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REPORT ON THE THIRTY-EIGHTH SESSION OF THE EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE REGIONAL NETWORK OF LOCAL
AUTHORITIES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
CityNet Secretariat
NOVEMBER 7, 2019
LALITPUR, NEPAL
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Agenda for the 38th Executive Committee Meeting on 7 November 2019
Provisional Agenda
For the 38th Executive Committee Meeting
Time Contents Presenters
9:00-9:10 I. Opening of the Session
9:00-9:10
1.1 Opening of the Session by Chairperson Chairperson from
SMG
1.2 Remarks by Mayor of Lalitpur (host city), Secretary General Opening
Remarks
LMC, CityNet
Secretary General
9:10-9:20 II. Procedural Matters
9:10-9:15 Item 01 Election of the Vice Chairperson Chairperson from
SMG 9:15-9:20 Item 02 Adoption of the Agenda
9:20-10:05 III. Submission of Reports
9:20-10:05
Item 03 Report of the Thirty-Seventh Session of the Executive Committee
held on November 21, 2018 in Da Nang Secretariat
Item 04 Annual Report for the year 2018 Secretariat
Item 05 Audit Report for the year 2018 Secretariat
Item 06 Ratification of Appointments by the Secretary General of the
Secretariat Staff Secretariat
Item 07 Report on Institutional and Program Activities for the year 2019 Secretariat
10:10-10:25 IV. Matters for Discussion
10:10-10:15 Item 08 Report on Admission of New Members Secretariat
10:15-10:25 Item 09 Report on Suspension, Termination, Withdrawal of Membership
and Reduction of Membership Fees Secretariat
10:25-10:40 Coffee Break
10:40-11:10 V. Reports and Action Plans
10:40-10:50 Item 10 Reports and Plans on the National Chapter
(Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Philippines) Secretariat
10:50-11:10
Item 11 Reports of the Clusters (5mins per cluster)
11.1 Climate Change Climate Change
Cluster
11.2 Disaster Disaster Cluster
11.3 Infrastructure Infrastructure
Cluster
11.4 SDGs SDG Cluster
11:10-12:25 VI. Matters for Approval
11:10-11:20 Item 12 Report and Plan of the CityNet Yokohama Project Office CYPO
11:20-11:45 Item 13 Report on Budget, Institutional, and Program Activities for the
year 2020 Secretariat
11:45-12:05 Item 14 Report on Biennial Program Activities for the year 2020-2021 Secretariat
12:05-12:15 Item 15 Other Matters Secretariat
12:15-12:25 Item 16 Date and Venue of the 39th Session of the Executive Committee of
CityNet in 2020 (MoU Signing) Secretariat
12:25-12:35 VII. MoU Signing
12:25-12:35 Item 17 CityNet-Think City MoU Signing Secretariat
12:35-12:45 VIII. Closing of the Session
12:35-12:45 Item 18 Photo Session
12:45-14:00 Lunch
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I. Opening Session
The 37th Session of the Executive Committee (ExCom) Meeting was held on November 7, 2019 in Lalitpur, Nepal.
Chairperson Geun-Hyeong Yim opened the session for the 38th ExCom Meeting. Chairperson Geun-Hyeong Yim is an
ambassador for International Relations to the Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) from the Korean Ministry of
Foreign Affairs.
Chairperson Geun-Hyeong Yim requested Lalitpur Metropolitan City – as a host city – for the welcoming remarks.
Mayor Chiri Babu Maharjan welcomed all participants.
CityNet Executive Committee and Secretariat members attended the meeting.
City or Organization Name
CityNet Secretary General Dr. Vijay Jagannathan
CityNet Executive Committee Chairperson Ambassador Geun-Hyeong Yim
Ahmedabad Study Action Group Mr. Kirtee Natveral Shah
City Government of Makati Ms. Kristina Sarosa
City of Yokohama Mr. Toru Hashimoto
Colombo Municipal Council Mr. Lakshman Palitha N Nanayakkara Siriwetti Mohottige
Incheon Metropolitan City Mr. Jeahong Kweon
Kuala Lumpur City Hall Mr. Nurazizi Bin Mokhtar
Lalitpur Metropolitan City Mr. Chiri Babu Maharjan
Seoul Metropolitan Government Ms. Changhee Lee
CityNet Programs Director Ms. Youngmin Chang
CityNet Operations Director Ms. Sungjun Park
Participants from clusters, national chapters, and special advisers attended the meeting.
City or Organization Name
CityNet Special Adviser Ms. Mary Jane Ortega
Climate Change Cluster Dr. Aisa Dokmauly Tobing
Disaster Cluster/CityNet Yokohama Project Office Mr. Kendra Hirata
Infrastructure Cluster Ms. Izzatul Aini Binti Ibrahim
Disaster Cluster Ms. Yoko Suzuki
Climate Change Cluster Mr. Chathura Welivitya
National Chapter Nepal Mr. Surya Narayan Shrestha
National Chapter Philippines Ms. Joyce Bacud Sy
National Chapter Sri Lanka Ms. Thamara Damayanthi Mallawaarchchi
Audit Mr. Roger John Patdu Smith
II. PROCEDURAL MATTERS
Agenda 1: Election of the Vice Chairperson
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Chairman Ambassador Yim opened the floor to nominate the Vice-Chairperson in accordance with Section 3 of the
CityNet Charter. Kuala Lumpur Representative Nurazizi Bin Mokhtar nominated Lalitpur Mayor Chiri Babu Maharjan
to become the Vice Chairperson at the 38th Executive Committee Meeting.
Makati City through Councilor Kristina Sarosa seconded the motion. With no objection, Mayor Maharjan was elected
as the Vice Chairperson.
Agenda 2: Adoption of the Agenda
On Agenda Item No. 2, Executive Committee members were requested to make any comments on the Agenda. Sec Gen
Vijay identified the reports that have been circulated in advance.
III. SUBMISSION OF REPORTS ON AGENDA ITEMS FOR APPROVAL
Agenda 3: Report of the 37th of the Executive Committee held on November 21, 2018 in Da Nang, Vietnam
The next agenda is the Annual Report for the year 2019, a summary of the major achievements. Sec Gen Vijay opened
the floor to ExCom for any objections. If none, it is deemed approved.
Agenda 4: Annual Report for the year 2018
The next agenda is the Annual Report for the year 2018, a summary of the major achievements. Sec Gen Vijay opened
the floor to ExCom for any objections. If none, it is deemed approved.
Agenda 5: Audit Report for the year 2018
Secretary General Vijay presented the Audit Report for the year 2018.
Some of the report highlights include:
1) The Total Support and Revenues were 923,551 US Dollars and the Total Expenses and Losses are 902,927 US
Dollars. There was an Increase in Net Assets by 20,624 US Dollars. From 2015 to 2018, the overall financial
trend of CityNet is getting better with increase in its net assets. It increased about 202% in 2018 from the
negative balances in 2015. It implies that CityNet is utilizing the membership fees and subsidies and controlling
the expenses properly;
2) There were six recommendations from the previous year auditor’s report and most of the recommendations
have been fully implemented.
After Sec Gen Vijay reported, Chairperson Ambassador Yim asked for any comments.
Kirtee Shah, Ahmadabad Study Action Group raised a question regarding the meaning of Asset in the Audit report. Sec
Gen Vijay said it is the whole income being received by Secretariat mostly from Seoul Metropolitan Government.
