19 crisis.
4) The Paris Agreement, which came into effect in 2016, positions cities as important actors in climate change.
Traditionally national governments have taken the lead to efforts to address climate change, but now it is clearthat roles and responsibilities of cities in these efforts are becoming more important.

2. New perspectives and ideas
1) In the future, it will be important to take the perspective of positioning environmental efforts as a growth strategy,
rather than as a constraint.
2) Addressing the climate issues with involvement of different stakeholders provides more opportunities for cities tobuild new partnerships which can be useful to its development.

3. Direction of initiatives
1) It is important for cities to set decarbonization targets and formulate action plans to contributed to the Paris
Agreement, which encourages the cities' proactive involvement in climate change issues. Furthermore, cities candevelop more efficiently by designing actions suited with the cities respective characteristics.
2) In order to realize a decarbonized society, it is essential for cities to create a movement for green recovery
involving businesses and citizens and broader regional cooperation by neighboring cities, to not only to implement
local government projects.
3) As environmental threats are global issues, it is important for cities to actively promote information disseminationand know-how sharing through international conferences and partnerships.

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Parallel Session C“New Trends in Urban Policy Development Responding to the New Normal”● Moderator

Aizawa Nobuhiro

Associate Professor, Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies, Kyushu University
Profile2014 to present:- Associate Professor, Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies, Kyushu University- Specializes in Southeast Asian Politics, urbanization and politics, and East Asianinternational affairs- Head of Q-AOS (mega region cluster) Kyushu University
Prior Experiences:- Researcher at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Institute ofDeveloping Economic, and Japan External Trade Organization- Visiting researcher at Cornell University and Chulalongkorn University- Wilson Center Japan Fellow
Books: “Chinese and Nation” published by Book Studio Hayama, and more
Education: 2006 PhD Area Studies, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies
Kyoto University● Participants

Fukuoka / Japan

Dalian / China

Oita / Japan

Deputy Mayor

Mitsuyama Hiroaki

Hu Bingxia

Deputy Mayor

Vice President of Dalian People's
Association for Friendship with
Foreign Countries

Pohang / Republic of Korea

Chiang Mai / Thailand

Deputy Mayor

Advisor to the Mayor

Kim Byeong-sam

Vorapan Suvonthanatip

Kudo Akira

Dubai / United Arab Emirates

Dawoud Abdul Rahman Al
Hajri
Director General

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【 Parallel Session Report 】

1. Current situation and issues surrounding cities
1) The spread of COVID-19 caused major transformation in the way we work and the way we live. Immobility has
become the new standard of life while cities have long focused and tasked to enhance connectivity and mobility.
We now need to articulate, fine-tune and reimagine how cities should be organized, connected and governed, howspaces should be redesigned in this new normal to meet new demands of our citizen and their settlement.
2) Looking ahead, we need to turn this crisis into a moment of leapfrogging development. It is already a major
challenge to protect life, health, and work of its citizen in times of crisis. But a bigger challenge is that we could
not miss this rare opening of opportunity, to drastically redesign and to rework the cities which has hitherto been
impossible. We need to act fast and aggressively.

2. New perspectives and ideas
1) The abrupt immobility has paradoxically accelerated the speed of innovation, especially in communicationand logistical technology. For urban development, this has become a strategic tool for “leapfrogging”, bypassing
regulatory hurdles, and cities have shown its strength in swiftly partnering with these emerging businesses torebuild the city back better.
2) Immobility also unexpectedly encourages redeveloping urban space to meet the new norms of the livelihood.
Redesigning public space into more open and more green has become the new norm of inclusive communication
with its citizens. Green has regained its importance in when inter-city movement is restricted but safe intra-city
movement is needed.
3) The more uncertainty looms large, the more cities find its importance in setting the direction of development, notonly in finding solutions to tangible problems but also to reimagine the future of cities and citizenship and to foster
local identity and ownership.

3. Direction of initiatives
1) “Resilience” is now at the heart of urban development. Here, resilience does not only mean high-quality
infrastructure, but rather resilience of health, livelihood, and work. It is more of an integrated system thatempowers flexibility to allow rapid transformation to reach new equilibrium in post-crisis society. Our cities havebeen the leader in showing flexibility by balancing/investing on mobility of goods when mobility of people is in
decline.
2) “Partnership” is how leaders reap the benefit of cutting-edge technology. Success lies in broadening anddeepening the scope of partnership with business, academia and citizens.
3) “Diversity” is the new norm of urban space which shapes how we work and how we live in cities. It is this diversity
and among them we emphasize the importance to support children and the youth who are the torch bearer of
future in the new normal age. Their well being are tied to livability and resilience of the city and its future.

