OECD URBAN DAYS

Event Agenda

Day

1 : April 14, 2025
06:00 - 11:00
7th meeting of the OECD Champion Mayors for Inclusive Growth (by invitation only)
8:00-9:00 - Registration and Welcome Coffee 9:00-9:15 - Welcome remarks by OECD Secretary General Mathias Cormann 9:15-11:00 - Cities for All in Times of Uncertainty 11:00-11:30 - Coffee Break 11:30-13:00 - Spotlight on Transforming Urban Mobility: Ensuring Accessibility, Resilience, and Equity in a Changing World 13:00-14:30 - Family picture and Champion Mayors Lunch - A Call to Action for better policies for resilient places
12:30 - 16:15
Kick-off Ceremony & Cities for All
14:30-15:15 - OECD Urban Days: Kick-off Ceremony 15:15-16:15- Cities for All Ages 16:15-16:45 - Coffee break 16:45-18:15- Confronting the Housing Crisis in Cities

Day

2 : April 15, 2025
07:30 - 11:00
The Circular Economy in Cities and Regions of the European Union
9:30-11:00 - Closing the Loop: Circular Economy in European Cities and Regions 11:00-11:30 - Coffee break 11:30-13:00 - Circular Cities and Regions in Action: Insights from 10 Policy Scans
11:00 - 12:15
Lunchtime Masterclass #1: “The 15-minute City and Proximity Revolution”
By Carlos Moreno, Scientific Director of the Chaire ETI, IAE Paris Sorbonne
12:30 - 16:00
Sectoral Deep Dives on the Circular Economy
14:30-15:30 - Deep Dive #1: Beyond Bricks – Circular Buildings for a Greener Tomorrow 16:00-16:30 - Coffee break 16:30-18:00 - Deep Dive #2: From Drain to Gain – Rethinking Water in a Circular Economy

Day

3 : April 16, 2025
07:30 - 11:00
Localising the Sustainable Development Goals
9:30-11:00 - Local Action, Global Impact: Towards a Global Stocktake on SDGs Localisation 11:00-11:30 - Coffee break 11:30-13:00 - SDGs in Action: Impact Stories from 10 Cities and Regions
11:00 - 12:15
Lunchtime Masterclass #2: “The Geopolitics of Climate”
by François Gemenne, Professor, HEC Paris
12:30 - 16:00
Spotlight on SDG 13 (Climate) and SDG 14 (Oceans)
14:30-16:00 - A Territorial Approach to Climate Action and Resilience (TACAR) 16:00-16:30 - Coffee break 16:30-18:00 - A Territorial Approach to the Blue Economy: the role of cities and regions

Day

4 : April 17, 2025
07:00 - 11:00
Financing Cities
8:00-9:00 - Leveraging Decentralised Development Cooperation to drive and finance the SDGs - Breakfast conversation with delegates from the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) 9:00-9:30 - Opening Remarks 9:30-10:30 - Financing the Cities of Tomorrow: a shared responsibility 10:30-11:30 - Harnessing City-to-City Partnerships to Finance Urban Development 11:30-12:00 - Coffee break 12:00 - 13:00 - Real Estate Investment in a Changing Climate