The first panel of the morning addressed building the urban structure—establishing a supportive national, sub-national and local framework L-R: Luis Fernando Matute Rivera, Mayor, Pujili, Ecuador, and Association of Municipalities of Ecuador; Juan Espadas Cejas, Mayor, Sevilla, Spain; and Habitat III Deputy Secretary-General Kumaresh Misra Celéstine Ketcha Courtès, Mayor of Bangangté, Cameroon, President of the Network of Locally Elected Women of Africa (REFELA) L-R: Maimunah Mohd Sharif, Municipal President, Municipal Council of Seberang Perai, Malaysia; Enrique Peñalosa Londoño, Mayor, Bogotá, Colombia; and Habitat III Deputy Secretary-General Kumaresh Misra Habitat III Informal Hearings with Local Authorities Associations opened Opening Panel Habitat III Co-Chair Maryse Gautier, France, moderates the session on presentations by members of the Global Task Force of Local and Regional Governments on transformative commitments for a sustainable urban development. Habitat III Secretary-General Joan Clos