'World Class Cities’ and the Urban Informal Economy:
Inclusive Planning for the Working Poor
Presentations
Session 1: Setting the Scene
Urbanization
and Informalization: A Global Picture
Marty Chen, Harvard University and WIEGO
Cities
are People
Ela Bhatt, SEWA
Challenges to
Inclusive Urban Planning for the Working Poor: Reflections from
South Africa
Caroline Skinner, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Session 2: Worker Perspectives
City Strategies and Urban Planning from the Urban Planning Perspectives
Rodney Harber, Harber Associates and University
of KwaZulu-Natal
City Strategies and Urban Planning from the Homeworker Perspective
Sapna Joshi, HomeNet South Asia
City Strategies and
Urban Planning from Different Perspectives – An Urban Planner,
Homeworkers, Waste Pickers and Migrant Workers
Laxmi Narayan, Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari
Panchayat (KKPK) waste pickers organization
Migrant
Workers in South Africa
Gaby Bikombo, Siyagunda Association
Session 3: International Experiences of the Challenges
of Policy Implementation
The
Parivartan Slum Upgradation Programme
Renana Jhabvala, SEWA
The
Informal Recycling Sector in Brazil
Martin Medina, Institute for Global Environmental
Strategies
The
Inner Thekwini Regeneration and Urban Management Programme (iTRUMP)
Warwick Junction Experience
Richard Dobson, eThekwini Municipality
Session 4: Policy Dialogue on Urban Planning and the Regulation
of Public Space within Cities
Part 1: South African Policy
The
Challenges of Policy Implementation in the Regulation of Informal
Work at the Provincial Level
MEC Mike Mabuyakhulu, KwaZulu Natal Minister
of Local Government and Traditional Affairs
The
Msunduzi Municipality, City of Pietermaritzburg
David Gengan, Msunduzi Municipality
Informal
Trading Development Opportunities in the City of Cape Town
Paul Williamson, Cape Town City Council
Part 2: International Experiences
World
Class Cities and the Urban Informal Economy
Luciana Fukimoto Itikawa, University of São
Paulo
Sharit Bhowmik, University of Mumbai
Organizing
and Representing Workers in the Informal Economy: The Experience
of the Alliance for Zambian Informal Economy Associations (AZIEA)
Elvis Nkandu Chishala, Alliance for Zambian
Informal Economy Associations
Session 5: Closing Remarks
Fred Pietersen, eThekwini Municipality
Martha Chen, WIEGO and Harvard University
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