Morocco chairs world urban development congress
Regional-Morocco, Politics, 6/21/2003

Morocco was elected this Friday president of the 27th World Congress on Urban Development that closed on Friday its three-day session in Saint Denis (Paris region), held under the patronage of French president, Jacques Chirac.

Members of the governing council of this edition, that groups several developed countries and countries of the south unanimously approved Morocco's chairmanship of the forum, said wali (senior governor) of Tetuan, Mohammed Mbarki, who lead the Moroccan delegation.

some 600 participants from more than 50 countries also chose the northern Moroccan region of Tangiers-Tetuan as a venue for the first biennial urban development conference. The conference will be preceded by thematic conferences in France, Poland, Japan and Egypt.

The core discussions focused on the quality of urban development as opposed to anonymous and standardized urban development patterns resulting from the globalization of exchange and of urban models.

The debate also addressed the paradox between development and construction, between managed and spontaneous development and the efficiency of instruments regulating urban development.

Participants also discussed public and private sectors approaches in managing sustainable development, new policies of urban development and refurbishing of contemporary cities.

The forum further scrutinized the involvement of the private sector in urban services and the gap between countries of the North and the South in terms of infrastructures and public services.

The forum will hold its coming session in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia).

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