This draft list of links is provided for your convenience. Please do contribute to develop this section (and keep it updated) by sending us relevant links and possible updates.
- Big Cities Initiative – The Hague Process on Refuge
The Big Cities Initiative seeks to take up the issue of migration and inclusion in major urban areas across the globe. Activities undertaken stimulate debate on future citizenship and on the way forward for cities within a development and human rights perspective.
- Cities of Migration
Cities of Migration showcases good practice in the integration of urban migrants and promotes innovative ideas that create equity, social cohesion and urban prosperity.
- City Mayors Organization (Metropolis)
The Metropolis Association is represented by 87 member cities across the world and operates as an international forum for exploring issues and concerns common to cities with populations of more than one million.
- City Mined (d)
City Mine(d) is an international network of individuals and collectives involved with city and local action.
- Eurocities 2009
- European network of cities for local integration policies for migrants (CLIP)
CLIP is a network of 30 European cities working together to support the social and economic integration of migrants.
- European Urban Knowledge Network
The key objective of EUKN is to enhance the exchange of knowledge and expertise on urban development throughout Europe, bridging urban policy, research and practice. EUKN is characterised by a demand-driven approach.
- Fondazione Aldo della Rocca.
- Intercultural Cities
Intercultural Cities is a network of cities with a diverse or diversifying population wishing to minimise the threats and maximise the advantages of cultural diversity and develop an inclusive intercultural identity.
- International Coalition of Cities against Racism
UNESCO
Initiative launched by UNESCO in March 2004 to establish a network of cities interested in sharing experiences in order to improve their policies to fight racism, discrimination, xenophobia and exclusion.
- International Association of Educating Cities
Educating cities started as a movement in 1990 based on the 1st International Congress of Educating Cities, held in Barcelona, when a group of cities represented by their local governments set for themselves the common goal of working together on projects and activities for improving the quality of life of their inhabitants on the basis of their active involvement in the use and evolution of the city itself and according to the aproved Educating Cities Charter.
- International Urban Fellows Program
The International Urban Fellows Program is the longest-running international fellows program in the United States with a focus on urban problems and policy.
- Lyon Integration (G.I.P.I.V)
- Observatorio de las Migraciones y de la Convivencia Intercultural de la Ciudad de Madrid
- Mayors’ Institute on City Design
The Mayors’ Institute on City Design is a National Endowment for the Arts leadership initiative in partnership with the American Architectural Foundation and the United States Conference of Mayors. Since 1986, the Mayors’ Institute has helped transform communities through design by preparing mayors to be the chief urban designers of their cities.
- International Metropolis Project
The International Metropolis Project is a forum for bridging research, policy and practice on migration and diversity.
The Project aims to enhance academic research capacity, encourage policy-relevant research on migration and diversity issues,
and facilitate the use of that research by governments and non-governmental organizations.
- Metropolis World Association of Major Metropolises
- OPENCities
OPENCities aims to identify the links between migration and cities’ competitiveness, with particular emphasis on internationalisation and population strategies that will pose migration as a competitive advantage for cities and, indirectly, help integration and cohesion agendas.
More about OPENCities publications and tools here
- Sister Cities International
- United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG)
UCLG represents and defends the interests of local governments on the world stage, regardless of the size of the communities they serve. Headquartered in Barcelona, the organisation’s stated mission is:To be the united voice and world advocate of democratic local self-government, promoting its values, objectives and interests, through cooperation between local governments, and within the wider international community.
- Communities and Local Governments – UK
- Urban and Public Affairs – University of Louisville
Links: Cities and Local Governments Initiatives
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This draft list of links is provided for your convenience. Please do contribute to develop this section (and keep it updated) by sending us relevant links and possible updates.
The Big Cities Initiative seeks to take up the issue of migration and inclusion in major urban areas across the globe. Activities undertaken stimulate debate on future citizenship and on the way forward for cities within a development and human rights perspective.
Cities of Migration showcases good practice in the integration of urban migrants and promotes innovative ideas that create equity, social cohesion and urban prosperity.
The Metropolis Association is represented by 87 member cities across the world and operates as an international forum for exploring issues and concerns common to cities with populations of more than one million.
City Mine(d) is an international network of individuals and collectives involved with city and local action.
CLIP is a network of 30 European cities working together to support the social and economic integration of migrants.
The key objective of EUKN is to enhance the exchange of knowledge and expertise on urban development throughout Europe, bridging urban policy, research and practice. EUKN is characterised by a demand-driven approach.
Intercultural Cities is a network of cities with a diverse or diversifying population wishing to minimise the threats and maximise the advantages of cultural diversity and develop an inclusive intercultural identity.
UNESCO
Initiative launched by UNESCO in March 2004 to establish a network of cities interested in sharing experiences in order to improve their policies to fight racism, discrimination, xenophobia and exclusion.
Educating cities started as a movement in 1990 based on the 1st International Congress of Educating Cities, held in Barcelona, when a group of cities represented by their local governments set for themselves the common goal of working together on projects and activities for improving the quality of life of their inhabitants on the basis of their active involvement in the use and evolution of the city itself and according to the aproved Educating Cities Charter.
The International Urban Fellows Program is the longest-running international fellows program in the United States with a focus on urban problems and policy.
The Mayors’ Institute on City Design is a National Endowment for the Arts leadership initiative in partnership with the American Architectural Foundation and the United States Conference of Mayors. Since 1986, the Mayors’ Institute has helped transform communities through design by preparing mayors to be the chief urban designers of their cities.
The International Metropolis Project is a forum for bridging research, policy and practice on migration and diversity.
The Project aims to enhance academic research capacity, encourage policy-relevant research on migration and diversity issues,
and facilitate the use of that research by governments and non-governmental organizations.
OPENCities aims to identify the links between migration and cities’ competitiveness, with particular emphasis on internationalisation and population strategies that will pose migration as a competitive advantage for cities and, indirectly, help integration and cohesion agendas.
More about OPENCities publications and tools here
UCLG represents and defends the interests of local governments on the world stage, regardless of the size of the communities they serve. Headquartered in Barcelona, the organisation’s stated mission is:To be the united voice and world advocate of democratic local self-government, promoting its values, objectives and interests, through cooperation between local governments, and within the wider international community.
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