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UN-‐Habitat Partner University Fellowship Visit 2011

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Habitat Partner University Initiative Visiting Fellowship April 27 – May 17 2011

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CONTENTS PAGE Executive Summary 5

The UoA – UN-Habitat Partnership 8

UoA UN-Habitat Fellowship 8

Purpose of the 2011 Visit 8

Outcome 9

Education 9

Research 10

University-City Link and Technical and Policy Advice 11 APPENDICES: 1. UoA UN-Habitat Fellowship 2011 Guidelines 14 2. Itinerary for Dr Kebede’s visit to New Zealand 27th April – 17th May 2011 16 3. Proposal for Internships and the development of a pilot programme in 2011 by Christine Berry 25 4. Research UN-Habitat Meeting 5th May 2011 28 5. Faculty of Engineering Meeting 10th May 2011 – Research areas linked to the UN-Habitat Programme 30 6. Business School UN-Habitat UN Global Compact Colloquium 11th May 2011 33 7. NICAI PhD Candidate Research areas 39 8. Meetings in Wellington on 13 -16 May 2011 41 9. The University of Auckland International Contact List 43


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Executive summary In 2009, The University of Auckland officially became a partner to UN-Habitat and a member of the Habitat Partner University Network (HPU). UN-Habitat is the United Nations agency for human settlements mandated to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities throughout the world, focusing on the "three pillars of sustainability" - equity, ecology, and economy. In 2011, the Vice Chancellor’s Strategic Development Fund supported a fellowship to enable a staff member of UN-Habitat to come to The University of Auckland in order to develop and strengthen links between UN-Habitat and The University of Auckland and to achieve tangible long lasting outcomes. Dr. Gulelat Kebede, Head of the Training and Capacity Building Branch in UN-Habitat was the recipient of the 2011 Fellowship and visited The University of Auckland between April 27-May 17. During his two and a half weeks stay, he met the Vice Chancellor Professor Stuart McCutcheon, the Pro VC(International), Deans and Associate Deans, representatives of the International Office, Research Office, and UniServices as well as members of the UN-Habitat Steering Group, faculty members and PhD students from across the University. He attended an award ceremony organized to celebrate the University’s achievements in research, and the official opening of the “Home for All Cultures’ art display that highlights the cultural diversity of students and staff captured during “World Habitat Day” celebrations in October 2010. Dr. Kebede paid a visit to officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT), Ministry for the Environment (MfE) and Ministry of Education (MoE) in Wellington. Meetings with representatives from Auckland Council provided the opportunity to discuss the city’s spatial strategic planning exercise initiated following the creation of a unified city administration in 2010. Below is a summary list of the key short and medium term actions identified during the visit. Short Term Actions

• Up to three interns for 2011-12 as a pilot with simple protocols for selection • UoA invites UN-Habitat to participate at the APRU ‘Multi-Hazards around the

Pacific Rim’ symposium which the UoA is hosting November 24-26. (see http://www.apru2011mh.com/). Dan Lewis, Chief Disaster and Post-Conflict Section, UN-Habitat to attend.

• Follow-up visit by Sarah Mecartney, Habitat Programme Manager for the Pacific and based in Suva, Fiji to UoA and Wellington: September 2011

• Operationalize the Urban Gateway Portal (joint promotion and effective use) Encourage use by individual academics and teams plus UoA

• Execute the reduced subscription for UN-Habitat publications US$300 per year • Explore UoA attendance at Pacific meetings as an observer (for example Pacific

Humanitarian Team Annual Meeting 2011 will be on Oct 17-21 • Plan for The World Urban Forum in Naples in 1-7 September 2012 • PhD student’s conference.

Medium Term Actions • Visiting scholar mission for one week by a representative from UN-Habitat

Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific in Japan with a focus on disaster reconstruction and climate change, as well as their work in Asia and around the Pacific.

• PhD research support: UoA to identify three PhD topics of interest, and students and UN-Habitat will identify experts to interact and advise with possibility

• Possible side event on experiences based on Christchurch and Auckland, to be


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discussed at the November Multi Hazards Conference.

• Explore links between UoA and the Global Compact • Visiting scholars programme (subject to funding) • A biennial symposium focusing on the Pacific region and themes • Joint fund raising for research projects • Exploring feasibility of multi-disciplinary Pacific Studio • Habitat 101 course led by Montana State University


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The UoA – UN-Habitat Partnership - Introduction In 2009, The University of Auckland officially became a partner to UN-Habitat and a member of the Habitat Partner University Network (HPU). UN-Habitat is the United Nations agency for human settlements which aims to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities throughout the world, focusing on the "three pillars of sustainability" - equity, ecology, and economy. As an HPU member, the University is committed to supporting UN-Habitat 's mandate of promoting sustainable urban development, in line with the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.

Aims of Partnership

• Thematic partnership with a focus on urban sustainability • Partner universities are key stakeholders in their own communities to: "promote

socially and environmentally sustainable development of towns and cities in accordance with the United Nations Millennium Development Goals."

• Opportunity for collaboration and cooperation between the UoA and UN-Habitat Since 2009 the UoA has been an active partner of the initiative. It has established an internal steering group drawing on members representing faculties, schools and departments currently engaged in research related to themes of urban sustainability. It has assigned a focal point who actively engages and communicates within the University and between the University and UN-Habitat. Seed funding was allocated from the Vice Chancellor’s Strategic Development Fund to support activities including the fellowship. The UoA has been involved in:

• Co-convening the university roundtable held at the fifth session of the World Urban Forum held in March 2010 in Rio;

• Taking active part in a global e-discussion organized as a follow up to the university roundtable in Rio;

• Mobilizing students and faculty for “World Habitat Day in 2009 and 2010” • Using creative art and other means to raise awareness of the partnership with UN-

Habitat and targeted themes; • Participating in the preparation and proceedings of the global meeting in London held

in May 2011, where foundational elements of the HPUI were discussed and agreed; • Setting up the Interim Steering Committee for the HPUI as the one of two Asia-Pacific

representatives and is a member of this committee UoA UN-Habitat Fellowship The Fellowship for 2011 was funded through the Vice Chancellor’s Strategic Development Fund to enable a staff member of UN-Habitat to come to The University of Auckland in order to:

• Strengthen links between UN-Habitat and The University of Auckland

• Identify and develop research ideas and funding opportunities

• Increase awareness of the work carried out by UN-Habitat in a relevant field and assist in further developing the partnership between both organisations

Purpose of the 2011 Visit The purpose of the mission was twofold: to expose faculty and students to UN-Habitat’s role and priorities in tackling the global urban challenges; and to identify through seminars and


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meetings, areas of common interest and opportunities for furthering the collaboration between UN-Habitat and The University of Auckland (UoA). The mission, implemented through a fellowship programme, was therefore aimed at identifying further opportunities and concrete ideas that can take the collaboration forward. Details of the programme can be found in the appendices. Dr. Kebede’s seminars focused on global urban challenges and opportunities and UNHABITAT’s work, and his public lecture focused on the Green Economy in the context of Sustainable Urban Development. The seminars and the public lecture were very well received. PhD students found the sessions very informative and stimulating. The Vice Chancellor’s Strategic Development Fund has supported a fellowship to enable a staff member of UN-Habitat to come to The University of Auckland in order to develop and strengthen links between UN-Habitat and The University of Auckland and to achieve tangible long lasting outcomes. Dr. Gulelat Kebede, Head of the Training and Capacity Building Branch in UN-Habitat was the recipient of the 2011 Fellowship and visited The University of Auckland between April 27-May 17. During his two and a half weeks stay, he met the Vice Chancellor Professor Stuart McCutcheon, the Pro VC (International), Deans and Associate Deans, representatives of the International Office, Research Office, and UniServices as well as members of the UN-Habitat Steering Group, faculty members and PhD students from across the University, He attended an award ceremony organized to celebrate the University’s achievements in research, and the official opening of the “Home for All Cultures’ art display that highlights the cultural diversity of students and staff captured during “World Habitat Day” celebrations in October 2010. Dr. Kebede also paid a visit to officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT), Ministry for the Environment (MfE) and Ministry of Education (MoE) in Wellington. Meetings with representatives from Auckland City Council provided the opportunity to discuss the city’s spatial strategic planning exercise initiated following the merger of the different municipalities to form a unified city administration in 2010. The mission was very well planned and backstopped by Professor Dory Reeves, the Focal Point for HPUI, and facilitated by a number of faculty members. Special thanks are due to Merata Kawharu, Kathleen Kramlinger, O’neal Mendoza Yvonne Underhill-Sem, Rachel Wolfgramm, Matthew O’Meagher, David Baker, Dave Saunders and Claire Speedy. Outcome The mission had two notable results: one, Dr. Kebede’s interaction across the different parts of the University gave faculty and students unique opportunities to know, understand and appreciate the role of UN-Habitat and its various programmes in tackling the global urban challenges; two, the discussions and interactions allowed Dr. Kebede to identify concrete areas of mutual interest and possibilities for collaboration. The visit by Dr. Kebede and his interaction through seminars, public lecture and meetings, has provided an opportunity to highlight and raise the profile of the UoA’s membership of the Habitat Partner University Initiative as a university-wide initiative. The concrete areas for collaboration identified by Dr. Kebede were presented and discussed during his debriefing session with the Steering Group, on 16 May 2011. These are highlighted below under three headings; education, urban research, university-city links. Education Internship for post-graduate students Strong interest for internships was expressed across the University. Productive international student experiences that add value to learning, and networking opportunities are sought. Interest was also expressed in short term tailored programmes where a group of students


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could travel on a field project or reality studios that will also include a visit to and briefing by UN-Habitat, in a similar experience to that of Chalmers and McGill at the moment. The UoA has recent experience in this respect with students travelling to Papua New Guinea. The School of Population Health expressed particular interest in country field experience, more so in the Pacific and Asia region, though other regions are also of interest. Some challenges have been raised. These are: (1) timing (November through February look the best fit), (2) funding (leaving it to students own self-funding will exclude those who cannot afford to pay for their travel and stay), and (3) assessment and credit (no strong experience and policy in place but there are experiences such as project-based elective course work, community attachment, overseas exchange, special topic, and waiver from general education courses, that can be adapted internships). Action:

• The UoA, through a working group comprising Associate Deans (International), International Development Managers and the Deputy Director (International Mobility) to consider the different existing models and develop a model or combination of models, which can be tested and applied across the University. (See Appendix, Christine Berry, May 2011).

