Paulson Institute City Assessment Tool Seminar 2013

The University of Chicago Center in Beijing
20th floor, Culture Plaza
No. 59A Zhong Guan Cun Street
Haidian District Beijing 100872

The Paulson Institute is a non-partisan institution that promotes sustainable economic growth and a cleaner environment around the world.  Located at the University of Chicago, the institute collaborates with the Center in Beijing and the broader university.

SEMINAR AGENDA

9:00         Introductions

Participants introduce themselves and their institutions.

Discuss their aspirations for the project.

9:30          Overview of IDB Emerging and Sustainable Cities Initiative

10:00         Current status of PCAT tool and project

What questions about the IDB approach are most pressing?

10:30        Tea Break

10:45        Deeper on IDB Methodology

Phrases in the process

Rationale behind the indicators

Data collection modules

Urban footprint analysis

Greenhouse gas inventory, and Vulnerability assessment.

Prioritization filters

Economic cost assessment

Climate vulnerability

Evaluation by specialists

Public opinion

Writing the Action Plan

12:30         Lunch

13:30        Discussion

High level questions for PCAT partners:

IDB tool is set up to be run with expert assistance.

Is that how we want the PCAT to work when it is finalized?

Would that be a barrier to scaling up?

Are there steps toward greater automation we could take or how to manage this?

What other adaptations are required for the Chinese context?

What other critical questions must be answered?

Step-by-step discussion of specific phases of IDB process

What aspects do we want to keep, modify or eliminate from our process?

14:45         Break

15:00        Continue discussion

16:00         Sum up and next steps

What are next action steps and who is responsible for these?

What questions remain unresolved?

会议日程

9：00           介绍

参会者自我介绍

讨论对本项目的期望

9：30           美洲发展银行关于新兴城市和可持续发展的理念

10：00         评估工具和项目的现状

美洲发展银行的使用过程中最大的挑战是什么？

10：30         茶歇

10：45         关于美洲发展银行使用方法的深入讨论

工作流程

各项指标的理论基础

数据采集模块

城市足迹分析

温室气体清单

漏洞评估

排序过滤参数

经济成本评估

气候方面的漏洞

专家评估

公众意见

编写行动计划

12：30         午餐

13：30         讨论

对评估工具参与者的高端问题

在美洲发展银行是需要有专家的协助下来使用。我们是否希望评估工具最后也是这样

来使用的？这样会不会对推广普及造成困难？我们如何可以使其更加方便应用？应该

怎样来管理？

在中国的实际应用条件下，我们还需要对评估工具做怎样的修改？其他重要问题？

仔细讨论美洲发展银行工作流程中的各个环节

哪些步骤是我们需要保留、修改或删除的？

14：45         茶歇

15：00         讨论

16：00         总结和下一步计划

下一步行动计划是什么？由谁来负责？

还有什么没有解决的问题？