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Indonesia to host int'l conference on urban and housing

Indonesia will host an international conference on housing and urban development and sustainability next month.

"There will be a series of dialogues, working groups and exhibition. Subjects to be discussed include the community's role in government management, slum upgrading, millennium development goals on clean water and sanitation, funding for sustainable urban and housing development, and the role of the community in managing climate change," Minister of Public Housing Suharso Manoarfa said Tuesday.
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The conference, named the third Asia Pacific Ministers' Conference on Housing and Urban Development, will take place from June 22 to June 24 in Surakarta, Central Java.

About 1,000 participants, including housing ministers and high ranking officials, from 68 nations across the Asia-Pacific region will turn up for the conference.

This year's theme is "Empowering Communities for Sustainable Urbanization."

Budi Yuwono of the Directorate General of Cipta Karya from the Public Works Ministry, said this year’s conference would invite representatives from developed nations such as Japan, Korea and Australia.
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