• Given the high demand for internship placement and limited intake per year, UN-

Habitat is to facilitate placement of interns from the UoA by either sharing Terms of Reference for existing intern openings, and/or searching suitable placement for internship requests originating from the UoA. Potential areas of interest include planning and architecture, development studies (faculty of Arts), engineering, law, health. Possibility of a first selection round by UoA staff was discussed, prior to nomination of students to UN-Habitat for specific positions.

Examples of Potential MA Programmes During the discussion with faculty from the School of Population Health the possibility of a cross-faculty Masters program encompassing planning, public health and environmental management with a focus on cities, health, equity and sustainability was floated as a medium term goal. This would need to be investigated and a feasibility study set up. UN-Habitat’s engagement with World Health Organisation (WHO) and the recent joint work on social determinants of health was discussed, and the link with WHO was considered as an opportunity, as the school also engages WHO in research and field work in the Pacific. The schools research work on housing, climate change, transport and water and sanitation is very relevant for UN-Habitat’s work. Action:

• To establish when work could commence to identify the pre-feasibility issues that need to be investigated and who would be involved in these discussions. Explore the opportunity for curricula on a more substantive level; consider, at a preliminary level, the scope and content of such a MA programme.

Urban Research Gulelat Kebede commented on the strong research in urban sustainability and the breath of topics which are in many cases inter disciplinary. There is strong cutting edge research work in areas ranging from electrical cars to stroke prevention. Some of the research is of a theoretical or academic nature (“blue sky”), whilst a large number are also of applied nature and most relevant to current issues of sustainable urban development.


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Research, technology and innovation were emphasized during the meeting with the Vice Chancellor and captured in the following points:

§ UoA’s engagement with universities in the developing world focuses mostly on China (e.g. the ‘3 Brothers’ support for Qinghai), the South Pacific (where we have historical responsibilities and are talking to ANU), South-east Asia (where we have historical ties through the Colombo Plan) and Latin America.

§ Cities and universities can together introduce new technologies focused on sustainability. The private sector is interested in such examples of innovation. UoA is also beginning to talk about them with the new Auckland ‘super-city’.

§ The challenge is to convince people these technologies can work and be applied to a variety of contexts. Auckland is working with the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) on inductive power technology in China.

§ New technologies can often be more easily introduced in developing countries, where there are no prior investments to undo – e.g. countries lacking decent landlines can quickly go from no telephones to wide cell-phone coverage.

§ Given the recent disasters around the Pacific Rim, there was strong interest during the VC’s recent visit to China in the issue of cities’ resilience to disasters and UN-Habitat expressed interest in participating in the APRU ‘Multi-Hazards around the Pacific Rim’ symposium the UoA is hosting in November 2011. (See http://www.apru2011mh.com/).

A service support unit, the Research Office, facilitates submission of research proposals and coordination of inputs by the different faculties. This forms part of the University’s effort to enhance coordination and synergy across faculties. Measured by the number of winning proposals for contestable research funds and the amount of resources it attracts from different sources, the University is a serious contributor to this field. The UoA actively seeks university networks to strengthen its research capabilities and performance standing. At the moment it is member of World-wide University Network (WUN), APRU and U21. Its network in the Pacific, Asia, Europe and North America is extensive, whilst its network with African universities is currently limited only to Cape Town University. Dr Kebede noted that it is not easy to be precise how much of the research work is urban focused, but it is considerable. He noted one of the recent initiatives of the university is organizing research around themes (thematic research initiatives), and this seems to be a great opportunity to consolidate and strengthen urban research by drawing expertise of the different faculties across the university. The next logical step might be considering simple but effective institutional models that provide organizational anchors, leadership and coordination for urban thematic research. The interest amongst PhD students to link up with UN-Habitat staff and resources is very strong. During the mission Dr. Kebede met PhD students from the School of Architecture and Planning in the National Institute of Creative Arts. The meeting very insightful and informative. PhD students wish to benefit from the expertise and experience of UN-Habitat (advice on their topics for example), access to data and information and network opportunities. They are keen to make their research work as relevant as possible to current challenges and real issues that the agency is working on. At a very broad level, the following are some of the relevant topics and themes highlighted during the various meetings with faculties and PhD students, as ongoing or of interest: • Resilience, (a growing theme of interest also driven by climate change and the after math of the earth quake in Christchurch), Energy (UoA experts are working on Geo thermal in Kenya and South America), Sustainable Building and Construction (Engineering), sustainable low cost housing (Business), food security (Business) water and sanitation (Engineering), Infrastructure planning and management, externalities, measuring the economy (Business School), mobility and transport (Economics, Planning, Technology, Health) housing and health,


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green buildings, indigenous communities (Economy, Knowledge and Systems), life style and status markers, problem solving and decision making models, contextual problem solving and solution co creation, gender and violence against women. • From the meeting at MoFAT: Rights to water, Maternity mortality, housing in the context of the Pacific SISs (the ministry has ongoing work in the Pacific also with Habitat for Humanity), disaster risk reduction, management and response (the focus of the Humanitarian team at MFAT); land (challenges in the context of customary land ownership, climate change induced migration to urban centres and rapid urbanization) From the meeting at MfE: carbon trade, green economy and green growth, capacity- building with a focus on the Pacific and East Asian countries. Action Ideas:

• Joint work on case studies and existing grey literature of UN-Habitat to extract systematized and scrutinized knowledge and publish them in academic journals (work on climate change area could be a good start here)

• Development of a collection of UN-Habitat material in the main library to support this research and study

• Further explore and feed the above topics and others into the ongoing study on International Urban Research Network

• Consider possibilities for engagement of PhD students with UN-Habitat: advice from UN-Habitat staff on topics where there is strong expertise and experience or where the topics are of direct relevance and interest; interested UN-Habitat staff to take part as external examiners and visiting scholars for short teaching and advisory inputs; access to information and data; internship; access to the larger network of HPUI through urban gateway, conferences, and events (see below also about proposed side event for PhD students at upcoming WUF meeting)

University-City Link and Technical and Policy Advice The City of Auckland where the university sits with its 40000 plus student body and Christchurch where some of its students and faculty are actively engaged in research and capacity development support following the earth quake, offer opportunities for showcasing, learning and knowledge sharing. Recently the municipalities that constituted the city of Auckland have been merged into a unitary city council. The city of Auckland, led by its mayor, is undertaking a new strategic spatial plan. The Mayor Len Brown’s vision as articulated and being discussed with citizens is very much grounded in the notions of sustainability and livability. The mutual gains for the city of Auckland and the university from collaborative learning and engagement, initially using the spatial planning as entry point, were noted by Dr. Kebede. There are also similar opportunities that stem from the mutual interest and engagement of the university and the NZ government in the Pacific (see above the areas of interest highlighted by MFAT). Opportunities for Action:

§ Share information systematically regarding work in the Pacific between UN-Habitat and the UoA. At the moment, field activities of UN-Habitat include Cities and Climate Change Initiative in Port Moresby, PNG; Port Vila, Vanuatu, Apia, Western Samoa, Lami, Fiji., and housing in Fiji, PNG, Solomon Islands. The School of Population Health would be interested in working with the group to establish opportunities for students to participate on these projects, under an internship type arrangement (as discussed). Population Health are currently working in collaboration with the WHO on this – so linkages here would be useful perhaps.

§ Follow up mission by the regional office of UN-Habitat to UoA and Wellington to take this forward


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§ UoA to use Auckland’s spatial strategic planning and Christchurch’s rebuilding work to show case cutting edge knowledge and practice using a collaborative learning approach and engagement

§ Link Auckland and other cities to international city networks through conferences and study tours (invite the city of Auckland to the sixth session of the World Urban Forum in Naples in September 2012)

§ UoA to link up with urban team of the MfE whose terms of reference is currently focused on environmental governance, urban form and planning

§ Identify paths for engagement with MFAT and MfE in their areas of interest to both access funds and contribute to debate and agenda on urban sustainability and capacity development

§ Share database on UN-Habitat staff and UoA academic staff participating in, or associated to major global processes such as the inter governmental panels on climate change, to encourage information sharing and networking at more substantive level.

Short Term Actions

• Up to three interns for 2011-12 as a pilot with simple protocols for selection • UoA invites UN-Habitat to participate at the APRU ‘Multi-Hazards around the Pacific Rim’

symposium which the UoA is hosting November 24-26. (See http://www.apru2011mh.com/). Dan Lewis, Chief Disaster and Post-Conflict Section, UN-HABITAT to attend.

• Follow-up visit by Sarah Mecartney, Habitat Programme Manager for the Pacific and based in Suva, Fiji to UoA and Wellington: September 2011

• Operationalize the Urban Gateway Portal (joint promotion and effective use) Encourage use by individual academics and teams plus UoA

• UN-HABITAT subscription for publications $300US per year • Explore UoA attendance at Pacific meetings as an observer (for example Pacific

Humanitarian Team Annual Meeting 2011 will be on Oct 17-21 • Plan for The World Urban Forum in Naples in 1-7 September 2012 • PhD student’s conference.

Medium Term Actions

• Visiting scholar mission for one week by a representative from UN-Habitat Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific in Japan with a focus on disaster reconstruction and climate change, as well as their work in Asia and around the Pacific.

