World Cities Scientific Development Alliance

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World Cities Scientific Development Alliance
Focusing on Urban Disaster Prevention
and Reduction Working to Promote World Cities
Sustainable Development

• www.wcsdf.org

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Focusing on Global Urbanization Process Exploring
Ways for Sustainable Urban Development
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WCSDA Overview
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WCSDA Profile

• The World Cities Scientific Development Alliance
  (WCSDA) was established in 2009, with the goal of
  promoting sustainable urban development, creating
  livable city environments which are disaster
  resilient and climate change proof both within
  and outside China.
• The WCSDA offers mutual opportunities for policy
  dialogue on urban governance, exchange of
  successful experience and new technologies for
  sustainable city development, and promotes world
  cities scientific development through the
  platform of World Cities Scientific Development
  Forum.
• The World Cities Scientific Development
  Development provides regularly platforms for
  sharing insights and experiences on various
  challenges faced by world cities sustainable
  development, including crisis management,
  emergency relief, disaster reduction, the
  building of livable cities for humanity and the
  transforming of urban economic development
  pattern.
• The alliance also helps world people understand
  and respect the diversity of civilization as we
  look to build a harmonious and peaceful world.

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WCSDA Principle

• The general guideline is to Seek Peace, Seek
  Cooperation, Seek Harmony and Seek Development
• The general development objectives are to reduce
  wars, alleviate poverty, control diseases, deal
  with city problems, cope with terrorist
  incidents, reduce city environmental pollutions,
  promote modern cities scientific management,
  improve modern cities prosperity and move forward
  with a new-type industrialization of world
  cities.

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WCSDA Mechanism

• Stick to the principle of equality, freedom,
  neutral and science and put in place the
  mechanism of voluntary and independent
  participation and free quit in a bid to develop
  the WCSDA into an authoritative and neutral
  international non-governmental organization.

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WCSDA Mission

• Working together with governments, enterprises
  and social organizations to build harmonious
  cities.

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WCSDA Business Scope

• 1. Organize annual meeting, forums, seminars and
  other academic symposiums to share insight on how
  to build livable cities compare notes on Chinese
  and world economic and social development,
  including key issues in finance, trade,
  investment and environment.
• 2. Come up with regional or global initiatives,
  facilitate and strengthen the cooperative
  relationship between city governments and
  commercial entities in trade and investment
  award relevant titles to outstanding personnel or
  organizations that have made contributions to
  city development.
• 3. Organize relevant experts and scholars to
  carry out themed studies on city development
  strategy, development planning, city ecological
  improvement and other major theoretical and
  practical issues about city development. Accept
  commission from cities and competent units to
  conduct investigations and researches and provide
  consulting services for all issues about city
  development.
• 4. Enhance inter-government connections inside
  and outside regions through the working network
  established by the WCSDA strengthening mutual
  understanding, mutual trust and friendship
  between cities. Set up research institutions with
  international influence and provide advanced
  managerial experiences and technologies
• 5. Set up research institutions with
  international influence and provide advanced
  managerial experiences and technologies.
• 6. Organize members of the WCSDA to launch
  communications between world cities and
  international academic exchanges and inspections.

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WCSDA Planning
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WCSDA Course

• Symposium for Experts
• China Academy of Management Science
  and the Organizing Committee of the WCSDA
  co-organized a symposium for experts in Beijing
  to exchange views on world cities scientific
  development, interpret and define world cities
  and explore ways for world cities scientific
  development. In this context, the First World
  Cities Scientific Development Forum was held in
  Beijing and its sub-forum was held in Shanghai
  World Expo.
• The First WCSDF
• The First World Cities Scientific
  Development Forum was held under the theme of
  Focusing on World Cities Urbanization and
  Exploring Ways to Realize Sustainable
  Development to strengthen communication and
  exchange among world cities and share insights on
  and move forward with the idea of building a
  harmonious world advocated by the Chinese
  Government. The event brought together government
  officials, ambassadors to China, city
  representatives, business leaders, financial
  leaders, economist and sociologists, among others
  to exchange views and deliver speeches on eight
  topics that received great response from the
  international community. The Beijing Declaration
  with global common consensus was adopted after
  discussions before the opening of the First WCSDF
  as part and parcel of the success of the First
  WCSDF.

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• Emergency Relief Supplies Exhibition in Hangzhou
• To implement the spirit of the First World
  Cities Scientific Development Forum, World
  Cities Scientific Development Research Center
  co-organized the Exhibition of Relief Supplies
  in Xiaoshan International Relief Supplies
  Purchasing Group Meeting under the theme of
  Implementing UN MDGS and Exploring Ways for
  Harmonious development with Hangzhou Xiaoshan
  Cishan Zonghui between November 21 and 23, 2010.
• Relief Supplies Purchasing Group Meeting
• The meeting held a themed discussion
  on the establishment of a branch of the
  International Emergency Relief Center in
  Hangzhou and analyzed comprehensive data of the
  feasible report. The center will serve as a
  specialized organization to support the united
  efforts of the International Emergency Relief
  Center based in Beijing.

