29th
Apr 2019
Janaagraha | Governing Cities: Reflections from South Africa and India
On Monday 29th April, CLPR’s Sudhir Krishnaswamy and Mathew Idiculla will discuss the Greater Bengaluru Governance Bill at the Governing Cities consultation. The consultation is organised by Janaagraha.
Andrew Boraine, CEO of the Western Cape Economic Development Partnership (EDP), will also speak. His session is titled “Lessons from South Africa”. He has been involved in South Africa’s local government, urban and economic development and transition processes for the past 41 years. The EDP is an independent not-for-profit company. It aims to “improve the performance of the Cape Town and Western Cape socio-economic development system”.
More about the consultation:
Agenda:
| Time | Session |
| 16.00-16.05 | Context by Srikanth Viswanathan, Janaagraha |
| 16.05-16.10 | Introductions |
| 16.10-16.25 | The Bengaluru Governance Bill by Sudhir Krishnaswamy and Mathew Idiculla, Centre for Law and Policy Research |
| 16.25-17.00 | Governance of Cities: Lessons from South Africa by Andrew Boraine, CEO, WCEDP |
| 17.00-18.00 | Reflections from Indian experience (comments from participants and responses from Andrew on South African experience) |
| 18.00-18.30 | Relevance of WCEDP model for India’s cities |
| 18.30 | High Tea |
Time 4 PM to 6.30 PM
Venue Omidyar Network, SKAV 909, 15th floor, Richmond Circle, Bengaluru 560001