• PhD research support: UoA to identify three PhD topics of interest, and students and UN-Habitat will identify experts to interact and advise with possibility

• Possible side event on experiences based on Christchurch and Auckland, to be discussed at the November Multi Hazards Conference.

• Explore links between UoA and the Global Compact • Visiting scholars programme (subject to funding) • A biennial symposium focusing on the Pacific region and themes • Joint fund raising for research projects • Exploring feasibility of multi-disciplinary Pacific Studio • Habitat 101 course led by Montana State University


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Appendices

Appendix 1 UN-HABITAT FELLOWSHIP 2011

The University of Auckland APPLICATION GUIDELINES

Context: In June 2009 The University of Auckland became a UN-Habitat partner and a member of the UN-Habitat Partner University Network. The University’s partnership with UN-Habitat is overseen by a Steering Group with representatives from across the University. In order to develop the partnership an award from the Vice-Chancellor’s Strategic Development Fund enabled the establishment of a one-off fellowship. Aims of the UN-Habitat Fellowship: To enable a staff member of UN-Habitat to come to The University of Auckland in order to:

• Strengthen links between UN-Habitat and The University of Auckland

• Identify and develop research ideas and funding opportunities

• Increase awareness of the work carried out by UN-Habitat in a relevant field and assist in further developing the partnership between both organisations.

In addition the fellow would raise awareness amongst students and staff at The University of Auckland about UN-Habitat and its practices and programmes through seminars in various faculties and by way of a public lecture. The Fellowship is intended to provide the opportunity for The University of Auckland and UN-Habitat to develop collaboration and complete a formal programme of activities to be approved by the UN-Habitat Steering Group at The University of Auckland. Application deadline: Applications must be received by August 1st 2010. The successful applicant will be notified by September 1st 2010. Award: The Fellowship will be available for 2011 only, subject to further sponsorship. The period of the Fellowship is a minimum of 21 and a maximum of 30 days in April 2011. The Fellowship shall meet the reasonable costs, including economy travel to and from New Zealand, basic living expenses and accommodation (ie half-board) at University-approved accommodation as deemed necessary to fulfill the proposed programme to a maximum of NZ$10,000. We do not anticipate that the successful applicant will be accompanied by family members. The successful applicant will be responsible for applying for appropriate visas. Eligibility and selection criteria:

• A professional member of staff and employee of UN-Habitat.

• Qualified academically and/or professionally to undertake the proposed programme.

• Willing and able to contribute to interviews with local media.

• Strong interpersonal skills and an ability to relate well to both staff and students.

• Demonstrate an ability to contribute to the strategic goal of interdisciplinary research for sustainable urbanisation.


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Selection panel: Membership of the Selection Panel will include: the UN-Habitat focal point at The University of Auckland plus 2-3 members of the UN-Habitat Steering Group. Administration of the Fellowship: HPU Administrator at The University of Auckland. Application process: Each candidate is required to submit an application outlining:

1. Evidence of expertise in their chosen field.

2. An explanation of the strategic advantage to the University and UN-HABITAT of their application and an explanation of the potential added value to the University and UN-Habitat.

3. Suggested programme of activities including potential presentations within the University.

4. Outline budget.

5. An explanation of how the Fellowship would further their professional development.

Applicants should also submit a current Curriculum Vitae and a confidential letter of endorsement from their Head of Department or Director. Please submit your application including a CV to: Professor Dory Reeves, [email protected]. Applications must be received by 1 August 2010. Reporting: At the end of the Fellowship period the fellow will provide a short report of their activities and possible future outcomes as a result of the links developed.


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APPENDIX 2 ITINERARY

DR GULELAT KEBEDE, HEAD OF THE TRAINING AND CAPACITY TEAM UN-HABITAT

27 APRIL – 17 MAY 2011 VISITORS: Dr Gulelat Kebede Head, Training and Capacity Team, UN-Habitat Ms Yeshi Deneke Wife of Dr Kebede

Objectives: To achieve tangible outcomes in relation to research, education and technical co-operation between The University of Auckland, the New Zealand government, and

UN-Habitat 28 April, Thursday (Arrival to New Zealand) 12.45pm

Arrival to Auckland on Flight EK406 from Melbourne, greeted by Professor Dory Reeves and transport to Old Government House (other members of the Steering Group may join)

2 May, Monday (Meetings and Seminars at The University of Auckland) 9.30-10.30am

Welcome to The University of Auckland Marae

- Mr Hone Sadler - Rangimarie Rawiri - HPU Steering Group

Coordinator: Merata Kawharu and Professor Dory Reeves

12pm Welcome Lunch with Dr and Mrs Kebede

Venue: Old Government House - Professor Dory Reeves - Dr Yvonne Underhill-Sem - Dr Lesley Stone - Dr Carol Boyle - Ms Claire Speedy

Coordinator: Professor Dory Reeves

2-3pm

Discussion on UN-Habitat internship opportunities led by Ms Chris Berry Venue: Room 102, Alfred Nathan House, 24 Princes Street

- Ms Chris Berry - Ms Claire Speedy - Professor Dory Reeves


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- Dr. Yvonne Underhill-Sem - Associate Deans (International) - International Development Managers - Team Leader, Student Mobility (to be

appointed) Coordinator: Professor Dory Reeves

3-3.30pm Afternoon Tea

3 May, Tuesday 9 -9.30am

Meeting at The University of Auckland

Venue: Office of the Vice-Chancellor, 24 Princes Street, Alfred Nathan House

- Professor Stuart McCutcheon, Vice-Chancellor - Professor Jenny Dixon, Dean of the National

Institute of Creative Arts and Industries - Associate Professor Jan Crosthwaite, Dean of

the Faculty of Arts - Dr Matthew O’Meagher - Professor Dory Reeves, NICAI

Coordinator: Dr Matthew O’Meagher

11.30am-12.00pm Meeting with the International Office

Venue: Director’s Office, Room G30, Old Choral Hall, 7 Symonds Street

- Mr David Baker, Director International Office - Ms Chris Berry, Deputy Director, International

Office - Ms Yelena Kulatunga, Team Leader, Africa

Admissions Team Coordinator: Mr O’neal M. Mendoza

6-7pm Seminar at the National Institute of Creative Arts and Industries Venue: Design Lecture Theatre , National Institute of Creative Arts and Industries Conference Centre, Building 423 Hosted by School of Architecture and Planning Topic: Partnering to tackle Urban Sustainability and Climate Change Coordinators: Professor Dory Reeves and Ms Claire Speedy


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4 May, Wednesday 1-3.30pm Meeting with the Auckland Council

- Professor Dory Reeves - Mr O’neal M. Mendoza - Mr Robert Perry - Mr David Clelland, Manager Spatial and

Infrastructure Strategy - Ms Raewyn Stone, Manager Community and

Cultural Strategy - Mr Brent Bielby, Project Leader - Project Twin

Streams, Environmental Services Unit, Infrastructure & Environmental Services at Auckland Council

Coordinator: Ms Marie Arnold, International Relations Specialist, Auckland Council

5 May, Thursday

10.30-11.30am Home for All Cultures Opening Ceremony

Venue: Old Choral Hall

- Mr David Baker, Director, International Office - Members of the UN-Habitat Steering Group - Members of the International Office - Professor Dory Reeves, Associate Dean

(Research), NICAI - Ms Kathleen Wills, Event Organiser for Home for

All Cultures World Habitat Day project - Ms Germaine Kramlinger, Events Assistant for

Home for All Cultures - Head of Elam (to be invited) - Other staff and student members of the greater

University of Auckland Coordinators: Mr Brian Lythe and Mr O’neal M. Mendoza

1-2pm

Seminar with Department of Development Studies, Faculty of Arts (including other departments from Arts and the Faculty of Science) Venue: Room 901, Human Sciences Building, 10 Symonds Street Hosted by Department of Development Studies, Faculty of Arts Topic: Overview of UN-Habitat followed by exploration of collaborative research projects and internships


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Coordinator: Dr Yvonne Underhill-Sem

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Plenary session on joint research opportunities with UN-Habitat and The University of Auckland Venue: Research Office, 76 Symonds Street Objective: to discuss the kind of relationship the University can have with a UN agency such as UN-Habitat

Dave Saunders, Research Office - Analeise Murahidy, Uniservices - Matthew O’Meagher, International - Associate Deans (Research) - Dr. Charlotte Sunde TRI Transforming Auckland

Coordinator: Dr Yvonne Underhill-Sem Graduation Gala Concerto Competition – University of Auckland

6 May, Friday (Free day)

9 May, Monday

11am-12pm

Meeting with Faculty of Law postgraduate and PhD students Venue: Algie Lecture Theatre, Faculty of Law Hosted by the Faculty of Law Topic: Overview of UN-Habitat followed by exploration of student involvement for research and internships Coordinator: Professor Stephen Penk

6-7pm Public lecture at the Owen G Glenn Business School

Topic: “Green Economy: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Urban Development?”

