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Forum Programme
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Urban India 2020: The New Frontier
Creating efficient and sustainable cities |
Goa, 3-5 April 2008
Delhi, 7 April 2008 |
| Programme |
Taj Exotica Hotel, Goa
3-5 April, 2008 |
| Thursday 3 April |
(M.) member of the EuroIndia Centre |
| 12.00 - 18.00 |
Registration |
14.30 - 16.00
Saleta 1 |
Assembly General reserved for EuroIndia Centre Members |
16.00 - 16.30
Saleta 1 |
Board Meeting of the EuroIndia Centre |
18.00 - 19.30
Salagrande |
Opening Plenary |
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The challenges of urban development in India
Cities are engines of economic growth with a pressing concern for environmental sustainability and social inclusiveness.
- How can India and Europe forge common strategies to meet these challenging objectives?
Co-Chairs :
Colette Mathur (M.), Co-President, the EuroIndia Centre Jamshyd Godrej (M.), Co-President, the EuroIndia Centre Chairman and Managing Director, Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Company Ltd, Mumbai.
With :
- Dr Harjit S. Anand, Secretary, Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, Government of India, Delhi
- Soumitra Dutta(M.), Dean of Eternal Relations, INSEAD, Paris
- Ronald Hall, Director of International Relations, Directorate General for Regional Policy, European Commission, Brussels
- R.P. Pal, Secretary, Urban Development, Government of Goa
- M. Ramachandran, Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, Delhi
- Rajesh Shah, Past President CII and Co-Chairman and Managing Director, Mukand Ltd, Mumbai
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19.30- 20.00
Lobby |
Opening of the Art exhibition by the two Indian & Swiss painters:
- Subodh Kerkar, Painter, Goa
- Luc Joly, Painter, Geneva
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20.00 - 22.00
Pool site |
Opening dinner with classical music by the Gauthier Hermann Quartet |
| Friday 4 April |
09.30 - 10.30
Salagrande |
Plenary session |
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Creating new cities or upgrading existing ones
Indian urban expansion is taking many shapes today, from peri-urban growth to intra-urban renewal, from industrial townships to heritage conservation; priorities have to be set.
- Where and how can these huge investments contribute most efficiently to sustainable and inclusive economic growth?
- Where and how can we build long–term partnerships between public, private partners and civil society?
- In which ways can European and Indian cities and stakeholders share ideas, methodologies and techniques, thus contributing to this pioneering effort?
Moderating Chair:
Dr Ajay Dua, Advisor, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India, Delhi
With:
- Arun Mhaisalkar, President, Urban Planning, Reliance SEZ Ltd, Mumbai
- Marcos Muro Najera, Managing Director, Bilbao Municipal Economic Promotion Area, Bilbao City Council
- Dagmar Szabados, Lord Mayor of Halle
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10.45 - 12.15
Salagrande |
Working session |
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Integrated urban reforms: regulatory, planning and governance
A new governance route has been taken in India through the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). Twenty three measures have been launched, involving difficult issues such as legislative reforms, a new planning approach and infrastructure for the urban poor. After two years, on the basis of the first steps taken by states and municipalities in regard to reforms:
- What kind of complementary measures can be proposed?
- What type of co-operation can be launched with European cities and stakeholders to bolster the JNNURM implementation and help attain its objectives?
- Which are the tools, networks and regulatory procedures that are able to facilitate, inside Urban Local Bodies, the implementation of programmes towards the urban poor?
- What fair assessment can be made of the JNNURM as of today?
Moderating Chair:
Isabelle Milbert (M.), Professor, The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Chief Guest:
M. Ramachandran, Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, Delhi
With:
- Om Prakash Mathur (M.) , Professor of Urban Economics and Finance, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP), Delhi
- Raghuttama Rao, Managing Director, ICRA Management Consulting Services Limited, Chennai
- Damien Robert (M.) , Secretary General, Agence Nationale de Rénovation de l’Urbanisme (ANRU), Paris
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10.45 - 12.15
Salamedia |
Working session |
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Managing and funding urban infrastructure projects
The purpose of this session is to explore new financing modes for urban infrastructure as well as the conditions that must be met for new financing instruments to begin to play their role.
