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Cities Alliance signs two cooperation agreements with UCLG


Close on the heels of conclusion of the Executive Bureau meetings in Washington DC, Elisabeth Gateau, Secretary General of the United Cities and Local governments (UCLG) visited the Cities Alliance Secretariat in the Infrastructure Vice presidency of the World Bank to formalise landmark grant agreements with the Alliance. Signing on behalf of the Cities Alliance was the Alliance' Consultative Group co-chair and Vice President of the Infrastructure vice presidency, Kathy Sierra.

The grant agreements are:

 
 

Left to right: Kathy Sierra and Elisabeth Gateau.

  1. Developing MDG-based City Development Strategies, designed to support UCLG members' engagement with and contribution to national poverty reduction strategies by developing city development strategies (CDS) focused on achieving local Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets. The grant will facilitate this process, in addition to sharing knowledge and lessons related to cities planning for CDSs, and integrating MDG-based targets into CDSs; and,

  2. UCLG Municipal Finance Commission, to support UCLG’s establishment of a Municipal Finance Commission to take forward the Istanbul+5 and Monterrey goals of sustainable financing of urban development to meet the challenges of growth and improving the lives of slum dwellers. The Municipal Finance Commission will act as an Advisory Body to UCLG members, the Cities Alliance and its recently formed Municipal Finance Task Force on matters relating to municipal finance and resource mobilisation. It will also assist UCLG members to access current thinking and innovations on ways to increase the flow of long term finance capital to developing cities.

Elisabeth also used the opportunity to once again thank Kathy and the World Bank for contributing to the success of the UCLG Executive Bureau meeting.

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