Youngmin Chang, CityNet Programs Director added the total asset is comprised of the subsidies that CityNet is
supposed to be receiving from SMG. Aside from the SMG subsidy, asset includes grant revenue and total membership
fee collection. Sec Gen Vijay delivered CityNet does not have physical assets (revenue) by itself. It has been benefiting
from the capital infrastructure that is being provided by the city.
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With no further comment on the Audit Report. Chairperson Yim said the Executive Committee adopted the annual
report and audit report for the year 2018.
Agenda 6: Ratification of Appointments by the Secretary General of the Secretariat Staff
Sec Gen Vijay presented Agenda 6. Vested in his powers under the CityNet Charter (Article VII Section 2), he appointed
four new Secretariat personnel this year. Three of them come from the Seoul Metropolitan Government.
Appointed Ms. Hae Kyeong Lee as Assistant Secretary General since January 2019, dispatched by Seoul
Metropolitan Government;
Appointed Mr. Sungjun Park as Operations Director since July 2019, dispatched by Seoul Metropolitan
Government;
Appointed Mr. Beumil Lee as Operations Officer since July 2019, dispatched by Seoul Metropolitan
Government;
Appointed Mr. Kevin Drouin as Program Officer effective from September 2019 to September 2021.
With the agreement of the Executive Committee and no comments or objections, the agenda 6 was adopted. Without
further comment, Chairperson Yim proceeded to the Agenda. 7.
Agenda 7: Report on Institutional and Program Activities for the year 2019
For the first part, Operations Director Sungjun Park presented the Institutional Activities for 2019.
Some of the report highlights include:
1) Continuing process for the re-composition of the CityNet board members. Five members – Makati, Lalitpur,
three Korean cities – Seoul, Incheon, and Busan;
2) Ongoing renewal of the agreement between CityNet and SMG;
3) Collection rate as of October 2019 is at 75%. For full members, the collection rate was at 75%. For associate
members, the collection rate was 38%;
4) For the Secretariat human resource, Kevin Drouin was hired as a Program Officer. Mr. Drouin has a background
and working experience in international relations. He was selected to be in charge of the planning and operations
of capacity building programs, forums, conferences, and international events for domestic and foreign cities
and promoting policy exchange of city members;
5) The internship program is offered throughout the year. In 2019, seven interns participated in the program for
the first-half of the year, and four other interns for the second-half of the year.
With no comment on the floor, Ambassador Yim asked Programs Director Youngmin Chang to proceed with the Report
on the 2019 Program Activities.
Some of the highlights include:
1) CityNet organized a total of 19 capacity building activities in 2019. Some of them include the Transportation
Strategy Workshop on Bus Rapid Transit with World Bank and SHRDC (Seoul Human Resource Development
Centre), 33rd KLRTC Workshop on April 22-24 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia that was attended by 49 participants;
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the 34th KLRTC Workshop on July 21-26, 2019 in Kuala Lumpur; International Forum on Low Carbon
Development for Cities on September 3-4, 2019; International Training Program on Climate Change and Cities
with HUDCO in New Delhi on October 21-25, 2019; and Climate Leadership Program on November 18-21,
2019 in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia;
2) Four new Korean members joined in the past two years and CityNet organized a knowledge roundtable
exchange to share and learn from each other for its Korean members. In 2019, there are six new Korean
members joining CityNet. CityNet will continue to facilitate this roundtable exchange;
3) Eighty (80) new cases are being promoted in the Urban SDG Knowledge Platform;
4) For Advocacy and Partnership, CityNet through Special Adviser Mary Jane Ortega participated in the Smart
City Expo World Congress in Taipei. The Deputy Mayor of Taipei invited CityNet to be a strategic partner of
Go Smart Platform and will sign an MOU in the next Expo in March 2020;
5) CityNet organized a session at the 7th Asia-Pacific Urban Forum (APUF-7). CityNet is a steering committee at
the APUF. Kirtee Shah, Mary Jane Ortega, Toru Hashimoto and Dr. Mahadi comprised the CityNet delegation;
6) In resource mobilization efforts, there are two kinds- one is in-kind support like Kuala Lumpur City hosting
regional workshops. The other is a funding partner which we are working with IUC, Global Compact of Mayors.
CityNet is also exploring with Switch Asia. CityNet is also drafting proposal to EU Korea Climate Action. Sec
Gen Vijay also initiated developing KOICA proposal for affordable housing.
After the presentation, Toru Hashimoto, City of Yokohama asked whether there was any written MOU between CityNet
Incorporated and Seoul Metropolitan Government. He also asked if there has been a financial transaction involved with
the CityNet Incorporated.
Chairperson Ambassador Yim said there is no MOU between CityNet Incorporated because there is an ongoing
composition change among its board of directors. But there is a retained MOU between Seoul and CityNet.
As to the financial transaction between CityNet Secretariat and CityNet Incorporation, Sec Gen Vijay said there was
some money collected from Makati as contribution to the CityNet Incorporated. Initially, the idea was CityNet
Incorporated will get to mobilize resources from companies in Seoul. That was how the money was transferred.
Resource mobilization from the private sector has not been possible. The fund is just sitting there.
Kirtee appreciated the CityNet Secretariat’s good work. Sec Gen Vijay recognized that everyone is now recognizing
CityNet as a key player in the space but from the Operations point of view, CityNet has been working on a tight resource.
This can create a different impression to our partners.
Chairperson Ambassador Yim said more efforts had been made in Korea. He attested the CityNet has been more active
than ever before in its efforts to recruit more members. He reiterated the key strategic directions in terms of CityNet
outreach. Seoul City will help recruit China and Central Asian cities. Central Asia is considered as CityNet’s new
horizon. CityNet will also make further efforts to strengthen relations with the Korean financing organizations like
KOICA.
Kirtee again reiterated the glaring absence of two major Asian actors in CityNet – India and China. He again called for
a special effort to bring Chinese and Indian cities to the CityNet fold. Sec Gen Vijay gave a context on the challenge
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of recruiting Chinese and Indian cities. In the case of China, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs played an instrumental role
in enabling Chinese cities to join in CityNet. For India, the municipal commissioners will only be there for a couple of
year and each time there is a change, the persons leaving bring with them the institutional knowledge. Even paying a
fee can be complicated. Sec Gen Vijay said CityNet offers a value proposition to Chinese and Indian cities but the
problem is systemic. Chinese and Indian cities do not really need external support because some of the biggest cities
have already done capacity building and attended international forums.
Changhee Lee, Seoul Metropolitan Government said her office secured and increased budget for CityNet Budget in
negotiation with the Budget Division at SMG. The increase for 2020 is about seven (7) percent. It is not easy to increase
the budget for CityNet. Ms. Lee said she will try to support CityNet as a President City. Unlike last ExCom in Da Nang,
some business companies joined the ExCom this time and presented the possibility of working together with CityNet.
Relative to Kirtee’s statements, Chairperson Ambassador Yim said there are some other countries and some other
important cities across Asia Pacific that has yet to be enlisted as CityNet members. He said CityNet needs to make
more effort to bringing them into its playground as well.
With no other discussion, Chairperson Yim proceeded to Agenda 8
IV. MATTERS FOR DISCUSSION
Agenda 8: Admission of New Members
Sec Gen Vijay identified the new member applications for the year 2019.
A total of 17 member applications were received for the consideration of the ExCom approval, 12 cities, three associate
members, and two corporations.
