It is our pleasure to inform you that Work for a Better Bangladesh (WBB) Trust has been asked by Ecocity Builders to organize a satellite Ecocity World Summit this 9-10 September 2020 in Dhaka for online participation throughout Bangladesh. The theme of the conference is '#BuildBackBetterBD: Making our Cities Healthier for People and Planet'
The Ecocity World Summit is an international conference series led by Ecocity Builders that promotes “the understanding and development of cities that are ecologically healthy and sustainable, economically prosperous and fair, and socially just and caring. Also known as ECOCITY, these inspiring gatherings of urban stakeholders from across the globe focus on key actions cities and citizens can take to rebuild our human habitat in balance with living systems.” The first Ecocity World Summit was held in Berkeley, California in 1990, and has been conducted regularly since then. (For more information, see:
https://ecocitybuilders.org/ecocity-world-summit/The conference consists of an international day on 8 September hosted in VirBELA, and two days of international and local speakers on 9-10 September. The format will encourage people from other parts of Bangladesh to participate virtually.
If you need more information, please contact us at:
ecocitybd@gmail.com