Venue: Fisher & Paykel Appliance Auditorium (max capacity:500)

Coordinators: Ms Claire Speedy and Mr O’neal M. Mendoza


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10 May, Tuesday

Tbc Meetings and seminars with the Faculty of Engineering

- A/Prof Rosalind Archer, Engineering Science - A/Prof. Carol Boyle, Civil and Environmental

Engineering - Dr. John Cater, Engineering Science - Prof Avi Ceder, Civil and Environmental

Engineering - A/Prof Nawawi Chouw, Civil and Environmental

Engineering - Dr Adrian Croucher, Engineering Science - Dr Raj Das, Department of Mechanical

Engineering - A/Prof. Roger Dunn, Civil and Environmental

Engineering - Dr. Takis Elefsiniotis, Civil and Environmental

Engineering - Dr. Elizabeth Fassman, Civil and Environmental

Engineering - Professor Mohammed Farid, Chemical and

Materials Engineering - Professor Wei Gao, Chemical & Materials

Engineering - Dr. Vicente Gonzalez, Civil and Environmental

Engineering - Dr Patrick Hu, Department of Electrical and

Computer Engineering - A/Prof Jason Ingham, Civil and Environmental

Engineering - Dr Krishnan Jayaraman, Mechanical Engineering - A/Prof. Udaya K. Madawala, Electrical and

Computer Engineering - Prof. Bruce Melville, Civil and Environmental

Engineering - Dr Kepa Morgan, Civil and Environmental

Engineering - Hugh Morris, Civil and Environmental

Engineering - Nirmal Nair - A/Prof. Sing Kiong Nguang, Electrical and

Computer Engineering - Dr. Rolando Orense, Civil and Environmental

Engineering - Dr Darrell Patterson, Chemical and Materials

Engineering - Prof. Pierre Quenneville, Civil and

Environmental Engineering - A/Prof Robert Raine, Mechanical Engineering - Dr Rainer Seidel, Mechanical Engineering - A/Prof Asaad Shamseldin, Civil and

Environmental Engineering - Dr Rajnish N Sharma, Senior lecturer,


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Department of Mechanical Engineering - A/Prof Naresh Singhal, Civil and Environmental

Engineering - Dr Karl Stol, Mechanical Engineering - Dr Douglas Wilson, Civil and Environmental

Engineering - Prof. Xun Xu, Mechanical Engineering - A/Prof Brent Young, Chemical and Materials

Engineering - Dr. Sadiq Zarrouk, Engineering Science

Note: Dr Boyle suggested contact for EWBNZ – Faisal Wahid who was on the WHD Working group in 2009 and made a significant contribution. Coordinators: Associate Professor Enrico Haemmerle and Dr Carol Boyle

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Research Excellence Awards Presentation and Research Exhibtion

11 May, Wednesday

9am-4pm Seminar with Faculties of Business and Law in

collaboration with the NZ Business Council for Sustainable Development, Sustainable Business Network, and Price Waterhouse Coopers Venue: Room 223, Owen G Glenn Building Topic: An overview of UN-Habitat followed by the Business School and Law faculty’s research in relevant areas and external presentations. Finally, discussions to explore multilateral research collaboration, internships, and funding opportunities. Followed by meeting with Business postgraduate students with interest in research and internship opportunities with UN-Habitat Coordinators: Dr Rachel Wolfgramm, Dr Lesley Stone and Mandy Allan

12 May, Thursday 9am Seminar with the Faculty of Education

Venue: Faculty of Education, Gate 3, 74 Epsom Ave, Epsom Coordinator: Ms Sally Birdsall (to be collected at the Reception desk)

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11.30am Depart to Tamaki Campus 12-2pm Meeting with the Faculty of Medical and Health

Sciences, School of Population Health Venue: Room 730-376 Topic: An overview of UN-Habitat followed by an overview of School of Population Health research in relevant areas. Finally, discussions to explore multilateral research collaboration and internships. Coordinators: Professor Alistair Woodward and Ms Evie Kinane

3pm Travel to the Auckland Airport

6.00 pm Dr and Mrs Kebede depart for Wellington on flight NZ 463 Auckland Wellington depart at 6pm arrive at 7pm, accompanied by Dr Ward Friesen Accommodation details: Bay Plaza Hotel 40-44 Oriental Parade, Wellington

13 May, Friday (Meeting with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade)

9.30am Meeting with Ms Sonya Cameron, Development

Programme Manager – Kiribati New Zealand Aid Programme Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Venue: Level 18, HP Tower, 171 Featherston Street, Wellington City Coordinators: Dr Ward Friesen and Ms Sonya Cameron

10.30am-12pm Presentation and discussion with interested parties

from MFAT, such as: • Multilateral team • Pacific Teams dealing with urban development

(Kiribati, Fiji) and work with the UN Habitat through CLGF (Commonwealth Local Government Forum)

Desired topics to be covered by Dr. Kebede Presentation on an overview of UN-Habitat, urbanisation climate change and/or Disaster risk reduction, with a focus on the pacific and Asia regions Coordinators: Dr Ward Friesen and Ms Sonya Cameron


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14-15 May (Free time for Dr and Mrs Kebede to tour Wellington sites) 16 May, Monday (Meetings with the Ministry for the Environment and the Ministry of Education) Morning tbc Meeting with Ms Kay Harrison (responsible for carbon

markets and climate strategy), International Climate and Environment Policy, Ministry for the Environment and Todd Krieble the Director/Manager in the MfE Information Directorate Venue: TBC Topic: To discuss issues on climate change, in particular, Climate Change Academy and the Habitat Partner University initiative’s planned activities and vision following from his meetings and seminars at the UoA Coordinator: Ms Kay Harrison

Afternoon tbc Meetings with the Ministry of Education accompanied

by Mr Daniel Tasker Mike Woods, Suze Stowger from the Ministry of Education (MoE); Elizabeth Rose (Secretary General, UNESCO) Venue: TBC Topic: To discuss issues on: Education for Sustainable Development and the Habitat Partner University initiative’s planned activities and vision following from his meetings and seminars at the UoA Coordinators: Mr Mike Woods and Mr Daniel Tasker

7.30pm Depart Wellington for Auckland on flight NZ 476

Wellington Auckland depart 1930 arrive 2030 Booking Coordinator: Mr O’neal M Mendoza

17 May, Tuesday 10.30am-12pm UN-Habitat Partnering Steering Group Meeting

Venue: Post Graduate Lounge, Level Four, Kate Edgar Commons Present: Dory Reeves, Gulelat Kebede, David Grinlinton, Julie Park, Matthew O’Meagher, Ward Friesen, Anita Lacey, Vicente Gonzalez, Charlotte Sunde, Yardena Tankel, Mohsen Mohammadzadeh, Alexandra JaYeun Lee, Judith McCool Apologies: Christine Berry, Sally Birdsall, Yvonne Underhill-Sem, Kathryn Scott, O’Neal Mendoza, David Saunders, Merata Kawharu and Claire Speedy who was at the PHU meeting in London.


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Attending: Shanon O’Sullivan Followed by final farewells from Jenny Dixon Dean of NICAI and Jan Crosthwaite Dean of Arts, Davd Baker and Matthew O’Meagher, International Coordinator: Professor Dory Reeves

5.50pm Departure to Dubai Flight EK 407


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Appendix 3 UN-Habitat and University of Auckland Partnership

Proposal for internships and the development of a pilot programme in 2011

Introduction In 2009, The University of Auckland officially became a partner to UN-Habitat and a member of the Habitat (HPU). UN-Habitat is the United Nations agency for human settlements which aims to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities throughout the world, focusing on the "three pillars of sustainability" - equity, ecology, and economy. As an HPU member, the University is committed to supporting UN-Habitat's mandate of promoting sustainable urban development, in line with the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.

The UoA – UN-Habitat Partnership

• Thematic partnerhship with a focus on urban sustainability • Partner universities are key stakeholders in their own communities to: "promote

socially and environmentally sustainable development of towns and cities in accordance with the United Nations Millennium Development Goals."

• Opportunity for collaboration and cooperation between the UoA and UN-Habitat

Principles of the HPU Network

• Systematic approach to sustainable urban development • Focus on urban poverty reduction • Inter-disciplinarity and trans-disciplinarity • Practice orientated to influence policy and practice • Linking levels (local, regional, national and global) • Commitments from partner universities to the Millennium Development Goals and

sustainable urbanisation

One desired outcome of the University’s partnership with UN-Habitat is to develop new opportunities for international collaboration and engagement on a range of levels for both staff and students across the University. This proposal for international student mobility through an internship with UN-Habitat ties in with the University’s strategic plan to increase opportunities for students to engage with our international partners, to become global citizens and to engage in a range of international activities and community outreach.

Thematic internships are to be made available to students from The University of Auckland which will tie in with their academic work. This will not only foster stronger relationships between UN-Habitat and the University but will give UoA students the opportunity to gain valuable first-hand experience of the work done by UN-Habitat on the ground. Most interns work on a project or several projects which will benefit both them and the offices to which they are attached, such as limited research, creation or improvement of databases and/or web sites, public relations, liaison with partners, public relations. In the medium term, the objective would be to give interested students from a range of disciplines, who meet the eligibility criteria, an opportunity to participate in the programme. Initially the focus would be to develop a workable model for students engaged in a limited number of programmes such as: the MPlan, MPlanPrac and MArchProf and Development Studies. Programme Objectives The objectives of the internship programme are:

• To provide current students with important practical experience which complements their field of study, which at the same time will be of benefit to the UN offices to which the intern is assigned.


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• To promote among the students a better understanding of major global problems confronting the world and to give them an insight into how the UN attempts to find solutions to these problems.

• To expose the students to the UN and its policies and programmes and have them become ambassadors of good will.

• To enable students from all parts of the world to exchange information during and after the internship so as to appreciate cultural diversity amongst different peoples and have them become ambassadors of peace and good will.

Programme Eligibility Students applying for the programme must fulfill the following eligibility criteria:

1. Be currently enrolled in a third or fourth year of under-graduate or in a graduate (Masters) or post-graduate (Ph D) programme, and will continue to be enrolled during the period of the internship and after. (Initially at the University of Auckland this will be open to students enrolled in the MPlan, MPlanPrac, MArchProf).

2. Be willing to intern on a full-time basis spending five days a week for a period of THREE MONTHS and not exceeding SIX MONTHS.

3. Submit a letter of recommendation from their University (on official letterhead or with an official seal) stating that they are currently enrolled and their expected date of graduation.

Costs All successful applicants are expected to make their own arrangements for travel and living expenses during the internship period. The United Nations provides a nominal per diem. Accommodation Interns are fully responsible for their travel and accommodation arrangements. Visas UN-Habitat will support interns with visa arrangements. How to apply for the 2011 internship pilot programme This is the process for 2011 – a university-wide process would be developed in conjunction with UN-Habitat for 2012 onwards.

