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1st MEGACITY THINK-TANK ALLIANCE FORUM

The Megacities are currently striving to solve various risk factors and to increase resilience on its path to becoming a safer city.

Please join us in our first ever attempt to form a Megacity ThinkTank Alliance and share your knowledge and experience in providing policy solutions.

Theme

Date

July 8th, 2014 Venue

Seoul City Hall Key Participants

Beijing

eijing Municipal Institute of City Planning and B Design • Tsinghua University •

Shanghai •

hanghai Urban Planning and Design Research S Institute

Singapore • Singapore Center for Livable Cities International Organization • CITYNET •

ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability

Host

Seoul Metropolitan Government Organizer

The Seoul Institute

The Seoul Institute is a 22 years old city research institute established by the Seoul Metropolitan Government in 1992 to support municipal administration through professional research and to improve the quality of life in Seoul.

The Seoul Institute (The SI) - Address : Nambusunhwan-ro, 340-gil, Seocho-gu, Seoul 137-071 Korea - Website : www.si.re.kr - Phone : 82-2-2149-1000 Megacity Research Center (MRC) - Address : 330-1, Nambusunhwan-ro, 340-gil, Seocho-gu, Seoul 137-071 Korea - Website : official website planned to be opened - Contact : Dr. Joonho KO (Director) Email : simrc@si.re.kr Phone : 82-2-2149-1127

Solutions for Megacities

Megacity, from Risk Society to Safe City

MEGACITY RESEARCH - City Profiling · MRC researches on economic development stages and urban infrastructure levels of more than 50 major emerging megacities around the world. · At the initial stage, we focus on 7 major cities mostly in Southeast Asia and expects to expand the research works to more cities in the world.

ABOUT US

SEOUL SOLUTIONS

- Research Collaboration · The Seoul Institute (The SI) is establishing various collaborative networks with domestic and international agencies to strengthen its global capacity in dealing with urban problems .

- Megacity Think-Tank Alliance (MeTTA)

• City Profiling Areas : Emerging Megacities • 1st scope (2013~2018) : 18 Asian Cities

· Megacity Research Center (MRC) was established at The Seoul Institute (The SI) in July 2012 to support international cooperation of the Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG). · MRC conducts studies on how to create and implement strategic plans for sustainable development of the cities, applying the urban development experiences of the SMG. · MRC focuses on Seoul Solutions, Megacity Research and International Cooperation.

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

- City Monitoring · MRC also plans to monitor outstanding megacities in the developed areas such as New York, London, Paris, Tokyo, Beijing and so on to analyze their innovative policies and read global trend.

• Monitoring Areas : Developed Megacities • 1st scope (2013~2018) : 5 Major Global Cities

· The role and influence of megacities are expected to grow in the global community, but only a few cities have the resource to analyze and deal with the problems of their cities. · The SI attempts to form a Think-Tank alliance to take the initiative in dealing with the urban issues in the research area.

• MeTTA plans to hold an annual academic conference of themes selected by the host city for a long-lasting constructive engagement.

• Beijing, Singapore, Ulaanbaatar, Shanghai, Yangon, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang are invited, and more are expected to join

Megacity Research Area (2013~2018)

· The Seoul Institute is closely connected with the Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) and international organizations including UN-Habitat, World Bank and CITYNET. · We would like to share our experiences accumulated from the fast economic growth of Seoul and take the role as the ‘Solution Bank’ providing customized solutions based on such coordination.

Framework for providing Seoul Solutions

Amsterdam Warsaw Berlin

London Paris

Barcelona Algiers

Participation of Expert Network

The Seoul Institute

Collaboration with other Government Agencies

Abuja

Moscow Astana

Istanbul Ankara

Ulaanbaatar

Addis Ababa

Seoul

Tashkent

Teheran Lahore Cairo Baghdad Karachi Riyadh Mumbai

Athens

Dar es Salaam

Hong Kong Hanoi

Metro Manila Da Nang Ho Chi Minh City

Singapore Lampung Jakarta

Cooperation with the Private

1st Scope Cities

Bogota

(population)

Rio de Janeiro Sao Paulo

>20,000,000 >15,000,000

New South Wales

International Agencies

Mexico City

Port Moresby

Maputo Durban

Seoul Metropolitan Government

Los Angeles

Shanghai

Kathmandu

Dhaka

New York

San Francisco

Tokyo

New Delhi

Bangalore Yangon Bangkok

Nairobi

Ottawa

Beijing

Buenos Aires

>10,000,000 <10,000,000