Abdallah Saaf

Professeur à la Faculté des Sciences Economiques et Sociales de Rabat-Agdal. Président du Bureau Exécutif d’Arab Reform Initiative 

Abdallah Saaf est né le 19 septembre 1949 au Maroc. Il est ancien Ministre de l’Education Nationale du Maroc de 2000 à 2001 et ancien Ministre de l’Enseignement Secondaire et Technique du Maroc de 1998 à 2000.

Il est Président de l’Association marocaine de Sciences Politiques du Maroc, Directeur du Centre des Etudes et recherches en sciences sociales (CERSS), Directeur de la revue Abhath, revue marocaine des sciences sociales (version française : Cahiers marocains des sciences sociales), Membre de la Commission de Suivi des relations maroco-européennes, Président actuel du bureau exécutif d’Arab Reform Initiative, Ancien Membre de la Commission Royale de révision de l’actuelle Constitution du Royaume du Maroc 2011.

Il est titulaire d’un Doctorat d’Etat en Droit Public, d’un DEA Philosophie du Droit et d’un DEA Philosophie du Droit de Paris II. Il est Professur à l’Université Mohammed V de Rabat depuis 1975, Président du Forum Civil Démocratique Maroc depuis 2002, Président du CERSS (Maroc) de 1993 et 2013 et Professeur invité à l’IPE de Lyon. 

Abdallah Saaf

Professeur à la Faculté des Sciences Economiques et Sociales de Rabat-Agdal. Président du Bureau Exécutif d’Arab Reform Initiative 

Abdallah Saaf est né le 19 septembre 1949 au Maroc. Il est ancien Ministre de l’Education Nationale du Maroc de 2000 à 2001 et ancien Ministre de l’Enseignement Secondaire et Technique du Maroc de 1998 à 2000.

Il est Président de l’Association marocaine de Sciences Politiques du Maroc, Directeur du Centre des Etudes et recherches en sciences sociales (CERSS), Directeur de la revue Abhath, revue marocaine des sciences sociales (version française : Cahiers marocains des sciences sociales), Membre de la Commission de Suivi des relations maroco-européennes, Président actuel du bureau exécutif d’Arab Reform Initiative, Ancien Membre de la Commission Royale de révision de l’actuelle Constitution du Royaume du Maroc 2011.

Il est titulaire d’un Doctorat d’Etat en Droit Public, d’un DEA Philosophie du Droit et d’un DEA Philosophie du Droit de Paris II. Il est Professur à l’Université Mohammed V de Rabat depuis 1975, Président du Forum Civil Démocratique Maroc depuis 2002, Président du CERSS (Maroc) de 1993 et 2013 et Professeur invité à l’IPE de Lyon. 

Adilson Pires

Deputy Mayor of Rio de Janeiro and Municipal Secretary of Social Development

Adilson Pires is Deputy Mayor of the city of Rio de Janeiro and Municipal Secretary of Social Development. He served six terms as a councilor in the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro, in his last term he was the leader of the government. While in this role, Mr. Pires managed to approve all projects sent by the Executive to the City Council. Among them, the Porto Maravilha project which will revitalize an area of 5 million square meters in Rio´s port region and the new Master Plan of the city. In all, 129 of his projects were approved while he was councilor.

In 2002, he became the State Secretary for Social Action and Citizenship, and also took part, as a representative of the Federal Government, in the organization of the 2007 Pan American Games held in Rio de Janeiro. He was responsible for making proposals to ensure social legacy of the event - improvements in transportation systems, security, among others.

Adilson Pires

Deputy Mayor of Rio de Janeiro and Municipal Secretary of Social Development

Adilson Pires is Deputy Mayor of the city of Rio de Janeiro and Municipal Secretary of Social Development. He served six terms as a councilor in the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro, in his last term he was the leader of the government. While in this role, Mr. Pires managed to approve all projects sent by the Executive to the City Council. Among them, the Porto Maravilha project which will revitalize an area of 5 million square meters in Rio´s port region and the new Master Plan of the city. In all, 129 of his projects were approved while he was councilor.

In 2002, he became the State Secretary for Social Action and Citizenship, and also took part, as a representative of the Federal Government, in the organization of the 2007 Pan American Games held in Rio de Janeiro. He was responsible for making proposals to ensure social legacy of the event - improvements in transportation systems, security, among others.

Adolf Mwesige

Minister of Local Government, Uganda / CLGF Board Member

Hon. Adolf Mwesige has over 17 years of legal experience. Hon. Mwesige joined the Parliament of Uganda in 1996 is currently the Minister of Local Government of the Republic of Uganda. Hon. Adolf Mwesige started his legal career in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1992-1996. He is an advocate of the High Court of Uganda.He served in the Government of the Republic of Uganda in the following capacities: Minister of State, Office of the Vice President (2003-04), Minister of State in the Attorney General’s Chambers in the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs (2004-06) and Cabinet Minister for General Duties in charge of Coordination and Monitoring in the Office of the Prime Minister.

Adolf Mwesige

Minister of Local Government, Uganda / CLGF Board Member

Hon. Adolf Mwesige has over 17 years of legal experience. Hon. Mwesige joined the Parliament of Uganda in 1996 is currently the Minister of Local Government of the Republic of Uganda. Hon. Adolf Mwesige started his legal career in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1992-1996. He is an advocate of the High Court of Uganda.He served in the Government of the Republic of Uganda in the following capacities: Minister of State, Office of the Vice President (2003-04), Minister of State in the Attorney General’s Chambers in the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs (2004-06) and Cabinet Minister for General Duties in charge of Coordination and Monitoring in the Office of the Prime Minister.

Agnès Levallois

Journaliste free-lance. Spécialiste sur les civilisations orientales et le monde arabe contemporain

Agnès Levallois est journaliste, diplômée de l’Institut des langues et civilisations orientales et titulaire d’un DEA de l’IEP de Paris sur le monde arabe contemporain. Elle a été analyste Proche-Orient au Secrétariat général de la défense nationale puis responsable du bureau monde arabe et persan à la Délégation aux affaires stratégiques au ministère de la défense.

Elle a ensuite commencé une carrière de journaliste à Nord Sud Export, groupe Le Monde, collaboratrice au Monde de l’économie avant d’être directrice de l’information et des programmes de RMC MO –filiale arabophone de RFI- puis directrice adjointe de la rédaction de France 24 en charge des contenus en langue arabe.

Parlant l’arabe, ayant vécu à Damas et effectué de nombreux séjours en Egypte, au Liban, au Maroc elle est l’auteur de nombreux publications dont Moyen-Orient mode d’emploi, Stock, 2002.

Agnès Levallois s’appuie sur un parcours de spécialiste en géopolitique, analyse du risque pays et en communication pour offrir une expertise sur les pays arabes.

Agnès Levallois

Journaliste free-lance. Spécialiste sur les civilisations orientales et le monde arabe contemporain

Agnès Levallois est journaliste, diplômée de l’Institut des langues et civilisations orientales et titulaire d’un DEA de l’IEP de Paris sur le monde arabe contemporain. Elle a été analyste Proche-Orient au Secrétariat général de la défense nationale puis responsable du bureau monde arabe et persan à la Délégation aux affaires stratégiques au ministère de la défense.

Elle a ensuite commencé une carrière de journaliste à Nord Sud Export, groupe Le Monde, collaboratrice au Monde de l’économie avant d’être directrice de l’information et des programmes de RMC MO –filiale arabophone de RFI- puis directrice adjointe de la rédaction de France 24 en charge des contenus en langue arabe.

Parlant l’arabe, ayant vécu à Damas et effectué de nombreux séjours en Egypte, au Liban, au Maroc elle est l’auteur de nombreux publications dont Moyen-Orient mode d’emploi, Stock, 2002.

Agnès Levallois s’appuie sur un parcours de spécialiste en géopolitique, analyse du risque pays et en communication pour offrir une expertise sur les pays arabes.

Ahmed Ould Hamza

Président de la Communauté Urbaine de Nouakchott / Vice président  de CGLUA  et Membre du Bureau Exécutif de CGLU

Hamza Président de la Fédération des Industries et des Mines (FIM) à ce jour, il est Président élu de l’ Association  des maires  regroupant  les 216  Maires de Mauritanie,  Président de l’Agence de développement Urbain (ADU), Membre du bureau exécutif de  l’Association Internationale des Maires Francophones (AIMF),  Vice président  de CGLUA  et Membre du Bureau Exécutif de CGLU, Vice président du FMDV  ,Vice Président du PDM, Membre du Bureau Exécutif de l’OVA, de l’ OCI et d’autres organisations Mondiales.  Il  a été décoré d’Officier de la légion d’honneur par le président français en 2010 et de Chevalier des Palmes Académiques par le premier ministre français en 2002. Il a en outre reçu la médaille de Commandeur WISSAM-ALLAOUI, décernée par le roi du Maroc en 2010.   Il a été  par ailleurs  décoré en 2012 et 2013   des médailles Commandeur   décernées respectivement par le Président de la République du Sénégal et  le président du  Congo  Denis Sassou Nguesso.

Ahmed Ould Hamza

Président de la Communauté Urbaine de Nouakchott / Vice président  de CGLUA  et Membre du Bureau Exécutif de CGLU

Hamza Président de la Fédération des Industries et des Mines (FIM) à ce jour, il est Président élu de l’ Association  des maires  regroupant  les 216  Maires de Mauritanie,  Président de l’Agence de développement Urbain (ADU), Membre du bureau exécutif de  l’Association Internationale des Maires Francophones (AIMF),  Vice président  de CGLUA  et Membre du Bureau Exécutif de CGLU, Vice président du FMDV  ,Vice Président du PDM, Membre du Bureau Exécutif de l’OVA, de l’ OCI et d’autres organisations Mondiales.  Il  a été décoré d’Officier de la légion d’honneur par le président français en 2010 et de Chevalier des Palmes Académiques par le premier ministre français en 2002. Il a en outre reçu la médaille de Commandeur WISSAM-ALLAOUI, décernée par le roi du Maroc en 2010.   Il a été  par ailleurs  décoré en 2012 et 2013   des médailles Commandeur   décernées respectivement par le Président de la République du Sénégal et  le président du  Congo  Denis Sassou Nguesso.

