CITIES ALLIANCE NEWS

Australia, Spain Join Cities Alliance

The Cities Alliance is delighted to welcome two new bilateral members, Spain and the Commonwealth of Australia to its Consultative Group (CG). More

Barcelona to host next Cities Alliance PPF/CG meetings

Dates for the next Cities Alliance Public Policy Forum and Consultative Group Meetings have been confirmed for 21 to 23 January, 2009 in Barcelona, Spain. More

City of Nanjing still to host WUF IV from 3-6 November, 2008

Following some uncertainty, UN-HABITAT and the Government of China have now re-confirmed that the city of Nanjing, China will host the fourth edition of the World Urban Forum. More

Cities Alliance at CDS Workshop Dakar

Cities Alliance and UN-HABITAT recently co-sponsored a three-day workshop on city development strategies in Dakar, Senegal. More

UCLG/Cities Alliance City Future Programme Hosts a CDS Workshop in Namibia

Over 30 representatives of local authorities, national government and international Institutions gathered in Windhoek from 11 to 12 June to support the Association of Local Authorities Namibia (ALAN) definition of a programme to promote the development of nationwide city development strategies, with a focus on local employment. More

Winners of Youth Essay Competition Announced

Congratulations to Pal Saptarshi from India, Mengting Wang from China and Maria Angelica Rodriguez from Colombia, the first second and third prize winners respectively of the youth essay competition, organised by the World Bank in collaboration with the Cities Alliance and the Government of Norway. More

Cities Alliance Advertises Vacancy for a Sr. Slum Upgrading Specialist

The Cities Alliance is looking for a Sr. Slum Upgrading Specialist to be based in the Secretariat in Washington DC. Reporting to the Programme Manager, the Sr. Urban Specialist will lead the Cities Alliance’s slum upgrading work programme, and coordinate and monitor the portfolio. More

Marseille to host fifth Urban Research Symposium, 28-30 June 2009

The topic for the 5th Urban Research Symposium, organised by the World Bank in collaboration with a number of partners including Cities Alliance, Agence Française de développement (AFD), UCLG, GTZ and Dexia is “Cities and Climate Change: Responding to the Urgent Agenda”. More

UCLG Calls on the African Development Bank (AfDB) to Meet the Urban Challenge

Local governments from all across Africa and Europe gathered in Maputo at a workshop of the UCLG Committee on Local Finance held at the occasion of the African Development Bank annual meetings on 12-13 May. More

UPCOMING EVENTS

PUBLICATION ANNOUNCEMENTS

• A vez dos Alagados: A construção de um programa integrado de urbanização de favela em Salvador

• Approaches to Urban Slums: A Multimedia Sourcebook on Adaptive and Proactive Strategies. Edited by Barjor Mehta and Arish Dastur.

• UNEP and UN-HABITAT Launch Publications extending “Local Action for Biodiversity”

• Managing Asian Cities, Asian Development Bank (ADB), 2008

CITIES ALLIANCE SECRETARIAT UPDATE

• Fond Farewells and Welcome

CITIES ALLIANCE PROJECTS APPROVED (1 February 2008 to 30 June 2008)

• Review of the Cities Development Strategy Program in the Philippines and Preparation and Publication of the State of Philippine Cities Report

• Cities with Jobs: Integrating Productive Employment into City Development and Slum Upgrading Strategies

• Building institutional capacity for scaling up slum upgrading -Distance Learning Course for Integrated Slum Upgrading Actions

• Sana'a City Development Strategy Climate Change

• Preparation of Monrovia Slum Upgrading Initiative

• Preparation of Slum Initiative, Freetown

• Preparatory Grant for Development of Lilongwe CDS