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- Jambi City;
- Taoyuan City Government;
- Gwangjin-gu;
- Jungnang-gu;
- Guro-gu;
- Jeju Special Self-Governing Provincial Council;
- City Government of Sorsogon;
- Local Government Unit-Cauayan City;
- City of Masbate;
- Dhangadhi Sub-Metropolitan City;
- Bheemdatta Municipality;
5 Associate Membership:
- Think City Sdn Bhd;
- Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST);
- Lumati (Memory) Support Group for Shelter;
- InnoCSR Co. Ltd;*Corporate
- RMS Consulting Co. Ltd. *Corporate
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Chairperson Yim learned that there are few new members who were present in the ExCom meeting. He called to
acknowledge representatives from Jambi, Jeju, Denpasar, Bheemdatta, NAST, Think City, RMS Consulting, and
InnoCSR.
Mary Jane asked Chairperson Yim if the new members present can briefly introduce themselves.
Jambi City Mayor Syarif Fasha introduced Jambi City, a city located in the Sumatra Island, Indonesia. Mayor Syarif
thanked CityNet for accepting Jambi City as the new member. He looks forward to engaging in different CityNet
activities. Deputy Sec Gen Aisa Tobing, speaking on behalf of Denpasar, said Denpasar looks forward to participating
in the CityNet activities.
Youngmin introduced the participants from Jeju. CityNet got to know Jeju because Vijay was invited to become a
speaker at Jeju’s first International Conference on Sustainable Development on June 2019. There in the first meeting,
CityNet raised the prospect of organizing ExCom together in 2020. Jeju agreed to host ExCom. Later in the meeting,
there would be a signing of the Memorandum of Understanding for the ExCom 2020 hosting.
The mayor of Bhemdatt Municipality, Surendra Bahadur, introduced Bhemdatt as the biggest municipality in the west
side of Nepal. RMS Consulting is a strategic consulting group doing smart city master plan and smart city reintegration
program. RMS supports CityNet by sharing them solutions to their urban challenges.
NAST is the National Academy for Science and Technology and it has related scientific programs on waste
management. Meanwhile, Lumanti Support Group was founded in 1994 with 25 years of experience implementing
affordable houses for slum dwellers, heritage conservation, infrastructure, women empowerment and linking
communities with governance. Lumanti also expressed thanks to Lalitpur Mayor Chiri Babu Maharjan for the
endorsement.
With no further comment, Chairperson Ambassador Yim proceeded to the next item in the agenda.
Agenda 9: Suspension, Termination of Membership, Reduction of Membership Fee and Review of Annual
Membership Fees
Relative to Agenda 9, Sec Gen Vijay summarized the key takeaways of the discussion at the Pre-Excom Meeting
(November 6, 2019) which tackled about termination, withdrawal and reduction of membership fees.
1) To explore the option for institutions that is willing to render ‘sweat equity’ as membership to CityNet as they
may have experience difficulty paying the membership fee. A committee comprised by Kirtee, Aisa, Mary Jane
and Toru will be tasked to look into the terms and conditions. Vijay also asked as to how CityNet can develop
a senior mentor program on a volunteer basis that will help recruit members especially in India and China;
2) To waive the membership fee of Moratuwa Municipal Council and Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte Municipal
Council provided they pay the current membership fee and on regular basis onwards.
3) SMG will request Changwon to consider rejoining the CityNet;
4) CityNet retains the membership of full members that are up for suspension and termination in 2019. CityNet
needs a third person to help us in reestablishing contacts with them;
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5) Continue the effort to recruit Chinese cities
With no further comment on the floor, Chairperson Ambassador Yim proceeded to a coffee break.
V. REPORTS AND ACTION PLANS
Agenda 10: Reports and Action Plans of National Chapters
Chanrhan (Rina) Hwang, CityNet Programs Officer, presented updates on behalf of all National Chapters.
New operational guideline for all CityNet National Chapters was suggested on matters of representation and extent of
privileges to a CityNet member.
New NC Operational Guideline states a majority of NC board members should come from current CityNet members.
Only CityNet members in the National Chapter should represent the NC in the different regional activities and Executive
Committee Meetings of CityNet. NC non-CityNet members can still experience CityNet privileges by participating in
their NC capacity development sessions to be conducted at the national level. New National Chapter Operational
Guidelines was circulated on 12 August 2019 to all NCs focal points from CityNet Secretariat.
For NC activities in 2019, the following is the percentage of activities conducted on different topics; Disaster/Resilient
Workshop (43%); Climate (14%); C2C Cooperation (29%); Leadership and Capacity Development (14%).
10.1 National Chapter Bangladesh
The National Chapter Bangladesh is hosted by Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC). DNCC had interim mayors in
the past year but with the election of Md Atiqul Islam on February 28, 2019, new leadership is to be expected.
In the last two years National Chapter Bangladesh found it challenging to conduct or initiate any activities. They had a
DRR workshop titled ‘Towards Resilient Dhaka City’ on March 13 – 16, 2019, to show the commitment for the NC.
In the year of 2020, they will continue with their DRR initiatives by (1) hosting CityNet event such as Workshop on
Park and Open Space Management; (2) City to City Cooperation Workshop; (3) NC Seminar on Prospect and
Possibilities of Waste to Energy; (4) Disaster Cluster Meeting.
10.2 National Chapter India
They launched two training programs for CityNet members. Those are (1) “Making Cities Disaster Resilient- Challenges
and Approaches” for two days (September 2 – 4, 2019); and (2) “Climate Change and Cities - Way Forward for
Adaptation, Mitigation and Resilience” for five days (October 21 – 25, 2019). The NC India HUDCO workshop focused
on introduction to climate change and understanding impacts on cities; measures and initiatives taken up by government
in India and at global level. NC India committed to increase CityNet Membership in India by organizing special session
which was held in October 2019, and it plans to continue the workshop on an annual basis.
10.4 National Chapter Nepal
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Mr. Surya Shrestha from NSET has presented NC Nepal updates. NC Nepal has been going through a revival process
of the Chapter. Coming from the November 5 NC Nepal meeting, in the next two years, NC Nepal is following the
CityNet thematic focus. For Climate Change, they plan to focus on protection of greenery, open spaces, water bodies,
and safe construction for infrastructure. For the past year, they had activities supported by CityNet Yokohama Project
Office. They said they will be more active in the next years.
10.5 National Chapter Philippines
NC Philippines was launched in 2018. They are now fostering more activities and mobilizing CityNet members by
using NC Philippines platform. They also created Facebook page in March 2019 to promote activities as well. For future
action plans for NC Philippines, there is a Medium Term for 2018-2021 and a Short Term for 2018/19 which will be
circulated after the ExCom Meeting with members.
10.6 National Chapter Sri Lanka
With reconstruction of NC Sri Lanka office, NC Sri Lanka will contribute to help establish community learning center
project for urban underprivileged children in Colombo. They have been meeting with the participation of urban
stakeholders on a regular basis.
For a plan for expansion, they will work closely with the Federation of Local Authorities (FSLGA) and the Mayor’s
Association in Sri Lanka to improve city services, promote city-to-city cooperation, networking through Euro-Asian
partnership through CityNet.
NC Sri Lanka is also planning for new projects which are Leadership and Training to other Municipalities on Municipal
Bonds, Taxation and Information Sharing through GIS; Local Economic Development for Cities; Replicate Artistic
Skill Training Project for Children of Low Income Communities; and Strengthening Solid Waste Management
Marketing Strategies in Cities.
Without further comment, Ambassador Yim proceeded to the Agenda 11.