1. Planning and Architecture students should register interest via email to Claire Speedy, International Development Manager (Feb-April)

2. Internship application form to be completed and submitted to Claire Speedy (mid May)

3. Students selected by Planning/Architecture, and letters of recommendation sent to UN-Habitat

4. Once a placement is offered, an individual programme of work and assessment plan would be finalised and credit pre-approved. Credit will vary according to the programme of work, but will normally be either 15 or 30 points.

5. The student will be enrolled in a Special Topic course (to be set up by the Department/Faculty) and the timing of the internship will be confirmed in consultation with the Department.

A University-wide internship programme – some models for discussions and comment The internship programme would only allow a small number of students at any given time (two at most). This would have to fit in the November-February vacation period to be feasible for UoA students who did not want a break in their studies. Another way of giving students the opportunity to participate would be through short term tailored programmes. These could be hosted by UN-Habitat (and already exist in a variety of formats for other institutions, such as Chalmers, McGill, Berkeley). Students would


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receive briefing/debriefing courses at the office in Nairobi, then be involved for 3-4 weeks in a UN-Habitat sponsored programme. UN-Habitat could cater for groups of 10-20 across a range of disciplines. There would be no programme fee, so students would be required to cover travel, accommodation and food costs only. There are a number of existing courses/methods which could also be utilised or rolled out to cater for the internship and short term programmes. Law There are two ways in which law students might receive academic credit for a short course or internship:

1. Under LAW 400 Legal Research 3 (10 points), which is compulsory in LLB Part IV, students are required to undertake legal research and write five legal opinions in connection with their elective law courses. In lieu of one of those opinions they may substitute a community law placement. This involves spending 40 hours at an approved community organisation and submitting a 1000-word report on that experience. The community experience does not necessarily have to be in NZ. That, however, results in limited academic credit.

2. Separately, we used to have – and could resurrect - a Community Law Project elective course, equivalent to 15 points, whereby a student spent 100 hours in an approved community organisation, following which they submitted a more extensive report on the legal (including law reform) aspects of that experience.

The second of these options seems more suitable for an internship. It would require enrolment in an elective course here (and thus have a fees/revenue implication), but would not require any enrolment at a partner university – only that the community group was willing, and competent, to provide supervision. It’s therefore not dissimilar to Planning’s Special Topic possibility, but would be available to final-year LLB, rather than postgraduate, students. Arts In Arts there is ARTSGEN 740--a fifteen point research essay whereby students would be assessed and a grade assigned which could work for an interdisciplinary type programme. Most Arts subjects also have special topic numbers of their own or research essay numbers. At undergraduate level are also a range of non-specific special topic numbers that could most likely be used. There is no ARTSGEN at UG level however. NICAI As well as the option of Special Topics, NICAI has a model in Architecture where students go on a field trip as part of their Masters Thesis programme. General Under the Auckland Abroad exchange programme students can enroll in a GENADMIN course which allows them to bring back credit to existing courses (though no grade is brought back). There are also precedents for seeking exemptions from General Education courses. Recommendation A working group comprising Associate Deans (International), International Development Managers and the Deputy Director (International Mobility) meet to consider the different existing models and develop a proposed model which could be used across the University.


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Appendix 4. Research Meeting UN-Habitat

5 May 2011

Dory Reeves, Gulelat Kebede, David Saunders, Charlotte Sunde, Yvonne Underhill-Sem, Mathew O’Meagher

Guletat introduces UN-Habitat and outlined 3 streams of activities of possible engagement with the university.

UN-Habitat is interested broadly in sustainable cities – this includes a broad spectrum of research areas including water, infrastructure, energy, social aspects, urban planning, transport etc. UN-Habitat is looking to the University to propose partnerships to address these areas of shared interest through fundamental and applied research in developing countries. Proposed activities should focus on Thematic research - bringing together multidisciplinary research teams Applied research – utilising the ‘cities’ as a virtual laboratory Capability building through training (postdoctoral / exchanges) 2. UN-Habitat commissions analysis and monitoring of global trends. UN-Habitat involves academic institution in under taking this work. The reports are then used to inform policies and as a reference to the academic community. The 2012 assessment will focus on Transport and there may be an opportunity for UoA academics to provide input. 3. Responsive research - specific issues identified by UN-Habitat and partners as items for research focus. This may include responses to disasters etc. UN-Habitat has commissioned an Urban Research Network to report on global research activities, best practice and funding opportunities in the area of Urban Development. The output of this report may highlight and inform collaboration opportunities for UN-Habitat and partners. Grey Literature was discussed as an opportunity for collaboration. A large amount of grey literature produced in developing countries with valuable material. The group discussed the processes and resources required to bring grey literature to peer review publication standard and other related issues - time resource and IP ownership for instance. Discussed the opportunity for the relationship between the University of Auckland and Auckland City to define the city and promote the Auckland brand. This in turn facilitates recruitment of overseas students reinvesting in the University and the wider Auckland economy. Guletat highlighted the MISTRA model (Sweden – partnership of city and research) http://www.mistra.org/english Discussed the value of the relationship between UN-Habitat and the University. It was recognised the relationship of great value to the academic missions through long term collaboration , publications, shared networks, joint research opportunities, workshops, training, post grad programs etc. The group discussed the upcoming World Urban Forum (September 2012 in Naples ‒ Italy). Last year the contingent from the UoA generated a lot of interest. Next year the UoA would like to have a presence again with a cross-disciplinary team and possibly host a forum discussion. This would be a valuable opportunity to showcase the breadth of activity and thematic capabilities in the University. It was highlighted the need to start making formal arrangements for any sessions / sponsorship etc. Yvonne highlighted the funding opportunities for UN-Habitat from the Global Development Bank. The next meeting will be in Urbanisation.


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Additional points: It is clear at this stage that there is no contestable funding from the UN. However: a) UN-Habitat is an opportunity to link with other institutions to develop collaborations with a view to improving chances of securing funding from other sources b) We should make all researchers aware of mobility funding available to engage with UN-Habitat partners – in particular Royal Society NZ funding (next round deadline October) but also certain fellowships. Perhaps I could supply some information for the UN Habitat website. c) The EU IRSES fund supports multi institutional exchange programmes (min. 3 but often up to 12) to benefit the EU via strengthening EU-rest of the world links for knowledge transfer. Next round deadline Jan 2012. Perhaps something like this within the UN Habitat theme might be an idea. UoA has a good success rate in this fund (several per year).


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Appendix 5. Faculty of Engineering Meeting with Dr. Gulelat Kebede

May 10, 2011

Dr Kebede gave a 40 minute presentation on UN-Habitat and the function of the Training and Capability Team as well as the development of the UN-Habitat Partnership University Network. There is significant scope for students and academics to be involved in projects and internships as well as collaborating with other universities. The Faculty has a number of academics who are interested in working with UN-Habitat (see attached list). Those who were in attendance raised issues such as mechanisms and routes for working on UN-Habitat projects, funding potentials and internships. It was noted that some researchers were already working on UN-Habitat projects in Haiti but that the funding route for such projects needed clarification. Academics were invited to meet with Dr. Kebede on a one-on-one basis following the meeting. Overall, there was a lot of interest in meeting Dr. Kebede but for many, the timing made it very inconvenient.

Research Areas linked to the UN Habitat Programme

It is recognised that most areas of research in Engineering involve some aspect of sustainability in their application or take sustainability into account. Some specific areas of staff activity which could be incorporated into UN-Habitat Partnership research include:

Engineering Academics • A/Prof Rosalind Archer, Engineering Science: wind farm development and

modelling geothermal systems. • A/Prof. Carol Boyle, Civil and Environmental Engineering: i) science underpinning

sustainability; ii) sustainable products, LCA, risk and impact management; iii) green building management and sustainable infrastructure – LID, new technologies and new materials.

• Dr. John Cater, Engineering Science: i)control of turbines in wind farms; ii) modelling the acoustics of urban dwellings.

• Prof Avi Ceder, Civil and Environmental Engineering:(i) sustainable public-transport planning and operation, (ii) Innovative sustainable public-transport systems, and (iii) sustainable programme for reducing road accidents.

• A/Prof Nawawi Chouw, Civil and Environmental Engineering: i) Low-cost housing in seismic regions using natural fibre reinforced concrete; ii) Windmill-footing-soil interaction.

• Dr Adrian Croucher, Engineering Science: geothermal reservoir simulation; computer modelling of coastal environmental pollution; computer modelling of dispersion of fish egg larvae from marine reserves.

• Dr Raj Das, Department of Mechanical Engineering: Damage tolerance design optimisation of engineering structures: Sustainable operation of heavy engineering structures by fracture and fatigue based optimisation during design and maintenance

• A/Prof. Roger Dunn, Civil and Environmental Engineering: Walking and cycling pathways; Pedestrian and Cyclists safety at Roundabouts; Generation of Walking, Cycling and Public Transport Trips.

• Dr. Takis Elefsiniotis, Civil and Environmental Engineering: Water treatment processes, sanitation, municipal and agricultural wastewater treatment processes.


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• Dr. Elizabeth Fassman, Civil and Environmental Engineering: i) urban stormwater management – a focus on developing technologies to minimize environmental impacts from stormwater runoff in urban areas; and ii) bioretention – how to hide technology into landscapes.

• Professor Mohammed Farid, Chemical and Materials Engineering; Use of Phase Change Materials (PCM) for Thermal Managements in Buildings and Other Applications; Microencapsulation of Phase Change Materials for Thermal Energy Storage; Production of Bodiesel From Tallow Using High Speed Reactor; Efficient Use of Glycerol as a Waste Product for the Manufacturing of Biodiesel; Production of Bio Ethanol From Cellulose; Production of Biofuel and Chemicals From Marine Microalgae Nannochloropris sp. CCMP5; Thermal and Microwave Pyrolysis of Waste Plastics to Fuels and Other Chemicals.

