Highlights

How can a city become a place where people are empowered, opportunities exist for all, and policies promote the well-being of its citizens? Can new technologies make governments more accountable to citizens? In this event, development leaders will discuss the transformative power of inclusive institutions and citizen engagement for enhancing accountability and improving public services for the poor. The panel will address the relationship between key elements of inclusiveness – institutions, governance, and citizen engagement – against the backdrop of rapid urbanization and social change, growing inequality, and rising crime and violence.

Speakers:

Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah
Secretary General, CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation

Xavier de Souza Briggs
Vice President for Economic Opportunity and Assets, Ford Foundation

Achref Aouadi
Founder and President, I Watch

Robin King
Director of Urban Development and Accessibility, World Resources Institute

Tri Rismaharini
Mayor of Surabaya, Indonesia

Watch the conversation:

• Video in English
• Video in Arabic _ المدن والمواطنون: نقاط تحول لتحديات التنمية الشاملة