Ministers and experts from BRICS countries will discuss the transition and challenges they face in urbanisation during a three-day conference which will begin on Wednesday in Visakhapatnam.
Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu will inaugurate the conference on ‘Urban Transition in BRICS’, which seeks to promote cooperation among member countries in the urban sector.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, Ministers from other BRICS nations, besides a large number of urban planners, experts and members of the academia will attend the conference, an official release said.
The conference will discuss and evolve a common agenda for BRICS (Brazil, Russia, China, India and South Africa) countries to be presented at the HABITAT-III Conference which will be held in Quito, the capital of Ecuador, next month.