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Parallel Session D“Sustainable Tourism in the New Era”

● Moderator

Suzuki Hiroko
Deputy Chief, UNWTO Regional Support Office for Asia and the Pacific
ProfileJuly 2018- present: UNWTO Japan Office, seconded from the Japanese Ministry of Land,
Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
2009: Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastruture, Transport and Tourism, employedwith life experience credit- International development of construction and maritime industries support- Cabinet Secretariat imformational analyst on economic and industrial
policies of Asian nations
2000: Japan Bank of International Cooperation, business investment and loan officer- Asia business expansion loans to Japanese campanies- United loans to Asian governments
Education
Masters: Msc. in Local Economic Development, London School of Economics● Participants

Fukuoka / Japan

Taizhou / China

Kagoshima / Japan

Chief Executive, Economy, Tourism &Culture Bureau

Vice Mayor

Mayor

Yoshida Hiroyuki

Gu Ping

Shimozuru Takao

Miyazaki / Japan

Nagasaki / Japan

Vientiane / Lao PDR

Vice Mayor

Mayor

Vice Mayor

Kono Taro

Taue Tomihisa

Phoukhong Bannavong

Vladivostok / Russia

Da Nang / Viet Nam

Head of International Relations Department

Vice Chairman

Zhuravel Yurii Grigorievich

Tran Phuoc Son

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1. Current situation and issues surrounding cities
1) The tourism industry has been growing steadily, generating 10% of the world's GDP and 1 in ten jobs globally.
However, the number of international tourists in 2020 decreased by 74% compared to the previous year due to theoutbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. By region, Asia-Pacific suffered the largest decline with 83.5% drop.
2) Tourism has a cross sectorial industry supporting a variety economic sector of a country, but it is vulnerable toexternal influences. The COVID-19 crisis had a major impact not only on tourism facilities and accommodations, butalso on the local economy, including restaurants, retails, entertainment, and primary industries that support local
production for local consumption. In particular, SMEs which account for 80% of the tourism industry, sufferedtremendous damage, and it is estimated that approximately 100 million jobs are at risk.
3) It is predicted that tourism will not return to pre-pandemic levels until 2024 or later.

2. New perspectives and ideas
1) In the reconstruction process, under the concept of “Build Back Better,” it is necessary to devise ways to preventthe reoccurrence of tourism related issues such as carrying capacity of destinations, which have been a problem inthe past.
2) Due to the travel restrictions caused by COVID-19 crisis, there is a growing awareness on the promotion of nearby
tourism attractions and authentic experiences, and it is becoming more important to not only set quantitative goalsof increasing the number of tourists, but also to balance with the preservation and utilization of local cultural andenvironmental resources, and to seek harmonization of tourism development and growth with the well-being of
local residents’ livelihoods.
3) Tourism should be a mutually beneficial relationship between tourists and local community. Hence, there is a needto introduce systems in which tourists also contribute to the sustainable tourism development in destinations.
Also, it is important to understand the comprehensive impact of tourism on the community, and promote evidencebased tourism management, digital technologies, and awareness raising on responsible tourist behaviors.
4) In addition, it is necessary to work on developing tourism products with low risk of infection and avoiding
congestion of tourists, since appropriate countermeasures against infectious diseases in tourism areas are now
required.

3. Direction of initiatives
1) Cities must promptly implement all necessary measures to support the tourism industry.
2) For the recovery of tourism, it is important for local tourism stakeholders to work together to reduce the burden
and improve sustainability by measuring and evaluating the impact and contribution of tourism to the local society,culture, and environment.
3) It is also necessary to promote responsible tourism, implementation of marketing promotions that respond tochanging circumstances, transformation of tourism services, and creation of demand by utilizing digitaltechnologies as well as development of new tourism products that utilize natural and cultural resources.
4) Cities will work together with various tourism-related entities and local communities to improve the environment
for welcoming tourists in a safe and secure manner.

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Objective Session

UN-Habitat Session
Theme: How can we best use Voluntary Local Review (VLR) to achieveequitable and sustainable recovery from COVID-19 pandemic crisis?
■ Moderator

Bruno Dercon

Senior Human Settlements Officer, UN-Habitat Regional Office for Asia and the PacificMitsuyama Hiroaki

Deputy Mayor of Fukuoka City

■ Opening Remarks Koresawa Atsushi Regional Representative, UN-Habitat Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific■ Keynote Speech I
Today, how the SDGs are localised is important.
Localization is a process to connect regions andnations in order to achieve the SDGs based on thepriorities of the local community while aligningwith the national framework.
The Voluntary Local Reviews (VLR) monitor
and report on the progress of the SDGs for eachmunicipality. The Voluntary National Reviews(VNR) were established first, and the VLR werecreated to complement the VNR. The number ofmunicipalities participating in the VLR has been
increasing, from 39 in May 2020 to 69 in April
2021, and is expected to exceed 90 by the end of2021.
The VLR not only have the functions ofsurveillance, monitoring and reporting, but also
allow local governments to participate in political
dialog through the VLR, involve ethnic minorities

and other communities in decision-making, andprovide the basis for securing budgets for andgive consistency to policies created by local
governments. In addition, they can help build aprocess for national and local governments tocollaborate on research and reporting.
The effective collaboration between VLR and
VNR is an indication of a healthy relationshipbetween the national and local governments. VNR
include VLR-like elements, and examples of VLR
being used in VNR planning have also been seen.
F inally, the UN - Habitat provides data
innovation, which categorises regional indicatorsfor sustainable development, and a Global City
Monitoring Framework, which organises a
series of processes for surveillance, monitoring,
reporting, and long-term planning for cities
and municipalities. It also supports the SDGs'
localisations.