Aisa Kirabo Kacyira

Deputy Executive Director, UN-Habitat

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Ms. Aisa Kirabo Kacyira of the Republic of Rwanda as Deputy Executive Director and Assistant Secretary-General for UN-HABITAT.

Ms. Kirabo was the Governor of Eastern Province, the largest province in Rwanda with a population of 2.5 million. Previously, she was Mayor of Kigali City (2006 - 2011)

Currently, Ms. Kirabo is assisting the Executive Director, Dr. Joan Clos, in the overall management of UN-HABITAT to achieve its mandate and supporting the new UN-HABITAT agenda to face the urban challenges by strengthening urban policies to generate more equitable, wealthy and sustainable cities. Among her many important responsibilities, Ms. Kirabo is supporting  Dr. Clos in advancing the key reviews currently underway at UN-HABITAT, including the review of UN-Habitat's strategic priorities for the coming years leading to Habitat III in 2016.

Ms. Kirabo was educated at James Cook University, Australia where she gained her Masters in Veterinary Science in Animal Production and Economics and at Makerere University, Uganda where she gained her Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine. She is currently pursuing an MBA in the School of Finance and Banking, Rwanda/Maastricht School of Management, Netherlands.

Aisa Kirabo Kacyira

Deputy Executive Director, UN-Habitat

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Ms. Aisa Kirabo Kacyira of the Republic of Rwanda as Deputy Executive Director and Assistant Secretary-General for UN-HABITAT.

Ms. Kirabo was the Governor of Eastern Province, the largest province in Rwanda with a population of 2.5 million. Previously, she was Mayor of Kigali City (2006 - 2011)

Currently, Ms. Kirabo is assisting the Executive Director, Dr. Joan Clos, in the overall management of UN-HABITAT to achieve its mandate and supporting the new UN-HABITAT agenda to face the urban challenges by strengthening urban policies to generate more equitable, wealthy and sustainable cities. Among her many important responsibilities, Ms. Kirabo is supporting  Dr. Clos in advancing the key reviews currently underway at UN-HABITAT, including the review of UN-Habitat's strategic priorities for the coming years leading to Habitat III in 2016.

Ms. Kirabo was educated at James Cook University, Australia where she gained her Masters in Veterinary Science in Animal Production and Economics and at Makerere University, Uganda where she gained her Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine. She is currently pursuing an MBA in the School of Finance and Banking, Rwanda/Maastricht School of Management, Netherlands.

Alain Le Saux

Secretary General of Metropolis

Since the 25^th of November 2011, Alain Le Saux is Secretary General of Metropolis. He is also Executive Director of the Global Fund for Cities Development (FMDV) since 2010. From 2007 to 2010, he was director of the FMDV’s project. Previously, from 1999 to 2006, he was Deputy General Director of administrative services of the Ile-de-France Regional Council (Paris) in charge of International and European Affairs. From 1988 to 1998 he was Scientific Director of METROPOLIS, world association of major metropolises.

Alain Le Saux

Secretary General of Metropolis

Since the 25^th of November 2011, Alain Le Saux is Secretary General of Metropolis. He is also Executive Director of the Global Fund for Cities Development (FMDV) since 2010. From 2007 to 2010, he was director of the FMDV’s project. Previously, from 1999 to 2006, he was Deputy General Director of administrative services of the Ile-de-France Regional Council (Paris) in charge of International and European Affairs. From 1988 to 1998 he was Scientific Director of METROPOLIS, world association of major metropolises.

Alain Marie Juppé

Mayor of Bordeaux, France. President of the French Association of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (AFCCRE)

Alain Juppé, born in 1945, is a French politician. A member of the Gaullist Rally for the Republic (RPR), he entered the Inspection des Finances in 1972. Juppé was France's budget minister (1984-86) and government spokesman (1986-88). In 1993, Juppé became foreign minister under Édouard Balladur, and then succeeded him as premier in 1995. That year he was also elected RPR president and mayor of Bordeaux till 1997. From 2002 to 2004 he was chairman of the Union for the Presidential Majority. He returned to government as mayor of Bordeaux. in 2007, Juppé was briefly minister of state for the environment and sustainable development, then he subsequently served as defence minister (2010-11) and foreign minister (2011-).

Alain Marie Juppé

Mayor of Bordeaux, France. President of the French Association of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (AFCCRE)

Alain Juppé, born in 1945, is a French politician. A member of the Gaullist Rally for the Republic (RPR), he entered the Inspection des Finances in 1972. Juppé was France's budget minister (1984-86) and government spokesman (1986-88). In 1993, Juppé became foreign minister under Édouard Balladur, and then succeeded him as premier in 1995. That year he was also elected RPR president and mayor of Bordeaux till 1997. From 2002 to 2004 he was chairman of the Union for the Presidential Majority. He returned to government as mayor of Bordeaux. in 2007, Juppé was briefly minister of state for the environment and sustainable development, then he subsequently served as defence minister (2010-11) and foreign minister (2011-).

Amina J. Mohammed

Special Advisor of the Secretary-General on Post-2015 Development Planning

Amina J. Mohammed of Nigeria is the Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Post-2015 Development Planning.

Ms. Mohammed was previously Senior Special Assistant to the President of Nigeria on the Millennium Development Goals after serving three Presidents over a period of six years. From 2002-2005, Ms. Mohammed served as coordinator of the Task Force on Gender and Education for the United Nations Millennium Project.

Amina J. Mohammed

Special Advisor of the Secretary-General on Post-2015 Development Planning

Amina J. Mohammed of Nigeria is the Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Post-2015 Development Planning.

Ms. Mohammed was previously Senior Special Assistant to the President of Nigeria on the Millennium Development Goals after serving three Presidents over a period of six years. From 2002-2005, Ms. Mohammed served as coordinator of the Task Force on Gender and Education for the United Nations Millennium Project.

Andrée Pasternak

Chargée de mission auprès du Délégué pour l'action extérieure des collectivités territoriales, Ministère des Affaires Etrangères et Européennes

Andrée Pasternak, vétérinaire de formation, travaille actuellement pour l’action extérieure des collectivités territoriales au Ministère français des Affaires étrangères, en qualité d’expert sur les programmes de développement rural et agricole, la sécurité alimentaire et le tourisme responsable mis en œuvre dans le cadre de la coopération décentralisée.

Membre du Comité politique du Core group sur la sécurité alimentaire de l’« Organisation des Régions Unies » (ORU FOGAR), elle a pris part aux premiers sommets internationaux de Dakar (en 2010) et Medellin (en 2012) consacrés à ce thème.

Elle s’attache à promouvoir l’approche territoriale du développement et œuvre pour la reconnaissance du rôle des collectivités territoriales françaises par les organisations internationales. Auparavant, elle a participé, pour le Ministère français de l’Agriculture, à la définition et à la mise en œuvre de programmes de coopération bilatérale pour le développement rural et la promotion des produits de terroir. 

Andrée Pasternak

Chargée de mission auprès du Délégué pour l'action extérieure des collectivités territoriales, Ministère des Affaires Etrangères et Européennes

Andrée Pasternak, vétérinaire de formation, travaille actuellement pour l’action extérieure des collectivités territoriales au Ministère français des Affaires étrangères, en qualité d’expert sur les programmes de développement rural et agricole, la sécurité alimentaire et le tourisme responsable mis en œuvre dans le cadre de la coopération décentralisée.

Membre du Comité politique du Core group sur la sécurité alimentaire de l’« Organisation des Régions Unies » (ORU FOGAR), elle a pris part aux premiers sommets internationaux de Dakar (en 2010) et Medellin (en 2012) consacrés à ce thème.

Elle s’attache à promouvoir l’approche territoriale du développement et œuvre pour la reconnaissance du rôle des collectivités territoriales françaises par les organisations internationales. Auparavant, elle a participé, pour le Ministère français de l’Agriculture, à la définition et à la mise en œuvre de programmes de coopération bilatérale pour le développement rural et la promotion des produits de terroir. 

Andris Piebalgs

Commissaire Européen pour le Développement 

Andris Piebalgs est un homme politique letton qui a occupé plusieurs positions politiques clés tant au niveau national qu'européen. Lors de la première Commission Barroso (2004-2010), il fut Commissaire en charge de l’énergie. Dans ce cadre, il a établi une politique européenne de l’énergie plus compétitive, sûre et soutenable, ce qui en fit l’un des succès majeurs de la Commission Barroso I.

L’action d’Andris Piebalgs pour placer la politique de l'énergie au cœur de l’agenda politique européen fut décisive. C'est en reconnaissance de son leadership que le magazine The Economist le consacra “Homme européen de l’année” en 2007. En 2009, Andris Piebalgs reçut le "Prix Diamant" de la Chambre régionale de Commerce de Katowice (Pologne) pour son action en faveur d'une politique européenne de l'énergie cohérente pour les générations futures. La même année, le Forum Mondial de l’efficacité énergétique lui remit l'"Energy Efficiency Visionary Award" pour sa “contribution remarquable à l’avancement de l’efficacité énergétique”.

Avant de rejoindre la Commission européenne, Andris Piebalgs a poursuivi une carrière politique en Lettonie, occupant des portefeuilles ministériels stratégiques. Il fut également un diplomate de haut rang, contribuant à renforcer la place de la Lettonie au sein de l’Union européenne.

