Urban October: Regional Dialogue on Housing and Urban Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
Event information
Start date
America/Montevideo
End date
America/Montevideo
Event type
Seminar
Modality
Description
Save the date: October 27 and 28:
Urban October: Regional Dialogue on Housing and Urban Development in Latin America and the Caribbean” will take place on 27 and 28 October 2026 in Montevideo, at the CAF premises (Sala Solís), in hybrid format, under Uruguay’s Pro Tempore Presidency of MINURVI. The meeting brings together national and local authorities, international organizations and development banks around five thematic panels: access to housing from a comprehensive habitat approach, multilevel governance, challenges in the Amazon region, territorial data and information for decision-making, and vulnerability and climate resilience. Wednesday’s session also includes the presentation of the Circular Economy workshop activities and a panel on MINURVI’s role within the global development agendas. Each panel is structured around guiding questions that frame the exchange among participants.
Schedule
01:30 pm ~ 02:00 pm
Registration
Speakers
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02:00 pm ~ 02:30 pm
Opening and welcoming remarks
Speakers
Tamara Paseyro
Minister of Housing and Land Management, Uruguay
Diego Aulestia
Chief of the Human Settlements Unit, ECLAC
Janet Rea
CAF Representative in Uruguay
02:30 pm ~ 03:30 pm
THEMATIC PANEL - Challenges relating to access to housing from a comprehensive habitat approach
Speakers
Moderator: Tamara Paseyro
Minister of Housing and Land Management, Uruguay
Enrique Soto Alva
Director General of Metropolitan and Regional Planning, Ministry of Agrarian, Land and Urban Development, Mexico
Marisol Castro González
Vice-Minister of Sectoral Planning, Costa Rica
Darío Fuletti
Social Policy Officer, UNICEF Uruguay
Eugenia Godoy
Director of the National Institute for Youth, Ministry of Social Development, Uruguay
Andrés Lima
President of Mevir (Honorary Commission for the Eradication of Substandard Rural Housing), Uruguay
Belén Barreto
Senior Urban Development Specialist, World Bank
03:30 pm ~ 03:45 pm
Coffee break
Speakers
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03:45 pm ~ 04:15 pm
THEMATIC PANEL - Multilevel governance in housing and urban development
Speakers
Moderator: Fiona Littlejohn-Carrillo
Economic Affairs Officer, ECLAC
Rosana Nabune
Director of Territorial Management, Municipality of Canelones, Uruguay
Patricia Roland
Director General of Urban Development, Municipality of Montevideo, Uruguay
04:15 pm ~ 04:45 pm
THEMATIC PANEL - Challenges in the Amazon region
Speakers
Moderator: Vanessa Tenuta de Freitas
UN-Habitat
Fernando Toro
Housing and Urban Development Senior Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Bruna Gomes
Ministry of Cities of Brazil
04:45 pm ~ 05:00 pm
Conclusions and closing of the session
Speakers
Ministry of Housing and Land Management, Uruguay
09:30 am ~ 10:15 am
THEMATIC PANEL - Territorial data and information for decision-making
Speakers
Rosario Casanova
Ministry of Housing and Land Management, Uruguay
Alessandra Treuherz
Director of Territorial Research, Ministry of Housing and Land Management, Panama
Silvia Circe Díaz
Director General of Housing, Ministry of Agrarian, Land and Urban Development, Mexico
Mariana Poskus
Principal Executive, Specialized Directorate for Habitat and Territorial Development, CAF
10:30 am ~ 10:15 am
THEMATIC PANEL - Vulnerability and climate resilience in the housing and urban development agenda
Speakers
Moderator: Bruno Lana
Economic Affairs Officer, ECLAC
Fayola Azore
Senior Development Planner, Central Housing and Planning Authority of Guyana
Vanessa Tenuta de Freitas
UN-Habitat
Verónica Colman
National Directorate of Climate Change, Ministry of Environment, Uruguay
Chia R Young-Gibbs
Bahamas
11:15 am ~ 11:45 am
Presentation of the Circular Economy workshop activities
Speakers
Diego Aulestia
Chief of the Human Settlements Unit, ECLAC
Paola Florio
National Director of Land Management, MVOT, Uruguay
11:45 am ~ 12:15 am
THEMATIC PANEL - MINURVI within the global development agendas
Speakers
Moderator: Diego Aulestia
Chief of the Human Settlements Unit, ECLAC
Elkin Velásquez
Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat). Online
Alessandra Treuherz
Director of Territorial Research, Ministry of Housing and Land Management, Panama.
Enrique Soto Alva
Director General of Metropolitan and Regional Planning, Ministry of Agrarian, Land and Urban Development, Mexico
Marisol Castro González
Vice-Minister of Sectoral Planning, Costa Rica
Tamara Paseyro
Minister of Housing and Land Management, Uruguay
12:15 am ~ 12:30 am
Closing and conclusions
Speakers
Tamara Paseyro
Minister of Housing and Land Management, Uruguay
ECLAC
12:30 am
Lunch
Speakers
Country
City
Host
CEPAL, Ministerio de vivienda y ordenamiento territorial Uruguay, CAF, MINURVI 2026
