Belo Horizonte’s Mayor, Fernando Pimentel, invites for the meeting Metropolises - Latin America and the Caribbean.

The event integrates the celebrations for the 110 years of Belo Horizonte and has as its goal, to reunite municipal public administrators to discuss urban themes common to the metropolis and exchange experiences related to the public politics.

From 3 to 5 December
- Juscelino Kubitschek Auditorium - Municipal Space - Avenue Afonso Pena,
1212 – 1st floor - Center

12/03 Monday

07:30 pm – 08:30 pm Opening Solemnity

12/04 Tuesday

08:00 am – 08:30 am Registration Morning Public Security: the city safe 09:00 am – 09:30 am Exposition of the specialist Hugo Acero (Bogotá) 09:30 am – 11:30 am Dialogue between Mayors 11:30 am – 12:30 pm Technical presentation of successful experiences 12:30 pm – 02:00 pm Break

Afternoon Urban Mobility: the accessible city 02:00 pm – 02:30 pm Exposition of the specialist Manuel Herce (Barcelona) 02:30 pm – 04:30 pm Dialogue between Mayors 04:30 pm – 05:30 pm Technical presentation of successful experiences 05:30 pm – 06:00 pm Break

Night 06:00 pm – 07:00 pm Conference of Antanas Mockus, ex-mayor of Bogotá. With the participation of Ms. Maravillas Rojo, executive-secretary of the CIDEU - Ibero-american Center of Strategic Urban Development (Barcelona) and of Mr. Miguel Lifschtt, Intendant of Rosario (Argentina) and delegate of the Latin-American Sector of the AICE - International Association of Educating Cities.

12/05 Wednesday

Morning Urban Rehabilitation: the inclusive city 09:00 am – 09:30 am Exposition of the specialist Adalto Lúcio Cardoso (UFRJ) 09:30 am – 11:30 am Dialogue between Mayors 11:30 am – 12:30 pm Technical presentation of successful experiences 12:30 pm – 02:00 pm Break

Afternoon Management of Solid Residues: the sustainable city 02:00 pm – 02:30 pm Exposition of the specialist Álvaro Cantanhede (UFRJ) 02:30 pm – 04:30 pm Dialogue between Mayors 04:30 pm – 05:30 pm Technical presentation of successful experiences 7:00 pm Closing

Technical sessions

12/03 – Monday 08:00 am – 06:00 pm Registration 09:00 am -11:30 am / 01:00 pm - 03:00 pm Latin-American Meeting of AICE - International Association of Educating Cities 03:00 pm - 05:00 pm Presentation of the project of the Cities’ World Bank – Metropolis Network. Reunion of Alain Lesaux, Ile-de-France’s International Relations secretary, with finances secretaries. 03:30 pm – 05:00 pm Reunion of CIDEU’s Brazilian Network – Ibero-American Center of Strategic Urban Development.

12/05 – Wednesday 06:00 pm - 07:00 pm METROPOLIS - World Association of the Major Metropolis ICLEI - International Council for Local Environment Initiatives UN/HABITAT - The Goals of Development of the Millennium – A Challenge for the Local Sphere