Andris Piebalgs

Commissaire Européen pour le Développement 

Andris Piebalgs est un homme politique letton qui a occupé plusieurs positions politiques clés tant au niveau national qu'européen. Lors de la première Commission Barroso (2004-2010), il fut Commissaire en charge de l’énergie. Dans ce cadre, il a établi une politique européenne de l’énergie plus compétitive, sûre et soutenable, ce qui en fit l’un des succès majeurs de la Commission Barroso I.

L’action d’Andris Piebalgs pour placer la politique de l'énergie au cœur de l’agenda politique européen fut décisive. C'est en reconnaissance de son leadership que le magazine The Economist le consacra “Homme européen de l’année” en 2007. En 2009, Andris Piebalgs reçut le "Prix Diamant" de la Chambre régionale de Commerce de Katowice (Pologne) pour son action en faveur d'une politique européenne de l'énergie cohérente pour les générations futures. La même année, le Forum Mondial de l’efficacité énergétique lui remit l'"Energy Efficiency Visionary Award" pour sa “contribution remarquable à l’avancement de l’efficacité énergétique”.

Avant de rejoindre la Commission européenne, Andris Piebalgs a poursuivi une carrière politique en Lettonie, occupant des portefeuilles ministériels stratégiques. Il fut également un diplomate de haut rang, contribuant à renforcer la place de la Lettonie au sein de l’Union européenne.

Angelo Baglio

Head of Unit, Relations with Civil Society and Local Authorities, Direction Development and Cooperation, European Commission 

Angelo Baglio is graduated in social sciences. During his career he has worked in different functions in coordination, analysis, strategic reflexions and operation in various Directorate-Generals of the European Commission, particularly in employment and regional policies

At The General Direction of Development and cooperation DEVCO/EuropeAid since 2001, he has successively been in charge of social development in the MEDA programme. Successively head of the sector ‘Mashreq’ and assistant to the Deputy Director General, his multi-sectorial experience as well as his expertise in politics of economic and social cohesion, territorial development and budget support, allow him to understand the impact of global development issues and the necessity to implicate the whole spectrum of actors, in particular the civil society.

Currently, he is Head of Unit ‘Civil Society and Local Authorities’ in the "Human and Society Development" Directorate in DG DEVCO.

Angelo Baglio

Head of Unit, Relations with Civil Society and Local Authorities, Direction Development and Cooperation, European Commission 

Angelo Baglio is graduated in social sciences. During his career he has worked in different functions in coordination, analysis, strategic reflexions and operation in various Directorate-Generals of the European Commission, particularly in employment and regional policies

At The General Direction of Development and cooperation DEVCO/EuropeAid since 2001, he has successively been in charge of social development in the MEDA programme. Successively head of the sector ‘Mashreq’ and assistant to the Deputy Director General, his multi-sectorial experience as well as his expertise in politics of economic and social cohesion, territorial development and budget support, allow him to understand the impact of global development issues and the necessity to implicate the whole spectrum of actors, in particular the civil society.

Currently, he is Head of Unit ‘Civil Society and Local Authorities’ in the "Human and Society Development" Directorate in DG DEVCO.

Anne Hidalgo

First Deputy Mayor of Paris. Chair of the Permanent Committee on Gender Equality and member of the Executive Bureau of UCLG.

Anne Hidalgo is the First Deputy Mayor of Paris, in charge of Gender Equality (2001-2008) and of Urbanism and Architecture (since 2008). She also is a regional Councillor for the Ile-de-France Region.

With twenty-years experience as an expert in Social Law and Employment, among which ten as a Health & Safety Inspector, she became in 1997 Councillor in the Cabinet of Martine Aubry, the Minister of Employment and Solidarity followed by, from April 1998, the Cabinet of Nicole Péry, the State Secretary for Women’s Rights and Training. She took part in the elaboration of laws for Youth Employment, the Fight against Exclusion and Gender Equality. Highly committed to Equality, Anne Hidalgo chairs the Permanent Committee on Gender Equality and is a member of the Executive Bureau of the Organization United Cities and Local Governments.

Anne Hidalgo

First Deputy Mayor of Paris. Chair of the Permanent Committee on Gender Equality and member of the Executive Bureau of UCLG.

Anne Hidalgo is the First Deputy Mayor of Paris, in charge of Gender Equality (2001-2008) and of Urbanism and Architecture (since 2008). She also is a regional Councillor for the Ile-de-France Region.

With twenty-years experience as an expert in Social Law and Employment, among which ten as a Health & Safety Inspector, she became in 1997 Councillor in the Cabinet of Martine Aubry, the Minister of Employment and Solidarity followed by, from April 1998, the Cabinet of Nicole Péry, the State Secretary for Women’s Rights and Training. She took part in the elaboration of laws for Youth Employment, the Fight against Exclusion and Gender Equality. Highly committed to Equality, Anne Hidalgo chairs the Permanent Committee on Gender Equality and is a member of the Executive Bureau of the Organization United Cities and Local Governments.

Annemarie Jorritsma-Lebbink

Mayor of Almere / Co-chair of the Committee on Development Cooperation and City Diplomacy of UCLG.

Since 2003, Annemarie Jorritsma-Lebbink (1 June 1950) is mayor of Almere, the youngest and fastest growing city of the Netherlands. Almere is on the list of the 10 largest municipalities in the Netherlands. As mayor, Ms. Jorritsma is amongst others responsible for the coordination of the safety policy, the maintenance of public order, the coordination of the police and fire brigade, the management of crises and international relations.

Ms. Jorritsma started her political career as municipal councilor in the municipality of Bolsward for the liberal party (VVD) from 1978 to 1988. In 1982 she became a member of the Parliament. From 1998 to 2002, Ms. Jorritsma was the first female Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands. She was Minister of Infrastructure and Water (1994-1998) and Minister of Economic Affairs (1998-2002).

Ms. Jorritsma is President of the Association of Netherlands Municipalities (VNG) since 2008 and Co-President of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions. She also co-chairs the Committee on Development Cooperation and City Diplomacy of UCLG.

Annemarie Jorritsma-Lebbink

Mayor of Almere / Co-chair of the Committee on Development Cooperation and City Diplomacy of UCLG.

Since 2003, Annemarie Jorritsma-Lebbink (1 June 1950) is mayor of Almere, the youngest and fastest growing city of the Netherlands. Almere is on the list of the 10 largest municipalities in the Netherlands. As mayor, Ms. Jorritsma is amongst others responsible for the coordination of the safety policy, the maintenance of public order, the coordination of the police and fire brigade, the management of crises and international relations.

Ms. Jorritsma started her political career as municipal councilor in the municipality of Bolsward for the liberal party (VVD) from 1978 to 1988. In 1982 she became a member of the Parliament. From 1998 to 2002, Ms. Jorritsma was the first female Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands. She was Minister of Infrastructure and Water (1994-1998) and Minister of Economic Affairs (1998-2002).

Ms. Jorritsma is President of the Association of Netherlands Municipalities (VNG) since 2008 and Co-President of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions. She also co-chairs the Committee on Development Cooperation and City Diplomacy of UCLG.

António Costa

Mayor of Lisbon, Portugal / Co-President of UCLG

António Luís Santos da COSTA, born in 17 July 1961, is married, with two children. He is graduated in Political-Juristic Sciences from the Faculty of Law, Classic University of Lisbon., and post-graduation in European Studies from the Catholic University of Lisbon.

Lawyer, he was Member of Parliament since 1991, Councillor of the Loures City Council, 1993/1995, Secretary of State for Parliament Affairs 1995/1997, Minister for Parliament Affairs/November 1997/1999; Minister for Justice, October 1999/April 2000; Member and Vice President of the European Parliament, from June 2004 to March 2005; Minister of State and Minister for Internal Affairs, from March 2005 to May 2007.

Mayor of Lisbon City Council, since the 1st of August 2007 and re-elected on the 11th October 2009 former President of UCCLA, he is the Head of the Portuguese Delegation to the Committee of Regions and Vice President of UCCI.

António Costa

Mayor of Lisbon, Portugal / Co-President of UCLG

António Luís Santos da COSTA, born in 17 July 1961, is married, with two children. He is graduated in Political-Juristic Sciences from the Faculty of Law, Classic University of Lisbon., and post-graduation in European Studies from the Catholic University of Lisbon.

Lawyer, he was Member of Parliament since 1991, Councillor of the Loures City Council, 1993/1995, Secretary of State for Parliament Affairs 1995/1997, Minister for Parliament Affairs/November 1997/1999; Minister for Justice, October 1999/April 2000; Member and Vice President of the European Parliament, from June 2004 to March 2005; Minister of State and Minister for Internal Affairs, from March 2005 to May 2007.

Mayor of Lisbon City Council, since the 1st of August 2007 and re-elected on the 11th October 2009 former President of UCCLA, he is the Head of the Portuguese Delegation to the Committee of Regions and Vice President of UCCI.

Antonio Vigilante

Director of the United Nations Office and the UNDP Representation Office in Brussels

Mr. Antonio Vigilante (Italy) is the Director of the United Nations Office and of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Representation Office in Brussels. 

He holds a Diploma in business Administration and a master degree in Political Sciences and international relations, from the University Orientale of Naples, Italy.

Mr Vigilante has been working for the United Nations Development Programme since 1981, serving in recent years as the UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Egypt and, chairman of the Donors Assistance Group; UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative, in Bulgaria (1996-2001).

From May 1999 to August 2000 he was the UNDP Special Representative for Post-Conflict Development in South Eastern Europe.  From 1991 to 1996 he served as Deputy Resident Representative and as Resident Representative (a.i.) in Bolivia.

Before he held UN positions in Bolivia, Honduras, Ethiopia, Barbados and New York.

Mr. Vigilante is the author of many publications related to development issues in specialized reviews, books and newspaper articles.  He has directed in 1995/96 a UNDP bi-monthly Human Development Review. He is visiting lecturer to a number of post-graduate courses on international relations and development and a member of the Jury of the International documentary film Millennium Festival (on Millennium Development Goals).

