Antanas Mockus and Edi Rama - Dialogue in Cultural Diplomacy and Urban Transformation

A panel discussion with Antanas Mockus, former mayor of Bogota, Colombia and Edi Rama, mayor of Tirana, Albania,
moderated by Professor Elaine Kamarck, lecturer in public policy, Harvard Kennedy School.

Hosted by the Kokkalis Program on Southeastern and East-Central Europe, January 25th, 2010. For more information about the Kokkalis Program, visit http://www.hks.harvard.edu/kokkalis.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Harvard Kennedy School
• Government
• Public Policy
• Mayor
• Diplomacy
• Cultural Diplomacy
• Cultural Agents Initiative
• Municipal Politics
• Colombia
• Tirana
• Albania
• Edi Rama
• Antanas Mockus
• Elaine Kamarck
• Innovations in Governance
• Kokkalis Program
• Bogotá
• Urban Transformation
• Urban
• Cities
• Urban Politics
• Leadership

[darcyfason]

I'm amazed..please keep them coming!

[jhamien920]

This is an informative video worth watching.

[threelegduck]

'definately' skip to 10:00

[Dunkelnebel]

The identity will always exist, 'cause in cases like Bogotá, the public spaces are vitals and there's where cultural manifestations take place.

Culture is not just music and dances, culture is also the laws, that conditions the people behavior, and obviously, the way people acts with each other...

There's a lot more to be said, urbanism is a huge topic, and I'm just talking from my experience... And yes, I live in Bogotá.

And excuse my english by the way..

[Dunkelnebel]

In order to get a competitive city, it's imperative to get a mix of people, urban uses and urban dynamics.

Obviously, poor people is a big problem in cities like Bogotá, their houses are usually illegal, the urban politics in Bogotá pretend to reorder, not displace, people.

Together with educational, civics efforts, the aim is to link everyone with everything, solving social and economical problems in some ways...

[Ixpector]

Mockus, the next president of Colombia. Mockus a visionary that has transformed Bogota, and will transform Colombia. Colombians have awaken.

[marquillopillo]

@ngr7000 i think the goal is not internationalization, i look at it as a alternative way to change human behavior, in the values of right and wrong, an issue we all agree, and understand .Human rights and moral believes are principles that regulate our lives to an inner level; principles that instead of change cultural values, make us think about cultural behavior ,a bad behavior is a wrong behavior .anywhere

[xn0201rs]

@ngr7000 You have no clue how was Bogota before Mockus. Have you ever been there?

[unsembrador]

@ngr7000 It is not the case of Bogotá.

[robotcol87]

go mockus president