Agenda 11: Reports and Action Plans of Clusters
11.1 Climate Change
Deputy Sec Gen Aisa Tobing reported the updates of the Climate Change (CC) Cluster. She briefly commented the CC
Cluster has big number of members. She also briefly discussed about the Cluster’s mission and objectives.
For 2019, major activities of CC cluster include: Advocating and providing sustainable learning platform; Sharing best
practices through Climate Leadership Program (pre-CLP 3) in Jakarta (August 19-22, 2019) and CLP 3 in Denpasar
(November 18-20, 2019); Developing collaboration model and implementing special project as climate project
prototype; and facilitating effective dialogue between cities;
Some of the administrative challenges include coordination among members and creating climate change champion in
every city.
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As for its future plans for 2020-2021, the cluster will focus on improving innovative ways to access to financial
institution; Continuing advocating to the local stakeholders; Establishing low carbon society for mitigation; and
providing a common reporting framework.
After the presentation, Chairperson Ambassador Yim opened the floor to any discussion.
Kirtee highlighted Climate Change is an emerging topic with high potentials. He asked as to how CityNet can provide
institutional commitment and resources to bring Climate Change into the CityNet’s larger work?
Sec Gen Vijay said there are two aspects to look at Kirtee’s question. One is that CityNet members must be familiar
with the language. Climate Change Cluster is doing good work in helping our members understand the language.
The second aspect is unless cities do something about climate change, it will have no impact on the ground. The
realization now is adaptation to climate change is even more difficult. Climate Change is everywhere and even to meet
the National Determined Contributions require training and capacity building. The challenge for CityNet is how to take
advantage Climate Change which is different from what C40 and ICLEI are doing? Sec Gen Vijay said that CityNet’s
value proposition is we are promoting on a City to City, City to Business platform. I think there are many opportunities
there and CityNet’s big task is to make it happen.
Kirtee said CityNet needs to position itself as an institution in the area of Climate Change. He urged CityNet to look
into its detail programming and let the other three clusters internalize Climate Change.
Mary Jane identified that one of the goals of the climate change cluster is for each member to have a climate change
roadmap. The challenge is to reach out to all 76 cluster members.
11.2 Disaster Cluster
Director of Development Cooperation Yoko Suzuki from City of Yokohama reported highlights and accomplishments
of the Disaster Cluster.
There were mainly four activities in Disaster Cluster in 2018-2019. The first is City to City Cooperation projects such
as “Training on Structural & Seismic Engineering” between Yokohama and Kathmandu, and the “Establishment of the
Makati DRRM Academy” between Yokohama and Kathmandu.
For NPO-to-City Cooperation projects, they have conducted “Establishment of the Makati DRRM Academy” between
NPO Plus Arts and Makati, and “Project to Promote DRR Education Clubs in Schools” between NPO Plus Arts and
five municipalities in Nepal.
For seminars, they have conducted the 11th and 12th CityNet Disaster Cluster Seminar, Forum on ICT and DRRM, the
23rd Japan Forum, and the Study Visit from Colombo on Counterterrorism Tactics. Additionally, they have conducted
a DRR survey among cluster members.
For 2020, Disaster Cluster will continue to organize the cluster seminar, CityNet Japan Forum and KLRTC on DRR as
well as the establishment of the Makati DRRM Academy and study visits based on the requests from CityNet members.
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The Disaster Cluster hopes to strengthen the partnership with other clusters and organizations to make better disaster
resilient cities.
After Yoko presented, Sec Gen Vijay commended that the work of Disaster Cluster gets the highest visibility from the
multilateral banks. There is a prospect for substantial collaboration between CityNet and Tokyo Learning Distance
Center on its next programming. Currently, Sec Gen is also in contact with the World Bank Manager in Washington
and the aim is to offer new narrative to TLDC programming which will focus on climate adaptation and disaster risks
in cities. Hopefully in the next ExCom, there is something concrete on the prospect.
A representative from the National Society for Earthquake Technology- Nepal (NSET) asked if there are efforts for
CityNet Disaster Cluster to collaborate with the other disaster-related non-government organizations like ADRC, Global
Network of Disaster Risk Reduction. Dir. Yoko said there are existing collaborations like with JICA, TLDC, even with
Y-Port. The challenge is to expand our activities to support more cities.
On cluster membership, Youngmin said CityNet members apply for cluster membership during their application
process. Moreover, in the beginning of each year, CityNet Secretariat circulates a survey to members to update their
cluster membership.
11.3 Infrastructure Cluster
Deputy Director of International Changhee Lee from Seoul Metropolitan Government briefly introduced the profile of
the Infrastructure Cluster. Afterwards, she called Kuala Lumpur Executive Director for Planning Nurazizi Bin Mukhtar
to present the accomplishments of the cluster.
Executive Director Nurazizi Bin Mukhtar from Kuala Lumpur City Hall shared the following highlights: Collaboration
with Seoul Human Resource Development Center to make KLRTC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development
on February and May; The 33rd KLRTC Workshop and Infrastructure Cluster Meeting on April; Visit from Yokohama
City Government to Kuala Lumpur City Hall and SMG in May and August; The 34th KLRTC Workshop / SDG
Localization Workshop in July; Courtesy Call Seoul International Ambassador and CityNet Secretariat to Mayor of
Kuala Lumpur; and SHRDC workshops.
Afterwards, Changhee presented on the future plans for the Infrastructure Cluster. She underscored to take advantage
of existing mechanisms in CityNet like the SDG Platform which will help gather infrastructure-related best practices
and tools. There is also the SHRDC, TOPIS and the Big Data Campus. Changhee said there will be a planning activity
on January-February 2020 with Kuala Lumpur. Implementation of the cluster activities will be from April to December
2020.
Nurazizi continued presenting on the cluster plan for 2020-2021. He said KL identified green mobility, low carbon
society, smart city and solid waste management as focused areas for thematic implementation.
After the presentation, Sec Gen Vijay commended the Infrastructure Cluster for its activities and practical advises that
are being valued by CityNet members. He added the Secretariat has been discussing with Seoul Urban Solutions Agency
and WEGO that solutions are being provided to our members but not so much on capacity building.
He also commended Kuala Lumpur for taking the lead to organize CityNet activities not only it is geographically
convenient among most of CityNet members but also Kuala Lumpur solutions are closely related to many of our
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members. They seem to be more practical offerings rather than the solutions provided by developed cities like Seoul
and Yokohama. Sec Gen Vijay also raised the prospect of promoting Kuala Lumpur Center of Excellence into the Tokyo
Distance Learning Center partnership. He hopes TLDC will listen to his recommendations.
11.4 Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs)
Paulie Mora, CityNet Project Manager, presented on behalf of SDG Cluster. The presentation covered cluster’s basic
profiles, mission and activities in 2019.
The cluster lead, Barisal City Corporation, is implementing two projects relative to achieving Sustainable Development
Goals.
The first is Urban Primary Health Care Services Delivery Project. The main project objective is to deliver primary
health care and maternal health care services to the urban poor. Four primary health care centers and one maternity
hospital are being constructed. The project period is 2018 -2023 and it is funded by the Asian Development Bank
(ADB).
The second project is Providing Basics Services to the Children of Barisal City. Main components of the project are:
Health, Nutrition, Education, Water and Sanitation and Hygiene. Project period is 2017-2020 and is being supported by
UNICEF.