Martino Miraglia
Human Settlement Officer
and SDG Localization,
UN-Habitat■ Keynote Speech II

UNESCAP and UN-Habitat are working closely
together to support the implementation of VLR
in the Asia-Pacific region. Currently, progresson the SDGs is lagging, especially on Goal 11,
which needs to be improved. The role of cities is
becoming more important.
UNESCAP launched the Penang Platform
in 2019, which was followed by a number of
initiatives, and developed the regional guidelines
for Asia and the Pacific in October 2020.
The guidelines were mainly developed bymembers of UN - Habitat, UNESCAP and thePenang Platform, in collaboration with relevantorganizations such as UNDP, UCLG and ASPARK.
In Southeast Asia, guidelines along these lines
have been developed in each region, and VLR and
VNR are being promoted.
The implementation of VLR requires a system

to be developed, data to be collected, andpartnerships to be built. It is also important to
set common indicators and broaden stakeholder
involvement. Collaboration with diverse entities
leads to enhanced follow-ups and gives
momentum to the VLR.
In the Urban Economic Resilience in Corona
Recovery Project and Sustainable Urban
Curt Garrigan
Resource Management, which are jointly provided
by UNESCAP and UN-Habitat, we see similar
Chief,
trends as with the VLR, such as stakeholder Sustainable Urban Development Section,
engagement, long-term planning, knowledge Environment and Development Division,
United Nations
sharing, access to evidence, and monitoring.
EconomicandSocialCommission
The United Nations has set a goal of Building
for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
Back Better in recovering from the pandemic. We
will achieve this by utilising the VLR.

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■ Hands-on guidance for VLR
The 2030 Agenda requires national andlocal governments to report regularly andcomprehensively on the progress of the SDGs.
In 2018, four municipalities presented their
VLR. They were New York City, Kitakyushu City,
Toyama City, and Shimokawa Town. The IGES
jointly conducted VLR of three of the cities.
Cities are responsible for most of the SDG
goals and can respond dynamically to criticalissues. In addition, there are four advantages
for cities to create VLRs. Cities have an ability
to reflect the needs of residents in policy
making and to make policy decisions involving
diverse stakeholders and can assess theircurrent situations and challenges to provide
a path for localization. Cities can also develop
an appropriate action plan based on data,and provide local perspectives for global
discussions.
In regard to the question of where to start
the VLR, let me talk about main points fromthe case of Shimokawa, a very small town in
Hokkaido. The first is to support evidence-based
decision making. We have to take a holistic
view of every situation. The next step is to alsoalign with existing policies and action plans. We Fernando Ortiz-Moyaneed to find out what existing strategies are
Policy Researcher,in place and which SDG goal each strategy isCity Task Force,
contributing to achieving.
Institute for Global
As of 2020, the progress of the SDGs is Environmental Strategies (IGES)
slower than expected. We must review ourplans based on this fact. The VLR will play avery significant role in achieving the SDGs by
2030.

■ Case Study

1. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
In Malaysia, all cities are required to create a
SDGs City Roadmap. This is because we believethat efforts to localise the SDGs will bring us
closer to achieving the New Urban Agenda. Locallevel initiatives help us not only achieve our global
goals, but also create sustainable communities.
The roadmap has also made it easier for us to build
consensus on funding.
There are three significant outcomes in promoting
the SDGs. The first is to achieve inclusive growthwith development for all people in mind, thesecond is to improve the quality of administrative
services, and the third is to promote environmental
sustainability.
The key to developing the SDGs City Roadmap
was to clearly define what program you wanted to
implement, what timeline you would need to moveit forward, and who would be required partners in
implementing the program.
VLR also need to be aligned nationally and locally,
but not only that, they also need to be aligned withinternational guidelines for VLR. It is important fororganizations and cities to implement VLR based on
a common consensus.
We would like to submit VLR in line with the
VNR in Malaysia at the High-Level Political Forumin 2022. Malaysia has developed its own regional
indicators on the SDGs and the process to introduce
new indicators is also in progress. The indicators
are being applied to initiatives such as those aiming
to achieve low-carbon cities and smart cities in bothurban and rural areas, and are contributing to theacceleration of VLR.

2. Surabaya, Indonesia
In Surabaya, we have started VLR initiatives tobuild a resilient city after the COVID-19 pandemic. We
are focusing on 9 of the 17 goals of the SDGs.
Under Goal 3, we achieved a reduction in mortality
among pregnant women, new-borns, infants, andtoddlers, as well as an 89% COVID-19 vaccination
rate. Under Goal 4, 93.7% of children have access tobasic education.
Under Goal 5, the number of female workers
increased by 4.89% from 2017 to 2020. We are also
working on women's empowerment programs.
Under Goal 6, we achieved 99.48% availability ofdrinking water and 98.1% availability of sanitation
facilities in 2019. Under Goal 8, the unemployment
rate is kept lower than the national average, andwe are providing assistance to companies andemployers.
Goal 11 promotes the elimination of slums,
implementation of transportation measuresand disaster prevention measures, provision of
inexpensive housing, and creation of cities that isfriendly to people with disabilities.

