Smart Republic 2019 Valedictory Session: South-South, South-North and Triangular Collaboration
Channel: Vikas Kanungo
Date: 2019-03-25

Sustainable Development Goal 17 seeks to strengthen global partnerships to support and achieve the targets of the 2030 Agenda. There is an urgent need for national governments, the international community, civil society, the private sector and other actors to work collaboratively. The objective of this session is to engage the panellists in a discussion on possible framework where all stakeholders can intensify their efforts to achieve the objective of Sustainable Development Goal 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities) leveraging digital strategies and solutions for enabling cross agency collaboration. The recommendations from the session will be used to develop a capacity building framework for smart cities where all agencies can support smart city leaders and practitioners with their knowledge and resources. 


Session Speakers are: Dr. Shashank Ojha, Task Team Leader, Digital Development Global Practice, The World Bank, Dr. Marcelino Pandin- UCLG ASPAC, Ms. Chaitanya Tupaki, Communications specialist, UN-Habitat India for the Collaboration Framework session, Ms. Mehnaz Ansari – USTDA Country Representative, South Asia, Embassy of United States, Mr Michiel Bierkens, Economic Counsellor, Embassy of the Netherlands,  Mr. Ravi Ranjan Guru – Deputy Director General, All India Institute of Local Self Government, Mr. Hussain Waheed - Assistant Director – Local Government Authority, Republic of Maldives, Ms. Hemanthi Goonasekera, FSLGA, Sri Lanka, Mr. Shambhu Kumar Thapa,  Mayor, Tripurasundari Rural Municipality, Dhading District, Nepal.