Shipra Narang Suri Email & Phone Number

Nairobi County, Kenya

Nairobi

Nairobi

Served two (elected) three-year terms as Vice-President, responsible for technical assistance and projects, in particular initiating and managing collaboration with other international organisations such as UN-HABITAT, UN-ECE, UN-ISDR, the International Tunnelling Association, etc.

Advocacy and consensus-building on processes as well as themes related to Habitat III. Building partnerships between member states and civil society for the drafting as well as implementation of the New Urban Agenda.

Global

Worked as an independent consultant for a range of UN agencies and private sector organizations in the areas of urban/ local governance, urban planning, post-conflict recovery, urban safety etc. Undertook policy advisory work at the global, regional and national levels and produced several internationally-recognized reports and publications.

Jointly led the World Urban Campaign, a platform that brings together over a hundred lead and associate partners and sponsors to advocate for a more sustainable urbanization.

Yangon

Responsible for designing and implementing an assessment of the quality of local governance in Myanmar, beginning with six states/ regions, and eventually extending to all 14 states/regions of the country. This will be a critical input to the ongoing decentralization/ reform process in Myanmar and will help in identifying key governance challenges and.

Nairobi

Initiated and backstopped a wide range of operational and capacity-building initiatives, as well as knowledge management activities, of the Global Campaign on Urban Governance. Major areas of my work, at global, national, regional and city levels, included direct responsibility for the development, promotion and application of the Urban Governance Index at.

Led a team of international and local planners as well as capacity-building and tool-development experts tasked with preparing training materials and imparting training to municipal planners from all municipalities of Kosovo in contemporary planning issues, the challenges of sustainable development, and participatory planning approaches and methods..

Initiated, managed and coordinated city/regional/country-level activities across major South Asian countries (India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka). Provided guidance and technical assistance to city governments and non-governmental partners, and facilitated participatory consultation processes in various cities.

Ph.D., Post-War Recovery Studies

Activities and Societies: Girls squash team (Wentworth college) PhD in Post-War Recovery Studies

M. Planning, Environmental Planning

B. Planning, Bachelor Of Planning

Science With Technical Drawing

Activities and Societies: School choir, Volleyball team, Student Council