Under Goal 12, we developed the first waste power
generation facility in Indonesia.
In Goal 15, 21.9% of the city's area is a public spacefull of greenery, but we plan to expand green areas
further.
In Goal 17, we will work with diverse stakeholders
to improve the quality of public services.
Surabaya has already met 179 of the 222 SDG
indicators, however the city faces three challenges:
urban sprawl and population grow th due tourbanization, global climate change, and the impactof the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy and othersectors.
We are committed to achieving the SDGs throughpromoting human-centred urban development,
inclusive economic growth, poverty eradication,
improvement of the unemployment rate,environmentally friendly infrastructure development,
integration of public transportation systems, andreducing and mitigation of disasters, once the
COVID-19 pandemic is under control.

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The 13th ASIAN-PACIFIC CITY SUMMIT Special EditionKnowledge Sharing Session I Kyushu University Session■ Remarks Ishibashi Tatsuro President of Kyushu University■ About Kyushu University
Introduction of research and educational activities related tothe themes of the summit’s parallel sessions by six
professors representing Kyushu University.
1. Measurement of Sustainability
Managi Shunsuke, Director and Distinguished Professor, Urban
Institute
2. Achieving a carbon-neutral society in the Asia Pacific region
Andrew Chapman, Associate Professor, International Institutefor Carbon Neutral Energy Research
3. International telemedicine education using ICT
Kudo Kuriko, Assistant Professor, Telemedicine Development
Center of Asia
4. Functional design for ecological and energy-saving architecture
Ozaki Akihito, Dean and Professor, Faculty of Human-Environment
Studies
5. Research on Disaster Prevention and Mitigation in Asia
Mitani Yasuhiro, Professor, Asian Disaster Risk Reduction ResearchCenter
6.Promotion of international education through study abroad
programs, etc.
Kinoshita Hiroko, Associate Professor, International Student Center■ Kyushu University SDGs International Design Award 2021 Prize-Winner Presentation
Kyushu University SDGs International Design Award aims to contribute to the realization of the SDGs throughthe power of design and to recognise young and potential students who can change society. The goal is to sharethe solutions they have created with many people around the world for the betterment of society in the future.
This year's award, the third of its kind, ran a design competition from all around the world under the theme of“Let’s create carbon-neutral society”. A total of eight groups received the awards.

Gold

SilverBlonze“ Rejuvenating the Edge ”“ Data Center Energy Recovery Program ”“ Accum Land ”

Taorem Rahul Singha

Nie Qijun

Bian Yihan,Chen Lianyi,Chu Lijun and Liu Chunchen(Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology)(Royal College of Art)

(Royal College of Art)

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The 13th ASIAN-PACIFIC CITY SUMMIT Special EditionKnowledge Sharing Session II OECD Session
Theme: Reshaping, Recovering, Resilience: How the COVID-19 Experience
Can Help Build Inclusive Cities for the Future■ Moderator■ Opening Remarks

Sena Segbedzi

Coordinator, Champion Mayors for Inclusive Growth Initiative

Takashima Soichiro Mayor of Fukuoka City

■ OECD Presentation
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a more
serious impact on the world than the 2008
global financial crisis. The global economy isrecovering, but the situation differs from country
to country. For example, Japan's growth rateis 2.5%, Australia's is 4%, and China's is 8.5%.
This is due to differences in crisis response andrecovery among countries and regions.
The OECD used the Champion-Mayors
Framework to survey and analyse 100 cities
around the world. It examined what policies andeconomic measures in each city were being
taken in the COVID-19 pandemic, and how therecovery was progressing at the national level.
The global economy is gradually shifting fromrecovery to growth. In fact, many cities are beingtransformed by COVID-19. Montreal and Paris,for example, have built a 100-kilometer cycling
road to ensure social distancing for pedestrians

and cyclists, and have implemented policies thatrefrain from using public transportation. In San
Jose and Costa Rica, efforts have been made toeliminate dangerous crossroads. Other cities
have planted trees in spaces that have not beenused in the past to create gardens and places
for relaxation. People are now spending moretime in their own neighbourhood.
There has also been an impact onarchitectural administration. In places like Haifa,
we have seen cases including the removal ofbuilding restrictions in industrial areas and theremoval of fences that divided the city. In Milan,
Tokyo, and other cities, local governments areproviding incentives to encourage remote workin order to reduce traffics during peak hours.
This kind of initiative is being promoted all over
the world.

Juliette Jestin
Policy Analyst,
Champions Mayors Group,OECD■ City Announcement
When I became the mayor, I decided tomodernise Bratislava. To achieve this, twoelements were essential: planning and building
trust. Good city management requires a goodadministrative body and a good council, so wecreated a platform for mutual cooperation,
which led to implementing our plans. Lateron, the pandemic broke out, but we are also
tackling this crisis with the same approach.
It is crucial for leaders to be able to gain
trust in tough times. In the past, it took a longtime to get the results of PCR tests, but now
the results are immediately available. This has
contributed to the improvement of trust in thecity management.
In addition, measures were taken to provide

safety and security for those who are mostvulnerable, and to enable cultural experienceseven during the lockdown. Providing medical
services is a must, and we are focusing on
saving lives more than anything.
The time for change is the opportunity tocreate new business models. We work withother European cities to learn and shareexperiences. In September this year, the headsof 20 cities around the world will discuss toimprove a divided Europe and the world. Not
only this pandemic, but also climate change has
been accelerating division of the world, and wemust confront them now. The role of cities andmayors can be very important.

