Urban Governance in Asia Pacific

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,...

Leeuwarden in the Netherlands has recently elevated its engagement with the Global Compact Cities Programme to the Innovating level. A quadruple helix of science, education, business and government in water technology will soon be extended to culture and the community in efforts to improve global water sustainability and local development in the city. Connected Cities...

As part of the Development Plan Bogotá Humana, Bogotá’s climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts are seeking to make the city more pedestrian friendly, improve transport options and focus on water and ecosystem conservation. Connected Cities

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

Presentation used in the UN Global Compact - Cities Programme side event on City Scan diagnostic tools. Global Infrastructure Basel presented on their standard, SURE. Actions