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Understanding Urban Governance: Entry Points for Climate Science

You are invited to attend an FCFA online seminar on Understanding Urban Governance: Entry Points for Climate Science  Friday, April 15, 2016 from 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (SAST) Online live web cast and in-person at Park Inn Radison, Newlands, Cape Town.  Registration instructions To attend online or in-person, please follow this link to register. For online attendees: A URL for the webcast will be emailed to you an hour before the event starts. For in-person attendees: Online registration does not guarantee a seat. Once registered, the FCFA team will be in touch to confirm availability of seating. Description: This seminar presents a critical discussion on approaches for understanding the governance structures that shape medium-term development decisions taken in various African contexts and at various scales (e.g. city region, catchment, and national). More specifically, the session aims to stimulate engagement and debate around these approaches to understanding urban governance and decision-making pathways, and finding entry points for climate information to inform development decisions at the city-region scale. The aim is to sharpen the theoretical underpinnings and the practical application of these approaches within the Future Climate for Africa programme. Chair: Stef Raubenheimer – SouthSouthNorth Speakers: Dr Hannah Baleta – Pegasys Consulting Prof Dianne Scott – University of Cape Town, African Centre for Cities Dr Glibert Siame – University of Zambia Dr Tasila Banda – Zambia EC-LEDS Programme Discussant: Prof Sue Parnell – University of Cape Town, African Centre for Cities The seminar is structured around a panel discussion that will: Present two approaches to understanding urban governance and decision-making; Apply these to the case study of the Lusaka city-region; Field critical feedback from practitioners working on climate resilience in Lusaka; and Close with reflections from the discussant and open Q&A session with in-person and online attendees. Share this event on Facebook and Twitter. We hope you can make it! Best wishes Future Climate for Africa and FRACTAL

Realising the Just City

Studio 1 Environmental and Geographical Sciences Building, Upper Campus, UCT, Cape Town, South Africa

The African Centre for Cities in collaboration with Mistra Urban Futures is hosting a workshop on Realising the Just City. The signing of the Sustainable Development Goals in 2015 demonstrated that there is an increasing global pledge to foster just cities that are ‘inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable’. Although there is a shared commitment to socio-spatial justice, how this can be realised is more complicated. This workshop aims to draw representatives from academic institutions, civil society and the public sector together to discuss how just cities are understood, and how to achieve them. Mistra Urban Futures is made up of five local interaction platforms in four cities around the world: Cape Town (based at ACC), Gothenburg, Greater Manchester, Kisumu and Malmö. The purpose is to develop coproduced, collaborative and comparative research across the cities. This workshop forms part of this research process. For more information, contact Rike Sitas on rike.sitas@uct.ac.za.

Revaluing the City

UCT Graduate School of Business, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

The ACC is hosting Study Space IX on behalf of the Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth in the College of Law at Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA.

Public Art and the Power of Place

Cape Town Library Cnr Parade and Darling Streets, Cape Town

start again the new road at dawn. yesterday’s road has led to yesterday’s destination. today is a new chaos. a new journey. a new city. needing new paths. and new standards. Ben Okri - The Ruin and The Forest Cape Town remains stubbornly segregated, with a large portion of the population living in undesirable conditions. Access to resources is still skewed towards the formal art market based in the City Bowl. Despite this, there are numerous people engaging in critical and creative ways of re-articulating the potential of the city through art. Increasingly, public-facing art is playing a central role in imagining a free, inspired and inclusive reality. Public Art and the Power of Place, initiated by the African Centre for Cities at UCT, with support from the National Lotteries Commission, emerged as an experiment in finding new ways of representing and interconnecting with socio-political urban issues in Cape Town. It involved supporting seven public art projects in Cape Town’s townships in 2015. From Khayelitsha to Bonteheuwel, optimistic and determined individuals explored the significance and impossibilities of place outside the City Bowl. The ACC is excited to invite you to the closing event of the project at the Cape Town Library (Corner Darling and Parade Streets), where the stories and reflections of these projects will be used to ignite an open and constructive conversation about the present and the future of public art within the context of Cape Town. Through dialogue, workshops and an archival exhibition the two-day intervention builds a platform for a collective exploration of publicness. An African Centre for Cities project with guest curators Valeria Geselev and Naz Saldulker. See the attached programme, check out the Facebook event or contact powerofplace@uct.ac.za for more details. PoP_Programme_18July   FUNDED BY: The NLC relies on funds from the proceeds of the National Lottery. The Lotteries Act guides the way in which NLC funding may be allocated. The intention of NLC funding is to make a difference to the lives of all South Africans, especially those more vulnerable and to improve the sustainability of the beneficiary organisations. Available funds are distributed to registered and qualifying non-profit organisations in the fields of charities; arts, culture and national heritage; and sport and recreation. By placing its emphasis on areas of greatest need and potential, the NLC contributes to South Africa’s development.

Refractions of the National, the Popular and the Global in African Cities

STIAS Wallenberg Research Centre 10 Marais Road, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa

The Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) and the African Centre for Cities (ACC) will jointly host a conference on Refractions of the National, the Popular, and the Global in African cities. Venue: Wallenberg Research Centre in Stellenbosch, South Africa Date: Monday, 31 July & Tuesday, 1 August 2017 There has been a significant expansion of academic research on the specificities of African urbanisms, diverse urban imaginaries and politics over the last decade. In the wake of recent formal policy shifts in acknowledging the importance of urbanisation and pro-active policy making on the one hand, and a rise in urban-based social mobilization on the other, it is opportune to create an academic space for cross-pollination and reflection. The theme of the conference is captured in its title: Refractions of the National, the Popular, and the Global in African cities. Each of the three issues may be interrogated as follows: How is the nationality and the nation-state manifested in the city, if at all? To what extent is the political and the social character of the state regime expressed in the city and its governance? To what extent, in what form, and with what effect have popular forces been able for make themselves heard and influential in the city, in recent years? Why or why not? We are here thinking of protest movements, of civic associations and of reform coalitions of progressive city government. To what extent and how has the recent and current commodity boom meant a globalization of the city? Influx of foreign capital, heating up of the real estate market, emergence or growth of financial and business services sectors, new business districts, luxury shopping, hotels, and leisure supply, immigration, skyscrapers, gated neighbourhoods, etc? How are proclaimed “world city” ambitions developing on the ground? The conference programme is designed both to focus discussion on each of the three issues outlined above as well as to allow enough time for discussion from the participants. For more information or to book your seat, click here.

