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Remy Sietchiping leads UN-Habitat\u2019s Policy and Legislation Section, coordinating of the substantive, normative and operational work of the section\u2019s workstreams. He has led programmes and projects focused on integrating spatial frameworks in national urban policies, implementing the International Guidelines on Urban and Territorial Planning, regional and metropolitan planning, city-region planning, development of urban clusters and corridors, green economy and smart green cities, systems of connected cities, urban-rural linkages. He coordinates global and regional projects as well as country and county projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Mr. Sietchiping joined UN-Habitat in 2007, concentrating on land and urban issues, helping formulate the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) and the Global Land Indicators Initiative (GLII). Over the last 20 years, he has managed projects that have included elements of land management, spatial information systems (GIS), policy analysis and advising, strategic planning, community development, urban and slum, social and environmental sciences, and research techniques. Prior to UN-Habitat, Mr. Sietchiping worked for the State Government of Victoria in Australia, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, the private sector, the University of the West Indies in Jamaica, University of Melbourne and Deakin University in Australia, and the University of Yaound\u00e9 and civil society organization in Cameroon. He holds a PhD in Geography specializing in urban and spatial planning, GIS, and modelling from Melbourne University in Australia<\/p>\n

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