- Has public funding of urban infrastructure reached the end of the tunnel? Can public authorities instead play only a facilitating or a regulatory role?
- The argument that the private sector does not find it attractive to invest in urban infrastructure is now stale. What could be the real story behind private capital’s indifference to funding urban infrastructure?
- How do European cities manage to fund their infrastructure?
Moderating Chair:
L. Krishnan, Chief Executive Officer, IL&FS Urban Infrastructure Managers Ltd, Chennai
With:
- Sumit Barat, General Manager, Clean Development Mechanism, IL&FS Ecosmart, Delhi
- Ronald Hall, Director, Directorate General for Regional Policy, European Commission, Brussels
- Andreas Heilmann, Director, GP Guenter Papenburg GmbH, Halle
- Hemant Joshi, Managing Director & CEO, CRISIL Risk & Infrastructure Solutions Ltd, Mumbai
- Vidhya Muthuram, Executive Director, Centre for Development Finance, Chennai
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12.30 - 14.00
Alegria Restaurant |
Networking Lunch hosted by the Taj Hotels
With:
Alwyn Drego, General Manager, Taj Hotels, Goa
Private Lunch
reserved to the Heads of the Partner cities |
12.30 - 14.00
Alegria Restaurant Room |
Chaired by:
Dr Ajay Dua, Advisor, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India, Delhi |
14.00 - 15.30
Salagrande |
Working session
Boosting and upgrading the human capital required by urban development There is an overarching consensus among urban development experts that India needs to massively boost and upgrade her specific skills in the entire urban value chain and effect a quantum jump to bring them to world class standards. Some of the key needs were highlighted in the previous Forum, from skilled construction craftsmen, to urban heritage restoration experts to urban planners. Moving to the next stage, this session will discuss how Euro- Indian co-operation could help set-up a world-class training base in India in those areas of expertise. The following specific projects, which are at the concept stage, would greatly benefit from the insights of the expert panel and contributions from the session participants:
- Vocational training school for urban crafts
- Urban heritage renovation centre
- Programme for young sustainable built environment professionals
- Academic exchange
It is expected that the deliberations would take these to the implementation stage as concrete Euro-Indian co-operative projects.
Moderating Chair:
Rahul Peter Das (M.), Professor, Martin-Luther-Universitat, Halle
With:
- Ludovic Jonard (M.), President, Architecture & Development, Paris
- Dilip Mahajan, Deputy Commissioner, Ahmedabad
- Colette Mathur (M.), Co-President, the EuroIndia Centre
- Debashish Nayak, Advisor, Heritage Programme, Heritage Department, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation
- Sudha Seshadri, Head of Corporate Communications, IL&FS Education and Technology Services, Mumbai
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14.00 - 15.30
Salamedia |
Interactive session
Energy efficiency in urban transportation There are a variety of transportation modes in Indian cities. Increasing migration and economic prosperity have led to increased motorisation resulting in road congestion, deterioration of air quality and spiralling energy consumption.
- How do cities plan for multimodal transport, taking into account rapidly growing needs?
- Would focus on automotive design, fuel efficiency and emission standards solve the problem, or more needs to be done?
- How could imaginative city planning roads, settlements and access control, lead to greater energy efficiency in urban ransportation?
- Does there have to be a trade-off between ownership of private means of transport and use of public transportation?
- How do cities evolve sustainable transport policies?
