Cities

Cities are the focus of population, business activity, economic wealth, government, academia, infrastructure and civil society. They represent an extraordinary array of human, material and financial resources that can be used to translate the Global Compact Principles into concrete and positive urban outcomes.

The Global Compact Cities Program, launched in 2003, seeks to harness these resources and facilitate these outcomes by providing an innovative methodology to develop solutions to urbanisation-related social, economic and environmental problems.

The methodology, ‘the Melbourne Model’ , assists participating cities to coordinate and focus the ideas, expertise, energy and experience inherent within government, business and civil society under the umbrella of the Global Compact Principles

Participants in the Cities Programme enjoy access to a broad range of benefits, including:

• A city-focused forum to publicly register commitment to the principles of the UN Global Compact and to recognise the initiatives undertaken within cities in support of these principles;
• City and urban networks, both locally and internationally, to promote projects, share learnings and facilitate collaboration;
• Tools to assist in reporting on progress in implementing the UN Global Compact principles;
• A comprehensive framework to facilitate engagement and collaboration across all levels of government, with business and civil society, in addressing complex or seemingly intractable urban challenges;
• A detailed methodology, known as the Melbourne Model™, to assist in development, monitoring and assessment of collaborative projects that seek to address such challenges; and
• Researchers who can offer advice on particular issues and assist in project implementation and evaluation.

Please visit the Global Compact Cities Programme website to learn more about our work and the existing initiatives of member cities.

How to participate?

In order to start the submission procedure download a Submission Package.

Contact:

UN Global Compact Cities Programme
Global Cities Institute, RMIT University
Melbourne, Australia
Email: stephanie.mccarthy@rmit.edu.au

For more information visit:

Cities Programme Process of Engagement

A copy of the letter of submission should be sent to:

UNDP Project Office Poland

Szpitalna 6/23

00-031 Warsaw

Poland