Paulie also presented the SDG cluster challenges such as lack of coordination between the cluster members, no city
linkages for sharing SDG project activities, and lack of availability of fund to support cluster activities. For the future
plans, SDG cluster will make efforts to integrate SDG in the different cluster activities, develop capacity building
programs for Asian cities on SDGs, organize Asian Regional Workshop on SDGs, develop training module for SDGs,
and extend Asian SDG localization experience to outside Asia-Pacific.
After Paulie’s presentation, Kirtee suggested the possibility to reexamine to having a cluster theme that will focus on
inclusivity and poverty, since these focused areas are mostly concern among associate members. Small and developing
cities from the South can also take interest on this theme.
Sec Gen Vijay said Kirtee made a good point. One option is to discuss this in the SDG Seminar in Jeju Island. Inclusivity
and poverty can be a substitute for SDG cluster, which can be taken as very broad. We are missing out inclusivity and
poverty in the cluster discussions. Sec Gen said we can raise it as an issue in the 2020 ExCom.
Chairperson Ambassador Yim said points raised by Kirtee are strategic points that can be raised at the General
Assembly. The General Assembly can approve any additional cluster.
Mary Jane concurred with Vijay and suggested SDG Cluster itself to concentrate on poverty and inclusivity since other
clusters are focusing on other SDGs. CityNet may not need to create additional cluster. She also added that of all the
clusters, members take interest on climate change with 76 members however its advocacy and clarity need to be brought
down to the members.
Youngmin recognized that there have been several opinions on restructuring the cluster. Some say on creating smart
city cluster, others say to create a cluster with the private sector. She encouraged the members to submit a concept note
until February so it can be discussed in the ExCom in Jeju and if agreed, these can be brought up to the General
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Assembly. She also underscored that cluster leadership is important as cluster leaders need to mobilize their own human
and financial resources despite the small cluster grant that CityNet provides.
Going back to the discussion on inclusivity and poverty as possible cluster themes, Kirtee clarified that these two areas
should be anchored within the context of CityNet and not on SDGs. There should be specificity to the context of
inclusivity and poverty. He also added that SDG can be broad.
Vijay clarified that what Mary Jane said is inclusivity and poverty in the context of SDGs. He said that SDG is something
that is very top-down and many do not even understand what it means. But it is something that creates political interest
among leaders.
As to the cluster suggestions, he encouraged the members to suggest ideas to the Secretariat so these can be further
discussed in the next Excom.
VI. MATTERS FOR APPROVAL
Agenda 12: Reports and Plans of the CityNet Yokohama Project Office
Kendra Hirata, Director of CityNet Yokohama Project Office, presented the accomplishments and plans of the CityNet
Yokohama Project Office (CYPO). He first presented the current staff members of CYPO.
He then proceeded to CYPO’s notable projects like the City to City Cooperation with Makati DRRM Academy and
Study Visit to Chengdu; School Based Disaster Prevention Education and Material Development Project to Nepal cities;
and Study Visit on Counterterrorism Tactics for Colombo and Negombo Cities in Sri Lanka;
CYPO also helped train Yokohama City in its training of the first responders of Yokohama Fire Bureau for foreign
residents. CYPO is currently developing the first disaster education learning center in Nepal. It brought Japanese
architects to help construct the center without using nails. This will be in full operations by 2020.
CYPO also facilitated the study visit of Hanoi on Smart City Initiatives as 20 participants from Hanoi participated in
the event.
Relative to SDG Cluster, there was a Technology Transfer to Foster Logical and Creative Thinking Using ICT for Basic
Education Program.
As a regular partner of CYPO, United Nations Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) office in Yokohama is keen to take
further interest to see what CityNet members have been doing in terms of disaster risk reduction and resilience strategies.
For outreach activities, CYPO has been discussing with Australia National University and the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs on integrated DRR research and possible collaboration with UNDRR for CityNet Disaster Cluster Seminar at
the Asia Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction. Moreover, CYPO also met with Matsuyama City
and Kobe Cities to see the prospect of joining CityNet.
Presenting the financial report, despite the small budget, Kendra said CYPO is having a good relationship with partners
that provide further project funds for Asia Pacific.
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Agenda 13: Report on Budget, Institutional, and Program Activities for the year 2020
13.1: Budget Activities for the year 2020
CityNet Secretariat Director of Operations Sungjun Park presented the budget activities for 2020. Some of his
presentation highlights include:
1) CityNet Assets are consisted of current assets and non-current assets. Current assets are cash and cash
equivalents, short-term financial instruments, accounts receivable, and repaid expenses. Accounts receivable
include the amount of membership fee which supposed to be paid by members, but have not been received in
2018 and it is expressed in Liabilities. Non-Current Assets are consisted of benefit plan asset, tangible assets,
intangible assets and others. Tangible Assets include office supplies such as computer and furniture;
2) The proposed overall budget for 2020 is US$ 896,929. This has been slightly increased by about 5%.
13.2: Institutional Activities for the year 2020
CityNet Operations Director also presented a recruitment plan to hire Assistant Secretary General. Since 2013, Seoul
City’s Director-General of International Cooperation Bureau of SMG has been served as the concurrent Assistant
Secretary General in Secretariat. Details about the recruitment and selection process will be conducted in January.
CityNet Operations Director also said that online membership payment will be launched next year despite the setback
of developing it in 2019. Online payment will give members additional solution on members’ challenges in paying
membership payment. This will also help in enhancing the collection rate of CityNet.
Relative to hiring full time CityNet ASG, Sec Gen Vijay laid down the context saying that since current CityNet ASG
is an ex officio position of SMG, the person has already full load of other things. Other Seoul-hosted organizations like
WEGO and SUSA have full time senior people unlike CityNet.
In his previous visit to Seoul, Sec Gen Vijay said Mayor Park Won Soon supported CityNet to hire full time ASG.
However, Vijay said he may have to probably change the title of ASG to suit within the context of Korean administrative
system as professional titles in Korea are highly regarded. He asked permission from the ExCom members to give him
the freedom to change or provide another alternative title for ASG as to suit within the Korean context. Once he finalizes
it, he will circulate it to the members.
13.3: Program Activities for the year 2020
Dir. Youngmin presented on the program activities for the year 2020. Secretariat’s Programs can be divided into two
categories - Capacity Building and Technical Advisory. Capacity Building has been successful in 2019 but technical
advisory has been a little less of a focus. In 2020, Secretariat will explore more activities related to technical advisories.
Some of the program activities include:
1) Partnerships with four training centers with HUDCO, SHRDC, KLRTC, and Think City. ‘Green City
Destinations’ will be CityNet 2020 theme for Capacity Building Activities;
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2) CityNet Services is a continuing platform where CityNet members conduct sustainable learning exchanges
across the network. In 2020, we expect requests from our members to help them conduct CityNet Service. As
a basic guideline, CityNet Service Request must at least be four months earlier in advance;
3) CityNet will also provide technical advisory services through the Project Concept Proposal Development. It
will also help cities facilitate in identifying issues for PCP. One concrete example is the Colombo’s proposal
on replicating Seoul’s tax system. There are different city to city cooperation activities resulting to the
development of full proposal. The proposal is pending approval from KOICA;
4) CityNet will continue to explore different opportunities with multilateral organizations;
5) Continuing Support to National Chapter’s activities and Cluster Grant Program;
6) Scale up Climate Leadership Program with possible support from Switch Asia;
7) CityNet will hold its 39th Executive Committee Meeting in Jeju, South Korea in conjunction with the 2nd
Sustainable Development Jeju Conference on April 23-25, 2020. The new schedule will benefit CityNet in
two ways:
The November ExCom schedule limits the CityNet members to provide feedback and inputs on CityNet’s
budget since budget cycle finalization happens during the summer. April is an ideal time to ensure members’
suggestions on budget will be reflected in the same year’s budget;
Year 2020 is the last year before the next Congress in 2021. The Jeju ExCom in April will allow Secretariat
and members more time and better prepare for Congress.
The Jeju Conference will be under the theme of ‘Actions for SDGs 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities’.
The conference expects to host 500 participants including high-level UN experts, local government authorities
from Europe and Asia, as well as domestic and international experts. CityNet will organize the ExCom and Jeju
will mainly organize the International Conference. Anyone who is interested in knowing more about the content,
they can contact either Jeju’s representatives or CityNet’s secretariat.
8) CityNet will continue to take a proactive role in advocacy and convey its members’ voices on the global stage
but also assist its members to deliver tangible results like being technical members at the Asia Pacific Local
Government Coordinating Body- Mayor’s Academy.
Kirtee urged CityNet ExCom to examine the whole process of coming up with program structure for the international
seminar. He also said that despite a good number of associate members, why don’t associate members organize big
CityNet events as well. Associate members can play a significant role in this area.
Sec Gen Vijay said there is huge amount of city resources that are required to organize CityNet event. He doubts whether
associate members are willing to pay for the big scale amount and put more effort than what is required. Kirtee asked
for details of the hosting like the cost, logistical requirements so as to examine the possibility. Sec Gen Vijay said he
can give to Kirtee some documents but he again said hosting big CityNet events may well be beyond the capacity of
associate members.
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Kirtee emphasized that it does not always mean financial resources but looking as to how associate members can provide
further contributions to hosting CityNet events so they can also claim ownership. CityNet can look into the inclusivity
aspect and can empower associate members to contribute.
Sec Gen Vijay said he can look into that but based on Secretariat’s experience, even getting the city to agree hosting
CityNet events requires high transaction cost. Even civil society collaborating with city on hosting CityNet will also
have some dynamics for consideration.
Relative to International Seminar, Kirtee essentially said the planning for the seminar entails more time. He implied
that the half-day seminar is not enough as there could have been opportunity for him to contribute ideas and provide
spaces for further engagement.
Sec Gen Vijay responded to Kirtee that the international seminar is the end of the ExCom meeting. He added If Kirtee
should take further interest, he can do it on a bilateral basis. For example, Vijay is thinking of following up on Lalitpur’s
water management on its lakes and ponds and connect the Mayor of Lalitpur to a company in India. Meetings can go
on and on but CityNet also has issues on schedules and timetables, CityNet members want to go on a weekend. If
members find more interesting solutions from the host organizations, they can follow it up on a bilateral basis.
Toru Hashimoto pointed out why online SDG Platform has a huge budget despite the fact that it is mostly internet-
based. Sec Gen Vijay said there is a political commitment from SMG to UNESCAP to continue supporting and funding
the SDG Platform.
Observing the budget, Kirtee commented that it is top-down budget. He suggested transferring some staff budget to
specific activity budget. Hiring officers can be part of the program activity. Sec Gen Vijay said it can be done that
professional payment of program officers is part of the program activity but from the accounting point of view, it is still
considered as a staff budget.
Agenda 14: Report on Biennial Program Activities for the year 2020-2021
Sec Gen Vijay said that Dir. Youngmin’s report on 2020 activities gave CityNet the sense of the CityNet’s biennial
program. There will be focus on training and capacity building. CityNet will also continue to look for opportunities for
global engagement like the Global Compact of Mayors to increase further visibility and credibility. CityNet will also
continue supporting Cluster and National Chapter.
Sec Gen Vijay hopes that CityNet can demonstrate converting ideas into solutions on the ground. CityNet needs to
convert these ideas into solutions. Four focused areas- affordable housing, low carbon, disaster resilience, and smart
city development – will also be hugely part into the development of ideas to solutions process. He added that much has
been invested in putting infrastructures to cities but they need more on software part, better planning, and
implementation.
Sec Gen Vijay hopes that by next year in Jeju, CityNet will have something to demonstrate on ideas being converted
into solutions for cities, bringing in implementation and financing strategies.
He also promised to come up with a stronger biennial plan incorporating these ideas. He will report back the biennial
plan in the Jeju.
Agenda 15: Other Matters (Yokohama-Kathmandu City to City Cooperation)
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Ambassador Chairperson Yim invited Yokohama City to introduce the city to city cooperation between Yokohama and
Kathmandu Metropolitan City.
Head of Disaster Department of Kathmandu Metropolitan City presented the highlights of the City to City Cooperation
Project of Kathmandu and Yokohama City on Capacity Building Training Program on Structural and Seismic
Engineering in 2015 Post-Earthquake Kathmandu.
Some of the main components of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) include: capacity building of municipal
engineers for knowledge enhancement on structural and seismic engineering; building regulations and examination on
how those are being implemented; field visits to learn about safer structures and mainstreaming disaster risk resilience
into urban planning.
A total of eight trainings were conducted, three (3) in Yokohama and five (5) in Kathmandu as follows:
1) 1st training: Administrative process in building construction and inspection, structural measures during
earthquakes;
2) 2nd/ 3rd (2016): Training conducted by architects from Yokohama housing and architecture bureau, a total of
56 participants, different learnings include introduction to Japanese structural regulations;
3) 4th (March 2016): Conservation of heritage buildings;
4) 5th/ 6th (2017): Training program on community-led initiatives, technical and management perspective during
construction, addressing the gap between house owners and designer, contractors and masons in resilient
construction practices/ managing resilience;
5) 7th (March 2018) : Training program on quality control of public constructions;
6) 8th (March 2019): Workshop among municipal in engineers/architects; Content preparation and production for
the manual for house owners
As an output, there were capacity enhancement among seismic engineers, several knowledge sharing activities, and
publication production. For future plan, monitoring part is essential. There will be public awareness campaigns and
disaster education for children. There is also a plan to further utilize after the establishment of a DRR learning center.
Agenda 16: Date and Venue of the 39th Session of the Executive Committee of CityNet in 2020
Jeju Special Self Governing Provincial Council in Jeju Island, South Korea will be the host for the 39th Session of the
CityNet Executive Committee Meeting.
The signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between CityNet and Jeju Special Self Governing will usher in the
preparation activities to ensure CityNet ExCom in Jeju will be a success.
Before the signing, Jeju Provincial Council presented a video profile. Afterwards, the Vice President of Jeju Special
Self-Governing Provincial Council expressed gratitude to CityNet for inviting Jeju and accepting Jeju as the new
member of CityNet. He looks forward to CityNet visiting Jeju which is a world natural heritage site that features
volcanic island and lava tubes. Jeju is aiming for further innovation.
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The ExCom in Jeju will be on April 23-25, 2019. It will be in conjunction with the International Conference on
Sustainable Development. The Vice President said Jeju will make an effort to make the 39th ExCom memorable.
Sec Gen Vijay in return thanked Jeju’s kind offer. He learned about Jeju’s interest to host when he attended on its first
International Conference Seminar in June 2019. Jeju is an important tourist destination combining blue, green, and
brown concepts. He added that Jeju has recognized best practices. He also hopes that the discussion on inclusivity and
poverty will be discussed in the Jeju ExCom.
VII. MOU SIGNING
Agenda 17: CityNet-Think City MoU Signing
Prior to the signing of the MOU between CityNet Secretariat and Think City, Mr. Lawrence Loh, member of Think of
City Board of Directors, congratulated CityNet and Lalitpur for the successful hosting of the 38th Executive Committee.
Mr. Lawrence briefly presented the organizational profile of Think City. Think City is a not-for-profit subsidiary of
Khazanah Nasional Berhad, the investment holding arm of the Government of Malaysia. It is a community focused
urban regeneration organization who works closely with local authorities, communities, education institutions, private
entities and global experts to trial, plan and implement programmes to rejuvenate cities and solve contemporary urban
issues.
For the partnership with CityNet, Think City will cooperate to help establish a knowledge center on urban tourism,
heritage conversation, public space and urban planning for sustainable urban development.
As response, Sec Gen Vijay commended the partnership with Think City and highlighted its value proposition. Think
City also happens to be a new associate member of CityNet. He said Think City is the kind of associate members that
cities look for. Many CityNet members can learn about the best practices from emerging countries in Asia where
problems are more relevant to the developing cities’ context. He looks forward to further collaboration with Think
City.
VIII. CLOSING SESSION
For closing remarks, Chairperson Ambassador Yim is pleased to see how CityNet ExCom members had participated in
the meeting. He said the meeting was successful. Before he officially closes the session, he invites anyone from the
ExCom members to raise any issue concerning the meeting discussions.
Toru said the 38th ExCom is one of the best organized. He commended Seoul Metropolitan Government, Lalitpur
Metropolitan City, and Secretariat for the hard work. The 39th ExCom in Jeju is fast approaching so he reminded
everyone to gear up. He looks forward to meeting everyone in Jeju.
With no points raised, Chairperson Ambassador Yim officially closes the 38th Executive Committee Meeting.
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ANNEX 1
Participants: 135 in total (6 -8 November 2019)
No City/Org Represented Title+ Full Name Official Position
1 Centre for Urban Studies Dr. Mohammad Nurul Islam (Nazem)
Honorary Treasurer and Member
of The Executive Council
2 Centre for Urban Studies Ms. Salma A Shafi General Secretary
3 Dhaka North City Mr. DILBAHAR AHMED URBAN PLANNER
4 Ahmedabad Study Action
Group (ASAG) Mr. Kirtee Natverlal Shah Hon.Director
5 All India Institute of Local
Self Government Mr. Mansukhlal Nagardas Patel
6 All India Institute of Local
Self Government Mr. Ravi Ranjan Kumar Guru Deputy Director General
7 Local Government of
Denpasar City Mr. I GUSTI NGURAH EDDY MULYA
GENERAL
ADMINISTRATION
ASSISTANT
8 Local Government of
Denpasar City Mr. I KOMANG SUGIARTA
HEAD OF THE NATION AND
POLITICAL UNITY OF
DENPASAR CITY
9 Local Government of
Denpasar City Mr. I DEWA GEDE RAI
HEAD OF COMMUNITY
RELATIONS AND
PROTOCOL
10 Local Government of
Denpasar City
Ms. I GUSTI AYU LAXMY
SARASWATY
HEAD OF COOPERATION
DIVISION
11 Local Government of
Denpasar City Mr. Ida Bagus Rai Dharmawijaya Mantra Mayor
12 Local Government of
Denpasar City Mr. I KETUT WISADA
HEAD OF ENVIRONMENTAL
AND CLEANLINESS OFFICES
13 Local Government of
Denpasar City Mr. I WAYAN HENDARYANA
HEAD OF TOURISM AND
ECONOMIC CREATIVE
DIVISION
14 Local Government of
Denpasar City Mr. I GUSTI NGURAH MARIANTA AIDE OF MAYOR'S SPOUSE
15 Local Government of
Denpasar City Ms. IDA AYU SELLY FAJARINI SPOUSE OF THE MAYOR
16 Gerakan Ciliwung Bersih Ms. Peni Susanti Executive Director
17 Gerakan Ciliwung Bersih Mr. Deni Puspahadi Patnership with Business
18 Gerakan Ciliwung Bersih Ms. Umirusyana Wati Patnership with Comunity
19 Gerakan Ciliwung Bersih Ms. Christina Rantemanik Manta Secretariat
20 Gerakan Ciliwung Bersih Ms. Fifin Safrina Hafsah Patnership with Comunity
21 Gerakan Ciliwung Bersih Ms. Tito Susanto Secretary
22 Gerakan Ciliwung Bersih Mr. SYAHRUL Patnership with community
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23 Jakarta Capital City
Government MS. Sylvira Ananda Azwar Urban Enviromental Specialist
24 Jambi City Local Government Mr. Syarif Fasha Jambi City Mayor
25 Jambi City Local Government Ms. Yuliana Head of Woman Organization
26 Jambi City Local Government Dr. Mariani Yanti Head of Cooperation Division
27 Jambi City Local Government Mr. Suhendri Suhendri Head of organization division
28 Jambi City Local Government Mr. Nirwan
Head of information and
communication
29 Jambi City Local Government Ms. Yunita Indrawati Head of Procurement division
30 City of Yokohama Mr. Toru Hashimoto
Executive Director of
Development Cooperation
Department
31 City of Yokohama Mr. Yukichi Minowa
Manager for Development
Cooperation
32 City of Yokohama Ms.Yoko Suzuki
Director of Development
Cooperation Division
33 Citynet Yokohama Project
Office Mr. Kendra Hirata Director
34 Citynet Yokohama Project
Office Mr. Oki Yohei Program Assistant
35 Citynet Yokohama Project
Office Ms. Yuiko Kato
Director of project
administration
36 Incheon Metropolitan City Mr. Kweon Jeahong
Deputy Director of Int’l
Cooperation Division
37 Incheon Metropolitan City Mr. Jung Jung Do
Project Manager of Int’l
Cooperation Division
38 Incheon Metropolitan City Ms. SEONGHEE YOUK
Project Manager of Int’l
Cooperation Division
39 InnoCSR Co., Ltd. Mr. Sam Yoon Suk Lee CEO
40 InnoCSR Co., Ltd. Ms. Osika Neupane Sr.Marketing and Sales Manager
41 InnoCSR Co., Ltd. Ms. Namrata Singh
42 Jeju Special Self-Governing
Provincial Council Mr. MOON PILJUN
The Administrative Staff of
Council
43 Jeju Special Self-Governing
Provincial Council Mr. KANG CHUNGRYONG Vice-Chairperson
44 Jeju Special Self-Governing
Provincial Council Mr. KIM TAEWAN Manager of General affairs
45 Jeju Special Self-Governing
Provincial Council Ms. INYOUNG KIM Assistant Manager
46 Jeju Special Self-Governing
Provincial Council Ms. SINOK YANG
The Administrative Staff of
Council
47 RMS Consulting Co., Ltd. Mr. Yunho Lee CEO
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48 Seoul Metropolitan
Government Mr. Geun-Hyeong, Yim Ambassador
49 Seoul Metropolitan
Government Ms. Changhee Lee Deputy Director
50 Multilateral Investment
Guarantee Agency Mr. Jae Hyung Kwon Head, North Asia
51 Kuala Lumpur City Hall Mr. Nurazizi Bin Mukhtar
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
(PLANNING)
52 Kuala Lumpur City Hall Mr. Noor Azman bin Mahlin Senior Assistant Director
