EBRD Green Cities helps to improve the lives of millions of people – by investments ranging from increasing access to water, upgrading public transport or improving the sustainability of the city’s energy system.

Alongside resilience provided by sustainable infrastructure, the event will explore how cities can learn from and support one another in times of crisis. Bringing citizen voices into the room, citizens from three of the programme’s Green Cities will tell their stories and engage with a panel of decision makers and city thought leaders.

Broadcasting live from several of EBRD’s Green Cities, citizens will link their local context to the global one, reflecting on both personal and community resilience. Their questions to the panel will ask how governments can support their citizens in difficult times to create ‘sustainable cities’ in the fullest sense.

This is a hybrid event taking place in-person at the EBRD Annual Meeting in Marrakesh, Morocco and streamed live to and from our countries of operation. The audience and panel will be invited into the homes, businesses and project sites of EBRD’s Green Cities through a combination of pre-recorded video and live contributions.

Participants: 

Nandita  Parshad  - Managing Director, Sustainable Infrastructure Group, EBRD

Fatma  Sahin  - Mayor of Gaziantep, Metropolitan Municipality of Gaziantep, Turkey

Edin  Forto  - Prime Minister at Government of Sarajevo Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Serhiy  Kiral  - Deputy Mayor of Lviv, Ukraine

Shams El Din  Abdel Ghaffar  - Managing Director, Infinity EV Division, Infinity Energy, Infinity Capital Investment

Sue  Barrett  - Director, Head of Infrastructure, Turkey, Middle East & Africa, EBRD

Lin  O’Grady  -  Deputy Head SI3P & Co-Lead EBRD Green Cities, EBRD

Dr  Nigel  Jollands  -  Associate Director, Co-lead EBRD Green Cities, EBRD

Sami  Hourani  -  Founder & CEO, Leaders of Tomorrow | FORSA | Souq Fann

Seda Müftüoğlu Güleç - Architect, Green Building Expert, Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality, Department of Housing and Urban Planning, Gaziantep, Turkey

Benjamin  Crljenković  - Student at Faculty of Agriculture and Food, University of Sarajevo

French, English and Turkish simultaneous Interpretation is available for this event through the Interactio app. View the 'Attachments' tab above for details on how to access it.  Event code: AM2022