Our participation at Marmara Urban Forum 21, CITIES DEVELOPING SOLUTIONS: Re-Think, Co-Act event

October 8, 2021

Prof. Laszlo Pinter together with Dora Almassy, PhD (Post-doc Researcher), Sara Rocha Maia, Judit Boros and Attila Katona (Phd researchers) as well as Jennifer Lenhart (ex-CEU MESPOM student, now Global Leader, WWF Cities, WWF Sweden) led a panel discussion: Nature-based Solutions for Resilient Cities in the framework of the Marmara Urban Forum 21 (online) last weekend. 

Marmara Urban Forum (MARUF) is a biennial international urban forum organized with the motto of “Cities Developing Solutions” by Marmara Municipalities Union (MMU), which is a local government association in the Marmara Region of Turkey with over 190 members. MARUF strives not only to discuss the challenges that cities face but also to seek solutions to them and multiply good practices at a global scale.

MARUF19, which was organized for the first time on 1-3 October 2019 in Istanbul, attracted over 5440 participants. With the contributions of 66 partners, 50 sessions were held, and different approaches on urban services and urban management were discussed by 250 speakers from 25 countries. MARUF19 hosted plenary sessions, parallel sessions, roundtable meetings, workshops, networking events, exhibitions, field trips, cultural events, booths, film screenings for 3 days.

CITIES DEVELOPING SOLUTIONS
Re-Think, Co-Act

1-3 October 2021

MARUF21 (a virtual event) put forward an endeavor to re-think the global problems of cities after the COVID-19 pandemic and to create an exchange and dialogue platform among all stakeholders in an effort to co-act by taking into account local needs and priorities in line with the global agenda. Aligning with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), some of the prominent topics to be discussed at MARUF21, among others, are: #climate change, #migration, #youth, #culture, #infrastructure, #inequalities, #mobility, #public health, #digitalization, #circular economy, #public space, #housing, #local development, #urban leadership.

MARUF aims to find alternative ways for discussing urban issues to contribute to the implementation of the New Urban Agenda in collaboration with all stakeholders at local, regional, national, and international levels:

  • Analyzing economic, political, social, and ecological impacts of urbanization on humans’ lives and cities
  • Raising awareness on safe, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable urbanization approaches
  • Contributing to the transformation of cities to make them more livable and equitable
  • Seeking solutions to the challenges that cities face and multiplying good practices at the global scale
  • Discussing how to strengthen the role of cities and local governments in case of emergency situations and global challenges
  • Developing information flow and networks among cities and city-regions
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