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Mayor
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■ City Announcement
In Tarlac Province, an Emergency Response
Center was established as an organizationthat responds to emergencies as well as the
COVID-19 pandemic. It is the base for providing
necessary goods and services, and various
supplies were distributed during the lockdown.
With regard to COVID-19, it is important tomaintain social protection, and hospitals in thestate have responded to treat those infectedwith COVID-19 and provided 13,000 people withfood. We also assisted people who didn’t haveaccess to the internet, and provided learning
modules for children so that they can continuelearning even in the pandemic.
In Tarlac Province, we are taking steps to takeadvantage of using applications. The system,

which tracks the behaviour of infected people
and contacts them, also functions as the state’s
database and is used for COVID-19 vaccination.
An application for contactless access to
offices in buildings was developed to maintaineconomic activities even in the COVID-19
pandemic, but it can also be used at home aswell as in the city.
The last one is an app on which the citizens
can check people’s movements online, andthe website will tell them if infected people goaround.
In addition, we use applications related tohospitals and payments. We hope that theseadministrative services will prevent the spreadof infections.

This COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge
impact not only on health issues but also on theeconomy. The number of tourists in Florence
decreased by more than 70%, and in Tuscany,
60,000 people have been newly impoverished. We
have no time to sit around and wait, and need toquickly respond to the situation.
Therefore, the city has come together to comeup with new ideas and visions. For example, wehave introduced alternative transportation in thecity centre and established plenty of green spaces
in order to make the city more environmentallyfriendly and sustainable.
In addition, a tourism promotion campaign
has launched to provide new employment
opportunities for 88% of the people. We are also

providing support to young people who have been
greatly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The pandemic reminded us of the importanceof public health systems and, unfortunately it
widened social disparities. We must once again
strengthen our public services to our citizens.
Today, we are facing unprecedented challenges.
We must steadily improve public health andwelfare. In Florence, we are providing concrete
support to people who are unemployed andimpoverished due to the pandemic by providing
housing and helping them find jobs and career
shifts. We are also working on construction of
public housing and preservation of the historic
district which is one of the Florence's major
tourist resources.

Bilbao is striving to overcome the COVID-19
pandemic and become a more robust city.
Nowadays, there are various issues suchas climate change, digital innovation, social
division, and aging population. Among them, how
to achieve innovation, inclusion, sustainability,and equality is a challenging issue.
Therefore, we are considering the use ofurban planning as a strategic tool to promote
innovative changes. Our plans are formulated
from the perspective of how to have ahigh quality life in cities, which will lead tosustainable urban development.
While much of the city's 2021 budget has beenheavily allocated to the COVID-19 response, it
is also used for existing sectors such as the
economy, employment, culture, and society,as well as policies and measures to repair
fragmentation and separation caused by the
COVID-19 pandemic.
Furthermore, these efforts are not only
being undertaken by Bilbao City alone, but are
being underway based on the “Common Vision”,
which was developed jointly by the public andprivate sectors from the perspective of multilevel governance. The vision includes projects
for change and a view of growth for the entire
Basque region.
As for the future of the city, we must firstreconsider what our priorities are. We must notforget strategies and objectives that are alreadyin place, but we need to come up with ideas
about how to create a process for the future of
the city.

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Buenaventura
Provincal Plannning andDevelopment Officer
Province of Tarlac / Philippines.

Sara Funaro
Deputy Mayor
Florence / Italy

Estibaliz Luengo
Director ofInternationalisation
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Closing Session
Koresawa Atsushi■ Commitment

Regional Representative,
UN-Habitat Regional Officefor Asia and the Pacific

The 13th Asian-Pacific City Summit Special Edition
was held over two days on the 26th and 27th of October
2021, hosted jointly by Fukuoka City and the United
Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. It was the first
Summit to be held online, and was attended by 40 cities
from 18 countries from around the world, the largest
number to date.
The cities of the Asia-Pacific region were drawn
to the front lines to stand against the unprecedented
crises caused by COVID-19 across various areas, suchas medicine, economics, education, community andmore. The cities of the Asia-Pacific region turned thesecrises into a chance to create new values, and carve apath towards a better future.
In the Asia-Pacific region, the Asian-Pacific City
Summit has been an inter-city network built over 25
years with a spirit of mutual aid and mutual benefits.
Therefore, it was decided that the 13th Asian-Pacific
City Summit would be held twice both this year andnext, to discuss new urban development at this turning
point into a new era.
In this, the 13th Asian-Pacific City Summit Special
Edition, powerful debates were held on ongoing urban
issues under the theme of The Potential of Cities in theFace of Crises. Furthermore, expertise was gathered bya variety of parties such as international organisations,private companies and universities as well as cities. We
have thus been able to identify and organise issues fornext year’s Summit.
Through this two-day programme, it was foundthat the effects of COVID-19 permeate all levels of the
population. Especially during crises, cities bear a heavy
responsibility to take measures most closely related
to their residents. We have also seen that it is vital for
their leaders to demonstrate their leadership and show
a clear vision for the future.
In addition, we have shared our awareness that while
introducing innovative ideas, technology and designs isessential for new urban development, it is also effective
to rediscover and reconstruct the knowledge gatheredso far.

