URBAN LECTURE - Bringing the City of Gothenburg and Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality together
Collaboration around sustainable, just and accessible cities
When? 5th of March, 15.00-17.00
Where? Gothenburg, Mistra Urban Futures, Läraregatan 3, Foyer
Tram stop: Kapellplatsen
We welcome mainly public officials from the City of Gothenburg.
No registration needed. First come, first served.
The City of Gothenburg and Nelson Mandela Bay has a long-term ongoing partnership. Within the partnership the two cities are working together in a mutual learning-project around sustainability, justice and accessibility. The project aims to develop recommendations on how to create more accessible cities from four perspectives: physical/spatial, social/democratic, economical and notional. These shall be implemented in both cities. The project is funded by ICLD, International Centre for Local Democracy and Mistra Urban Futures.
Welcome to listen to
• A conceptual framework of local development, Deon Pretorius, Professor, Director Development Partners, Nelson Mandela Bay, Eastern Cape, South Africa
• Realising Just Cities, David Simon, Professor, Director Mistra Urban Futures
• Reflecting, commenting and questions also from participants
Questions? Åsa Lorentzi, asa.lorentzi@ostra.goteborg.se
Warm welcome!
Project Accessible Cities and Mistra Urban Futures
Arranged by: The City of Gothenburg, Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality and Mistra Urban Futures