53 Kuala Lumpur City Hall Ms. Izzatul Aini Binti Ibrahim Senior Assistant Director
54 CITY COUNCIL OF
PENANG ISLAND Ms. Fazreen Dharleila Binti Abdul Jalil ARCHITECT
55 Think City Mr. Laurence Loh Kwong Yu Board of Director
56 Think City Ms. Lim Lin Lee N/A
57 Think City Dr. Matthew Kenneth Benson Programme Director
58 Bharatpur Sub-Metropolitan
City Ms. Dahal Renu Mayor
59 Bharatpur Sub-Metropolitan
City Mr. Netra Prasad Subedi Chief Administrative Officer
60 Butwal Sub-Metropolitan City Mr. Shiv Raj Subedi Mayor
61 Biratnagar Metropolitan City Mr. Ratnakar Jha Liaison Officer
62 Biratnagar Metropolitan City Mr. Bhim Parajuli Mayor
63 Biratnagar Metropolitan City Mr. Ekadev Adhikari Chief Administrative Officer
64 Biratnagar Metropolitan City Mr. Tribhushan Yagyaraj Giri P.S. to Mayor
65 Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City Ms. Manju Acting Mayor
66 Godawari Municipality Mr. Krishna Prasad Jaisi Chief Administrative Office
67 Godawari Municipality Mr. Maharjan Gajendra Mayor
68 Global South Initiative Mr. Hansha Sanjyal President
69 Hetauda Sub-Metropolitan city Mr. Bhagawan Aryal CAO
70 Informal Sector Service Centre
(INSEC) Mr. Bijay Raj Gautam Project Coordinator
71 Informal Sector Service Centre
(INSEC) Mr. Deepak Marahatta Mayor
72 Nepalgunj Sub-metropolitan
City Dr. Dhawal Shumshere J B Rana Director
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73 Kathmandu Metropolitan City Mr. Mahesh kumar kafle Professor
74 Research for Environment,
Forest, Agriculture,
Development Nepal
Mr. Bidur Khadka Director
75 Lalitpur Metropolitan City Mr. Chiri Babu Maharjan Chair Person
76 Lalitpur Metropolitan City Ms. Gita Satyal Nepal Executive Director
77 Lalitpur Metropolitan City Mr. Prafulla M.S. Pradhan Special Advisor
78 Lalitpur Metropolitan City Mr. Dilendra Raj Shrestha Special Advisor
79 Lalitpur Metropolitan City Mr. Raju Maharjan
Ward Chairperson/ Spokes
person
80 Lalitpur Metropolitan City Mr. Raju Maharjan Aide to Mayor
81 Lalitpur Metropolitan City Ms. Jenny Maharjan
82 Lalitpur Metropolitan City Mr. Indra Bajracharya Aide to Mayor
83 Lalitpur Metropolitan City Mr. Nagendra Subedi Section Officer
84 Lekhnath Small Town Water
Supply & Sanitation User
Committee
Mr. Binshnu Prasad Baral President
85 Municipal Association of
Nepal Mr. Kalanidhi Devkota
Training Course Material
Specialist
86 Municipal Association of
Nepal Mr. Ashok Kumar Byanju Shrestha Executive Director
87 National Society for
Earthquake Technology-Nepal
(NSET)
Mr. Bishal Raj Gurung Structural Engineer
88 National Society for
Earthquake Technology-Nepal
(NSET)
Mr. Surya Narayan Shrestha Executive Director
89 National Society for
Earthquake Technology-Nepal
(NSET)
Mr. Sharad Wagle Director
90 National Society for
Earthquake Technology-Nepal
(NSET)
Mr. Surya Narayan Shrestha Executive Director
91 National Society for
Earthquake Technology-Nepal
(NSET)
Mr. Ganesh Kumar Jimee Structural Engineer
92 National Society for
Earthquake Technology-Nepal
(NSET)
Mr. Surya Bhakta Sangachhe Senior Technical Advisor
93 National Society for
Earthquake Technology-Nepal
(NSET)
Mr. Sharad Wagle Planning and Administrative
Officer
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94 Tansen Municipality Mr. Ashok Kumar Shahi President
95 Tansen Municipality Mr. Bishnu Paudel Mayor
96 Lumanti Support Group for
Shelter Ms. Lumanti Shrestha Joshi Programme Manager Housing
97 Bheemdatt Municipality Mr. Surendra Bahadur Bist Mayor
98 Bheemdatt Municipality Ms. Gomati Awasthi Officer
99 City Government of Makati Ms. KRISTINA TOGLE SAROSA CITY COUNCILOR
100 City Government of Makati Ms. Liza Velle Bonifacio Ramos
DRRM Research and Planning
Head
101 City Government of Makati Ms. Joyce Bacud Sy Planning Officer II
102 City Government of
Muntinlupa Mr. Roger John Patdu Smith Deputy City Administrator
103 City Government of
Muntinlupa MA. Lourdes Escosio Engo Acting Department Head
104 Colombo Municipal Council
Mr. Lakshman Palitha N Nanayakkara
Siriwetti Mohottige Municipal Commissioner
105 Colombo Municipal Council
Ms.Kaluthanthrige Thamara Damayanthi
Mallawaarachchi
Focal Point and the Secretary
General
106 HELP-O
Mr. Poddiwala Marage C Jagath Anura
Alias Chathura Welivitya Chairman
107 Hai Phong City Mr. Luong Hai Au
Director of Hai Phong
Department of Information and
Communication
108 Hai Phong City Mr. Trinh Van Tu
Manager of Heritage
Management Division of Hai
Phong Department of Culture
and Sport
109 Hai Phong City Mr. Nguyen Trung Hieu
Deputy Director of Hai Phong
Department of Foreign Affairs
110 Taipei City Mr. Yang Ching-Huei
Executive Director of
International Affairs Advisory
Council
111 City of Taichung Ms. Lin Kuan-Hsuan
Head, International Affairs
Division, Secretariat
112 City of Taichung Ms. Lin Hui-Fen
Commissioner of International
Affairs Commission
113 City of Taichung Mr. Tai Yu-Tse
Commissioner of the Urban
Design Commission
114 City of Taichung Ms. Chang, Ya-Ting
Officer, International Affairs
Division, Secretariat
115 Japan International
Cooperation Agency (JICA) Hideaki Iwase Expert
116 The Resources Centre (TRC) Bindu Lohani President
117 MIGA, World Bank Group Jaehyung Kwon Head of North Asia
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118 Nepal Academy of Science
and Technology (NAST) Dr. Sunil Babu Shrestha Vice Chancellor
119 Asian Development Bank Amy Faust Urban Planner
120 UNESCO Nabha Bashyat Thapa
Architect/ Project Coordinator at
Nepal Office
121 UN-Habitat Padma Sunder Joshi
Lead of UN-Habitat Nepal
Office
122 Tribhuvan University Dr. Sangeeta Singh Professor of Urban Planning
123 CityNet Mr. Vijay Jagannathan Secretary General
124 CityNet Dr. Aisa Dokmauly Tobing Deputy Secretary General
125 CityNet Ms. Mary Jane Crisanto Ortega Special Advisor
126 CityNet Ms. Youngmin Chang Director of Program
127 CityNet Mr. Sangjun Park Director of Operation
128 CityNet Mr. Beumil Lee Operation Officer
129 CityNet Mr. Jaime Paulo Mora Program Manager
130 CityNet Ms. Seunghyeon Han Program Officer
131 CityNet Ms. Chanrhan (Rina) Hwang Program Officer
132 CityNet Mr. Kevin Drouin Program Officer
133 CityNet Ms. Danbee Lee Program Consultant
134 CityNet Ms. I-Eun Park Operation Assistant
135 CityNet Ms. Hyelim Kong Program Assistant
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