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?
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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