UNESCO-ISS Round Table – Towards Inclusive Society: Urban Policies and Practices

From 01-10-2009 to 01-10-2009 (India) 

Organised in cooperation with the Institute of Social Sciences and UNESCO Chair on Social and Spatial Inclusion of Migrants - Urban Policies and Practices, the roundtable aims at identifying feasible steps to incorporate UN Social Inclusion parameters, criteria and principles into urban planning processes and policies. Four thematic sessions will structure the debate:

Urban Policies & Practices in Social & Spatial Inclusion of Migrants

UN-HABITAT Asian study on Safety and Urban Poverty - a Framework for Urban Safety in India

National Dialogue on UNESCO Coalition of Municipalities against Discrimination: Municipal Policies and Practices to Strengthen Vulnerable Groups

UNESCO Project for the Establishment of an International Research Centre on Inclusive Cities (Porto Alegre,Brazil)

Participating experts

George Matthew, Director, Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi

Armoogam Parsuramen, Director and UNESCO Representative to Bhutan, India, Maldives and Sri Lanka

Paul Taylor, Chief, Office of the Executive Director, UN-HABITAT

Marcello Balbo, Professor, Unesco Chair Social and Spatial Inclusion of International Migrants: Urban Policies and Practices, Università Iuav di Venezia, Italy

Binod Khadria, Professor, Director of International Migration and Diaspora Studies, Zakir Husain Center for Educational Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.

Sarinya Sophia, Social and Human Sciences, UNESCO Regional Office for Education in Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand