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LAUNCH OF THE ARABIC VERSION OF EMERGING CITIES

Keys to understanding and acting
 
Agence Française de Développement  
Tuesday 8 July at 5.30 p.m.
 
“Emerging Cities” (www.villesendevenir.org) came about thanks to the will of two French ministries, the Ministry of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Land Use Planning and the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (MAEE) with support from Agence Française de Développement and various contributors including professionals, researchers and experts. 
The book provides a synthetic, pedagogical and illustrated insight into major urban problematics and addresses twelve main topics divided into two main sections. The first deals with knowledge and city management, the second addresses the main sectors of urban development. The final chapter reviews city-to-city cooperation which is to play an increasingly important role in French and international official development assistance.
Cities have become a major issue for the international community in terms of economic and social development as well as the future of the planet.
The Arabic version of the book has been launched to mark the Mediterranean Union Summit on 13 July 2008.
 
The topic for the roundtable will be “Urban governance and urbanization: what are the issues?”
 
  • Yves DAUGE, Senator for Indre-et-Loire, co-chairman of the MAEE “Urban governance” working group
  • Alain LE ROY, Ambassador in charge of the Mediterranean Union project
  • Jean-Jacques MOINEVILLE, Executive Director of Operations, AFD
  • Régis KOETSCHET, Director of development policies, MAEE
  • Thierry DESCLOS, Assistant to the deputy-director of International Affairs DAEI- MEEDDAT
  • Jean-Eric AUBERT, Director of the World Bank’s Marseille office, KNA MENA
  • Fouad AWADA, Deputy Director  Ile-de-france Region  Institute of development and city planning  
  • Xavier CREPIN, Executive Director, ISTED