The Roadmap from Humanitarian Response to Post-conflict Resilience and Recovery - Focus on Ukraine
27 June 11:45 - 13:00
Location: Sala José Iturbi
Addressing the challenges of local governance and the lack of coordinated vision to plan and implement post-war recovery and sustainable development initiatives across regional and international partners in conflict fragile settings, this Panel discussion will help pave the way towards understanding the gaps in ongoing initiatives taking place on the ground in response to short-term humanitarian needs, and develop a mechanism a more integrated approach for local and regional stakeholders’ engagement, to help shift the current siloed investments and ad-hoc humanitarian led actions towards strategically and demand led climate neutral and locally driven approach.
Sharing the key findings of the 3 Workshops that were organised as part of the ICLEI Roadmap, which took place with 19 Ukrainian cities in March, April and May 2024 in the run-up to EURESFO24, the panellists will be encouraged to reflect on the cities defined urgent needs and demands for plans for developing their Local Green Deals (LGDs), under three key thematic areas: Energy Efficiency, Sustainable Reconstruction and Socio-economic Recovery. Panellists will provide examples from existing projects/programs/initiatives that they are involved in, and recommendations on how to best support cities, improve access to capital and advance public-private partnership economic behaviour, while maintaining the value, management and utility of municipal services and resources for sustainable post-war recovery and resilience decentralisation efforts.
This session is part of the The Roadmap from Humanitarian Response to Post-conflict Resilience and Recovery stream.
Speakers
Head of Division, Urban Advisory Division, Projects Directorate, European Investment Bank
Gerry Muscat, Head of Division, Urban Advisory Division, Projects Directorate, European Investment Bank
Gerry is responsible for EIB advisory work with cities in urban development, urban mobility, affordable housing and climate action. He leads urban advisory activity under JASPERS – including its work on the New European Bauhaus, and the EU Cities Climate Mission. He also leads urban advisory in developing and transition countries, under the City Climate Gap Fund. He previously managed the appraisal of EIB urban development lending, and has worked at the EBRD, and in consultancy. His speaks English, Polish and French, and has degrees in Geography from Oxford and London universities.
Portfolio Learning Lead, UNDP (Turkey)
Yaera Chung, Portfolio Learning Lead, UNDP
Yaera Chung is a Portfolio Learning Lead at UNDP Regional Bureau of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, where she guides UNDP Country Offices and regional projects in building systems thinking portfolios for digital transformation, future of work and urban transformation. She is currently working with municipalities to apply systems thinking by building systems learning portfolio through EU Mayor’s for Economic Growth (M4EG) and Cities Experiment Fund, Slovak Transformation Fund initiative.
Program Management Officer, UNDRR (Belgium)
Nicholas Ramos, Program Management Officer, UNDRR
In over ten years of experience with the United Nations, with UNDRR and UNDP in Geneva, Bangkok, and most recently in Brussels, Nick has focused on program management, partnerships, and policy development for sustainable development and disaster resilience. This has included early warning and disaster prevention projects in South and Southeast Asia, and increasing risk knowledge and strengthening resilience in South-eastern Europe, the South Caucasus and Central Asia. Nick has a Masters degree in International Affairs, focusing on Environment and Public Policy from University of California, San Diego.
Head of Climate and Innovation, UN Global Compact (Ukraine)
Yuliia Helazhys, Head of Climate and Innovation, UN Global Compact Ukraine
Yuliia Helazhys is the Head of Climate and Innovation at the UN Global Compact Ukraine, where coordinates the Climate Ambition Accelerator program. With a background in economics, Yuliia has experience in project management, marketing, and business operations across various industries.
Passionate about environmental responsibility, Yuliia helps businesses integrate sustainability and engage in climate action.She believes that businesses can drive innovative change towards building resilient, adaptive, and climate-neutral cities.Her master's thesis examined business planning for the integration of renewable energy sources into housing, focusing on energy efficiency and urban development.
Yuliia envisions a world that cares for the environment and future generations, she is committed to fostering public-private partnerships and innovative business models that advance sustainable post-war recovery while maintaining the value and utility of municipal services.
Depytu mayor, Vinnytsia City Council (Ukraine)
Andrii Ocheretnyi, Depytu mayor, Vinnytsia City Council
Ukrainian, born on December 1, 1977. Kulyga village, Lytinsky district, Vinnytsia region. Graduated from Vinnytsia State Technical University in 1999. Civil engineer.
Locksmith, master, engineer of private companies. Deputy General Director of the Podillia concern.
Now working as a deputy mayor. Deputy of the city council of two convocations.
Honored builder of Ukraine. He was awarded orders and medals for the development of Ukraine, as well as for the defense of the state.
Raising two children.
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Ihor Knyazev, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Moderator
Senior Expert, Resilience and Climate Adaptation, ICLEI Europe
Nuha Eltinay, Senior Expert, Resilience and Climate Adaptation, ICLEI Europe
Dr. Nuha Eltinay is a Senior Urban Resilience and Climate Adaptation Expert at ICLEI Europe, worked previously as a Senior Urban Specialist at the World Bank MENA Urban, Disaster Risk Management, Resilience and Land Global Practice, and supported the UNDRR in the training and implementation of the DRR and Climate Change Comprehensive Risk Management program in the MENA Region, addressing loss and damage interrelated disasters socio-economic impact. Receiving her PhD in Urban Resilience from London South Bank University, and MSc from University of Westminster in International Planning and Sustainable Development. Nuha has several Academic Research papers and contributes to a number of policy documents such as 2019 UNDRR Global Assessment Report and 2019 Overseas Development Institute study on Disaster risk reduction, urban informality and a ‘fragile peace’. Nuha Eltinay recently launched 2024 Book Publication ‘Urban Resilience and Climate Change in the MENA Region’ documenting her PhD journey and provides an overview of the geopolitical context and climate change risk profile of the MENA Region.