The Norwegian Mapping Authority and Habitat Norway have the great pleasure to invite you to a lunch meeting with the Executive Director of UN-Habitat Ms. Maimounah M. Sharif. She is visiting Oslo to attend the inaugural OSLO PAX Conference, September 4th-5th. This is a call to action on peace and climate change – inspired by Alfred Nobel and the Nobel Peace Prize. Ms. Sharif is educated as an urban planner and has a background as Mayor of Penang Island, Malaysia.
During the lunch event she will present UN Habitat’s new Strategic Plan for 2020-2023. Its main mission is to promote transformative change in cities and human settlements through knowledge, policy advice, technical assistance and collaborative action to leave no one and no place behind. The strategy has been described as one of the most radical planning documents in the history of the UN with emphasis on reduced spatial inequality and poverty, enhanced shared prosperity of cities and regions, strengthened climate action, improved urban environment and effective urban crises prevention and response.
The Mapping Authority and Habitat Norway have for many years worked with UN-Habitat through respectively the Global Land Tool Network and the World Urban Campaign. Our common focus is on the living conditions of marginalized groups and poverty in both urban and rural contexts. The starting point has been that 75% of the global population lack legally recognized documentation that they own the land they live on or use for production. This is an important obstacle for efforts to create acceptable living conditions for all. Some of our challenges will also be presented in the meeting.
When
Thursday September 5th, 12:00-14:00
Where
Storgata 33A, Oslo – Statens kartverk
(Opposite Gunerius, entrance beside the tram stop, ring doorbell twice, take elevator to the 7th floor, Statens kartverk)
Program
12:00 Coffee, tea, fruit, canapés, mingling
12:30 Words of welcome
Habitat Norway
The Norwegian Mapping Authority
12:45 UN Habitat’s New Strategic Plan (2020-23)
The Role of Land and Property promoting Sustainable Urban Development. Maimounah Sharif
13:15 Questions and comments
13:25 Norwegian Mapping Authority
Roles, experiences and challenges in promoting secure and equal access to land and property
13:45 Questions and comments
13:55 Summary and concluding remarks
Norwegian Mapping Authority and Habitat Norway
Moderators: Kåre Kyrkjeeide, Erik Berg
UN-Habitat is the United Nations programme working towards a better urban future for all. Its mission is to promote social, economic and environmental sustainable human settlements development and achieve adequate shelter for all. It was mandated by the UN General Assembly in 1978 to address the issues of urban growth.
Habitat Norway is a Norwegian non-governmental organization, established in 1988, with the overall aim to promote the interest, knowledge and awareness of global urban challenges and settlement issues.
Please forward this invitation to anyone that you feel might be interested in attending, and please RSVP no later than September 2nd to Sabrina.Grimsrud@kartverket.no. Thank you!
