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Cities on the Frontline: Financing the Recovery

22 October 2020
09:00
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The 29th Session of Cities on the Frontline, jointly organized by Resilient Cities Network & the World Bank will focus on “Financing the Recovery”. We were joined by Roland White, Global Lead for City Management, Finance and Governance, World Bank, Kamal Kishore, Member NDMA, Co-Chair Executive Committee CDRI, India, Priscilla Negreiros, Project Manager, Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance, and Michael Koupkas, Deputy Mayor of Finance & Chief Resilience Officer, City of Thessaloniki.
 
Cities on the Frontline Speaker Series is a weekly speaker series co-organized by the Global Resilient Cities Network and the World Bank City Resilience Program since March 2020. The purpose of the series is to share knowledge to help cities respond to the pandemic crisis and plan towards recovery with resilience.
Questions about the Speaker’s Series, additional registration requests, or related items can be directed to media@resilientcitiesnetwork.org
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