SPRING Alumni Event 2019
International Association for Development Planners LAC Chapter
July 08 – 12, 2019, Valdivia, Chile
Objectives
The focus of the 5-day winter school will be about exploring the evolving dynamics in meeting the sustainable development goals´ (SDGs) agenda on sustainable cities and climate action, and reflective of the LAC region setting.
Presenter
Dr. Wolfgang Scholz
TU Dortmund
Dr. Himanshu Shekhar
Associate Academic Officer, United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS)
Dr. Felix Fuders
SPRING, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Administrativas, UACH
Julio Estrada, M.Sc.
Consultor, Urban and Regional Planning and Management
Dr. Paula Villagra
PRULAB-FiReSes - UACh
Dr. Ignacio Rodriguez
Centro de Humedales Río Cruces
Arc. Raúl Escarate Peters
Director, Servicio de Vivienda y Urbanización (SERVIU), Regional Los Riós, Valdivia
Dr. Antonio Zumelzu
Instituto de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Universidad Austral de Chile.
“SPRING Programme is very strong due to its trans-regional nature through the cultural diversity of the students, alumni, and professors, which is mostly possible thanks to the DAAD scholarships and grants.”
“From SPRING Program, I have learned that planning is about people, it should be participatory and it should take need of the people into account otherwise the plans will not be followed by the people the designed for”