People for Cities

Stephanie Hume Stephanie Hume undertook her internship with Global Compact Cities Programme from September to November 2012 as part of her Masters of Communication at RMIT University. As a Political Science and International Studies major, Stephanie’s interest in international relations and political science was explored further during her Bachelor of Arts at the University of...

Steve Kemp Steve Kemp is the Executive Director of OpenPlan, an internationally focused consultancy specialising in urban and spatial planning. With over 30 years of professional experience, Steve’s public and private sector work has enabled him to refine his approach, which is based on the idea that, at its core, planning is about managing change...

Susana Gavidia-Payne Associate Professor Susana Gavidia-Payne has been involved for approximately 30 years in working with young children with and without disabilities and their families as a practicing psychologist and researcher. She has considerable expertise in developing, delivering and evaluating early intervention programs that strengthen children’s socio-emotional and behavioural development and family functioning. For the...

TECHO TECHO is a Latin American youth led non-profit organization working towards poverty eradication in slums and development of sustainable communities through promoting community development, creating social awareness, and political advocacy. Established in Chile in 1997, TECHO currently operates in 19 Latin American countries, involving over 500,000 young volunteers. Its recent achievements include building 80,000...

UN-HABITAT The UN Global Compact – Cities Programme is a Lead Partner in the World Urban Campaign which is coordinated by UN-Habitat. We also collaborate with UN-Habitat in a number of other areas, including resilience, climate change and housing. We organise events within UN-Habitat international gatherings, such as the World Urban Forum and Habitat III....

Vânia Gonçalves de Souza Vânia Gonçalves de Souza is a Social Scientist from Pontificial Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), specialist in collaborative networks. She is a former consultant for UNESCO. Vânia works at Porto Alegre City Hall, in the Local Governance Office since 2007. Since then she is in charge for the...

Vidhula Venugopal Dr Vidhula Venugopal has a keen interest in fostering entrepreneurship among refugee women as well as understanding the identity conflicts among migrant women in Australia under the overarching theme of the social construction of gender. In her current work, Dr Venugopal focuses on gender and entrepreneurship with emphasis on social inclusion and empowerment...

Walid Nagi Walid Nagi is the Chief of Local Networks for the United Nations Global Compact and representative of the Global Compact Cities Programme International Secretariat in New York. In his role with the Global Compact, Walid coordinates and manages close to 100 Global Compact Networks with the objective of deepening the the business sector’s...

World Vision International The Cities Programme and World Vision International, through their Global Center of Expertise in Urban Programming, have a long standing strategic partnership collaborating in applied urban-focused research and advocacy related to addressing poverty and inequity in the urban context. World Vision established the Centre of Expertise for Urban Programming (the ‘Urban CoE’)...