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The Global Nutrition Summit 2017

Unnamed Venue Milan, Italy

Nutrition plays a critical role not only in child health and survival, but also in driving economic prosperity for families and nations. It is encouraging to see increased attention from world leaders to address malnutrition in all its forms and in particular to reduce stunting everywhere. It will take continued efforts and dedication to ensure this progress continues. On Saturday, 4 November the Italian Ministry of Health and the City of Milan, will host The Global Nutrition Summit 2017 in Milan - a high-level event on nutrition and food for healthier futures. The summit will take stock of global progress toward the nutrition-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and World Health Assembly global nutrition targets. They will also make additional commitments under the umbrella of the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016-2025), celebrate commitments made this year and discuss further action needed, and launch the 2017 Global Nutrition Report. ACC's Senior Researcher Dr Jane Battersby will present as part of a session entitled Improving nutrition within planetary boundaries: Cities taking the lead during which she will focus on the rapidly shifting nature of malnutrition in Sub-Saharan African cities with overweight status and obesity emerging as new forms of food insecurity while malnutrition persists. Moderator: Dr Gunhild A. Stordalen, President, EAT Foundation Speakers: Mr Tom Arnold, member of the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition Mr Wayne Roberts, PhD, Canadian food policy analyst Dr Jane Battersby, Senior Researcher in Urban Food Systems, African Centre for Cities University of Cape Town Ms Anna Scavuzzo, Vice Mayor of Milan Mr Albert Anda Ntsodo, Councillor of the City of Cape Town

Falling Walls Conference: How Urban Studies Envision the New Era of the Metropolis

Room 3.33, Centlivres Building, Upper Campus, UCT Berlin , Germany

African Centre for Cities Director Prof Edgar Pieterse will be one of the speakers at the Falling Walls Conference, 8 to 9 November 2017, Berlin. His talk is entitled How Urban Studies Envision the New Era of the Metropolis.   The Falling Walls Conference is an annual global gathering of forward thinking individuals from 80 countries organised by the Falling Walls Foundation. Each year on 9 November – the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall – 20 of the world’s leading scientists are invited to Berlin to present their current breakthrough research. The aim of the Conference is to: identify trends, opportunities and solutions for global challenges and discover international breakthrough research. connect outstanding researchers from different disciplines and support the interdisciplinary exchange of ideas internationally. build bridges between business, politics, academia and the arts. promote the latest scientific findings among a broader audience. inspire people to break down walls in science and society. In 15-minute-talks, researchers from all disciplines present their work in front of 700 international guests. During the breaks, the Falling Walls Forum becomes the place for high-level Q&A where the audience can ask questions and engage in discussions. A new peer-learning platform, Falling Walls Connect, gives the audience the opportunity to contribute their knowledge and expertise to fellow participants. The Conference is broadcasted online via free livestream. All presentations are available in the Falling Walls Library. Get the full programme here. 

Mistra Urban Futures Annual International Conference 2017

Imperial Hotel Kisumu Kisumu, Kenya

Mistra Urban Futures Annual International Conference takes place from 13 to 15 November 2017 in Kisumu, Kenya under the banner "Realising Just Cities - Learning Through Comparison". The rapidly growing number of people moving into cities all over the world also present a challenge of unprecedented size. It is crucial to find ways to make urbanisation a source for wealth, health and sustainability – which is shared. Mistra Urban Futures arranges yearly a conference about Realising Just Cities. Keynote speakers include: Caroline Wanjiku Kihato, Visiting Researcher at the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and a Global Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, Washington DC. Member of Mistra Urban Futures Board. Edgar Pieterse, South African Research Chair in Urban Policy & Director of African Centre for Cities. For more information click here.

African Centre for Cities International Urban Conference 2018

University of Cape Town Upper Campus, Cape Town , Western Cape, South Africa

To celebrate the ten-year anniversary of the establishment of the African Centre for Cities, we are hosting the ACC International Urban Conference from 1 to 3 February 2018, at the University of Cape Town.

Integration & Ideas Festival

Guga S'Thebe Washington Street, Langa, Cape Town, South Africa

The Integration Syndicate is a three-phase project that started off with a series of nine “episodes” over the course of 2017, which explored the obstacles and solutions to social-spatial integration in the Cape Town metropolitan region. From these episodes, in which a closed group of academics, activists, public and private sector actors participated, five provocations were developed that represent five potential springboard ideas to create and facilitate greater socio-spatial integration. During the first half of 2018 the five provocations were presented to focus groups of stakeholders for critical input to further shape the ideas. Now the next step is to take these five ideas to a broader audience with a public event, the Integration & Ideas Festival. Integration & Ideas Festival programme You are invited to join us for the Integration & Ideas Festival WHEN: 26 July 2018 TIME: 08:00 to 17:30 WHERE: Guga S’thebe, Washington Street, Langa, Cape Town RSVP: Please complete the form here to RSVP for this event. If you have any queries please send an email to integration.syndicate@gmail.com