Moreover, it was demonstrated that from now, it will
become even more important to promote harmony with
the SDGs concerning the environment, inclusivenessand diversity, and contribute to residents’ wellbeing, as
well as economic rationality.
At this major turning point into the new era inwhich the values and concepts that were once seen
as conventional have drastically changed, we haverenewed our determination to promote innovative urban
development that is suitable for this new era.
On the occasion of this closing ceremony of theSummit, I announce the APCS Commitment to 2022, toconfirm the success of this Asian-Pacific City Summit
and connect it to next year’s Summit.
1) The cities of the Asia-Pacific region shalldemonstrate their abilities to the full and actively
utilize the network built by the Asian-Pacific City
Summit to overcome the crises they are currently
facing and build a better future.
2) The cities of the Asia-Pacific region shall use theknowledge and awareness gained at this AsianPacific City Summit to take concrete actions suited tothe situation in each city.
3) The cities of the Asia-Pacific region shall share
the results of the specific actions that they took to
overcome their crises at the Asian-Pacific City
Summit next Summer, and by sharing these,
contribute to the sustainable and enduring
development of the whole Asia-Pacific region.
4) The next Asian-Pacific Summit shall be held under
the theme of New Values - New Cities in Summer
2022 in Fukuoka City, Japan.

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■ Closing Remarks
I would like to say a few words on behalf of theorganizers of the 13th Asian-Pacific City Summit Special
Edition at this closing ceremony.
First, I would like to thank Executive Director Sharifof UN-Habitat for her message, and to Director Tuts
of UN - Habitat, Regional Director Tsering of the UN
Environment Programme and Division Head Akhmouchof the OECD for their speeches. I also want to thankevery person joining this Summit.
This Summit has seen two days of active dialogue
over the main theme: The Potential of Cities in theFace of Crises. It has been a valuable opportunity toshare the rich knowledge, experience and expertiseof international organizations, universities, privatecompanies and a record number of representatives
from 40 cities from 18 countries around the globe.
The experiences of those dealing with crises havetouched our hearts with their sense of urgency andpersuasiveness, especially during the crisis that is
COVID-19.
Through this two-day summit, we have heard
keywords on topics needed for cities to recover andgrow, such as SDGs, wellbeing, green recovery andmore.
We cities will be expected to use these importantfactors in our policies and urban development in the
future.

Takashima Soichiro
Mayor of Fukuoka City

next Summit.
The next Summit will be held in Fukuoka Cityi n s u m m e r 2 0 2 2 . T h e F I N A Wo r l d S w i m m i n g
Championships will also be held in Fukuoka the May
before the Summit. I believe next year will be an
important year to re-start international exchange. I lookforward to seeing everyone who has joined this Summit
in person in Fukuoka in 2022. Thank you.

It was mentioned in the Commitment that we must
use the knowledge learned from this Summit and its
network to take real action to solve our challenges.
I hope that new urban development will accelerate
under new values after this Summit. I’m also looking
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Representatives of Participating Cities

China
DalianIndonesia
JakartaFang Tielin

Nasruddin Djoko Surjono

China
Guangzhou

Japan
Fukuoka

Wen Guohui

Takashima Soichiro

China
GuiyangJapan
Kagoshima

Liu Lan

Shimozuru Takao

China
TaiyuanJapan
Kitakyushu

Aijun Chen

Umemoto Kazuhide

China
TaizhouJapan
Kumamoto

Wan Wenhua

Onishi Kazufumi

Vice Mayor

Head of the Regional Planning
Board of Jakarta

Mayor

Mayor

Vice Mayor

Mayor

Deputy Mayor

Deputy Secretary
General

Mayor

Mayor

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Malaysia
Ipoh

Japan
MiyazakiVice Mayor

TPr. Tuan Haji Mohd Zainal
bin Abdul Hamid

Japan
Nagasaki

New Zealand
Auckland

Taue Tomihisa

Bill Cashmore

Kono Taro

Director of Town Planning
Department Ipoh City Council

Deputy Mayor

Mayor

Philippines
Province of Tarlac

Japan
Oita

Kudo Akira

Susan A. Yap

Deputy Mayor

Governor

Japan
Saga

Republic of Korea
GunsanIto Hiromi

Kang Im June

Deputy Mayor

Mayor

Lao PDR
Vientiane

Republic of Korea
PohangPhoukhong Bannavong

Lee Kang-deok
Mayor

Vice Mayor

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RussiaVladivostok

United Arab Emirates
Dubai

Zhuravel Yurii
Grigorievich

Dawoud Abdul Rahman
Al HajriSingapore

Viet Nam
Da Nang

Eng Kian Ong

Chinh Trung Le

Director, Centre for
Liveable Cities

ChairmanThailand
Chiang Mai

Viet Nam
Hai Phong

VorapanSuvonthanatip

Tuan Anh Nguyen

Director General

Head of International
Relations Department

Director of Foreign Affairs
Department

Advisor to the Mayor

ThailandPhuketOnphailin
Trakoonpariphon
Deputy Mayor

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Side Programme● Day 1 26 October 17:00-18:45
Fukuoka International Students Support Association / Fukuoka City International Foundation

Talk Session on Business Start-up and Job Hunting for International Students 2021
Panel discussion by invited start-up international student entrepreneurs and other international entrepreneurs
in Fukuoka to exchange their points of view and thoughts● Day 2 27 October 11:00-12:30
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Long-term Spatial Vision in Japan and Asia
Session 1 Long-term spatial vision for national land and regions ~ Aimed at correcting over-concentration~(Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism)
Session 2 Strategic long-term vision for provincial core cities ~ Enhancing involvement of various
stakeholders~ (Dr. Seta Fumihiko, The University of Tokyo)
Session 3 ”High Quality Infrastructure” to solve “Urban Issues” in Asia
- Smart city - Land resilience - Disaster prevention - SDGs etc.

