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National Workshop on Mega Cities
PEARL under
JNNURM
July 4, 2009
NIUA, New Delhi
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National Workshop on Mega Cities was held in New Delhi on 4th
July 2009 as part of the Peer Experience and Reflective Learning
(PEARL) Programme under JNNURM. The workshop was attended by
senior officials from the Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD),
Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), Municipal Corporation of
Greater Mumbai (MCGM), Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC),
and New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), as well as,
representatives from Mega Cities Association (MCA),
International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI),
Water and Sanitation Programme (WSP), International City
Managers Association (ICMA), City Managers' Association
Karnataka (CMAK), City Managers' Association Gujarat (CMAG),
Urban Management Centre (UMC), Center for Environmental Planning
and Technology (CEPT), NIUA etc.
Prof. Chetan Vaidya, Director, NIUA welcomed the participants and highlighted the objectives, vision as well as the working of the PEARL Programme. Mr. Alapan Bandyopadhyay, IAS, Commissioner, KMC also welcomed the participants and gave a background of the MCA. In his keynote address, Mr. P.K. Srivastava, IAS, Joint Secretary and Mission Director, JNNURM, MoUD highlighted the need for interaction at the highest levels between cities and for cross-learning amongst them. Mr. Srivastava outlined four areas which the mega cities can explore for further work: a) Accessing funds from the financial market; b) Public Private Partnership (PPP); c) Clean Development Mechanism (CDM); and d) Urban Transport. Prof. V.K. Dhar, NIUA, made a presentation on the overview of PEARL activities. He apprised the participants of the progress made in the areas of knowledge sharing and cross-learning. Mr. Prakash Kumar, Director, Public Sector, IBSG, CISCO delivered a presentation on the importance of collaboration in urban governance using IT. He presented ideas to further strengthen the portal and sustain it as a vibrant knowledge sharing platform amongst cities. The last session was on Urban Reforms and PPP, which saw presentations from four cities - Kolkata, Mumbai, Ahmedabad and New Delhi. City representatives discussed the status of JNNURM reforms and the innovative initiatives taken in this regard in their respective cities. Prof. Vaidya summarized the deliberations and thanked all the participants. |
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