EVENT | 5th South Asian Cities Summit
Dr Pramod Sawant lit the lamp and inaugurated the 5th South Asian Cities Summit. (L-R) Ravi Ranjan Guru, Deputy Director General, AIILSG; Hitesh Vaidya, Director, NIUA; Rajiv Agarwal, Director General, AIILSG; Uday V. Madkaikar, Mayor, Panaji; Dr Bernadia Irawati Tjandradewi, Secretary General, UCLG-ASPAC; Hansa Patel, Executive Advisor, AIILSG; Jerome Pons, Head of Cooperation Bhutan, China, India, Malaysia, Mongolia, Thailand, Delegation of the European Union to Thailand; Ranjt S Chavan, president, AIILSG, were present during the ceremony
Cities assure to accelerate efforts to achieve SDGs at 5th South Asian Cities Summit TEAM URBAN UPDATE
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he 5th South Asian Cities Summit was inaugurated by Dr Pramod Sawant, Chief Minister, Goa on March 5 at Cidade de Goa, Goa, India. The Summit was divided into 6 technical sessions along with 6 parallel sessions focused on various topics related to the Sustainable Development Goals and city development in the context of South Asian countries.
SAC Inaugural Session
The inaugural session saw participation from dignitaries like Dr Pramod Sawant, Chief Minister, Goa; Uday Madkaikar, Mayor, Panaji; Hitesh Vaidya, Director, National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA); Dr Bernadia Irawati Tjandradewi, Secretary
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General, UCLG- ASPAC, Indonesia; Ranjit S Chavan, President, All India Institute of Local Self-Government (AIILSG); Rajiv Agarwal, Director General, AIILSG; Jerome Pons, Head of Cooperation, European Union; and Ravi Ranjan Guru, Deputy Director General, AIILSG. Hansa Patel, Executive Advisor, AIILSG and Debarshi Pandya, CFO, AIILSG welcomed the dignitaries and felicitated the guests with a set of books of Mahatma Gandhi. The Welcome Address for the inaugural session of the 5th South Asian Cities Summit was delivered by Ranjit S Chavan, President, AIILSG. He hoped that the 2-day conference brought forth positive results for the participating cities. “I am sure that the participating cities of South Asia must have come with new ideas and strategies to achieve SDGs as per their local needs and conditions. The discussion on different topics including the exchange of information and technology, updated systems and procedures, follow-up and removal of bottlenecks to achieve the target with the speedy
