During the Forty First Lecture Series of the Americas which took place on September 14, 2010, titled “Perspectives from City Hall: Better Cities for Better Lives” the speakers Oscar Luis Castañeda (Mayor of Lima, Peru), Desmond Mackenzie (Mayor of Kingston, Jamaica) and Enrique Peñalosa (Former Mayor of Bogota, Colombia) spoke about the dramatic and accelerating changes experienced by the cities of the region. Governments are channeling more resources and increased responsibilities to sub-national jurisdictions. In turn, many regional and local governments are facilitating business and community initiatives to expand and improve services in terms of coverage, quality and efficiency. International technical assistance and lending programs are supporting these changes.

This panel of experts was organized with the objective of sharing the work done in Sustainable Cities in the Americas by different specialized agencies and multilateral organizations, identifying lessons learned regarding concepts and practices around the sustainability of metropolitan areas.
 

Speakers
Billy Cobbet Programme Manager	Cities Alliance
Claudia A Adriazola Director Health & Road Safety Program	World Resources Institute
Marcus Lee Urban Development Unit	World Bank
Michael Replogle Global Policy Director and Founder	Institute for Transportation and Development Policies
Patricia Torres Coordinator of the Emerging and Sustainable Cities Initiative	Inter American Development Bank
Richard Huber Principal Environmental Specialist	Department of Sustainable Development Organization of American States
Sergio Sanchez Executive Director	Clean Air Institute
Stewart Sarkozy-Banoczy Director, Philanthropic Research & Initiatives	U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

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