I National Urban Forum
1-2 April 2019, Cracow Holiday Inn Hotel, Wielopole 4 Street
Day I
Moderator: Piotr Wołkowiński
9:30 – 10:00 Registration and welcome coffee
10:00 – 10:30 Welcome address and opening speeches
- Minister Jerzy Kwieciński, Ministry of Investment and Economic Development of Poland
- Maimunah Mohd Sharif, United Nations Undersecretary General and Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN‐Habitat)
- Marcin Krupa, Mayor, City of Katowice
10:30 – 11:00 Signing of the Declaration Together towards the implementation of the national urban policy and New Urban Agenda
11:00 – 11:20 Coffee break
Session I The future of cities from an international perspective
Moderator: Piotr Wołkowiński
11:20-12:45
- Opening remarks - Minister Jerzy Kwieciński, Ministry of Investment and Economic Development of Poland
- Presenting Agenda 2030 roadmap, SDG 11 and New Urban Agenda – implementation and lessons learned on the global perspective – Maimunah Mohd Sharif, United Nations Undersecretary General and Executive Director of the UN HABITAT
- Implementation of the New Urban Agenda and SDG 11 at European level – Normunds Popens, Deputy Director-General in the DG REGIO, European Commission
- Global action for local challenges – Carlos Pinerua, World Bank Country Manager for Poland and the Baltic States
- The role of the Urban Agenda for the UE – goals and expectations for the future – Nicolaas Beets, Dutch Urban Envoy, Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, The Netherlands
- Implementation of the New Urban Agenda and Urban Agenda for the UE on the ground - challenges for cities – Mart Grisel, Director, European Urban Knowledge Network
- Emmanuel Moulin, Head of URBACT Secretariat
- Challenges for regions and cities in the EU – Kieran McCarthy, Member of the Committee of the Regions and Councillor of Cork City, Ireland
Session II The urban dimension of policy development, actions, activities supporting the development of cities in the context of the implementation of New Urban Agenda and SDG 11 – the government and self-government perspective
12:45 – 13:45 Discussion panel – state government perspective
- Jerzy Kwieciński, Minister of Investment and Economic Development of Poland
- Andrzej Adamczyk, Minister of Infrastructure of Poland
- Jadwiga Emilewicz, Minister of Entrepreneurship and Technology of Poland
- Sławomir Mazurek, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Environment of Poland
- Bartłomiej Pawlak, Vice-president of the Management Board, Polish Development Fund
13:45 – 14:45 Lunch
14:45 – 15:45 Discussion panel – self-government perspective
- Władysław Ortyl, Marshal of the Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Vice-president of the Union of the Provinces of the Republic of Poland
- Mariusz Skiba, Deputy Mayor, City of Katowice
- Paweł Grzybowski, Mayor, City of Rypin
- Jacek Wiśniowski, Mayor, City of Lidzbark Warmiński
- Tomasz Ożóg, Deputy Mayor, City of Skawina
- Lucjusz Nadbereżny, Mayor, City of Stalowa Wola
Summary comments
Karol Janas - Head of the City Policy Observatory, Institute for Urban and Regions Development
15:45 – 16:00 Summary and closing remarks
Day II
09:30 – 10:00 Registration and welcome coffee
Session I National Urban Forum– assumptions and expectations in the context of strengthening and coordination of the urban dimension in development policy
10:00 – 11:00 Discussion panel – Global/European experience
- Norliza Binti Hashim, Chief Executive of Urbanice Malaysia (tbc)
- Remy Sietchiping, Leader of the Regional and Metropolitan Planning Unit, UN-Habitat
- Manuel de Araújo, Mayor, City of Quelimane, Mozambique
- Jiří Vlček, Ministry of Regional Development, Czech Republic
- Sandra Gizdulich, Italian Agency for Territorial Cohesion
- Tilman Buchholz, Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community, Germany
- Tadashi Matsumoto, Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities, OECD
- Marc Darder, Directorate General for Territorial Planning and Urbanism, Government of Catalonia
- Kamil Wyszkowski , President of the Board, Global Compact Network Poland
11:00 – 12:00 Discussion panel – national perspective
- Opening remarks: Daniel Baliński, Deputy Director, Department for Development Strategy, Ministry of Investment and Economic Development of Poland
- Andrzej Porawski, Director, Association of Polish Cities
- Włodzimierz Hrymniak, Director of the Department of Sectoral Programs, Polish Development Fund
- Dorota Perło, Director, Office of the Board of the Association of Białystok Functional Area
- Jacek Woźniak, Ekspert on regional development and cities
- Stefania Koczar-Sikora, Deputy Director, Regional Development Unit, Marshal’s Office of Śląskie Voivodship
- Maciej Aulak, Director, Department of Assistance Programmes, Ministry of Investment and Economic Development of Poland
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
Session II The role of cooperation in sustainable urban development - exchange of experience and joint learning in order to implement integrated urban policy
13:00 – 14:15 Discussion panel
- Andrzej Porawski, Director, Association of Polish Cities
- Aldo Vargas-Tetmajer, NationalURBACT Point
- Maria Andrzejewska, Director, UNEP/GRID - Warsaw Centre
- Roman Walaszkowski, Director, Association of Szczecin Metropolitan Area
- Paweł Wojciechowski, Deputy Mayor, City of Hrubieszów
14:15 – 14:30 Coffee break
Session III How to improve actions for the development of cities thanks to the tools of monitoring and evaluation of urban policies?
14:30 – 15:45 Discussion panel
- Grzegorz Wolszczak, Urban Development Specialist, World Bank
- Dominika Rogalińska, Director, Department of Spatial and Environmental Surveys, Statistics Poland
- Przemysław Śleszyński, Head of Department of Urban and Population Studies, Department of Urban and Population Studies, Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences
- Karol Janas, Head of the City Policy Observatory, Institute for Urban and Regions Development, Poland
15:45 – 16:00 Summary and closing remarks
Agenda Krajowe Forum Miejskie 2019 ENG (PDF 1 MB)