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THE EVENT
On the 3rd and 4th of August 2023, the Amazon Cities Forum, an articulation of local governments located in the Amazon Basin, will meet in Belém. Held a few days before the Presidential Summit of the Amazonian Countries, this initiative represents an extraordinary opportunity for the Amazonian municipalities of the eight countries in the region to constitute a permanent space for the construction and implementation of joint initiatives.
Besides fostering cooperation, the Forum aims to strengthen the role of Amazonian municipalities as a means to promote sustainable urbanization in the Amazon based upon shared values and a common agenda, composed of integrated strategic plans, in order to form a permanent alliance in favor of integrated and sustainable urban development.
“Which kind of cities do we aim to build in order to achieve a more sustainable, resilient, inclusive Amazon, securing the balance between nature and humanity?”
In this sense, the Amazon Cities Forum aims to articulate a strong network of Amazonian cities capable of exerting leverage over the UN Conference on Climate Change (COP30), which will take place in Belém in 2025. Furthermore, the Forum also proposes to be an effective step towards the establishment of a municipal cooperation instance within the scope of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO).
When?
3rd and 4th
Where?
SCHEDULE
08:00 AM - 08:30 AM
Registration
08:30 AM - 09:45 AM
Opening ceremony - Welcoming
09:45 AM - 10:45 AM
Lecture
The role of cities towards the conservation and sustainable development in the Amazon
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
Coffee break
11:00 AM - 12:30 AM
Lecture
Financing climatic transition in Amazonian cities
12:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Lunch
02:00 PM
Thematic session 1
Institutional capacities for a sustainable future
02:00 PM
Thematic session 2
Creating sustainable jobs on bioeconomy in the Amazonian cities
03:30 PM - 04:00 PM
Coffee break
04:00 PM
Thematic session 3
Environmental vulnerability on Amazonian cities
04:00 PM
Thematic session 4
Planning, building and governing cities on Amazon
05:30 PM
Day One - Closure
08:30 AM - 09:45 AM
Mayors’ Plenary Sessions
09:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Coffee break
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Lecture
Urban Amazon, collective contributions for sustainable development
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Lecture
Presentation of development initiatives and promotion of future activities from the Amazon Cities Forum
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Closing ceremony: next steps, acknowledgments, signature of the Letter of Intentions and official photograph.
