Workshop on: Re-Form: Lessons for Urban Governance Futures from the Pandemic
About the Workshop
The FCDO commissioned a study on Pandemics and Urban Planning: Analysis of Evidence & Policy, which was undertaken by the SCI-FI initiative at CPR. The study explored the impact of COVID-19 on public spaces; housing and slums; water, sanitation and hygiene; public health, including clinical care and livelihood and social protection in urban areas of the country; to identify urban planning and governance reform actions emerging from the early experiences of responding to the pandemic. Based on the analysis of the evidence, the recommendations encapsulate how governments in India, across the tiers, can bolster preparedness strategies to build city resilience and be advised to reshape urban policies to respond to pandemics in an ethical, inclusive, equitable, and resilient manner.
Following the presentation of the findings, speakers will share their views and discuss ways in which the new knowledge generated from this study can contribute to our understanding of urban governance, service delivery, urban planning issues and the potential for reform. This workshop aims to promote cross-learnings between key stakeholders, including policymakers, academicians, researchers, civil society organisations and key development partners.
Agenda
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14:30-14:35 |
Welcome Remarks |
Yamini Aiyar President and Chief Executive, Centre for Policy Research |
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14:35 – 14:40 |
Setting the Context |
Gavin McGillivray, Minister Counsellor Development, British High Commission |
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14:40 – 15:00 |
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Presentation by: Shubhagato Dasgupta Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research |
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15:00 – 15:20 |
Re FORM: Lessons for Urban Governance Futures from the Pandemic |
Discussants: Kamal Kishore Member, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)
K. Rajeswara Rao, IAS Additional Secretary, Urbanisation, NITI Aayog |
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15:20- 16:10 |
Panel 1: Integrated Urban Planning Moderated by: Jagan Shah, Senior Infrastructure Adviser, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) India |
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16:10-16:20 |
Q&A Moderated by:
Jagan Shah, Senior Infrastructure Adviser, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) India |
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16:20 –17:15 |
Panel 2: Lives and Livelihoods Moderated by: Partha Mukhopadhyay, Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research |
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17:15- 17:25 |
Q&A moderated by:
Partha Mukhopadhyay, Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research |
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17:25- 17:30 |
Closing Remarks Sanjukta Roy, South Asia Adviser, South Asia Research Hub, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) |
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The SCI-FI Initiative aims to better understand ‘governance scale’ in Indian cities in tandem with ‘sector specific socio-economic scales’. Through research, the programme aims to inform stakeholders, including the three tiers of the government, to develop better informed policies and programmes enabling improved governance and service delivery. It has two key thematic focus in areas of Land, Housing and Planning, and Water and Sanitation. The SCI-FI initiative is nested at CPR since 2013.