Metropolis Board of Directors

In the framework of the São Paulo Urban Summit

19 — 20 June 2024

São Paulo, São Paulo - Brazil

At Home in the Metropolis

Providing decent and affordable housing

The upcoming Board of Directors meeting of Metropolis will take place in São Paulo on 19-20 June 2024 and presents a crucial opportunity for member cities to tackle the issue of housing in big cities. Held alongside the São Paulo City Summit, encompassing a U20 preparatory meeting and the ICLEI World Congress, the Board of Directors fosters collaboration on a global challenge: Implementing innovative housing and land policies to provide decent and affordable housing to all its inhabitants, especially young people.

Why attend?

1

Be part of a summit like no other

Metropolis, ICLEI and Urban20 will gather major cities worldwide, as well as mayors, world-class experts and representatives of civil society, to exchange ideas and set the priorities for providing decent and affordable housing.

2

Cities can use the power of place and experimentation capacity to tackle the housing challenges of today and tomorrow. Expand your network and join a vibrant community of global mayors, city officials, urban experts and more in São Paulo.

Connect with cities, global leaders and partners

3

Reshape the Metropolis network

The Metropolis Board of Directors is one of the most important events in our network, where agreements will be made that will shape our direction moving forward.

Programme

Monday 17

Arrival of participants


Tuesday 18

12:00 onwards | Registration

13:00 - 14:30 | Lunch - Rooftop

14:30 - 15:30 | Urban 20 Wrap Up Plenary

15:30 - 15:45 | Coffee break - Rooftop

16:00 - 17:00 | U20 and Metropolis side event, Financing for urban infrastructure: addressing resilience and development

17:30 - 20:00 | Cocktail - Rooftop

21:00 | Transportation to the hotels


Wednesday 19

08:30 - 10:30 | Metropolis Board of Directors’ Deep Dives

08:30 | Discussion on the opening of offices of the General Secretariat in other parts of the world

09:10 | Discussion on the new Metropolis Learning Strategy

09:50 | Discussion about the Metropolis Monitoring Learning and Evaluation Framework

08:30 - 10:30 | Metropolis Board of Directors’ Deep Dives

10:30 - 11:30 | Coffee break - Rooftop

11:00 - 12:30 | Metropolis Policy Debate

12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch - Rooftop

14:00 - 17:00 | Metropolis Board of Directors Meeting

17:30 - 20:00 | Cocktail - Rooftop

21:00 | Transportation to the hotels


Thursday 20

08:00 - 11:00 | Technical visits to housing projects for Metropolis

11:45 - 13:15 | ICLEI and Metropolis joint session on Sustainable Local Development in Megacities

13:15 - 15:00 | Lunch - Ibirapuera Park PACUBRA


Friday 21

São Paulo Urban Summit 2024

Register for Metropolis activities

Venue

Tomie Ohtake Institute

88 Coropé St. - Pinheiros, São Paulo