Session 1: July 16 2020, 1400 to 1600 CET

Dialogue Kickoff - How can cities help with COVID-19?

AGENDA

14:00 - 14:05

Welcome

14:05 - 14:10

Opening remarks & Agenda by

Nicolas Buchoud, Global Solutions Fellow

Holger Kuhle, Special advisor, Strategic knowledge partnerships, GiZ

PULSE CHECK WITH SLIDO

14:15 - 14:45

Solutions Dialogue Insights #1: The COVID19 crisis is, at first, a public health crisis... (5min per speaker):

with reactions by

  • JosĂ© Siri, United Nations University, International Institute for Global Health

  • Michele Acuto, Associate Dean (Research), Professor of Global Urban Politics and Director, Connected Cities Lab, Melbourne School of Design

  • Harun Badakhshi, Chief physician and Department director of Clinical Oncology at the Ernst von Bergmann Medical Center Postdam, Co-founder New Dialogues, Berlin

14:45 - 15:30

Q&A with Participants

by Nicholas Buchoud

15:30 - 15:45

Closing remarks on how the COVID-19 pandemic impacts the delivery of multilateral development programs, in particular infrastructure investments (support, capacity building, digitalization...)

by

Aziza Akhmouch, head of division, urban policies and sustainable development, OECD

Dean Tetsushi Sonobe, CEO of ADBI

PULSE CHECK WITH SLIDO

15:45 - 16:00

Participant feedback, Closing remarks & Outlook for Session2 by

Nicolas Buchoud, Global Solutions Fellow

Holger Kuhle, Special advisor, Strategic knowledge partnerships, GiZ