Decalogue for Participatory Slum Upgrading in pandemic times

Language: Spanish
The event will also feature interpretation into English provided by students of the Interpreting and Languages team at London Metropolitan University and into Portuguese provided by students from the Interpreter Training Program of PUC-Rio University, Brazil.

Latin America and the Caribbean is one of the hardest hit regions with the pandemic in the world. The most vulnerable population inhabits barrios populares where more than 100 million people live in precarious housing conditions while only 11 of the 33 countries in the region have laws on urban development and land use planning.. This event will present the Decalogue for Participatory Slum Upgrading that defines a road map for action in the region. In dialogue with the key members of the inter-organisational coalition, the challenges for slum upgrading and opportunities will be discussed. The discussants will address why the most expeditious strategy to capitalize on the immediate response and contribute to the long-term post-pandemic recovery is to generate a regional intersectoral alliance that promotes a renewed program for the slum upgrading of healthy neighbourhoods. 

Guests

Elkin Velásquez, regional Director of UN Habitat for Latin America and the Caribbean / Lorena Zarate, Global Platform of the Right to the CIty, Silvia Emmanueli,  Coordinator Habitat International Coalition - Latin America / Mercedes DiVirgilio, Universidad de Buenos Aires / Red the Investigadores de Vivienda y Habitat de las Americas / Juan Pablo Duhalde, International director TECHO / Luz Mila Hernandez, Moravia Resiste

Chair

Catalina Ortiz, DPU