[sustran] Global Knowledge for Local Sustainability

Pascal van den Noort operations at velomondial.net
Mon Dec 3 03:47:47 JST 2007


YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND THE LAUNCH OF SUSTA-INFO

Global Knowledge for Local Sustainability

Parallel event to the United Nations Climate Change Conference, Bali
Indonesia

Susta-Info is an initiative that supports local authorities in attaining
sustainable development, by establishing a portal and web based database,
making knowledge on local sustainable development accessible to a large
group of targeted users. Susta-Info provides validated access to European
Commission funded projects on urban management, sustainable land use, water
treatment and management, and urban mobility. Additionally, it provides
access to urban research projects supported by UN-HABITAT and case studies
from the UN-HABITAT best practices database.

When: Tuesday December 11, 2007

8:30 - 9:30 Susta-Info Launch Breakfast

Host: Susta-Info Consortium; Venue: Grand Hyatt Bali Hotel - Courtyard

. Breakfast and Official launch on behalf of European Commission and
UN-HABITAT

. EU and UN-HABITAT representatives will be present

11:30 - 12:30 Added Value of Susta-Info

Host: Susta-Info Consortium; Venue: Grand Hyatt Bali Hotel - Room Singaraja
I

. Opening

. The relevance of research for sustainable development of cities: Mrs.
Marta Moreno Abat, EC

. The usefulness for Susta-Info in relation to Millennium Development
Goals/Climate change/ Local Agenda 21

. The need for easily accessible knowledge. Video Katholieke Universiteit
Leuven, Belgium

. The added value of Susta-info tool for local governments; Ewa Ciuk, ICLEI,
Toronto, Canada

. Susta-Info: validation, abstracts, Collexis search; Demonstration of the
system itself Vanessa Foo, GHK Consulting, London, England

. The Future of Susta-Info. Discussion on the future of Susta-info with Mrs.
Marta Moreno Abat, EC Mr. Marco Keiner, UN-HABITAT and others. Moderated by
Paul van Beek, Goudappel Coffeng, The Hague, The Netherlands

. Closing

12:30 - 13:00 How to use Susta-Info

Host: Susta-Info Consortium; Venue: Grand Hyatt Bali HotelSingaraja I

. Hands on demonstration of the Susta-Info system by Vanessa Foo, GHK
Consulting, London, England

 <http://www.susta-info.net> www.susta-info.net (accessible from December
11, 2007)

 



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