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.​