• Professor Wei Gao, Chemical & Materials Engineering; Nano-materials used as photocatalysts for polluted air and wastewater treatment. His group developed and patented highly porous and multi-component transition metal oxides such as ZnO, TiO2 and V2O5 that possess high-photocatalytic efficiency under both UV and visible light.

• Dr. Vicente Gonzalez, Civil and Environmental Engineering: i) Lean-green integration for developing construction projects; ii) Modelling and simulation of construction materials sustainability; iii) Modelling and simulation of construction operations sustainability.

• Dr Patrick Hu, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering: Low power photovoltaic systems as renewable power supplies for distributed sensors.

• A/Prof Jason Ingham, Civil and Environmental Engineering: Use of recycled materials in concrete.

• Dr Krishnan Jayaraman, Mechanical Engineering: i) Use of natural fibres to produce composite materials; ii) Recycling waste thermoplastics and waste timber (fibre and particles) into composite materials.

• A/Prof. Udaya K. Madawala, Electrical and Computer Engineering: Grid integration and control of renewable energy sources, micro grids, energy storage, new wind generator concepts and control.

• Prof. Bruce Melville, Civil and Environmental Engineering: fluvial processes, including soil erosion, and sediment transport; coastal erosion; design of hydraulic structures in riverine and coastal environments.

• Dr Kepa Morgan, Civil and Environmental Engineering : i) Mauri model decision making framework, native engineering and technologies (indigenous wisdom); western science indigenous knowledge interface: ii) Uku fibre reinforced earth composite material and construction techniques.

• Hugh Morris, Civil and Environmental Engineering: Natural materials for structures, including and long term performance of timber and timber connections for large span buildings and seismic resistant adobe and rammed earth housing.

• Nirmal Nair: Integration of distributed/renewable energy sources (solar, wind, tidal) to electricity networks, Micro-wind and PV installations and safety issues, Energy Policy, Battery storage, Electricity Demand-side Management, Smart Building Energy Automation

• A/Prof. Sing Kiong Nguang, Electrical and Computer Engineering: nonlinear optimsation, energy harvesting devices, self-powered wireless sensors, optimisation of solar energy.

• Dr. Rolando Orense, Civil and Environmental Engineering: Use of recycled materials (flyash, tire chips, etc.) as geomaterials

• Dr Darrell Patterson, Chemical and Materials Engineering: Green Process Engineering, processes and systems for reuse and recycle of wastes into value added products, green separation and reaction engineering (green catalysts, membrane recycling technologies, reaction intensification, wastewater treatment by advanced oxidation).

• Prof. Pierre Quenneville, Civil and Environmental Engineering: Timber connections, Timber characterization; Portal frames in timber; Long-term effect of nailed moment connections in timber portal frames; Timber rivets in LVL; Ductility


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requirements for connections in timber buildings; Assessment of timber diaphragm resistance in unreinforced masonry buildings; Design guide for timber portal frames.

• A/Prof Robert Raine, Mechanical Engineering: The use of alternative fuels in internal combustion engines (these fuels include biodiesel, biogas and hydrogen). Investigating engine emissions, performance and fuel/engine efficiency.

• Dr Rainer Seidel, Mechanical Engineering: i) sustainable innovation in business; ii) environmental management systems; iii) product stewardship; iv) waste minimization; v) sustainable product design; and vi) environmentally benign manufacturing.

• A/Prof Asaad Shamseldin, Civil and Environmental Engineering: i) sustainable flood forecasting systems in developing countries and ii) climate change impacts on the design of water infrastructure.

• Dr Rajnish N Sharma, Senior lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering: Renewable Energy: [1] Telescopic blade wind turbine systems [2] Improving performance prediction models for small wind systems [3] Tidal flow fluctuations and interactions with tidal turbines; Green Buildings:[1] Natural ventilation flows.

• A/Prof Naresh Singhal, Civil and Environmental Engineering: investigating emerging contaminants of concern, with a focus on water.

• Dr Karl Stol, Mechanical Engineering: Multivariable control systems, structural dynamic simulations, wind turbine control, mobile robot localisation and control; model predictive control of large wind turbines, control of floating platform wind turbines, wind farm modelling and control.

• Dr Douglas Wilson, Civil and Environmental Engineering: Geometric design of roads and streets, Transportation facility design, Road safety engineering, Skid resistance and Pavement surface characteristics, Road crash reduction and prevention, Road materials and aggregates, Infrastructure asset management, Shared spaces for vehicles and pedestrians.

• Prof. Xun Xu, Mechanical Engineering: Design for the Environment, Life Cycle Analysis and Sustainable Packaging.

• A/Prof Brent Young, Chemical and Materials Engineering: Process design, modeling, control and optimization, General Project Areas: Food, Energy, Metals, Water; Separation and Reaction Engineering.

• Dr. Sadiq Zarrouk, Engineering Science. i) Unconventional (Coalbed Methane, Enhanced Coalbed Methane and Geothermal) Reservoir Engineering (Reservoir Characterization, Well Testing and Reservoir Simulation); ii)Geothermal Engineering (Power Production and Direct Use Applications); iii)Simulation of Reacting Flows in Porous Media, CO2 sequestration.

Post Graduate Students • Mohsin Chaudhry- Civil and Environmental Engineering: some background to

work in the area of displaced communities after devastating earthquake of Pakistan in October 2005

• Dr. Gaya Gamage – Civil and Environmental Engineering: Sustainability assessment; Life Cycle Assessment; risk assessment; Carbon accounting; complex systems and sustainability; education for sustainability; sustainability for industry and manufacturing; sustainable product design; green buildings.

• Dr. Idil Gaziulusoy – Civil and Environmental Engineering: Environmental/Sustainability Engineering System innovation for sustainability; product service systems as sustainable solutions; sustainable enterprise design; design and innovation for sustainability; open innovation and sustainability; engineering and design education for sustainability; transdisciplinary research

• Sandeeka Mannakkara- Civil and Environmental Engineering: improving the efficiency and effectiveness of post-disaster reconstruction and recovery together with inducing resilience into reconstruction and recovery activities - more commonly known in the post-disaster recovery context as "Build Back Better" (BBB)


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Appendix 6. Visit of Dr Gulelat Kebede, University of Auckland Business School

Visit of Dr Gulelat Kebede, University of Auckland Business School UN Habitat UN Global Compact Colloquium

Wednesday, 11 May 2011, Programme 11.30-12.00 Rachel will collect Gulelat from Old Government House and give him a brief tour

of the Business School 12.00-12.55 Business School Undergraduate Student Session

Dr Gulelat Kebede Case Room 1, Level 0, Owen G Glenn Building

1.00-1.55 Welcome Dr Gulelat Kebede Associate Professor Manuka Henare

Meet and Greet, Panel Discussants Boardroom Luncheon, Level 5, Owen G Glenn Building, University of Auckland

1.55-2.00 Dr Kebede and Panel move to Room 223 Level 2, Owen G Glenn Building

2.00-2.10 Welcome to our guest, panellists, reviewers and audience Overview of Colloquium and objectives

Dr Rachel Wolfgramm – Chair

2.10-2.30

Key themes UNHabitat Dr Gulelat Kebede

2.30-3.10 Panel member introductions and discussion connecting their research to

objectives of UNHabitat and UN Global Compact Professor Basil Sharp, Chair, Energy Economics Associate Professor Manuka Henare, Mira Szsasy Research Centre Dr Denise Conroy, Senior Lecturer Marketing, PhD Programme Director Associate Professor Deborah Levy, Head, Department of Property Dr Lesley Stone, Office of the VC and Property Services Dr Adreanne Ormond, Nga Pae o te Maramatanga Dr Ross McDonald, Senior Lecturer, Business and Society Dr Charl de Villiers, Accounting and Finance Dr David Sunduram, Hendrik Reefke, ISOM Representative from Faculty of Law Associate Professor David Grinlinton, Associate Dean (International)

3.10-3.20 Chair and Post Graduate Reviewers

Highlights and integration of key themes from panel discussions Future possibilities - Connectivity, scale, reach, impact

3.20-3.30 Concluding comments

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Panel Members:

Professor Basil Sharp, Chair, Energy Economics

Associate Professor Manuka Henare, Mira Szsasy Research Centre

Dr Denise Conroy, Senior Lecturer Marketing, PhD Programme Director

Associate Professor Deborah Levy, Head, Department of Property

Dr Lesley Stone, Office of the VC and Property Services

Dr Kepa Morgan, Engineering

Dr Adreanne Ormond, Nga Pae o te Maramatanga

Dr Ross McDonald, Senior Lecturer, Business and Society

Dr Charl de Villiers, Accounting and Finance

Hendrik Reefke, ISOM

Representative from Faculty of Law

Associate Professor David Grinlinton, Associate Dean (International)

Introduction (Dr Rachel Wolfgramm)

• UN-Habitat Partner University Initiative: take up challenges occurring due to rapid urbanization.

• Uptake and adoption of innovation in development crucial. • Facilitating exchange with developing and developed nations and cities. • Three areas for cities: enhanced relevance, training and research, well-placed

future practitioners who knows what the issues are and when to take action. For universities; international exposure, advanced research and teaching excellence. For the UN-Habitat: enhancing quantity and quality of research in sustainable development and gaining access to extensive research university networks have.

• Priorities: innovative approaches to education, partnerships with such organizations such as UN-Habitat, how do we translate these ideas into action? Embodiment and leadership and enactment of these principles. Universities are institutions of structure and need to be transformed to better address these issues.

