The Philippine City Network - A knowledge sharing platform for CDS cities in the Philippines. This facility is the response to the growing demand from municipal leaders and practitioners from the seven pilot CDS cities to expand their existing networks, to discuss and share knowledge and, through this dialogue, to develop more effective solutions for urban problems.

The Indonesian City Network - A knowledge sharing platform for CDS cities in Indonesia. This facility is the response to the growing demand from municipal leaders and practitioners from the nine pilot CDS cities to expand their existing networks, to discuss and share knowledge and, through this dialogue, to develop more effective solutions for urban problems.

Infocity - Connecting Cities to Global Knowledge & Resources - A World Bank capacity building initiative for local governments, assists municipal associations in Asia in scaling up their knowledge sharing activities among cities in each country. The initiative takes a new “networking approach” that aims at enabling cities to communicate with each other and to access to global knowledge and resources.

South African Cities Network - An established network of South African cities and partners that encourages the exchange of information, experience and best practices on urban development and city management.

World Bank - City Development Strategy

Urbanet - Network for Decentralization and Municipal Development - URBANET promotes the exchange of knowledge and information, interdisciplinary cooperation among actors in municipal and urban development, as well as debate on and conceptual refinement of key issues.

International Centre for Sustainable Cities (ICSC) - A partnership between three levels of government, the private sector and civil society organizations. ICSC does practical demonstration projects that show how urban sustainability can be implemented. The demonstrations deal with issues such as solid waste, water, sewage, land-use, transportation, housing, energy efficiency, social conflict and poverty. ICSC also creates and supports peer networks to share learning and disseminate ideas. As well, ICSC engages in high profile events to galvanize action on urban sustainability.

Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies - The Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies is an independent international institute offering post-graduate education, research and advisory services in the fields of Housing, Urban Management and Urban Environmental Management.

Urban Insitute - The Urban Institute is a nonprofit nonpartisan policy research and educational organization established to examine the social, economic, and governance problems facing the nation. It provides information and analysis to public and private decision makers to help them address these challenges and strives to raise citizen understanding of the issues and tradeoffs in policy making.

Melbourne 2030 Planning for sustainable growth - Melbourne 2030, planning for sustainable growth is a 30-year plan to manage growth and change across metropolitan Melbourne and the surrounding region. It emphasises the city’s interdependence with regional Victoria, to provide maximum benefit to the whole State.