Antonio Vigilante

Director of the United Nations Office and the UNDP Representation Office in Brussels

Mr. Antonio Vigilante (Italy) is the Director of the United Nations Office and of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Representation Office in Brussels. 

He holds a Diploma in business Administration and a master degree in Political Sciences and international relations, from the University Orientale of Naples, Italy.

Mr Vigilante has been working for the United Nations Development Programme since 1981, serving in recent years as the UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Egypt and, chairman of the Donors Assistance Group; UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative, in Bulgaria (1996-2001).

From May 1999 to August 2000 he was the UNDP Special Representative for Post-Conflict Development in South Eastern Europe.  From 1991 to 1996 he served as Deputy Resident Representative and as Resident Representative (a.i.) in Bolivia.

Before he held UN positions in Bolivia, Honduras, Ethiopia, Barbados and New York.

Mr. Vigilante is the author of many publications related to development issues in specialized reviews, books and newspaper articles.  He has directed in 1995/96 a UNDP bi-monthly Human Development Review. He is visiting lecturer to a number of post-graduate courses on international relations and development and a member of the Jury of the International documentary film Millennium Festival (on Millennium Development Goals).

Aromar Revi

Director, Indian Institute for Human Settlements

Aromar Revi is an international practitioner, consultant, researcher and educator with close to thirty years of inter-disciplinary experience in public policy and governance, the political economy of reform, development, technology, risk mitigation, sustainability and human settlements. He is the Director of the Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) India’s prospective independent national University for Research & Innovation addressing its challenges of urbanisation.

He is a member of the Leadership Council of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (UNSDSN) and co-chair of the Urban thematic group that is leading the process of framing an urban Sustainable Development Goal (SDG); Coordinating Lead Author of the IPCC Assessment Report 5 on Urban Areas; and a Fellow of the India China Institute at the New School University, New York.

He has been a senior advisor to various ministries of the Government of India, consulted with a wide range of UN, multilateral, bilateral development and private sector institutions & works on economic, environmental & social change at global, regional and urban scales.

Aromar has led over a hundred major research, consulting and implementation assignments in India and abroad; lectured and taught at close to three dozen of the world’s leading Universities and think tanks across five continents; has helped structure, design and review development investments in excess of $ 4 billion; worked on three of the world’s ten largest cities; across twenty-five of India’s twenty-eight states apart from multiple international projects in half a dozen countries.

Aromar Revi

Director, Indian Institute for Human Settlements

Aromar Revi is an international practitioner, consultant, researcher and educator with close to thirty years of inter-disciplinary experience in public policy and governance, the political economy of reform, development, technology, risk mitigation, sustainability and human settlements. He is the Director of the Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) India’s prospective independent national University for Research & Innovation addressing its challenges of urbanisation.

He is a member of the Leadership Council of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (UNSDSN) and co-chair of the Urban thematic group that is leading the process of framing an urban Sustainable Development Goal (SDG); Coordinating Lead Author of the IPCC Assessment Report 5 on Urban Areas; and a Fellow of the India China Institute at the New School University, New York.

He has been a senior advisor to various ministries of the Government of India, consulted with a wide range of UN, multilateral, bilateral development and private sector institutions & works on economic, environmental & social change at global, regional and urban scales.

Aromar has led over a hundred major research, consulting and implementation assignments in India and abroad; lectured and taught at close to three dozen of the world’s leading Universities and think tanks across five continents; has helped structure, design and review development investments in excess of $ 4 billion; worked on three of the world’s ten largest cities; across twenty-five of India’s twenty-eight states apart from multiple international projects in half a dozen countries.

Augusto Barrera

Mayor of Quito

Augusto Barrera, Mayor of Quito, graduated with honours from the College Benalcazar. He is specialist on local development, planning and political science, doctor of medicine.

He is Secretary of Planning and Social Dialogue of the Office of the President, Member of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ecuador, Member of the National Commission on Decentralization and National Competitiveness Council of Ecuador, Academic Coordinator of the Research Centre CITY, Project Manager interface between urban and rural areas in Ecuador to integrated territorial development, Consultant of the Municipality of Cuenca for System Design and Implementation of Citizen Participation. Consultant Management Program-GTZ Watershed PROMACH-Tungurahua Provincial Council. And Consultant to the Urban Management Programme, UMP-LAC. Quito Urban Consultation: Design of Participatory Management System.

Augusto Barrera

Mayor of Quito

Augusto Barrera, Mayor of Quito, graduated with honours from the College Benalcazar. He is specialist on local development, planning and political science, doctor of medicine.

He is Secretary of Planning and Social Dialogue of the Office of the President, Member of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ecuador, Member of the National Commission on Decentralization and National Competitiveness Council of Ecuador, Academic Coordinator of the Research Centre CITY, Project Manager interface between urban and rural areas in Ecuador to integrated territorial development, Consultant of the Municipality of Cuenca for System Design and Implementation of Citizen Participation. Consultant Management Program-GTZ Watershed PROMACH-Tungurahua Provincial Council. And Consultant to the Urban Management Programme, UMP-LAC. Quito Urban Consultation: Design of Participatory Management System.

Aysen Nikolaev

Yakutsk City Mayor / Président de CGLU-Eurasie

Aysen Nikolaev was born on January 22, 1972 in Leningrad. He grew in Verkhnevilyuysk, in a family of teachers. At the age of 16 he graduated with a gold medal from Verkhnevilyuysk physical and mathematical school and went to Moscow to enter Faculty of Physics at Moscow State University named M. Lomonosov.

Before completing his studies at Moscow State University he applied to Academy of national economy, and in 1994 gained two diplomas at once: Moscow State University and Academy of national economy. The young specialist with two diplomas found a job at the Moscow representative agency of the “Sakhaalmazprovinvest” finance corporation. In a year he became the vice-president of the corporation in Yakutsk.

At the age of 25 he was the youngest deputy in the history of the Republican parliament (Il Tumen). He worked as the Secretary of the Committee on North affairs, then as the Chairman of the Budget Committee of Il Tumen.

In 2002 Nikolaev was again elected as the deputy of Il Tumen.

In 2004 he became the Minister of Finance of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia). Here Nikolaev managed to achieve the adoption of the complex decision on compensation of the dropping-out income of Yakutia from rent payments of JSC ALROSA which formed the main revenues of the republican budget.

In 2007 he was appointed as the head of the Administration of the President and Government. He began work on creation of the electronic government.

In May, 2011 he was appointed as the First deputy chairman of the government. He supervised issues concerning development of agriculture, tourism and business, nature preservation, science and innovations. 

On March 4, 2012 Aysen Nikolaev was elected as the Head of the Yakutsk Urban Okrug.

Aysen Nikolaev

Yakutsk City Mayor / Président de CGLU-Eurasie

Aysen Nikolaev was born on January 22, 1972 in Leningrad. He grew in Verkhnevilyuysk, in a family of teachers. At the age of 16 he graduated with a gold medal from Verkhnevilyuysk physical and mathematical school and went to Moscow to enter Faculty of Physics at Moscow State University named M. Lomonosov.

Before completing his studies at Moscow State University he applied to Academy of national economy, and in 1994 gained two diplomas at once: Moscow State University and Academy of national economy. The young specialist with two diplomas found a job at the Moscow representative agency of the “Sakhaalmazprovinvest” finance corporation. In a year he became the vice-president of the corporation in Yakutsk.

At the age of 25 he was the youngest deputy in the history of the Republican parliament (Il Tumen). He worked as the Secretary of the Committee on North affairs, then as the Chairman of the Budget Committee of Il Tumen.

In 2002 Nikolaev was again elected as the deputy of Il Tumen.

In 2004 he became the Minister of Finance of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia). Here Nikolaev managed to achieve the adoption of the complex decision on compensation of the dropping-out income of Yakutia from rent payments of JSC ALROSA which formed the main revenues of the republican budget.

In 2007 he was appointed as the head of the Administration of the President and Government. He began work on creation of the electronic government.

In May, 2011 he was appointed as the First deputy chairman of the government. He supervised issues concerning development of agriculture, tourism and business, nature preservation, science and innovations. 

On March 4, 2012 Aysen Nikolaev was elected as the Head of the Yakutsk Urban Okrug.

Aziz Rabbah

Mayor of Kenitra

Born in 1962 in Sidi Kacem, Aziz Rabbah has a degree in Engineering from INSEA (1985) and a Master’s degree in software engineering, from the University of Laval, Québec (1992).

During his career, M. Rabbah has held several senior positions in the Ministries of Economics and General Affairs, Foreign Trade and Trade and Industry. He has participated in various committees at the national level as the Interministerial Commission of Electronic Commerce and is a founding member of the Centre for Research and expertise (CEREX). M. Rabbah also participated in various international meetings, including the Working Group on Electronic government of "good governance in the Arab world," launched by the OECD and UNDP initiative in 2005.

On the political front, Mr. Rabbah was elected Member of Parliament of Kenitra at the elections of 25th November of 2012, and is chairman of the city council of the city of Kenitra since 2009. In addition, Mr. Rabbah, was appointed by King Mohammed VI, Minister of Equipment and Transport in the current government.

Aziz Rabbah

Mayor of Kenitra

Born in 1962 in Sidi Kacem, Aziz Rabbah has a degree in Engineering from INSEA (1985) and a Master’s degree in software engineering, from the University of Laval, Québec (1992).

During his career, M. Rabbah has held several senior positions in the Ministries of Economics and General Affairs, Foreign Trade and Trade and Industry. He has participated in various committees at the national level as the Interministerial Commission of Electronic Commerce and is a founding member of the Centre for Research and expertise (CEREX). M. Rabbah also participated in various international meetings, including the Working Group on Electronic government of "good governance in the Arab world," launched by the OECD and UNDP initiative in 2005.

