Colombo Agroindustrial Technological Base Park

As the City of Milwaukee, Winconsin, USA, celebrates its fifth anniversary as an Innovating City with the Global Compact Cities Programme, The Water Council reflects on its achievements, challenges and lessons learned, from its beginnings as an economic development initiative to its current position of World Water Hub. People Connected Cities Actions

Cape Town, the legislative capital of South Africa and a major African hub, is well known for its natural beauty. Blessed with rich biological diversity but also facing challenges from rapid urbanization and unemployment, the City of Capetown is investing in a sustainable future. Connected Cities

The more than 10-year-long journey preparing to resettle over 800 residents of Vila Chocolatão is a remarkable story – one that captured the attention of the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre, and many internationally. The threat of forced eviction became a community’s demand for a better life. The resultant struggle for rights to citizenship, education,...

This guide was developed by Cities Programme Research Associate and PhD Candidate at RMIT’s School of Global Urban and Social Studies, Helen Scott. It provides examples of mechanisms that have been implemented by local governments in different parts of the world to engage the private sector in greater corporate responsibility. The guide sketches a range...

O programa Todos Somos Porto Alegre é uma política pública da capital gaúcha, liderada pela Prefeitura Municipal, com a participação ativa da sociedade – representada por empresas privadas, cooperativas, instituições sociais, universidades, associações e movimentos sociais, entre outros atores –, a fim de promover acesso a alternativas de trabalho e renda aos condutores de VTHs...

We are proud to present this report on the 2016 highlights for the UN Global Compact - Cities Programme in Brazil. It is full of collaboration, innovation and commitment to building safe, inclusive, resilient, sustainable cities and communities. As we come together globally to realise the Sustainable Development Goals and to implement the New Urban...