ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, founded in 1990, is a the largest global network of, with more than 1,750 local and regional government members from over 100 countries. ICLEI Kaohsiung Capacity Center (ICELI KCC), established with donations from Kaohsiung City, is one of the 22 ICLEI offices around the world responsible for coordinating all ICLEI offices in East Asia, and the only capacity training center outside the Bonn headquarters in Germany.

1. Active: Resilient City
當韌性遇見城市：韌性城市發展與展望
Time 13:00-14:10
Room 301A

2. About the Moderator
• Wan-Tien Tsai
• ICLEI – Kaohsiung Capacity Center
22 Offices
100+
Countries
1750+
Local & Regional Government

3. Session Objectives
1. Understand the concept of resilient city and why resilience is
important to cities.
2. Know the current status and development of resilient city policies
or infrastructure around the world.
3. Showcase the successful practices or projects to make cities more
resilient in Asia.
4. How the audience can do to make our cities towards more resilient
ones.

4. What is Resilient Development?
ü To anticipate, prevent, absorb and recover from
shocks and stresses
ü By rapid environmental, technological, social and
demographic change
ü To improve essential basic response structures
and functions

5. Dr. Michael C. Huang
Sasakawa Peace Foundation
Professor Ching-Fu Chen
National Cheng Kung University
Regional Director Victorino Aquitania
ICLEI Southeast Asia
Counsellor Meng-Yu Tsai
Kaohsiung City Government
Meet the Panelists

6. Michael C. Huang
Sasakawa Peace Foundation
ØResearch Fellow, Ocean Policy Research Institute
(OPRI), Tokyo
• General Equilibrium Analysis and disaster risk
assessment
ØAdjunct lecturer, Toyo University, Tokyo
• Special economic seminar
ØResource lecturer for Capacity Building and
Training for the Asian Development Bank Institute
(ADBI)
• Cambodia, Thailand, Uzbekistan and Vietnam etc.

7. Victorino Aquitania
ICLEI Southeast Asia
Ø Regional Director, ICLEI Southeast Asia
• 28+ years professional experience working
with local governments
• sustainable urban development
• climate adaptation and mitigation
• Local Agenda 21, waste management
• sustainable urban transport policies
• Diverse projects
• Extensively working with local
governments
• Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia and
Thailand.

8. Meng-Yu Tsai
Kaohsiung City Government
ØDirector General, Kaohsiung EPB (2015-18)
ØFormer CEO, ICLEI KCC (2015-18)
• Reduce air pollution
• Water quality management
• Environmental sanitation
• Environmental education

9. Ching-Fu Chen
National Cheng Kung University
ØDistinguished Professor & Department Chair
Department of Transportation and Communication Management
Science, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
ØDirector General
Kaohsiung City Transport Bureau (2013-18)
• Showcased Kaohsiung in 2017 Ecomobility World Festival
• Published numerous publications in main-stream academic journals
• Received outstanding research award from the Ministry of Science
and Technology (MOST), Taiwan