On the political front, Mr. Rabbah was elected Member of Parliament of Kenitra at the elections of 25th November of 2012, and is chairman of the city council of the city of Kenitra since 2009. In addition, Mr. Rabbah, was appointed by King Mohammed VI, Minister of Equipment and Transport in the current government.

Bachir Kanoute

ENDA and Coordinator of OIDP Africa  

Bachir Kanoute is a town planner and the Executive Director of the organization Enda ECOPOP (www.endaecopop.org), focused on supporting decentralization processes, governance, local development, capacity building of local authorities and local decision-makers in the civil society and community support in Africa and the Caribbean.

This enormous mission makes him to travel around Africa to support central and local governments of several African countries, and consolidate fragile decentralization processes. Expert of several international institutions including the World Bank, United Nations Program for Human Settlements (UN HABITAT), State University of New York Center for International Development, GIZ, etc., Mr. KANOUTE has led several high-level missions in different countries of Africa and Caribbean (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Mauritania, Madagascar, Mali, Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Senegal and Haiti).

Capitalizing on this rich experience, Mr. KANOUTE has developed several guides and manuals to train and build the capacity of local decision-makers and grass-roots communities:

• Governance and Local Leadership,
• Decentralization, social and community mobilization for local development in Africa,
• Servicing and maintenance of equipment, infrastructure and basic social services,
• Participatory budgeting in French speaking Africa. This last manual, edited in collaboration with the United Nations program for human Settlements (UN HABITAT), aims to promote participatory and transparent governance approaches in managing the public affairs of local authorities in Africa.
   

Mr. KANOUTE is the Focal Point for Africa of the International Observatory on Participatory Democracy, launched in December 07, 2012 in Dakar, in the presence of thirteen (13) African countries. Last but not the least, he is a part-time lecturer in the University Cheikh Anta DIOP of Dakar - Senegal (Master degree: "Land-use Planning, Decentralization and Local Development") and in the Institute Development and Human and Peoples’ Right (Post graduate degree: citizenship, human rights, Humanitarian Action). 

Bachir Kanoute

ENDA and Coordinator of OIDP Africa  

Bachir Kanoute is a town planner and the Executive Director of the organization Enda ECOPOP (www.endaecopop.org), focused on supporting decentralization processes, governance, local development, capacity building of local authorities and local decision-makers in the civil society and community support in Africa and the Caribbean.

This enormous mission makes him to travel around Africa to support central and local governments of several African countries, and consolidate fragile decentralization processes. Expert of several international institutions including the World Bank, United Nations Program for Human Settlements (UN HABITAT), State University of New York Center for International Development, GIZ, etc., Mr. KANOUTE has led several high-level missions in different countries of Africa and Caribbean (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Mauritania, Madagascar, Mali, Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Senegal and Haiti).

Capitalizing on this rich experience, Mr. KANOUTE has developed several guides and manuals to train and build the capacity of local decision-makers and grass-roots communities:

• Governance and Local Leadership,
• Decentralization, social and community mobilization for local development in Africa,
• Servicing and maintenance of equipment, infrastructure and basic social services,
• Participatory budgeting in French speaking Africa. This last manual, edited in collaboration with the United Nations program for human Settlements (UN HABITAT), aims to promote participatory and transparent governance approaches in managing the public affairs of local authorities in Africa.
   

Mr. KANOUTE is the Focal Point for Africa of the International Observatory on Participatory Democracy, launched in December 07, 2012 in Dakar, in the presence of thirteen (13) African countries. Last but not the least, he is a part-time lecturer in the University Cheikh Anta DIOP of Dakar - Senegal (Master degree: "Land-use Planning, Decentralization and Local Development") and in the Institute Development and Human and Peoples’ Right (Post graduate degree: citizenship, human rights, Humanitarian Action). 

Belinda Calaguas

Head of advocacy and campaigns, ActionAid International

Belinda has been Head of Policy at WaterAid. She worked with migrant and refugee communities in one of the poorer London boroughs when she herself was a new immigrant in the UK. Belinda is from the Philippines and has worked with urban poor, farmers, students and women's groups as a researcher, campaigner, organiser and development journalist. 

Belinda Calaguas

Head of advocacy and campaigns, ActionAid International

Belinda has been Head of Policy at WaterAid. She worked with migrant and refugee communities in one of the poorer London boroughs when she herself was a new immigrant in the UK. Belinda is from the Philippines and has worked with urban poor, farmers, students and women's groups as a researcher, campaigner, organiser and development journalist. 

Benedito Guimino

Mayor of Inhambane, Mozambique

Benedito Guimino, Professor of chemistry, formed at the University Eduardo Mondlane (UEM), He has lived in the capital of the province of Inhambane for 13 years. Teacher of the secondary school Emilia Daússe and led Muele high school. He worked for the Ministry of Health and the private sector in the area of food control.

In 2012 was elected municipal President of Inhambane. His leadership philosophy is summed up: "I have no magic solutions. The municipality belongs not only to President nor the Councillors or directors of services, or technicians and officials of different levels, but to all residents. Thus, the success of our development programs will depend on the level of participation of each one. There will be, as always, space for everyone"

Benedito Guimino

Mayor of Inhambane, Mozambique

Benedito Guimino, Professor of chemistry, formed at the University Eduardo Mondlane (UEM), He has lived in the capital of the province of Inhambane for 13 years. Teacher of the secondary school Emilia Daússe and led Muele high school. He worked for the Ministry of Health and the private sector in the area of food control.

In 2012 was elected municipal President of Inhambane. His leadership philosophy is summed up: "I have no magic solutions. The municipality belongs not only to President nor the Councillors or directors of services, or technicians and officials of different levels, but to all residents. Thus, the success of our development programs will depend on the level of participation of each one. There will be, as always, space for everyone"

Berry Vrbanovic

Emeritus Past President, Federation of Canadian Municipalities, Councillor of Kitchener

Berry Vrbanovic was first elected as a Councillor in 1994, and is now serving his fifth term as a Councillor with the City of Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.  Prior to serving on Council, Mr. Vrbanovic had 8 years of experience in municipal administration working in the Clerk's, Fire, Licensing, Planning and Information Technology Departments.
 
In 2000, Mr. Vrbanovic was first elected to the Board of Directors of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM). From 2005-2007, he served as Chair of FCM's Standing Committee on International Relations which oversees the work FCM does in 20 developing countries in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America.  In 2007, he was elected by his colleagues as the Chair of the Ontario Caucus and as Third Vice-President at Large.  The same year he served on the FCM Governance Committee which revised the FCM bylaws, and the code of ethical conduct, and the Finance and Human Resources Committee.
 
Currently, Mr. Vrbanovic is serving as FCM's Third Vice-President.  He is also FCM's governance representative  on post-tsunami programs in Sri Lanka and Indonesia, both of which address the question of local government strengthening in conflict and post-conflict contexts. Mr. Vrbanovic also represents Canada on the World Council of UCLG.

Berry Vrbanovic

Emeritus Past President, Federation of Canadian Municipalities, Councillor of Kitchener

Berry Vrbanovic was first elected as a Councillor in 1994, and is now serving his fifth term as a Councillor with the City of Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.  Prior to serving on Council, Mr. Vrbanovic had 8 years of experience in municipal administration working in the Clerk's, Fire, Licensing, Planning and Information Technology Departments.
 
In 2000, Mr. Vrbanovic was first elected to the Board of Directors of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM). From 2005-2007, he served as Chair of FCM's Standing Committee on International Relations which oversees the work FCM does in 20 developing countries in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America.  In 2007, he was elected by his colleagues as the Chair of the Ontario Caucus and as Third Vice-President at Large.  The same year he served on the FCM Governance Committee which revised the FCM bylaws, and the code of ethical conduct, and the Finance and Human Resources Committee.
 
Currently, Mr. Vrbanovic is serving as FCM's Third Vice-President.  He is also FCM's governance representative  on post-tsunami programs in Sri Lanka and Indonesia, both of which address the question of local government strengthening in conflict and post-conflict contexts. Mr. Vrbanovic also represents Canada on the World Council of UCLG.

Bertrand Delanoë

Mayor of Paris, Honorary Founding President of UCLG

Born in Tunisia, Betrand Delanoë was a member of the French Socialist Party during the 1970s. In March 1977 he was elected for the first time to the Council of Paris for the 18th district where was re-elected each year. Member of Parliament from 1981 to 1986, he became Senator in 1995, standing down from his mandate following his election to the Town Hall of Paris in March 2001. In March 2008 he was elected as Mayor of Paris. On the international scene, Betrand Delanoë has chaired the International Association of Francophone Mayors (AIMF) since 2001 and occupied, from 2004 to 2010, the Presidency of the world organisation United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG): organisation he helped create and of which he is now an Honorary Founding President.  

Bertrand Delanoë

Mayor of Paris, Honorary Founding President of UCLG

Born in Tunisia, Betrand Delanoë was a member of the French Socialist Party during the 1970s. In March 1977 he was elected for the first time to the Council of Paris for the 18th district where was re-elected each year. Member of Parliament from 1981 to 1986, he became Senator in 1995, standing down from his mandate following his election to the Town Hall of Paris in March 2001. In March 2008 he was elected as Mayor of Paris. On the international scene, Betrand Delanoë has chaired the International Association of Francophone Mayors (AIMF) since 2001 and occupied, from 2004 to 2010, the Presidency of the world organisation United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG): organisation he helped create and of which he is now an Honorary Founding President.  

Bertrand Gallet

General Director, United Cities France

Né à Lyon. Ecole normale supérieure de St Cloud.

1983 à 1995  adjoint au maire de Nogent-le-Rotrou (28) en charge de la culture. Conseiller régional, région Centre 1988-2000, secrétaire de la commission permanente. 1988, 1993 député de la 3^ème circonscription d’Eure et Loir.

