Remy Sietchiping Leader, Regional and Metropolitan Planning Unit Urban Planning and Design Branch, United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), Nairobi, Kenya

Dr. Remy Sietchiping leads the Regional and Metropolitan Planning Unit at UN-Habitat. He oversees the development of strategic programmes of the UN-Habitat including National Urban Policy, urban-rural linkages, smart cities, metropolitan development and the International Guidelines on Urban and Territorial Planning and its application to health sector. Prior to join UN-Habitat, Dr. Sietchiping was Project Leader of the Global Land Tool Network where he coordinated the work on tool development processes particularly on access to land and tenure security, land management and planning, land information, land policy and legislation and land-based financing. He has over 25 years working experience in the UN systems, academia, private sector, public sector and NGOs in Australia, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Jamaica and worldwide. Dr. Sietchiping has over 40 publications including books, peer-reviewed articles, papers in proceedings and reports. He holds a Ph.D in Geography from the University of Melbourne, Australia.