Moderating Chair:
Dilip Chenoy, Director General, Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), Delhi
With:
- Om Prakash Agarwal, Managing Director, Urban Mass Transit Company, IL&FS, Delhi
- Neeraj Mandloi, Commissioner, Indore Municipal Corporation,Indore
- B. Mukkanna, Chief Mechanical Engineer, Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation, Bangalore
- Manuel Sanchez Fernandez, Deputy Mayor and City Councillor, Planning, Infrastructure, Mobility and Heritage, Valladolid
- Uma Shashi Sharma, Mayor, Indore
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| 15.30 - 16.00 |
Networking break |
16.00 - 17.30
Salagrande |
Working session
Energy efficiency in building design and construction The construction industry in India is one of the largest economic activities and is growing at an average rate of 9.5%, compared to the global average of 5%.The built environment in India is responsible for around 25 % of the total energy use in the country and 30% of India’s global greenhouse gas emissions. Without a sustainable approach towards construction of buildings, these numbers are bound to increase by 2020. The concept of energy efficient buildings enables the construction sector to play a leading role in contributing towards environmental sustainability.
- How do we seek involvement of CEO’s and create awareness at all levels of an organization?
- How do we facilitate adequate skilled manpower in energy efficient/green building?
- How do we ensure availability of green products and services at competitive prices?
Moderating Chair:
Jamshyd Godrej (M.), Co-President, the EuroIndia Centre; Chairman and Managing Director, Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing, Mumbai, former President CII
With:
- Jérôme Adam (M.), Director India, Agence Française de Développement, Delhi
- Brian Ford, Head, School of the Built Environment, University of Nottingham, Nottingham
- Dr Prem Jain, Chairman & Managing Director, Spectral Services Consultants Pvt Ltd, Noida UP
- S. Raghupathy, Senior Director, and Head GBC & Energy, Confederation of Indian Industry, Delhi
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16.00 - 17.30
Salamedia |
Working session
Water supply, sanitation and solid waste The quality and quantity of water have to improve dramatically. The cost of water for the poor is much too expensive. Round the clock availability of drinking water is still a dream in India. Water availability per head has declined dramatically in the last decades.
- How to plan the renovation of the water system and extension of its network?
- How to reduce losses?
- How to muster the massive funding required if not by setting an economic price for water? If so, how to take into account social quity when presently the poor pay for water more than the rich?
- How are urban local bodies progressing in achieving compliance to municipal solid waste management rules (MSW rules) 2000?
Moderating Chair:
Patrick Rousseau, Managing Director, Veolia Water India Pvt Ltd, Delhi
With:
- Rumjhum Chatterjee, Managing Director-Capacity Building Div & Dir-HR, Feedback Ventures, Delhi
- Sangita Dhaigude, Chief Officer, Municipal Council, Kled Ratnagiri, Maharashtra
- Dr Matthias Krause, Managing Director, Energieversorgung Halle GmbH, Halle
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| 17.30 - 18.00 |
Networking break |
18.00 - 19.00
Salagrande |
Interactive session
The need for social and cultural integration through housing A viable Habitat requires that the cultural and social dimensions be taken into account in the planning and execution of housing projects. This session will aim at bringing to the fore ideas, designs, mechanisms, best practices and at sharing experiences in this respect.
- How can planners and developers improve the housing offer in order to match the social demand and respect cultural diversity?
- How can town planning and urban design better take into account the social mix, good access to urban services, quality of public
- spaces, good relationship between classes and communities?
- Can we learn from heritage and actual social practices to promote a multi-purpose development model for all segments of urban dwellers?
- What will be the environmental and social impact of the zoning plan and "gated communities" model?
Moderating Chair:
Ludovic Jonard (M.), President, Architecture and Development, Paris
Chief Guest:
Dr Harjit S. Anand, Secretary, Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, Government of India, Delhi
With:
- Balaji Raghavan (M.), Business Head, Home Loans, ICICI, Mumbai
- Damien Robert (M.), Secretary General, Agence Nationale de Rénovation de l’Urbanisme (ANRU), Paris
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20.00 - 22.00
Palm Grove |
Dinner with entertainment
Celebration function of the Centre’s Padma awardee members
Chief guest:
Pratapsingh R. Rane, Speaker, Legislative Assembly of Goa |
| Saturday 5 April |
09.30 - 11.00
Salagrande |
Plenary session
City to City cooperation and Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM)
One-to-one cooperation between Indian and European cities is now taking shape. Mutual interest is confirmed, priorities have been identified.