Dr Gulelat Kebede

• UN-Habitat is the lead agency for urban sustainable development in the UN network • Key Areas:

o Rapid urbanization: not really the case in developed nations that are mostly already urbanized, even shrinking. Developing countries have a rapid rate of urbanization. In the next 40 years projection is over 3bn urban population, with 90% of this growth occurring in developing countries where the capacity to manage sustainable development is weak. These are also the countries that are aspiring to improve their conditions, and develop their economies, huge pressure on resources. Era of cheap oil is over. Huge agricultural land will be converted into urban areas and there is no careful thinking and planning, forward-looking vision, huge impacts on systems. If density continues to decline, the estimate of land use


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transformed for urban areas will increase significantly. Broader view about capital: natural capital etc.

o Urban slum challenge: areas where the living condition are so poor that something must be done. With cities growing so fast, and development lagging, people end up getting trapped. Pushed by conflicts, disasters or lack of services, people move and urbanize but cannot make it in the end. The trend in Sub-Saharan cities are that 50-60% of the urban population lives in slums. The issue for economic opportunities become very crucial and has a significant impact on the national economy. A physical manifestation of the problems, growing cities and economies creates income gaps, which contribute to social conflict and tensions.

o Employment. Job creation is especially important in developing countries. Because of the limited economic opportunities, the growing youth and mid-aged demographic is seen as a challenge not an opportunities by the developing countries – potential for this to change.

o Cities need to make a big jump in economic development to face these challenges because there is a need for capital and opportunities – water, health, sanitation, and infrastructure. Economic structure is a challenge; cities are the engines for economic growth.

o Climate change and cities as consumers of energy. They don’t have the economic capacity to adapt and develop infrastructures that can mitigate the effects of industrialization and urbanization.

• Normative work by UN-Habitat: developing guidelines, standards, tools and regulations, which will be helpful when adapted to local circumstances.

• Capacity development: projects etc. Increasing challenge is not just innovation and practice but also the ability to scale such projects up. Includes policy change and reform, engagement of communities, lifestyle change etc.

• Initiatives arise from learning and practice. More emphasis on planning, transport and energy areas, also governance becoming more important and emphasized. Looking for new kinds of strategic partners: education, capacity building on existing students, municipalities and governmental staff. The context and content of teaching and learning is important, research is of particular relevance, multidisciplinary research, labs and projects, collaborative learning, together in a journey of exploring, learning and discovering.

Professor Basil Sharp – Energy Economics

• Transportation choices and urban area design, whether or not people in urban areas will appreciate the design and connectivity of the new designs.

• Challenges faced in the future are related to expectations. • Green economy is a high tech economy, substituting away from labor and drive

seems to be using technology to replace labour. • Issue of job creation? In NZ, a lot of our primary sector production relies on

access to water and for many years there has been a shortage of water, thus decline in export.

• The competition between use of water in production and use for electricity. Funding for solar energy

• A lot of work but not enough evaluation.

Associate Professor Manuka Henare, Mira Szsasy Research Centre

• The Māori economy is the contribution of indigenous Maori to the economy within Aotearoa New Zealand. There is no clear picture of exactly what this is, but we are getting better at defining and learning how to assess this. Over the last 20 years, research has been historical, but current studies have focused on the next 50 years. This has shown that the goal of the Māori economy is to create 150,000 jobs over the next 50 years to sustain development and therefore the business required in order to progress wealth creation, employment and eradicate poverty is large. Māori issues are largely relevant to other Pacific countries.

• Assumption that Business & Economics began in Aotearoa New Zealand in 1840 when introduced by the British. However, the Māori economy was in operation for at least 1000 years before that. Therefore there is the question of how historical economies influences current economic development.


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• It is assumed that urbanisation is a consequence of colonisation. This is disputed as there is evidence that this was occurring within the Pacific up to 5000 years ago. Colonisation may have speed up the process but it is not the cause. We need to understand the difference between historical and forced urbanisation. This may clarify what Indigenous populations want from urbanisation and see it through its own contexts.

• In order to understand sustainability we need new methods to measure it. The current methods such as GDP are inappropriate. We need to create ways to measure happiness and the four well-beings, spiritual, economic, socio-cultural and environmental.

Dr Denise Conroy – Marketing

• Marketing often seen as part of the problem but also has a lot to offer. Being aspirational in our marketing messages is far more engaging to the community. It is easier to tell the market that it is easier to tell people what they want.

• Change isn’t linear. Has huge implications for policy and funding for project. Without proving success, you wont get funding or get the policy approved.

• Looking at lifestyle and status markers. Change and complex but also in an attempt to see what people aspire to. Mining communities want to be seen as doing more sustainable work. Food and food security is a growing issue, the idea of functional food, more denser nutrition food, genotyping so nutrition can be more individually targeted. Lifestyle in general, marketing, because it draws on multiple disciplines and is very engaged can contribute greatly to sustainable development.

Associate Professor Deborah Levy – Property

• Often seen as the problem. • On the idea of green buildings, do they work? Do they really produce

sustainable buildings? Seen more as a marketing tool. Involved in a big study in wellington involving energy efficient buildings, although if the occupiers do not want to contribute to it, there is no use. The behavior of people as well as lifestyles is the main theme of research.

• Looking from the demand and supply. How to change the behavior and encourage the agenda to property investors and tenants.

• Who establishes who designs buildings? Just energy efficiency? • The general idea, how can we work together with investors, developers, and

tenants to promote the sustainable agenda.

Dr Lesley Stone – Office of VC

• In some ways, managing a small town (University) • Change the culture of the organization and there are institutional aspects

that need to be changed. Engaging with people and get them involved in activities. Involved in planning, designing, commissioning, managing of buildings.

• Become much more of a role model in how sustainable models can be integrated within large groups of people, and also integrate with the councils and look at how they can be more involved.

Dr Kepa Morgan – Engineering

• Indigenous research excellence. An investigation of the conceptual building approach.

• Uku is a conceptual building method using earth materials to construct sustainable low-cost housing for rural Māori. Māori identify with third world statistics and theory suggests if this project works here it may transfer to third world countries. There is PhD research being conducted currently on its transferability.

• Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. A current project Kaitiakitanga ngā tāone nui is urban sustainability from a Māori perspective. This develops a


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framework of indigenous knowledge and systems thinking to be applied to urban planning as an alternative to monetary assessments

• Another project is surveying the success end-users of aid projects with the Pacific. Research so far has shown that these projects can at best give marginal benefits if managed well, but have the potential to be detrimental otherwise.

• Another project is the native engineering and technology solutions and how these can benefit developed communities post disaster such as Christchurch earthquake e.g. water based transport and filtering of effluent.

• Being consistent with cultural context and thus will receive more community acceptance.

Dr Ross McDonald - Management

• Concerned at points of observation rather than direct interventions. • Notes the immensely complex and interconnected set of problems. • Concerned with overly-targeted approaches and deals with them but not doing it

maximally in context. • Connecting and solving underground foundational issues crucial, and concerned

at alleviating strategies without really addressing key issues such as national indebtedness.

• Collaboration key. Institutions that are more competitive than cooperative maintain current economic order.

• We can’t continue as we are, never mind develop. • Fundamental source of the problem and taking a genuinely collaborative action.

Begin to really work across boundaries in education, governance and not as individualistic sectors.

• Liberating education from institutional walls. Universities and individuals need to work more collaboratively without charging money for it. Knowledge we inherit and we ought to pass it on. Interested in the process in which institutions can co-create solutions for issues that include contextual problems. Communities where the problems ARE are also potentially where the solutions are also. Don’t overly abstract our own importance, but work across institutional boundaries, sectoral and elitist boundaries. Solutions need to be contextually appropriate.

Dr Charl de Villiers – Accounting and Finance

• Integrate the thoughts into a sustainability course at Honours level. • Deal with companies and their impact on sustainability issues. Deal with

external reporting, social and environmental issues, with the management systems, whereby we’re trying to integrate these sustainable initiatives into their management controls. Companies, local and central government, setting policies and examples on what they can do. Why and what individuals and companies need to do based on these policies.

Dr Adreanne Ormond - Nga Pae o te Maramatanga

• Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, an Indigneous Research Centre looks into bringing harmony between us and the planet through a philosophical and pragmatic approach, looking to traditional and inherent epistemologies. Research is conducted in a way that doesn’t bring harm and creates a better world.

• The centre also focuses on research capacity building - creating Māori PhD across disciplines. These students are very connected to their intellectual material as well also to reality through community. The community is brought to the centre and they are the producers of the research questions.

• The questions that are being asked are: Why are we buying into the capitalist system? How do we position ourselves and do we want to go forward with this system?

• A current project underway is how young people see the world and its future. Studies show they see it with ambivalence and depression; therefore the aim of the research is to create hope and belief through traditional knowledge and worldview that is based in Aotearoa New Zealand.


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Hendrik Reefke - ISOM

• Two main issues: o Most products are not really produced by a small company anymore. Value

is derived in the chain. o Consumers are not really willing to turn around and not buy these things

anymore. Most of them are not interested in what is going on and we need to change that mindset.

• Energy use. Efficiencies in the supply chain. Reversing unsustainable supply chain decisions.

• Great overlap in terms of social justice and SCM decisions. Outsourcing. Infrastructural requirements depends on inner-city development to reduce transport times etc (beneficial) and how they are negative to the region as well.

• Identifying what are the enabling and disabling factors in SCM, what are the characteristics that a sustainable supply chain should exhibit.

Associate Professor David Grinlinton– Law

• Fundamental principle of sustainability in property rights • Alternative energy. Tariffs and mechanisms to reduce the barriers to

alternative energy. • Create a more realistic framework for sustainable urban development.

