Sunday, 12 January
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Participants check in at Hotel Ponte Sisto, via dei
Pettinari 64
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19:30-22:00
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Welcome buffet dinner at Hotel Ponte
Sisto
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Opening
and Sessions I-IV – City’s Commission on Urban Transformations, via del
Turismo 30
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09:00
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Walking
to the meeting – Public spaces in Rome’s Historic Centre
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09:00
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Departure from hotel
Walking the Palimpsest.
Ancient, Renaissance, Baroque and Fascist Modernism: via Giulia – Piazza Farnese – Campo de’ Fiori – via dei
Giubbonari – Portico d’Ottavia – Teatro di Marcello – Capitoline Hill –
Piazza Venezia. Guide: Ann Pulver.
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09:30
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Healing Old Wounds - Facing Present Challenges:
walk along the Via dei Fori Imperiali and illustration of the Rome Municipality’s
pedestrianization project.
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10:00
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Departure from the Colosseo Metro Stop, direction EUR.
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10:15
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Arrival at EUR, EUR Magliana Metro Stop.
Walk through the park and by EUR landmarks to the office of
the City’s Assessorato alle Trasformazioni Urbane, via del Turismo 30.
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10:45-11:00
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Coffee Break
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11:00
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Opening Session, Sala Conferenze, Ground Floor.
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11:00
11:00-11:15 |
Welcome Addresses
Prof. Arch. Giovanni Caudo, City Commissioner for Urban
Transformations
Thomas Melin, Head, External
Relations Division, UN-Habitat
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11:15-11:30
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Round of brief
presentations of EGM participants
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11:30-11:50
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Introduction to the UN-Habitat
and INU Collaboration
Thomas Melin, UN-Habitat
Introduction to the
Expert Group Meeting
Pietro Garau, Istituto
Nazionale di Urbanistica (INU), EGM co-chair
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| 11:50-13:15 |
Session
I: Building Blocks for a Global Public Space Policy (reference: Framework
Document, Introduction)
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11:50-12:00
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Placing
Public Space in the Global Agenda for Sustainable Urban Development
Thomas Melin, UN-Habitat
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12:00-12:15
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The Charter of
Public Space
Pietro
Garau,
INU
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12:15-12:30
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UN-Habitat’s work on
Public Space: Policy and Operational Considerations
Laura Petrella, Leader, City Planning,
Extensions and Design Unit, UN-Habitat, EGM Co-chair
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12:30-
13:15
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Discussion
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Why develop a global
policy framework for public space?
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What principles
should be part of a global policy framework on public space?
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Can the Charter be
used as the first building block for an overall policy framework?
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Where should a policy
framework stop and a “Global Public Space Toolkit” begin?
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13:15-14:15
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Lunch
Break
Caffe’ Palombini, Piazzale Konrad
Adenauer 12 (around the corner)
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14:15-14:45
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Session I Continued – The
Toolkit: Proposed Framework
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The proposed
structure of the Toolkit and its format will be discussed.
The
requirements for the online version and the printed version identified.
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14:45-16:00
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Session II - Definition
and Typologies of Public Space (reference: Framework Document, Section1)
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Given that a
clear and concise definition of public space is required, it is also evident
that pubic spaces correspond to different typologies. Experts will be
solicited to comment on the definition and classification included in the
framework document.
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16:00-16:15
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Coffee Break
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16:15-17:15
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Session
III – Overcoming Constraints: The Case for Public Space (reference:
Framework, Introduction and Section 3)
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Many potential and real constraints
to be kept in mind when embarking in public-space planning, development and
management. Others can be added. How can these constraints be faced and
turned into assets?
Questions for discussion:
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What are the usual constraints or arguments against public
space?
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What are the entry points and opportunities for addressing
public space?
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Using legal frameworks to secure public space.
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Innovative examples from cities.
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17:15-18:30
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Session IV
– Urban Public Space Systems, City-wide Approaches and Situation- Specific
Contexts (reference:
Framework document, Section 5)
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18:30
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End of day. Return to hotel with pre-arranged taxis
Participants have the evening free.
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Tuesday, 14 January
Sessions V-VII and Closing, Franco
Basaglia Municipal Library, Via Federico Borromeo 67, Primavalle
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08:30
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Departure from the hotel (by bus) to the Franco
Basaglia Municipal Library, via Federico Borromeo 67, Primavalle, Rome
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09:00-10:10
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“The Other City”: lower-income neighbourhoods (Primavalle,
Quartaccio, Torrevecchia)
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9:00-10:00
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Bus departs from library for a
brief visit of public spaces in three adjacent neighbourhoods and returns to
Basaglia Library
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10:00-10:10
10:10-10:15
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The
Rome Public Library System, brief
introduction by Alessandro
Massimo Voglino, Director, Rome Libraries Institute
Recap of previous day
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10:15-11:45
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Session
V —
Public
Space Strategies for fast-growing & resource-poor cities (reference: Framework, Section7)
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How can the
policies and approaches discussed up to this point be tailored to the huge
demands for public spaces in rapidly expanding cities with under-serviced
informal settlements and severe resource and governance problems?
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11:45-13:15
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Session VI – Creating,
Managing, Enjoying Public Spaces
(reference: Framework. Section 6)
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The “public
space cycle” can be broken down into these three components. Each demands
close attention and should respond to adequate principles and approaches.
In addition,
positive synergies can be developed when the same components are treated as
part of the same strategy, such as when interventions are conceived and
carried out for and with the users, and keeping in mind management and
maintenance effectiveness.
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13:15-14:45
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Lunch in local trattoria
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14:45-16:00
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Session VII – Resources for the Creation and
Maintenance of Public Spaces (reference: Framework. Section 8)
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Questions for
discussion:
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What innovative ways and strategies can be found for the
mobilization of resources?
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How to sustain resource availability throughout the whole
cyce?
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16:00-16:15
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Coffee
Break
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16:15-17:45
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Session VIII – Surveys and
Indicators
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Questions for
discussion:
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Citywide
Public Space Surveys: assessing processes as well as outcomes
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Surveys:
by whom and for whom?
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According
to what performance indicators?
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17:45-18:30
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Closing Session
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Wrap up and
conclusions
Closing
remarks and farewell
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18:30
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Transfer by bus to hotel
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20:30
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Farewell dinner in a nearby restaurant (to be
announced)
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