Day of Cities 2019
A smart sustainable city is an innovative city that uses ICTs and other means to improve quality of life, efficiency of urban operation and services, and competitiveness, while ensuring that it meets the needs of present and future generations with respect to economic, social, environmental as well as cultural aspects.
Geneva
Switzerland
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Jean Todt
UN Special Envoy for Road Safety and President of FIAOpening speech
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Olga Algayerova
Executive Secretary, UNECEOpening speech
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Sami Kanaan
Mayor, Geneva, Switzerland (2018-present)Opening speech
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Nikhil Seth
Assistant Secretary-General and Executive Director, UNITAROpening speech
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Alice Charles
Project Lead, Cities, World Economic ForumModerator -
Cedric Van Styvendael
President, Housing EuropeModerator -
Eduard Lysenko
CIO of Moscow, RussiaExpert contribution
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Spiro Pollalis
Professor, Harvard University Graduate School of Design
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Richard Yancey
Executive Director, Building Energy Exchange, NYC, USAExpert contribution
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Sean Pander
Green Building Program Manager for the City of Vancouver, CanadaExpert contribution -
ERION VELIAJ
Mayor of Tirana, Albania
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Susan Aitken
Mayor of Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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MARTIJN VROOM
Mayor of Krimpen aan den IJssel, the Netherlands
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LÁSZLÓ DOMONYI
Mayor of Kiskőrös, Hungary
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JAN VAPAAVUORI
Mayor of Helsinki, Finland -
ALEKSI JÄNTTI
Mayor of Tampere, Finland
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ANDRIS RĀVIŅŠ
Mayor of Jelgava, Latvia
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EVA VINJE AURDAL
Mayor of Ålesund, Norway
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RUSKA BOYADZHIEVA
Mayor of Burgas, Bulgaria
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KONSTANTIN GEORGIEVSKI
Mayor of Ohrid, Republic of North Macedonia
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LUCIA STASSELOVA
Mayor of Bratislava, Slovakia
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TOMASO ROSSINI
Mayor of San Marino
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IVAN VUKOVIC
Mayor of Podgorica, Montenegro
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MAIA BITADZE
Mayor of Tbilisi, Georgia
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BOJAN ŠROT
Mayor of Celje, Slovenia
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AZIZ SURAKMATOV
Mayor of Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic -
ANNA SCAVUZZO
Mayor of Milan, Italy -
HANNA MARCUSSEN
Mayor of Oslo, Norway
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PETER DANIELSSON
Mayor of Helsingborg, Sweden
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DMITRIY RAZUMOVSKIY
Mayor of Kaluga, Russia -
ASHOK SRIDHARAN
Mayor of Bonn, Germany
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ALEXANDER VYSOKINSKIY
Mayor of Ekaterinburg, Russia -
GUIDO MONTANARI
Mayor of Turin, Italy -
ELDAR AZIZOV
Mayor of Baku, Azerbaijan -
MECHYSLAU HOI
Mayor of Grodno, Belarus -
ULFAT MUSTAFIN
Mayor of Ufa, Russia
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DAVOR NADJI
Mayor of Sveta Nedelja, Croatia
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ILARIA CAPRIOGLIO
Mayor of Savona, Italy
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ANATOLI MATSIULIN
Mayor of Chausy, Belarus
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MIKALAY YAKUBOUSKI
Mayor of Brest, Belarus
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BOHDAN ANDRIYIV
Mayor of Uzhgorod, Ukraine -
CHRISTIAN DUPESSAY
Mayor of Annemasse, France
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XULIO FERREIRO
Mayor of A Coruña, Spain
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MYKOLA POVOROZNYK
Mayor of Kyiv, Ukraine
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CONSTANTINOS YIORKADJIS
Mayor of Nicosia, Cyprus
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DOINA FEHER
Mayor of Satu Mare City, Romania
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MAX ZAMMIT
Mayor of Ta' Xbiex, Malta
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JOANA BALSEMAO
Mayor of Cascais, Portugal
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JULIO ANDRADE RUIZ
Mayor of Malaga, Spain
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ABDULAH SKAKA
Mayor of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina -
BAKHYT SULTANOV
Mayor of Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
Participating Mayors of UNECE cities
ALL ABOUT THE EVENT
The Day of Cities brought bring together Mayors, urban managers and other key municipal practitioners for an exchange of views and knowledge sharing of good practices and successful planning strategies. In two roundtables, Mayors and Deputy Mayors discussed approaches on how to create smart sustainable cities, focusing on ways to improve the quality of life of people and on improving efficiency of urban operations, services and competitiveness.
The exhibition "Smart Sustainable Cities" was held on 8-9 April 2019, complemented the programme of the Day of Cities and the 68th UNECE session. Member States, International Organizations, cities and private businesses were invited to come together to showcase their work on smart, sustainable and resilient cities, present innovative concepts, effective approaches in support of the SDGs at the municipal, national and regional level in the framework of an information fair.
VENUE
To attend UNECE meetings at the Palais des Nations, you must register in advance online on the relevant conference/meeting’s webpage. For Long Duration badges, please contact the secretariat of the meeting.
Delegates enter the Palais through the Pregny Gate (Portail Pregny - see map) entrance, which faces the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) headquarters on the Route de Pregny. In order to obtain your identity badge from the Security Services, you will be< asked to present a valid passport or a national identity card. Your badge is strictly for your own personal use. Please note that delays here are common and lengthy and delegates are unfortunately required to wait in the open air.