Summary of key common themes:

• Multidisciplinary collaboration crucial to solve complex and dynamic issues – and universities play a critical role

• Necessity and imminence of change with respect to energy • Localised and culturally appropriate solutions likely to be most effective,

although solutions should have a capacity for global adaptability • Successful urban planning key issue in sustainability in years to come, with

rapidly increasing population growth globally in urban areas • Balancing development and infrastructure growth with the environmental

cost of that growth a challenge

Need to consider and address both foundational causes of societal, economic and ecological issues as


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Appendix 7. Proposed ideas of cooperation between NICAI PhD students (University of Auckland) and UN-Habitat

The Aim: To create opportunities for PhD students through solidifying the cooperation with international funding bodies like UN Habitat.

• That solidification of cooperation could be shown in three main ideas, as follows: 1. Checking the main issues that UN Habitat is interested to investigate on through

their development projects and research. 2. Checking the available funds that UN Habitat could offer for PhD students as future

potential researchers that could help with achieving the UN goals as well as students objectives.

3. Checking the facilities that UN Habitat could offer to the PhD students, and generate connections.

• These ideas could be shown in form of projects which are related to cooperation with the following counterparties:

A. UN Habitat B. The University of Auckland C. PhD candidates D. The selected case studies in some countries (governance and NGO’s in these areas).

• Another point is organizing workshops to show the successful examples and

projects implemented by UN Habitat or its partners. These workshops could be organized through NICAI or in other universities which work with UN-Habitat.

• Another point is enhancing the participation of NICAI PhD students in international UN Habitat forums, congress or conferences. This aims to help students to get a clear view of current issues and problems addressed by UN Habitat and expand connections between the political and practitioners with PhD candidates as researchers. All these ideas we want to discuss with Dr. Gulelat Kebede through a meeting this week before his departure from New Zealand.

NICAI PhD Candidate Research Areas:

Tim Adams (Third year PhD candidate in architecture): He largely works on Architecture and philosophy in order to generate new understandings and interpretations about space. Huzema (First year PhD candidate in architecture): she is working on sustainable development regarding to cultural landscapes. Her case study is Malaysia. Ghazaal Ghoreshi (First year PhD candidate in architecture): she is largely interested in urban regeneration reading to sustainable development. Her case study is Barcelona in Spain (not fixed yet). Anindita Mandal (First year PhD candidate in architecture): she is working on sustainable urban development. She mostly considers residential areas in Mumbai in India. Issi (First year PhD candidate in architecture): her research interest is green buildings and sustainable buildings for the future. Her case study will be a case study in Nigeria (not fixed yet). Andrew (First year PhD candidate in architecture): He is working on urban form, urban infrastructure and their impacts on energy consumption in the contemporary cities. His case study is Nairobi in Kenya. Maciej Cichy (Last year PhD candidate in architecture): His investigation is about tall buildings (towers) to find relation between the height of building and energy consumption in


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different climates. He compares successful sustainable buildings in different geographical areas with various climate to reach to new criteria for designing sustainable buildings for the future. Kareem Ismail (First year PhD candidate in planning): His topic is about the coastal area management regarding to tourism for achieving sustainable development. His case study will be Auckland in New Zealand (not fixed yet). Alfian Syam (Second year PhD candidate in planning): the cultural aspects of public urban transportation are his main interest. He is working on Auckland urban transportation system as a case study. The aim of his research is to enhance public transport system regarding to socio-cultural demands. Leila Mirza (First year PhD candidate in architecture): She wants to bring back green space to Iranian residential buildings. She investigates on the psychological and physical necessity of green spaces in the Iranian modernized cities. Her case study is Mashhad in Iran. Namita Kambli (Third year PhD candidate in architecture): She is working on media and its effects on urban public spaces. Zaragoza in Spain is her case study. Namita wants to use the capacity of media in public spaces for creating better urban spaces. Emma Fergusson (Second year PhD candidate in planning): she is doing her PhD on poverty and inequality in New Zealand based on philosophical understandings. She also deploys different economic methods and concepts to support her argument. She aims to mitigate the side effects of planning practice in New Zealand on the lower and middle social class. Mohsen Mohammadzazadeh (Second year PhD candidate in planning): His interest is multiculturalism, globalization and their socio-cultural effects on residents’ identification in the contemporary cities. He deploys philosophical ideas to support his investigation and he is working on Dubai.


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Appendix 8. Meetings in Wellington on 13 May 2011: Gulelat Kebede and Ward Friesen

Meeting 1: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Met with several MFAT people including

Ø Sally Jackman, MFAT UN Division Ø Vicki Poole, Global Development Division Ø Sonya Cameron, Development Programme Manager - Kiribati/Micronesia Ø Tom Wilson, Development Programme Manager – Samoa Ø Leonard Chan, Development Programme Manager – Fiji, Tuvalu-Pacific Group Ø Deborah Collins – Deputy Director – Regonal/Social Vulnerability Ø Sandra Hamilton, Deputy Director, Partnerships and Funds Ø Luke Kiddle, Development Manager Solomon Islands

• Discussed issues around New Zealand’s plan to make a bid for the Security Council in 2014

• Overview of UN protocols and agencies in which NZ is active; UN-Habitat is not one of them, and potential to get more involved reduced by cut backs within Ministry in recent times

• Specific development issues important to MFAT include: o “right to housing” o maternal mortality o disability o women’s rights o safe drinking water

• Gulelat discussed the roles of UN-Habitat, especially in relation to sustainability and housing, water and sanitation

• Considerable discussion around urban issues in the Pacific, e.g. the development of squatter settlements in some Pacific cities and towns; problematic issue of land tenure systems and their role in urban development and growth

• Gulelat noted that banks are saying that there are not enough good programmes to fund, thus need for “pre-investment” packages

Seminar by Gulelat Kebede • Attended by about 20 people from different parts of MFAT • Introduction to founding and history of UN-Habitat • World Urban Campaign is about advocacy, monitoring and partnerships. Some

examples of campaign o Initiatives on urban economy o Participatory slum upgrading programme e.g. operating in Fiji, PNG,

Solomon Islands o Water and Sanitation Trust Fund

• Question and answer period Meeting 2: Humanitarian Action Group and Natural Disaster Management Team

• Discussions related to humanitarian clusters e.g. UN agencies working together after disasters

• Pacific humanitarian team outlined their activities • Gulelat outlined UN-Habitat’s response to forced relocation by governments after

disaster • Discussion about Global Land Tool Resource (focus on land reform, improved land

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Appendix 8 contd: Meetings in Wellington on 16 May 2011: Gulelat Kebede and Charlotte Šunde

Meeting 1: Ministry for the Environment Met with Kay Harrison and her team.

• They work closely with the Institute of Policy Studies at Victoria University, given close physical proximity and existing contacts. They also have an Environmental Cooperation Agreement with Lincoln. There is an urban policy team based in Auckland (formerly part of GUEDO). Alice Wilson is a key contact.

• Todd Krieble is the Director/Manager in the MfE Information Directorate and is the contact person for brokering relationships with external parties. Partnerships are established for contracts, stimulating policy debates and more formal agreements with trade partners (i.e. Environmental Cooperation Agreements). In sending ‘request for proposals’, MfE are bound to go beyond New Zealand, with no preference to NZ research teams.

• Kay’s team is responsible for input to multinational environmental conventions (e.g., with OECD, UN, UNEP). Involvement in the East Asia Summit (SE Asian nations, akin to APEC): there is a work programme on sustainable cities. Unlike APEC, there is an environmental component.

• All of New Zealand free trade agreements have an environmental component; therefore have led to building partnerships and capacity.

Meeting 2: Ministry of Education Daniel Tasker, Mike Woods, Suze Stowger (MoE); Elizabeth Rose (Secretary General, UNESCO)

• UNESCO – engage with schools on environmental issues. • The lens on sustainability is woven into the NZ curriculum. See: www.efs.tki.org.nz

“Education for Sustainability” for case studies. Funded under Labour government; funding phased out this year under National government. Numbers of Enviro School advisors have been reduced. Nationally, there are 763 Enviro Schools: 45% of schools in Auckland embraced this. At secondary school level there is a NCEA course on sustainability (six at level two; five at level 3 – year 13).

• Education Review Office national reports. ‘Enterprise’ could include sustainable business enterprises.

• There is a National Monitoring Project (NEMP) run by Otago University, 15 years duration.

• Links with Graham Aitken (Dean of Faculty of Education at U of Auckland), former Geographer.


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Appendix 9: Contact List

Dr Elizabeth Fassman [email protected] Prof Mohammed Farid [email protected] Prof Wei Gao [email protected] Dr Vicente Gonzalez [email protected] Dr Patrick Hu [email protected] Prof Jason Ingham [email protected] Dr Krishnan Jayaraman [email protected] Prof Udaya Madawala [email protected] Prof Bruce Melville [email protected] Dr Kepa Morgan [email protected] Mr Hugh Morris [email protected] Dr Nirmal Nair [email protected] Prof Sing Kiong Nguang [email protected] Dr Rolando Orense [email protected] Dr Darrell Patterson [email protected] Prof Pierre Quenneville [email protected] Prof Robert Raine [email protected] Dr Rainer Seidel [email protected] Prof Asaad Shamseldin [email protected] Dr Rajnish N Sharma [email protected] Prof Naresh Singhal [email protected] Dr Karl Stol [email protected] Dr Douglas Wilson [email protected] Prof Xun Xu [email protected] Prof Brent Young [email protected] Dr Sadiq Zarrouk [email protected] Dr Enrico Haemmerle [email protected] Ms Mandy Allan [email protected] Ms Sally Birdsall [email protected] Ms Evie Kinane [email protected] Dr Ward Friesen [email protected] Mr Robert Perry [email protected] Ms Raewyn Stone [email protected] Mr Brent Bielby Chris Bindon

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Ms Sonya Cameron [email protected] Mr Peter Brunt (Ministry for the Environment) [email protected] Ms Kay Harrison (Ministry for the Environment) [email protected] Mr Mike Woods (Ministry of Education) [email protected] Mr Daniel Tasker (Ministry of Education)

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