The meetings of the Metropolis Standing Commissions on Financing of Urban Services and Infrastructure, Urban Mobility Management and Metropolitan Performance Measurement, will be held in Seoul and Tehran respectively. Commission 4 on Urban Mobility Management and Commission 2 on Financing of Urban Services and Infrastructure have organized a joint meeting on Financing Urban Mobility which will be held in Seoul from 11 to 15 June 2007. Working sessions will provide a focal point for exchanging ideas and experiences in order to improve the financing of public transport systems. Participants will also be able to experience for themselves Seoul?s public transport systems. During the seminars on mass transport planning and on transportation and air quality which will take place before the meeting, projects being undertaken in various metropolises will be presented. The Commission on Urban Mobility Management is chaired by Berlin and Seoul and the Commission on Financing of Urban Services and Infrastructure by Montreal and Sao Paulo. Meanwhile, members of Commission 5 on Metropolitan Performance Measurement will hold a meeting in Tehran on 19 and 20 June 2007 and will organize training sessions for technical municipal officers and other experts in Mashhad from 21 to 23 June 2007. The Commission 5 events due to take place in Iran will concentrate on governance and the environment: both key elements for the sustainable development of the metropolises. The Commission on Metropolitan Performance Management is a joint project by Metropolis and UN-HABITAT, led by Melbourne, and which involves the collaboration of various independent experts.