1997, 1998 conseiller technique au cabinet du ministre de l’éducation nationale et de l’enseignement scolaire en charge de l’international.

1999, à la demande du ministre de la coopération, directeur général de Cités Unies France, fédération des collectivités locales françaises engagées à l’international. Avec un budget de 3 M d’Euros, CUF travaille sur 35 pays avec plus de 3000 collectivités.

Productions : Encyclopédie historique du monde en 6 volumes chez Robert Laffont 1979-1981, Précis de politique étrangère française 1996, La Politique extérieure européenne (Economica Ed )1998.

En collaboration avec Christophe de Ponfilly réalisation des documentaires Les combattants de l’insolence (1984) Portrait d’un chef afghan 1987, Massoud l’Afghan 1997.

Distinctions : Prix Albert Londres. Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur.

Bertrand Gallet

General Director, United Cities France

Né à Lyon. Ecole normale supérieure de St Cloud.

1983 à 1995  adjoint au maire de Nogent-le-Rotrou (28) en charge de la culture. Conseiller régional, région Centre 1988-2000, secrétaire de la commission permanente. 1988, 1993 député de la 3^ème circonscription d’Eure et Loir.

1997, 1998 conseiller technique au cabinet du ministre de l’éducation nationale et de l’enseignement scolaire en charge de l’international.

1999, à la demande du ministre de la coopération, directeur général de Cités Unies France, fédération des collectivités locales françaises engagées à l’international. Avec un budget de 3 M d’Euros, CUF travaille sur 35 pays avec plus de 3000 collectivités.

Productions : Encyclopédie historique du monde en 6 volumes chez Robert Laffont 1979-1981, Précis de politique étrangère française 1996, La Politique extérieure européenne (Economica Ed )1998.

En collaboration avec Christophe de Ponfilly réalisation des documentaires Les combattants de l’insolence (1984) Portrait d’un chef afghan 1987, Massoud l’Afghan 1997.

Distinctions : Prix Albert Londres. Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur.

Boubacar Alpha Bah

President of the Association of Municipalities of Mali (AMM), Mayor of the Commune V of Bamako

M. Bah est diplômé d’Études Supérieures (DES) en économie du développement de l’Université de Paris I et Paris II Sorbonne, et possède une maîtrise en Sciences économiques /économétrie /micro-économie des universités de Paris IX Nanterre et de Caen.

À son retour au Mali, après ses études en France, il travaille en tant qu'économiste indépendant. En 1992, il est nommé Ministre Délégué auprès du Premier ministre en charge de la promotion du secteur privé. En 1994, il devient membre du Comité exécutif en tant que Secrétaire au Développement adjoint, Secrétaire aux Questions Économiques et Secrétaire aux Relations Extérieures.

En 1998, il est élu Conseiller communal. Il devient maire de la commune V en 2009.  L’année suivante, il est nommé Président de l’Association des municipalités du Mali (AMM). En 2012, il devient le Vice-président du Conseil des Collectivités Territoriales de l’Union économique et monétaire ouest-africaine (UEMOA). 

Au cours de sa carrière, M. Bah a aussi assumé différents mandats pour les organisations internationales suivantes : la Banque Mondiale ; la Banque Ouest Africaine de Développement (BOAD), le PNUD, la FAO, le PAM, le Comité permanent Inter-États de Lutte contre la Sécheresse dans le Sahel (CILSS), l’Union européenne, USAID, l’Agence Canadienne de Développement International (ACDI), etc.

Boubacar Alpha Bah

President of the Association of Municipalities of Mali (AMM), Mayor of the Commune V of Bamako

M. Bah est diplômé d’Études Supérieures (DES) en économie du développement de l’Université de Paris I et Paris II Sorbonne, et possède une maîtrise en Sciences économiques /économétrie /micro-économie des universités de Paris IX Nanterre et de Caen.

À son retour au Mali, après ses études en France, il travaille en tant qu'économiste indépendant. En 1992, il est nommé Ministre Délégué auprès du Premier ministre en charge de la promotion du secteur privé. En 1994, il devient membre du Comité exécutif en tant que Secrétaire au Développement adjoint, Secrétaire aux Questions Économiques et Secrétaire aux Relations Extérieures.

En 1998, il est élu Conseiller communal. Il devient maire de la commune V en 2009.  L’année suivante, il est nommé Président de l’Association des municipalités du Mali (AMM). En 2012, il devient le Vice-président du Conseil des Collectivités Territoriales de l’Union économique et monétaire ouest-africaine (UEMOA). 

Au cours de sa carrière, M. Bah a aussi assumé différents mandats pour les organisations internationales suivantes : la Banque Mondiale ; la Banque Ouest Africaine de Développement (BOAD), le PNUD, la FAO, le PAM, le Comité permanent Inter-États de Lutte contre la Sécheresse dans le Sahel (CILSS), l’Union européenne, USAID, l’Agence Canadienne de Développement International (ACDI), etc.

Brock Carlton

Chief Executive Officer - Federation of Canadian Municipalities / Secretary General UCLG NORAM

FCM’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Brock Carlton, has a commitment to strong municipal government and believes that a national association of municipal government is critical in any nation’s governance and development.

Since joining FCM 20 years ago, Mr. Carlton has established himself as a leader on municipal issues domestically and internationally. He managed ideas, resources and opportunities to build FCM’s global program that focuses on strengthening municipal government, local governance and enhancing policy frameworks toward local sustainability.

He represented Canada on the OECD Urban Municipal Development Secretariat’s Sustainable Cities Working Group in the early 1990s. He was a faculty member of the Local Government Leadership Institute at the Banff School of Management, and the Cambridge University Business and Environment Seminar, delivered for national government leaders in Wales. Mr. Carlton currently sits on the Leadership Council for Carleton University’s School of Public Policy and Administration. He currently sits on the Board of Directors for United Way Ottawa and is a founding member of the new Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness. He is also leading an initiative for sustainable living in Ottawa West to bring a Bike Share program to his community.

While pursuing his undergraduate degree, he was captain of the men’s intercollegiate basketball team at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ont. He has lived and worked in Kenya, China and Namibia, and has a master’s degree in International Affairs from the Norman Patterson School at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario.

Brock Carlton

Chief Executive Officer - Federation of Canadian Municipalities / Secretary General UCLG NORAM

FCM’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Brock Carlton, has a commitment to strong municipal government and believes that a national association of municipal government is critical in any nation’s governance and development.

Since joining FCM 20 years ago, Mr. Carlton has established himself as a leader on municipal issues domestically and internationally. He managed ideas, resources and opportunities to build FCM’s global program that focuses on strengthening municipal government, local governance and enhancing policy frameworks toward local sustainability.

He represented Canada on the OECD Urban Municipal Development Secretariat’s Sustainable Cities Working Group in the early 1990s. He was a faculty member of the Local Government Leadership Institute at the Banff School of Management, and the Cambridge University Business and Environment Seminar, delivered for national government leaders in Wales. Mr. Carlton currently sits on the Leadership Council for Carleton University’s School of Public Policy and Administration. He currently sits on the Board of Directors for United Way Ottawa and is a founding member of the new Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness. He is also leading an initiative for sustainable living in Ottawa West to bring a Bike Share program to his community.

While pursuing his undergraduate degree, he was captain of the men’s intercollegiate basketball team at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ont. He has lived and worked in Kenya, China and Namibia, and has a master’s degree in International Affairs from the Norman Patterson School at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario.

Carles Agustí

Commissioner for Citizens Participation, City of Barcelona. International Observatory on Participative Democracy (OIDP) 

BA in Political Sciences with a specialization degree on International Affairs. Currently Commissioner for Citizens' Participation and Associations of the Barcelona City Council. Professor at the University Rovira i Virgili (Tarragona, Catalonia). Co-President of the International Observatory on Participatory Democracy (OIDP). Vice President of the Catalan Association of Communication and Political Strategy (ACCIEP) and member of the Management Board at the Centre of Studies and Public Opinion of the Regional Government of Catalonia (CEO). Previously I’ve been General Director of Inter-Departments Affairs at the Presidency Department of Regional Government of Catalonia.

Carles Agustí

Commissioner for Citizens Participation, City of Barcelona. International Observatory on Participative Democracy (OIDP) 

BA in Political Sciences with a specialization degree on International Affairs. Currently Commissioner for Citizens' Participation and Associations of the Barcelona City Council. Professor at the University Rovira i Virgili (Tarragona, Catalonia). Co-President of the International Observatory on Participatory Democracy (OIDP). Vice President of the Catalan Association of Communication and Political Strategy (ACCIEP) and member of the Management Board at the Centre of Studies and Public Opinion of the Regional Government of Catalonia (CEO). Previously I’ve been General Director of Inter-Departments Affairs at the Presidency Department of Regional Government of Catalonia.

Carolina Montserrat Tohá

Mayor of the Chilean capital, Santiago

Carolina Montserrat Tohá Morales is the current Mayor of the Chilean capital,Santiago. She has a law degree from theUniversity of Chile and a Ph.D in Political Science from theUniversity ofMilan.

Tohá made her debut in politics in 1984 as a leader of theUniversityofChile Studentfederation (Fech). In 2001 she was elected to the Chamber of Deputies representing theSantiagodistrict, and was re-elected in 2005. On 12 March 2009 she took up the post of Ministry Secretariat General Secretariat of Government, becoming the first woman to hold that post in the country's history. On 28 October 2012 she was elected mayor ofSantiagoby an absolute majority.

Carolina Montserrat Tohá

Mayor of the Chilean capital, Santiago

Carolina Montserrat Tohá Morales is the current Mayor of the Chilean capital,Santiago. She has a law degree from theUniversity of Chile and a Ph.D in Political Science from theUniversity ofMilan.

