Inclusive European Cities - Designing for living systems

Mateusz Mastalski from Danish architectural firm Henning Larsen gave a presentation on inclusive European cities and designing for living systems. Through a design study in the city of Copenhagen, he highlighted that the old way of developing cities is long gone, and that there is a need to change people's mindsets completely. He also underscored the importance of not only building communities, but also being part of the larger ecosystem where people live and work together with nature.

Working in inclusive cities in ASEAN region

Sumaya Saluja from The Asia Foundation (TAF) followed Mr. van Etten's presentation by laying the context of some of the work undertaken by TAF under the AASCTF's Inclusive Cities Dialogues program why inclusion is important. The program is designed around a series of issue-specific dialogues to deepen participants' collective understanding of inclusion-related challenges while at the same time energizing a network of reformers, activists, and practitioners to build momentum for inclusive reform in their own cities.​

Online Urban Ecosystem-based Adaptation course and UN-Habitat capacity development

Henrik Bregnhøj of Good Deed Consulting gave an overview of UN-Habitat Learn, UN-Habitat's online learning platform on sustainable urbanization launched in 2020. He also shared more information about their new course offering, an online Urban Ecosystem-based Adaptation course that aims to help participants design and implement a strategy and actions for an Urban Ecosystem-based Adaptation intervention.​

How digitalization can help improve smart city capacity development across ASEAN region

John Hawke from the City of Perth (Australia) shared some of the work that they are doing under the city's twinning program under AASCTF with the City of Baguio (Philippines). The twinning program between these two cities aim to increase the capacity and knowledge of professionals in Baguio to pursue holistic smart city initiatives and foster long-lasting partnerships with counterparts in Perth. Mr.

Digital Tools for Inclusive Data Collection in Indonesia

Ms. Tiffany M. Tran, a Human Settlements Consultant from ADB presented a rapid assessment survey of the livability profiles of Pontianak and Semarang in Indonesia. Tiffany shared some of the challenges their team faced with the rapid assessment survey-- specifically, how to do it in an inclusive manner. She also presented some of the digital tools that their team used: the Spatial Data Analysis Explorer (SPADE), developed by ADB; and Kobo Toolbox, a suite of tools for field collection of data, specifically in challenging environments where there's little to no internet connection. ​

Gender and Social Inclusion in Flood Early Warning - Key learning and effective practices

Alison Sneddon of Practical Action talked about why gender and social inclusion matters for early warning, and provided a quick overview of the study conducted under the AASCTF in connection to the Baguio Smart Flood Warning, Information, and Mitigation System project. She also highlighted a number of recommendations developed as part of the study, and how these recommendations are being taken forward.