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Side Programme● Day 2 27 October 12:30-13:50
World Bank Tokyo Development Center

Climate Smart Urban ForumThe event highlights the best case studies of local governments at home and abroad on urban development inresponse to climate change, and introduces their efforts done by public-private partnerships.

● Day 2 27 October 14:00-15:00
Fukuoka City

What is Fukuoka Method? ~ Low-cost and eco-friendly landfill technology
Leading researchers and experts from international organizations will report on the impact, mechanisms, theirachievements overseas and evaluations based on the case studies and experiences in the Asia-Pacific region.

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Related Businesses● Guest Teacher (Online) Date: 21 Sep
With the cooperation of Fukuoka Municipal Shirohama Elementary School, the Asian-Pacific City Summit specialclass was held online for 4th, 5th, and 6th graders.

Photo: Fukuoka Municipal Shirohama Elementary School● School Lunch

Date: 21 & 22 Oct. (Junior high schools in Fukuoka City)
26 & 27 Oct. (Elementary schools in Fukuoka City)
Special school lunches at elementary and junior high schools in Fukuoka City, whose menus or ingredients relate
to the member cities of the City Summit, were offered.

Photo: Fukuoka Municipal Motooka Junior High School, Fukuoka Municipal Takatori Elementary School● Bulletins and Handouts

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● Reference

Member Cities

32 cities from 15 countries (as of December 2021)

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Past Asian-Pacific City Summit
Mayors Conferences
Host City

Dates

Theme of Plenary Session

Participants

1st
FukuokaSep 22-25,
1994

Harmony between Urban Development and Human
Living Environment in the Asian-Pacific Era

21 cities from11 countries & regions

2nd
Guangzhou

Sep 27-Oct 1,
1996

Urban Development in the 21st Century

20 cities from11 countries & regions

3rd
Fukuoka

Jul 11-13,
1998

Future Prospects of Networking between Cities

23 cities from11 countries & regions

4th
Busan

May 13-15,
2000

Economic Development of Asian-Pacific Cities
in the New Milennium

23 cities from12 countries & regions

5th
Fukuoka

Aug 30-Sep 1,
2002

New Approach to City Planning for the 21st Century- From Governing to Good Governance -24 cities from12 counties & regions

6th
BangkokNov 30-Dec 2,
2004

Sustainable City Redevelopment: The New Approach

14 cities from10 countries & regions

7th
Urumqi

Aug 8-10,
2006

Development of Harmonius City

14 cities from
6 countries & regions

8th
DalianSep 28-30,
2008

Asian-Pacific Champion Cities- New Thoughts on Environment, Resources, Culture
and Industry -34 cities from11 countries & regions

9th
Vladivostok

Sep 30-Oct 1,
2010

Sustainable Development of Asia Pacific Cities- New urban policies under the global economic crisis -13 cities from
6 countries & regions

10th
PohangJul 26-28,
2012

Urban Network Development for Low-carbon Green
Growth23 cities from10 countries & regions

11th
Kumamoto

Oct 31-Nov 2,
2013

Initiatives for Liveable City Development- Realizing a community where citizens can live
and work safely and comfortably -24 cities from
13 countries & regions

12th
Fukuoka

Aug 1-3,
2018

Sustainable Cities and Communities

32 cities from
16 countries & regions

Oct 26-27,
2021

The Potential of Cities in the Face of Crises

40 cities from18 countries & regions

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Covenant of the Asian-Pacific City Summit
Chapter Ⅰ General Provisions

Article 1. (Appellation)
The name of the organization shall be the “Asian-Pacific City Summit” (hereinafter referred to as the “City Summit”).
Article 2. (Objective)
The objective of the City Summit is to provide an opportunity for leaders of major cities in the Asia-Pacific region to promote inter-city cooperationand networking to solve urban issues, thus, contributing to the further development of the region and enduring world peace.
Article 3. (Activities)
In order to achieve the objective stated in Article 2, the City Summit shall:(1) convene the Mayors Conference.
(2) convene the Working-Level Conference.
(3) organize other necessary activities.
Chapter Ⅱ Member Cities

Article 4. (Member Cities)
Member cities of the City Summit are as listed in the apprendix.
Article 5. (Representation)
Each member city shall, in principle, be presented by its mayor or by a person who holds the position equivalent to mayoralty.
Article 6. (Admission)
1. Any city that intends to become a member city of the City Summit shall submit a written application to the Secretariat.
2. The Secretariat shall put the submitted application on the agenda of the first Mayors Conference to be held following its submission.
3. Membership shall take effect on the day of approval by the Mayors Conference.
Article 7. (Withdrawal)
1. A member city may withdraw from the City Summit by submitting a written application for withdrawal to the Secretariat.
2. Withdrawal by a member city shall take effect 30 days after the receipt of application by the Secretariat as stated under the previous clause.
3. Even after withdrawal, a member city shall faithfully perform its obligations borne before the withdrawal under this Covenant.
Chapter Ⅲ Mayors Conference