Tohá made her debut in politics in 1984 as a leader of theUniversityofChile Studentfederation (Fech). In 2001 she was elected to the Chamber of Deputies representing theSantiagodistrict, and was re-elected in 2005. On 12 March 2009 she took up the post of Ministry Secretariat General Secretariat of Government, becoming the first woman to hold that post in the country's history. On 28 October 2012 she was elected mayor ofSantiagoby an absolute majority.

Catherine Cullen

President of the UCLG Committee on culture and Vice Mayor of Lille

Born March 5th 1950 in Paris
Deputy Mayor in charge of Culture since 2001, City of Lille, France

For the last 30 years, Catherine Cullen, who is of French and British nationality, has created, managed or supervised cultural projects and events, based on her experience of different cultures and artistic activities. After several years in publishing (Cambridge University Press, le Seuil, Albin Michel), in the late 80s she became editor in chief of LIBER, the first European cultural supplement issued by  Le Monde, El Pais, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, The Times Literary Supplement and l’Indice, under the direction of Pierre Bourdieu. She was also advisor to the French Presidency for the implementation of the Académie Universelle des Cultures.

A free lance writer and translator, she has also contributed to many national and international meetings on various aspects of culture.

She is Deputy Mayor in charge of culture for the city of Lille since 2001, and since 2008 councillor delegate Culture for Lille Metropole Communauté Urbaine. She is presently President of the Culture Committee of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), the first world organization of local governments. The Committee is dedicated to working on the Agenda 21 for Culture.

Catherine Cullen

President of the UCLG Committee on culture and Vice Mayor of Lille

Born March 5th 1950 in Paris
Deputy Mayor in charge of Culture since 2001, City of Lille, France

For the last 30 years, Catherine Cullen, who is of French and British nationality, has created, managed or supervised cultural projects and events, based on her experience of different cultures and artistic activities. After several years in publishing (Cambridge University Press, le Seuil, Albin Michel), in the late 80s she became editor in chief of LIBER, the first European cultural supplement issued by  Le Monde, El Pais, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, The Times Literary Supplement and l’Indice, under the direction of Pierre Bourdieu. She was also advisor to the French Presidency for the implementation of the Académie Universelle des Cultures.

A free lance writer and translator, she has also contributed to many national and international meetings on various aspects of culture.

She is Deputy Mayor in charge of culture for the city of Lille since 2001, and since 2008 councillor delegate Culture for Lille Metropole Communauté Urbaine. She is presently President of the Culture Committee of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), the first world organization of local governments. The Committee is dedicated to working on the Agenda 21 for Culture.

Charles Vallerand

General Secretary of International Federation of Coalitions for Cultural Diversity

The international NGO plays a lead role in advocating for participatory governance in policy making for the protection and the promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions and the recognition of the distinctive nature of cultural goods and services in the context of global trade liberalization. It is recognized by UNESCO as an official partner with consultative status and serves on the NGO-UNESCO Liaison Committee. Mr Vallerand has 25 years of experience in cultural policies, public broadcasting and international cooperation.

Charles Vallerand

General Secretary of International Federation of Coalitions for Cultural Diversity

The international NGO plays a lead role in advocating for participatory governance in policy making for the protection and the promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions and the recognition of the distinctive nature of cultural goods and services in the context of global trade liberalization. It is recognized by UNESCO as an official partner with consultative status and serves on the NGO-UNESCO Liaison Committee. Mr Vallerand has 25 years of experience in cultural policies, public broadcasting and international cooperation.

Chen Jianhua

Mayor of Guangzhou

Chen Jianhua

Mayor of Guangzhou

Chien Joanna Lei

International Affairs Advisory Council, Taipei City Government

Dr. Joanna Lei began her career as a media and development scholar at the University of Pennsylvania in early 1980’s. From 1987-96, she worked in a media conglomerate Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. in New York, initially covering broadcast standards, news and prime time programming. She was later promoted to Vice President/Director, Capital Cities Capital, overseeing strategic investments in new media and consumer companies.

In 1996, Joanna was recruited as Investment Partner by the Baring Communication Equity Asia, Singapore. From 1997-2002, Joanna managed the fund’s investment activities in the Asia Pacific region.

Since repatriating to Taiwan in 2000, Joanna Lei was elected Senator and appointed chairman in a state-owned enterprise KKL. In addition to serving on government advisory and corporate boards, she currently chairs two companies and a number of NPO/NGOs in Taiwan.

Joanna Lei received her B.A. from the National Taiwan University. Her M.A. and Ph.D. are from the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania.

Chien Joanna Lei

International Affairs Advisory Council, Taipei City Government

Dr. Joanna Lei began her career as a media and development scholar at the University of Pennsylvania in early 1980’s. From 1987-96, she worked in a media conglomerate Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. in New York, initially covering broadcast standards, news and prime time programming. She was later promoted to Vice President/Director, Capital Cities Capital, overseeing strategic investments in new media and consumer companies.

In 1996, Joanna was recruited as Investment Partner by the Baring Communication Equity Asia, Singapore. From 1997-2002, Joanna managed the fund’s investment activities in the Asia Pacific region.

Since repatriating to Taiwan in 2000, Joanna Lei was elected Senator and appointed chairman in a state-owned enterprise KKL. In addition to serving on government advisory and corporate boards, she currently chairs two companies and a number of NPO/NGOs in Taiwan.

Joanna Lei received her B.A. from the National Taiwan University. Her M.A. and Ph.D. are from the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania.

Christine M. Merkel

Head of Division for Culture, Memory of the World, German Commission for UNESCO 

Historian, Psychologist, expert in international relations in arts and culture. Executive Co-ordinator, Federal Coalition for Cultural Diversity; Chair, Steering Committee for Culture, Council of Europe (2010-2012).  

Areas of focus: Capacity building of civil society leaders and young experts through world-wide knowledge networks (U40). Seasoned designer of strategic multi-stakeholder policy dialogues (CONNEXXIONS 2012-2017). Among her recent publications are contributions to a legal commentary on the 2005 UNESCO Convention, Springer publishing 2012. Since 2011, one of 30 UNESCO technical experts to advise local and national governments on cultural policies aligned with the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of cultural expressions.

Christine M. Merkel

Head of Division for Culture, Memory of the World, German Commission for UNESCO 

Historian, Psychologist, expert in international relations in arts and culture. Executive Co-ordinator, Federal Coalition for Cultural Diversity; Chair, Steering Committee for Culture, Council of Europe (2010-2012).  

Areas of focus: Capacity building of civil society leaders and young experts through world-wide knowledge networks (U40). Seasoned designer of strategic multi-stakeholder policy dialogues (CONNEXXIONS 2012-2017). Among her recent publications are contributions to a legal commentary on the 2005 UNESCO Convention, Springer publishing 2012. Since 2011, one of 30 UNESCO technical experts to advise local and national governments on cultural policies aligned with the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of cultural expressions.

Claude de Miras

Economiste, Directeur de recherche de l’Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD). Membre du Laboratoire Population Environnement Développement de l’Université Aix Marseille.

Trajectoire professionnelle orientée vers l’analyse du développement urbain et la gouvernance des services de base (Mali, Vietnam, Maroc).

Présence de cinq années au Maroc, d’abord à la Direction Générale des Collectivités Locales du Ministère de l’Intérieur marocain, puis auprès de l’Institut National d’Aménagement et d’Urbanisme de Rabat (INAU), pour y contribuer à la formation doctorale et à l’analyse de la gouvernance territoriale et de l’accès aux services de base, avec l’appui de l’Institut Recherche de la Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (France).

Coordinateur du Programme de recherche lancé par l’Institut du Développement Durable et des Relations Internationales (IDDRI) « Financement des services urbains d’eau potable et d’assainissement dans les pays en développement ».

En partenariat avec la Lyonnaise des Eaux de Casablanca (LYDEC), étude de l’offre de services et de sa mise en œuvre, réalisée dans le contexte de la Région du Grand Casablanca.

Membre du Comité de Pilotage du Partenariat Français pour la Ville et les Territoires (PFVT).

Membre de la Water Gouvernance Initiative mise en place par l’OCDE.  

Participations récentes au Forum Urbain Mondial de Naples (septembre 2012), à Africités (Dakar, décembre 2012), au Foro Ciudades Sostenibles (San Salvador, Juin 2013), Contributeur à GOLD III sur la question des financements et de la gouvernance des services de base.  

Claude de Miras

Economiste, Directeur de recherche de l’Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD). Membre du Laboratoire Population Environnement Développement de l’Université Aix Marseille.

Trajectoire professionnelle orientée vers l’analyse du développement urbain et la gouvernance des services de base (Mali, Vietnam, Maroc).

Présence de cinq années au Maroc, d’abord à la Direction Générale des Collectivités Locales du Ministère de l’Intérieur marocain, puis auprès de l’Institut National d’Aménagement et d’Urbanisme de Rabat (INAU), pour y contribuer à la formation doctorale et à l’analyse de la gouvernance territoriale et de l’accès aux services de base, avec l’appui de l’Institut Recherche de la Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (France).

Coordinateur du Programme de recherche lancé par l’Institut du Développement Durable et des Relations Internationales (IDDRI) « Financement des services urbains d’eau potable et d’assainissement dans les pays en développement ».

En partenariat avec la Lyonnaise des Eaux de Casablanca (LYDEC), étude de l’offre de services et de sa mise en œuvre, réalisée dans le contexte de la Région du Grand Casablanca.

Membre du Comité de Pilotage du Partenariat Français pour la Ville et les Territoires (PFVT).

Membre de la Water Gouvernance Initiative mise en place par l’OCDE.  

Participations récentes au Forum Urbain Mondial de Naples (septembre 2012), à Africités (Dakar, décembre 2012), au Foro Ciudades Sostenibles (San Salvador, Juin 2013), Contributeur à GOLD III sur la question des financements et de la gouvernance des services de base.  

