Topic 4
Topic 4: Policy and Governance for Urban Diversity
1400 - 1600 (Plenary Hall)
Paper 1 - Lidiia Chyzhevska, Comprehensive Recovery Programme (Ukraine),
Paper 2 - Norliza Hashim, CEO Urbanice Malaysia (Malaysia),
Paper 3 - Gaetan Siew, Principal of Visio Architecture (Mauritius).
Panelists Discussion: Lidiia Chyzhevska, Norliza Hashim, Gaetan Siew & Regina Gonthier
Lidiia Chyzhevska
National Union of Architects of Ukraine
Dr. Lidiia Chyzhevska is an urban planner and architect with PhD in Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning. She holds a rich background shaped by ten years of working on land management and urban planning projects in Ukraine supported by GIZ, USAID, and UNDP. She also contributes as Senior Consultant in the field of climate resilience, spatial planning and natural resources management.
With her vast experience, she engaged in legislative discussions leading to the enactment of significant amendments to Ukraine's urban planning laws on amendments to certain legislative acts of Ukraine concerning land use planning in forming a new legislation base for spatial planning in Ukraine. She is also a Deputy Chairwoman of the Association of Spatial Planners of the National Union of Architects of Ukraine (NSAU) and the initiator of the Professional Expert Board "Coordination of Activities for Ukraine's Reconstruction and International Cooperation", established by the NSAU aimed at spearheading Ukraine's reconstruction and fostering international collaboration.
Norliza Hashim
Urbanice Malaysia
Norliza Hashim is the Chief Executive of Urbanice Malaysia, a Centre of Excellence for Community Well-being and Urban Sustainability, Malaysia and has led a team of experts to develop the National Low Carbon Cities Assessment Framework for the Government. She was the President of Malaysia Institute of Planners (MIP) and presently the Director for MIP’s Low Carbon Cities and Sustainability Centre. Her experiences as a Town Planner covers a wide spectrum of the planning discipline and she has experience in exporting urban planning services to more than 12 nations - including Russia, Indonesia, China, Pakistan, India and the Saudi Arabia. She is now the Chairman of the Penang Platform for Sustainable Urbanisation, a dynamic partnership among leading urban development organisations in achieving Sustainable Development Goals and New Urban Agenda in Asia and the Pacific.
Norliza is also an Adjunct Professor to the International Islamic University Malaysia (2022) and was conferred Planner of the Year in 2018 by MIP and awarded as the Top 10 National Women Entrepreneur Award, Malaysia in 2014 by the Malaysian External Trade Development Corporation.
Gaetan Siew
Visio Architecture
Siew graduated from the École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Marseille (ENSAM), France in 1979 and has been practicing in Port Louis, Mauritius since 1981. His work includes master plans for the Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport in Mauritius, the Chinese neighbourhood in Port Louis and the Seychelles International Airport. He has also worked in Congo, France, India, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Mayotte, Seychelles, Swaziland, Benin, Tunisia, and many others on projects such as airports, hotels, commercial and leisure, urban planning and heritage projects. He is a frequent speaker at international conferences and has been a juror for various architecture awards.
He was elected President of the Association of Mauritian Architects in 1985, and has played an active part in the island’s urban development and environment and heritage protection programmes. He is a member of the Economic and Social Council of Mauritius. He was elected President of the International Union of Architects in 2005.