15 Apr 2016 Maringá – Leading-level Brazilian city engages citizens and civil society The Brazilian municipality of Maringá has committed to becoming a Leading-level city of the UN Global Compact – Cities Programme. An active participant of the Cities Programme since 2012, Maringá has increased its engagement by identifying and reporting on its activities to...
10 May 2016 Medellin EDU CEO takes up Global Advisor role Welcome Margarita María Ángel Bernal We are very pleased to announce that the recent CEO of Medellín’s urban development agency, Empressa Desarrollo Urbano (EDU), has taken up a Global Advisor role with our Cities Programme. Sra. Margarita María Ángel Bernal, a civil engineer, has...
23 May 2016 Medellín recognised for ‘extraordinary’ transformation Leading UN Global Compact participant city, Medellín has been awarded the prestigious Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize for its remarkable transformation and dedication to becoming a more liveable, innovative and equitable city. The biennial Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize is jointly organised by the Urban...
27 Feb 2017 2017 100RC Melbourne Network Exchange The 2017 Melbourne Network Exchange brought together resilience teams from 100 Resilient Cities member cities Melbourne, Boulder, Durban, New Orleans and Semarang in a three-day event: Urban Biodiversity and City Resilience. Drawing on four Living Laboratory Sites—Western Water Treatment Plant, Wyndham City Council, Brimbank City Council...
23 Aug 2016 Municipalities in Paraná and São Paulo come together for sustainable tourism Municipalities are gathering together across the interior of Brazilian states of São Paulo and Paraná to collectively advance their economies and communities. This is being supported by both state governments and is developing to be a major, multi-city Innovating project of...
7 Jul 2016 New book explores the rise of Sustainability Citizenship Over recent decades, concerned communities have begun to co-create novel ways to respond to critical environmental, social and economic challenges. Cities Programme Director, Professor Ralph Horne has recently released the book Sustainability Citizenship in Cities, whichdraws upon the expertise of scholars from RMIT, Swinburne,...
21 Dec 2016 Paranacidades becomes a regional partner of the Cities Programme The urban development arm of the Brazilian state of Paraná, Paranacidades, has recently formalised a partnership with the UN Global Compact – Cities Programme which should result in a substantial increase in numbers of municipalities in Paraná actively engaged with the SDGs...
20 May 2016 Participatory Design for Public Urban Spaces The Cities Programme is thrilled to share the results of a year’s work of one of our Senior interns, a new resource titled, Participatory Design for Public Urban Spaces. Martha Patricia Galán Aguilar (Paty Galán as we know her), an architect and urban designer, worked on...
16 Aug 2016 Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme: future collaborations Cities Programme Director Ralph Horne, Chair Michael Nolan and Deputy Director Elizabeth Ryan recently met with the UN-Habitat’s Programme and Tool Development Advisor for the Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme (PSUP), Melissa Permezel. PSUP is a partnership between UN-Habitat, the European Commission and the Secretariat of the...
14 Oct 2016 Michael Nolan ACUNS Podcast: Building trust for sustainability collaboration Alistair Edgar from the Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS) recently interviewed Michael Nolan, Chair of the UN Global Compact – Cities Programme, about the Melbourne Model and strategies for furthering sustainability. Drawing on examples of cross-sectoral collaboration, Michael elaborates on...
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