Before the World Urban Forum, Mayor highlighted Bogotá’s post-pandemic recovery

Before the WUF 11, Mayor highlighted Bogotá’s post-pandemic recoveryPhoto: Mayor's Office of Bogota
(Left to right) Nigel Fisher, former United Nations Assistant Secretary-General; Claudia López, Mayor of Bogotá; and Sameh Wahba, Regional Director, Sustainable Development, Europe and Central Asia Region at The World Bank.
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2022
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During her participation in the high-level dialogue on the challenges faced by cities around the world over the last two years, Mayor Claudia López listed seven elements that have marked her administration in Colombia’s capital.

Bogotá’s representative referred to the COVID-19 pandemic, unemployment, poverty, mobility, migration, social protests, and the presidential elections. She explained the challenges she has faced as a leader based on the aforementioned elements.

“These seven waves formed a tsunami that we were able to respond to in solidarity, although there are still many challenges. Thanks to the democratic system, sustained with support for women, we can create solutions that will help us combat the waves that make up the tsunami”, said the Mayor at the World Urban Forum this morning.

In the next tweet, mayor Lopez details more about her contribution during the WUF 11:

 

In her second speech at this high-level dialogue on responses to the urban crisis, the Mayor López maintained that the economic reactivation of Bogotá is a reality within a gradual process that is still advancing, and emphasized the efforts of her entire administration to generate post-pandemic employment, in addition to seeking the economic inclusion of demographic groups such as women and youth.

In the high-level dialogue, the Mayor shared the stage with Nigel Fisher, former United Nations Assistant Secretary-General; and Sameh Wahba, Regional Director of Sustainable Development for the Europe and Central Asia Region of the World Bank.

Subsequently, she led the Caring Cities event: reconfiguring urban areas around care, where the main care commitments in Bogotá were presented. These have served as a guiding framework for the city’s planning process. In this meeting, international visions and experiences were brought together on the key aspects for the design of cities around a global care framework.

Earlier, at the launch of the Global Proximities Observatory, the Mayor highlighted how the city will contribute with knowledge and tools for urban planning based on the flexibility of infrastructures and services, and the multimodality of public services, especially for women and youth.