Article 8. (Mayors Conference)
1. A Mayors Conference shall, in principle, be held every two years.
2. A Mayors Conference shall be convened by the representatives of the city where the conference is to be held (hereinafter referred to as a“host city”).
Article 9. (Composition)
1. A Mayors Conference shall consist of representatives of member cities.
2. A Mayors Conference shall be attended by the representative of a member city. However, if the representative is unable to attend the conferencein person, the representative may delegate authority to another person who shall attend the conference.
3. A non-member city may send a representative to the Mayors Conference as an observer, with the recommendation of a member city.
Article 10. (Functions)
A Mayors Conference shall perform the following functions:(1) amend and revoke the Covenant of the City Summit(2) approve new membership(3) determine host cities of the next Mayors Conference and the Working-Level Conference(4) decide other important matters relating to the administration of the City Summit
Article 11. (Chairperson)
A Mayors Conference shall, in principle, be chaired the representative of the host city.
Article 12. (Quorum and Voting)
1. The quorum at a Mayors Conference shall be one half of the member cities.
2. All the matters shall, in principle, be decided by a majority of the member cities that are present.
Article 13. (Defrayal of costs)
1. The host city shall defray the costs incurred in hosting the conference.
2. The participating member cities shall bear the costs relating to their participation including travel costs and accommodation costs. However,
the host cities may defray the part of the costs within its discreation.
Article 14. (Determination of the host city)
1. A member city that wishes to host a Mayors Conference shall submit an application to the Secretariat.
2. The Secretariat shall put the application on the agenda of the first Mayors Conference to be held following its submission.

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Chapter Ⅳ Working-Level Conference

Article 15. (Working-Level Conference)
1. A Working-Level Conference shall, in principle, be held in two years.
2. A Working-Level Conference shall be convened by the representative of the host city.
Article 16. (Composition)
1. A Working-Level Conference shall consist of working-level officers of member cities.
2. A non-member city may send a representative to the Working-Level Conference as an observer, with the recommendation of a member city.
Article 17. (Functions)
1. A Working-Level Conference shall hold consulations to realize the matters approved the Mayors Conference.
2. The results of a Working-Level Conference shall, in principle, be reported to the Mayors Conference by the host city of the Working-Level
Conference.
Article 18. (Chairperson)
A Working-Level Conference shall, in principle, be chaired by a person appointed by the host city.
Article 19. (Defrayal of costs)
For the defrayal of costs related to a Working-Level Conference, Article 13 shall apply mutatis mutandis.
Article 20. (Determination of the host city)
For the determination of a host city of a Working-Level Conference, Article 14 shall apply mutatis mudandis.
Chapter Ⅴ Secretariat

Article 21. (Secretariat)
1. The Secretariat of the City Summit shall be located in Fukuoka City, Japan.
2. The necessary costs for the administration of the Secretariat shall by defrayed by Fukuoka City.
3. The Secretariat shall have the following duties:(1) liaison and coordination among member cities(2) liaison, coordination, and support in connection with administrative work related to the Mayors Conference, Working-Level Conference,and City Summit(3) keeping custody and submitting minutes of meeting and other information relating to the administration of the City Summit(4) research and study relating to the administration of the City Summit in general(5) other items in connection with the administration of the City Summit
4. Other necessary items related to the administration of the Secretariat shall be provided separatedly by Fukuoka City.
Supplementary provisions(Effective Date)
This Covenant shall enter into force on August 31, 2002.
Supplementary provisions (Revised as of September 29, 2008)(Effective Date)
This Covenant shall enter into force on September 29, 2008.
Supplememtary provisions (Revised as of September 30, 2010)(Effective Date)
This covenant shall enter into force on September 30, 2010.

Supplementary provisions (Revised as of July 27, 2012)(Effective Date)
This Covenant shall enter into force on July 27, 2012.
Supplementary provisions (Revised as of March 1, 2019)(Effective Date)
This Covenant shall enter into force on March 1, 2019.
Supplementary provisions (Revised as of June 1, 2019)(Effective Date)
This Covenant shall enter into force on June 1, 2019.

(Appendix) List of Member Cities
Honolulu, United States of America
Naha, Japan
Auckland, New ZealandIpoh, Malaysia
Oita, Japan
Bangkok, Kingdom of Thailand
Jakarta, Republic of Indonesia
Phunom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia
Brisbane, Commonwealth of Australia
Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, Republic of Korea Pohang, Republic of Korea
Busan, Republic of Korea
Kagoshima, Japan
Saga, Japan
Changsha, People's Republic of China
Kitakyushu, Japan
Shanghai, People's Republic of China
Dalian, People's Republic of China
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Singapore, Republic of Singapore
Fukuoka, Japan
Kumamoto, Japan
Urumqi, People's Republic of China
Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
Manila, Republic of Philippines
Vladivostok, Russian Federation
Gwangyang, Republic of Korea
Miyazaki, Japan
Yangon, Myanmar
Ho Chi Minh City, Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China Nagasaki, Japan

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