David Satterthwaite

Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

David Satterthwaite is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and editor of the international journal Environment and Urbanization. A development planner by training with a doctorate from the London School of Economics, he has also been working with the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) since 1998.  He is a Visiting Professor at the Development Planning Unit, University College London and was awarded the Volvo Environment Prize in 2004. 

He has advised many international agencies he has written and edited various books on urban issues, including Squatter Citizen (with Jorge E. Hardoy), The Earthscan Reader on Sustainable Cities, Environmental Problems in an Urbanizing World (with Jorge E. Hardoy and Diana Mitlin) and Empowering Squatter Citizen (with Diana Mitlin), which are published by Earthscan, London. He is also editor of Adapting Cities to Climate Change (with Jane Bicknell and David Dodman) published by Earthscan in 2009 and  co-author (with Diana Mitlin) of Urban Poverty in the Global South: Scale and Nature published by Routledge in 2012.

David Satterthwaite

Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

David Satterthwaite is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and editor of the international journal Environment and Urbanization. A development planner by training with a doctorate from the London School of Economics, he has also been working with the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) since 1998.  He is a Visiting Professor at the Development Planning Unit, University College London and was awarded the Volvo Environment Prize in 2004. 

He has advised many international agencies he has written and edited various books on urban issues, including Squatter Citizen (with Jorge E. Hardoy), The Earthscan Reader on Sustainable Cities, Environmental Problems in an Urbanizing World (with Jorge E. Hardoy and Diana Mitlin) and Empowering Squatter Citizen (with Diana Mitlin), which are published by Earthscan, London. He is also editor of Adapting Cities to Climate Change (with Jane Bicknell and David Dodman) published by Earthscan in 2009 and  co-author (with Diana Mitlin) of Urban Poverty in the Global South: Scale and Nature published by Routledge in 2012.

Elise Lowy

Regional Councillor delegated to decentralized cooperation and President of the "food security" Core Group of the United Regions FOGAR (ORU-FOGAR)

Mrs. Elise Lowy, born in November 3^rd 1981, is a French politician.

She studied sociology and is specialized in environmental sociology and critical sociology of work. She taught sociology at the University of Caen until 2011.

She was editor of a magazine about popular neighbourhoods from 2002 to 2012.

In addition to her associative commitments, Elise Lowy joined the French environmentalist party “Les Verts” in 1999 during the European campaign and became Deputy Regional Secretary of the “Les Verts” Basse-Normandie and Federal Councillor of “Europe Ecologie Les Verts” (EELV).

Member of the executive office of “Europe Ecologie Les Verts” (EELV) from 2011 to 2012 since the Congress of La Rochelle, she is spokesperson of EELV since June 23^rd 2012.

She is strongly involved in associative and political activities for ecology and intercultural issues.

She became Regional Councillor delegated to decentralized cooperation in 2010 and  Chairwoman of the "food security" Core Group of the ORU-FOGAR in September 2012, succeeding Mr. Alain Tourret.

Elise Lowy

Regional Councillor delegated to decentralized cooperation and President of the "food security" Core Group of the United Regions FOGAR (ORU-FOGAR)

Mrs. Elise Lowy, born in November 3^rd 1981, is a French politician.

She studied sociology and is specialized in environmental sociology and critical sociology of work. She taught sociology at the University of Caen until 2011.

She was editor of a magazine about popular neighbourhoods from 2002 to 2012.

In addition to her associative commitments, Elise Lowy joined the French environmentalist party “Les Verts” in 1999 during the European campaign and became Deputy Regional Secretary of the “Les Verts” Basse-Normandie and Federal Councillor of “Europe Ecologie Les Verts” (EELV).

Member of the executive office of “Europe Ecologie Les Verts” (EELV) from 2011 to 2012 since the Congress of La Rochelle, she is spokesperson of EELV since June 23^rd 2012.

She is strongly involved in associative and political activities for ecology and intercultural issues.

She became Regional Councillor delegated to decentralized cooperation in 2010 and  Chairwoman of the "food security" Core Group of the ORU-FOGAR in September 2012, succeeding Mr. Alain Tourret.

Farida Moha

Diplôme Ecole de journalisme, DESS , Doctorat des Sciences et techniques de la communication

-Diplôme des gestions Université d’ Atlanta Etats-Unis

Carrière professionnelle

-1978- 1998 : Correspondante de Radio France Internationale au Maghrebç
-Correspondante de presse hebdomadaire : Jeune Afrique, Le Point , Journal La Croix
-Collaboration avec Presse Nationale ; El Bayane , Libération,le Matin

Parallèlement à mes activités de journaliste, j’ai été consultante de l’UNICEF pour pilotage d’ une campagne de vaccination auprès de 5 millions d’ enfants de moins de 5 ans 

-Etudes et dossiers réalisées pour  l’office d’Immigration OMI , l’UNICEF, ONU Habitat … Et un ouvrage (250 pages) sur l’Histoire de la Caisse de Dépôt et de gestion du Maroc  « Fragments de mémoire »

Farida Moha

Diplôme Ecole de journalisme, DESS , Doctorat des Sciences et techniques de la communication

-Diplôme des gestions Université d’ Atlanta Etats-Unis

Carrière professionnelle

-1978- 1998 : Correspondante de Radio France Internationale au Maghrebç
-Correspondante de presse hebdomadaire : Jeune Afrique, Le Point , Journal La Croix
-Collaboration avec Presse Nationale ; El Bayane , Libération,le Matin

Parallèlement à mes activités de journaliste, j’ai été consultante de l’UNICEF pour pilotage d’ une campagne de vaccination auprès de 5 millions d’ enfants de moins de 5 ans 

-Etudes et dossiers réalisées pour  l’office d’Immigration OMI , l’UNICEF, ONU Habitat … Et un ouvrage (250 pages) sur l’Histoire de la Caisse de Dépôt et de gestion du Maroc  « Fragments de mémoire »

Fathallah Oualalou

Rabat city mayor

Fathallah Oualalou est Maire de la ville de Rabat depuis 2009 et Président de la Commission des Finances Locales et Développement de CGLU. Il est l’ancien ministre d’Economie et des Finances du Royaume du Maroc de 1998 à 2007. Il est membre du Conseil Municipal de Rabat de 1976 à 1996 et député de Rabat de 1977 à 2002.

Il préside le groupe Union Socialiste des Forces Populaires (USFP) à la chambre des Représentants de 1983 à 1998 et est aujourd’hui membre du Bureau Politique de l’USFP. Il est membre de la Commission « Global Progress » présidée par Felippe Gonzalez, auprès de l’Internationale Socialiste.

Fathallah Oualalou est docteur en Sciences Economiques, professeur d’université et enseignant à la faculté des Sciences juridiques, économiques et sociales - Université Mohamed V – Rabat. Il est Président de l'Association des Economistes marocains et de l'Union des économistes arabes.

Fathallah Oualalou

Rabat city mayor

Fathallah Oualalou est Maire de la ville de Rabat depuis 2009 et Président de la Commission des Finances Locales et Développement de CGLU. Il est l’ancien ministre d’Economie et des Finances du Royaume du Maroc de 1998 à 2007. Il est membre du Conseil Municipal de Rabat de 1976 à 1996 et député de Rabat de 1977 à 2002.

Il préside le groupe Union Socialiste des Forces Populaires (USFP) à la chambre des Représentants de 1983 à 1998 et est aujourd’hui membre du Bureau Politique de l’USFP. Il est membre de la Commission « Global Progress » présidée par Felippe Gonzalez, auprès de l’Internationale Socialiste.

Fathallah Oualalou est docteur en Sciences Economiques, professeur d’université et enseignant à la faculté des Sciences juridiques, économiques et sociales - Université Mohamed V – Rabat. Il est Président de l'Association des Economistes marocains et de l'Union des économistes arabes.

Fatima Zahra Mansouri

Mayor of town of Marrakech

Fatima Zahra Mansouri is the current and first female Mayor of town of Marrakech in Morocco since 2009. She is the second woman as mayor in the history of Morocco. 

She studied law in France and started her career as a lawyer, founding a law firm that specializes in commercial and real estate transactions. She served as a municipal counselor for the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM).

Fatima Zahra Mansouri

Mayor of town of Marrakech

Fatima Zahra Mansouri is the current and first female Mayor of town of Marrakech in Morocco since 2009. She is the second woman as mayor in the history of Morocco. 

She studied law in France and started her career as a lawyer, founding a law firm that specializes in commercial and real estate transactions. She served as a municipal counselor for the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM).

Fatimetou Mint Abdel Malick

Mayor of Tevrah-Zeina and President of Network of Local Elected Women of Africa (NLEWA)

Fatimetou Mint Abdel Malick is Mayor of Tevrah-Zeina in the sprawling capital, Nouakchott, Mauritania and President of Network of Local Elected Women of Africa (NLEWA). She is the first woman to take office as a Mayor in her country. Her election as President of the Women’s Network of Mayors in Africa has confirmed her stature of a champion and a leader.  Since she was elected, she has prioritized access to basic services, improved education, created public spaces such as playgrounds and municipal parks where free Wi-Fi is provided thus attracting many young people to gather there.

Fatimetou Mint Abdel Malick

Mayor of Tevrah-Zeina and President of Network of Local Elected Women of Africa (NLEWA)

Fatimetou Mint Abdel Malick is Mayor of Tevrah-Zeina in the sprawling capital, Nouakchott, Mauritania and President of Network of Local Elected Women of Africa (NLEWA). She is the first woman to take office as a Mayor in her country. Her election as President of the Women’s Network of Mayors in Africa has confirmed her stature of a champion and a leader.  Since she was elected, she has prioritized access to basic services, improved education, created public spaces such as playgrounds and municipal parks where free Wi-Fi is provided thus attracting many young people to gather there.