Iligan City, represented by Archt. Gil R. Balondo, City Planning and Development Coordinator, was one of the participants to the Shelter Academy Program 2012 of ARCADIS and UN-HABITAT.
The program titled "Adapting and Mitigating Climate Change: Challenges for Port Cities", was held on October 1-4, 2012 in Amsterdam and Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
The seminar was designed to increase participants' knowledge of and improve responses to urban issues related to global climate change through improved economic, environmental and urban planning. The program have three (3) focus points:
1. Water management and coastal management in the urban planning process
2. Stakeholder involvement and decision making
3. Economic development, in balance with environment
And the schedule was composed of 3 sessions : lectures and presentations, site visits to actual projects implemented in Rotterdam and Amsterdam, and Implementation Plan Workshop.
Below is the schedule of the seminar :