- What are the ways and methods to boost this cooperation and ensure access to external aid?
- How to enlarge the scope and create a wider set of stakeholders, both in India and in Europe?
Moderating Chair:
Peter Woods, Secretary General Asia Pacific Section, United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), Barcelona
With:
- Colette Chaigneau, Deputy Mayor, City of La Rochelle
- I.P. Gautam, Municipal Commissioner, Ahmedabad
- Francisco Javier Leon de la Riva, Mayor, City of Valladolid
- Om Prakash Mathur (M.), Professor of Urban Economics and Finance, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP), Delhi
Signing ceremony of a cooperation agreement between the cities of Ahmedabad and La Rochelle |
| 11.15 - 12.15 |
Closing Plenary
How can Indian cities sustain their growth, environmentally and socially? Keeping in consideration the issue of sustainable growth, the closing session will present a summary of the conclusions of the Forum.
These conclusions will highlight concrete actions to be implemented by the concerned stake-holders.
Co-Chairs:
Colette Mathur (M.), Co-President, The EuroIndia Centre Jamshyd Godrej (M.), Co-President, The EuroIndia Centre, Chairman and Managing Director, Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Company Ltd, Mumbai and former President CII
Chief guest:
Pratapsingh R. Rane, Speaker, Legislative Assembly of Goa |
| 12.30 - 13.30 |
Closing buffet lunch |
Habitat Centre, Delhi
Monday 7 April 2008
Silver Oak, India Habitat Centre, Lodi Road, New Delhi |
| 10.30 - 10.40 |
Welcome address and Introductory remarks Colette Mathur(M.), Co-President, The EuroIndia Centre |
| 10.40 - 12.10 |
City-to-City Partnership between India and Europe: Conclusions of the 2008 EuroIndia Forum in Goa
Open to European and Indian cities, academic and research institutions, NGO’s, Indian government and States officials, European embassies, international and bilateral institutions
Open to European and Indian media
Open to Forum Partners
With: |
| 10.40 - 11.10 |
- Om Prakash Mathur (M.), Professor of Urban Economics and Finance, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPP), Delhi
- Isabelle Milbert (M.), Professor, The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
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| 11.10 - 12.10 |
- Dr Harjit S. Anand, Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Government of India, Delhi
- M. Ramachandran, Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, Delhi
- Mr. Ajay Shankar, Secretary Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Delhi
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| 12.10 - 12.55 |
Questions /answers |
| 12.55 - 13.00 |
Vote of thanks
Michel Sabatier, Secretary General, The EuroIndia Centre |
| 13.00 - 14.00 |
Networking Buffet Lunch |
Tourism promotion afternoon
on option for specifically registered Forum Partner cities |
| 14.00 - 14.10 |
Welcome address and introductory remarks Subbash Goyal, Chairman, STIC Travels Pvt. Ltd., Delhi |
| 14.10 - 15.00 |
Presentations by European Partner Cities to market their tourism offer to the travel trade
- Petra Sachse, City of Halle, Germany
- Colette Chaigneau, City of La Rochelle, France
- Francisco Javier Leon de la Riva, City of Valladolid, Spain
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| 15.00 - 15.30 |
Questions /answers |
| 15.30 - 15.40 |
Concluding remarks
Prem Subramaniam, Head, Tourism Infrastructure, IDFC Ltd, Delhi |
| 15.40 - 17.00 |
One to One meetings at European City desks |
| 17.00 - 17.30 |
Networking Tea |
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