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• The Second WCSDF
• First Mayors Summit on Disaster Risk Reduction
• We focus on all factors for urban
  development, including disaster risk prevention
  and reduction, emergency relief and post-disaster
  reduction and actively involves in international
  disaster reduction and disaster relief efforts to
  the best of our ability. In order to further
  implement the important works of the UN in
  disaster risk reduction, the WCSDA, UNISDR,
  Chengdu Municipal Government and SCI co-organized
  the Second WCSDF under the theme of Focusing on
  Development and Cooperation among Cities
  Building Livable Cities for Humanity in Chengdu
  between Aug 11-13, 2011.
• More than 200 participants including
  experts and mayors from across the world to share
  information, knowledge, experience and insights
  on challenges in and opportunities for making
  city and urban development sustainable, disaster
  resilient and climate change-proof. The forum
  stressed to enhance bilateral and multilateral
  cooperation in boosting sustainable social and
  economic development and building livable cities
  for humanity, called mayors participated in the
  forum to sign the Chengdu Action Plan that will
  serve as the guidance for disaster prevention and
  reduction and for the establishment and
  improvement of international disaster prevention
  and reduction system.

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Current Situation

• National and international capacities
  have been constantly challenged by the growing
  magnitude and frequency of natural disasters. The
  world is under certainties affected by the
  international financial crisis.
• The impact of the current European debt
  crisis is as serious as the subprime mortgage
  crisis and is likely to trigger another round of
  financial crisis if it keeps worsening.
• All these problems and disasters are
  threatening world cities sustainable development.
  If we fail to come up with workable measures, the
  situation will be even worsened.
• Having said that, I believe the humanity
  could overcome disasters, no matter how serious
  they would be, and move towards new civilization
  if we could work together in this endeavor.

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International Banner

• One of the major tasks of the UN is to prevent
  and reduce disasters and provide humanitarian
  assistance.
• The role of the UN in disaster prevention and
  reduction is to promote the international
  strategy for disaster risk reduction globally.
• As a UN authoritative organization for
  international strategy for disaster risk
  reduction, the mission is glorious and the task
  is arduous.
• UNISDR has become a banner organization for
  disaster prevention and reduction in the world.

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Partnership

• Aug 11, 2011
• Chengdu, Sichuan, China
• The Second WCSDF the First Mayors Summit on
  Disaster Risk Reduction
• WCSDA UNISDR
• Officially Reached the Strategic Partnership
  Agreement on Promoting World Cities Sustainable
  Development

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Plans

• Up to now, the WCSDA has put in
  place its own theoretical operation mechanism
  through constant theme vistis and organized
  symposiums on city building, planning,
  development and future trend over the past three
  years and become a well-known international NGO
  dedicated to world cities sustainable
  development.
• Going forward, the WCSDA will review
  its commitment to promote bilateral and
  multilateral cooperation among world cities amid
  the global urbanization process.

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On Making Cities More Resilient

• The Making Cities More Resilient campaign of
  UNISDR comes as an important guarantee for world
  cities sustainable development!
• Cities that are resilient to disaster risks could
  help reduce poverty, promote development,
  increase job opportunities, promote social
  equity, balance the ecosystem and improve health
  and education. For that matter, the campaign can
  be taken as part of the plan for sustainable city
  development.
• Our shared responsibility is to have a clear
  direction and focus on practices.

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Three SuggestionsonStrategic Partnership and
the Implementation of Making Cities More
Resilient Campaign
For Chinese Cities
How to Develop Specific Programs
How to Leverage on Our Advantages
How to roll out feasible plans for the campaign
Dialogue Mechanism and project planning and
implementation capacity of WCSDA
How to assist Chinese governments at all levels
to implement the campaign
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Three Steps for the Implementation of the Campaign
Symposium for Global Experts
Making Cities More Resilient
Appraisal System for Cities Resilient to Disaster
Risks
Programs of the Training Center for International
Emergency Relief
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Symposium for Global Experts

• Sustainable development couldnt be
  realized without reducing disaster risks faced by
  cities.
• This will help accelerate the
  implementation of the Making Cities More
  Resilient campaign of UNISDR in the
  Asian-Pacific region.

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Appraisal System for Resilient Cities

• One of the major tasks of the United
  Nations is to prevent and reduce disaster risks
  and provide humanitarian assistance. The UN
  Secretary General Ban Ki-moon noted on the 2010
  International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction
  that disaster risk reduction is our shared
  responsibility and requires our concerted effort
  and investment.
• Promoting the implementation of Making
  Cities More Resilient campaign and enhance the
  capacity of world cities in disaster prevention
  and reduction also represent a key focus of the
  WCSDA.

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Programs of the International Emergency Relief
Training Center

• Help popularize knowledge on disaster
  rescure and relief, improve the professional
  skills of rescure workers and establish a
  training system for emergency relief in China.
• The WCSDA will coordinate with UNISDR to
  carry out demergency rescure and relief trainings
  based on our strategic partnerships. We will
  leverage on the the rich experience of UNISDR in
  international disaster relief efforts and
  introduce the training programs into enterprises,
  schools and other social organizations.
• The WCSDA will cooperate with city
  governments to set up training centers in China
  so as to carry out training programs for
  emergency resure and relief that could help save
  more lives and reduce property losses.
• The programs of the training center will
  focus on improve the capacity of citizens in
  self-rescure and mutual assistance and plans to
  set up 100 training centers across China, and
  each center is capable of provide training
  programs for 10,000 people.

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Joining Hands in the Campaign

• As a key force for world cities
  sustainable development, the WCSDA will keep
  devoping itself into an authoritative and neutral
  international NGO with "equality, freedom,
  neutrality and science" as the principle.
• At the same time, the WCSDA is ready to work
  together with UNISDR to deepen our recognition in
  world cities sustainable development based on the
  strategic partnership and actively explore roads
  towards sustainable development through
  strenghtening international cooperatio and
  increasing awareness in disaster prevention and
  reduction and other core issues.
• To conclude, would like to thank UNISDR for
  their thoughtful arrangement and hard works to
  make this event happen. I wish you all a fruitful
  results.

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• World Cities Scientific Development Alliance