3rd BRICS Urbanisation Forum

The 8th Annual BRICS Summit, will be an international relations conference attended by the heads of state or heads of government of the five member states Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The summit will be held in Panaji, Goa in India, in October 2016 as part of its Chairmanship. The theme of India’s BRICS Chairmanship is Building Responsive, Inclusive and Collective Solutions. India has planned a series of events during its chairmanship which include the BRICS under 17 football tournament, BRICS Film Festival, BRICS Wellness Forum, BRICS Youth Forum, BRICS Young Diplomats Forum, BRICS Trade Fair, BRICS Friendship Cities Conclave, BRICS think tank and academic forum and BRICS Urbanisation Forum.

The 3rd Urbanisation Forum with the theme ‘Urban Transition in BRICS’ is being organised by the Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India and Ministry of External Affairs and hosted by Government of Andhra Pradesh in Visakhapatnam from14-16 September 2016. The forum will ensure that key issues of urbanization are placed on the global agenda of the BRICS member countries and the thematic issues will focus on building productive and sustainable urban economies and livelihood survival strategies in urban environments as well as creating inclusive urban spaces. Also, all these countries have been experimenting with various policies addressing housing challenges, skilling and empowering the marginalized sections, new town developments, harnessing the power of technology through smart city interventions and increasing public participation in local governance.

The forum will bring together various stakeholders from the BRICS countries including BRICS Ministerial delegations, representatives of local governments, policy makers, academia, professionals, private sector, media and various civil society groups.

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