What challenges does habitat management entail in a metropolitan context in a geographical environment like ours? What are the barriers and opportunities that lie ahead for sustainable metropolitan development? What role do Local Governments play? Do we have planning and management tools that allow us to adapt to the speed of change and current demands?
For these and other questions, answers will be sought in the Road to the International Habitat Summit Forum – Santa Fe Chapter that will take place on July 4 and 5
at the Estación Belgrano Convention Center with the presence of international exhibitors.
The launch of this activity will take place this Tuesday, June 18 at 8:45 a.m. at the Municipal Council premises. The event will be led by the president of the Municipal Council, Adriana Molina, and by councilor Lucas Simoniello, who is a member of the Advisory Council of the International Habitat Summit of Latin America and the Caribbean -CIHALC-. The mayor Juan Pablo Poletti will also be there; Sergio Cosentino, dean of Fadu-UNL; and Claudio Díaz, Secretary of International Relations of the province.
The event
The city of Santa Fe has the privilege of being one of the two chosen from the entire country to host the meetings prior to the World Summit: the other is Mendoza. The Santa Fe Chapter of the CIHALC, called “Habitat in a metropolitan and sustainable key”, seeks to generate a dialogue between different actors – academics, government and civil society -, which allows knowing and understanding the scope and forms that risks take. and the existing threats in the territories; exchange learning that emerges from the agendas shared by the region; and jointly investigate practices and opportunities that can be promoted from territorial governance.
On Thursday the 4th, inauguration, opening and welcome talks to the Forum will take place, as well as dialogue tables with academic and government authorities and representatives of civil society institutions.
Meanwhile, on the second day of activities, Friday, July 5, panels, conferences and workshops will be held for the community in general. There will be the presence of renowned national and international exhibitors.
Likewise, during that second day the 2nd Metropolitan Forum of Councilors will be held simultaneously.
